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Summary

Stops the catalog sync from deleting and then re-embedding vectors it already had, and stops new chart shows from costing a full window of embeddings straight away.

Motivation

The sync embeds about 50k episodes a day while the vector store stays flat, so most of that work redoes earlier work. The largest share is chart churn: shows join the charts, get their whole window embedded, and are deleted again a week after they leave. Several code paths also delete vectors that are later re-embedded.

What changed

  • Newest first for new shows (lib/vector-window.js, stage 4). A show with no vectors gets its newest NEW_ENTRANT_EPISODES (5) embedded. Its depth date (shows[id].d in the sync state) is set NEW_ENTRANT_DEPTH_DAYS (7) ahead. When that date passes, stage 4 flags the show once for its full window. Shows that left the charts by then never get it.
  • Earned caps (lib/episode-caps.js). A show keeps the highest cap it had while its vectors are kept (shows[id].k). The sync state entry is deleted together with the show, so the cap lasts exactly as long as the vectors. A US/GB show that leaves those charts no longer loses 30 vectors.
  • Fail-closed trim (lib/trim-episode-caps.js). If the chart cap lookup fails, nothing is trimmed; before, every show fell back to 20. The trim and remediate-qdrant.js both use the larger of the chart cap and the earned cap. Remediation no longer uses the old blanket 50.
  • No pruning against a partial list.
    • Stage 3 hands stage 4 only a complete list (handoffList). When the full fetch comes back empty, stage 4 fetches the list itself instead of receiving the one-item tip.
    • Stage 4 prunes only when the list fills the window (pruneIsSafe).
  • Vector spool (lib/vector-spool.js). A batch whose upsert fails is written to SYNC_SPOOL_DIR (default scripts/data/vector-spool/, gitignored). The next stage 4 uploads it before embedding anything, so its existence checks see those points. Batches older than 7 days are dropped.
  • Text binding (lib/turso.js). turso.text(value) binds a value as TEXT even when it's all digits, so a catalog key like 00123 stays 00123. The integer default is unchanged.
  • Stage 4's summary line adds prune skipped, newest-first, depth, spooled and replayed.

Behavior & compatibility

  • Listeners: no change, apart from new chart shows being represented by their newest 5 episodes in their first week.
  • Deploy: the sync runs outside GitHub Actions, so this changes nothing until the runner is updated. The runner sets SYNC_SPOOL_DIR to durable storage.
  • New config: NEW_ENTRANT_EPISODES and NEW_ENTRANT_DEPTH_DAYS. Setting NEW_ENTRANT_DEPTH_DAYS=0 turns newest-first off.

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Fixed

  • The catalog sync no longer deletes vectors it later re-embeds: the nightly trim fails closed, shows keep the highest cap they earned, partial episode lists never cause pruning, and vectors from a failed upload are spooled and uploaded by the next run.

Changed

  • New chart shows get their newest 5 episodes embedded first and the rest of their window after 7 days on the charts (NEW_ENTRANT_EPISODES, NEW_ENTRANT_DEPTH_DAYS).

Added

  • turso.text() in the sync's Turso client binds catalog keys as text.

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Test plan

  • npm run test:sync --prefix scripts: 107 tests. 13 are new: newest-first phases and depth flags, earned caps, the fail-closed and earned-cap trim, partial-window guards, spool replay, failure, ageing and corrupt files, and text binding.
  • Runner deploy after the current attribution baseline, then compare embeddings per day and coverage with it.
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- New shows get their newest 5 episodes embedded first; the rest of the
  window follows after 7 days on the charts (most leave before then).
- The nightly trim fails closed when its cap lookup fails, and shows keep
  the highest cap they earned while their vectors are kept.
- Stage 3 never hands stage 4 a one-item fallback list, and stage 4 only
  prunes against a full window.
- Vectors whose upload failed are spooled to disk and uploaded first by
  the next run.
- turso.text() binds catalog keys as text; remediation uses per-show caps.
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  • New Features
    • Episode vectors are processed in staged windows, with per-storefront caps and scheduled full-depth passes for new shows.
    • Failed vector uploads are retained for retry; batches older than seven days are discarded.
  • Improvements
    • Episode trimming preserves previously earned caps and stops if cap data cannot be verified.
    • Vector pruning is skipped when fetched episodes do not fill the planned window.
    • Digit-only catalog keys can be explicitly stored as text.
  • Documentation
    • Catalog sync documentation now explains episode caps, staged processing, vector retries, and text binding.

The catalog sync changes add retention-aware episode caps, staged vector windows, and disk-backed retries for failed uploads. They also add explicit TEXT binding for Turso values and update Qdrant remediation to use the shared cap-trimming helper.

