clip-search: migration + client + probe binary

Probe-phase scaffolding for CLIP semantic search. Adds the column
that will hold per-photo embeddings, the HTTP client to Apollo's
inference service, and a throwaway probe binary so we can eyeball
search-result quality on the live library before building the
persistence layer (backlog drain, /photos/search endpoint, UI).

- migrations/2026-05-14-000000_add_clip_embedding/ — adds
  image_exif.clip_embedding (BLOB) and clip_model_version (TEXT),
  plus a partial index on (clip_embedding IS NULL AND content_hash
  IS NOT NULL) for the future backfill drain.
- src/database/models.rs — extends ImageExif struct to match.
- src/ai/clip_client.rs — encode_image / encode_text / health,
  same Permanent/Transient/Disabled taxonomy as face_client.
- src/bin/probe_clip_search.rs — --query <q> --library N --limit M
  --top K. Encodes a sample and prints top-K cosine similarities.
  No DB writes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Cameron Cordes
2026-05-14 12:54:07 -04:00
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//! Thin async HTTP client for Apollo's `/api/internal/clip/*` endpoints.
//!
//! Apollo hosts the OpenAI CLIP inference service (ViT-L/14 by default,
//! configurable via `APOLLO_CLIP_MODEL`). This client is the ImageApi side
//! of the contract: shove image bytes through `/encode_image` to populate
//! `image_exif.clip_embedding` during backfill, and call `/encode_text` to
//! encode a user's natural-language query at search time. The actual
//! cosine-similarity rerank runs locally in ImageApi.
//!
//! Mirrors `face_client.rs` / `tag_client.rs` shape: optional base URL
//! (None = disabled — feature off, drain and search no-op), reqwest
//! client with a generous timeout because GPU inference under a backlog
//! can queue server-side (Apollo's threadpool is bounded to 1 worker on
//! CUDA).
//!
//! Configured via `APOLLO_CLIP_API_BASE_URL`, falling back to
//! `APOLLO_API_BASE_URL` when the dedicated var is unset (single-Apollo
//! deploys are the common case).
//!
//! Wire format:
//! - `/encode_image`: multipart/form-data with `file=<bytes>` and
//! `meta=<json>` (content_hash / library_id / rel_path for logging).
//! - `/encode_text`: JSON `{"text": "<query>"}`.
//!
//! Both return `{model_version, embedding_dim, duration_ms, embedding}`
//! where `embedding` is base64 of `dim×4` little-endian float32 bytes,
//! L2-normalized so the rerank reduces to a plain dot product.
//!
//! Error mapping (reflected in [`ClipError`]):
//! - 422 `decode_failed` / `empty_text` → permanent: ImageApi marks the
//! row failed or surfaces the empty-query error to the search caller.
//! - 503 `cuda_oom` / `engine_unavailable` → defer-and-retry: no marker.
//! - Any other 5xx / network error → defer.
use anyhow::{Context, Result};
use base64::Engine;
use reqwest::Client;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use std::time::Duration;
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
pub struct EncodeImageMeta {
pub content_hash: String,
pub library_id: i32,
pub rel_path: String,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
#[allow(dead_code)] // duration_ms logged by the backfill drain
pub struct EncodeResponse {
pub model_version: String,
pub embedding_dim: i32,
pub duration_ms: i64,
/// base64 of `embedding_dim * 4` bytes (LE float32). ImageApi stores
/// the decoded bytes verbatim as a BLOB.
pub embedding: String,
}
impl EncodeResponse {
/// Decode the wire-format embedding back into raw bytes for storage.
/// Validates the buffer is `embedding_dim * 4` bytes long so a
/// malformed response surfaces here rather than as a downstream
/// silent length mismatch.
pub fn decode_embedding(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
.decode(self.embedding.as_bytes())
.context("clip embedding base64 decode")?;
let expected = (self.embedding_dim as usize) * 4;
if bytes.len() != expected {
anyhow::bail!(
"clip embedding wrong size: got {} bytes, expected {} ({} * 4)",
bytes.len(),
expected,
self.embedding_dim
);
}
Ok(bytes)
}
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
#[allow(dead_code)] // load_error consumed by future health probe
pub struct ClipHealth {
pub loaded: bool,
pub device: String,
pub model_version: String,
pub embedding_dim: i32,
#[serde(default)]
pub load_error: Option<String>,
}
#[derive(Debug)]
pub enum ClipError {
/// Apollo refused for a reason that won't change on retry (decode
/// failure on /encode_image, empty text on /encode_text).
