InMemoryVectorStore.delete(None) does not delete all documents
Author: Iris070119Created Sep 16, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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- This is a bug, not a usage question.
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- langchain
- langchain-openai
- langchain-anthropic
- langchain-classic
- langchain-core
- langchain-model-profiles
- langchain-tests
- langchain-text-splitters
- langchain-chroma
- langchain-deepseek
- langchain-exa
- langchain-fireworks
- langchain-groq
- langchain-huggingface
- langchain-mistralai
- langchain-nomic
- langchain-ollama
- langchain-openrouter
- langchain-perplexity
- langchain-qdrant
- langchain-xai
- Other / not sure / general
Related Issues / PRs
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Reproduction Steps / Example Code (Python)
from langchain_core.documents import Document
from langchain_core.embeddings import Embeddings
from langchain_core.vectorstores import InMemoryVectorStore
class FakeEmbeddings(Embeddings):
def embed_documents(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
return [[1.0, 0.0] for _ in texts]
def embed_query(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
return [1.0, 0.0]
vectorstore = InMemoryVectorStore(FakeEmbeddings())
vectorstore.add_documents(
[Document(page_content="document A")],
ids=["doc-a"],
)
print("IDs before delete:", list(vectorstore.store))
vectorstore.delete(ids=None)
print("IDs after delete:", list(vectorstore.store))
Error Message and Stack Trace (if applicable)
Description
VectorStore.delete() documents that passing ids=None should delete all
vectors. However, InMemoryVectorStore.delete() only performs deletion when
ids is truthy.
The implementation currently uses:
def delete(
self,
ids: Sequence[str] | None = None,
**kwargs: Any,
) -> None:
if ids:
for identifier in ids:
self.store.pop(identifier, None)
### System Info
System Information
------------------
> OS: Windows
> OS Version: 10.0.26200
> Python Version: 3.13.3 (main, May 30 2025, 05:37:00) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)]
Package Information
-------------------
> langchain_core: 1.6.3
> langsmith: 0.12.5
> langchain_classic: 1.0.8
> langchain_huggingface: 1.2.2
> langchain_protocol: 0.0.19
> langchain_text_splitters: 1.1.2
Optional packages not installed
-------------------------------
> deepagents
> deepagents-cli
Other Dependencies
------------------
> anyio: 4.15.1
> distro: 1.9.0
> httpx: 0.28.1
> httpx2: 2.13.0
> huggingface-hub: 1.31.0
> jsonpatch: 1.33
> orjson: 3.12.0
> packaging: 26.3
> pydantic: 2.13.5
> pyyaml: 6.0.3
> requests: 2.34.2
> requests-toolbelt: 1.0.0
> sniffio: 1.3.1
> sqlalchemy: 2.0.54
> tenacity: 9.1.4
> tokenizers: 0.23.2
> typing-extensions: 4.16.0
> uuid-utils: 0.17.1
> websockets: 17.1
> xxhash: 4.0.1
> zstandard: 0.25.0
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Source: langchain-ai/langchain