diff --git a/api/server/middleware/moderateText.js b/api/server/middleware/moderateText.js
index 18d370b560..ff1a9de856 100644
--- a/api/server/middleware/moderateText.js
+++ b/api/server/middleware/moderateText.js
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 const axios = require('axios');
 const { ErrorTypes } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const { isEnabled } = require('~/server/utils');
 const denyRequest = require('./denyRequest');
 const { logger } = require('~/config');
 
 async function moderateText(req, res, next) {
-  if (process.env.OPENAI_MODERATION === 'true') {
-    try {
-      const { text } = req.body;
+  if (!isEnabled(process.env.OPENAI_MODERATION)) {
+    return next();
+  }
+  try {
+    const { text } = req.body;
 
-      const response = await axios.post(
-        process.env.OPENAI_MODERATION_REVERSE_PROXY || 'https://api.openai.com/v1/moderations',
-        {
-          input: text,
+    const response = await axios.post(
+      process.env.OPENAI_MODERATION_REVERSE_PROXY || 'https://api.openai.com/v1/moderations',
+      {
+        input: text,
+      },
+      {
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OPENAI_MODERATION_API_KEY}`,
         },
-        {
-          headers: {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OPENAI_MODERATION_API_KEY}`,
-          },
-        },
-      );
+      },
+    );
 
-      const results = response.data.results;
-      const flagged = results.some((result) => result.flagged);
+    const results = response.data.results;
+    const flagged = results.some((result) => result.flagged);
 
-      if (flagged) {
-        const type = ErrorTypes.MODERATION;
-        const errorMessage = { type };
-        return await denyRequest(req, res, errorMessage);
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error('Error in moderateText:', error);
-      const errorMessage = 'error in moderation check';
+    if (flagged) {
+      const type = ErrorTypes.MODERATION;
+      const errorMessage = { type };
       return await denyRequest(req, res, errorMessage);
     }
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error in moderateText:', error);
+    const errorMessage = 'error in moderation check';
+    return await denyRequest(req, res, errorMessage);
   }
   next();
 }
diff --git a/api/server/routes/agents/chat.js b/api/server/routes/agents/chat.js
index fdb2db54d3..42a18d0100 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/agents/chat.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/agents/chat.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { PermissionTypes, Permissions } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const {
   setHeaders,
   handleAbort,
+  moderateText,
   // validateModel,
   generateCheckAccess,
   validateConvoAccess,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const addTitle = require('~/server/services/Endpoints/agents/title');
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
+router.use(moderateText);
 router.post('/abort', handleAbort());
 
 const checkAgentAccess = generateCheckAccess(PermissionTypes.AGENTS, [Permissions.USE]);
diff --git a/api/server/routes/agents/index.js b/api/server/routes/agents/index.js
index d7ef93af73..1834d2e2bc 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/agents/index.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/agents/index.js
@@ -1,21 +1,40 @@
 const express = require('express');
-const router = express.Router();
 const {
   uaParser,
   checkBan,
   requireJwtAuth,
-  // concurrentLimiter,
-  // messageIpLimiter,
-  // messageUserLimiter,
+  messageIpLimiter,
+  concurrentLimiter,
+  messageUserLimiter,
 } = require('~/server/middleware');
-
+const { isEnabled } = require('~/server/utils');
 const { v1 } = require('./v1');
 const chat = require('./chat');
 
+const { LIMIT_CONCURRENT_MESSAGES, LIMIT_MESSAGE_IP, LIMIT_MESSAGE_USER } = process.env ?? {};
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
 router.use(requireJwtAuth);
 router.use(checkBan);
 router.use(uaParser);
+
 router.use('/', v1);
-router.use('/chat', chat);
+
+const chatRouter = express.Router();
+if (isEnabled(LIMIT_CONCURRENT_MESSAGES)) {
+  chatRouter.use(concurrentLimiter);
+}
+
+if (isEnabled(LIMIT_MESSAGE_IP)) {
+  chatRouter.use(messageIpLimiter);
+}
+
+if (isEnabled(LIMIT_MESSAGE_USER)) {
+  chatRouter.use(messageUserLimiter);
+}
+
+chatRouter.use('/', chat);
+router.use('/chat', chatRouter);
 
 module.exports = router;
diff --git a/api/server/routes/ask/index.js b/api/server/routes/ask/index.js
index bd5666153f..525bd8e29d 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/ask/index.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/ask/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 const express = require('express');
-const openAI = require('./openAI');
-const custom = require('./custom');
-const google = require('./google');
-const anthropic = require('./anthropic');
-const gptPlugins = require('./gptPlugins');
-const { isEnabled } = require('~/server/utils');
 const { EModelEndpoint } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const {
   uaParser,
@@ -15,6 +9,12 @@ const {
   messageUserLimiter,
   validateConvoAccess,
 } = require('~/server/middleware');
+const { isEnabled } = require('~/server/utils');
+const gptPlugins = require('./gptPlugins');
+const anthropic = require('./anthropic');
+const custom = require('./custom');
+const google = require('./google');
+const openAI = require('./openAI');
 
