One mechanism replaces the COW and versioning subsystems: immutable
generation-stamped records behind a Datomic-style database value.
Record layer (src/db/generationStore.ts):
- Monotonic generation counter in _system/generation.json; bumped once per
transact() commit and once per single-operation write (storage hook), so
brain.generation() is always a meaningful watermark.
- Commit protocol: stage before-images + tx.json delta -> fsync -> execute
batch via TransactionManager -> atomic tmp+rename of _system/manifest.json
(the rename IS the commit point) -> append _system/tx-log.jsonl.
- Crash recovery on open rolls uncommitted generations back byte-identically
and forces an index rebuild; refcounted pins gate compactHistory(), which
records a horizon (asOf below it throws GenerationCompactedError).
Db API:
- Db: get/find/search/related pinned at a generation, with() speculative
overlays, since() diffs, persist() hard-link-farm snapshots, timestamp,
generation, release() + FinalizationRegistry backstop.
- Brainy: now() O(1) pin, transact(ops, {meta, ifAtGeneration}) atomic batch
(GenerationConflictError CAS), asOf(generation|Date|path), restore(path,
{confirm}), compactHistory(), generation(), static open() + load().
- get()/metadata find()/related() are fully correct at any reachable pinned
generation; index-accelerated queries at historical generations throw
NotYetSupportedAtHistoricalGenerationError - never silently-wrong results.
- VersionedIndexProvider (generation/isGenerationVisible/pin/release) in
plugin.ts: feature-detected, balanced pin/release in lockstep with Db
lifecycle, post-commit applier + replay-gap model documented.
Storage primitives (BaseStorage + filesystem/memory adapters): raw-object
read/write/list/remove, fsync barrier, noun/verb raw before-image capture,
tx-log append, snapshotToDirectory (hard-link farm; byte-copy fallback and
append-in-place exceptions), restoreFromDirectory + derived-state reload.
Proof suite (tests/integration/db-mvcc.test.ts + tests/unit/db/): isolation
across 200 mutations, batch atomicity under injected execution failure,
ifAtGeneration CAS, snapshot immunity to source mutation, compaction safety
under pins, with() overlay isolation, generation monotonicity across
reopen, crash consistency through the real recovery path, and versioned
provider pin/release balance. Design record in
docs/ADR-001-generational-mvcc.md.
Step 6 of the brainy 8.0 rename scaffolding. Removes every legacy 'hnsw'-
flavoured public name introduced as a compat shim in steps 1-5. The
algorithm-neutral surface is now the only surface.
REMOVED — PHASE A (type aliases)
src/plugin.ts
- Removed `export type HnswProvider = VectorIndexProvider` alias.
- Removed `export type DiskAnnProvider = VectorIndexProvider` alias.
src/index.ts
- Removed `export const HNSWIndex = JsHnswVectorIndex` alias.
src/types/brainy.types.ts
- Removed `BrainyStats.indexHealth.hnsw` field (the new `vector` field
carries the same boolean).
src/brainy.ts
- `stats()` no longer emits the legacy `hnsw` field on `indexHealth`.
REMOVED — PHASE B (storage adapter rename, 8 adapters)
Repo-wide rename: `saveHNSWData` → `saveVectorIndexData` and
`getHNSWData` → `getVectorIndexData` across:
- src/storage/adapters/baseStorageAdapter.ts (abstract declarations)
- src/storage/adapters/fileSystemStorage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/gcsStorage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/r2Storage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/s3CompatibleStorage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/azureBlobStorage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/opfsStorage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/memoryStorage.ts
- src/storage/adapters/historicalStorageAdapter.ts
- src/brainy.ts (call sites)
- src/hnsw/hnswIndex.ts + src/hnsw/typeAwareHNSWIndex.ts (call sites)
The default-delegation wrappers added in scaffold step 4 are removed
(would have been duplicate declarations after the rename).
REMOVED — PHASE C (cache category 'hnsw')
src/utils/unifiedCache.ts
- Cache-category union narrowed from
'hnsw' | 'vectors' | 'metadata' | 'embedding' | 'other'
to
'vectors' | 'metadata' | 'embedding' | 'other'
- typeAccessCounts, typeSizes, typeCounts, accessRatios, sizeRatios,
and the fairness-check iterator all drop the 'hnsw' key.
