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weaviate-client

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A python native Weaviate client

Last release 27 days ago
07 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 3 weeks
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
1 version withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
7 years old
296 releases · first in 2019

Release timeline

296 releases since 2019

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Releases

4.23.17 Sept 2026
feat(generative): add location to GenerativeConfig.google_vertex runtime config ( #2073 ) by @Anai-Guo in #2130
What's Changed

feat(generative): add location to GenerativeConfig.google_vertex runtime config (#2073) by @Anai-Guo in #2130

feat(generative): expose n on the OpenAI runtime config by @Anai-Guo in #2125

feat(generative): expose api_version on Configure.Generative.azure_openai by @Anai-Guo in #2123

feat(generative): expose nvidia top_p and anthropic base_url on the collection config by @Anai-Guo in #2122

feat(generative): expose frequency_penalty on the Cohere runtime config by @Anai-Guo in #2121

Document vectorize_collection_name as having no effect on multi2vec factories by @ckarnell in #2128

fix(batch): require both counts unchanged before the idle flush (#2105) by @Anai-Guo in #2109

feat(config): add location to Configure.Generative.google_vertex (#2073) by @Anai-Guo in #2118

fix: KeyError 'pq' when updating the quantizer on an HFresh vector index by @Shah91n in #2147

Add RQ4 centered quantization support by @trengrj in #2148

Accept string API keys in all connection helpers by @mimimind in #2145

Fix reusable reference filter builders by @mameikagou in #2144

fix(generative): send AWS stop_sequences through to the gRPC request by @Anai-Guo in #2131

Fix batch rate-limit scheduling for partial batches by @hugosmoreira in #2132

Add generative DigitalOcean support by @denis-samatov in #2153

Add changelog for v4.23.1 by @g-despot in #2156

New Contributors

@ckarnell made their first contribution in #2128

@mimimind made their first contribution in #2145

@mameikagou made their first contribution in #2144

@hugosmoreira made their first contribution in #2132

@denis-samatov made their first contribution in #2153

Full Changelog: v4.23.0...v4.23.1

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This patch version includes:

Add support for the new generative-digitalocean module
Add support for the centered RQ4 quantizer
Add location to the generative-google collection and runtime configurations
Add api_version to the generative-openai collection configuration for Azure deployments
Add top_p to the generative-nvidia and base_url to the generative-anthropic collection configurations
Add n to the generative-openai runtime configuration, for both the OpenAI and Azure factories
Add frequency_penalty to the generative-cohere runtime configuration
Minor bug fixes and improvements:
- Fix stop_sequences being dropped by the generative-aws runtime configuration instead of being sent to the server
- Fix KeyError: 'pq' when updating the quantizer on an HFresh vector index
- Fix reference filter builders mutating their target path, so a builder could not be reused
- Fix client-side batching flushing early when only one of its two object counts was unchanged
- Fix rate-limit spacing for partial batches
- Accept a plain string API key in all sync and async connection helpers
- Document vectorize_collection_name as having no effect on the multi2vec factories

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4.23.013 Aug 2026

feat: add optional location parameter to text2vec-google vectorizer by @g-despot in #2075

