redis/go-redis · error

FT.CREATE: SCHEMA FieldType GEOSHAPE is required for GeoShap

Error message

FT.CREATE: SCHEMA FieldType GEOSHAPE is required for GeoShapeFieldType

What it means

Error "FT.CREATE: SCHEMA FieldType GEOSHAPE is required for GeoShapeFieldType" thrown in redis/go-redis.

Source

Thrown at search_commands.go:1583

					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "SEARCH_WINDOW_SIZE", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.SearchWindowSize)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Epsilon > 0 {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "EPSILON", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.Epsilon)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.TrainingThreshold > 0 {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "TRAINING_THRESHOLD", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.TrainingThreshold)
				}
				if schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.ReduceDim > 0 {
					vamanaArgs = append(vamanaArgs, "REDUCE", schema.VectorArgs.VamanaOptions.ReduceDim)
				}
				args = append(args, len(vamanaArgs))
				args = append(args, vamanaArgs...)
			}
		}
		if schema.GeoShapeFieldType != "" {
			if schema.FieldType != SearchFieldTypeGeoShape {
				cmd := NewStatusCmd(ctx, args...)
				cmd.SetErr(fmt.Errorf("FT.CREATE: SCHEMA FieldType GEOSHAPE is required for GeoShapeFieldType"))
				return cmd
			}
			args = append(args, schema.GeoShapeFieldType)
		}
		if schema.NoStem {
			args = append(args, "NOSTEM")
		}
		if schema.Sortable {
			args = append(args, "SORTABLE")
		}
		if schema.UNF {
			args = append(args, "UNF")
		}
		if schema.NoIndex {
			args = append(args, "NOINDEX")
		}
		if schema.PhoneticMatcher != "" {
			args = append(args, "PHONETIC", schema.PhoneticMatcher)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at search_commands.go:1583 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of redis/go-redis@c5cad058c7 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/556035ea6b0653ef. Report an issue: GitHub.