chroma-core/chroma · error · TypeError

SeqIDs must be integers for sql-based EmbeddingsDB

Error message

SeqIDs must be integers for sql-based EmbeddingsDB

What it means

Error "SeqIDs must be integers for sql-based EmbeddingsDB" thrown in chroma-core/chroma.

Source

Thrown at chromadb/db/mixins/embeddings_queue.py:411

                                id=row[2],
                                embedding=vector,
                                encoding=encoding,
                                metadata=json.loads(row[5]) if row[5] else None,
                            ),
                        )
                    ],
                )

    @trace_method("SqlEmbeddingsQueue._validate_range", OpenTelemetryGranularity.ALL)
    def _validate_range(
        self, start: Optional[SeqId], end: Optional[SeqId]
    ) -> Tuple[int, int]:
        """Validate and normalize the start and end SeqIDs for a subscription using this
        impl."""
        start = start or self._next_seq_id()
        end = end or self.max_seqid()
        if not isinstance(start, int) or not isinstance(end, int):
            raise TypeError("SeqIDs must be integers for sql-based EmbeddingsDB")
        if start >= end:
            raise ValueError(f"Invalid SeqID range: {start} to {end}")
        return start, end

    @trace_method("SqlEmbeddingsQueue._next_seq_id", OpenTelemetryGranularity.ALL)
    def _next_seq_id(self) -> int:
        """Get the next SeqID for this database."""
        t = Table("embeddings_queue")
        q = self.querybuilder().from_(t).select(functions.Max(t.seq_id))
        with self.tx() as cur:
            cur.execute(q.get_sql())
            return int(cur.fetchone()[0]) + 1

    @trace_method("SqlEmbeddingsQueue._notify_all", OpenTelemetryGranularity.ALL)
    def _notify_all(self, topic: str, embeddings: Sequence[LogRecord]) -> None:
        """Send a notification to each subscriber of the given topic."""
        if self._running:
            for sub in self._subscriptions[topic]:

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at chromadb/db/mixins/embeddings_queue.py:411 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/2a0080dcb8d14fa0. Report an issue: GitHub.