MemPalace/mempalace · error · ValueError

embedding must be a non-empty 1D vector

Error message

embedding must be a non-empty 1D vector

What it means

Error "embedding must be a non-empty 1D vector" thrown in MemPalace/mempalace.

Source

Thrown at mempalace/backends/pgvector.py:312

    *,
    documents: list[str],
    ids: list[str],
    metadatas: Optional[list[dict]],
    embeddings: Optional[list[list[float]]],
) -> None:
    n = len(ids)
    if len(documents) != n:
        raise ValueError(f"documents length {len(documents)} does not match ids length {n}")
    if metadatas is not None and len(metadatas) != n:
        raise ValueError(f"metadatas length {len(metadatas)} does not match ids length {n}")
    if embeddings is not None and len(embeddings) != n:
        raise ValueError(f"embeddings length {len(embeddings)} does not match ids length {n}")


def _as_vector_array(vector: list[float]) -> np.ndarray:
    arr = np.asarray(vector, dtype=np.float32)
    if arr.ndim != 1 or arr.size == 0:
        raise ValueError("embedding must be a non-empty 1D vector")
    return arr


def _normalize_vectors(embeddings: list[list[float]]) -> tuple[list[list[float]], int]:
    vectors = []
    dims = set()
    for embedding in embeddings:
        arr = _as_vector_array(embedding)
        vectors.append(arr.astype(float).tolist())
        dims.add(int(arr.size))
    if len(dims) > 1:
        raise DimensionMismatchError(
            f"pgvector batch cannot mix embedding dimensions {sorted(dims)}"
        )
    return vectors, dims.pop() if dims else 0


def _jsonable_metadata(meta: dict | None) -> dict:

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Solutions

1. Provide a non-empty 1D float vector for each row

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at mempalace/backends/pgvector.py:312 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: Embedder returned an empty, 2D, or otherwise malformed vector.

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