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@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+---
+title: Upgrading from 7.x to 8.0
+slug: guides/upgrading-7-to-8
+public: true
+category: guides
+template: guide
+order: 10
+description: What the one-time 7→8 on-disk migration does, how 8.0 automatically recovers Virtual Filesystem content that older layouts stored in the removed copy-on-write area, and how to verify (or force) that recovery.
+next:
+ - guides/storage-adapters
+ - guides/inspection
+---
+
+# Upgrading from 7.x to 8.0
+
+Opening a 7.x on-disk store with Brainy 8.0 runs a **one-time, in-place layout
+migration** the first time the store is opened. It is automatic (`autoMigrate`
+defaults to `true`), it runs once, and it stamps a marker so every later open is
+a no-op.
+
+Almost everything about the upgrade is transparent: your entities, relationships,
+metadata, and indexes migrate and rebuild without any action on your part. This
+guide covers the **one case that needs attention** — Virtual Filesystem (VFS)
+content — and how 8.0 recovers it for you.
+
+## TL;DR
+
+- **Just upgrade to `@soulcraft/brainy@8.0.12` (or later) and open the store.**
+ If a previous upgrade left VFS content stranded, 8.0.12 **heals it on open**,
+ with no operator action.
+- Want to force or script it? Call **`await brain.vfs.adoptOrphanedBlobs()`**.
+- The recovery is **non-destructive and idempotent** — it copies, never moves,
+ and running it twice is a no-op.
+
+## What the migration does
+
+The 7.x on-disk layout stored entities under a per-branch path
+(`branches/
/entities/...`). 8.0 uses a flat layout (`entities/...`). On
+first open, Brainy:
+
+1. Collapses `branches//entities/*` into the flat `entities/*` layout.
+2. Rebuilds the derived indexes (vector, graph, metadata) and count rollups from
+ the canonical entities.
+3. Stamps `_system/migration-layout.json` so re-opening is a no-op.
+4. Takes an automatic **pre-upgrade backup** of the directory before it starts,
+ and removes it once the upgrade is verified complete (see
+ [The safety net](#the-safety-net-pre-upgrade-backup) below).
+
+The log line to expect (once per store):
+
+```
+[brainy] Migrating a 7.x branch layout (branches/main) to the 8.0 flat layout
+ in place — 13175 entity files. This runs once; back up the directory first if
+ you need a rollback (8.0 does not keep the old layout).
+```
+
+## The one thing that needs recovery: VFS content
+
+If your application uses the Virtual Filesystem (VFS) to store file content (for
+example, a CMS that keeps page documents at paths like
+`/pages/homepage/page.json`), that content is held as **content blobs**.
+
+7.x kept those blobs in the branch system's **copy-on-write area** (`_cow/`).
+8.0 removed the branch/copy-on-write system, and its content blobs live in the
+content-addressed store (`_cas/`). The layout migration moves entities — it does
+**not** move the VFS content blobs. Left alone, a 7.x store's VFS blobs would
+remain in `_cow/`, and a read of one would throw:
+
+```
+VFS: Cannot read blob for /pages/homepage/page.json:
+ Blob metadata not found: 6b87cfb71ad2f04602a5c157214dc42000...
+```
+
+### 8.0.12 recovers them automatically
+
+Brainy 8.0.12 adds an **on-open recovery pass** that runs right after the layout
+migration. It scans `_cow/`, and for every content blob whose `blob:` +
+`blob-meta:` pair is not already in `_cas/`, it copies **both** across into the
+8.0 store. It:
+
+- **Heals a fresh 7→8 upgrade** (where `_cow/` still holds the blobs), **and**
+- **Heals a store already upgraded by an earlier 8.0.x** that stranded them —
+ the recovery is gated on the presence of `_cow/` and its own marker, not on
+ the layout-migration marker, so an already-migrated store is still healed.
