From f2702e1f0f295c75cf0904bf8ff0fa07cdadc6d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: G30 <50341825+silentoplayz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:37:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fall back to the user's system prompt when the chat's
 own is cleared (#30333)

---
 src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
index fd0e1bbac1..95e4e95a49 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
@@ -3489,7 +3489,7 @@
 		// Only temp chats need conversation messages (persisted chats load from DB).
 		let messages: any[] = [
 			params?.system || $settings.system
-				? { role: 'system', content: `${params?.system ?? $settings?.system ?? ''}` }
+				? { role: 'system', content: `${params?.system || $settings?.system || ''}` }
 				: undefined
 		].filter(Boolean);