Permanent(anyhow::Error),
/// Apollo couldn't process this turn but might next time (CUDA OOM,
/// engine not loaded, network hiccup).
Transient(anyhow::Error),
/// Feature is disabled (no `APOLLO_CLIP_API_BASE_URL` /
/// `APOLLO_API_BASE_URL`).
Disabled,
}
impl std::fmt::Display for ClipError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
match self {
ClipError::Permanent(e) => write!(f, "permanent: {e}"),
ClipError::Transient(e) => write!(f, "transient: {e}"),
ClipError::Disabled => write!(f, "clip client disabled"),
}
}
}
impl std::error::Error for ClipError {}
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct ClipClient {
client: Client,
base_url: Option<String>,
}
impl ClipClient {
pub fn new(base_url: Option<String>) -> Self {
let timeout_secs = std::env::var("CLIP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SEC")
.ok()
.and_then(|s| s.parse::<u64>().ok())
.unwrap_or(60);
let client = Client::builder()
.timeout(Duration::from_secs(timeout_secs))
.build()
.expect("reqwest client build");
Self {
client,
base_url: base_url.map(|u| u.trim_end_matches('/').to_string()),
}
}
/// Read both standard env vars. `APOLLO_CLIP_API_BASE_URL` wins;
/// fallback to `APOLLO_API_BASE_URL`. Both unset → disabled.
pub fn from_env() -> Self {
let base = std::env::var("APOLLO_CLIP_API_BASE_URL")
.ok()
.filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
.or_else(|| {
std::env::var("APOLLO_API_BASE_URL")
.ok()
.filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
});
Self::new(base)
}
pub fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
self.base_url.is_some()
}
/// Encode an image to a 768-d (ViT-L/14) or 512-d (ViT-B/32)
/// L2-normalized embedding. Used by the backfill drain.
pub async fn encode_image(
&self,
bytes: Vec<u8>,
meta: EncodeImageMeta,
) -> std::result::Result<EncodeResponse, ClipError> {
let Some(base) = self.base_url.as_deref() else {
return Err(ClipError::Disabled);
};
let url = format!("{}/api/internal/clip/encode_image", base);
let meta_json = serde_json::to_string(&meta)
.map_err(|e| ClipError::Permanent(anyhow::anyhow!("meta serialize: {e}")))?;
let form = reqwest::multipart::Form::new()
.text("meta", meta_json)
.part(
"file",
reqwest::multipart::Part::bytes(bytes)
.file_name(meta.rel_path.clone())
.mime_str("application/octet-stream")
.unwrap_or_else(|_| reqwest::multipart::Part::bytes(Vec::new())),
);
self.send_multipart(&url, form).await
}
/// Encode a natural-language query to an embedding. Used by the
/// search route to rank stored image embeddings by cosine sim.
pub async fn encode_text(
&self,
text: &str,
) -> std::result::Result<EncodeResponse, ClipError> {
let Some(base) = self.base_url.as_deref() else {
return Err(ClipError::Disabled);
};
let url = format!("{}/api/internal/clip/encode_text", base);
let body = serde_json::json!({ "text": text });
let resp = match self.client.post(&url).json(&body).send().await {
Ok(r) => r,
Err(e) if e.is_timeout() || e.is_connect() => {
return Err(ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip client network: {e}"
)));
}
Err(e) => {
return Err(ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip client request: {e}"
)));
}
};
let status = resp.status();
if status.is_success() {
let body: EncodeResponse = resp.json().await.map_err(|e| {
ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!("clip response decode: {e}"))
})?;
return Ok(body);
}
let body_text = resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
Err(classify_error_response(status.as_u16(), &body_text))
}
/// Engine reachability + device/model report. Used as a startup
/// sanity check from the probe binary and (later) the backlog drain.