+- Is a **cheap no-op** on a native-8.0 or fresh store (there is no `_cow/`), and
+ on a store already healed (a marker records completion so later opens skip the
+ scan).
+
+So the operator action for a stranded store is simply: **upgrade to 8.0.12 and
+open it.**
+
+```ts
+import { Brainy } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
+
+// Opening the store is all that is required — recovery runs during init().
+const brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: '/data/my-store' } })
+await brain.init()
+
+// The previously-failing read now succeeds.
+const page = await brain.vfs.readFile('/pages/homepage/page.json')
+```
+
+On a store that needed recovery you will see:
+
+```
+[brainy] Recovered 337 VFS content blob(s) stranded by a 7→8 upgrade
+ (adopted _cow/ → _cas/ in place).
+```
+
+### Forcing recovery explicitly
+
+If you would rather run the recovery deliberately (for example, in an upgrade
+script that asserts a clean result before flipping traffic), call it directly:
+
+```ts
+const result = await brain.vfs.adoptOrphanedBlobs()
+// → { cowBlobs, adopted, alreadyPresent, incomplete }
+console.log(`adopted ${result.adopted}, already present ${result.alreadyPresent}`)
+if (result.incomplete > 0) {
+ // One or more _cow/ blobs are missing their bytes or metadata — investigate
+ // _cow/ before discarding your own backup. See "The safety net" below.
+}
+```
+
+`adoptOrphanedBlobs()` self-initializes the brain, so it is safe to call
+immediately after construction. It returns:
+
+| Field | Meaning |
+| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `cowBlobs` | Distinct content-blob hashes found in `_cow/`. |
+| `adopted` | Newly copied into `_cas/` on this call. |
+| `alreadyPresent` | Already in `_cas/` (a prior open or run adopted them). |
+| `incomplete` | A `_cow/` blob missing its bytes *or* its metadata — **skipped** rather than half-adopted. |
+
+## Verifying recovery
+
+After opening under 8.0.12, confirm a previously-failing path reads:
+
+```ts
+const content = await brain.vfs.readFile('/pages/homepage/page.json')
+console.log(content.toString().slice(0, 80))
+```
+
+If you scripted it with `adoptOrphanedBlobs()`, a clean result is
+`incomplete === 0` and `adopted + alreadyPresent === cowBlobs`.
+
+## The safety net: pre-upgrade backup
+
+Brainy takes an automatic pre-upgrade backup and removes it once the upgrade is
+**verified complete**. In 8.0.12 that verification includes VFS content: if the
+blob recovery reports `incomplete > 0`, the completion marker is **not** stamped
+(the next open retries) and the **pre-upgrade backup is retained** so you still
+have a rollback while blobs remain unaccounted for. You will see:
+
+```
+[brainy] VFS blob recovery adopted N blob(s) but M orphaned _cow/ blob(s) are
+ missing their bytes or metadata and were left in place. The pre-upgrade backup
+ is being retained; inspect _cow/ before discarding it.
+```
+
+The recovery never deletes anything from `_cow/`, so the original blobs stay in
+place for inspection or a manual rollback regardless.
+
+## Who is affected
+
+**Any 7.x store that used the VFS to store file content** (so it has a `_cow/`
+area) is a candidate for stranded blobs on a 7→8 upgrade. Stores that never used
+the VFS have no `_cow/` content blobs and are unaffected.
+
+Because the recovery is **gated on the presence of `_cow/`**, it is
+self-selecting and safe to roll out everywhere:
+
+- On a store with stranded blobs → it adopts them.
+- On a native-8.0, fresh, or non-VFS store → it is a no-op on the existence
+ check.
+
+There is no configuration to set and nothing to opt into. Upgrading to 8.0.12
+and opening each store is sufficient.
+
+## Rollback
+
+The recovery is copy-only, so no rollback of the recovery itself is ever needed.
