Cannot reindex file file-xxx with a new strategy

API Bugs
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1

We have a few vector stores where a number of files are showing as “failed”. We can see the files with a status “Ready” in the file view.

If I try adding the file to that Vector Store via the API

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/vector_stores/vs_ABC/files \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "OpenAI-Beta: assistants=v2" \
    -d '{
      "file_id": "file-XXX"
    }'

I get

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Failed to create file operation: Bad Request: {\"detail\":\"Cannot reindex file file-XXX with a new strategy\"}",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "param": null,
    "code": null
  }
}
1 Like
2

Remove flie name/id first.

    flowchart
         Delete --> Re-Add
3

Deleting the files fails.

It says it succeeds, but the file is still attached.

4

Interestingly, the file has a status of “Success” in the UI, but looking at it via the API I see

    {
      "id": "file-XYZ",
      "object": "vector_store.file",
      "usage_bytes": 0,
      "created_at": 1731541748,
      "vector_store_id": "vs_ABC",
      "status": "failed",
      "last_error": {
        "code": "invalid_file",
        "message": "The file could not be parsed."
      },
      "chunking_strategy": {
        "type": "static",
        "static": {
          "max_chunk_size_tokens": 800,
          "chunk_overlap_tokens": 400
        }
      }
    },

I can’t remove it from the VectorStore though.

5

Still so difficult for me I’m not even half way and I forgottihg the whole start