openvinotoolkit / openvinotoolkit/model_server

Add dimensions parameter support for embeddings endpoint (Matryoshka)

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Description

The /v3/embeddings endpoint currently doesn't support the dimensions parameter from the OpenAI API.

Many modern embedding models (like ibm-granite/granite-embedding-311m-multilingual-r2, nomic-embed-text, text-embedding-3-small) support Matryoshka Representation Learning, which allows truncating embeddings to smaller dimensions without retraining.

Request

Add support for the dimensions parameter in EmbeddingsCalculatorOV to truncate and re-normalize the output embeddings.

Example request
{
  "model": "my-embedding-model",
  "input": "Hello world",
  "dimensions": 256
}
Expected behavior

Return embeddings truncated to 256 dimensions (instead of full 768), re-normalized.

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Research direction

Start at EmbeddingsCalculatorOV and the /v3/embeddings request handling, then trace the existing embedding calculation path. Done means a dimensions request returns truncated, re-normalized embeddings while requests without dimensions retain their full output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
api, machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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