fix: recalibrate find({ limit }) cap + two-tier enforcement + caller location

Brainy 7.30.0 introduced a memory-derived synchronous cap on `find({ limit })`
to prevent OOM. The cap was sound in intent but ~4x too conservative in
calibration: assumed 100 KB per result while typical entity footprint is 7-10 KB
(384-dim float32 vector ≈ 1.5 KB + standard fields + metadata). On a 900 MB
free-memory box the cap derived to 9000 — breaking common safety-cap patterns
like `find({ type, where, limit: 10_000 })` that typically return 10-500
entities. Surfaced as a runtime regression with cascading 500s degrading
production dashboards.

Three concurrent fixes:

A. RECALIBRATE THE FORMULA
- src/utils/paramValidation.ts:175,196,212 — the three memory-derived priorities
  (reservedQueryMemory / containerMemory / freeMemory) all divided by
  100 * 1024 * 1024 (100 KB per result, ~10-15x over conservative). Replaced
  with a new MAX_LIMIT_KB_PER_RESULT = 25 constant that matches observed
  entity size.
- Result: 4 GB container cap goes 10_000 → 40_000; 2 GB cap goes 5_000 →
  20_000; 900 MB free-memory cap goes 9_000 → ~36_000. 100k hard ceiling
  unchanged. `maxQueryLimit` / `reservedQueryMemory` constructor overrides
  unchanged in behavior.

B. TWO-TIER ENFORCEMENT (warn-then-throw)
- Below cap (limit <= maxLimit): silent pass, unchanged.
- Soft tier (maxLimit < limit <= 2 * maxLimit): NEW — one-time warning per
  call site (dedup keyed on caller stack frame + limit value), query
  proceeds. Pre-7.30.2 code that relied on the cap silently allowing typical
  safety-cap limits keeps working; the warning teaches the recipe so consumers
  can fix it intentionally.
- Hard tier (limit > 2 * maxLimit): throw with the same teaching message
  format. Real OOM territory; the cap stops being a recommendation and becomes
  a guardrail.
- The 2x soft margin absorbs typical safety-cap patterns (limit: 10_000
  against a 9 K-cap box) without disabling OOM protection. Real OOM territory
  on a JS in-memory brain is hundreds of thousands of results, not 10x the
  safety cap.

C. IMPROVED ERROR / WARNING MESSAGE
- Same shape as the 7.30.1 enforcement-error messages: state the problem,
  name the three escape valves (maxQueryLimit / reservedQueryMemory /
  pagination), include caller location, link to docs.
- Extracted findCallerLocation() helper from brainy.ts to a new
  src/utils/callerLocation.ts so both the subtype enforcement (7.30.1) and
  the limit enforcement (7.30.2) share one implementation without circular
  imports.

DOCS
- New docs/guides/find-limits.md (public: true) — full reference: why the cap
  exists, the four memory sources the auto-config considers, the three escape
  valves with when-to-use-which guidance, and an explicit "pagination is the
  future-proof pattern" callout (8.0 may tighten the cap further; pagination
  keeps working unchanged).
- docs/api/README.md find() entry gets a one-paragraph `limit` tip + pointer
  to the new guide.
- RELEASES.md v7.30.2 entry.

TESTS
- New tests/integration/find-limits.test.ts (9 tests): below-cap silent pass;
  soft-tier warns once per call site (dedup verified by exercising same vs.
  different source lines via wrapper closures); soft-tier message format
  (names all three escape valves + docs link); soft-tier message includes
  caller location; hard-tier throws; hard-tier message format same as
  soft-tier; consumer maxQueryLimit override raises the cap and shifts both
  tiers accordingly; pre-7.30.2 regression scenario explicitly covered.
- tests/unit/utils/memoryLimits.test.ts — 4 tests updated for the recalibrated
  cap values (hardcoded expected numbers bumped 4x to match new 25 KB/result
  assumption).
- tests/unit/utils/paramValidation.test.ts — auto-limit test extended to cover
  the three-tier semantics (below-cap pass / soft-tier silent / hard-tier
  throw).
- Existing suites unchanged: subtype-and-facets 26/26, verb-subtype-and-
  enforcement 30/30, strict-mode-self-test 13/13. Unit 1468/1468.