+If you need to roll back the **whole** 7→8 upgrade, restore the directory from
+your pre-upgrade backup (retained automatically while recovery is incomplete, or
+your own snapshot) and pin `@soulcraft/brainy@7.x`. 8.0 does not keep the old
+branch layout in place, so a directory-level restore is the rollback path.
diff --git a/src/brainy.ts b/src/brainy.ts
index a1fb9eab..148b4639 100644
--- a/src/brainy.ts
+++ b/src/brainy.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
getBrainyVersion
} from './utils/index.js'
import { embeddingManager } from './embeddings/EmbeddingManager.js'
-import { matchesMetadataFilter } from './utils/metadataFilter.js'
+import { matchesMetadataFilter, validateWhereFilter } from './utils/metadataFilter.js'
import { NaturalLanguageProcessor } from './neural/naturalLanguageProcessor.js'
import { NeuralEntityExtractor, ExtractedEntity } from './neural/entityExtractor.js'
import { TripleIntelligenceSystem } from './triple/TripleIntelligenceSystem.js'
@@ -453,6 +453,13 @@ export class Brainy implements BrainyInterface {
* `migrationBackup: false`), or `null` if none. Removed once the 7.x→8.0
* upgrade verifies + stamps; retained on failure. See {@link createMigrationBackupIfNeeded}. */
private _migrationBackupPath: string | null = null
+
+ /** Set when the on-open VFS-blob adoption left one or more `_cow/` blobs it
+ * could not fully adopt (bytes or metadata missing). While true, the
+ * pre-upgrade backup is NOT auto-removed — the upgrade is not verifiably
+ * complete for the VFS. See {@link autoAdoptLegacyVfsBlobsIfNeeded}. */
+ private _vfsBlobAdoptionIncomplete = false
+
/**
* 8.0 ⇄ native-provider version handshake — the on-disk {@link BrainFormat}
* marker (`_system/brain-format.json`) as read during the store-open phase,
@@ -1028,6 +1035,14 @@ export class Brainy implements BrainyInterface {
}
}
+ // Recover VFS content blobs a 7→8 upgrade left stranded in the removed
+ // branch system's copy-on-write area (`_cow/`). Runs BEFORE the rebuild
+ // (whose success stamp removes the pre-upgrade backup) so the backup still
+ // covers this step, and works on the raw object primitives (no blob store
+ // needed yet). A cheap no-op on native-8.0 / fresh brains and on a brain
+ // already healed. See adoptLegacyCowBlobs.
+ await this.autoAdoptLegacyVfsBlobsIfNeeded()
+
// Rebuild indexes if needed for existing data
await this.rebuildIndexesIfNeeded()
@@ -5228,6 +5243,15 @@ export class Brainy implements BrainyInterface {
const hasFilterCriteria = params.where || params.type || params.subtype || params.service
const hasGraphCriteria = params.connected
+ // Validate the raw where clause up front: an unrecognized operator (a typo
+ // like `notIn`, or any non-operator key on a field's object value) throws a
+ // typed BrainyError('INVALID_QUERY') instead of silently matching nothing.
+ // Done before the index/vector/graph paths so it fires even on an empty
+ // result set, and before brainy injects its own internal filter fields.
+ if (params.where) {
+ validateWhereFilter(params.where)
+ }
+
// Metadata cold-read guard: before trusting a filter result, verify the
// field index actually serves a known persisted value (one-shot per brain).
// A cold native index that has not loaded its `where` postings self-heals
@@ -13012,6 +13036,85 @@ export class Brainy implements BrainyInterface {
}
}
+ /**
+ * @description On-open recovery for VFS content blobs a 7→8 upgrade left in the
+ * removed branch system's copy-on-write area (`_cow/`). If a `_cow/` area is
+ * present and a completed adoption has not already been recorded, adopt every
+ * orphaned blob into the 8.0 content-addressed store (`_cas/`) and stamp a
+ * marker so later opens skip the scan. Because it runs on every open right
+ * after {@link legacyLayoutMigrationPhase}, it heals BOTH a fresh 7→8 migration
+ * (where `_cow/` still holds the blobs) AND a brain already migrated by an
+ * earlier 8.0.x that stranded them — no operator action needed.
