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title: "@pinecone-database/pinecone (npm) | Since.dev"
description: "What each @pinecone-database/pinecone release removed, renamed or changed: 250 breaking changes in 1 version on npm, each with its source."
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# @pinecone-database/pinecone breaking changes

Every breaking API change we have recorded in @pinecone-database/pinecone on npm: 250 breaking changes in 1 version. Below are its newest version, removals and renames first, each with its source.

Newest change September 9, 2026

## 9.0.0

250 breaking changes, first published September 9, 2026.

- **Removed**  

Node.js 20 is no longer supported. Upgrade the runtime to Node.js 22 or later before installing v9. [github.com](https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-ts-client/releases/tag/v9.0.0)
- **Removed**  

Install and run v9 on Node.js 22 or newer. Node 20 is untested and unsupported in v9. [github.com](https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-ts-client/blob/main/guides/upgrading/v9-migration.md)
- **Removed** `BackupModel.dimension`  

Read dimension and metric from schema instead of the top-level backup object. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `BackupModel.metric`  

BackupModel.metric was removed in @pinecone-database/pinecone 9.0.0 [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `BackupPaginationResponse`  

Replace BackupPaginationResponse with BackupListPagination. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `BYOC2`  

BYOC2 was removed in @pinecone-database/pinecone 9.0.0 [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `ByocSpec`  

Use the native deployment object instead of this v8 spec type. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `ConfigureIndexOptions.embed`  

Update an existing semantic field through a schema.fields patch, or use pc.indexes.createForModel to create an integrated-embedding index. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `ConfigureIndexRequestEmbed`  

Replace ConfigureIndexRequestEmbed with PatchSemanticTextField. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)
- **Removed** `ConfigureIndexRequestSpec`  

Replace ConfigureIndexRequestSpec with PatchIndexDeploymentRequest. [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/pinecone/v/9.0.0)

And 240 more in this version.

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