 const { LIMIT_CONCURRENT_MESSAGES, LIMIT_MESSAGE_IP, LIMIT_MESSAGE_USER } = process.env ?? {};
 
diff --git a/api/server/routes/bedrock/chat.js b/api/server/routes/bedrock/chat.js
index c8d6be35de..11db89f07e 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/bedrock/chat.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/bedrock/chat.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const {
   setHeaders,
   handleAbort,
+  moderateText,
   // validateModel,
   // validateEndpoint,
   buildEndpointOption,
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ const { initializeClient } = require('~/server/services/Endpoints/bedrock');
 const AgentController = require('~/server/controllers/agents/request');
 const addTitle = require('~/server/services/Endpoints/agents/title');
 
+router.use(moderateText);
 router.post('/abort', handleAbort());
 
 /**
diff --git a/api/server/routes/bedrock/index.js b/api/server/routes/bedrock/index.js
index b1a9efec4c..ce440a7c0e 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/bedrock/index.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/bedrock/index.js
@@ -1,19 +1,35 @@
 const express = require('express');
-const router = express.Router();
 const {
   uaParser,
   checkBan,
   requireJwtAuth,
-  // concurrentLimiter,
-  // messageIpLimiter,
-  // messageUserLimiter,
+  messageIpLimiter,
+  concurrentLimiter,
+  messageUserLimiter,
 } = require('~/server/middleware');
-
+const { isEnabled } = require('~/server/utils');
 const chat = require('./chat');
 
+const { LIMIT_CONCURRENT_MESSAGES, LIMIT_MESSAGE_IP, LIMIT_MESSAGE_USER } = process.env ?? {};
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
 router.use(requireJwtAuth);
 router.use(checkBan);
 router.use(uaParser);
+
+if (isEnabled(LIMIT_CONCURRENT_MESSAGES)) {
+  router.use(concurrentLimiter);
+}
+
+if (isEnabled(LIMIT_MESSAGE_IP)) {
+  router.use(messageIpLimiter);
+}
+
+if (isEnabled(LIMIT_MESSAGE_USER)) {
+  router.use(messageUserLimiter);
+}
+
 router.use('/chat', chat);
 
 module.exports = router;
diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/S3/crud.js b/api/server/services/Files/S3/crud.js
index 1d5768d147..e685c8c8c2 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/S3/crud.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/S3/crud.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const bucketName = process.env.AWS_BUCKET_NAME;
 const defaultBasePath = 'images';
 
 let s3UrlExpirySeconds = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+let s3RefreshExpiryMs = null;
 
 if (process.env.S3_URL_EXPIRY_SECONDS !== undefined) {
   const parsed = parseInt(process.env.S3_URL_EXPIRY_SECONDS, 10);
@@ -29,6 +30,19 @@ if (process.env.S3_URL_EXPIRY_SECONDS !== undefined) {
   }
 }
 
+if (process.env.S3_REFRESH_EXPIRY_MS !== null && process.env.S3_REFRESH_EXPIRY_MS) {
+  const parsed = parseInt(process.env.S3_REFRESH_EXPIRY_MS, 10);
+
+  if (!isNaN(parsed) && parsed > 0) {
+    s3RefreshExpiryMs = parsed;
+    logger.info(`[S3] Using custom refresh expiry time: ${s3RefreshExpiryMs}ms`);
+  } else {
+    logger.warn(
+      `[S3] Invalid S3_REFRESH_EXPIRY_MS value: "${process.env.S3_REFRESH_EXPIRY_MS}". Using default refresh logic.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Constructs the S3 key based on the base path, user ID, and file name.
  */
@@ -293,8 +307,16 @@ function needsRefresh(signedUrl, bufferSeconds) {
 
     // Check if it's close to expiration
     const now = new Date();
-    const bufferTime = new Date(now.getTime() + bufferSeconds * 1000);
 