What's Changed

feat: add optional location parameter to text2vec-google vectorizer by @g-despot in #2075
feat(config): add optional dimensions to text2vec-aws vectorizer by @g-despot in #2078
fix: reject bool values in ConnectionConfig int validators (Fixes #2076) by @rtmalikian in #2077
Add INTEGRATING enum to ReplicateOperationState by @tsmith023 in #2085
Return executor method so that it can be awaited properly in async client by @tsmith023 in #2093
Add hybrid diversity support by @trengrj in #2079
Reject bool where a plain int is expected in _is_valid by @NishchayMahor in #2088
fix: include gRPC status code in batch delete error messages (Fixes #1030) by @rtmalikian in #2083
Fix hybrid tests by @dirkkul in #2103
Add endpoint setting for text2vec-openai and text2vec-morph by @dirkkul in #2102
feat: add generative-deepseek module by @pablopupo in #2084
Fix event-loop-blocking time.sleep in async wait_for_weaviate by @kratos0718 in #2104
Add cross-property BM25 And operator by @amourao in #2114
feat(config): add multi2vec-twelvelabs vectorizer support (#2113) by @Anai-Guo in #2117
feat(backup): expose incremental_base_backup_id on BackupListReturn (#2069) by @Anai-Guo in #2116
fix(collections): re-raise non-404 errors from async Collection.exists() (#2100) by @Anai-Guo in #2112
Fix Sequence[Union[...]] validation only requiring one element to match by @Nimra3261 in #2108
fix(batch): set has_errors on per-object/reference errors in stream recv by @vaibzde in #2115

New Contributors

@rtmalikian made their first contribution in #2077
@NishchayMahor made their first contribution in #2088
@pablopupo made their first contribution in #2084
@kratos0718 made their first contribution in #2104
@Nimra3261 made their first contribution in #2108
@vaibzde made their first contribution in #2115

Full Changelog: v4.22.0...v4.23.0

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.39 features:
- Add support for the cross-property And operator in keyword queries through BM25Operator.and_cross(), where each query token must be matched by at least one of the searched properties instead of all tokens occurring within a single property
Add support for diversity selection in hybrid queries via the diversity_selection parameter
Add support for the new multi2vec-twelvelabs vectorizer module
Add support for the new generative-deepseek module
Add dimensions to the text2vec-aws vectorizer configuration
Add location to the text2vec-google vectorizer configuration
Add endpoint to the text2vec-openai and text2vec-morph vectorizer configurations
Add incremental_base_backup_id to BackupListReturn
Add INTEGRATING to ReplicateOperationState
Minor bug fixes and improvements:
- Fix has_errors not being set on batch.stream returns when individual objects or references failed
- Fix tenants.activate(), tenants.deactivate() and tenants.offload() not returning their result in the async client, so they could not be awaited properly
- Fix collections.exists() in the async client swallowing non-404 errors and returning False instead of raising
- Fix blocking of the event loop when the async client waits for Weaviate to become ready
- Include the gRPC status code in delete_many error messages
- Fix validation of Sequence[Union[...]] inputs, which previously passed if only one element matched
- Reject boolean values where an integer is expected in configuration and timeout validation

4.21.229 May 2026

Fix aggregate metrics returning 0/0.0 instead of None for empty result sets by @dudanogueira in #2037

What's Changed

Fix aggregate metrics returning 0/0.0 instead of None for empty result sets by @dudanogueira in #2037
Add text2vec-digitalocean vectorizer module by @mpartipilo in #2041
Send empty vector index type on new Weavaite versions by @dirkkul in #2042

New Contributors

@mpartipilo made their first contribution in #2016

Full Changelog: v4.21.1...v4.21.2

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Fix aggregate metrics returning 0/0.0 instead of None for empty result sets
Add text2vec-digitalocean vectorizer module
Send empty vector index type on new Weaviate versions to support default vector index type configuration on the server side

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4.21.023 Apr 2026

Support 1.37 features by @tsmith023 in #1988

What's Changed

Support 1.37 features by @tsmith023 in #1988

Full Changelog: v4.20.5...v4.21.0

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.37 features:
- Add support for the new blobHash property data type
- Add support for returning profiling when making queries with the return_metadata=["query_profile"] parameter
- Add support for on-demaned tokenization through the client.tokenize namespace
- Add support for managing permissions for accessing the native MCP server
- Add support for collection export
- Add support for incremental backups
Minor bug fixes and improvements:
- Change alpha queries and aggregations to use server-side default parameter
- Fixes rare flakey behaviour of client.batch.stream on server hangup

