# \#technical **URL:** https://forum.weaviate.io/tag/technical/18.md [Latest](https://forum.weaviate.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.weaviate.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.weaviate.io/tags.md) --- ## [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… --- ## [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 … --- ## [Check whether deterministic proxy to drop stale Weaviate context (Cuts token burn by ~50%). Stress-testing it this week](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/check-whether-deterministic-proxy-to-drop-stale-weaviate-context-cuts-token-burn-by-50-stress-testing-it-this-week/22558)
**Author:** [@VLSiddarth](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/VLSiddarth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/check-whether-deterministic-proxy-to-drop-stale-weaviate-context-cuts-token-burn-by-50-stress-testing-it-this-week/22558 "2026-07-08T10:11:32Z")
Hey everyone, I’ve been researching why enterprise RAG pipelines fail when vector databases scale. The silent killer is ‘Context Rot’, Weaviate retrieves a document that is semantically perfect (high cosine similarity) … --- ## [Knowledge Universe API — populate Weaviate with scored, multi-source knowledge in one call](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/knowledge-universe-api-populate-weaviate-with-scored-multi-source-knowledge-in-one-call/22257)
**Author:** [@VLSiddarth](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/VLSiddarth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/knowledge-universe-api-populate-weaviate-with-scored-multi-source-knowledge-in-one-call/22257 "2026-07-03T07:21:42Z")
Title: Knowledge Universe API — populate Weaviate with scored, multi-source knowledge in one call Hey Weaviate community, I built Knowledge Universe API and wanted to share a pattern that might be useful for anyone bui… --- ## [\[Architecture\] Preventing RAG "Context Rot" – A Deterministic Temporal Decay Layer for Vector Payloads](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/architecture-preventing-rag-context-rot-a-deterministic-temporal-decay-layer-for-vector-payloads/22341)
**Author:** [@VLSiddarth](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/VLSiddarth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/architecture-preventing-rag-context-rot-a-deterministic-temporal-decay-layer-for-vector-payloads/22341 "2026-06-16T10:51:43Z")
The Problem: Semantic Similarity vs. Temporal Reality We are all building highly optimized RAG pipelines, but I’ve been running into a persistent bottleneck when deploying agents in regulated or high-velocity domains (li… --- ## [\[Question\] How to use BOYC for Weaviate deploy](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-how-to-use-boyc-for-weaviate-deploy/22348)
**Author:** [@PeterHanks](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/PeterHanks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-how-to-use-boyc-for-weaviate-deploy/22348 "2026-05-06T12:39:57Z")
Hi everyone, I need to use Weaviate cloud but want it to be deployed within the VPC of my GCP account. Does Weaviate support this option and if it does, how to do it? Note I don’t wish to use Kubernetes. Thank you. --- ## [Beever Atlas: an open-source LLM Wiki on Weaviate (3-tier schema for chat memory)](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/beever-atlas-an-open-source-llm-wiki-on-weaviate-3-tier-schema-for-chat-memory/22339)
**Author:** [@jhkchan](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jhkchan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/beever-atlas-an-open-source-llm-wiki-on-weaviate-3-tier-schema-for-chat-memory/22339 "2026-04-27T05:24:17Z")
Hey everyone :waving\_hand: We just open-sourced Beever Atlas — an LLM Wiki for team chat that distills Slack / Discord / Microsoft Teams / Mattermost / Telegram conversations into a structured, browsable wiki backed by … --- ## [Seeking architectural patterns: Balancing hybrid search with mathematical temporal decay](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/seeking-architectural-patterns-balancing-hybrid-search-with-mathematical-temporal-decay/22329)
**Author:** [@VLSiddarth](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/VLSiddarth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/seeking-architectural-patterns-balancing-hybrid-search-with-mathematical-temporal-decay/22329 "2026-04-21T07:50:22Z")
(Architecture / Design Question - No specific error logs) I love Weaviate’s hybrid search, but I’m struggling with the architecture around context rot. If I have a highly relevant 3-year-old chunk and a moderately rele… --- ## [Schema loss after scale down and scale up the RAFT cluster](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/schema-loss-after-scale-down-and-scale-up-the-raft-cluster/22317)
**Author:** [@Dharanish](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Dharanish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/schema-loss-after-scale-down-and-scale-up-the-raft-cluster/22317 "2026-04-16T14:02:21Z")
Team, Due to some issues on the Kubernetes side, we had to delete and recreate the Weaviate cluster. However, the cluster did not start because Raft does not support scale-down or deletion in this manner. To proceed, w… --- ## [Weaviate backup failing- "cannot resolve hostname for "weaviate-3"](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-backup-failing-cannot-resolve-hostname-for-weaviate-3/22071)
**Author:** [@Tibin](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Tibin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-backup-failing-cannot-resolve-hostname-for-weaviate-3/22071 "2026-03-25T13:42:45Z")
Description We have a Weaviate cluster deployed via Helm on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), backed by Azure PVC. The cluster has successfully ingested a substantial number of documents. However, when attempting to initi… --- ## [When does filtering occur?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/when-does-filtering-occur/22267)