+    // If S3_REFRESH_EXPIRY_MS is set, use it to determine if URL is expired
+    if (s3RefreshExpiryMs !== null) {
+      const urlCreationTime = dateObj.getTime();
+      const urlAge = now.getTime() - urlCreationTime;
+      return urlAge >= s3RefreshExpiryMs;
+    }
+
+    // Otherwise use the default buffer-based logic
+    const bufferTime = new Date(now.getTime() + bufferSeconds * 1000);
     return expiresAtDate <= bufferTime;
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('Error checking URL expiration:', error);
diff --git a/client/src/components/Endpoints/URLIcon.tsx b/client/src/components/Endpoints/URLIcon.tsx
index ab22635809..7419bde8fc 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Endpoints/URLIcon.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Endpoints/URLIcon.tsx
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ export const URLIcon = memo(
           onError={handleImageError}
           loading="lazy"
           decoding="async"
-          width={Number(containerStyle.width)}
-          height={Number(containerStyle.height)}
+          width={Number(containerStyle.width) || 20}
+          height={Number(containerStyle.height) || 20}
         />
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useAutoSave.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useAutoSave.ts
index 6b7be2437d..bebf54af3f 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useAutoSave.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useAutoSave.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,28 @@ const clearDraft = debounce((id?: string | null) => {
   localStorage.removeItem(`${LocalStorageKeys.TEXT_DRAFT}${id ?? ''}`);
 }, 2500);
 
+const encodeBase64 = (plainText: string): string => {
+  try {
+    const textBytes = new TextEncoder().encode(plainText);
+    return btoa(String.fromCharCode(...textBytes));
+  } catch (e) {
+    return '';
+  }
+};
+
+const decodeBase64 = (base64String: string): string => {
+  try {
+    const bytes = atob(base64String);
+    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(bytes.length);
+    for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
+      uint8Array[i] = bytes.charCodeAt(i);
+    }
+    return new TextDecoder().decode(uint8Array);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return '';
+  }
+};
+
 export const useAutoSave = ({
   conversationId,
   textAreaRef,
@@ -30,28 +52,6 @@ export const useAutoSave = ({
   const fileIds = useMemo(() => Array.from(files.keys()), [files]);
   const { data: fileList } = useGetFiles<TFile[]>();
 
-  const encodeBase64 = (plainText: string): string => {
-    try {
-      const textBytes = new TextEncoder().encode(plainText);
-      return btoa(String.fromCharCode(...textBytes));
-    } catch (e) {
-      return '';
-    }
-  };
-
-  const decodeBase64 = (base64String: string): string => {
-    try {
-      const bytes = atob(base64String);
-      const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(bytes.length);
-      for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
-        uint8Array[i] = bytes.charCodeAt(i);
-      }
-      return new TextDecoder().decode(uint8Array);
-    } catch (e) {
-      return '';
-    }
-  };
-
   const restoreFiles = useCallback(
     (id: string) => {
       const filesDraft = JSON.parse(
@@ -126,16 +126,17 @@ export const useAutoSave = ({
       return;
     }
 
-    const handleInput = debounce(() => {
-      if (textAreaRef?.current && textAreaRef.current.value) {
+    const handleInput = debounce((e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+      const value = e.target.value;
+      if (value) {
         localStorage.setItem(
           `${LocalStorageKeys.TEXT_DRAFT}${conversationId}`,
-          encodeBase64(textAreaRef.current.value),
+          encodeBase64(value),
         );
       } else {
         localStorage.removeItem(`${LocalStorageKeys.TEXT_DRAFT}${conversationId}`);
       }
-    }, 1000);
+    }, 750);
 
