MaartenGr / MaartenGr/BERTopic

Why are the results of running the code before and after different

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Description

### Have you searched existing issues? 🔎

- [x] I have searched and found no existing issues

### Desribe the bug

The number of topics obtained from bertopic running in November 2024 does not match the recent number of topics, and my code has not changed at all

### Reproduction

```python
from bertopic import BERTopic

```

### BERTopic Version

0.16.4

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Research direction

Start with the minimal BERTopic import example and the reported BERTopic 0.16.4 version. Compare the November 2024 and current runtime or dependency environments, then build a complete reproducible example with the topic counts; done means the cause of the difference is isolated and documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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