[Bug]: Chroma HTTP Client mode

[dhruv1707]

What happened?

For some reason my Chroma keeps getting reset to HTTP client mode even though I clearly create a PersistantClient instance?
Here's the code i use:
client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=CHROMA_DATA_PATH, settings=Settings(),
tenant=DEFAULT_TENANT,
database=DEFAULT_DATABASE,)

Would appreciate some help! :)

Versions

Chroma v0.5.12, Python v3.9.6, OS: 14.4 (23E214) (Mac)

Relevant log output

Here's the output error am getting:
RuntimeError: Chroma is running in http-only client mode, and can only be run with 'chromadb.api.fastapi.FastAPI' or 'chromadb.api.async_fastapi.AsyncFastAPI' as the chroma_api_impl.             see https://docs.trychroma.com/guides#using-the-python-http-only-client for more information

[tazarov]

@dhruv1707, can you check which chroma package you have installed?

pip show chromadb

it should show something like this:

Name: chromadb
Version: 0.5.12
Summary: Chroma.
Home-page: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
Author: 
Author-email: Jeff Huber <[email protected]>, Anton Troynikov <[email protected]>
License: 

[dhruv1707]

@tazarov this is what it gives me:
Version: 0.5.12
Summary: Chroma.
Home-page: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
Author:
Author-email: Jeff Huber [email protected], Anton Troynikov [email protected]
License:

I think its the same version :)

[tazarov]

Thanks for confirming @dhruv1707, I'll test a few things and comeback. In the meantime can you try and leave only path parameter and test.

[dhruv1707]

Nope still the same @tazarov :(

[dhruv1707]

@tazarov any updates?

[tazarov]

@dhruv1707, can you check if you have this env var set chroma_api_impl?

Also check if you have the http client:

pip show chromadb-client

Note: If you have the chromadb-client package uninstall it as it will interfere with the core chroma package.

[dhruv1707]

@tazarov no idt i have the "chroma_api_impl" env var set anywhere.
Also I had the chromadb-client install so I uninstalled it but now i am not being able to create a PersistantClient package?
This is the error am getting:
client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=CHROMA_DATA_PATH)
AttributeError: module 'chromadb' has no attribute 'PersistentClient'

[tazarov]

@dhruv1707, now try to reinstall Chroma core package:

pip install chromadb==0.5.13

I think the issue was that you had a mixed-up up virtualenv.

[dhruv1707]

@tazarov thanks a ton! It's working now :)

[tazarov]

@dhruv1707, excellent! Just for posteriority purposes, let me ask this - did you first install chromadb-client and then decide to use local persistence and install the core package (chromadb)?