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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
Create topics here that don’t fit into any other existing category. --- ## [Best way of using DINOv2 image similarity in Weavite](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/best-way-of-using-dinov2-image-similarity-in-weavite/22228)
**Author:** [@rjalex](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/rjalex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/best-way-of-using-dinov2-image-similarity-in-weavite/22228 "2026-09-19T12:59:04Z")
Hello Weaviate gurus. Long time no see :frowning: How boring when I-m not using Weaviate :wink: I started investigating the wonderful world of multimodal similarity hoping to get some work from a nice historical archive… --- ## [Handling vector drift and gRPC timeouts when indexing real-time script behaviors?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/handling-vector-drift-and-grpc-timeouts-when-indexing-real-time-script-behaviors/22249)
**Author:** [@viv889](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/viv889)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/handling-vector-drift-and-grpc-timeouts-when-indexing-real-time-script-behaviors/22249 "2026-09-19T12:57:45Z")
Hey everyone, I’ve been running into a bit of a frustrating issue with my local Weaviate setup (v1.27.x) and I’m hoping someone here has navigated something similar. I’m currently building a small monitoring tool that v… --- ## [Issue with Duplicate UUID Handling in Weaviate Batch Import vs. Insert Method](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/issue-with-duplicate-uuid-handling-in-weaviate-batch-import-vs-insert-method/21214)
**Author:** [@Rohini\_vaidya](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Rohini_vaidya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/issue-with-duplicate-uuid-handling-in-weaviate-batch-import-vs-insert-method/21214 "2026-09-19T12:53:35Z")
I’m experiencing an issue with duplicate UUID handling in Weaviate when using batch import. In my batch import code, I generate a deterministic UUID using generate\_uuid5(guid) for each object. This ensures that the same… --- ## [Best Practice for Multi-Tenant Architecture with Shared and User-Specific Documents](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/best-practice-for-multi-tenant-architecture-with-shared-and-user-specific-documents/21859)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Indsoft](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Paul_Indsoft)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/best-practice-for-multi-tenant-architecture-with-shared-and-user-specific-documents/21859 "2026-09-10T09:00:32Z")
Hi Weaviate community, I’m designing a production system where I need to handle two types of documents: Common documents - Shared across all clients/users User-uploaded documents - Specific to each client/user I… --- ## [VORTEXRAG: a 7-layer RAG framework that fights semantic drift & context poisoning — built on Weaviate](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/vortexrag-a-7-layer-rag-framework-that-fights-semantic-drift-context-poisoning-built-on-weaviate/22554)
**Author:** [@varnesh](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/varnesh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/vortexrag-a-7-layer-rag-framework-that-fights-semantic-drift-context-poisoning-built-on-weaviate/22554 "2026-07-09T12:11:33Z")
Hi Weaviate community :waving\_hand: I built VORTEXRAG, an open-source RAG framework that tackles two failure modes I kept hitting in production RAG: semantic drift (retrieved chunks slowly wander off-topic) and context … --- ## [Hybrid Search + Cohere Rerank Tutorial Using Weaviate Cloud](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/hybrid-search-cohere-rerank-tutorial-using-weaviate-cloud/22533)
**Author:** [@Mayank\_Chugh](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Mayank_Chugh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/hybrid-search-cohere-rerank-tutorial-using-weaviate-cloud/22533 "2026-07-01T04:01:54Z")
I created a step-by-step tutorial showing how to build a hybrid RAG pipeline with Weaviate Cloud. The setup includes: BM25 + semantic search via Weaviate Alpha-based retrieval balancing Cohere reranking Qwen3-8B gener… --- ## [Feature discussion: parent-document retrieval and scoring across chunked objects](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/feature-discussion-parent-document-retrieval-and-scoring-across-chunked-objects/22356)
**Author:** [@luis\_143](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/luis_143)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/feature-discussion-parent-document-retrieval-and-scoring-across-chunked-objects/22356 "2026-05-11T08:09:55Z")
Feature discussion: parent-document retrieval and scoring across chunked objects Description I would like to open a discussion around parent-document retrieval and scoring over chunked objects. A common pattern when usi… --- ## [Is there a GUI to explore/interact my Weaviate collections?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/is-there-a-gui-to-explore-interact-my-weaviate-collections/1200)
**Author:** [@rjalex](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/rjalex)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/is-there-a-gui-to-explore-interact-my-weaviate-collections/1200 "2026-04-20T14:20:38Z")
I am running a Weaviate docker on my Linux machine and am starting to understand it. I am coming from years of SQL, Redis and MongoDB experience. The latter has a nice GUI Client called MongoDB Compass which I often use … --- ## [Rotational Quantization moderate compression](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/rotational-quantization-moderate-compression/22292)
**Author:** [@Maxence\_Oden](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Maxence_Oden)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/rotational-quantization-moderate-compression/22292 "2026-04-06T18:27:11Z")
Hello, I recently read the excellent blog post on 8-bit Rotational Quantization, which showcases its effectiveness. In the article, there is a table demonstrating the key metrics across low, moderate, and high compress… --- ## [Can't expose port 2112 for monitoring](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cant-expose-port-2112-for-monitoring/22243)
