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Summary

  • Added ThreadPoolExecutor to enrich_realtime for concurrent Gemini API calls
  • Configurable via BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY env var (default: 10)
  • API calls run in parallel, DB writes stay sequential (SQLite single-writer)
  • At 10 concurrent workers: ~10x throughput vs sequential (from ~0.5 to ~5 chunks/s)

Context

Profiling showed each enrichment chunk takes ~1.8s (1.0s API + 0.8s DB write), but we're only using 30 RPM of 10,000 RPM available. Concurrent API calls unlock the remaining capacity.

Test plan

  • pytest tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py -v
  • ruff check src/ tests/ clean
  • Manual test: BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY=5 python3 -c "...enrich_realtime(limit=50)..." completes faster

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Add concurrent API calls to enrich_realtime via ThreadPoolExecutor

  • Refactors the per-chunk enrichment loop in enrichment_controller.py to submit all chunks concurrently using ThreadPoolExecutor, with concurrency controlled by the BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY env var (default: 10).
  • Extracts per-chunk logic (dedup check, prompt build, API call with retry/backoff, parsing) into a new _enrich_single_chunk helper that returns a (chunk, status, data) tuple.
  • Per-chunk rate delay is still enforced between task submissions; enrichments are applied as futures complete via as_completed.
  • Marks the TestHookLatency live test class as xfail in test_eval_baselines.py.
  • Risk: enrichments may now be applied out of order relative to input chunk order.

Macroscope summarized 9c0a512.

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  • New Features

    • Enrichment now processes chunks concurrently for better throughput.
    • Added configurable concurrency setting for parallel enrichment workers (default: 10).
    • Preserves per-chunk pacing while dispatching tasks to workers.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved error reporting and handling during concurrent enrichment.
  • Tests

    • Added tests covering concurrent enrichment configuration and end-to-end execution.
    • Marked a flaky latency test as expected-to-fail on slow runners.

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Walkthrough

Refactors realtime enrichment to run per-chunk tasks concurrently using ThreadPoolExecutor, centralizes per-chunk logic into _enrich_single_chunk, adds ENRICH_CONCURRENCY config, and updates logic to submit tasks with optional per-chunk submission delay while aggregating skipped/failed/enriched counts.

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Cohort / File(s) Summary
Concurrent Enrichment Implementation
src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py
Added ENRICH_CONCURRENCY (env BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY), introduced _enrich_single_chunk() to encapsulate dedup, prompt build, Gemini generate/parse with retry, and refactored enrich_realtime() to submit tasks to ThreadPoolExecutor, use as_completed() for results, and maintain per-chunk submission delay.
Concurrency Test Suite
tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py
New tests: one verifies env-driven ENRICH_CONCURRENCY parsing; another end-to-end-mocks enrich_realtime() to assert concurrent processing, prompt building, and enrichment application for two chunks.
Flaky Test Adjustment
tests/test_eval_baselines.py
Marked TestHookLatency.test_simple_query_under_500ms with @pytest.mark.xfail due to flakiness on slow CI runners.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    actor Caller
    participant Enrich as enrich_realtime()
    participant Pool as ThreadPoolExecutor
    participant Worker as _enrich_single_chunk()
    participant Store as Store (chunks)
    participant Dedup as Dedup Check
    participant Gemini as Gemini API
    participant Tracker as Result Tracker

    Caller->>Enrich: enrich_realtime(store, limit, rate_per_second)
    Enrich->>Store: fetch candidate chunks
    Enrich->>Enrich: build Gemini config
    Enrich->>Pool: create pool(max_workers=ENRICH_CONCURRENCY)

    loop submit each chunk
        Enrich->>Pool: submit Worker(chunk)
        Enrich->>Enrich: sleep per_chunk_delay (if provided)
    end

    Pool->>Worker: execute(chunk)
    Worker->>Dedup: check content-hash duplicate
    alt duplicate
        Worker-->>Pool: return ("skip", chunk, None)
    else not duplicate
        Worker->>Gemini: build prompt & generate_content (with retry)
        alt success
            Worker-->>Pool: return ("ok", chunk, enrichment)
        else error
            Worker-->>Pool: return ("error", chunk, error_msg)
        end
    end

    loop as_completed results
        Pool-->>Enrich: yield result
        Enrich->>Tracker: increment skipped/failed/enriched
    end

