{"record":{"id":"28a128f1b59ac8ba","repo":"chroma-core/chroma","slug":"failed-to-generate-perplexity-embeddings","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to generate Perplexity embeddings","messagePattern":"Failed to generate Perplexity embeddings","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/perplexity/src/index.ts","lineNumber":64,"sourceCode":"        `Perplexity API key is not set. Please provide it in the constructor or set the environment variable ${apiKeyEnvVar}.`,\n      );\n    }\n\n    this.modelName = modelName;\n    this.apiKeyEnvVar = apiKeyEnvVar;\n    this.dimensions = dimensions;\n    this.client = new Perplexity({ apiKey });\n  }\n\n  public async generate(texts: string[]): Promise<number[][]> {\n    const response = await this.client.embeddings.create({\n      input: texts,\n      model: this.modelName as \"pplx-embed-v1-0.6b\" | \"pplx-embed-v1-4b\",\n      dimensions: this.dimensions,\n    });\n\n    if (!response.data || !response.data.every((e) => e?.embedding)) {\n      throw new Error(\"Failed to generate Perplexity embeddings\");\n    }\n\n    return response.data.map((e) => decodeBase64Embedding(e.embedding!));\n  }\n\n  public static buildFromConfig(\n    config: PerplexityConfig,\n  ): PerplexityEmbeddingFunction {\n    return new PerplexityEmbeddingFunction({\n      modelName: config.model_name,\n      apiKeyEnvVar: config.api_key_env_var,\n      dimensions: config.dimensions,\n    });\n  }\n\n  public defaultSpace(): EmbeddingFunctionSpace {\n    return \"cosine\";\n  }","sourceCodeStart":46,"sourceCodeEnd":82,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/aecdd12c8a891610db8653630b066b32ceb678b5/clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/perplexity/src/index.ts#L46-L82","documentation":"Error \"Failed to generate Perplexity embeddings\" thrown in chroma-core/chroma.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/perplexity/src/index.ts:64 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"}