**Author:** [@john19880601](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/john19880601)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cant-expose-port-2112-for-monitoring/22243 "2026-02-24T15:04:22Z")
Hi everyone, I’m new to Weaviate and need some help. I want to use grafana and prometheus for monitoring. I follow up your guide to expose metrics by added settings below to values.yaml: service: name: weaviate p… --- ## [Duplicate content in “Prompt Engineering” Knowledge Card (shows Distance Thresholding content)](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/duplicate-content-in-prompt-engineering-knowledge-card-shows-distance-thresholding-content/22225)
**Author:** [@Khush](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Khush)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/duplicate-content-in-prompt-engineering-knowledge-card-shows-distance-thresholding-content/22225 "2026-01-27T09:49:34Z")
On the Weaviate Knowledge Cards page under Advanced RAG Techniques, the “Prompt Engineering” card contains the same content as the “Distance Thresholding” card. Expected behavior: The Prompt Engineering card should ex… --- ## [Panic when using GSE tokenizer with replication (nil Segmenter, EOF on /replicas/…:commit) in v1.34.10](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/panic-when-using-gse-tokenizer-with-replication-nil-segmenter-eof-on-replicas-commit-in-v1-34-10/22222)
**Author:** [@longfei\_yao](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/longfei_yao)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/panic-when-using-gse-tokenizer-with-replication-nil-segmenter-eof-on-replicas-commit-in-v1-34-10/22222 "2026-01-20T15:04:17Z")
build\_wv\_version: 1.34.10 build\_image\_tag: v1.34.10 build\_go\_version: go1.24.11 Docker image: semitechnologies/weaviate:latest (resolves to 1.34.10) Deployment 3‑node Docker Compose cluster (multi‑node with replica… --- ## [Can I use Weaviate with vLLM?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/can-i-use-weaviate-with-vllm/22177)
**Author:** [@KeroZhai](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/KeroZhai)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/can-i-use-weaviate-with-vllm/22177 "2025-12-08T09:32:52Z")
We use vLLM to deploy local LLMs, including embedding models. Can I use Weaviate with them and how? --- ## [Multi region deployment of weavaite on AWS EKS cluster](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/multi-region-deployment-of-weavaite-on-aws-eks-cluster/22100)
**Author:** [@akshay\_madiwale](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/akshay_madiwale)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/multi-region-deployment-of-weavaite-on-aws-eks-cluster/22100 "2025-10-31T18:15:18Z")
I want to deploy weaviate on two different regions on aws eks cluster ? i am not able to find any documentation for that so please help me if its doable ? --- ## [Need help restricting Weaviate access to only VPC IPs](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/need-help-restricting-weaviate-access-to-only-vpc-ips/22086)
**Author:** [@john19880601](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/john19880601)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/need-help-restricting-weaviate-access-to-only-vpc-ips/22086 "2025-10-27T20:01:59Z")
Hi everyone, I’m new to Weaviate and need some help. I’m trying to set up my Weaviate instance so that it can only be accessed from IPs within my VPC. I’ve already modified the inbound rule of the Load Balancer from 0… --- ## [How to backup Weaviate daily?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-to-backup-weaviate-daily/22062)
**Author:** [@john19880601](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/john19880601)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-to-backup-weaviate-daily/22062 "2025-10-17T11:10:04Z")
Hi all, I’m newbie in Weaviate and I’m using Weaviate on EKS. I want to backup Weaviate daily to S3 but not found the official solution yet. Does anyone has the best solution for backup? please support me. --- ## [Why is Gemini 2.5 Flash not supported?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/why-is-gemini-2-5-flash-not-supported/22031)
**Author:** [@cheehow](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/cheehow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/why-is-gemini-2-5-flash-not-supported/22031 "2025-10-14T05:15:12Z")
I’m using the TypeScript client weaviate-client to be used with Google Gemini. Why is it that the client is refusing to accept gemini-2.5-flash as the model? It is the latest. The options that the client is listing are… --- ## [How to resizing weaviate storage?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-to-resizing-weaviate-storage/22029)
**Author:** [@john19880601](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/john19880601)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-to-resizing-weaviate-storage/22029 "2025-10-10T08:39:16Z")
Hi, I’m newbie in weaviate and need your help. Currently, I’m using weaviate EKS. I follow EKS self-host to deploy weaviate and was set storage size is 10gb. Now I want change it to 50gb but it’s not allow. This is sho… --- ## [Https: is there a way to get the weaviate client (connect\_to\_XXX) to pass the https certificate](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/https-is-there-a-way-to-get-the-weaviate-client-connect-to-xxx-to-pass-the-https-certificate/21993)
**Author:** [@jamesm](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jamesm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/https-is-there-a-way-to-get-the-weaviate-client-connect-to-xxx-to-pass-the-https-certificate/21993 "2025-09-29T15:15:33Z")
My client demands https connections. In python I use requests and pass the client.pem file through via verify=client.pem. How do I get that to happen using the weaviate clients? I know about reverse proxy (nginx), but … --- ## [The GSE tokenizer has been configured, but the tokenization effect is poor when performing BM25 retrieval](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/the-gse-tokenizer-has-been-configured-but-the-tokenization-effect-is-poor-when-performing-bm25-retrieval/21984)