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4.20.59 Apr 2026Deprecated

fix(deps): remove unmaintained deprecation package, use stdlib instead by @NIK-TIGER-BILL in #1999

What's Changed

Fix Object TTL schema export to match server json by @dudanogueira in #1958
feat: add support for audio modality in multi2vec-google vectorizer config by @antas-marcin in #1983
feat: export FilterReturn from weaviate.classes.query by @renaudcepre in #1993
fix: parse asyncConfig from replication config GET response by @jfrancoa in #1996
fix: throw specific exception on empty list filters for time filters by @Maanik23 in #2004
fix(deps): remove unmaintained deprecation package, use stdlib instead by @NIK-TIGER-BILL in #1999
use get() instead of direct dict access by @DanielJanicek in #1995

New Contributors

@Maanik23 made their first contribution in #2004
@NIK-TIGER-BILL made their first contribution in #1999

Full Changelog: v4.20.4...v4.20.5

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Fix objectTTL config export
Add support for audio modality in multi2vec-google
Export FilterReturn from weaviate.classes.query
Fix updating async replication config
Remove unmaintained deprecated dependency
Throw exception on empty time filters

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4.20.24 Mar 2026

perf: use deque for iterator object cache by @giulio-leone in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1968

What's Changed

perf: use deque for iterator object cache by @giulio-leone in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1968
expose include_last_used_time parameter, return created_at and api_key_first_letters by @dudanogueira in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1965
Add support for incremental backups by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1928

New Contributors

@giulio-leone made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1968

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.20.1...v4.20.2

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Support for incremental backups

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4.20.024 Feb 2026Deprecated

Remove cache option from SQConfig, deprecate field in factory method by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1954

What's Changed

flat index: Add support for RQ and include cache param by @rlmanrique in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1844
Introduce collection.data.ingest for sync/async SSB usage by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1876
add delete_property_index to collection config by @DanielJanicek in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1940
Avoid id invalidation in nested properties by @dudanogueira in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1952
Provide options allowing users to specify custom grpc SSL credentials by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1946
Add support for cancelling backup restore ops by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1956
Remove cache option from SQConfig, deprecate field in factory method by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1954
Allow imgs/img_props in cohere generative config runtime by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1955
Introduce async repl conf in (re)configure and unit tests of usage by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1953
Add Hfresh index type by @robbespo00 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1848
Add Cluster Statistics (client.cluster.statistics()) by @Shah91n in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1959

New Contributors

@Shah91n made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1959

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.19.4...v4.20.0

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.36 features:
- Server-side batching (SSB) is now GA via batch.stream (batch.experimental is deprecated)
- Add collection.data.ingest as a new entry point for SSB usage in sync and async clients
- Add support for the new HFresh index type
- Add support for async replication configuration
- Add support for cancelling backup restore operations
- Add collection.config.delete_property_index to drop filterable, searchable, or range filter indices from properties
Add client.cluster.statistics() method for retrieving cluster and Raft statistics
Allow images and image_properties in Cohere generative config at runtime
Provide options to specify custom gRPC SSL credentials for advanced connection setups
Remove cache option from SQConfig and deprecate the field in the factory method
Fix validation of nested object properties to allow id as a nested property name

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4.19.418 Feb 2026

Add gRPC ping check to is_live method by @sylvinho81 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1949

What's Changed

Add gRPC ping check to is_live method by @sylvinho81 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1949
Re-raise in collection.exists() if status code is not 404 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1950

New Contributors

@sylvinho81 made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1949

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.19.3...v4.19.4

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Adds the gRPC healthcheck ping to the is_live() method of the async client to provide a more accurate check of the connection status of the async client
Fixes bug where exceptions raised in collections.exists() were silently ignored and the method would return False instead of raising the exception

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4.19.317 Feb 2026

Client telemetry by @parkerduckworth in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1909