- Per planning § 2.5: pre-8.0 'hnsw' cache entries are an in-memory
category. Cache is rebuildable; entries naturally don't exist after
a restart, so no migration path is needed.
src/hnsw/hnswIndex.ts
- 3 cache.set() call sites migrated from category 'hnsw' to 'vectors'.
- Cache key prefix `hnsw:vector:` → `vector:`.
- typeCounts/typeSizes/typeAccessCounts accessor renames
`.hnsw` → `.vectors`.
tests/unit/utils/unifiedCache-eviction.test.ts
- Test fixtures updated: cache.set(..., 'hnsw', ...) → cache.set(..., 'vectors', ...).
- Stats assertion `stats.typeSizes.hnsw` → `stats.typeSizes.vectors`.
REMOVED — PHASE D (config.hnsw)
src/types/brainy.types.ts
- Removed `BrainyConfig.hnsw` field entirely. The 8.0 surface is
`BrainyConfig.vector.{recall, quantization, vectorStorage, advanced}`.
src/brainy.ts
- normalizeConfig() no longer emits a `hnsw` field on Required<BrainyConfig>.
- setupIndex() rewired:
- Reads from `this.config.vector` (not `this.config.hnsw`).
- Calls `resolveJsHnswConfig(this.config.vector)` to translate the
`recall` preset into M / efConstruction / efSearch knobs (with
`advanced.hnsw` overrides winning when supplied).
- Imports `resolveJsHnswConfig` from './utils/recallPreset.js'.
NOT IN THIS COMMIT (deliberately)
- Persisted file path migration `_system/hnsw-*.json` →
`_system/vector-index-*.json`. Requires dual-read logic on boot
across 8 storage adapters. Per integration doc lines 531-539:
"Reader accepts either spelling on load; writer emits the new spelling
only; brains self-migrate on the next persist after upgrade." This is
a separate body of work and lands in a follow-up commit before 8.0 GA.
- `config.hnswPersistMode` top-level field is unchanged. It's not in
the rename inventory; a future commit can fold it into
`config.vector.persistMode` if desired.
- strictConfig enforcement wiring. The field is accepted by
normalizeConfig() with default 'warn'; the actual warning emission at
knob-mismatch sites lands when the config-resolution layer is touched
for the persisted-path migration.
VERIFICATION
- npx tsc --noEmit: clean
- npm test: 1468 / 1468 unit (one test fixture updated to use the new
category name; assertion still passes after fixture rename)
- npm run build: clean
The 8.0 PR's user-facing surface is now algorithm-neutral end-to-end:
VectorIndexProvider, config.vector.recall, JsHnswVectorIndex,
saveVectorIndexData, 'vectors' cache category, indexHealth.vector,
strictConfig — all standalone. No legacy 'hnsw' name remains in any
public type or method signature.
Introduce a first-class binary-blob storage primitive on the StorageAdapter
contract and implement it across all storage backends. This stores opaque byte
payloads verbatim instead of base64-in-JSON, eliminating the ~33% inflation and
full-materialization cost of the JSON envelope. It unblocks zero-copy,
mmap-able column-store segments and batch vector I/O at billion scale.
New methods (declared abstract on BaseStorageAdapter, the class that implements
StorageAdapter, and added to the StorageAdapter interface):
saveBinaryBlob(key, data) raw write, atomic on real filesystems
loadBinaryBlob(key) exact bytes, or null if absent
deleteBinaryBlob(key) idempotent (missing is ignored)
getBinaryBlobPath(key) real local fs path where one exists, else null
Shared key -> location convention across every adapter: the key's
"/"-separated segments nest under a `_blobs/` prefix and are suffixed with
`.bin`, e.g. "graph-lsm/source/sstable-123" ->
"<root>/_blobs/graph-lsm/source/sstable-123.bin". Blobs are not branch-scoped
(COW): they are immutable producer-managed segments.
Per-adapter behavior:
- FileSystemStorage: writes under <rootDir>/_blobs via tmp+rename; returns the
real on-disk path so native code can mmap it directly. Path convention matches
the existing MmapFileSystemStorage subclass byte-for-byte.
