# \#vector-database **URL:** https://community.pinecone.io/tag/vector-database/39.md [Latest](https://community.pinecone.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.pinecone.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.pinecone.io/tags.md) --- ## ["Group by" like milvus/zilliz has](https://community.pinecone.io/t/group-by-like-milvus-zilliz-has/8526)
**Author:** [@scotteuser](https://community.pinecone.io/u/scotteuser)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/group-by-like-milvus-zilliz-has/8526 "2026-09-10T05:16:30Z")
When retrieving chunks, often the goal is to return the top e.g. 10 documents. If those documents have multiple chunks each, topK of 10 isn’t enough, we need to overshoot and/or recursively attempt to get more results to… --- ## [Delete records by ID using the make.com API Call Module](https://community.pinecone.io/t/delete-records-by-id-using-the-make-com-api-call-module/8418)
**Author:** [@martin.jackson](https://community.pinecone.io/u/martin.jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/delete-records-by-id-using-the-make-com-api-call-module/8418 "2025-12-18T15:31:13Z")
I’m trying to use the make.com API call module to delete and array of Vector ID’s. However, although I’m getting a “200” code the request isn’t deleting the specified vectors. This is the payload which appears to be cor… --- ## [Creating a storage integration programatically](https://community.pinecone.io/t/creating-a-storage-integration-programatically/8495)
**Author:** [@VarunGopalCommvault](https://community.pinecone.io/u/VarunGopalCommvault)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/creating-a-storage-integration-programatically/8495 "2025-12-11T12:42:26Z")
Hi Pinecone Team, Would it be possible to create a storage integration programatically? If not can we expect this in the near future? --- ## [Importing from s3 using access key and secret key](https://community.pinecone.io/t/importing-from-s3-using-access-key-and-secret-key/8487)
**Author:** [@VarunGopalCommvault](https://community.pinecone.io/u/VarunGopalCommvault)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/importing-from-s3-using-access-key-and-secret-key/8487 "2025-12-01T05:52:28Z")
Hi Pinecone team, we understand that to import from s3 we require a storage integration that has an IAM role configured with the permissions to access the bucket. Instead of using a role would there be a provision to imp… --- ## [Export of backups](https://community.pinecone.io/t/export-of-backups/8443)
**Author:** [@VarunGopalCommvault](https://community.pinecone.io/u/VarunGopalCommvault)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/export-of-backups/8443 "2025-11-12T16:35:43Z")
Hi there is a mention of export of backups being worked on in the documentation. By when can we expect this feature to be available? Thanking you, Varun --- ## [Join Pinecone Office Hours, this Friday on Zoom](https://community.pinecone.io/t/join-pinecone-office-hours-this-friday-on-zoom/8431)
**Author:** [@jocelyn](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jocelyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/join-pinecone-office-hours-this-friday-on-zoom/8431 "2025-10-21T19:23:02Z")
What are you up to this Friday? Don’t miss Pinecone Office Hours on Zoom! Deets below :backhand\_index\_pointing\_down: → Register: Webinar Registration - Zoom Have questions or need help launching your projects? Drop … --- ## [I get "Unauthorized" for the support ticket](https://community.pinecone.io/t/i-get-unauthorized-for-the-support-ticket/8429)
**Author:** [@laki.assistentti](https://community.pinecone.io/u/laki.assistentti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/i-get-unauthorized-for-the-support-ticket/8429 "2025-10-17T12:56:20Z")
Hi Please fix the support ticket form. I accidentally clicked the Upgrade button near to Severity field right side dropdown arrow. It navigated me to the plans page and when I came back, all text I had wrote to the Desc… --- ## [Failed to upload PDF file in Pinecone Assistant](https://community.pinecone.io/t/failed-to-upload-pdf-file-in-pinecone-assistant/8412)
**Author:** [@nerstuff24](https://community.pinecone.io/u/nerstuff24)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/failed-to-upload-pdf-file-in-pinecone-assistant/8412 "2025-10-13T23:37:18Z")
Hello community, I’m new here. I want to ask about uploading my PDF file. Why does it keep failing? My PDF has been compressed to 3 MB. Can anyone help? Thank you. --- ## [Candy AI Clone Project — Memory Issue Driving Me Crazy](https://community.pinecone.io/t/candy-ai-clone-project-memory-issue-driving-me-crazy/8408)