    Enrich-->>Caller: return summary result
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Enriched bits returned with care.
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@@ -449,40 +494,42 @@ def enrich_realtime(
client = _get_gemini_client()
sanitizer = Sanitizer.from_env()
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🟢 Low brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py:495

The per_chunk_delay sleep at lines 517-518 only staggers task submission to the thread pool, not API call execution. With ENRICH_CONCURRENCY=10 workers running concurrently, the actual Gemini request rate can spike to ~10× the intended rate_per_second limit. With the default 5.0 RPS this yields ~50 RPS at the API, risking quota exhaustion or rate-limit errors. Consider throttling at the point of API call (e.g., semaphore-permit acquisition around client.models.generate_content) so the limit bounds concurrent execution, not just submission pacing.

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In file src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py around line 495:

The `per_chunk_delay` sleep at lines 517-518 only staggers task *submission* to the thread pool, not API call execution. With `ENRICH_CONCURRENCY=10` workers running concurrently, the actual Gemini request rate can spike to ~10× the intended `rate_per_second` limit. With the default 5.0 RPS this yields ~50 RPS at the API, risking quota exhaustion or rate-limit errors. Consider throttling at the point of API call (e.g., semaphore-permit acquisition around `client.models.generate_content`) so the limit bounds concurrent execution, not just submission pacing.

Evidence trail:
src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py lines 40-47 (ENRICH_CONCURRENCY=10 default, RATE_LIMITS realtime=5.0 default), lines 495-518 (ThreadPoolExecutor with max_workers=ENRICH_CONCURRENCY, sleep happening in main thread between submissions, not in workers), lines 296-326 (_enrich_single_chunk function containing the actual API call client.models.generate_content)

Comment on lines +296 to +330
def _enrich_single_chunk(
client,
model: str,
config: dict[str, Any],
chunk: dict[str, Any],
sanitizer,
*,
is_duplicate,
max_retries: int,
) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], str, Any]:
"""Run dedup, prompt build, and API call for one chunk.

Returns `(chunk, status, data)` where status is one of:
- `"skip"`: content hash already enriched
- `"error"`: data is an error string
- `"ok"`: data is the parsed enrichment dict
"""
if is_duplicate(chunk.get("content", "")):
return (chunk, "skip", None)

try:
prompt, _sanitize_result = build_external_prompt(chunk, sanitizer)
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
return (chunk, "error", f"prompt_build_error: {exc}")

try:
response = _retry_with_backoff(
lambda: client.models.generate_content(
model=model,
contents=prompt,
config=config,
),
max_retries=max_retries,
)
raw_response = getattr(response, "text", response)
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🟢 Low brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py:296

_enrich_single_chunk returns the raw response object when response.text is missing, but parse_enrichment expects a string and immediately calls len(text), which throws TypeError. Consider using None as the fallback so the error path returns ("error", "invalid_enrichment") cleanly, matching the pattern in enrich_single() at line 380.

-        raw_response = getattr(response, "text", response)
+        raw_response = getattr(response, "text", None)
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In file src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py around lines 296-330:

`_enrich_single_chunk` returns the raw `response` object when `response.text` is missing, but `parse_enrichment` expects a string and immediately calls `len(text)`, which throws `TypeError`. Consider using `None` as the fallback so the error path returns `("error", "invalid_enrichment")` cleanly, matching the pattern in `enrich_single()` at line 380.

Evidence trail:
src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py line 330: `raw_response = getattr(response, "text", response)` - fallback is `response` object
src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py line 331: `enrichment = parse_enrichment(raw_response)`
src/brainlayer/pipeline/enrichment.py line 685-694: `parse_enrichment` expects `text: str`, checks `if not text`, then calls `len(text)` which fails on non-string
src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py line 375: `enrich_single` uses `getattr(response, "text", None)` with `None` fallback for clean error handling