**Author:** [@t3v00yaj](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/t3v00yaj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/when-does-filtering-occur/22267 "2026-03-19T17:50:54Z")
When filtering, does the filtering occur before or after the semantic search? --- ## [Weaviate shard becoming read-only due to disk usage threshold – unable to insert objects](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-shard-becoming-read-only-due-to-disk-usage-threshold-unable-to-insert-objects/22254)
**Author:** [@Manish\_Jangid](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Manish_Jangid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-shard-becoming-read-only-due-to-disk-usage-threshold-unable-to-insert-objects/22254 "2026-03-11T11:50:59Z")
Description We are facing an issue while inserting objects into Weaviate. When our backend tries to index document chunks, the insert operation fails and Weaviate returns a read-only error due to high disk usage. The er… --- ## [\[Question\] Backup cloud into my local server ](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-backup-cloud-into-my-local-server/22238)
**Author:** [@Brinda\_Lashkari](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Brinda_Lashkari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-backup-cloud-into-my-local-server/22238 "2026-02-19T11:47:45Z")
We have now created : A local Weaviate running in Docker on my PC. A docker-compose.yml that enables filesystem backups and maps them to Desktop\\weaviate-local\\backups But our Cloud data is still in Weaviate Clo… --- ## [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… --- ## [Weaviate shard in readonly during quantization 8bit](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-shard-in-readonly-during-quantization-8bit/22223)
**Author:** [@Tibin](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Tibin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-shard-in-readonly-during-quantization-8bit/22223 "2026-01-22T13:20:59Z")
Description Tried enabling quantization on an existing collection via the API. However, for one shard, indexing switches to read-only mode, and queries through the Python client fail intermittently. I also restored an o… --- ## [Query call with protocol GRPC search failed with message connection to: Azure OpenAI API failed with status: 404 error: Resource not found](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/query-call-with-protocol-grpc-search-failed-with-message-connection-to-azure-openai-api-failed-with-status-404-error-resource-not-found/22212)
**Author:** [@jasnoor](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jasnoor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/query-call-with-protocol-grpc-search-failed-with-message-connection-to-azure-openai-api-failed-with-status-404-error-resource-not-found/22212 "2026-01-13T13:34:25Z")
I am trying to create a locally hosted Weaviate RAG wherein I am calling the Azure Government Cloud OpenAI models for generation but it is failing with the error message: I have specified the correct API key, Deployment… --- ## [Hybrid Search is Slow](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/hybrid-search-is-slow/22211)
**Author:** [@jpiabrantes](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jpiabrantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/hybrid-search-is-slow/22211 "2026-01-05T02:00:38Z")
Description My db has two collections, when searching on the smallest collection (164k objects). I obtain the following percentile delays: p50: 1192.8 ms p95: 2564.4 ms p99: 3493.5 ms (metrics based on 124 samples) … --- ## [Recurring DEADLINE\_EXCEEDED after 700s on simple near\_text queries - Shared Cluster GCP Europe](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/recurring-deadline-exceeded-after-700s-on-simple-near-text-queries-shared-cluster-gcp-europe/22207)
**Author:** [@Mehdi\_Essafi](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Mehdi_Essafi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/recurring-deadline-exceeded-after-700s-on-simple-near-text-queries-shared-cluster-gcp-europe/22207 "2025-12-31T15:57:22Z")
Environment: Weaviate Cloud version: 1.34.5 Cloud provider: GCP Region: Europe Cluster type: Shared (99.5% SLA) Python client: weaviate-client==4.16.9 Python: 3.9 Problem: Simple near\_text() queries hang for 700+ sec… --- ## [Subset Search](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/subset-search/22205)
**Author:** [@coppetaj](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/coppetaj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/subset-search/22205 "2025-12-30T18:02:25Z")
I am looking to perform subset search so I can fully support my application that uses ABAC. I have a pipeline configured with the attributes required to access the objects. For example, I might have { "department": "e… --- ## [\[Question\] How to Weaviate and NVIDIA Turbocharge Vector Search with GPU Acceleration?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-how-to-weaviate-and-nvidia-turbocharge-vector-search-with-gpu-acceleration/22180)
**Author:** [@lei](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/lei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-how-to-weaviate-and-nvidia-turbocharge-vector-search-with-gpu-acceleration/22180 "2025-12-10T23:02:11Z")
For self-hosted users . I tried to configure it ENABLE\_MODULES=text2vec-transformers,generative-openai,generative-nvidia,multi2vec-nvidia,reranker-nvidia,text2vec-nvidia‘ However, when querying, it is still not possi… --- ## [\[Question\] Where and how to set the External IP Address of the LoadBalancer Service?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-where-and-how-to-set-the-external-ip-address-of-the-loadbalancer-service/22165)