+ *
+ * Filesystem-only; a native-8.0 / fresh brain has no `_cow/` and returns on the
+ * cheap existence check. Non-destructive and idempotent (see
+ * {@link BaseStorage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs}). If any blob cannot be fully adopted
+ * (`incomplete > 0`), the marker is NOT stamped (the next open retries) and
+ * {@link _vfsBlobAdoptionIncomplete} is set so the pre-upgrade backup is
+ * retained — the upgrade is not verifiably complete for the VFS.
+ */
+ private async autoAdoptLegacyVfsBlobsIfNeeded(): Promise {
+ if (this.getStorageType() !== 'filesystem') return
+ // Cheapest gate: no copy-on-write area → a native-8.0 / fresh brain, nothing
+ // a 7.x brain could have stranded here.
+ try {
+ const root = resolveFilesystemRoot(
+ (this.config.storage || {}) as StorageOptions & Record
+ )
+ if (!fs.existsSync(`${root}/_cow`)) return
+ } catch {
+ return
+ }
+
+ const storage = this.storage as unknown as {
+ adoptLegacyCowBlobs?: () => Promise<{
+ cowBlobs: number
+ adopted: number
+ alreadyPresent: number
+ incomplete: number
+ }>
+ readRawObject?: (p: string) => Promise
+ writeRawObject?: (p: string, o: unknown) => Promise
+ }
+ if (typeof storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs !== 'function') return
+
+ const MARKER = '_system/vfs-blob-adoption.json'
+ try {
+ const done = (await storage.readRawObject?.(MARKER)) as { complete?: boolean } | null
+ if (done && done.complete) return // already fully adopted on a prior open
+ } catch {
+ // no marker yet — proceed
+ }
+
+ const result = await storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs()
+
+ if (result.incomplete > 0) {
+ // Partial: retry on future opens, and hold the pre-upgrade backup.
+ this._vfsBlobAdoptionIncomplete = true
+ if (!this.config.silent) {
+ console.error(
+ `[brainy] VFS blob recovery adopted ${result.adopted} blob(s) but ${result.incomplete} ` +
+ `orphaned _cow/ blob(s) are missing their bytes or metadata and were left in place. ` +
+ `The pre-upgrade backup is being retained; inspect _cow/ before discarding it.`
+ )
+ }
+ return
+ }
+
+ // Clean sweep — record it so later opens skip the _cow/ scan entirely.
+ try {
+ await storage.writeRawObject?.(MARKER, { complete: true, adopted: result.adopted })
+ } catch {
+ // marker write is best-effort; adoption already succeeded
+ }
+ if (result.adopted > 0 && !this.config.silent) {
+ console.warn(
+ `[brainy] Recovered ${result.adopted} VFS content blob(s) stranded by a 7→8 upgrade ` +
+ `(adopted _cow/ → _cas/ in place).`
+ )
+ }
+ }
+
private async setupStorage(): Promise {
// If the caller passed a pre-constructed storage adapter (e.g.
// `storage: new MemoryStorage()`, or the historical materializer's
@@ -13846,6 +13949,20 @@ export class Brainy implements BrainyInterface {
*/
private async removeMigrationBackupSafe(): Promise {
if (!this._migrationBackupPath) return
+ // Backup-parity gate: the index rebuild "success" that calls this does NOT
+ // certify the VFS. If the on-open blob adoption could not fully bridge the
+ // 7.x `_cow/` blobs, the upgrade is not verifiably complete for VFS content
+ // — retain the backup so the operator can recover from it, and log why.
