Pinecone returned HTTP status 404

[Petercerny]

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if there is a way to check if a vector database is up and ready before making a response? I am using a mix of Pinecone and Astra DataStax vector stores, and whenever the Astra database is not online, I get a 401 error, which is fine. However, today Pinecone had some issues with their servers, and I realized that the responses I was getting from my RAG chatbot were incorrect because the LLM was not using the database. In Langsmith, I found out that the call to the Pinecone API returned HTTP status 404.

This is crucial for me because if I were to put the system into production, I need it to avoid hallucinating due to this issue. Please excuse any technical inaccuracies.

Thank you for your help!