#[allow(dead_code)] // consumed by probe + drain
pub async fn health(&self) -> Result<ClipHealth> {
let base = self.base_url.as_deref().context("clip client disabled")?;
let url = format!("{}/api/internal/clip/health", base);
let resp = self.client.get(&url).send().await?.error_for_status()?;
let body: ClipHealth = resp.json().await?;
Ok(body)
}
async fn send_multipart(
&self,
url: &str,
form: reqwest::multipart::Form,
) -> std::result::Result<EncodeResponse, ClipError> {
let resp = match self.client.post(url).multipart(form).send().await {
Ok(r) => r,
Err(e) if e.is_timeout() || e.is_connect() => {
return Err(ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip client network: {e}"
)));
}
Err(e) => {
return Err(ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip client request: {e}"
)));
}
};
let status = resp.status();
if status.is_success() {
let body: EncodeResponse = resp.json().await.map_err(|e| {
ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!("clip response decode: {e}"))
})?;
return Ok(body);
}
let body_text = resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
Err(classify_error_response(status.as_u16(), &body_text))
}
}
/// Pulled out as a pure function so the marker-row contract is unit-
/// testable without spinning up an HTTP server. Matches the shape used
/// by face_client::classify_error_response so future retry policies
/// can share code.
fn classify_error_response(status: u16, body_text: &str) -> ClipError {
let detail_code = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(body_text)
.ok()
.and_then(|v| {
v.get("detail")
.and_then(|d| d.as_str().map(str::to_string))
.or_else(|| {
v.get("detail")
.and_then(|d| d.get("code"))
.and_then(|c| c.as_str())
.map(str::to_string)
})
})
.unwrap_or_default();
if status == 422 {
return ClipError::Permanent(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip {} {}: {}",
status,
detail_code,
body_text
));
}
if status == 503 {
return ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip {} {}: {}",
status,
detail_code,
body_text
));
}
// 408 / 413 / 429 are operator-fixable infra issues; defer.
if matches!(status, 408 | 413 | 429) {
return ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip {} {}: {}",
status,
detail_code,
body_text
));
}
if (400..500).contains(&status) {
ClipError::Permanent(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip {} {}: {}",
status,
detail_code,
body_text
))
} else {
ClipError::Transient(anyhow::anyhow!(
"clip {} {}: {}",
status,
detail_code,
body_text
))
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
fn is_permanent(e: &ClipError) -> bool {
matches!(e, ClipError::Permanent(_))
}
fn is_transient(e: &ClipError) -> bool {
matches!(e, ClipError::Transient(_))
}
#[test]
fn classify_422_decode_failed_is_permanent() {
assert!(is_permanent(&classify_error_response(
422,
r#"{"detail":"decode_failed: bad bytes"}"#
)));
}
#[test]
fn classify_422_empty_text_is_permanent() {
assert!(is_permanent(&classify_error_response(
422,
r#"{"detail":"empty_text"}"#
)));
}
#[test]
fn classify_503_cuda_oom_is_transient() {
assert!(is_transient(&classify_error_response(
503,
r#"{"detail":{"code":"cuda_oom","error":"out of memory"}}"#,
)));
}
#[test]
fn classify_5xx_is_transient_other_4xx_is_permanent() {
assert!(is_transient(&classify_error_response(500, "")));
assert!(is_permanent(&classify_error_response(404, "{}")));
}
#[test]
fn classify_infra_4xx_is_transient() {
assert!(is_transient(&classify_error_response(408, "")));
assert!(is_transient(&classify_error_response(413, "<html>")));
assert!(is_transient(&classify_error_response(429, "{}")));
}
#[test]
fn decode_embedding_size_mismatch_errors() {
// dim=4 says we expect 16 bytes (4 floats × 4 bytes). Encode 8.
use base64::Engine;
let resp = EncodeResponse {
model_version: "ViT-L/14".into(),
embedding_dim: 4,
duration_ms: 0,
embedding: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0u8; 8]),
};
assert!(resp.decode_embedding().is_err());
}
#[test]
fn decode_embedding_round_trip() {
use base64::Engine;
let bytes: Vec<u8> = (0..16).collect();
let resp = EncodeResponse {
model_version: "ViT-L/14".into(),
embedding_dim: 4,
duration_ms: 0,
embedding: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&bytes),
};
assert_eq!(resp.decode_embedding().unwrap(), bytes);
}
}

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@@ -2184,6 +2184,8 @@ mod tests {
date_taken_source: None,
original_date_taken: None,
original_date_taken_source: None,
clip_embedding: None,
clip_model_version: None,
});
let out = resolve_date_taken_for_context(&exif, "Screenshot_2014-06-01.png");
assert_eq!(out.as_deref(), Some("2021-08-15"));

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pub mod apollo_client;
pub mod clip_client;
pub mod daily_summary_job;
pub mod face_client;
pub mod handlers;