Merge branch 'nickprock-develop' into develop

Author: pieroit

Diff for: core/cat/looking_glass/stray_cat.py

@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@ def recall_relevant_memories_to_working_memory(self, query=None):
             "embedding": recall_query_embedding,
             "k": 3,
             "threshold": 0.7,
-            "metadata": None,
+            "metadata": {},
         }
 
         default_procedural_recall_config = {
             "embedding": recall_query_embedding,
             "k": 3,
             "threshold": 0.7,
-            "metadata": None,
+            "metadata": {},
         }
 
         # hooks to change recall configs for each memory

Diff for: core/cat/memory/vector_memory_collection.py

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def create_collection(self):
 
     # adapted from https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/bfc12a4a7644cfc4d832cc4023086a7a5374f46a/libs/langchain/langchain/vectorstores/qdrant.py#L1965
     def _qdrant_filter_from_dict(self, filter: dict) -> Filter:
-        if not filter:
+        if not filter or len(filter)<1:
             return None
 
         return Filter(