chroma-core/chroma · error · Error

Failed to generate embeddings: ${response.statusText}

Error message

Failed to generate embeddings: ${response.statusText}

What it means

Error "Failed to generate embeddings: ${response.statusText}" thrown in chroma-core/chroma.

Source

Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/huggingface-server/src/index.ts:47

    const apiKey =
      args.apiKey || (this.apiKeyEnvVar && process.env[this.apiKeyEnvVar]);

    this.headers = {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      Authorization: apiKey ? `Bearer ${apiKey}` : undefined,
    };
  }

  public async generate(texts: string[]): Promise<number[][]> {
    const response = await fetch(this.url, {
      method: "POST",
      headers: this.headers,
      body: JSON.stringify({ inputs: texts }),
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to generate embeddings: ${response.statusText}`);
    }

    return await response.json();
  }

  public defaultSpace(): EmbeddingFunctionSpace {
    return "cosine";
  }

  public supportedSpaces(): EmbeddingFunctionSpace[] {
    return ["cosine", "l2", "ip"];
  }

  public static buildFromConfig(
    config: HuggingfaceServerConfig,
  ): HuggingfaceServerEmbeddingFunction {
    return new HuggingfaceServerEmbeddingFunction({
      url: config.url,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/huggingface-server/src/index.ts:47 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of chroma-core/chroma@aecdd12c8a (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cc9aa95010d9feb6. Report an issue: GitHub.