[Bug] Index.search() failing to execute.

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Is this a new bug?

• I believe this is a new bug
• I have searched the existing issues, and I could not find an existing issue for this bug

Current Behavior

My python code has been using Index.search() method to query an index for a semantic search, running on v8.1.0 pinecone python sdk version.
Since 5-6 days ago, it has started throwing the following error:

Index.search() got an unexpected keyword argument 'query'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opentelemetry/trace/__init__.py", line 619, in use_span
    yield span
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py", line 1173, in start_as_current_span
    yield span
  File "/app/services/tools/lms_pinecone_service.py", line 62, in vector_search_pinecone
    results = self._index.search(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: Index.search() got an unexpected keyword argument 'query'

Relevant Code Block:

query_dict = {
            "inputs": {"text": query["query"]},
            "top_k": top_k,
            "filter": filter_dict}

results = self._index.search(
    namespace=self._namespace,
    query=query_dict,
    fields=["text", "answer"]
    )

Expected Behavior

The error should not be shown and it should be working as intended.

Currently there are two ways I could find out to fix this issue:

1. Upgrade to pinecone v9.0.0 and use Index.search() in the following way:

self._index.search(
    namespace=self._namespace, # Update to capture from .env
    inputs={"text": query['query']},
    top_k=top_k,
    filter = filter_dict,
    fields=["text", "answer"]
)

2. Or keep the same query parameters and use Index.search_records() instead.

I would like to understand why this particular function suddenly started breaking, and/or if the function has been deprecated. I could not find any relevant changelog or migration guide for the same, especially since my Pinecone python sdk version has been unchanged.

If I did miss any release notes or changelog for this particular function(ality), please do let me know so I can keep an eye on it in the future as well.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Running in a Docker Container, relevant DockerFile:

FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.11-slim

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY . .

EXPOSE 8000

CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

2. Install pinecone python sdk version pinecone==8.1.0

3. Execute Index.search() in the following manner:

results = self._index.search(
    namespace=self._namespace,
    query=query_dict,
    fields=["text", "answer"]
)

Relevant log output

Index.search() got an unexpected keyword argument 'query'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opentelemetry/trace/__init__.py", line 619, in use_span
    yield span
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py", line 1173, in start_as_current_span
    yield span
  File "/app/services/tools/lms_pinecone_service.py", line 62, in vector_search_pinecone
    results = self._index.search(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: Index.search() got an unexpected keyword argument 'query'

Environment

Additional Context

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