Fix RAG vector-space mismatch and search_rag retrieval quality

Queries embedded via llama-swap were searching corpora embedded via
Ollama (measured: spaces diverged). Introduce LocalLlm — the local
Ollama + llama-swap pair with LLM_BACKEND dispatch baked in — and route
all embedding writers through it; anything embedding via a concrete
client reintroduces the bug.

- search_rag: embed the model's query verbatim (no metadata boilerplate),
  make date optional — no time-decay when omitted, so "when did X
  happen?" queries rank purely by similarity across all time
- reembed_embeddings bin: re-embed summaries / calendar / search /
  knowledge entities via the active backend, with old-new cosine report
  per table and truncate-and-retry for inputs over the embed server's
  physical batch size
- import_calendar, import_search_history: embed through LocalLlm
- search_messages / get_sms_messages: render sender → recipient so sent
  messages are attributable to a conversation
- insight job failures: store the one-line anyhow context chain ({:#})
  instead of the Debug dump the client was shown verbatim
- serialize env_dispatch tests behind a lock (parallel-runner flake)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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//! Re-embed stored corpora through `LocalLlm`, i.e. the same
//! `LLM_BACKEND` dispatch the query side uses. The original import /
//! backfill tools always embedded via Ollama, so a deploy running
//! `LLM_BACKEND=llamacpp` queries vector spaces the corpora may not live
//! in. Three tables share the problem and are all covered here:
//!
//! - `daily_conversation_summaries` — re-embeds
//! `strip_summary_boilerplate(summary)` (what the original job fed the
//! embedder); also rewrites `model_version`.
//! - `calendar_events` — re-embeds "summary description location" exactly
//! as `import_calendar` does; rows without an embedding are skipped (the
//! import only embeds under `--generate-embeddings`).
//! - `search_history` — re-embeds the raw query text.
//! - `entities` (knowledge graph) — re-embeds "name description" exactly as
//! `tool_store_entity` does; embedding-less rows are skipped (embedding
//! is best-effort at store time).
//!
//! Source text is untouched — only vectors are rewritten. The old↔new
//! cosine report doubles as a diagnostic: ~1.0 means both backends already
//! shared a space (re-embedding was a no-op); low values confirm the
//! mismatch this tool exists to fix.
use anyhow::{Context, Result};
use clap::Parser;
use diesel::prelude::*;
use diesel::sql_query;
use diesel::sqlite::SqliteConnection;
use image_api::ai::{LocalLlm, strip_summary_boilerplate};
use image_api::bin_progress;
use std::env;
#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
#[command(author, version, about = "Re-embed stored corpora via the configured LLM_BACKEND", long_about = None)]
struct Args {
/// Comma-separated tables to process: summaries, calendar, search, entities
#[arg(long, default_value = "summaries,calendar,search,entities")]
tables: String,
/// Only process the first N rows per table (smoke test)
#[arg(long)]
limit: Option<usize>,
/// Compute embeddings and report old↔new similarity without writing
#[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
dry_run: bool,
}
#[derive(QueryableByName)]
struct SummaryRow {
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Integer)]
id: i32,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Text)]
summary: String,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Binary)]
embedding: Vec<u8>,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Text)]
model_version: String,
}
#[derive(QueryableByName)]
struct CalendarRow {
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Integer)]
id: i32,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Text)]
summary: String,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Nullable<diesel::sql_types::Text>)]
description: Option<String>,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Nullable<diesel::sql_types::Text>)]
location: Option<String>,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Binary)]
embedding: Vec<u8>,
}
#[derive(QueryableByName)]
struct SearchRow {
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::BigInt)]
id: i64,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Text)]
query: String,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Binary)]
embedding: Vec<u8>,
}
#[derive(QueryableByName)]
struct EntityRow {
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Integer)]
id: i32,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Text)]
name: String,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Text)]
description: String,
#[diesel(sql_type = diesel::sql_types::Binary)]
embedding: Vec<u8>,
}
/// One unit of re-embed work, normalized across tables.
struct WorkItem {
/// Row key, as i64 so both i32 ids and rowids fit.
id: i64,
/// Text fed to the embedder — must match what the original writer used.
text: String,
/// Existing vector bytes, for the old↔new similarity report.
