The Gemini File Search API does not perform uniqueness checks on uploaded documents, requiring developers to build custom duplicate-detection logic and maintain a record manager database to track document hashes and IDs to prevent duplicate chunks in the vector store.
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“the API doesn't carry out any uniqueness checks on the documents you're uploading. So, you need to build this logic on top of the API.”
Created: 8/13/2026, 4:54:45 AM
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