+ if (this._vfsBlobAdoptionIncomplete) {
+ if (!this.config.silent) {
+ console.warn(
+ `[brainy] Retaining the pre-upgrade backup at ${this._migrationBackupPath}: ` +
+ `some VFS content blobs could not be adopted from _cow/ (see the earlier warning). ` +
+ `Resolve those before discarding the backup.`
+ )
+ }
+ return
+ }
const backupPath = this._migrationBackupPath
this._migrationBackupPath = null
const storage = this.storage as StorageAdapter & {
diff --git a/src/storage/baseStorage.ts b/src/storage/baseStorage.ts
index 22149afb..a678a000 100644
--- a/src/storage/baseStorage.ts
+++ b/src/storage/baseStorage.ts
@@ -680,6 +680,91 @@ export abstract class BaseStorage extends BaseStorageAdapter {
this.blobStorage = new BlobStorage(casAdapter)
}
+ /**
+ * @description Adopt orphaned 7.x copy-on-write VFS content blobs into the 8.0
+ * content-addressed store. 7.x kept VFS blobs (`blob:` bytes +
+ * `blob-meta:` JSON) under the copy-on-write area (`_cow/`) of the
+ * branch/versioning system that 8.0 removed. The 7→8 layout migration
+ * collapses entity files but historically did NOT bridge these blobs, so a VFS
+ * read of a still-in-`_cow/` blob throws "Blob metadata not found" and every
+ * page backed by it 500s.
+ *
+ * This scans `_cow/` and, for every blob whose `blob:`/`blob-meta:` pair is not
+ * already present in the 8.0 store (`_cas/`), copies BOTH objects across
+ * verbatim. Copying preserves the exact content bytes (so the content hash and
+ * every VFS reference still resolve) and the exact metadata (so the 7.x
+ * refCount is retained) — the only first-party, index-consistent recovery.
+ * Hand-moving files at the OS level bypasses the paired-metadata contract and
+ * is unsafe; this goes through the adapter's object primitives.
+ *
+ * Idempotent and non-destructive: a pair already in `_cas/` is left untouched
+ * (counted `alreadyPresent`); the `_cow/` originals are never deleted, so a
+ * re-run — or a rollback — is always possible. A no-op on memory storage and
+ * on any brain without a `_cow/` area (returns zeros). Bytes are written before
+ * metadata so an interruption can only leave the pre-adoption "no metadata"
+ * state (retryable), never a metadata-without-bytes blob.
+ *
+ * @returns `cowBlobs` (distinct blob hashes found in `_cow/`), `adopted`
+ * (newly copied into `_cas/`), `alreadyPresent` (already in `_cas/`),
+ * `incomplete` (a `_cow/` blob missing its bytes or its metadata — skipped
+ * and reported rather than half-adopted).
+ */
+ public async adoptLegacyCowBlobs(): Promise<{
+ cowBlobs: number
+ adopted: number
+ alreadyPresent: number
+ incomplete: number
+ }> {
+ let cowPaths: string[]
+ try {
+ cowPaths = await this.listObjectsUnderPath('_cow/')
+ } catch {
+ // No `_cow/` area (fresh/native-8.0 brain, or a non-listing backend).
+ return { cowBlobs: 0, adopted: 0, alreadyPresent: 0, incomplete: 0 }
+ }
+
+ // Distinct content-blob hashes from `_cow/blob:` keys. Non-blob `_cow/`
+ // entries (7.x branch COW state) are ignored — only VFS content is adopted.
+ const hashes = new Set()
+ for (const p of cowPaths) {
+ const key = p.replace(/^_cow\//, '')
+ const m = /^blob:(.+)$/.exec(key)
+ if (m) hashes.add(m[1])
+ }
+
+ let adopted = 0
+ let alreadyPresent = 0
+ let incomplete = 0
+ for (const hash of hashes) {
+ // A blob counts as present only when BOTH its bytes and its metadata
+ // already live in `_cas/`. A half-adopted blob (bytes without meta — the
+ // exact "Blob metadata not found" state) is re-adopted.
