Problem
Each project is limited to 20 serverless indexes. Trying to create more than 20 serverless indexes in a project raises the following403 (FORBIDDEN) error:
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Troubleshoot “Serverless index creation error - max serverless indexes” in Pinecone: Each project is limited to 20 serverless indexes. Trying to create more.
403 (FORBIDDEN) error:
This project already contains 20 serverless indexes, the maximum per project.
Delete any unused indexes and try again, or create a new project for more serverless indexes.
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