feat: upgraded to Pinecone v7

[shinobi-josh]

PR Type

Enhancement

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Description

• Upgrade Pinecone SDK dependency to v7

• Adapt client init to Pinecone v7 API

• Update installation error message text

• Adjust version spec in pyproject.toml

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File Walkthrough

	Relevant files
Enhancement	pinecone.py Adapt Pinecone client to v7 API                                                    semantic_router/index/pinecone.py Import Pinecone and ServerlessSpec for v7 API Update ImportError message to reference v7+ Remove extra blank line +2/-5
Dependencies	pyproject.toml Bump Pinecone dependency to v7                                                      pyproject.toml Bump pinecone dependency to >=7.0.0,<8.0.0 +1/-1

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⚡ Recommended focus areas for review Import Validation Verify that from pinecone import Pinecone, ServerlessSpec and the instantiation via Pinecone(**pinecone_args) align with Pinecone SDK v7+, as class names or initialization APIs may have changed. from pinecone import Pinecone, ServerlessSpec self.ServerlessSpec = ServerlessSpec except ImportError: Error Message Consistency Ensure the ImportError installation instructions match the updated dependency version constraints and correctly reference the new Pinecone SDK v7 package. "Please install the Pinecone SDK v7+ to use PineconeIndex. " "You can install it with: `pip install 'semantic-router[pinecone]'`" )

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PR Code Suggestions ✨

Explore these optional code suggestions:

Category	Suggestion	Impact
Possible issue	Conditionally include host parameter Only include the host key when self.base_url is set to avoid passing None to the Pinecone client, which could lead to connection errors. Move the host assignment into a conditional block. semantic_router/index/pinecone.py [252-256] pinecone_args = { "api_key": api_key, "source_tag": "semanticrouter", - "host": self.base_url, } +if self.base_url: + pinecone_args["host"] = self.base_url Suggestion importance[1-10]: 7 __ Why: Moving "host" into a conditional prevents passing None to Pinecone, avoiding potential connection errors when self.base_url isn’t set.	Medium
	Add Pinecone version check After importing, verify that the installed Pinecone SDK version is at least v7.0.0 and raise an informative error if not. This prevents silent failures when an incompatible version is installed. semantic_router/index/pinecone.py [245-246] +import pinecone as _pinecone from pinecone import Pinecone, ServerlessSpec self.ServerlessSpec = ServerlessSpec +version_tuple = tuple(map(int, _pinecone.__version__.split("."))) +if version_tuple < (7, 0, 0): + raise ImportError(f"Pinecone SDK v7+ required, found v{_pinecone.__version__}") Suggestion importance[1-10]: 5 __ Why: Adding a runtime check for pinecone.__version__ ensures SDK v7+ compatibility, though the pyproject already enforces this requirement.	Low

[shinobi-josh]

note: we no longer use pinecone-client and instead is just pinecone

[shinobi-josh]

All references to PINECONE_API_BASE_URL for Pinecone Local now use http://localhost:5080 (not http://pinecone:5080).