# WeaviateQueryError

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317 "2024-05-14T13:10:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![christian.mayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@christian.mayer](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/christian.mayer)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/1 "2024-05-14T13:10:20Z")

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### Description

I am getting this error:

```auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py", line 609, in __call
    res, _ = self._connection.grpc_stub.Search.with_call(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/grpc/_channel.py", line 1198, in with_call
    return _end_unary_response_blocking(state, call, True, None)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/grpc/_channel.py", line 1006, in _end_unary_response_blocking
    raise _InactiveRpcError(state) # pytype: disable=not-instantiable
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
grpc._channel._InactiveRpcError: <_InactiveRpcError of RPC that terminated with:
	status = StatusCode.UNKNOWN
	details = "explorer: get class: vector search: object vector search at index faq: shard faq_g8JQfN2F0moQ: vector search: knn search: distance between entrypoint and query node: got a nil or zero-length vector at docID 0"
	debug_error_string = "UNKNOWN:Error received from peer {created_time:"2024-05-14T14:42:36.515262638+02:00", grpc_status:2, grpc_message:"explorer: get class: vector search: object vector search at index faq: shard faq_g8JQfN2F0moQ: vector search: knn search: distance between entrypoint and query node: got a nil or zero-length vector at docID 0"}"
>

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/httpd/./manage.py", line 27, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/src/httpd/./manage.py", line 23, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/ __init__.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/ __init__.py", line 436, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 413, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 459, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/httpd/common/management/commands/wquery.py", line 24, in handle
    result = collection.query.near_text(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/collections/queries/near_text/query.py", line 90, in near_text
    res = self._query.near_text(
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py", line 418, in near_text
    return self.__call(request)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py", line 618, in __call
    raise WeaviateQueryError(e.details(), "GRPC search") # pyright: ignore
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
weaviate.exceptions.WeaviateQueryError: Query call with protocol GRPC search failed with message explorer: get class: vector search: object vector search at index faq: shard faq_g8JQfN2F0moQ: vector search: knn search: distance between entrypoint and query node: got a nil or zero-length vector at docID 0.

```

What does it mean? I have the same data and same structure and same Weaviate version on a different server working fine. My Python code looks like:

```auto
collection = client.collections.get('Faq')
result = collection.query.near_text(
    target_vector='question',
    query='Hello World',
    limit=1,
)

```

### Server Setup Information

- Weaviate Server Version: 1.24.10
- Deployment Method: docker
- Number of Running Nodes: 1
- Client Language and Version: Python 3.11.9, Weaviate Library v4

### Any additional Information

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/2 "2024-05-14T13:24:42Z")

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hi @christian.mayer !! Welcome to our community 🤗

This bug was fixed in 1.24.11! 😃

> [@Help Needed: Resolving WeaviateQueryError with Nil or Zero-Length Vector at docID 715](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/help-needed-resolving-weaviatequeryerror-with-nil-or-zero-length-vector-at-docid-715/1876/12):
>
> Edit: [version 1.24.11 fix this bug!](https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.24.11) Hi there dear friends!!! Welcome to our community @smwitkowski !! hugs Our team is already aware of this and were able to reproduce. Here is the GH issue: Thank you all for reporting and being such an amazing community! people_hugging

Please, upgrade to 1.24.11+ and let me know if this was fixed on your side too.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![christian.mayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@christian.mayer](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/christian.mayer)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/3 "2024-05-14T14:11:55Z")

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Thank you so much. I upgraded to 1.24.12 and it’s now working. 🙏

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**Author:** ![zhou\_yangbo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/zhou_yangbo/32/1557_2.png) [@zhou\_yangbo](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/zhou_yangbo)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/4 "2024-05-29T09:08:11Z")

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still occurred at weaviate:1.25.1 ☹

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/5 "2024-05-29T20:02:18Z")

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Hi!

Can you provide a code so we can reproduce this in 1.25.1?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![zhou\_yangbo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/zhou_yangbo/32/1557_2.png) [@zhou\_yangbo](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/zhou_yangbo)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/6 "2024-05-31T08:54:59Z")

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```auto
sclient = weaviate.connect_to_embedded(
    persistence_data_path="./cache/weaviate",
    version="1.25.1",
    environment_variables={"ENABLE_MODULES":"text2vec-ollama,generative-ollama","AUTOSCHEMA_ENABLED": "false", "DISABLE_TELEMETRY":"true"}
    )

print("####end of configure schema.")

print("###col_toyou:",col_toyou)

_query_text = "test"
_collection_name = "test"
chunks = client.collections.get(_collection_name)
#testing of fetch_objects
print("###quring chunks of:",_collection_name)

# An example prompt
prompt_text="test"

# Generate an embedding for the prompt and retrieve the most relevant doc
response = ollama.embeddings(
  model = "all-minilm",
  prompt = prompt_text,
)
print("###ollama.embeddings response:",response)

# quried_response = chunks.query.near_text(query=_query_text, limit=3)
results = chunks.query.near_vector(near_vector = response["embedding"],
                                       limit = 1)
print("###nearVector queried results:",results)
FYI 

thanks.

```

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/7 "2024-06-05T12:11:45Z")

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@zhou_yangbo

Check here a working ollama recipe:

> <https://github.com/weaviate/recipes/blob/main/weaviate-features/generative-search/local_rag_using_ollama_integration_using_embedded.ipynb>

Let me know if this helps 🙂

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviatequeryerror/2317/8 "2024-06-05T12:29:45Z")

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This has worked for me:

```auto
query = "When Lamas were first domesticated and how long do they live?"
response = ollama.embeddings(
  model = "all-minilm",
  prompt = query,
)
results = collection.query.near_vector(
    near_vector=response["embedding"],
    limit=2
)
for object in results.objects:
    print(object.properties)

```

> {‘text’: ‘Llamas live to be about 20 years old, though some only live for 15 years and others live to be 30 years old’}  
> {‘text’: ‘Llamas were first domesticated and used as pack animals 4,000 to 5,000 years ago in the Peruvian highlands’}