get_server_version()

This operation returns the version string of the connected Milvus server. Optionally returns detailed server information, including build time, git commit, and deployment mode.

Request syntax

Python

client.get_server_version(
    timeout: float = None,
    detail: bool = False
) -> Union[str, dict]

PARAMETERS:

• timeout (float | None) -

  The timeout duration for this operation. Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

• detail (bool) -

  If True, returns detailed server info as a dictionary. Defaults to False.

RETURN TYPE:

str | dict

RETURNS:

When detail=False, a version string (e.g., "2.6.6"). When detail=True, a dictionary containing version, build_time, git_commit, go_version, and deploy_mode.

EXCEPTIONS:

• MilvusException

  This exception will be raised when any error occurs during this operation.

Example

Python

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

client = MilvusClient(
    uri="http://localhost:19530",
    token="root:Milvus"
)

# Get version string
version = client.get_server_version()
print(version)  # "2.6.6"

# Get detailed server info
info = client.get_server_version(detail=True)
print(info)