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Unmilan Mukherjee 75c5c83f12 fix(python): resolve Ollama embedding serialization error in create_table (#3583)
This PR fixes a serialization error when using Ollama embeddings in
`create_table`.

The use of `@cached_property` for the Ollama client was causing issues
during serialization/pickling, which is required by certain LanceDB
operations (like when using multiprocessing or certain storage
backends). Switching to a standard `@property` ensures the client is
instantiated when needed without being stored in a way that breaks
serialization.

Verified with the following script:
```python
import lancedb
from lancedb.embeddings import get_registry
import pickle

registry = get_registry().get(\"ollama\")
model = registry(name=\"llama3\")

# This would fail before the fix
pickled = pickle.dumps(model)
unpickled = pickle.loads(pickled)
```

Fixes #2629 (or similar serialization issues reported).

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Co-authored-by: Unmilan Mukherjee <Missing-Identity@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-07-09 10:58:41 -07:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
import os
import pickle
from typing import List, Optional, Union
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
import lance
import lancedb
import numpy as np
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
import pandas as pd
from lancedb.conftest import MockTextEmbeddingFunction
from lancedb.embeddings import (
EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
EmbeddingFunctionRegistry,
)
from lancedb.embeddings.base import TextEmbeddingFunction
from lancedb.embeddings.registry import get_registry, register
from lancedb.embeddings.utils import retry
from lancedb.pydantic import LanceModel, Vector
def mock_embed_func(input_data):
return [np.random.randn(128).tolist() for _ in range(len(input_data))]
def test_embedding_function(tmp_path):
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
# let's create a table
table = pa.table(
{
"text": pa.array(["hello world", "goodbye world"]),
"vector": [np.random.randn(10), np.random.randn(10)],
}
)
conf = EmbeddingFunctionConfig(
source_column="text",
vector_column="vector",
function=MockTextEmbeddingFunction.create(),
)
metadata = registry.get_table_metadata([conf])
table = table.replace_schema_metadata(metadata)
# Write it to disk
lance.write_dataset(table, tmp_path / "test.lance")
# Load this back
ds = lance.dataset(tmp_path / "test.lance")
# can we get the serialized version back out?
configs = registry.parse_functions(ds.schema.metadata)
conf = configs["vector"]
func = conf.function
actual = func.compute_query_embeddings("hello world")
# And we make sure we can call it
expected = func.compute_query_embeddings("hello world")
assert np.allclose(actual, expected)
def test_embedding_function_variables():
@register("variable-testing")
class VariableTestingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
key1: str
secret_key: Optional[str] = None
@staticmethod
def sensitive_keys():
return ["secret_key"]
def ndims():
pass
def generate_embeddings(self, _texts):
pass
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
# Should error if variable is not set
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Variable 'test' not found"):
registry.get("variable-testing").create(
key1="$var:test",
)
# Should use default values if not set
func = registry.get("variable-testing").create(key1="$var:test:some_value")
assert func.key1 == "some_value"
# Should set a variable that the embedding function understands
registry.set_var("test", "some_value")
func = registry.get("variable-testing").create(key1="$var:test")
assert func.key1 == "some_value"
# Should reject secrets that aren't passed in as variables
with pytest.raises(
ValueError,
match="Sensitive key 'secret_key' cannot be set to a hardcoded value",
):
registry.get("variable-testing").create(
key1="whatever", secret_key="some_value"
)
