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## Title

    [Voyage AI local models] ImportError 'The 'sentence-transformers' and 'torch' packages are required for local models' / 'requires Python 3.10' / int8 output_dtype not supported locally

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Local inference uses sentence-transformers/torch (optional extra); int8/uint8 quantization needs hosted calibration ranges.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Local model support requires Python 3.10 or later.
    - is not supported for local models. int8/uint8 quantization requires fixed calibration ranges to match the hosted API; use 'float'/'float32' or 'binary'/'ubinary'.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voyage-ai/voyageai-python/9aca465efd0011c478031f6d584b70a3a4393a7c/voyageai/_base.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Local-model import guards raise the Python-version and missing-package ImportErrors.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voyage-ai/voyageai-python/9aca465efd0011c478031f6d584b70a3a4393a7c/README.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): README install instructions include pip install "voyageai[local]".
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voyage-ai/voyageai-python/9aca465efd0011c478031f6d584b70a3a4393a7c/voyageai/local/__init__.py (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): _ensure_local_deps raises ImportError 'Local model support requires Python 3.10 or later.' and 'The 'sentence-transformers' and 'torch' packages are required for local models. Install them with: pip install voyageai[local]'.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voyage-ai/voyageai-python/9aca465efd0011c478031f6d584b70a3a4393a7c/voyageai/local/sentence_transformer_backend.py (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): Local backend raises for int8/uint8 output_dtype: '... is not supported for local models. int8/uint8 quantization requires fixed calibration ranges to match the hosted API; use 'float'/'float32' or 'binary'/'ubinary'.'
    
    Search phrasings: voyageai local model sentence-transformers required; voyage local int8 output_dtype not supported
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Embedding with a local Voyage model fails at import time or on output_dtype.",
      "context": "Product: Voyage AI Python SDK (voyageai)\nComponent: voyageai local model backend\nOperation: Client().embed(texts, model=<local open-weight Voyage model>)\nAffected versions: observed in voyageai 0.5.0 source; introduction version unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ImportError, NotImplementedError\nPackages: voyageai source at 0.5.0 (main 9aca465)\nTrigger: Using a local model without the [local] extra, on Python <3.10, or requesting int8/uint8 output locally.",
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        "body": "Recommended action: pip install 'voyageai[local]' on Python >=3.10 and use float/binary output dtypes locally, or call the hosted API for int8.\n\nOption: Install local extra [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nSteps:\n1. python>=3.10\n2. pip install 'voyageai[local]'\n3. output_dtype='float' or 'binary'\nExpected: Local embeddings run\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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