## TL;DR

Using Azure Cognitive Search’s Vector feature you don’t have to install hnswlib separately. Try pip install azure-search-documents --pre --upgrade.

## Steps

1. Using Azure Cognitive Search’s Vector feature you don’t have to install hnswlib separately. Can you ensure you’re using the latest azure-search-documents pip package? Try `pip install azure-search-documents --pre --upgrade`. The latest Python SDK pre-release version that includes Vector search capabilities can be found here: pypi.org/project/azure-search-documents/11.4.0b8/

## When to use

You are seeing this: Can you ensure you’re using the latest azure-search-documents pip package? Use this skill when you run into "import Azure HnswVectorSearchAlgorithmConfiguration comes Error: cannot import name".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://github.com/Azure/cognitive-search-vector-pr/blob/main/demo-python/code/azure-search-vector-python-sample.ipynb