+ const casBlob = await this.readObjectFromPath(`_cas/blob:${hash}`)
+ const casMeta = await this.readObjectFromPath(`_cas/blob-meta:${hash}`)
+ if (casBlob !== null && casMeta !== null) {
+ alreadyPresent++
+ continue
+ }
+
+ const cowBlob = await this.readObjectFromPath(`_cow/blob:${hash}`)
+ const cowMeta = await this.readObjectFromPath(`_cow/blob-meta:${hash}`)
+ if (cowBlob === null || cowMeta === null) {
+ // Can't register a blob the store can't fully describe — report it so an
+ // operator investigates rather than silently half-adopting.
+ incomplete++
+ continue
+ }
+
+ // Bytes first, then metadata: a VFS read checks metadata before bytes, so
+ // metadata's presence must imply the bytes are already there.
+ await this.writeObjectToPath(`_cas/blob:${hash}`, cowBlob)
+ await this.writeObjectToPath(`_cas/blob-meta:${hash}`, cowMeta)
+ adopted++
+ }
+
+ return { cowBlobs: hashes.size, adopted, alreadyPresent, incomplete }
+ }
+
/**
* @description Write a canonical object (write-cache coherent). The object
* lands in the write-through cache before the asynchronous write starts, so
diff --git a/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts b/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts
index 9dd5d39b..bbf8328e 100644
--- a/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts
+++ b/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts
@@ -352,6 +352,52 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
}
}
+ /**
+ * @description Recover VFS content blobs orphaned by a 7→8 upgrade. 7.x stored
+ * VFS blobs under the copy-on-write area (`_cow/`) of the branch/versioning
+ * system that 8.0 removed; a brain upgraded before the migration adopted them
+ * reads a stranded blob and throws "Blob metadata not found" (every page
+ * backed by it 500s). This adopts every orphaned `_cow/` blob into the 8.0
+ * content-addressed store (`_cas/`) IN PLACE — no snapshot restore — then
+ * clears the VFS caches so the recovered content reads live immediately.
+ *
+ * Idempotent and non-destructive: blobs already adopted are skipped and the
+ * `_cow/` originals are never deleted (a re-run or rollback stays possible).
+ * Safe to run on a healthy or native-8.0 brain (returns zeros). Delegates to
+ * {@link BaseStorage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs}.
+ *
+ * @returns `{ cowBlobs, adopted, alreadyPresent, incomplete }` counts.
+ * @example
+ * const brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: '/data/brain' } })
+ * await brain.init()
+ * const r = await brain.vfs.adoptOrphanedBlobs()
+ * console.log(`Adopted ${r.adopted} stranded VFS blobs; ${r.alreadyPresent} already present.`)
+ */
+ async adoptOrphanedBlobs(): Promise<{
+ cowBlobs: number
+ adopted: number
+ alreadyPresent: number
+ incomplete: number
+ }> {
+ // The recovery scan works on raw storage objects, so it only needs the
+ // brain's storage wired up — not the VFS's own init. brain.init() is
+ // idempotent (a no-op on an already-open brain) and, on a cold brain,
+ // sets up storage AND runs the on-open auto-adoption itself; the explicit
+ // scan below is then the idempotent "force re-scan" equivalent.
+ await this.brain.init()
+ const storage = this.brain['storage'] as unknown as
+ | { adoptLegacyCowBlobs?: () => Promise<{ cowBlobs: number; adopted: number; alreadyPresent: number; incomplete: number }> }
+ | undefined
+ if (!storage || typeof storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs !== 'function') {
+ return { cowBlobs: 0, adopted: 0, alreadyPresent: 0, incomplete: 0 }
+ }
+ const result = await storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs()
+ // Drop any cached content/stat so a re-read hits the freshly adopted blobs.
