{"record":{"id":"03a7c7d2b297aad6","repo":"chroma-core/chroma","slug":"transactional-filter-reads-require-a-positive-limi","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"transactional filter reads require a positive limit","messagePattern":"transactional filter reads require a positive limit","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ChromaValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"clients/new-js/packages/chromadb/src/collection.ts","lineNumber":1619,"sourceCode":"    if (this.readToken === null) {\n      this.readToken = readToken;\n    }\n  }\n\n  private validateGetRequest(request: ConditionalGetRequestPayload): void {\n    const ids = request.ids ?? undefined;\n    if (ids) {\n      for (const id of ids) {\n        if (this.bufferedWriteIds.has(id)) {\n          throw this.invalidReadAfterWrite(id);\n        }\n      }\n      return;\n    }\n\n    const limit = request.limit ?? undefined;\n    if (!Number.isInteger(limit) || (limit as number) <= 0) {\n      throw new ChromaValueError(\n        \"transactional filter reads require a positive limit\",\n      );\n    }\n  }\n\n  private validateReadToken(\n    expectedReadToken: number | null,\n    actualReadToken: number | null | undefined,\n  ): void {\n    if (actualReadToken === null || actualReadToken === undefined) {\n      throw new ChromaValueError(\n        \"transactional get response did not include an OCC read token\",\n      );\n    }\n    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(actualReadToken) || actualReadToken < 0) {\n      throw new ChromaValueError(\n        `transactional read token offset ${actualReadToken} is not a safe integer`,\n      );","sourceCodeStart":1601,"sourceCodeEnd":1637,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/aecdd12c8a891610db8653630b066b32ceb678b5/clients/new-js/packages/chromadb/src/collection.ts#L1601-L1637","documentation":"Error \"transactional filter reads require a positive limit\" thrown in chroma-core/chroma.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/chromadb/src/collection.ts:1619 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"aecdd12c8a891610db8653630b066b32ceb678b5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T21:53:27.228Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T23:17:17.608Z"}