CORTEX COMPATIBILITY
- Zero Cortex changes required. Every change is JS-side: formula recalibration
  runs in ValidationConfig.constructor(), two-tier enforcement runs in
  validateFindParams(), both fire before any storage / index / Cortex call.
- The new guide notes that Brainy 8.0's Datomic-style Db.find() may tighten
  per-call limits to keep snapshot semantics cheap; pagination remains the
  pattern that's guaranteed to keep working.

REPO-WIDE CLEANUP
Brainy is the only Soulcraft project that is open source. This commit also
scrubs closed-source product names and product-specific class/field references
from every tracked file in the repo (src/, docs/, tests/, RELEASES.md,
CHANGELOG.md). Consumer-reported bugs, regression scenarios, and release
notes now refer to "a consumer", "a downstream application", "a production
deployment", or "an internal report" — never to the named product. Two
product-named test files renamed to neutral diagnostic names. CLAUDE.md gains
a project-level guard rule documenting the policy and an example list of the
identifiers that may not appear in tracked code.

Verification
- npx tsc --noEmit: clean
- npm test: 1468 / 1468 unit
- All four integration subtype + verb + strict + find-limits suites: 78/78
- npm run build: clean
- Closed-source product reference audit: clean
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David Snelling 2026-06-08 12:34:05 -07:00
parent 34e8271c53
commit 9e307e457f
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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* VFS Import Verification Test
*
* This test verifies that brain.import() creates VFS entities correctly.
* Created to investigate Workshop team's report of empty VFS after import.
* Created to investigate a consumer's report of empty VFS after import.
*
* Expected behavior:
* 1. Import with vfsPath creates directory entities
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
import { Brainy } from '../../src/brainy.js'
import * as XLSX from 'xlsx'
describe('VFS Import Verification (Workshop Bug Investigation)', () => {
describe('VFS Import Verification (VFS import bug investigation)', () => {
let brain: Brainy
beforeEach(async () => {
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('VFS Import Verification (Workshop Bug Investigation)', () => {
})
it('should create VFS entities during import with vfsPath', async () => {
// Create test Excel file (matching Workshop scenario)
// Create test Excel file (matching the reported scenario)
const testData = [
{
'Term': 'Alice',
@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ describe('VFS Import Verification (Workshop Bug Investigation)', () => {
}
}, 60000)
it('should match Workshop scenario exactly', async () => {
// Replicate Workshop team's exact scenario
it('should match the reported scenario exactly', async () => {
// Replicate a consumer's exact scenario
const testData = [
{ 'Term': 'Westland', 'Definition': 'Ancient kingdom', 'Type': 'Place' },
{ 'Term': 'Capital City', 'Definition': 'Main city', 'Type': 'Place' },
@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ describe('VFS Import Verification (Workshop Bug Investigation)', () => {
XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(workbook, worksheet, 'Glossary')
const buffer = XLSX.write(workbook, { type: 'buffer', bookType: 'xlsx' })
console.log('📥 Importing (Workshop scenario)...')
console.log('📥 Importing (the reported scenario)...')
const filename = 'Tales from Talifar Glossary.xlsx'
const timestamp = Date.now()
@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ describe('VFS Import Verification (Workshop Bug Investigation)', () => {
console.log(` - Graph edges: ${result.stats.graphEdgesCreated}`)
console.log(` - VFS files: ${result.stats.vfsFilesCreated}`)
// Workshop team's check: Initialize VFS
console.log('\n📂 Initializing VFS (Workshop fix)...')
// Consumer's check: Initialize VFS
console.log('\n📂 Initializing VFS (post-fix)...')
const vfs = brain.vfs
await vfs.init()
// Workshop team's check: Query root
// a consumer's check: Query root
console.log('🔍 Querying root directory...')
const rootItems = await vfs.getDirectChildren('/')
console.log(` - Items in root: ${rootItems.length}`)