# \#ai-search **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/ai-search/634.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Disco Bot / AI Search broken with Gemini after updating to 2026.8.0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disco-bot-ai-search-broken-with-gemini-after-updating-to-2026-8-0/411447)
**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disco-bot-ai-search-broken-with-gemini-after-updating-to-2026-8-0/411447 "2026-09-02T06:20:46Z")
After updating to 2026.8.0 the AI discovery feature no longer works when using Gemini Flash Latest (3.7) as the model. On the search UI the Disco Bot throws an error. In the site logs I see this: Message (4 copies repor… --- ## [New Experiment: Enable AI search with one click!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-experiment-enable-ai-search-with-one-click/335984)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-experiment-enable-ai-search-with-one-click/335984 "2026-09-02T05:47:30Z")
Previously we rolled out Summarize on your Discourse with one-click!. Today we are doing it for AI search. Discourse AI - AI search is now available for Free, Standard, Business, and Enterprise tiers without the need fo… --- ## [Conversational AI Search coming to Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conversational-ai-search-coming-to-discourse-ai/355939)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conversational-ai-search-coming-to-discourse-ai/355939 "2026-09-01T23:39:36Z")
We’re excited to announce a powerful new feature now available for testing on Meta: Discourse AI Search discoveries\[1\]. This feature enhances your search experience by providing AI-generated answers to your queries, maki… --- ## [AI semantic search shows \[missing %\[count} value\] message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-missing-count-value/396714)
**Author:** [@祁同伟](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E7%A5%81%E5%90%8C%E4%BC%9F)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-missing-count-value/396714 "2026-08-24T06:59:47Z")
When performing AI semantic search, the message "\[missing %\[count} value\]" appears. --- ## [AI Embeddings Semantic Search returns 500 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-embeddings-semantic-search-returns-500-error/408306)
**Author:** [@akanora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akanora)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-embeddings-semantic-search-returns-500-error/408306 "2026-07-24T12:19:32Z")
Hi everyone, I have “AI embeddings semantic search” enabled on my site, but whenever I try to search something, I get a 500 Internal Server Error and no results are returned. Regular search works fine when I disable tha… --- ## [Feedback on Discobot discoveries results on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-discobot-discoveries-results-on-meta/407133)
**Author:** [@matthewruzzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matthewruzzi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-discobot-discoveries-results-on-meta/407133 "2026-07-09T04:00:05Z")
Sometimes Discobot discoveries gets things completely wrong. It would be nice to have a way to provide feedback on Discobot discoveries similar to the feedback buttons on Ask Discourse. --- ## [Index File Contents for Search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/index-file-contents-for-search/31884)
**Author:** [@ahuling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ahuling)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/index-file-contents-for-search/31884 "2026-04-21T07:34:57Z")
Right now, file names are indexed for search but the contents are not. It would be nice if the contents of files were also indexed, at least for the most common text-based files types, e.g. txt, pdf, doc, xls, csv, etc. … --- ## [Enabling AI search crippled my server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-ai-search-crippled-my-server/397869)
**Author:** [@SubStrider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SubStrider)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-ai-search-crippled-my-server/397869 "2026-03-09T11:54:35Z")
I enabled “AI embeddings enabled” last night and the backfill was happening in the background. Today I enabled “AI embeddings semantic search enabled” and the CPU shot upto 100 constantly with a huge LOW queue sidekiq ba… --- ## [Plans to merge Global Search with Discourse AI for a Chat-based UI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plans-to-merge-global-search-with-discourse-ai-for-a-chat-based-ui/393653)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plans-to-merge-global-search-with-discourse-ai-for-a-chat-based-ui/393653 "2026-01-16T14:13:53Z")
Hi team, Is there a plan to eventually combine the standard search bar and Discourse AI into a single AI-driven chat interface? Also, are there any updates on displaying sources/citations from forum topics in a more in… --- ## [Hiding XX results found using AI - enable toggle by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-xx-results-found-using-ai-enable-toggle-by-default/385784)