What's Changed

Client telemetry by @parkerduckworth in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1909
feat: return backup size on backup status by @gkampitakis in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1924
Convert from datetime.timedelta to int in objectTTL properties. by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1926
Recreate #1915 (feat: voyage-multimodal-3.5 (video!)) by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1919
Support new backup restore statuses by @parkerduckworth in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1930
VoyageAI V4 models by @fzowl in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1933
Fix get all collections when no properties and named vector by @rlmanrique in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1939
Fix #1943 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1944

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.19.2...v4.19.3

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Add support for VoyageAI voyage-4 model family (voyage-4, voyage-4-lite, voyage-4-large)
A fix for async client connection issues when pypi is down

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4.18.21 Dec 2025Deprecated

Mark 'ChunkSize' as deprecated & exclude it from export by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1886

What's Changed

Add new zstd backup configs by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1877
Mark 'ChunkSize' as deprecated & exclude it from export by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1886
Add Contextual AI's Generative and Reranker Client support by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1887
Adding VoyageAI's voyage-3-large model by @fzowl in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1890

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.18.1...v4.18.2

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Add support for contextual generative and reranker modules
Add support for ZSTD compression in backups
Add support for VoyageAI's voyage-3-large model

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4.18.010 Nov 2025

feat: add return fields for list backups and support ordering by @gkampitakis in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1856

What's Changed

feat: add return fields for list backups and support ordering by @gkampitakis in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1856
Fix agents docs build by @g-despot in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1858
chore: rename started_at_asc for sorting backup list by @gkampitakis in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1859
Adding VoyageAI's contextual model by @fzowl in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1862
add gse_ch Tokenize by @lcedaw in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1860
Dev/1.34 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1861

New Contributors

@gkampitakis made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1856
@g-despot made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1858
@lcedaw made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1860

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.17.0...v4.18.0

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.34 features:
- 1-bit rotational quantization (RQ) for hnsw indices
- 1-bit and 8-bit RQ for flat indices
- Support for latest preview release of Server-side Batching (SSB)
Allow sorting backups by creation time
Add support for gse_ch tokenizer

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4.17.026 Sept 2025Deprecated

Add note re GPT4All deprecation by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1825

What's Changed

Remove support for old weaviate versions <1.27.0 by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1792
Add uncompressed quantitizer factory by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1800
Add support for groups by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1778
feat: add Not and ContainsNone operators by @bevzzz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1809
feat: add overwrite_alias to backup restore by @bevzzz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1808
Remove azure docker compose file by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1814
Add Multi2vec-aws and text2vec-morph by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1820
Add max token to AWS generative module by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1819
Add support for exists on aliases. by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1813
Add note re GPT4All deprecation by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1825
Update setup.cfg with min weaviate agents version by @cdpierse in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1826
remove erroneous type alias by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1830
Add jina-embeddings-v4 support by @MaskyS in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1833
Add reasoning and verbosity to generative openai by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1827

New Contributors

@bevzzz made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1809
@MaskyS made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1833

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.16.9...v4.17.0

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This minor version includes:

Remove support for Weaviate versions < 1.27. Please update your Weaviate instances
Support for new 1.33 features:
- OIDC group support in RBAC
- Uncompressed quantizer
- ContainsNone and Not filter operators
Add support for verbosity and reasoning effort for generative-openai module
Add alias.exists method
Add multi2vec-aws and text2vec-morph modules
Add support for max_tokens for generative-aws module
Fix weaviate client installation with other packages depending on grpc-health-checking

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4.16.1015 Sept 2025Deprecated

Add note re GPT4All deprecation by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1825

What's Changed

Add uncompressed quantitizer factory by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1800
Add support for groups by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1778
feat: add overwrite_alias to backup restore by @bevzzz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1808
Add Multi2vec-aws and text2vec-morph by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1820
Add support for exists on aliases. by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1813
Add note re GPT4All deprecation by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1825
Update setup.cfg with min weaviate agents version by @cdpierse in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1826

