chroma-core/chroma · error · ChromaValueError

Model cannot be updated

Error message

Model cannot be updated

What it means

Error "Model cannot be updated" thrown in chroma-core/chroma.

Source

Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/chroma-cloud-splade/src/index.ts:188

    client?: ChromaClient,
  ): ChromaCloudSpladeEmbeddingFunction {
    return new ChromaCloudSpladeEmbeddingFunction({
      model: config.model,
      apiKeyEnvVar: config.api_key_env_var,
      client,
    });
  }

  public getConfig(): ChromaCloudSpladeConfig {
    return {
      model: this.model,
      api_key_env_var: this.apiKeyEnvVar,
    };
  }

  public validateConfigUpdate(newConfig: Record<string, any>): void {
    if ("model" in newConfig) {
      throw new ChromaValueError("Model cannot be updated");
    }
  }

  public static validateConfig(config: ChromaCloudSpladeConfig): void {
    validateConfigSchema(config, NAME);
  }
}

registerSparseEmbeddingFunction(NAME, ChromaCloudSpladeEmbeddingFunction);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/chroma-cloud-splade/src/index.ts:188 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/7e3704a58d253b6a. Report an issue: GitHub.