Per-chunk PDF page renders (~150–700 KB base64 PNG each) were the dominant
disk consumer in production, repeatedly tripping `No space left on device:
WAL buffer size exceeds available disk space` on welcomed-malamute Qdrant.
Replace the inline highlighted_page_image / highlighted_page_number /
highlight_count fields with a small `chunk_bbox` field:
list[(x0, y0, x1, y1)] of normalized [0, 1] floats, ~32 bytes per chunk.
Astrolabe (the only known consumer) renders the highlight client-side as
a percentage-positioned overlay on top of the existing /api/v1/pdf-preview
render-on-demand path (cbcoutinho/astrolabe#76).
- pdf_highlighter: new compute_chunk_bboxes_batch() that reuses the
existing _find_chunk_bbox text-search path, skipping all pixmap/PIL/PNG
work.
- processor: store chunk_bbox + chunk_bbox_page in the Qdrant payload,
drop highlighted_page_image + friends, drop the base64 import.
- visualization /api/v1/chunk-context and auth/viz_routes: read
chunk_bbox instead of highlighted_page_image.
- vector/__init__: stop eagerly re-exporting `processor`/`scanner` —
fixes a pre-existing circular import (search.algorithms ->
vector.placeholder -> vector/__init__ -> processor -> scanner ->
server.semantic -> search.bm25_hybrid -> search.algorithms partial).
Test suite that was broken on master (test_bm25_hybrid.py et al.) now
collects and passes.
- scripts/purge_page_images.py: ad-hoc, idempotent migration that
delete_payload's the legacy keys from existing points. No reindex
required; legacy chunks render the page with no overlay.
Pairs with cbcoutinho/astrolabe#76. Frontend handles missing chunk_bbox
gracefully, so this can land in either order.
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Implements background vector database synchronization using anyio
TaskGroups for BasicAuth mode with single-user credentials.
Scanner Implementation:
- Periodic document discovery (hourly, configurable)
- Timestamp-based change detection (Nextcloud vs Qdrant)
- Wake event for immediate scanning on-demand
- Supports both initial sync (all docs) and incremental sync (changes only)
- Detects deleted documents and queues for removal
Processor Implementation:
- Concurrent document processing pool (3 workers default)
- I/O-bound embedding generation via Ollama API
- Retry logic with exponential backoff (3 retries)
- Document chunking (512 words, 50-word overlap)
- Handles both index and delete operations
- Upserts vectors to Qdrant with rich metadata
App Lifespan Integration:
- Extended AppContext with background task state
- Modified app_lifespan_basic() to start tasks via anyio TaskGroups
- Graceful shutdown with coordinated task cancellation
- Only activates when VECTOR_SYNC_ENABLED=true
Embedding Service:
- OllamaEmbeddingProvider with TLS support
- Singleton pattern for shared client instances
- Batch embedding support for efficiency
- Auto-detects embedding dimension (768 for nomic-embed-text)
Qdrant Client:
- Async client wrapper with singleton pattern
- Auto-creates collection on first use
- COSINE distance metric for semantic similarity
- Integrates with embedding service for dimension detection
Health Check Enhancement:
- Added Qdrant status check to /health/ready endpoint
- Only checks when VECTOR_SYNC_ENABLED=true
- 2-second timeout for health probe
- Reports connection errors with details
Configuration:
- VECTOR_SYNC_ENABLED: Enable background sync
- VECTOR_SYNC_SCAN_INTERVAL: Scanner frequency (3600s default)
- VECTOR_SYNC_PROCESSOR_WORKERS: Concurrent processors (3 default)
- QDRANT_URL, QDRANT_API_KEY, QDRANT_COLLECTION: Vector DB config
- OLLAMA_BASE_URL, OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL: Embedding service config
Dependencies Added:
- qdrant-client>=1.7.0: Vector database client
Docker Compose:
- Added Qdrant service with health check
- Exposed ports 6333 (REST) and 6334 (gRPC)
- Configured MCP service with vector sync environment
- Added qdrant-data volume for persistence
Known Issue:
- FastMCP lifespan not triggering for streamable-http transport
- Background tasks will start once lifespan integration is complete
- Lifespan triggers on MCP session establishment, not server startup
Related: ADR-007 Background Vector Database Synchronization
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