chroma-core/chroma · error · ChromaValueError

txn.commit() cannot be called inside run()

Error message

txn.commit() cannot be called inside run()

What it means

Error "txn.commit() cannot be called inside run()" thrown in chroma-core/chroma.

Source

Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/chromadb/src/collection.ts:1462

      uris: preparedRecordSet.uris,
    });
  }

  public async delete({ ids }: { ids: string[] }): Promise<void> {
    this.ensureOpen();
    validateIDs(ids);

    this.bufferWrite("delete", ids, {
      ids,
      where: null,
      where_document: null,
      limit: null,
    });
  }

  public async commit(): Promise<ConditionalCommitResult> {
    if (this.commitBlockedByRun) {
      throw new ChromaValueError("txn.commit() cannot be called inside run()");
    }
    return this.commitAfterRun();
  }

  public async run<T>(
    callback: (transaction: ConditionalCollectionTransaction) => T | Promise<T>,
    options?: ConditionalTransactionRunOptions | number,
  ): Promise<T> {
    const maxRetries = conditionalMaxRetries(options);

    let attempt = 0;
    while (true) {
      const transaction = this.newAttempt(attempt);
      transaction.commitBlockedByRun = true;

      let value: T;
      try {
        value = await callback(transaction);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at clients/new-js/packages/chromadb/src/collection.ts:1462 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/90b85e0739831960. Report an issue: GitHub.