ollama - 💡(How to fix) Fix bge-m3 embedding API 500 error with Chinese text + single quote apostrophe on Windows [1 participants]

What is the issue?

When using the bge-m3 embedding model via Ollama local API on Windows, the API returns HTTP 500 error if input text contains Chinese characters + English single quote '.

Reproduce with PowerShell

Success case (without single quote)

$body = @{ model = "bge-m3" input = @( "方正科技信息有限公司云计算 is a technology company, the customers company, involved in cloud computing" ) } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1/embeddings" -Method Post -ContentType "application/json" -Body $body

Failed case (with single quote)

$body = @{ model = "bge-m3" input = @( "方正科技信息有限公司云计算 is a technology company, the customer's company, involved in cloud computing" ) } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1/embeddings" -Method Post -ContentType "application/json" -Body $body

Error Message

{"error":{"message":"failed to encode response: json: unsupported value: NaN","type":"api_error","param":null,"code":null}}

Environment

• Ollama version: 0.21.0
• OS: Windows 11
• Model: bge-m3
• Client: Windows PowerShell

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