old_embedding: Vec<u8>,
}
fn deserialize_vector(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<f32>> {
if !bytes.len().is_multiple_of(4) {
return None;
}
Some(
bytes
.chunks_exact(4)
.map(|c| f32::from_le_bytes([c[0], c[1], c[2], c[3]]))
.collect(),
)
}
fn serialize_vector(vec: &[f32]) -> Vec<u8> {
vec.iter().flat_map(|f| f.to_le_bytes()).collect()
}
fn cosine_similarity(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 {
if a.len() != b.len() {
return 0.0;
}
let dot: f32 = a.iter().zip(b).map(|(x, y)| x * y).sum();
let mag_a: f32 = a.iter().map(|x| x * x).sum::<f32>().sqrt();
let mag_b: f32 = b.iter().map(|x| x * x).sum::<f32>().sqrt();
if mag_a == 0.0 || mag_b == 0.0 {
return 0.0;
}
dot / (mag_a * mag_b)
}
/// Embed `text`, halving it on "input too large" errors until it fits the
/// server's physical batch (`--ubatch-size`). Mirrors the silent truncation
/// Ollama applied when these corpora were first embedded — llama-server
/// returns a 500 instead — except here it's surfaced via the returned flag.
/// Returns `(embedding, truncated)`.
async fn embed_with_truncation(llm: &LocalLlm, text: &str) -> Result<(Vec<f32>, bool)> {
let mut text = text.to_string();
let mut truncated = false;
loop {
match llm.embed(&text).await {
Ok(emb) => return Ok((emb, truncated)),
Err(e)
if e.to_string().contains("too large to process") && text.chars().count() > 64 =>
{
let keep = text.chars().count() / 2;
text = text.chars().take(keep).collect();
truncated = true;
}
Err(e) => return Err(e),
}
}
}
/// Re-embed `items`, writing each new vector via `update`. Returns the
/// old↔new cosines for the similarity report.
async fn reembed_table(
conn: &mut SqliteConnection,
llm: &LocalLlm,
label: &str,
items: Vec<WorkItem>,
dry_run: bool,
update: impl Fn(&mut SqliteConnection, i64, Vec<u8>) -> Result<()>,
) -> Result<Vec<f32>> {
println!("\n[{}] re-embedding {} rows...", label, items.len());
let pb = bin_progress::determinate(items.len() as u64, format!("re-embedding {}", label));
let mut sims: Vec<f32> = Vec::with_capacity(items.len());
let mut updated = 0usize;
let mut failed = 0usize;
let mut truncated_count = 0usize;
for item in &items {
let new_emb = match embed_with_truncation(llm, &item.text).await {
Ok((e, truncated)) => {
if truncated {
truncated_count += 1;
pb.println(format!(
"{} id={}: input exceeded the embed server's batch size, \
truncated before embedding",
label, item.id
));
}
e
}
Err(e) => {
pb.inc(1);
failed += 1;
eprintln!("{} id={}: {}", label, item.id, e);
continue;
}
};
// The whole pipeline (DAO checks, stored corpora) assumes 768 dims.
// A different dim means the active backend is not serving a
// nomic-compatible model — stop rather than corrupt the table.
anyhow::ensure!(
new_emb.len() == 768,
"backend returned {}-dim embedding (expected 768) — '{}' is not \
serving a nomic-embed-text-v1.5-compatible model",
new_emb.len(),
llm.embedding_model_version()
);
if let Some(old_emb) = deserialize_vector(&item.old_embedding) {
sims.push(cosine_similarity(&old_emb, &new_emb));
}
if !dry_run {
update(conn, item.id, serialize_vector(&new_emb))
.with_context(|| format!("updating {} id={}", label, item.id))?;
}
updated += 1;
pb.inc(1);
}
pb.finish_and_clear();
println!(
"[{}] {} re-embedded ({} truncated), {} failed",
label, updated, truncated_count, failed
);
Ok(sims)
}
fn report_similarity(label: &str, mut sims: Vec<f32>) {
if sims.is_empty() {
println!("[{}] no old↔new pairs to compare", label);
return;
}
sims.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));
let mean: f32 = sims.iter().sum::<f32>() / sims.len() as f32;
let median = sims[sims.len() / 2];
println!(
"[{}] old↔new cosine over identical text: min={:.3} median={:.3} mean={:.3} max={:.3}",
label,
sims.first().unwrap(),
median,
mean,
sims.last().unwrap()
);
if median > 0.98 {
println!(
"[{}] → old and new backends agree (~same vector space); poor search \
results are coming from something else (prefixes, thresholds, corpus).",
label
);
} else if median > 0.9 {
println!(
"[{}] → same model family but measurably different vectors \
(quantization / runtime drift); re-embedding was worthwhile.",
label
);
} else {
println!(
"[{}] → vector-space mismatch confirmed — queries were searching a \
different space than the corpus. This re-embed should fix it.",
label
);
}
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
dotenv::dotenv().ok();
env_logger::init();
let args = Args::parse();
