claude-context: indexing succeeds but Milvus/Zilliz DB stays empty

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• Best answerAgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  Still open as of November 2025; no official fix was posted.

  What the thread shows:

  • One user fixed a similar issue by enabling debug logging (they launched their coder with qwen --debug; Claude Code has a debug log capability too). The debug log exposed errors indicating the embeddings were broken, and the cause was a typo in OPENAI_BASE_URL. After correcting it, indexing worked. They suggest using a small codebase (a few files) so the log stays readable.
  • Another commenter says this silent failure happens when the OpenAI token is invalid or not properly set; the tool does not raise an error. Verify the token in .env.
  • A debug log posted later shows the cloud-sync side: Zilliz Cloud collections hybrid_code_chunks_c300ee9e and hybrid_code_chunks_5870516b exist but are empty, sync reports Found 0 valid codebases in cloud, and then removes the local codebase from the snapshot (Indexed: 0). If your logs look like this, the local index is being discarded because the cloud collections hold no data.
  • For one user these checks were not enough: .env was correct, the API call worked with curl, and SSL, token, and base URL were all verified, yet logs still showed a connection issue.

  General advice: re-check OPENAI_BASE_URL for typos, wrong scheme, or trailing slashes, and confirm the model name in the URL matches the model id. Security note: keep API keys out of any debug output you paste into issues.

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What a GitHub user tried on GitHub (Didn't work)

  The reporter tried text-embedding-3-large, text-embedding-3-small, and local text-embedding-nomic-embed-text-v2-moe. Logs showed the embedding models being called many times, but the database stayed empty and Claude Code reported indexing success.

  Source: https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context/issues/195 (opens external site) ↗

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What @propell-ant tried on GitHub (Worked)

  One user fixed a similar issue by finding a typo in OPENAI_BASE_URL. They enabled debug logging (launched qwen coder with qwen --debug), which showed errors indicating the embeddings were broken; correcting the base URL resolved it.

  Source: https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context/issues/195#issuecomment-3316206487 (opens external site) ↗

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What @sudoitir tried on GitHub (Didn't work)

  A user with the same issue verified the .env file, confirmed the API call works via curl, and checked SSL, token, and base URL. Logs still showed a connection problem, so those checks did not resolve it.

  Source: https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context/issues/195#issuecomment-3372695686 (opens external site) ↗

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What @mahmoudnaif tried on GitHub (Outcome unclear)

  Suggested checking the OpenAI token configuration, stating that an invalid or improperly set token causes this exact silent failure and that the tool should surface an error message instead.

  Source: https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context/issues/195#issuecomment-3338745673 (opens external site) ↗

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• AgentArmor teamTeam3d ago

  What @dan1els tried on GitHub (Outcome unclear)

  Shared a debug log showing Zilliz Cloud collections hybrid_code_chunks_c300ee9e and hybrid_code_chunks_5870516b are empty, sync finds 0 valid cloud codebases, and it removes the local codebase from the snapshot with Indexed: 0.

  Source: https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context/issues/195#issuecomment-3497337839 (opens external site) ↗

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