Inference Put - Client Raises 400 Error Stating Model Already Exists

[brewcore]

Elasticsearch version: 8.16.1
Python Client version: 8.16.0
Python version: 3.12

Sample Code:

import os
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch, NotFoundError

es_client = Elasticsearch(
    cloud_id=os.getenv('ELASTIC_CLOUD_ID'),
    basic_auth=(os.getenv('ELASTIC_USERNAME'), os.getenv('ELASTIC_PASSWORD'))
)

res = es_client.inference.put(
    inference_id="my_elser_model",
    task_type="sparse_embedding",
    body={
        "service": "elasticsearch",
        "service_settings": {
            "num_threads": 1,
            "num_allocations": 1,
            "model_id": ".elser_model_2" 
        },
        "chunking_settings": {
            "strategy": "sentence",
            "max_chunk_size": 250,
            "sentence_overlap": 1
        }
    }
)

print(res)

Expected result: inference endpoint is created, Elasticsearch client returns an ObjectApiResponse object without raising an error.

Actual/observed result: inference endpoint is created, Elasticsearch client raises elasticsearch.BadRequestError: BadRequestError(400, 'resource_already_exists_exception', 'Inference endpoint [my_model] already exists') I've triple-checked that the resource does not exist before the script is run.

[brewcore]

Doesn't seem to be occurring in the latest version.