let tables: Vec<&str> = args.tables.split(',').map(|t| t.trim()).collect();
for t in &tables {
anyhow::ensure!(
matches!(*t, "summaries" | "calendar" | "search" | "entities"),
"unknown table '{}' — expected summaries, calendar, search, entities",
t
);
}
let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "auth.db".to_string());
println!("Database: {}", database_url);
let mut conn = SqliteConnection::establish(&database_url)
.with_context(|| format!("connecting to {}", database_url))?;
let llm = LocalLlm::from_env();
let model_version = llm.embedding_model_version();
println!("Embedding via '{}'", model_version);
if args.dry_run {
println!("DRY RUN — no rows will be written");
}
if tables.contains(&"summaries") {
let mut rows: Vec<SummaryRow> = sql_query(
"SELECT id, summary, embedding, model_version
FROM daily_conversation_summaries ORDER BY date",
)
.load(&mut conn)
.context("loading daily summaries")?;
if let Some(limit) = args.limit {
rows.truncate(limit);
}
if let Some(first) = rows.first() {
println!(
"\n[summaries] previous model_version '{}' → '{}'",
first.model_version, model_version
);
}
let items = rows
.into_iter()
.map(|r| WorkItem {
id: r.id as i64,
text: strip_summary_boilerplate(&r.summary),
old_embedding: r.embedding,
})
.collect();
let mv = model_version.clone();
let sims = reembed_table(
&mut conn,
&llm,
"summaries",
items,
args.dry_run,
move |conn, id, emb| {
sql_query(
"UPDATE daily_conversation_summaries
SET embedding = ?1, model_version = ?2 WHERE id = ?3",
)
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Binary, _>(emb)
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Text, _>(&mv)
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Integer, _>(id as i32)
.execute(conn)?;
Ok(())
},
)
.await?;
report_similarity("summaries", sims);
}
if tables.contains(&"calendar") {
let mut rows: Vec<CalendarRow> = sql_query(
"SELECT id, summary, description, location, embedding
FROM calendar_events WHERE embedding IS NOT NULL ORDER BY id",
)
.load(&mut conn)
.context("loading calendar events")?;
if let Some(limit) = args.limit {
rows.truncate(limit);
}
let items = rows
.into_iter()
.map(|r| WorkItem {
id: r.id as i64,
// Same text construction as import_calendar.
text: format!(
"{} {} {}",
r.summary,
r.description.as_deref().unwrap_or(""),
r.location.as_deref().unwrap_or("")
),
old_embedding: r.embedding,
})
.collect();
let sims = reembed_table(
&mut conn,
&llm,
"calendar",
items,
args.dry_run,
|conn, id, emb| {
sql_query("UPDATE calendar_events SET embedding = ?1 WHERE id = ?2")
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Binary, _>(emb)
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Integer, _>(id as i32)
.execute(conn)?;
Ok(())
},
)
.await?;
report_similarity("calendar", sims);
}
if tables.contains(&"search") {
let mut rows: Vec<SearchRow> = sql_query(
"SELECT rowid AS id, query, embedding
FROM search_history ORDER BY rowid",
)
.load(&mut conn)
.context("loading search history")?;
if let Some(limit) = args.limit {
rows.truncate(limit);
}
let items = rows
.into_iter()
.map(|r| WorkItem {
id: r.id,
text: r.query,
old_embedding: r.embedding,
})
.collect();
let sims = reembed_table(
&mut conn,
&llm,
"search",
items,
args.dry_run,
|conn, id, emb| {
sql_query("UPDATE search_history SET embedding = ?1 WHERE rowid = ?2")
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Binary, _>(emb)
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::BigInt, _>(id)
.execute(conn)?;
Ok(())
},
)
.await?;
report_similarity("search", sims);
}
if tables.contains(&"entities") {
let mut rows: Vec<EntityRow> = sql_query(
"SELECT id, name, description, embedding
FROM entities WHERE embedding IS NOT NULL ORDER BY id",
)
.load(&mut conn)
.context("loading knowledge entities")?;
if let Some(limit) = args.limit {
rows.truncate(limit);
}
let items = rows
.into_iter()
.map(|r| WorkItem {
id: r.id as i64,
// Same text construction as tool_store_entity.
text: format!("{} {}", r.name, r.description),
old_embedding: r.embedding,
})
.collect();
let sims = reembed_table(
&mut conn,
&llm,
"entities",
items,
args.dry_run,
|conn, id, emb| {
sql_query("UPDATE entities SET embedding = ?1 WHERE id = ?2")
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Binary, _>(emb)
.bind::<diesel::sql_types::Integer, _>(id as i32)
.execute(conn)?;
Ok(())
},
)
.await?;
report_similarity("entities", sims);
}
println!(
"\n{}",
if args.dry_run {
"Dry run complete"
} else {
"Done"
}
);
Ok(())
}