+ this.contentCache.clear()
+ this.statCache.clear()
+ return result
+ }
+
// ============= File Operations =============
/**
diff --git a/tests/integration/vfs-cow-blob-adoption.test.ts b/tests/integration/vfs-cow-blob-adoption.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7dec300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/vfs-cow-blob-adoption.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/**
+ * @module tests/integration/vfs-cow-blob-adoption
+ * @description P0 recovery: a 7→8 upgrade left VFS content blobs in the removed
+ * branch system's copy-on-write area (`_cow/`) instead of the 8.0
+ * content-addressed store (`_cas/`), so a VFS read of a stranded blob throws
+ * "Blob metadata not found" and every page backed by it 500s.
+ *
+ * Proves the cure end to end:
+ * - `storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs()` copies each orphaned `_cow/` blob (bytes +
+ * metadata) into `_cas/` verbatim, idempotently, non-destructively, and
+ * reports an `incomplete` blob (bytes without metadata) rather than
+ * half-adopting it.
+ * - a real brain that upgraded into this state SELF-HEALS on its next open
+ * (auto-adoption) — the stranded VFS file reads correctly again with no
+ * operator action.
+ * - `brain.vfs.adoptOrphanedBlobs()` is the explicit equivalent.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest'
+import * as fs from 'node:fs'
+import * as os from 'node:os'
+import * as path from 'node:path'
+import { Brainy } from '../../src/brainy.js'
+import { FileSystemStorage } from '../../src/storage/adapters/fileSystemStorage.js'
+
+const tmpDirs: string[] = []
+function mkTmp(): string {
+ const d = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'brainy-cow-adopt-'))
+ tmpDirs.push(d)
+ return d
+}
+
+/** Release a raw FileSystemStorage: flush, stop its timer, drop the writer lock
+ * so a subsequent open of the same directory is not blocked. */
+async function teardownRawStorage(s: any): Promise {
+ try { await s.flush?.() } catch { /* best effort */ }
+ try { s.stopFlushRequestWatcher?.() } catch { /* best effort */ }
+ try { await s.releaseWriterLock?.() } catch { /* best effort */ }
+}
+afterEach(() => {
+ for (const d of tmpDirs.splice(0)) fs.rmSync(d, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+/** Move every `_cas/blob*` object into `_cow/` and delete the `_cas/` copy —
+ * reproducing the exact on-disk state a 7.x brain leaves after the 8.0 layout
+ * migration collapses entities but does not adopt the copy-on-write blobs. */
+async function strandCasBlobsIntoCow(dir: string): Promise {
+ const s: any = new FileSystemStorage(dir)
+ await s.init()
+ const casKeys = (await s.listRawObjects('_cas/')).filter((k: string) =>
+ /(^|\/)(blob:|blob-meta:)/.test(k)
+ )
+ let moved = 0
+ for (const full of casKeys) {
+ const key = full.replace(/^_cas\//, '')
+ const obj = await s.readRawObject(`_cas/${key}`)
+ if (obj === null) continue
+ await s.writeRawObject(`_cow/${key}`, obj)
+ await s.deleteRawObject(`_cas/${key}`)
+ moved++
+ }
+ await teardownRawStorage(s)
+ return moved
+}
+
+describe('VFS _cow/ blob adoption (P0 7→8 recovery)', () => {
+ it('adoptLegacyCowBlobs copies bytes + metadata into _cas/, verbatim, idempotent, non-destructive', async () => {
+ const dir = mkTmp()
+ const storage: any = new FileSystemStorage(dir)
+ await storage.init()
+
+ const hash = 'a'.repeat(64)
+ const bytes = Buffer.from('the homepage payload')
+ // 7.x layout: the pair lives ONLY under _cow/ (blob-meta carries the refCount).
+ await storage.writeRawObject(`_cow/blob:${hash}`, { _binary: true, data: bytes.toString('base64') })
+ await storage.writeRawObject(`_cow/blob-meta:${hash}`, { hash, size: bytes.length, refCount: 3, mimeType: 'application/json' })
+
+ // Pre-adoption: _cas/ has neither → this is the "Blob metadata not found" state.