# Should not serialize secrets.
registry.set_var("secret", "secret_value")
func = registry.get("variable-testing").create(
key1="whatever", secret_key="$var:secret"
)
assert func.secret_key == "secret_value"
assert func.safe_model_dump()["secret_key"] == "$var:secret"
def test_parse_functions_with_variables():
@register("variable-parsing-test")
class VariableParsingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
api_key: str
base_url: Optional[str] = None
@staticmethod
def sensitive_keys():
return ["api_key"]
def ndims(self):
return 10
def generate_embeddings(self, texts):
# Mock implementation that just returns random embeddings
# In real usage, this would use the api_key to call an API
return [np.random.rand(self.ndims()).tolist() for _ in texts]
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
registry.set_var("test_api_key", "sk-test-key-12345")
registry.set_var("test_base_url", "https://api.example.com")
conf = EmbeddingFunctionConfig(
source_column="text",
vector_column="vector",
function=registry.get("variable-parsing-test").create(
api_key="$var:test_api_key", base_url="$var:test_base_url"
),
)
metadata = registry.get_table_metadata([conf])
# Create a mock arrow table with the metadata
schema = pa.schema(
[pa.field("text", pa.string()), pa.field("vector", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 10))]
)
table = pa.table({"text": [], "vector": []}, schema=schema)
table = table.replace_schema_metadata(metadata)
ds = lance.write_dataset(table, "memory://")
configs = registry.parse_functions(ds.schema.metadata)
assert "vector" in configs
parsed_func = configs["vector"].function
assert parsed_func.api_key == "sk-test-key-12345"
assert parsed_func.base_url == "https://api.example.com"
embeddings = parsed_func.generate_embeddings(["test text"])
assert len(embeddings) == 1
assert len(embeddings[0]) == 10
assert parsed_func.safe_model_dump()["api_key"] == "$var:test_api_key"
def test_embedding_with_bad_results(tmp_path):
@register("null-embedding")
class NullEmbeddingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> list[Union[np.array, None]]:
# Return None, which is bad if field is non-nullable
a = [
(
np.full(self.ndims(), np.nan)
if i % 2 == 0
else np.random.randn(self.ndims())
)
for i in range(len(texts))
]
return a
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
model = registry.get("null-embedding").create()
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = model.SourceField()
vector: Vector(model.ndims()) = model.VectorField()
table = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema, mode="overwrite")
with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
# Default on_bad_vectors is "error"
table.add([{"text": "hello world"}])
table.add(
[{"text": "hello world"}, {"text": "bar"}],
on_bad_vectors="drop",
)
df = table.to_pandas()
assert len(table) == 1
assert df.iloc[0]["text"] == "bar"
@register("nan-embedding")
class NanEmbeddingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> list[Union[np.array, None]]:
# Return NaN to produce bad vectors
return [
[np.NAN] * 128 if i % 2 == 0 else np.random.randn(self.ndims())
for i in range(len(texts))
]
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
model = registry.get("nan-embedding").create()
table = db.create_table("test2", schema=Schema, mode="overwrite")
table.alter_columns(dict(path="vector", nullable=True))
table.add(
[{"text": "hello world"}, {"text": "bar"}],
on_bad_vectors="null",
)
assert len(table) == 2
tbl = table.to_arrow()
assert tbl["vector"].null_count == 1
def test_embedding_with_empty_output_vectors(tmp_path):
"""Regression test for issue #1672.
When an embedding function returns an empty list (e.g. for empty-string
inputs), _append_vector_columns used to crash because PyArrow cannot cast
[] into a fixed-size list element. The fix replaces wrong-length vectors
with None before building the Arrow array so that _handle_bad_vectors can
process them normally.
"""
@register("empty-vec-embedding")
class EmptyVecEmbeddingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]) -> list:
# Simulate a model that returns an empty list for blank inputs
return [
[] if text.strip() == "" else np.random.randn(self.ndims()).tolist()
for text in texts
]
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
model = registry.get("empty-vec-embedding").create()
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = model.SourceField()
vector: Vector(model.ndims()) = model.VectorField()
table = db.create_table("test_empty_vec", schema=Schema, mode="overwrite")
# Should not crash; the row with the empty string should be dropped
table.add(
[{"text": "hello world"}, {"text": ""}, {"text": "foo"}],
on_bad_vectors="drop",
)
assert len(table) == 2