**Author:** [@nitin.tripleminds](https://community.pinecone.io/u/nitin.tripleminds)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/candy-ai-clone-project-memory-issue-driving-me-crazy/8408 "2025-10-06T15:13:12Z")
I’m working in Triple Minds and I’m working on a Candy AI Clone project like this. The project is shaping up well, but I’m stuck on a memory issue. Every time the user closes the chat and comes back, the AI forgets the p… --- ## [Bedrock Knowledge Base + Pinecone fails after vectors inserted](https://community.pinecone.io/t/bedrock-knowledge-base-pinecone-fails-after-vectors-inserted/8388)
**Author:** [@armandofabians](https://community.pinecone.io/u/armandofabians)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/bedrock-knowledge-base-pinecone-fails-after-vectors-inserted/8388 "2025-09-22T02:53:12Z")
I’m integrating AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases (VECTOR) with Pinecone Serverless as the vector store. Embeddings are Amazon Titan Text Embeddings v2 (1024 dims, cosine). When my Pinecone index is empty, I can create/connect… --- ## [What's the recommended approach for implementing TTL functionality in Pinecone?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/whats-the-recommended-approach-for-implementing-ttl-functionality-in-pinecone/8385)
**Author:** [@dadepetun](https://community.pinecone.io/u/dadepetun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/whats-the-recommended-approach-for-implementing-ttl-functionality-in-pinecone/8385 "2025-09-12T13:01:18Z")
(topic deleted by author) --- ## [Got rid of pinecone-client, but langchain and the new pinecone library still isn't working](https://community.pinecone.io/t/got-rid-of-pinecone-client-but-langchain-and-the-new-pinecone-library-still-isnt-working/8102)
**Author:** [@patrick3](https://community.pinecone.io/u/patrick3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/got-rid-of-pinecone-client-but-langchain-and-the-new-pinecone-library-still-isnt-working/8102 "2025-09-03T15:34:26Z")
A few months ago, I made a working prototype of a RAG Agent using LangChain and Pinecone. It’s now been a few months and I’m returning to build it out more, but the Pinecone SDK changed and my prototype is broken. I’m p… --- ## [Using Pinecone for NLP-to-SQL RAG – Is it a good fit?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/using-pinecone-for-nlp-to-sql-rag-is-it-a-good-fit/8367)
**Author:** [@harinathharinath79](https://community.pinecone.io/u/harinathharinath79)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/using-pinecone-for-nlp-to-sql-rag-is-it-a-good-fit/8367 "2025-08-22T05:16:02Z")
Hi everyone, I’m working on an NLP-to-SQL RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) project and I’m wondering if Pinecone is a good fit for this use case. Could someone explain the pros and cons of using Pinecone for these t… --- ## [Incident on us-east-1 environment ? Suddenly cant fetch embeddings](https://community.pinecone.io/t/incident-on-us-east-1-environment-suddenly-cant-fetch-embeddings/8311)
**Author:** [@jmcelhiney619](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jmcelhiney619)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/incident-on-us-east-1-environment-suddenly-cant-fetch-embeddings/8311 "2025-08-13T16:11:56Z")
Didnt make any changes, same API key and index being used but all of a sudden stopped working. Pinecone returns 200 OK, but provides no response body, application hasn’t worked now for about an hour+ . Any current issue … --- ## [What are the biggest challenges you've faced when scaling vector search for real-time applications?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/what-are-the-biggest-challenges-youve-faced-when-scaling-vector-search-for-real-time-applications/8308)
**Author:** [@jocelyn](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jocelyn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/what-are-the-biggest-challenges-youve-faced-when-scaling-vector-search-for-real-time-applications/8308 "2025-08-04T18:50:27Z")
As part of the Pinecone team, I get to hear from a lot of folks working on real-time vector search. A few common themes keep coming up: managing query throughput, handling frequent index updates, and optimizing memory us… --- ## [Pinecone Local Response still counting usages on query\_namespaces](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-local-response-still-counting-usages-on-query-namespaces/8305)
