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/openai/src/index.ts:106

      organizationId: config.organization_id,
      dimensions: config.dimensions,
      apiBase: config.api_base,
    });
  }

  public getConfig(): OpenAIConfig {
    return {
      api_key_env_var: this.apiKeyEnvVar,
      model_name: this.modelName,
      organization_id: this.organizationId,
      dimensions: this.dimensions,
      api_base: this.apiBase,
    };
  }

  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: OpenAIConfig): void {
    validateConfigSchema(config, NAME);
  }
}

registerEmbeddingFunction(NAME, OpenAIEmbeddingFunction);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/ai-embeddings/openai/src/index.ts:106 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/648ef05d1c50e63d. Report an issue: GitHub.