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.16.9...v4.16.10

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Addition of helper to create an uncompressed quantizer for use when not using default compression
Support for overwrite_alias option to backup create/restore
Support for OIDC groups
Addition of multi2vec-aws and text2vec-morph modules
Support for alias.exists method
Update to weaviate-agents-client dependency for GA release of agents

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4.16.712 Aug 2025Deprecated

Deprecate min_occurrences and add limit to Metrics.text by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1756

What's Changed

Deprecate min_occurrences and add limit to Metrics.text by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1756
Add text2vec_model2vec support for new syntax. by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1779
Change vers in build to generate stubs with correct protobuf vers by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1759

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.16.6...v4.16.7

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Fixes compatability issues between the built gRPC stubs and differing protobuf versions depending on the version of grpcio used to build the stubs
Add text2vec-model2vec module to Configure.NamedVectors
Deprecated min_occurrences in Metrics.text in favour of limit

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4.16.66 Aug 2025Deprecated

Deprecate contextionar, add model2vec and dimension parameter for transformers by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/…

What's Changed

rq: Add bits to the update method by @rlmanrique in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1766
Deprecate contextionar, add model2vec and dimension parameter for transformers by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1773

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.16.5...v4.16.6

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Add dimensions property to text2vec-transformers vectorizers in Configure.Vectors
Add text2vec-model2vec vectorizer in Configure.Vectors
Deprecate text2vec-contextionary vectorizer

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4.16.424 Jul 2025

Remove unused configs from new vectorizer syntax by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1755

What's Changed

Remove unused configs from new vectorizer syntax by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1755
Change default to True for vectorize_collection_name in _Vectors and _MultiVectors by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1757

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.16.3...v4.16.4

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Changes default value for vectorize_collection_name to True in new methods of Configure.Vectors and Configure.MultiVectors - This is a short-term fix to implicit default behaviour that is caused by an server-side issue - Once that is resolved, then this default will be changed back to False in a future release

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4.16.117 Jul 2025

fix(rbac): Capitalize first letter for alias similar to collection by @kavirajk in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1741

What's Changed

fix(rbac): Capitalize first letter for alias similar to collection by @kavirajk in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1741
Change default for vectorizeCollectionName back to true by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1743
RQ: Add rescoreLimit parameter by @rlmanrique in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1745

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.16.0...v4.16.1

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Additional notes2 sources agree

This patch version includes:

Fixes capitalization of alias permissions
Changes default value for vectorize_collection_name back to True in deprecated methods Configure.Vectorizer and Configure.NamedVectors
Add rescore_limit to RQ configuration

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4.16.015 Jul 2025

fix: auto capitalize target collection in by_ref_multi_target by @melsonic in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1471

What's Changed

fix: auto capitalize target collection in by_ref_multi_target by @melsonic in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1471
Provide helpers when updating tenant activity statuses by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1695
Add support for new features of Weaviate in v1.32 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1727
Add restore for users and roles by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1737
Add jina multi2multi by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1738

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@melsonic made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1471

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.15.4...v4.16.0

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This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.32 features:
- collection aliasing
- replica movement
- RQ configuration
- Restoring of users and RBAC roles from backups
- Support for the new multi2multivec-jinaai module
Introduction of Configure.Vectors and Configure.MultiVectors and deprecation of legacy Configure.Vectorizer and Configure.NamedVectors
- Usage of Configure.MultiVectors is reserved for modules like text2multivec-jinaai, which was previously known as text2colbert-jinaai
Addition of helper methods for updating tenant activity statuses: collection.tenants.activate(), collection.tenants.deactivate() and collection.tenants.offload()

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4.15.117 Jun 2025Deprecated

Fix: Update (soon to be) deprecated model_fields access to use class reference by @upDJ in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/168…

What's Changed

Add original error to exception by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1687
Fix: Update (soon to be) deprecated model_fields access to use class reference by @upDJ in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1688

