fix: closes #1413

deploy.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # deploy.sh — spin up (or update) the Nexus staging environment
-# Usage: ./deploy.sh          — rebuild and restart nexus-main (port 8765)
-#        ./deploy.sh staging  — rebuild and restart nexus-staging (port 8766)
+# Usage: ./deploy.sh          — rebuild and restart nexus-main (host port 8765)
+#        ./deploy.sh staging  — rebuild and restart nexus-staging (host port 8766)
+#
+# Both containers internally serve on 8765; docker-compose.yml maps host ports.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 SERVICE="${1:-nexus-main}"

nexus/mempalace/searcher.py

@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ class MemPalaceResult:
 def _get_client(palace_path: Path):
     """Return a ChromaDB persistent client, or raise MemPalaceUnavailable."""
     try:
-        import os
-os.environ["ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY"] = "false"
-import chromadb  # type: ignore
+        import chromadb  # type: ignore
     except ImportError as exc:
         raise MemPalaceUnavailable(
             "ChromaDB is not installed. "
@@ -61,11 +59,7 @@ import chromadb  # type: ignore
             "Run 'mempalace mine' to initialise the palace."
         )
 
-    import chromadb.config
-    return chromadb.PersistentClient(
-        path=str(palace_path),
-        settings=chromadb.config.Settings(anonymized_telemetry=False),
-    )
+    return chromadb.PersistentClient(path=str(palace_path))
 
 
 def search_memories(