Chroma query error: cannot return the results in a contiguous 2D array
A Chroma `query` with a given `n_results` fails because the HNSW index could not retrieve the requested number of results given its structure and the data (often when n_results is large relative to the collection or HNSW parameters are small).
Error
Cannot return the results in a contiguous 2D array. Probably ef or M is too smallEnvironment
chromadb (current docs)Sources
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1 solution
Request fewer results (`n_results`) or increase the HNSW parameters `M`, `ef_construction` and `ef_search` in the collection configuration. Separately, note that `.get`/`.query` return `embeddings: None` by default; add `include=["embeddings", "documents", "metadatas", "distances"]` if you need them.
Environment
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