v1.19.0

Change Log

Features 🌊

• #1298 - payload storage configuration in create_collection (supersedes on_disk_payload) and more by @joein
• #1247 - warn that search_params is ignored in local mode instead of silently dropping it by @MushiSenpai, @joein

Fixes 🧑‍🔧

• #1260 - preserve proto3 field presence for falsy values in REST/gRPC conversion by @winklemad, @joein
• #1312 - fix nested payload handling in local mode by @joein
• #1293 - values_count bounds must be satisfied by a single value in local mode by @nazsats
• #1281 - add limit > 0 rules in local mode by @joein
• #1279 - do not drop falsy shard keys in convert_points_update_operation by @ErenAta16
• #1278 - fix embed paths by @joein
• #1276 - fix local mode set_payload on shared nested objects by @joein, @ErenAta16
• #1277 - do not include local test files into the distribution by @joein, @hassanzafarr
• #1259 - fix local mode filters cross-matching booleans and integers by @winklemad, @joein
• #1244 - fix update vectors in local mode by @joein
• #1224 - check_match() raises TypeError when MatchText applied to a non-string field by @aloktripathi1, @joein
• #1181 - fix spurious async client tests failures by @charles-dyfis-net, @joein

Deprecations ⏲️

• #1210 - add and query methods have been removed, use FastEmbed with upsert/query_points instead by @joein
• #1311 - max_resident_memory_percent has been deprecated by @joein
• #1298 - search, search_batch, search_groups, recommend, recommend_batch, recommend_groups and on_disk_payload have been deprecated in favour of query_points, query_batch_points, query_points_groups and the new payload config by @joein

Misc 🧰

• #1216 - update third-party actions to node 24 by @estebany-qd
• #1212 - update GitHub Actions to node 24 by @estebany-qd
• #1207 - check the package is importable before publish by @joein
• #1199 - add docstring for ParallelWorkerPool class by @Goodnight77

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the current release!
@nazsats @winklemad @ErenAta16 @MushiSenpai @charles-dyfis-net @aloktripathi1 @Goodnight77 @hassanzafarr @estebany-qd @joein

v1.18.0

Change Log

Features 🌊

• #1176 - bump fastembed to v0.8.0 by @joein
• #1173 - per request custom headers for tracing by @generall
• #1201 - create/delete named vector API after creating a collection, turboquantization and more

Fixes 🧑‍🔧

• #1191 - fix local mode inconsistency of values count with the server in case of iterables other than list by @joein
• #1190 - fix local mode geo filter edge cases by @joein

Deprecations ⏲️

• #1174 - python-client docs has been deprecated in favour of qdrant.tech documentation by @joein

• #1169 - do not modify date filters in local mode by @jnMetaCode

• #1168 - run server version check in a thread to avoid blocking async client by @joein

• #1157 - fix type hint error in grpc_uploader with older versions of protobuf by @joein

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the current release!
@jnMetaCode @Anush008 @joein

v1.17.1

Change Log

Features 🌊

• #1162 - add a way to provide custom headers in http and grpc by @Anush008 @joein
• #1166 - do not use fastembed for bm25 inference with hosted qdrant by @joein

Fixes 🔧

• #1169 - do not modify date filters in local mode by @jnMetaCode
• #1168 - run server version check in a thread to avoid blocking async client by @joein
• #1157 - fix type hint error in grpc_uploader with older versions of protobuf by @joein

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the current release!
@jnMetaCode @Anush008 @joein

v1.17.0

Change Log

Features 🚢

• #1154 - introduce relevance feedback, add enable_hnsw option to payload indexes, add timeouts to upsert methods, weighted RRF, and more by @joein @coszio @generall

Fixes ⚙️

• #1138 - fix score threshold for fusion queries by @cbcoutinho

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the current release!
@cbcoutinho @generall @coszio @joein

v1.16.2

Change Log

Deprecations ⏳

• #1110 - drop python3.9 support by @joein

Fixes ⚙️

• #1132- adjust numpy versioning by @joein
• #1133 - propagate lookup_from correctly in query_points_groups by @joein
• #1134 - fix qdrant-client import in read-only systems by @holyMolyTolli

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the current release!
@holyMolyTolli @joein

v1.16.1

Change Log

Features 🪐

• #1116 - implement grpc version of cluster_collection_update by @joein
• #1123 - expose the remaining cluster methods: remove_peer, collection_cluster_info, recover_current_peer, cluster_status by @joein

Fixes 😮

• #1125 - rename common.proto to qdrant_common.proto to avoid conflicts with other libraries by @joein
• #1124 - fix local mode with persistence backward compatibility by @joein
• #1121 - add .pyi files for grpc files to help static code analyzers by @joein

v1.16.0

Change Log

Features 🪐

• #1060 - builtin BM25 support (fastembed is not longer required to generate bm25 embeddings) by @joein
• #1071 - grpc connection pooling by @JojiiOfficial
• #1088 - queryless scores is now equal to 1 by @joein
• #1077 - pass grpc credentials to grpc channels by @ivandasch @joein
• #1085 - allow passing UUID to all methods without converting to strings by @joein
• #1069 - add TextAny filter, metadata to collections, add parametrized rrf query, ACORN (qdrant changelog) by @joein
• #1106 - update grpc generator by @joein
• #1114 - expose cluster collection update operations by @joein @generall

Deprecations ⌚

• #1093 - add, query, query_batch methods deprecated in favour of upsert and query_points by @joein
• #1103 - remove deprecated methods: search, recommend, discovery, upload_records, search_batch, recommend_batch, discovery_batch, rest, init_from in create_collection, all lock-related methods by @joein
• #1104 - remove structs used only in the removed methods (#1103) by @joein

Fixes 😮

• #1081 - fix overriding prefetch limit by @joein

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the release!

@ivandasch @JojiiOfficial @joein @generall @tbung @coszio

v1.15.1

Change Log

Fixes 🚒

• #1051 - fix grpc FieldCondition conversion by @coszio
• #1052 - fix conversion for Document, Image and InferenceObject by @joein
• #1053 - fix handling cloud inference responses by @joein

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the release!
@coszio @joein

v1.15.0

Change Log

Features 🌟

• #1031 - add base64 encoding function to convert images for inference @joein
• #1044 - added MMR (maximal margin relevance) @coszio @joein @generall

Fixes 🌵

• #1030 - fix edge case in upsert and multivector updates @joein
• #1034 - relax portalocker version by @kurtqq

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the release!
@kurtqq @coszio @generall @joein

v1.14.3

Change Log

Features 🎸

• #994 - add convenience methods like list_text_models, list_image_models, etc to fastembed mixin by @joein
• #1024 - do not inspect models when cloud inference is enabled by @joein

Fixes 🌵

• #990 - fix docstrings in models to get rid of invalid escape sequence warnings in python3.12+ by @joein
• #977 - fix set payload in batch update points, fix operation conversion, set payload key handling, vector normalization in update operations by @joein
• #993 - unpickleable objects in init_options should not raise an exception by @joein
• #994 - proper exception when trying to use local inference without installed fastembed by @joein
• #996 - fix urljoin to work correctly with prefixes by @joein