**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-xx-results-found-using-ai-enable-toggle-by-default/385784 "2025-10-25T18:59:57Z")
I’m experimenting with using AI on our discourse forum and so far its pretty good (great work guys), it’s really taking into context user intent and provides very relevant results. The problem is I see is that the resul… --- ## [Discourse AI - Embeddings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-embeddings/259603)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-embeddings/259603 "2025-07-07T08:33:05Z")
:bookmark: This topic covers the configuration of the Embeddings module of the Discourse AI plugin. It explains what embeddings are, how they’re used, and how to set them up. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: … --- ## [Discourse AI - AI search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-ai-search/282420)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-ai-search/282420 "2025-07-02T18:43:21Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to enable and configure the AI search feature, which is part of the Discourse AI plugin. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Similar to Related topics, AI searc… --- ## [Frequent Error 500 after searching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frequent-error-500-after-searching/373769)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frequent-error-500-after-searching/373769 "2025-07-21T17:52:00Z")
I just had several popups saying ‘500 error’ (Maybe there was a 504 too, since I was already reading the topic, I found, I didn’t pay attention until it showed up the 4th time). I think this happened yesterday too, so I … --- ## [Support for Vanilla Embedding Search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-vanilla-embedding-search/369966)
**Author:** [@shu\_goea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shu_goea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-vanilla-embedding-search/369966 "2025-06-28T02:22:19Z")
Would be nice to have just the simple semantic search available without having to go through the hyde model. I have a document on how to set up a perforce client which we use for version control. When searching for vers… --- ## [Best models and prompts for testing Discord search and Discoveries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-models-and-prompts-for-testing-discord-search-and-discoveries/370366)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-models-and-prompts-for-testing-discord-search-and-discoveries/370366 "2025-06-16T20:38:48Z")
May I know what models and/or prompts (personas) are suggested to test Discord search and Discoveries? Has anyone compared performance across different models for this use case? I’m currently testing a mix of them (Oll… --- ## [Self-Hosting Embeddings for DiscourseAI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-embeddings-for-discourseai/290925)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-embeddings-for-discourseai/290925 "2025-04-14T21:02:08Z")
The Discourse AI plugin has many features that require embeddings to work, such as Related Topics, AI Search, AI Helper Category and Tag suggestion, etc. While you can use a third-party API, like Configure API Keys for O… --- ## [Adding Semantic Search feature for our self-hosted discourse site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-semantic-search-feature-for-our-self-hosted-discourse-site/355630)
**Author:** [@Ajay26](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ajay26)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-semantic-search-feature-for-our-self-hosted-discourse-site/355630 "2025-03-19T19:12:07Z")
I’m new to discourse AI. I’m using “sentence-transformers/all-mpnet-base-v2” as my embedding model. is this enough to do semantic search? Or Should i have to add a Hyde model for it? Please guide me on this. --- ## [Getting a lot of no results for semantic search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-a-lot-of-no-results-for-semantic-search/351177)
**Author:** [@tyler.lamparter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyler.lamparter)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-a-lot-of-no-results-for-semantic-search/351177 "2025-03-13T01:10:15Z")
I’m having a hard time getting the semantic AI search to give me any results so I wanted to check with everyone and see if you all have any ideas on what could be wrong. If I take a simple example and search for “shopif… --- ## [Is header semantic search still experimental?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-header-semantic-search-still-experimental/330864)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-header-semantic-search-still-experimental/330864 "2024-10-14T21:54:57Z")
I am getting the same issue, however, is the above still applicable? I am still getting the error from the linked topic. Ps. Why is “Reply as Linked Topic” not available on closed topics? Would totally make sense. … --- ## [Setting a similarity threshold for semantic search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-similarity-threshold-for-semantic-search/319894)