**Author:** [@anne](https://community.pinecone.io/u/anne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-local-response-still-counting-usages-on-query-namespaces/8305 "2025-08-04T07:26:19Z")
Today, I was making some Unit tests for my application that uses Pinecone, because I wanted to use Pinecone Local to make it predictable and return what I expect it to. The problem that I found was that when I used query… --- ## [Issue: Incorrect context being fetched in Docker environment despite correct namespace](https://community.pinecone.io/t/issue-incorrect-context-being-fetched-in-docker-environment-despite-correct-namespace/8284)
**Author:** [@tushar.ekad](https://community.pinecone.io/u/tushar.ekad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/issue-incorrect-context-being-fetched-in-docker-environment-despite-correct-namespace/8284 "2025-07-29T17:17:51Z")
Hi everyone, I’m facing a strange issue with my Pinecone integration. The app works perfectly when run locally — it fetches the correct context from the specified namespace. However, when I run the exact same setup insi… --- ## [Sparse search vs metadata filtering](https://community.pinecone.io/t/sparse-search-vs-metadata-filtering/8265)
**Author:** [@neelashab](https://community.pinecone.io/u/neelashab)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/sparse-search-vs-metadata-filtering/8265 "2025-07-25T15:06:48Z")
Hi all! I am a fresh graduate working on an AI project in hopes it will help me find a job. I am working on an LLM powered chatbot that uses RAG to help the user buy group insurance. My intention is to first filter plan… --- ## [Need Help Configuring Upsert with PineconeVector in n8n](https://community.pinecone.io/t/need-help-configuring-upsert-with-pineconevector-in-n8n/8162)
**Author:** [@chathuranga](https://community.pinecone.io/u/chathuranga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/need-help-configuring-upsert-with-pineconevector-in-n8n/8162 "2025-07-11T14:30:05Z")
Hi everyone, I’m facing an issue when using Google Sheets to input values into Pinecone. I’m using an n8n workflow to execute the process. With the PineconeVector node, I’m able to insert values into the database, but I … --- ## [Looking for users to help us improve our console - paid research](https://community.pinecone.io/t/looking-for-users-to-help-us-improve-our-console-paid-research/8215)
**Author:** [@jesirae](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jesirae)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/looking-for-users-to-help-us-improve-our-console-paid-research/8215 "2025-07-08T14:19:20Z")
Hi everyone, I’m a product researcher from the Growth Team at Pinecone. Currently I am looking for Pinecone users to conduct 15-30 min 1:1 interviews with to better understand your experience around index creation and ac… --- ## [Sudden Increase in Read Unit (PricingQuantity) Usage Since 25/06/2025 — Need Help Tracing the Cause](https://community.pinecone.io/t/sudden-increase-in-read-unit-pricingquantity-usage-since-25-06-2025-need-help-tracing-the-cause/8203)
**Author:** [@jenipatel.ob](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jenipatel.ob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/sudden-increase-in-read-unit-pricingquantity-usage-since-25-06-2025-need-help-tracing-the-cause/8203 "2025-07-03T19:53:21Z")
Hi Pinecone Community, I’ve noticed a sudden and consistent doubling in Read Unit (PricingQuantity) usage for one of our projects starting from June 25, 2025. There have been no changes on our end in terms of query volu… --- ## [PineconeApiException: (422) Reason: Unprocessable Entity](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pineconeapiexception-422-reason-unprocessable-entity/8196)
**Author:** [@szymskul](https://community.pinecone.io/u/szymskul)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pineconeapiexception-422-reason-unprocessable-entity/8196 "2025-07-02T21:32:57Z")
Hi, I am trying to create sparse index on local Pinecone Local development with Pinecone Local - Pinecone Docs, but when I compile this lines sparse\_index\_name = "sparse-index" if not pc.has\_index(sparse\_index\_name): … --- ## [Vector dimension 0 does not match the dimension of the index 3072](https://community.pinecone.io/t/vector-dimension-0-does-not-match-the-dimension-of-the-index-3072/8191)