texts = table.to_arrow()["text"].to_pylist()
assert "" not in texts
def test_with_existing_vectors(tmp_path):
@register("mock-embedding")
class MockEmbeddingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> List[np.array]:
return [np.random.randn(self.ndims()).tolist() for _ in range(len(texts))]
registry = get_registry()
model = registry.get("mock-embedding").create()
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = model.SourceField()
vector: Vector(model.ndims()) = model.VectorField()
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=Schema, mode="overwrite")
tbl.add([{"text": "hello world", "vector": np.zeros(128).tolist()}])
embeddings = tbl.to_arrow()["vector"].to_pylist()
assert not np.any(embeddings), "all zeros"
def test_embedding_function_with_pandas(tmp_path):
@register("mock-embedding")
class _MockEmbeddingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> List[np.array]:
return [np.random.randn(self.ndims()).tolist() for _ in range(len(texts))]
registery = get_registry()
func = registery.get("mock-embedding").create()
class TestSchema(LanceModel):
text: str = func.SourceField()
val: int
vector: Vector(func.ndims()) = func.VectorField()
df = pd.DataFrame(
{
"text": ["hello world", "goodbye world"],
"val": [1, 2],
}
)
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=TestSchema, mode="overwrite", data=df)
schema = tbl.schema
assert schema.field("text").type == pa.string()
assert schema.field("val").type == pa.int64()
assert schema.field("vector").type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 128)
df = pd.DataFrame(
{
"text": ["extra", "more"],
"val": [4, 5],
}
)
tbl.add(df)
assert tbl.count_rows() == 4
embeddings = tbl.to_arrow()["vector"]
assert embeddings.null_count == 0
df = pd.DataFrame(
{
"text": ["with", "embeddings"],
"val": [6, 7],
"vector": [np.zeros(128).tolist(), np.zeros(128).tolist()],
}
)
tbl.add(df)
embeddings = tbl.search().where("val > 5").to_arrow()["vector"].to_pylist()
assert not np.any(embeddings), "all zeros"
def test_multiple_embeddings_for_pandas(tmp_path):
@register("mock-embedding")
class MockFunc1(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> List[np.array]:
return [np.random.randn(self.ndims()).tolist() for _ in range(len(texts))]
@register("mock-embedding2")
class MockFunc2(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 512
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> List[np.array]:
return [np.random.randn(self.ndims()).tolist() for _ in range(len(texts))]
registery = get_registry()
func1 = registery.get("mock-embedding").create()
func2 = registery.get("mock-embedding2").create()
class TestSchema(LanceModel):
text: str = func1.SourceField()
val: int
vec1: Vector(func1.ndims()) = func1.VectorField()
prompt: str = func2.SourceField()
vec2: Vector(func2.ndims()) = func2.VectorField()
df = pd.DataFrame(
{
"text": ["hello world", "goodbye world"],
"val": [1, 2],
"prompt": ["hello", "goodbye"],
}
)
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
tbl = db.create_table("test", schema=TestSchema, mode="overwrite", data=df)
schema = tbl.schema
assert schema.field("text").type == pa.string()
assert schema.field("val").type == pa.int64()
assert schema.field("vec1").type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 128)
assert schema.field("prompt").type == pa.string()
assert schema.field("vec2").type == pa.list_(pa.float32(), 512)
assert tbl.count_rows() == 2
@pytest.mark.slow
def test_embedding_function_rate_limit(tmp_path):
def _get_schema_from_model(model):
class Schema(LanceModel):
text: str = model.SourceField()
vector: Vector(model.ndims()) = model.VectorField()
return Schema
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
registry = EmbeddingFunctionRegistry.get_instance()
model = registry.get("test-rate-limited").create(max_retries=0)
schema = _get_schema_from_model(model)
table = db.create_table("test", schema=schema, mode="overwrite")
table.add([{"text": "hello world"}])
with pytest.raises(Exception):
table.add([{"text": "hello world"}])
assert len(table) == 1
model = registry.get("test-rate-limited").create()
schema = _get_schema_from_model(model)
table = db.create_table("test", schema=schema, mode="overwrite")
table.add([{"text": "hello world"}])
table.add([{"text": "hello world"}])
assert len(table) == 2
def test_add_optional_vector(tmp_path):
@register("mock-embedding")
class MockEmbeddingFunction(TextEmbeddingFunction):
def ndims(self):
return 128
def generate_embeddings(
self, texts: Union[List[str], np.ndarray]
) -> List[np.array]:
"""
Generate the embeddings for the given texts
"""
return [np.random.randn(self.ndims()).tolist() for _ in range(len(texts))]
registry = get_registry()
model = registry.get("mock-embedding").create()
class LanceSchema(LanceModel):