+ expect(await storage.readRawObject(`_cas/blob-meta:${hash}`)).toBeNull()
+
+ const r = await storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs()
+ expect(r).toMatchObject({ cowBlobs: 1, adopted: 1, alreadyPresent: 0, incomplete: 0 })
+
+ // Post: _cas/ has both, metadata verbatim (refCount preserved), bytes intact.
+ const casMeta = await storage.readRawObject(`_cas/blob-meta:${hash}`)
+ expect(casMeta).toMatchObject({ hash, refCount: 3, size: bytes.length })
+ const casBlob = await storage.readRawObject(`_cas/blob:${hash}`)
+ expect(Buffer.from(casBlob.data, 'base64').toString()).toBe('the homepage payload')
+
+ // Idempotent: a second run adopts nothing, counts the pair present.
+ expect(await storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs()).toMatchObject({ adopted: 0, alreadyPresent: 1 })
+ // Non-destructive: the _cow/ original is still there (rollback stays possible).
+ expect(await storage.readRawObject(`_cow/blob:${hash}`)).not.toBeNull()
+
+ // Incomplete: bytes without metadata are reported, not half-adopted.
+ await storage.writeRawObject(`_cow/blob:${'b'.repeat(64)}`, { _binary: true, data: 'x' })
+ const r3 = await storage.adoptLegacyCowBlobs()
+ expect(r3.incomplete).toBe(1)
+ expect(await storage.readRawObject(`_cas/blob:${'b'.repeat(64)}`)).toBeNull() // not adopted
+ await teardownRawStorage(storage)
+ })
+
+ it('a brain that upgraded into the stranded state self-heals on next open — the VFS page reads again', async () => {
+ const dir = mkTmp()
+
+ // 1. Author a VFS page (its content blob lands in _cas/).
+ let brain: any = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, plugins: [], silent: true })
+ await brain.init()
+ await brain.vfs.writeFile('/pages/homepage/page.json', '{"title":"Homepage"}')
+ expect((await brain.vfs.readFile('/pages/homepage/page.json')).toString()).toContain('Homepage')
+ await brain.close()
+
+ // 2. Reproduce the post-7→8 stranding: the blob is now only under _cow/.
+ const moved = await strandCasBlobsIntoCow(dir)
+ expect(moved).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+ // 3. Reopen: the on-open auto-adoption heals it with no operator action.
+ brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, plugins: [], silent: true })
+ await brain.init()
+ const healed = await brain.vfs.readFile('/pages/homepage/page.json')
+ expect(healed.toString()).toContain('Homepage')
+
+ // A subsequent open records the adoption marker and does not re-scan-heal.
+ await brain.close()
+ brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, plugins: [], silent: true })
+ await brain.init()
+ expect((await brain.vfs.readFile('/pages/homepage/page.json')).toString()).toContain('Homepage')
+ await brain.close()
+ })
+
+ it('brain.vfs.adoptOrphanedBlobs() is the explicit recovery equivalent', async () => {
+ const dir = mkTmp()
+ const body = JSON.stringify({ page: 'about', body: 'x'.repeat(400) })
+ let brain: any = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, plugins: [], silent: true })
+ await brain.init()
+ await brain.vfs.writeFile('/about.json', body)
+ await brain.close()
+ await strandCasBlobsIntoCow(dir)
+
+ // The explicit API self-initializes (like other VFS methods); init's
+ // auto-heal adopts, so the explicit call sees the pair present. Either way
+ // it reports the _cow/ blobs it accounted for, and the read is healed.
+ brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, plugins: [], silent: true })
+ const r = await brain.vfs.adoptOrphanedBlobs()
+ expect(r.cowBlobs).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+ expect(r.adopted + r.alreadyPresent).toBe(r.cowBlobs)
+ expect((await brain.vfs.readFile('/about.json')).toString()).toContain('about')
+ await brain.close()
+ })
+})