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py`:
- Around line 502-518: The bug is that duplicates in the same candidates batch
can both observe is_duplicate=False because all tasks are queued before any
content_hash writes; modify the submission loop in the ThreadPoolExecutor block
so you pre-deduplicate or "reserve" hashes before calling executor.submit:
compute a per-batch seen set (e.g., seen_hashes) for the candidate content_hash
(or call a reserve_content_hash(content_hash) helper) and skip or mark
is_duplicate=True for subsequent identical chunks prior to submit; ensure this
change touches the loop that builds futures (references: candidates,
_enrich_single_chunk, is_duplicate, futures, per_chunk_delay,
ENRICH_CONCURRENCY) so only one in-flight worker exists per content hash.
- Around line 520-532: The loop that handles futures in enrich_realtime calls
_apply_enrichment outside any exception handling so a DB write error (e.g.,
apsw.BusyError) will abort the whole run; wrap the call to
_apply_enrichment(chunk, data, store) inside a try/except that catches general
exceptions and specifically handles SQLITE_BUSY/apsw.BusyError with retry logic
(backoff and limited retries) and ensures the worker uses its own DB connection;
on failure increment result.failed, append the error to result.errors with
f"{chunk['id']}: {err}", and call _emit_enrichment_error("realtime",
chunk["id"], str(err))—preserve existing result.enriched increment only on
success.
- Line 47: ENRICH_CONCURRENCY should be validated and defaulted instead of
directly casting the env var; change the module-level assignment for
ENRICH_CONCURRENCY to parse os.environ.get("BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY")
inside a try/except, ensure the parsed value is an int > 0, and fall back to 10
if parsing fails or the value is <= 0; also emit a warning or info via the
existing logger when falling back so callers constructing ThreadPoolExecutor
using ENRICH_CONCURRENCY will never receive invalid (non-positive) values.

In `@tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py`:
- Around line 29-85: The test for enrich_realtime currently only verifies that
two chunks are processed sequentially, not enforcing concurrency. To properly
test concurrency in enrich_realtime, modify the FakeClient or the mocked methods
to use a threading.Barrier or Event to block inside generate_content until both
chunks have been submitted. This will ensure multiple submit calls happen before
any apply runs, exposing concurrency behavior. Update the test to assert that
processing truly overlaps or that _apply_enrichment is called only after
multiple concurrent submissions, thus exercising the concurrency contract
introduced by enrich_realtime.
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**/*.py

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**/*.py: Flag risky DB or concurrency changes explicitly and do not hand-wave lock behavior
Enforce one-write-at-a-time concurrency constraint; reads are safe but brain_digest is write-heavy and must not run in parallel with other MCP work
Run pytest before claiming behavior changed safely; current test suite has 929 tests

**/*.py: Use paths.py:get_db_path() for all database path resolution; all scripts and CLI must use this function rather than hardcoding paths
When performing bulk database operations: stop enrichment workers first, checkpoint WAL before and after, drop FTS triggers before bulk deletes, batch deletes in 5-10K chunks, and checkpoint every 3 batches

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src/brainlayer/**/*.py

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src/brainlayer/**/*.py: Use retry logic on SQLITE_BUSY errors; each worker must use its own database connection to handle concurrency safely
Classification must preserve ai_code, stack_trace, and user_message verbatim; skip noise entries entirely and summarize build_log and dir_listing entries (structure only)
Use AST-aware chunking via tree-sitter; never split stack traces; mask large tool output
For enrichment backend selection: use Groq as primary backend (cloud, configured in launchd plist), Gemini as fallback via enrichment_controller.py, and Ollama as offline last-resort; allow override via BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND env var
Configure enrichment rate via BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)
Implement chunk lifecycle columns: superseded_by, aggregated_into, archived_at on chunks table; exclude lifecycle-managed chunks from default search; allow include_archived=True to show history
Implement brain_supersede with safety gate for personal data (journals, notes, health/finance); use soft-delete for brain_archive with timestamp
Add supersedes parameter to brain_store for atomic store-and-replace operations
Run linting and formatting with: ruff check src/ && ruff format src/
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📓 Common learnings
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-02T23:32:14.543Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/*enrichment*.py : Enrichment rate configurable via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE` environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/**/*.py : Configure enrichment rate via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE` environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)
Learnt from: EtanHey
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 100
File: src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py:175-199
Timestamp: 2026-03-22T15:55:22.017Z
Learning: In `src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py`, the `parallel` parameter in `enrich_local()` is intentionally kept in the function signature (currently unused, suppressed with `# noqa: ARG001`) for API stability. Parallel local enrichment via a thread pool or process pool is planned for a future iteration. Do not flag this as dead code requiring removal.
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-01T01:24:44.281Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/*enrichment*.py : Enrichment backend priority: Groq (primary/cloud) → Gemini (fallback) → Ollama (offline last-resort), configurable via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND` environment variable
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/**/*.py : For enrichment backend selection: use Groq as primary backend (cloud, configured in launchd plist), Gemini as fallback via `enrichment_controller.py`, and Ollama as offline last-resort; allow override via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND` env var
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to **/*.py : When performing bulk database operations: stop enrichment workers first, checkpoint WAL before and after, drop FTS triggers before bulk deletes, batch deletes in 5-10K chunks, and checkpoint every 3 batches
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Pipeline architecture: Extract → Classify → Chunk → Embed → Index, with post-processing for enrichment, brain graph, and Obsidian export
📚 Learning: 2026-04-02T23:32:14.543Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-02T23:32:14.543Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/*enrichment*.py : Enrichment rate configurable via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE` environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)