     const textArea = textAreaRef?.current;
     if (textArea) {
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/SSE/useEventHandlers.ts b/client/src/hooks/SSE/useEventHandlers.ts
index e8dd8a1fde..55d1488197 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/SSE/useEventHandlers.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/SSE/useEventHandlers.ts
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ export default function useEventHandlers({
           } else {
             cancelHandler(data, submission);
           }
-        } else if (response.status === 204) {
+        } else if (response.status === 204 || response.status === 200) {
           const responseMessage = {
             ...submission.initialResponse,
           };
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/zod.spec.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/zod.spec.ts
index caa7d54e49..c8a02845b2 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/zod.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/zod.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable jest/no-conditional-expect */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 // zod.spec.ts
 import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -468,6 +467,156 @@ describe('convertJsonSchemaToZod', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('additionalProperties handling', () => {
+    it('should allow any additional properties when additionalProperties is true', () => {
+      const schema: JsonSchemaType = {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          name: { type: 'string' },
+        },
+        additionalProperties: true,
+      };
+      const zodSchema = convertJsonSchemaToZod(schema);
+
+      // Should accept the defined property
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John' })).toEqual({ name: 'John' });
+
+      // Should also accept additional properties of any type
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', age: 30 })).toEqual({ name: 'John', age: 30 });
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', isActive: true })).toEqual({
+        name: 'John',
+        isActive: true,
+      });
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'] })).toEqual({
+        name: 'John',
+        tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should validate additional properties according to schema when additionalProperties is an object', () => {
+      const schema: JsonSchemaType = {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          name: { type: 'string' },
+        },
+        additionalProperties: { type: 'number' },
+      };
+      const zodSchema = convertJsonSchemaToZod(schema);
+
+      // Should accept the defined property
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John' })).toEqual({ name: 'John' });
+
+      // Should accept additional properties that match the additionalProperties schema
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', age: 30, score: 100 })).toEqual({
+        name: 'John',
+        age: 30,
+        score: 100,
+      });
+
+      // Should reject additional properties that don't match the additionalProperties schema
+      expect(() => zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', isActive: true })).toThrow();
+      expect(() => zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', tags: ['tag1', 'tag2'] })).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should strip additional properties when additionalProperties is false or not specified', () => {
+      const schema: JsonSchemaType = {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          name: { type: 'string' },
+          age: { type: 'number' },
+        },
+        additionalProperties: false,
+      };
+      const zodSchema = convertJsonSchemaToZod(schema);
+
+      // Should accept the defined properties
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse({ name: 'John', age: 30 })).toEqual({ name: 'John', age: 30 });
+
+      // Current implementation strips additional properties when additionalProperties is false
+      const objWithExtra = { name: 'John', age: 30, isActive: true };
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse(objWithExtra)).toEqual({ name: 'John', age: 30 });
+
+      // Test with additionalProperties not specified (should behave the same)
+      const schemaWithoutAdditionalProps: JsonSchemaType = {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          name: { type: 'string' },
+          age: { type: 'number' },
+        },
+      };
+      const zodSchemaWithoutAdditionalProps = convertJsonSchemaToZod(schemaWithoutAdditionalProps);
+
+      expect(zodSchemaWithoutAdditionalProps?.parse({ name: 'John', age: 30 })).toEqual({
+        name: 'John',
+        age: 30,
+      });
+
+      // Current implementation strips additional properties when additionalProperties is not specified
+      const objWithExtra2 = { name: 'John', age: 30, isActive: true };
+      expect(zodSchemaWithoutAdditionalProps?.parse(objWithExtra2)).toEqual({
+        name: 'John',
+        age: 30,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should handle complex nested objects with additionalProperties', () => {
+      const schema: JsonSchemaType = {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          user: {
+            type: 'object',
+            properties: {
+              name: { type: 'string' },
+              profile: {
+                type: 'object',
+                properties: {
+                  bio: { type: 'string' },
+                },
+                additionalProperties: true,
+              },
+            },
+            additionalProperties: { type: 'string' },
+          },
+        },
+        additionalProperties: false,
+      };
+      const zodSchema = convertJsonSchemaToZod(schema);
+
+      const validData = {
+        user: {
+          name: 'John',
+          profile: {
+            bio: 'Developer',
+            location: 'New York', // Additional property allowed in profile
+            website: 'https://example.com', // Additional property allowed in profile
+          },
+          role: 'admin', // Additional property of type string allowed in user
+          level: 'senior', // Additional property of type string allowed in user
+        },
+      };
+
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse(validData)).toEqual(validData);
+
+      // Current implementation strips additional properties at the top level
+      // when additionalProperties is false
+      const dataWithExtraTopLevel = {
+        user: { name: 'John' },
+        extraField: 'not allowed', // This should be stripped
+      };
+      expect(zodSchema?.parse(dataWithExtraTopLevel)).toEqual({ user: { name: 'John' } });
+
+      // Should reject additional properties in user that don't match the string type
+      expect(() =>
+        zodSchema?.parse({
+          user: {
+            name: 'John',
+            age: 30, // Not a string
+          },
+        }),
+      ).toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('empty object handling', () => {
     it('should return undefined for empty object schemas when allowEmptyObject is false', () => {
       const emptyObjectSchemas = [
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/zod.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/zod.ts
index aa694fe148..cc4cb8a368 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/zod.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/zod.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export type JsonSchemaType = {
   properties?: Record<string, JsonSchemaType>;
   required?: string[];
   description?: string;
+  additionalProperties?: boolean | JsonSchemaType;
 };
 
 function isEmptyObjectSchema(jsonSchema?: JsonSchemaType): boolean {
@@ -72,7 +73,20 @@ export function convertJsonSchemaToZod(
     } else {
       objectSchema = objectSchema.partial();
     }
-    zodSchema = objectSchema;
+
+    // Handle additionalProperties for open-ended objects
+    if (schema.additionalProperties === true) {
+      // This allows any additional properties with any type
+      zodSchema = objectSchema.passthrough();
+    } else if (typeof schema.additionalProperties === 'object') {
+      // For specific additional property types
+      const additionalSchema = convertJsonSchemaToZod(
+        schema.additionalProperties as JsonSchemaType,
+      );
+      zodSchema = objectSchema.catchall(additionalSchema as z.ZodType);
+    } else {
+      zodSchema = objectSchema;
+    }
   } else {
     zodSchema = z.unknown();
   }