diff --git a/jina/clients/base/__init__.py b/jina/clients/base/__init__.py
index 51845502f49a9..8344f4231a456 100644
--- a/jina/clients/base/__init__.py
+++ b/jina/clients/base/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import inspect
 import os
 from abc import ABC
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, AsyncIterator, Callable, Iterator, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, AsyncIterator, Callable, Iterator, Optional, Union, Tuple
 
 from jina.excepts import BadClientInput
 from jina.helper import T, parse_client, send_telemetry_event, typename
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ def __init__(
             # affect users os-level envs.
             os.unsetenv('http_proxy')
             os.unsetenv('https_proxy')
-        self._inputs = None
-        self._inputs_length = None
         self._setup_instrumentation(
             name=(
                 self.args.name
@@ -125,60 +123,43 @@ def check_input(inputs: Optional['InputType'] = None, **kwargs) -> None:
             raise BadClientInput from ex
 
     def _get_requests(
-            self, **kwargs
-    ) -> Union[Iterator['Request'], AsyncIterator['Request']]:
+            self, inputs, **kwargs
+    ) -> Tuple[Union[Iterator['Request'], AsyncIterator['Request']], Optional[int]]:
         """
         Get request in generator.
 
+        :param inputs: The inputs argument to get the requests from.
         :param kwargs: Keyword arguments.
-        :return: Iterator of request.
+        :return: Iterator of request and the length of the inputs.
         """
         _kwargs = vars(self.args)
-        _kwargs['data'] = self.inputs
+        if hasattr(inputs, '__call__'):
+            inputs = inputs()
+
+        _kwargs['data'] = inputs
         # override by the caller-specific kwargs
         _kwargs.update(kwargs)
 
-        if hasattr(self._inputs, '__len__'):
-            total_docs = len(self._inputs)
+        if hasattr(inputs, '__len__'):
+            total_docs = len(inputs)
         elif 'total_docs' in _kwargs:
             total_docs = _kwargs['total_docs']
         else:
             total_docs = None
 
         if total_docs:
-            self._inputs_length = max(1, total_docs / _kwargs['request_size'])
+            inputs_length = max(1, total_docs / _kwargs['request_size'])
+        else:
+            inputs_length = None
 
-        if inspect.isasyncgen(self.inputs):
+        if inspect.isasyncgen(inputs):
             from jina.clients.request.asyncio import request_generator
 
-            return request_generator(**_kwargs)
+            return request_generator(**_kwargs), inputs_length
         else:
             from jina.clients.request import request_generator
 
-            return request_generator(**_kwargs)
-
-    @property
-    def inputs(self) -> 'InputType':
-        """
-        An iterator of bytes, each element represents a Document's raw content.
-
-        ``inputs`` defined in the protobuf
-
-        :return: inputs
-        """
-        return self._inputs
-
-    @inputs.setter
-    def inputs(self, bytes_gen: 'InputType') -> None:
-        """
-        Set the input data.
-
-        :param bytes_gen: input type
-        """
-        if hasattr(bytes_gen, '__call__'):
-            self._inputs = bytes_gen()
-        else:
-            self._inputs = bytes_gen
+            return request_generator(**_kwargs), inputs_length
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     async def _get_results(
diff --git a/jina/clients/base/grpc.py b/jina/clients/base/grpc.py
index 204924a57f74d..917950d05c4fd 100644
--- a/jina/clients/base/grpc.py
+++ b/jina/clients/base/grpc.py
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ async def _get_results(
                 else grpc.Compression.NoCompression
             )
 
-            self.inputs = inputs
-            req_iter = self._get_requests(**kwargs)
+            req_iter, inputs_length = self._get_requests(inputs=inputs, **kwargs)
             continue_on_error = self.continue_on_error
             # while loop with retries, check in which state the `iterator` remains after failure
             options = client_grpc_options(
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ async def _get_results(
                     self.logger.debug(f'connected to {self.args.host}:{self.args.port}')
 
                     with ProgressBar(
-                        total_length=self._inputs_length, disable=not self.show_progress
+                        total_length=inputs_length, disable=not self.show_progress
                     ) as p_bar:
                         try:
                             if stream:
diff --git a/jina/clients/base/http.py b/jina/clients/base/http.py
index c10cb40749e27..49cfa7461886f 100644
--- a/jina/clients/base/http.py
+++ b/jina/clients/base/http.py
@@ -153,15 +153,14 @@ async def _get_results(
         with ImportExtensions(required=True):
             pass
 
-        self.inputs = inputs
-        request_iterator = self._get_requests(**kwargs)
+        request_iterator, inputs_length = self._get_requests(inputs=inputs, **kwargs)
         on = kwargs.get('on', '/post')
         if len(self._endpoints) == 0:
             await self._get_endpoints_from_openapi(**kwargs)
 
         async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
             cm1 = ProgressBar(
-                total_length=self._inputs_length, disable=not self.show_progress
+                total_length=inputs_length, disable=not self.show_progress
             )
             p_bar = stack.enter_context(cm1)
             proto = 'https' if self.args.tls else 'http'
diff --git a/jina/clients/base/websocket.py b/jina/clients/base/websocket.py
index a8b868704bac0..01d58b52609f6 100644
--- a/jina/clients/base/websocket.py
+++ b/jina/clients/base/websocket.py
@@ -108,12 +108,11 @@ async def _get_results(
         with ImportExtensions(required=True):
             pass
 
-        self.inputs = inputs
-        request_iterator = self._get_requests(**kwargs)
+        request_iterator, inputs_length = self._get_requests(inputs=inputs, **kwargs)
 
         async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
             cm1 = ProgressBar(
-                total_length=self._inputs_length, disable=not (self.show_progress)
+                total_length=inputs_length, disable=not (self.show_progress)
             )
             p_bar = stack.enter_context(cm1)