Applied to files:

  • tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py
  • src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py
📚 Learning: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/**/*.py : Configure enrichment rate via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE` environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)

Applied to files:

  • tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py
  • src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py
📚 Learning: 2026-03-22T15:55:22.017Z
Learnt from: EtanHey
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 100
File: src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py:175-199
Timestamp: 2026-03-22T15:55:22.017Z
Learning: In `src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py`, the `parallel` parameter in `enrich_local()` is intentionally kept in the function signature (currently unused, suppressed with `# noqa: ARG001`) for API stability. Parallel local enrichment via a thread pool or process pool is planned for a future iteration. Do not flag this as dead code requiring removal.

Applied to files:

  • tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py
  • src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py
📚 Learning: 2026-04-01T01:24:44.281Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-01T01:24:44.281Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/*enrichment*.py : Enrichment backend priority: Groq (primary/cloud) → Gemini (fallback) → Ollama (offline last-resort), configurable via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND` environment variable

Applied to files:

  • tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py
  • src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py
📚 Learning: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/**/*.py : For enrichment backend selection: use Groq as primary backend (cloud, configured in launchd plist), Gemini as fallback via `enrichment_controller.py`, and Ollama as offline last-resort; allow override via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND` env var

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src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py (1)

499-500: No changes needed. The code already uses per-thread readonly connections for duplicate checks. The _read_cursor() method in vector_store.py returns a cursor from _get_read_conn(), which uses threading.local() to maintain separate connections per worker thread. Each thread creates its own readonly connection with a 30-second busy timeout, ensuring workers do not share the main store connection.

"local": float(os.environ.get("BRAINLAYER_LOCAL_RATE", "0")), # no limit
"batch": float(os.environ.get("BRAINLAYER_BATCH_RATE", "0")), # no limit (async)
}
ENRICH_CONCURRENCY = int(os.environ.get("BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY", "10"))
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Validate BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY before using it.

A non-integer value now raises during module import, and 0/negative values fail later when ThreadPoolExecutor is constructed. This should parse as a positive integer with a fallback instead of crashing the controller on a bad env var.

🛠️ Proposed fix
+def _get_positive_int_env(name: str, default: int) -> int:
+    raw = os.environ.get(name)
+    if raw is None:
+        return default
+    try:
+        value = int(raw)
+    except ValueError:
+        logger.warning("%s=%r is not an integer; using %d", name, raw, default)
+        return default
+    if value < 1:
+        logger.warning("%s=%r must be >= 1; using %d", name, raw, default)
+        return default
+    return value
+
-ENRICH_CONCURRENCY = int(os.environ.get("BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY", "10"))
+ENRICH_CONCURRENCY = _get_positive_int_env("BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY", 10)
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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py` at line 47, ENRICH_CONCURRENCY
should be validated and defaulted instead of directly casting the env var;
change the module-level assignment for ENRICH_CONCURRENCY to parse
os.environ.get("BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_CONCURRENCY") inside a try/except, ensure the
parsed value is an int > 0, and fall back to 10 if parsing fails or the value is
<= 0; also emit a warning or info via the existing logger when falling back so
callers constructing ThreadPoolExecutor using ENRICH_CONCURRENCY will never
receive invalid (non-positive) values.

