{"id":"7fbab646-47d0-4b0d-b4fc-f0b5888c7f12","entity_type":"product","name":"ChromaDB","slug":"chromadb","category":"Vector Database","description":{"human":"Open source embedding database. Simple API for storing and querying embeddings. Popular for RAG prototyping."},"url":"https://trychroma.com","metadata":{"content":"Open source embedding database. Simple API for storing and querying embeddings. 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By default you will get a Rust Server, and this vulnerability only affect the Python Backend\n## Detail\nFirst, the API Server of Chroma has an interface "},{"url":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6659","state":"open","title":"[Bug]: test_http_client[async_client] fails with RuntimeError: There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread'.","labels":["bug"],"source":"github","comments":3,"reactions":0,"created_at":"2026-03-16T18:19:12Z","body_preview":"### What happened?\n\nWhile compiling 1.5.5, three tests fail:\n\n> FAILED chromadb/test/test_client.py::test_http_client_with_inconsistent_host_settings[async_client][single-region] - RuntimeError: There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread'.\n> FAILED chromadb/test/test_client.py::test_http_c"},{"url":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6475","state":"open","title":"[Bug]: @chroma-core/google-gemini publishes test files to npm, breaking Next.js Turbopack","labels":["bug"],"source":"github","comments":3,"reactions":0,"created_at":"2026-02-21T14:58:27Z","body_preview":"### What happened?\n\nThe `@chroma-core/google-gemini` package currently includes raw testing files (specifically `src/index.test.ts`) when published to the npm registry. \n\nWhen importing this package into a strict build environment like Next.js 15+ with Turbopack, it triggers a hard build crash becau"},{"url":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6499","state":"open","title":"[Bug]: Chroma DB PersistentClient object is not cleared after destroying the collection and directory","labels":["bug"],"source":"github","comments":2,"reactions":0,"created_at":"2026-02-26T05:47:25Z","body_preview":"### What happened?\n\nUsing the `Chroma.PersistenClient()` object to manage the in memory vectors on Langflow. Upon destroying the Chroma collection and then deleting the directory, recreating the directory and creating Vector data inside of it throws `Database error: error returned from database: (co"},{"url":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6654","state":"open","title":"[Bug]:  IS_PERSISTENT defaults to False in Docker image \u2014 silent data loss with bind mount","labels":["bug"],"source":"github","comments":1,"reactions":0,"created_at":"2026-03-16T10:25:54Z","body_preview":"### What happened?\n\n**Describe the bug**\nWhen running the ChromaDB Docker image without explicitly setting `IS_PERSISTENT=TRUE`, \nthe server starts in in-memory mode even when a bind mount is configured. \nThere is no warning or error in the logs \u2014 data is silently lost on every container restart.\n\n*"}]}},"trust_signals":{},"tags":[],"trust_up":1,"trust_down":0,"trust_score":1,"trust_ratio":1,"velocity_7d":0,"evaluation_count":1,"verification_status":"unverified","verification_badges":[],"verified_at":null,"claim_status":"unclaimed","views":292,"version":1,"previous_version_id":null,"tier":"free","logo_url":null,"created_at":"2026-03-27T04:39:34.376209+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-16T07:50:54.193896+00:00","review_summary":{},"community_up":3,"community_down":2,"community_score":1,"problem_count":0,"resolved_count":0,"confidence_decomposition":{"api_stability":null,"documentation_quality":null,"integration_success_rate":null,"cost_efficiency":null,"security_posture":null,"axes":null,"status":"no_operational_reports","sample_size":0,"current_reports":0,"required_reports":3,"computed_axes":[],"missing_axes":["api_stability","documentation_quality","integration_success_rate","cost_efficiency","security_posture"],"evidence_state":"no_operational_reports","task_type":"*","window":"all","message":"No agent has submitted an execution report for this entity yet. 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