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Fix MUVERA encoding for empty documents - #733

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Empty document and query multivectors now raise ValueError rather than returning an encoding or failing with IndexError. This follows the agreed invalid-input behavior. A parametrized regression test covers both entry points. Tests: pytest -q tests/test_postprocess.py tests/test_common.py tests/test_preprocessor_utils.py tests/test_image_transform.py (47 passed locally).

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Fixes MUVERA encoding for empty documents by returning a zero-valued fixed-dimensional vector, with regression tests for documents and queries.

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  • Handle empty inputs safely.
  • Add regression coverage for empty document and query encodings.
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tests/​test_postprocess.py Adds empty document/query regression tests.
fastembed/​postprocess/​muvera.py Handles empty inputs with zero encodings.

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Muvera.process raises ValueError("Cannot encode an empty multivector") for empty input instead of returning a zero-filled encoding. The dimensionality assertion runs before the empty-input check. The process_document and process_query docstrings document the error. Tests cover both methods with empty input.

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Empty multivectors now receive the intended ValueError response, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

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Empty document and query vectors now raise an exception instead of producing an encoding. No new security-sensitive access path is visible, but applications using these methods may need to handle the changed error behavior.

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  • inferred — The evidenced effect is confined to the library’s empty-input result and its test. Behavior in external applications consuming the library is not established.

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  • observed — The empty-input check executes inside the shared encoder before vector encoding; the shown methods contain no authentication or authority transition.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: correcting MUVERA handling for empty documents.
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Hey @Pothan0

Thanks for pointing it out!
Though, I think that the correct behaviour is raising a ValueError, because empty queries do not make sense

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In `@fastembed/postprocess/muvera.py`:
- Line 294: Update the empty-input branch in the multivector encoding method to
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), f"Expected vectors of shape (n, {self.dim}), got {vectors.shape}"

if len(vectors) == 0:
raise ValueError("Cannot encode an empty multivector")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Return a zero-valued encoding for empty input.

For an empty multivector shaped (0, dim), this branch raises ValueError. The PR objective requires a fixed-dimensional zero encoding for empty documents and queries. Return np.zeros(self.embedding_size) so both wrappers preserve that behavior.

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         if len(vectors) == 0:
-            raise ValueError("Cannot encode an empty multivector")
+            return np.zeros(self.embedding_size)
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raise ValueError("Cannot encode an empty multivector")
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In `@fastembed/postprocess/muvera.py` at line 294, Update the empty-input branch
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- Line 45: Update both error-message assertions in the empty-input regression
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