**Author:** [@Tanvir\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tanvir_Singh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-similarity-threshold-for-semantic-search/319894 "2024-08-05T15:38:24Z")
I am using discourse v3.1.5 in my application. When I try to use semantic search for topics, it ranks the topics from most similar to least similar, but it will show all the topics in results even if the search query is … --- ## [How can I disable "ai\_embeddings\_semantic\_quick\_search\_enabled" now it’s hidden?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-disable-ai-embeddings-semantic-quick-search-enabled-now-it-s-hidden/318820)
**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-disable-ai-embeddings-semantic-quick-search-enabled-now-it-s-hidden/318820 "2024-07-28T05:40:58Z")
I had enabled the use of artificial intelligence in speed dial, but since it was not ready yet, you removed the visibility of this setting from the admin panel in the new update. https://github.com/discourse/discourse-… --- ## [Semantic search working on mobile app, but not on web version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semantic-search-working-on-mobile-app-but-not-on-web-version/310252)
**Author:** [@ragvij](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ragvij)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semantic-search-working-on-mobile-app-but-not-on-web-version/310252 "2024-06-02T15:50:03Z")
Hi, I’m testing a self-hosted Discourse with the AI plugin. Both for embedding and semantic, using OpenAI API. After the recent update, I’ve noticed that the “toggle button” in advanced search for AI results is no longe… --- ## [Semantic quick search gives error 500](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semantic-quick-search-gives-error-500/302545)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semantic-quick-search-gives-error-500/302545 "2024-04-05T12:32:36Z")
I enabled ai embeddings semantic quick search enabled but it gives error 500. It works here, and error 500 quite often happends because of issues of servers, aka. at my end, but I’m a bit lost how to start solving out th… --- ## [Differences in search latency between AI semantic and keyword search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differences-in-search-latency-between-ai-semantic-and-keyword-search/294571)
**Author:** [@craigrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigrow)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differences-in-search-latency-between-ai-semantic-and-keyword-search/294571 "2024-02-21T22:45:38Z")
Is there any data on latency for Semantic search and Semantic Related Topics v. key-word search and Suggested Topics? Thanks in advance. --- ## [AI Search possible bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-search-possible-bug/288951)
**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-search-possible-bug/288951 "2024-01-12T22:03:45Z")
When ever I do a search and getting this message. At a guess it is adding multiple searches to a single inquiry. Still displays results in spite of message. --- ## [AI full page search acts weirdly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-full-page-search-acts-weirdly/286583)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-full-page-search-acts-weirdly/286583 "2023-11-28T14:17:49Z")
I rebuilded something like 6 hours ago and now AI suggestions of full page search acts weirdly. It is like is misses search context totally and is offering old hits. I searched raw food of dogs first. And now I’m gettin… --- ## [Issues with search on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-search-on-meta/285970)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-search-on-meta/285970 "2023-11-22T19:09:53Z")
The above video displays two issues: When I hit search, it doesn’t load results, I have to refresh the page for results to load. This seems to be related to the accessibility theme. AI results cards are uncli… --- ## [Trouble with desktop search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-desktop-search/285952)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-desktop-search/285952 "2023-11-22T19:11:42Z")
To find out if the background also disturbs the search results in desktop mode, I searched for “search”. I noticed that 92 search results were initially shown at the top. However, I can only see 50 of them. Somehow the o… --- ## [Semantic full page seach starts right away on mobiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semantic-full-page-seach-starts-right-away-on-mobiles/285537)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semantic-full-page-seach-starts-right-away-on-mobiles/285537 "2023-11-22T19:17:30Z")
When searching something on desktop semantic search starts when advanced search is opened. With mobiles semantic search starts immediatelly when typing starts. That leads wasting of tokens if and when an user stops writ… --- ## [Is full page semantic search only in English?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-full-page-semantic-search-only-in-english/288665)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-full-page-semantic-search-only-in-english/288665 "2023-11-15T11:06:45Z")
Full page semantic search… can it only english? And is there need for some rails magic to make its life easier? [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/ai-search/634.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=ai-search)