From bec3f0203625cd2c1ba2f5683b56afe2d129f47d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Preston Rasmussen <109292228+prasmussen15@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 15:26:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] filter out falsey values before creating embeddings (#966)

* filter out falsey values

* update

* early return
---
 graphiti_core/edges.py | 9 ++++++---
 graphiti_core/nodes.py | 9 ++++++---
 pyproject.toml         | 2 +-
 uv.lock                | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/graphiti_core/edges.py b/graphiti_core/edges.py
index 165dee53..88d2a472 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/edges.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/edges.py
@@ -644,8 +644,11 @@ def get_community_edge_from_record(record: Any):
 
 
 async def create_entity_edge_embeddings(embedder: EmbedderClient, edges: list[EntityEdge]):
-    if len(edges) == 0:
+    # filter out falsey values from edges
+    filtered_edges = [edge for edge in edges if edge.fact]
+
+    if len(filtered_edges) == 0:
         return
-    fact_embeddings = await embedder.create_batch([edge.fact for edge in edges])
-    for edge, fact_embedding in zip(edges, fact_embeddings, strict=True):
+    fact_embeddings = await embedder.create_batch([edge.fact for edge in filtered_edges])
+    for edge, fact_embedding in zip(filtered_edges, fact_embeddings, strict=True):
         edge.fact_embedding = fact_embedding
diff --git a/graphiti_core/nodes.py b/graphiti_core/nodes.py
index 7fafbe4f..4105c88e 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/nodes.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/nodes.py
@@ -868,9 +868,12 @@ def get_community_node_from_record(record: Any) -> CommunityNode:
 
 
 async def create_entity_node_embeddings(embedder: EmbedderClient, nodes: list[EntityNode]):
-    if not nodes:  # Handle empty list case
+    # filter out falsey values from nodes
+    filtered_nodes = [node for node in nodes if node.name]
+
+    if not filtered_nodes:
         return
 
-    name_embeddings = await embedder.create_batch([node.name for node in nodes])
-    for node, name_embedding in zip(nodes, name_embeddings, strict=True):
+    name_embeddings = await embedder.create_batch([node.name for node in filtered_nodes])
+    for node, name_embedding in zip(filtered_nodes, name_embeddings, strict=True):
         node.name_embedding = name_embedding
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5dacc78c..939eb0ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "graphiti-core"
 description = "A temporal graph building library"
-version = "0.21.0pre10"
+version = "0.21.0pre11"
 authors = [
     { name = "Paul Paliychuk", email = "paul@getzep.com" },
     { name = "Preston Rasmussen", email = "preston@getzep.com" },
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a67aa561..7f362eec 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 2
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <4"
 resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version >= '3.14'",
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "graphiti-core"
-version = "0.21.0rc8"
+version = "0.21.0rc11"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "diskcache" },