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@upDJ made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1688

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.15.0...v4.15.1

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This patch version includes:

Adds the original weaviate error message to our exceptions

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4.15.02 Jun 2025

Allow adding vectors using collection.config.add_vector by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1640

What's Changed

Allow adding vectors using collection.config.add_vector by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1640
Adding VoyageAI's v3.5 models by @fzowl in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1679
Add embed-v4.0 to the list of available Cohere models by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1680
Unify Weaviate Python Client RTD docs with Weaviate Agents Python Client RTD docs by @StefanBogdan in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1678
Copy context to ensure open telemetry makes it to batch requests by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1655
Embedded Weaviate changes by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1681
Fix config schema with multivector by @robbespo00 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1573
Bm25 operators by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1683

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.14.4...v4.15.0

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This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.31 features: - Adding new named vectors to existing collections - Support for bm25 operators - Mueva configuration
Fixes config.get() for multivector collections
Copy context to ensure open telemetry makes it to batch requests
Update cohere models
Update voyageai models
Update embedded version to 1.30.5
Fix storage location for embedded mode
Add agents docs to the readthedocs page

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4.14.419 May 2025

Add support for extracting nested object array properties from data models by @jstol in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1671

What's Changed

Add support for extracting nested object array properties from data models by @jstol in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1671
Permit parsing API key as string in all connect_to_x helpers by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1661
Readd .db/.oidc interfaces by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1675

New Contributors

@jstol made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1671

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.14.3...v4.14.4

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This patch version includes:

Fixes interfaces for user.db/oidc
If a string is passed into auth= we assume that it is an api-key
Fix extracting nested array properties from data models

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4.14.312 May 2025

Permit vector: list[list[float32]] in .hybrid by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1664

What's Changed

Permit vector: list[list[float32]] in .hybrid by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1664
Fix groupby returns without results by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1667

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.14.1...v4.14.3

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This patch version includes:

Fixes return type for aggregate with group_by and zero results
Fix multi-vector with hybrid search

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4.14.124 Apr 2025

Order return of collections.list_all() alphabetically by key by @saireddythfc in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1636

What's Changed

Order return of collections.list_all() alphabetically by key by @saireddythfc in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1636
Add missing default stub to query.bm25 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1656

New Contributors

@saireddythfc made their first contribution in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1636

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.14.0...v4.14.1

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This patch version includes:

Fixes a missing typing.overload specification for the query.bm25 method

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4.14.023 Apr 2025

Stefan/readthedocs update by @StefanBogdan in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1568

What's Changed

Stefan/readthedocs update by @StefanBogdan in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1568
Only assign self._connected at end of .connect() method by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1639
Move docstring from update to replace by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1642
Suggestion re: error msg by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1566
Add a python script that auto generates async/sync stubs from executor defs by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1646
Remove all tests for <1.24 version by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1647
Fix parsing of skip & vec_prop_name to moduleConfig by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1648
Fix a few issues: by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1649
Use client context manager to avoid warning flakes by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1650
Remove duplicated mock tests from when we needed v3 and v4 differences by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1651
Add changelog for v4.14.0 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1652

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.13.2...v4.14.0

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This minor version includes a major update to the docstrings and documentation of the client.

All docstrings have been aligned with Google's style format
The read-the-docs page has been streamlined and improved for ease of use: https://weaviate-python-client.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Fixes a bug when adding a property to a collection configured with both named vectors and a generative module
Potential fixes for race conditions when instantiating async clients
A number of minor fixes to the public .pyi stub files found by developing a stub auto-generating tool for the codebase

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4.13.210 Apr 2025

Fix accidental adding of / to all AnyHttpUrl models in grpc gen.conf. by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1628

What's Changed

Fix accidental adding of / to all AnyHttpUrl models in grpc gen.conf. by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1628
Add sleep to test to avoid eventual consistency errors by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1632

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.13.1...v4.13.2

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This patch version includes:

Fixes a parsing bug when providing URLs with GenerativeConfig for runtime generate queries

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4.13.09 Apr 2025

Refactor to separate sync and async connections by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1594

What's Changed

Refactor to separate sync and async connections by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1594

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.12.1...v4.13.0

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This minor version provides a complete top-down refactor of the underlying transport for the sync and async clients.