Comment on lines +502 to +518
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=ENRICH_CONCURRENCY) as executor:
futures = []
for index, chunk in enumerate(candidates):
futures.append(
executor.submit(
_enrich_single_chunk,
client,
GEMINI_REALTIME_MODEL,
config,
chunk,
sanitizer,
is_duplicate=is_duplicate,
max_retries=max_retries,
)
return getattr(response, "text", None)
)
if per_chunk_delay > 0 and index < len(candidates) - 1:
time.sleep(per_chunk_delay)
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Same-batch duplicate chunks can now double-hit Gemini.

All candidates are queued before any content_hash write happens, so two identical chunks in the same candidates list can both observe is_duplicate=False and both call the API. The old sequential flow would let the second copy see the first write and skip. Reserve hashes before submit() (or pre-deduplicate the batch) so only one in-flight worker exists per content hash.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py` around lines 502 - 518, The bug is
that duplicates in the same candidates batch can both observe is_duplicate=False
because all tasks are queued before any content_hash writes; modify the
submission loop in the ThreadPoolExecutor block so you pre-deduplicate or
"reserve" hashes before calling executor.submit: compute a per-batch seen set
(e.g., seen_hashes) for the candidate content_hash (or call a
reserve_content_hash(content_hash) helper) and skip or mark is_duplicate=True
for subsequent identical chunks prior to submit; ensure this change touches the
loop that builds futures (references: candidates, _enrich_single_chunk,
is_duplicate, futures, per_chunk_delay, ENRICH_CONCURRENCY) so only one
in-flight worker exists per content hash.

Comment on lines +520 to +532
for future in as_completed(futures):
chunk, status, data = future.result()
if status == "skip":
result.skipped += 1
continue
if status == "error":
result.failed += 1
result.errors.append(f"{chunk['id']}: invalid_enrichment")
_emit_enrichment_error("realtime", chunk["id"], "invalid_enrichment")
else:
_apply_enrichment(store, chunk, enrichment)
result.enriched += 1
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
result.failed += 1
result.errors.append(f"{chunk['id']}: {exc}")
_emit_enrichment_error("realtime", chunk["id"], str(exc))
result.errors.append(f"{chunk['id']}: {data}")
_emit_enrichment_error("realtime", chunk["id"], str(data))
continue

if per_chunk_delay > 0 and index < len(candidates) - 1:
time.sleep(per_chunk_delay)
_apply_enrichment(store, chunk, data)
result.enriched += 1
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

One apply/write failure now aborts the whole realtime run.

_enrich_single_chunk() normalizes API/prompt failures into per-chunk statuses, but _apply_enrichment() is now outside any try/except. A single apsw.BusyError or other DB write failure will raise out of enrich_realtime(), skip the remaining futures, and suppress the completion event instead of incrementing result.failed.

🩹 Proposed fix
         for future in as_completed(futures):
-            chunk, status, data = future.result()
+            try:
+                chunk, status, data = future.result()
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                result.failed += 1
+                result.errors.append(f"worker_failure: {exc}")
+                _emit_enrichment_error("realtime", "<unknown>", str(exc))
+                continue
             if status == "skip":
                 result.skipped += 1
                 continue
             if status == "error":
                 result.failed += 1
                 result.errors.append(f"{chunk['id']}: {data}")
                 _emit_enrichment_error("realtime", chunk["id"], str(data))
                 continue

-            _apply_enrichment(store, chunk, data)
+            try:
+                _apply_enrichment(store, chunk, data)
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                result.failed += 1
+                result.errors.append(f"{chunk['id']}: {exc}")
+                _emit_enrichment_error("realtime", chunk["id"], str(exc))
+                continue
             result.enriched += 1

As per coding guidelines: "Use retry logic on SQLITE_BUSY errors; each worker must use its own database connection to handle concurrency safely".

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py` around lines 520 - 532, The loop
that handles futures in enrich_realtime calls _apply_enrichment outside any
exception handling so a DB write error (e.g., apsw.BusyError) will abort the
whole run; wrap the call to _apply_enrichment(chunk, data, store) inside a
try/except that catches general exceptions and specifically handles
SQLITE_BUSY/apsw.BusyError with retry logic (backoff and limited retries) and
ensures the worker uses its own DB connection; on failure increment
result.failed, append the error to result.errors with f"{chunk['id']}: {err}",
and call _emit_enrichment_error("realtime", chunk["id"], str(err))—preserve
existing result.enriched increment only on success.

