[GH-ISSUE #4302] [BUG]: Emedding gets reset after each container restart #2734

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opened 2026-02-22 18:31:00 -05:00 by yindo · 2 comments
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Originally created by @hiiamboris on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/4302

How are you running AnythingLLM?

Docker (remote machine)

What happened?

After a fresh docker installation on Ubuntu 24 using the 1st method from the docker howto, on the /settings/embedding-preference page the Embedding Provider was initially set to Ollama. If I set it to anything else, it gets reset back to Ollama after every container restart (or crash).

I add some documents, it crashes, I try to add more, it says it can't Ollama isn't configured, and if I wanna change the embedder that will wipe out the documents already added.

Are there known steps to reproduce?

fresh docker install + onboarding done
docker stop container-id
docker start container-id

Originally created by @hiiamboris on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/4302 ### How are you running AnythingLLM? Docker (remote machine) ### What happened? After a fresh docker installation on Ubuntu 24 using the 1st method from the [docker howto](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/blob/master/docker/HOW_TO_USE_DOCKER.md#recommend-way-to-run-dockerized-anythingllm), on the `/settings/embedding-preference` page the Embedding Provider was initially set to Ollama. If I set it to anything else, it gets reset back to Ollama after every container restart (or crash). I add some documents, it crashes, I try to add more, it says it can't Ollama isn't configured, and if I wanna change the embedder that will wipe out the documents already added. ### Are there known steps to reproduce? fresh docker install + onboarding done docker stop container-id docker start container-id
yindo added the possible bug label 2026-02-22 18:31:00 -05:00
yindo closed this issue 2026-02-22 18:31:00 -05:00
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025):

and if I wanna change the embedder that will wipe out the documents already added.

Sounds like your documents never actually embedded since you claim it crashed, so there would be nothing to embed since nothing was ever output. I know from the previous post you are using a larger embedder model with an under-resourced VM. That is the core of all of your issues. Use the default embedder or get a better VM provisioned

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Aug 17, 2025): > and if I wanna change the embedder that will wipe out the documents already added. Sounds like your documents never actually embedded since you claim it crashed, so there would be nothing to embed since nothing was ever output. I know from the previous post you are using a larger embedder model with an under-resourced VM. That is the core of all of your issues. Use the default embedder or get a better VM provisioned
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@hiiamboris commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025):

Looks like you don't care about the quality of this project if you dismiss issues so easily. It is clear from the description that this issue is not about the embedding failure, but about a provider reset. For which I even gave you a simple command to reproduce (though reboot is another one). It doesn't matter what embedder I choose and whether I have successfully embedded any documents or not. It always ends up using Ollama.

@hiiamboris commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025): Looks like you don't care about the quality of this project if you dismiss issues so easily. It is clear from the description that this issue is not about the embedding failure, but about a provider reset. For which I even gave you a simple command to reproduce (though `reboot` is another one). It doesn't matter what embedder I choose and whether I have successfully embedded any documents or not. It always ends up using Ollama.
yindo changed title from [BUG]: Emedding gets reset after each container restart to [GH-ISSUE #4302] [BUG]: Emedding gets reset after each container restart 2026-06-05 14:48:15 -04:00
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Reference: Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm#2734