**Author:** [@Raphy](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Raphy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-where-and-how-to-set-the-external-ip-address-of-the-loadbalancer-service/22165 "2025-11-27T09:32:16Z")
From my Cloud Provider got a LoadBalancer Service: an IPv4 Address xx.xx.xxx.xxx and Outbound IPv4 yy.yyy.y.y/14 Where exactly do I have to specify the IPv4 Address of the LoadBalancer Service ( I guess xx.xx.xxx.xxx) i… --- ## [\[Question\] Weaviate cloud clusters problem](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-weaviate-cloud-clusters-problem/22159)
**Author:** [@EandG](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/EandG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/question-weaviate-cloud-clusters-problem/22159 "2025-11-24T11:55:52Z")
Hi I’m using weaviate cloud, I’m using the sandbox, It was working fine but now I have the following error: The cluster is currently unavailable. If this behaviour persists, please contact support. --- ## [Prompting Elysia to Always Deliver References](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/prompting-elysia-to-always-deliver-references/22102)
**Author:** [@diehl](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/diehl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/prompting-elysia-to-always-deliver-references/22102 "2025-11-22T03:35:36Z")
I’ve been experimenting with Elysia this week and am not clear on when it decides to provide references in its query response to source material that defends its assertions. Do you all have tips on how to coax out refere… --- ## [How to disable TLS when TLS is being terminated by a TLS reverse proxy?](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-to-disable-tls-when-tls-is-being-terminated-by-a-tls-reverse-proxy/22154)
**Author:** [@coolaj86](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/coolaj86)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-to-disable-tls-when-tls-is-being-terminated-by-a-tls-reverse-proxy/22154 "2025-11-18T07:45:36Z")
Description I want to run bare weaviate on its own, barebones. I choose weaviate because it has the features I need, and it’s written in Go - so I knew the deployment would be very straightforward and easy (single binar… --- ## [Query Regarding Vector Search in Cluster & Read-On-Repair for Vector Search vs Search by Filter/ID](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/query-regarding-vector-search-in-cluster-read-on-repair-for-vector-search-vs-search-by-filter-id/22129)
**Author:** [@RUDRAPRIYAN](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/RUDRAPRIYAN)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/query-regarding-vector-search-in-cluster-read-on-repair-for-vector-search-vs-search-by-filter-id/22129 "2025-11-17T19:22:27Z")
Performed with Read consistency as QUORUM and ALL & Async Replication Disabled 1)why is that read-on-repair works for search by filter case but not vector search 2) Setup(3 Node Cluster) - Node A down, insertion happen… --- ## [How can I config the gse tokenization](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-can-i-config-the-gse-tokenization/7600)
**Author:** [@Charlie](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Charlie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/how-can-i-config-the-gse-tokenization/7600 "2025-11-17T08:06:49Z")
Description I’m trying to use weaviate to handle chinese documents, I know weaviate support gse as the tokenization, but how can I config the gse. I need to load chinese dict to the gse for particular terms. (The officia… --- ## [Query Agent - Error when ask or search](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/query-agent-error-when-ask-or-search/22147)
**Author:** [@bernard.redares](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/bernard.redares)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/query-agent-error-when-ask-or-search/22147 "2025-11-17T08:05:05Z")
Hello, I use query agents to search my cluster’s collections. Last week, everything was working fine, both from the dashboard and via the Weaviate TypeScript client. Now I frequently get an error like: “creating primi… --- ## [QueryAgent with BYO vectors (no built-in vectorizer)](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/queryagent-with-byo-vectors-no-built-in-vectorizer/22093)
**Author:** [@dave](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/queryagent-with-byo-vectors-no-built-in-vectorizer/22093 "2025-11-03T12:06:03Z")
I’m using Weaviate Cloud with a collection that has several named vectors all set to vectorizer = none as I generate and upload embeddings myself. When I try to use the Python QueryAgent, I get: Exception: {“error”:{“m… --- ## [Email Analysis with Elysia](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/email-analysis-with-elysia/22092)
**Author:** [@diehl](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/diehl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/email-analysis-with-elysia/22092 "2025-10-28T22:06:21Z")
I’m new to Weaviate and Elysia and am attempting to use Elysia to perform some email data exploration. I have two CSV files describing the email dataset: one which contains the email content plus all metadata except the … --- ## [Agent Query returns Internal Server Error everytime](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/agent-query-returns-internal-server-error-everytime/22084)
**Author:** [@djasnowski](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/djasnowski)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/agent-query-returns-internal-server-error-everytime/22084 "2025-10-27T13:59:50Z")
Description My endpoint is srywmqkltlc61tqxcu1dqw.c0.us-east1.gcp.weaviate.cloud Server Setup Information Weaviate Server Version: 1.33.1 Deployment Method: None Multi Node? Number of Running Nodes: No Client Language … [Next page](https://forum.weaviate.io/tag/technical/18.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=technical)