chroma-core/chroma · error · ChromaValueError

Model name cannot be updated

Error message

Model name cannot be updated

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/ollama/src/index.ts:82

  }

  public static buildFromConfig(config: OllamaConfig): OllamaEmbeddingFunction {
    return new OllamaEmbeddingFunction({
      model: config.model_name,
      url: config.url,
    });
  }

  public getConfig(): OllamaConfig {
    return {
      model_name: this.model,
      url: this.url,
    };
  }

  public validateConfigUpdate(newConfig: Record<string, any>): void {
    if (this.getConfig().model_name !== newConfig.model_name) {
      throw new ChromaValueError("Model name cannot be updated");
    }
  }

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

registerEmbeddingFunction(NAME, OllamaEmbeddingFunction);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/ollama/src/index.ts:82 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/11c3180116cc9042. Report an issue: GitHub.