Pinecone Vector Store Node: OpenAI embedding is not supported any more by Pinecone for new indices

Help! N8N Pinecode Vector Store Node does not support the new Pinecone Llama-text-embed-v2 embedding.

Pinecone has replaced the OpenAI text-embedding-3-small embedding by the Llama-text-embed-v2 embedding to create new indices. But for the N8N Pinecode Vector Store Node this new embedding is not yet supported.

Existing workflows with Pinecone Vector Store Nodes with OpenAI text-embedding-3-small embeddings are still running but you cannot create new ones.

The dimensions of the OpenAI and the Llama embeddings are different.

I use the Free Plan of Pinecone but I guess this also is true for the other plans.

Does anyone have more information about this topic?

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this is news
I will try out and let you know

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I created a new workflow and it works. not sure what issue you are facing

I’m also looking for a solution because I bought a training course and the whole course is based on using OpenAI text-embedding-3-small embedding.

Hi Sandy, this is a misunderstanding. You can still create an OpenAI text-embedding-3-small embedding for a Pinecode Vector Store, but you cannot create a text-embedding-3-small based index in Pinecone anymore. On the other hand in N8N there is no embedding available for the new Llama-text-embed-v2 model.
As a result you cannot create a N8N Vector Store Node and choose an index that will be compatible with your embedding.

ok here is another screenshot of me creating a new index as of 06/25/2025
scroll to the right and select the OpenAI text-embedding-3-small


Hi All,

for me it is NOT possible to scroll to the right, too - but..

i have to choose between “Integrated Embedding” and “External Embedding”. Choose second one (“External Embedding”) and then “Autofill values from model”. Here you get a list with models containing “text-embedding-3-small” - that’s it.


strange as why you cant scrool to the right