id: str
vector: Vector(model.ndims()) = model.VectorField(default=None)
text: str = model.SourceField()
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
tbl = db.create_table("optional_vector", schema=LanceSchema)
# add works
expected = LanceSchema(id="id", text="text")
tbl.add([expected])
assert not (np.abs(tbl.to_pandas()["vector"][0]) < 1e-6).all()
@pytest.mark.slow
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"embedding_type",
[
"openai",
"sentence-transformers",
"huggingface",
"ollama",
"cohere",
"instructor",
"voyageai",
],
)
def test_embedding_function_safe_model_dump(embedding_type):
registry = get_registry()
# Note: Some embedding types might require specific parameters
try:
model = registry.get(embedding_type).create({"max_retries": 1})
except Exception as e:
pytest.skip(f"Skipping {embedding_type} due to error: {str(e)}")
dumped_model = model.safe_model_dump()
assert all(not k.startswith("_") for k in dumped_model.keys()), (
f"{embedding_type}: Dumped model contains keys starting with underscore"
)
assert "max_retries" in dumped_model, (
f"{embedding_type}: Essential field 'max_retries' is missing from dumped model"
)
assert isinstance(dumped_model, dict), (
f"{embedding_type}: Dumped model is not a dictionary"
)
for key in model.__dict__:
if key.startswith("_"):
assert key not in dumped_model, (
f"{embedding_type}: Private attribute '{key}' "
f"is present in dumped model"
)
@patch("time.sleep")
def test_retry(mock_sleep):
test_function = MagicMock(side_effect=[Exception] * 9 + ["result"])
test_function = retry()(test_function)
result = test_function()
assert mock_sleep.call_count == 9
assert result == "result"
@pytest.mark.skipif(
os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY") is None, reason="OpenAI API key not set"
)
def test_openai_propagates_api_key(monkeypatch):
# Make sure that if we set it as a variable, the API key is propagated
api_key = os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"]
monkeypatch.delenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
uri = "memory://"
registry = get_registry()
registry.set_var("open_api_key", api_key)
func = registry.get("openai").create(
name="text-embedding-ada-002",
max_retries=0,
api_key="$var:open_api_key",
)
class Words(LanceModel):
text: str = func.SourceField()
vector: Vector(func.ndims()) = func.VectorField()
db = lancedb.connect(uri)
table = db.create_table("words", schema=Words, mode="overwrite")
table.add([{"text": "hello world"}, {"text": "goodbye world"}])
query = "greetings"
actual = table.search(query).limit(1).to_pydantic(Words)[0]
assert len(actual.text) > 0
@patch("time.sleep")
def test_openai_no_retry_on_401(mock_sleep):
"""
Test that OpenAI embedding function does not retry on 401 authentication
errors.
"""
from lancedb.embeddings.utils import retry_with_exponential_backoff
# Create a mock that raises an AuthenticationError
class MockAuthenticationError(Exception):
"""Mock OpenAI AuthenticationError"""
pass
MockAuthenticationError.__name__ = "AuthenticationError"
mock_func = MagicMock(side_effect=MockAuthenticationError("Invalid API key"))
# Wrap the function with retry logic
wrapped_func = retry_with_exponential_backoff(mock_func, max_retries=3)
# Should raise without retrying
with pytest.raises(MockAuthenticationError):
wrapped_func()
# Verify that the function was only called once (no retries)
assert mock_func.call_count == 1
# Verify that sleep was never called (no retries)
assert mock_sleep.call_count == 0
def test_ollama_embeddings_pickle():
"""OllamaEmbeddings must pickle even after the cached client is created."""
registry = get_registry()
model = registry.get("ollama").create(name="nomic-embed-text")
# Simulate accessing the cached client, which stores it on the instance.
model.__dict__["_ollama_client"] = MagicMock()
pickled = pickle.dumps(model)
restored = pickle.loads(pickled)
assert restored.name == "nomic-embed-text"
assert restored.host == "http://localhost:11434"
assert "_ollama_client" not in restored.__dict__
def test_url_retrieve_downloads_image():
"""
Embedding functions like open-clip, siglip, and jinaai use url_retrieve()
to download images from HTTP URLs. For example, open_clip._to_pil() calls:
PIL_Image.open(io.BytesIO(url_retrieve(image)))
Verify that url_retrieve() can download an image and open it as PIL Image,
matching the real usage pattern in embedding functions.
"""
import io
Image = pytest.importorskip("PIL.Image")
from lancedb.embeddings.utils import url_retrieve
image_url = "http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/167798175_7c7845bbbd_z.jpg"
image_bytes = url_retrieve(image_url)
img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes))
assert img.size[0] > 0 and img.size[1] > 0