Cannot update collection description with Python Client

[henrymcl]

Expected outcome:

Description gets updated

Actual outcome:

Description remains as Test.

Minimal reproduction

These three files shall be put in same folder:

main.py

import time

from weaviate.classes.config import DataType, Property

from weaviate import connect_to_custom

try:
    while True:
        try:
            weaviate_client = connect_to_custom(
                http_host="weaviate",
                http_port="8085",
                http_secure=False,
                grpc_host="weaviate",
                grpc_port="50051",
                grpc_secure=False,
            )
            break
        except:
            print("Error connecting")
            time.sleep(1)

    def delete_collection(name: str):
        try:
            weaviate_client.collections.delete(name)
        except:
            pass

    def create_collection(name: str):
        weaviate_client.collections.create(
            name,
            description=name,
            properties=[
                Property(
                    name="text",
                    description="Field",
                    data_type=DataType.TEXT,
                    skip_vectorization=True,
                    index_filterable=True,
                    index_searchable=False,
                )
            ],
        )

    def update_collection(name: str):
        collection = weaviate_client.collections.get(name=name)
        collection.config.update(description="Updated")

    NAME = "Test"
    delete_collection(NAME)
    create_collection(NAME)
    collection1 = weaviate_client.collections.get(name=NAME)
    config1 = collection1.config.get()
    print("BEFORE", config1.description, flush=True)

    update_collection(NAME)
    collection2 = weaviate_client.collections.get(name=NAME)
    config2 = collection2.config.get()
    print("AFTER", config2.description, flush=True)
except Exception as e:
    print(e, flush=True)
    pass

while True:
    time.sleep(1)

Dockerfile:

FROM python:3.11.6-slim

RUN apt-get update

WORKDIR /app

RUN pip install -U weaviate-client

compose.yaml:

services:
  server:
    build: .
    working_dir: /app
    volumes:
      - .:/app
    depends_on:
      - weaviate
    command: python3 /app/main.py
  weaviate:
    command:
      - --host
      - 0.0.0.0
      - --port
      - "8085"
      - --scheme
      - http
    image: semitechnologies/weaviate:1.25.0
    volumes:
      - ./weaviate:/var/lib/weaviate
    restart: on-failure:0
    environment:
      PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG: 1
      QUERY_DEFAULTS_LIMIT: 25
      LIMIT_RESOURCES: "true"
      AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED: "true"
      PERSISTENCE_DATA_PATH: "/var/lib/weaviate"
      DEFAULT_VECTORIZER_MODULE: "none"
      ENABLE_MODULES: "tiktoken_ext.openai_public"
      CLUSTER_HOSTNAME: "node1"

Steps to Reproduce:

1. View the docker log.

This is using weaviate-client==4.6.2 and weaviate:1.25.1

[dirkkul]

This should be fixed in weaviate/weaviate#4982 and will be in the next point release (1.25.2 I think)