**Author:** [@fleurmmii](https://community.pinecone.io/u/fleurmmii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/vector-dimension-0-does-not-match-the-dimension-of-the-index-3072/8191 "2025-07-02T11:20:01Z")
Using Pinecone w n8n, and I get this message. I’m using the gemini experimental embedding model, 03-07 or something. Now according to other posts here, this type of error message is due to a mismatch in dimensions. Howev… --- ## [Execution time for inserting PDF documents into Pinecone in an n8n workflow](https://community.pinecone.io/t/execution-time-for-inserting-pdf-documents-into-pinecone-in-an-n8n-workflow/8185)
**Author:** [@visions2060](https://community.pinecone.io/u/visions2060)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/execution-time-for-inserting-pdf-documents-into-pinecone-in-an-n8n-workflow/8185 "2025-07-01T16:37:06Z")
I created an n8n workflow where I perform RAG. Documents located in a OneDrive folder are injected into Pinecone for vectorization. It turns out that, regardless of the document size or number of files, the Pinecone node… --- ## [Failed to update metadata in Pinecone (504)](https://community.pinecone.io/t/failed-to-update-metadata-in-pinecone-504/8108)
**Author:** [@josh](https://community.pinecone.io/u/josh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/failed-to-update-metadata-in-pinecone-504/8108 "2025-06-30T10:35:07Z")
Hi. Every once in a while we receive a 504 Error from Pinecone on the index host. Here is the error: Failed to update metadata in Pinecone: (504) Reason: Gateway Time-out HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({‘Serve… --- ## [Pinecone encryption](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-encryption/8176)
**Author:** [@arahman4710](https://community.pinecone.io/u/arahman4710)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-encryption/8176 "2025-06-27T19:58:47Z")
Does pinecone upsert text (Upsert text - Pinecone Docs) encrypt the data at rest? I have sensitive data in the chunks i’m storing and need it to be encrypted. Can someone point me to the docs where it mentions this? Th… --- ## [FilterTypeDict and SimpleFilter definition](https://community.pinecone.io/t/filtertypedict-and-simplefilter-definition/8098)
**Author:** [@ram.venkat.11](https://community.pinecone.io/u/ram.venkat.11)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/filtertypedict-and-simplefilter-definition/8098 "2025-06-26T09:58:04Z")
I have a search filter like this: {"$and": \[{"name": {"$eq": "foo"}}, {"type": {"$in": \["bar"\]}}\]} This does not pass the typing check in 7.0 version of Pinecone python package. As per the definition of SimpleFilter i… --- ## [Serverless: How to Delete specific records by metadata?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/serverless-how-to-delete-specific-records-by-metadata/4134)
**Author:** [@rd.intermac](https://community.pinecone.io/u/rd.intermac)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/serverless-how-to-delete-specific-records-by-metadata/4134 "2025-06-18T13:57:04Z")
Hi Pinecone Support, I recently upgraded to the serverless version of Pinecone and encountered an issue with deleting specific vectors. In the free version, I used metadata (UserID and filename) to identify and delete s… --- ## [Delete with metadata filters does not work](https://community.pinecone.io/t/delete-with-metadata-filters-does-not-work/841)
**Author:** [@Greg.C](https://community.pinecone.io/u/Greg.C)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/delete-with-metadata-filters-does-not-work/841 "2025-06-09T12:29:02Z")
Hi, I’m trying to use the delete method with namespace and metadata filters in the Python library and nothing happens. Here’s what I do exactly: pinecone.init(api\_key=key, environment=region) index = pinecone.Index(\ **Author:** [@richie](https://community.pinecone.io/u/richie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/can-you-delete-a-vector-using-a-metadata-filter-without-an-index-on-that-metadata-parameter/1984 "2025-06-09T12:28:15Z") Deleting vectors that match a metadata field is possible using the delete vector API by passing the filter parameter. However, since this particular metadata field is high-cardinality (millions of values) and we have no… [Next page](https://community.pinecone.io/tag/vector-database/39.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=vector-database)