Fix ValidationError when using memory=True without OpenAI API key

- Add fallback embedding providers in EmbeddingConfigurator
- Modify RAGStorage and KnowledgeStorage to use fallback mechanism
- Add comprehensive tests for memory functionality without OpenAI API key
- Resolves issue #2943 by allowing memory=True with alternative embedding providers

Fallback hierarchy: OpenAI -> Ollama -> HuggingFace -> SentenceTransformers

Co-Authored-By: João <joao@crewai.com>

tests/crew_test.py

@@ -110,6 +110,40 @@ def test_crew_config_conditional_requirement():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         Crew(process=Process.sequential)
 
+
+def test_crew_creation_with_memory_true_no_openai_key():
+    """Test that crew can be created with memory=True when no OpenAI API key is available."""
+    import os
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+    
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        if 'OPENAI_API_KEY' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+        
+        agent = Agent(
+            role="Test Agent",
+            goal="Test goal",
+            backstory="Test backstory"
+        )
+        
+        task = Task(
+            description="Test task",
+            expected_output="Test output",
+            agent=agent
+        )
+        
+        crew = Crew(
+            agents=[agent],
+            tasks=[task],
+            process=Process.sequential,
+            memory=True
+        )
+        
+        assert crew.memory is True
+        assert crew._short_term_memory is not None
+        assert crew._entity_memory is not None
+        assert crew._long_term_memory is not None
+
     config = json.dumps(
         {
             "agents": [

tests/test_memory_fallback.py

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew, Process
+from crewai.memory.short_term.short_term_memory import ShortTermMemory
+from crewai.memory.entity.entity_memory import EntityMemory
+from crewai.utilities.embedding_configurator import EmbeddingConfigurator
+
+
+def test_crew_creation_with_memory_true_no_openai_key():
+    """Test that crew can be created with memory=True when no OpenAI API key is available."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        if 'OPENAI_API_KEY' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+        
+        agent = Agent(
+            role="Test Agent",
+            goal="Test goal",
+            backstory="Test backstory"
+        )
+        
+        task = Task(
+            description="Test task",
+            expected_output="Test output",
+            agent=agent
+        )
+        
+        crew = Crew(
+            agents=[agent],
+            tasks=[task],
+            process=Process.sequential,
+            memory=True
+        )
+        
+        assert crew.memory is True
+        assert crew._short_term_memory is not None
+        assert crew._entity_memory is not None
+        assert crew._long_term_memory is not None
+
+
+def test_short_term_memory_initialization_without_openai():
+    """Test that ShortTermMemory can be initialized without OpenAI API key."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        if 'OPENAI_API_KEY' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+        
+        memory = ShortTermMemory()
+        assert memory is not None
+        assert memory.storage is not None
+
+
+def test_entity_memory_initialization_without_openai():
+    """Test that EntityMemory can be initialized without OpenAI API key."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        if 'OPENAI_API_KEY' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+        
+        memory = EntityMemory()
+        assert memory is not None
+        assert memory.storage is not None
+
+
+def test_embedding_configurator_fallback():
+    """Test that EmbeddingConfigurator provides fallback when OpenAI API key is not available."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        if 'OPENAI_API_KEY' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+        
+        configurator = EmbeddingConfigurator()
+        embedding_function = configurator.create_default_embedding_with_fallback()
+        assert embedding_function is not None
+
+
+def test_embedding_configurator_uses_openai_when_available():
+    """Test that EmbeddingConfigurator uses OpenAI when API key is available."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {'OPENAI_API_KEY': 'test-key'}):
+        configurator = EmbeddingConfigurator()
+        embedding_function = configurator.create_default_embedding_with_fallback()
+        assert embedding_function is not None
+        assert hasattr(embedding_function, '_api_key')
+
+
+def test_crew_memory_functionality_without_openai():
+    """Test that crew memory functionality works without OpenAI API key."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        if 'OPENAI_API_KEY' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+        
+        agent = Agent(
+            role="Test Agent",
+            goal="Test goal", 
+            backstory="Test backstory"
+        )
+        
+        task = Task(
+            description="Test task",
+            expected_output="Test output",
+            agent=agent
+        )
+        
+        crew = Crew(
+            agents=[agent],
+            tasks=[task],
+            process=Process.sequential,
+            memory=True
+        )
+        
+        crew._short_term_memory.save("test data", {"test": "metadata"})
+        results = crew._short_term_memory.search("test")
+        assert isinstance(results, list)