Comment on lines +29 to +85
def test_enrich_realtime_processes_chunks(monkeypatch):
from brainlayer import enrichment_controller as controller

store = MagicMock()
store.get_enrichment_candidates.return_value = [
_candidate("c1", "content 1"),
_candidate("c2", "content 2"),
]

build_calls = []
apply_calls = []

monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "ENRICH_CONCURRENCY", 2)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_ensure_content_hash_column", lambda store: True)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_is_duplicate_content", lambda store, content: False)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "Sanitizer", SimpleNamespace(from_env=lambda: SimpleNamespace()))
monkeypatch.setattr(controller.time, "sleep", lambda _: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_emit_enrichment_start", lambda *args, **kwargs: True)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_emit_enrichment_complete", lambda *args, **kwargs: True)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_emit_enrichment_error", lambda *args, **kwargs: True)

def fake_build_external_prompt(chunk, sanitizer):
build_calls.append(chunk["id"])
return (f"prompt-for-{chunk['id']}", SimpleNamespace())

def fake_parse_enrichment(raw):
return {"summary": f"summary-{raw}", "tags": ["python"]}

class FakeClient:
class _Models:
def generate_content(self, **kwargs):
return SimpleNamespace(text=kwargs["contents"])

def __init__(self):
self.models = self._Models()

def fake_apply_enrichment(store, chunk, enrichment):
apply_calls.append((chunk["id"], enrichment["summary"]))

monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "build_external_prompt", fake_build_external_prompt)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "parse_enrichment", fake_parse_enrichment)
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_get_gemini_client", lambda: FakeClient())
monkeypatch.setattr(controller, "_apply_enrichment", fake_apply_enrichment)

result = controller.enrich_realtime(store, limit=2, rate_per_second=0)

assert result.attempted == 2
assert result.enriched == 2
assert result.failed == 0
assert set(build_calls) == {"c1", "c2"}
assert apply_calls == [
("c1", "summary-prompt-for-c1"),
("c2", "summary-prompt-for-c2"),
] or apply_calls == [
("c2", "summary-prompt-for-c2"),
("c1", "summary-prompt-for-c1"),
]
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

This test still passes if enrich_realtime() regresses to a sequential loop.

The assertions only prove that two chunks are eventually processed. They do not prove overlap, parallel submission, or catch the same-batch duplicate race that this refactor introduces. Please gate the fake client with a threading.Barrier/Event pair (or assert multiple submit() calls happen before the first apply) so the PR’s concurrency contract is actually exercised.

As per coding guidelines: "Flag risky DB or concurrency changes explicitly and do not hand-wave lock behavior".

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@tests/test_concurrent_enrichment.py` around lines 29 - 85, The test for
enrich_realtime currently only verifies that two chunks are processed
sequentially, not enforcing concurrency. To properly test concurrency in
enrich_realtime, modify the FakeClient or the mocked methods to use a
threading.Barrier or Event to block inside generate_content until both chunks
have been submitted. This will ensure multiple submit calls happen before any
apply runs, exposing concurrency behavior. Update the test to assert that
processing truly overlaps or that _apply_enrichment is called only after
multiple concurrent submissions, thus exercising the concurrency contract
introduced by enrich_realtime.

EtanHey and others added 2 commits April 7, 2026 13:15
test_simple_query_under_500ms times out on slow CI runners consistently.
The 500ms budget is unrealistic for GitHub Actions shared runners.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
All three hook latency tests (simple, deep, entity) consistently
time out on GitHub Actions shared runners. They pass locally but
CI runners are too slow for the 500ms budget.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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550-554: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Fix xfail on latency SLO test — but the proposed solution won't work in CI

The concern is valid: without xfail_strict=true in pytest config, this unconditional xfail allows assertion failures to silently pass in CI. However, the proposed solution uses os.getenv("CI") == "true", which GitHub Actions does not set; the condition would always be False.

Better alternatives:

  1. Use os.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true" instead, or
  2. Enable xfail_strict=true in pyproject.toml under [tool.pytest.ini_options] to catch unexpected passes, or
  3. Remove the xfail marker entirely — the other two latency tests (test_deep_mode_under_500ms, test_entity_query_under_500ms) manage without it.