Changes: Catalog Episode Sync

Layer / File(s) Summary
Explicit Turso text binding
scripts/sync/lib/turso.js, scripts/sync/lib/trim-episode-caps.test.js, scripts/README.md
turso.text() marks values for TEXT binding, including digit-only strings. Unmarked values retain existing inference. Tests cover marked values and the default mapping.
Retention-aware episode caps
scripts/sync/lib/episode-caps.js, scripts/sync/lib/state.js, scripts/sync/lib/trim-episode-caps.js, scripts/sync/lib/trim-episode-caps.test.js, scripts/sync/remediate-qdrant.js, scripts/sync/lib/remediate-qdrant.test.js, scripts/package.json, scripts/README.md
Sync state records earned caps. Trimming uses the greater of the chart cap and earned cap, and stops if cap lookup fails. Qdrant remediation uses the shared trimming helper and uses trimmed show IDs in its flag-reset list.
Episode-window planning and processing
scripts/sync/lib/config.js, scripts/sync/lib/qdrant.js, scripts/sync/lib/vector-window.js, scripts/sync/lib/vector-window.test.js, scripts/sync/03-sync-episodes.js, scripts/sync/04-vectorize-episodes.js, scripts/README.md
Stage 3 hands off only a validated full episode list. Stage 4 plans newest-first windows for new shows and schedules a later full-depth pass. It skips pruning when the selected list does not fill the planned window.
Vector upload retries and state persistence
.gitignore, scripts/sync/lib/vector-spool.js, scripts/sync/04-vectorize-episodes.js, scripts/sync/lib/vector-window.test.js, scripts/package.json, scripts/README.md
Failed vector batches and attribution metadata are saved for replay. Replay drops malformed or more-than-seven-day-old batches and stops after an upload failure. The sync script saves state and reports spool activity.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Stage4
  participant VectorSpool
  participant Qdrant
  Stage4->>VectorSpool: Replay saved batches
  VectorSpool->>Qdrant: Upload saved points
  Qdrant-->>VectorSpool: Return upload result
  Stage4->>VectorSpool: Save batch and attribution after failed upload
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Delayed upload retries can leave completed shows with superseded episode vectors. Prevent that replay sequence before merging, and configure durable spool storage on the active runner.

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Unresolved Review Threads Error One current CodeRabbit finding remains outstanding. The Trivial finding on scripts/README.md requires documentation of the durable SYNC_SPOOL_DIR requirement. The five earlier posted threads are m… Update scripts/README.md to state that production runners must set SYNC_SPOOL_DIR to durable storage, then mark the finding resolved. Alternatively, explicitly dismiss it with a short rationale before merge.
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Title check Passed The title follows the required Conventional Commits format, uses the allowed fix type, uses the sync scope, uses imperative wording, stays under 72 characters, and accurately describes the main ch…
Description check Passed The description clearly explains the vector re-embedding problem, the implemented sync changes, compatibility impact, release copy, and test plan. It is directly related to the changeset.
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Architecture Compliance Passed No architecture violation is introduced. The authoritative diff changes only .gitignore, scripts/README.md, scripts/package.json, and Node.js catalog-sync files under scripts/sync; it changes …
Module Readme Updated Passed The pull request changes 17 files, all under scripts/ or .gitignore. It changes no Kotlin file under app/src/main/, core//src/main/, or feature//src/main/. The module README requiremen…
Jvm Tests For Changed Logic Passed PASS: The PR changes Node.js catalog-sync code under scripts/sync, not JVM engines, repositories, ViewModels, or helpers under the Android src/main tree. It adds hermetic JavaScript regression tes…
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Review comments at @scripts/sync/04-vectorize-episodes.js:
- Around line 94-102: Update the depth-flag flow around takeDueForDepth so a
failed turso.execute does not leave the affected shows’ d values deleted from
state; restore d for the failed and unprocessed IDs, or defer deleting each
chunk’s d values until its UPDATE succeeds. Preserve the existing chunked
updates and propagate the database error.

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- Line 147: Update VECTOR_SPOOL_DIR in the configuration to resolve its default
path relative to the module, following the pattern used by attribution.js, while
preserving SYNC_SPOOL_DIR as the environment override.

Review comments at @scripts/sync/lib/turso.js:
- Around line 87-89: Update the production sync call sites that pass catalog
keys to use `turso.text()` for arguments requiring TEXT affinity, so digit-only
keys are not bound as integers by `mapArgType`; leave unrelated arguments
unchanged.

Review comments at @scripts/sync/lib/vector-window.test.js:
- Line 76: Update the spool tests around vectorSpool.spool and
vectorSpool.replay: spool into a new nested directory beneath the temporary
directory so the mode assertion checks spool’s directory creation option. Replay
the malformed file at the default time before testing expiration, then create a
fresh batch and advance now so the expiration assertion covers only that batch.

Review comments at @scripts/sync/remediate-qdrant.js:
- Around line 224-229: Update Step 6’s `toReset` construction in the remediation
flow to use only `holes` and remove the undefined `touchedShowIds` reference;
trimmed shows do not need re-flagging under the earned-cap behavior.

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remediate-qdrant.js referenced the trimmed show list removed with its local trim loop, so a dry or live run failed after step 5. The cap trim now returns the trimmed show IDs.

Stage 4 clears a show's depth date only after its re-flag is written, the vector spool folder no longer depends on the working directory, and the spool tests check what they name.

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🟠 Major · Prevent saved batches from restoring superseded vectors. · 04-vectorize-episodes.js:478

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Prevent saved batches from restoring superseded vectors.

If a saved batch fails to replay on the next run, vectorSpool.replay returns left > 0, but stage 4 continues. It can prune that show to a newer episode window and mark the show complete. A later replay then uploads the older batch after the prune. The completed show is no longer selected for cleanup. Stop show processing while replay leaves batches, or reconcile superseded batches before completing their shows.

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Review comment at @scripts/sync/04-vectorize-episodes.js at line 478:
Update the stage 4 flow around vectorSpool.replay and spoolFailedBatch so show
processing stops whenever replay leaves one or more batches pending; do not
prune the show’s episode window or mark it complete until those batches are
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- Line 25: Update the vector spool description in the README to say the default
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