**Author:** [@hzy12138](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/hzy12138)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/the-gse-tokenizer-has-been-configured-but-the-tokenization-effect-is-poor-when-performing-bm25-retrieval/21984 "2025-09-26T08:54:47Z")
I has been configured gse tokenizer like：ENABLE\_TOKENIZER\_GSE set true and the collection is： { "class": "Vector\_index\_d8d1ec17\_1f6c\_41c5\_8bd2\_7364402f323a\_Node", "invertedIndexConfig": { "bm25": { "b"… --- ## [.like() and .contains\_any() Not Working on Vectorized fileContent Text](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/like-and-contains-any-not-working-on-vectorized-filecontent-text/21996)
**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Ashir](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Muhammad_Ashir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/like-and-contains-any-not-working-on-vectorized-filecontent-text/21996 "2025-09-25T10:37:19Z")
Hello Weaviate Community, I’m trying to filter my collection based on a text property fileContent using the Python client. I’ve tried both .like() and .contains\_any(), but neither seems to work. Here are my attempts: \*… --- ## [Incorrect vectorizer set in collection schema (text2vec-google vs text2vec-palm)](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/incorrect-vectorizer-set-in-collection-schema-text2vec-google-vs-text2vec-palm/21980)
**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Ashir](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Muhammad_Ashir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/incorrect-vectorizer-set-in-collection-schema-text2vec-google-vs-text2vec-palm/21980 "2025-09-18T11:51:18Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running into an issue where my collection is being created with text2vec-palm as the vectorizer, even though I’ve set everything to use text2vec-google (Gemini embeddings). vectorizer\_config = wvc.conf… --- ## [Function Calling support with Gemini](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/function-calling-support-with-gemini/21976)
**Author:** [@cheehow](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/cheehow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/function-calling-support-with-gemini/21976 "2025-09-17T16:27:40Z")
Hi. I was wondering if Weaviate supports Function Calling in Gemini (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/function-calling) natively? --- ## [SPLADE: Any plans on Integration?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/splade-any-plans-on-integration/21968)
**Author:** [@LiamVDB](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/LiamVDB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/splade-any-plans-on-integration/21968 "2025-09-15T05:06:11Z")
Hello weaviate Team. I’ve been using Weaviate for almost a year now, I’m using the Hybrid Search, BM25, with a voyage embedding model. I was recently looking at SPLADE, and was wondering if there are any plans to integ… --- ## [Azure deployement with weaviate as sidecar container](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/azure-deployement-with-weaviate-as-sidecar-container/21957)
**Author:** [@Abhishek\_Joshi](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Abhishek_Joshi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/azure-deployement-with-weaviate-as-sidecar-container/21957 "2025-09-11T08:16:06Z")
I am trying to deploy fastapi app using weaviate service, currently i have setup code locally through docker-compose using openai embeddings, there is no option in azure sidecar container for exposing grpc\_port, and that… --- ## [Use google embeddings for local setup](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/use-google-embeddings-for-local-setup/21942)
**Author:** [@Abhishek\_Joshi](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Abhishek_Joshi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/use-google-embeddings-for-local-setup/21942 "2025-09-05T20:33:43Z")
I am using weaviate running through docker with following docker-compose setupservices: weaviate: command: - --host - 0.0.0.0 - --port - '8080' - --scheme - http image: cr.weavi… --- ## [Is weaviate free?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/is-weaviate-free/21943)
**Author:** [@Abhishek\_Joshi](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Abhishek_Joshi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/is-weaviate-free/21943 "2025-09-04T13:53:52Z")
if i use docker through setup and host my weaviate based app on cloud is that free? or do i need to use some sort of license from weaviate side? --- ## [ Multi Vector Search misses querying through Docs where some of the target vectors are missing](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/multi-vector-search-misses-querying-through-docs-where-some-of-the-target-vectors-are-missing/21932)
**Author:** [@nikhil1728](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/nikhil1728)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/multi-vector-search-misses-querying-through-docs-where-some-of-the-target-vectors-are-missing/21932 "2025-09-02T14:55:37Z")
Hi team, I’m experimenting with named self-provided vectors and multi-vector search in Weaviate, but I’ve run into a problem. I have a case where some of my documents don’t contain all of the named vectors. When I quer… --- ## [HNSW performance with filters](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/hnsw-performance-with-filters/21890)
**Author:** [@agoriwmt](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/agoriwmt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/hnsw-performance-with-filters/21890 "2025-08-29T15:15:05Z")
Performance of HNSW in Weaviate when filtering highly partitioned data. Performance of HNSW in Weaviate with Highly Partitioned Data I’m evaluating Weaviate for vector and hybrid search over our dataset. The data is hig… [Next page](https://forum.weaviate.io/c/general/4.md?page=1)