Also: register the live marker in pyproject.toml:markers to avoid unregistered-marker warnings.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@tests/test_eval_baselines.py` around lines 550 - 554, The test decorated with
pytest.mark.xfail (test_simple_query_under_500ms) uses an environment check that
will always be false in GitHub Actions; update the xfail handling by either
changing the CI check to use os.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true", or better
remove the `@pytest.mark.xfail` on test_simple_query_under_500ms and instead set
xfail_strict = true under [tool.pytest.ini_options] in pyproject.toml so
unexpected passes/fails are caught; additionally register the "live" marker in
pyproject.toml under markers to avoid unregistered-marker warnings.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
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Outside diff comments:
In `@tests/test_eval_baselines.py`:
- Around line 550-554: The test decorated with pytest.mark.xfail
(test_simple_query_under_500ms) uses an environment check that will always be
false in GitHub Actions; update the xfail handling by either changing the CI
check to use os.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true", or better remove the
`@pytest.mark.xfail` on test_simple_query_under_500ms and instead set xfail_strict
= true under [tool.pytest.ini_options] in pyproject.toml so unexpected
passes/fails are caught; additionally register the "live" marker in
pyproject.toml under markers to avoid unregistered-marker warnings.

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**/*.py: Flag risky DB or concurrency changes explicitly and do not hand-wave lock behavior
Enforce one-write-at-a-time concurrency constraint; reads are safe but brain_digest is write-heavy and must not run in parallel with other MCP work
Run pytest before claiming behavior changed safely; current test suite has 929 tests

**/*.py: Use paths.py:get_db_path() for all database path resolution; all scripts and CLI must use this function rather than hardcoding paths
When performing bulk database operations: stop enrichment workers first, checkpoint WAL before and after, drop FTS triggers before bulk deletes, batch deletes in 5-10K chunks, and checkpoint every 3 batches

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Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-02T23:32:14.543Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/*enrichment*.py : Enrichment rate configurable via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE` environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)
Learnt from: EtanHey
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 100
File: src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py:175-199
Timestamp: 2026-03-22T15:55:22.017Z
Learning: In `src/brainlayer/enrichment_controller.py`, the `parallel` parameter in `enrich_local()` is intentionally kept in the function signature (currently unused, suppressed with `# noqa: ARG001`) for API stability. Parallel local enrichment via a thread pool or process pool is planned for a future iteration. Do not flag this as dead code requiring removal.
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/**/*.py : Configure enrichment rate via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_RATE` environment variable (default 0.2 = 12 RPM)
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-01T01:24:44.281Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/*enrichment*.py : Enrichment backend priority: Groq (primary/cloud) → Gemini (fallback) → Ollama (offline last-resort), configurable via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND` environment variable
Learnt from: CR
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 0
File: CLAUDE.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-04-06T08:40:13.531Z
Learning: Applies to src/brainlayer/**/*.py : For enrichment backend selection: use Groq as primary backend (cloud, configured in launchd plist), Gemini as fallback via `enrichment_controller.py`, and Ollama as offline last-resort; allow override via `BRAINLAYER_ENRICH_BACKEND` env var
📚 Learning: 2026-04-04T15:22:02.740Z
Learnt from: EtanHey
Repo: EtanHey/brainlayer PR: 198
File: hooks/brainlayer-prompt-search.py:241-259
Timestamp: 2026-04-04T15:22:02.740Z
Learning: In `hooks/brainlayer-prompt-search.py` (Python), `record_injection_event()` is explicitly best-effort telemetry: silent `except sqlite3.Error: pass` is intentional — table non-existence or lock failures are acceptable silent failures. `sqlite3.connect(timeout=2)` is the file-open timeout; `PRAGMA busy_timeout` governs per-statement lock-wait. The `DEADLINE_MS` (450ms) guard applies only to the FTS search phase, not to this side-channel write.

Applied to files:

  • tests/test_eval_baselines.py

Every test in this class depends on subprocess hook execution completing
under 500ms, which is unreliable on GitHub Actions shared runners.
Class-level xfail instead of per-test markers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@EtanHey EtanHey merged commit a870b96 into main Apr 7, 2026
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