Problem
To connect to a serverless index, you must use an updated Pinecone client. Trying to connect to a serverless index with an outdated client will raise errors similar to one of the following:console
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Troubleshoot “Serverless index connection errors” in Pinecone: To connect to a serverless index, you must use an updated Pinecone client. Trying to connect.
Failed to resolve 'controller.us-west-2.pinecone.io'
controller.us-west-2-aws.pinecone.io not found
Request failed to reach Pinecone while calling https://controller.us-west-2.pinecone.io/actions/whoami
pip install "pinecone[grpc]" --upgrade
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