diff --git a/libs/langchain-pinecone/jest.config.cjs b/libs/langchain-pinecone/jest.config.cjs
index a49a8832a349..daf6c5865cbe 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-pinecone/jest.config.cjs
+++ b/libs/langchain-pinecone/jest.config.cjs
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ module.exports = {
   setupFiles: ["dotenv/config"],
   testTimeout: 20_000,
   passWithNoTests: true,
-  collectCoverageFrom: ["src/**/*.ts"]
-};
+  collectCoverageFrom: ["src/**/*.ts"],
+  };
diff --git a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/client.ts b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/client.ts
index b251bb06f5de..f1eabb825db5 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/client.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/client.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import { Pinecone, PineconeConfiguration } from "@pinecone-database/pinecone";
 import { getEnvironmentVariable } from "@langchain/core/utils/env";
 
 export function getPineconeClient(config?: PineconeConfiguration): Pinecone {
-  if (getEnvironmentVariable("PINECONE_API_KEY") === undefined) {
+  if (
+    getEnvironmentVariable("PINECONE_API_KEY") === undefined ||
+    getEnvironmentVariable("PINECONE_API_KEY") === ""
+  ) {
     throw new Error("PINECONE_API_KEY must be set in environment");
   }
   if (!config) {
-  return new Pinecone()
+    return new Pinecone();
   } else {
     return new Pinecone(config);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/embeddings.ts b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/embeddings.ts
index 6299dd398629..a5c9350cbdec 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/embeddings.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/embeddings.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable arrow-body-style */
+
 import { Embeddings, type EmbeddingsParams } from "@langchain/core/embeddings";
 import {
   EmbeddingsList,
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ export class PineconeEmbeddings
     }
   }
 
-  // @returns A promise that resolves to an array of vectors for each document.
   async embedDocuments(texts: string[]): Promise<number[][]> {
     if (texts.length === 0) {
       throw new Error(
@@ -65,15 +66,25 @@ export class PineconeEmbeddings
       );
     }
 
-    let embeddings: EmbeddingsList;
+    let embeddings;
     if (this.params) {
-      embeddings = await this.client.inference.embed(
-        this.model,
-        texts,
-        this.params
-      );
+      embeddings = await this.caller.call(async () => {
+        const result: EmbeddingsList = await this.client.inference.embed(
+          this.model,
+          texts,
+          this.params
+        );
+        return result;
+      });
     } else {
-      embeddings = await this.client.inference.embed(this.model, texts, {});
+      embeddings = await this.caller.call(async () => {
+        const result: EmbeddingsList = await this.client.inference.embed(
+          this.model,
+          texts,
+          {}
+        );
+        return result;
+      });
     }
 
     const embeddingsList: number[][] = [];
@@ -95,13 +106,17 @@ export class PineconeEmbeddings
     }
     let embeddings: EmbeddingsList;
     if (this.params) {
-      embeddings = await this.client.inference.embed(
-        this.model,
-        [text],
-        this.params
-      );
+      embeddings = await this.caller.call(async () => {
+        return await this.client.inference.embed(
+          this.model,
+          [text],
+          this.params
+        );
+      });
     } else {
-      embeddings = await this.client.inference.embed(this.model, [text], {});
+      embeddings = await this.caller.call(async () => {
+        return await this.client.inference.embed(this.model, [text], {});
+      });
     }
     if (embeddings[0].values) {
       return embeddings[0].values as number[];
diff --git a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/client.int.test.ts b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/client.int.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b52beb2cf2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/client.int.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { Pinecone } from "@pinecone-database/pinecone";
+import { getPineconeClient } from "../client.js";
+
+describe("Tests for getPineconeClient", () => {
+  test("Happy path for getPineconeClient with and without `config` obj passed", async () => {
+    const client = getPineconeClient();
+    expect(client).toBeInstanceOf(Pinecone);
+    expect(client).toHaveProperty("config"); // Config is always set to *at least* the user's api key
+
+    const clientWithConfig = getPineconeClient({
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
+      apiKey: process.env.PINECONE_API_KEY!,
+      additionalHeaders: { header: "value" },
+    });
+    expect(clientWithConfig).toBeInstanceOf(Pinecone);
+    expect(client).toHaveProperty("config"); // Unfortunately cannot assert on contents of config b/c it's a private
+    // attribute of the Pinecone class
+  });
+
+  test("Unhappy path: expect getPineconeClient to throw error if reset PINECONE_API_KEY to empty string", async () => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
+    const originalApiKey = process.env.PINECONE_API_KEY;
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
+      process.env.PINECONE_API_KEY = "";
+      const errorThrown = async () => {
+        getPineconeClient();
+      };
+      await expect(errorThrown).rejects.toThrow(Error);
+      await expect(errorThrown).rejects.toThrow(
+        "PINECONE_API_KEY must be set in environment"
+      );
+    } finally {
+      // Restore the original value of PINECONE_API_KEY
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
+      process.env.PINECONE_API_KEY = originalApiKey;
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/client.test.ts b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/client.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e25582ddbfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/client.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Pinecone, PineconeConfiguration } from "@pinecone-database/pinecone";
+import { jest } from "@jest/globals";
+import { getPineconeClient } from "../client.js";
+
+// Mock the Pinecone class
+jest.mock("@pinecone-database/pinecone", () => ({
+  Pinecone: jest.fn().mockImplementation((config) => ({
+    config,
+    inference: { embed: jest.fn() },
+  })),
+}));
+
+describe("Tests for getPineconeClient", () => {
+  test("Confirm getPineconeClient throws error when PINECONE_API_KEY is not set", async () => {
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env */
+    process.env.PINECONE_API_KEY = "";
+    const errorThrown = async () => {
+      getPineconeClient();
+    };
+    await expect(errorThrown).rejects.toThrow(Error);
+    await expect(errorThrown).rejects.toThrow(
+      "PINECONE_API_KEY must be set in environment"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("Confirm getPineconeClient calls Pinecone class (mocked) with and without config", async () => {
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env */
+    process.env.PINECONE_API_KEY = "some-valid-api-key";
+
+    // With config
+    // Note: cannot assert on config contents themselves b/c `config` is a private attribute of the Pinecone class
+    const config: PineconeConfiguration = {
+      apiKey: "some-valid-api-key",
+      additionalHeaders: { header: "value" },
+    };
+    getPineconeClient(config);
+    expect(Pinecone).toHaveBeenCalledWith(config);
+
+    // Without config
+    getPineconeClient();
+    expect(Pinecone).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/translator.int.test.ts b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/translator.int.test.ts
index dc12b025ea83..ad720ae7cfa9 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/translator.int.test.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-pinecone/src/tests/translator.int.test.ts
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@ describe("Pinecone self query", () => {
       // !process.env.PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT ||
       !testIndexName
     ) {
-      throw new Error(
-        "PINECONE_API_KEY and PINECONE_INDEX must be set"
-      );
+      throw new Error("PINECONE_API_KEY and PINECONE_INDEX must be set");
     }
 
     const embeddings = new OpenAIEmbeddings();
@@ -273,9 +271,7 @@ describe("Pinecone self query", () => {
       // !process.env.PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT ||
       !testIndexName
     ) {
-      throw new Error(
-        "PINECONE_API_KEY and PINECONE_INDEX must be set"
-      );
+      throw new Error("PINECONE_API_KEY and PINECONE_INDEX must be set");
     }
 
     const embeddings = new OpenAIEmbeddings();