Introduction of a dependency injection system whereby the sync/async connections are injected into each client independently thereby removing their cross-dependency.
Removal of the event_loop.py file and all logic surrounding its usage by the sync client.
Refactoring of the batching algorithm to use blocking threads with a sync connection, rather than the event loop sidecar thread.

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4.12.18 Apr 2025

Rename openai_azure in GenerativeConfig to azure_openai by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1623

What's Changed

Rename openai_azure in GenerativeConfig to azure_openai by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1623

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.12.0...v4.12.1

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This patch version includes:

Renames GenerativeConfig.openai_azure to GenerativeConfig.azure_openai to align with the convention of Configure.Generative.azure_openai

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4.12.03 Apr 2025Deprecated

Dynamic users: single calls for deprecated functions by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1597

What's Changed

Minor bugfix & proposed docstring changes for dynamic rag by @databyjp in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1578
Feature/dynamic rag support by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1377
Initial support for dynamic users by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1581
Dynamic users: single calls for deprecated functions by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1597
Handle double (de)activate of dynamic users by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1599
Adapt to changes in returns in getRoleForUser by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1602
Adapt get users for role by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1609
Add missing deprecation warning by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1608
Handle renaming of dynamic users =>db users by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1610
Create Generative xAI module by @erika-cardenas in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1586
Change get_by_name to use TenantGetOne REST endpoint by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1617
Add tenant option to Permissions.data and Permissions.tenants by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1593

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.11.3...v4.12.0

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This minor version includes:

Support for new 1.30 features:
- Dynamic user management of OIDC and native DB users
- Improved multi-dimensional/colBERT vectors
- Query-time configuration of generative modules
- Tenant-based filtering of data permissions in RBAC
- The new generative-xai module

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4.11.324 Mar 2025

Fix collision between waiting_count and backoff_count when looping by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1604

What's Changed

Fix collision between waiting_count and backoff_count when looping by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1604
Remove sync in async warning because of erroneous throw in notebooks by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1605
Add changelog for v4.11.3 by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1606

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.11.2...v4.11.3

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This patch version includes:

Fixes a rare bug when the batching algorithm waits for async indexing to complete far beyond the maximum number of allowed retries
Removes the sync-in-async warning emitted by the sync client when used in an async context due to the warning being erroneously emitted in notebooks

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4.11.219 Mar 2025

Fix missing parameters in certain modules, align all text2vec docstrings by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1587

What's Changed

Fix missing parameters in certain modules, align all text2vec docstrings by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1587
Add warning to client init when running sync client in async context by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1589
Add exponential backoff of UNAVAILABLE to grpc batch objects by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1582
Add support for updating property descriptions by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1583
add OIDC support to tex2vec-weaviate by @augustas1 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1574
Handle module config in properties for named vector collections by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1595
If multivector.enabled==False then return None by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/pull/1596

Full Changelog: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-python-client/compare/v4.11.1...v4.11.2

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This patch version includes:

Adds exponential backoff on the UNAVAILABLE gRPC error code for the BatchObjects method
- This is used in the batching algorithm and in data.insert_many
- Max number of retries is configurable using the WEAVIATE_BATCH_MAX_RETRIES env var
Adds support for OIDC when using the text2vec-weaviate module
Adds support for updating descriptions of properties in collections (needs compatible server version)
Adds warning recommending to refactor to use AsyncClient if the SyncClient is used in an async context
Fixes bugs when importing/exporting collection configurations with respect to property module configs
Fixes bug when exporting config with multivector enabled between versions

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