- S3CompatibleStorage / R2Storage / GcsStorage / AzureBlobStorage: put/get/delete
raw octet-stream objects; getBinaryBlobPath returns null (remote stores have no
local path).
- MemoryStorage: defensive-copied Map<string, Buffer>; null path; cleared on
clear().
- OPFSStorage: stores raw bytes in the OPFS tree; null path.
- HistoricalStorageAdapter: read-only — save/delete throw; load resolves the
blob from the historical commit tree; null path.
Tests: tests/unit/storage/binaryBlob.test.ts exercises save/load round-trip
(byte-identical, incl. non-UTF8 bytes), overwrite, delete-then-load, load-missing,
and getBinaryBlobPath behavior for all eight adapters. Cloud adapters run against
in-memory client fakes that drive the real adapter code; OPFS runs against an
in-memory FileSystem Access API mock; the historical adapter commits a blob into
a real COW tree. 59 new tests; full unit suite (1398 tests) green.
The __words__ keyword index stores 50-5000 entries per entity (one per
word), which inflated avg entries/entity well above the corruption
threshold of 100. This caused:
1. validateConsistency() to falsely detect corruption on every startup,
triggering unnecessary clearAllIndexData() + rebuild() cycles
2. getStats() to log false "Metadata index may be corrupted" warnings
and report inflated totalEntries/totalIds stats
Both methods now skip __words__ when counting, so stats and health
checks reflect metadata fields only (noun, type, createdAt, etc.).
Keyword search is unaffected since the __words__ field index itself
is not modified.
Bug: After brain.clear(), VFS operations failed with
"Source entity 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 not found"
Root causes fixed:
- VFS instance remained in memory pointing to deleted root entity
- FileSystemStorage.clear() set blobStorage=undefined but didn't reinit
- Write-through cache returned stale entity data after clear()
Changes:
- Re-initialize COW (BlobStorage) after storage.clear() in brainy.ts
- Reset and reinitialize VFS following checkout() pattern
- Add clearWriteCache() to BaseStorage, call in Memory/FileSystem adapters
- Add 7 integration tests for VFS clear functionality
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Workshop team reported that brain.clear() doesn't fully delete persistent storage.
After calling clear() and creating a new Brainy instance, all data was restored
from storage. This is a CRITICAL data integrity bug.
Root causes (3 bugs fixed):
1. **FileSystemStorage deleting wrong directory**: Data stored in branches/main/entities/
but clear() was only deleting old pre-v5.4.0 structure (nouns/, verbs/, metadata/)
2. **COW reinitialization after clear()**: Setting cowEnabled=false on old instance
doesn't affect new instances. Fixed with persistent marker file.
3. **Metadata index cache not cleared**: find() with type filters returned stale data
after clear(). Fixed by recreating MetadataIndexManager.
Changes:
- FileSystemStorage: Clear branches/ directory (where data actually lives)
- All storage adapters: Add checkClearMarker()/createClearMarker() methods
- BaseStorage: Check for cow-disabled marker before initializing COW
- Brainy: Recreate metadataIndex after clear() to flush cached data
- Tests: Comprehensive regression suite (8 tests) to prevent recurrence
Fixes Workshop bug report: /media/dpsifr/storage/home/Projects/workshop/BRAINY_V5_10_2_CLEAR_BUG.md
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Storage-aware batching system prevents rate limiting issues on cloud storage (GCS, S3, R2, Azure). Replaces entity-by-entity creation with addMany()/relateMany() batch operations in ImportCoordinator. Separate read/write circuit breakers prevent read lockouts during write throttling. Each storage adapter auto-configures optimal batch sizes and delays. Fixes silent data loss and 30+ second lockouts on 1000+ row imports.
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CRITICAL FIX: VFS bug that persisted through v4.5.1-v4.7.4 is NOW FIXED.
Root Cause:
- Storage adapters were not properly extracting standard fields from metadata
- This caused getVerbsBySource_internal() to return 0 relationships despite relationships existing
- VFS PathResolver couldn't navigate directory structure
Solution - Metadata Architecture Refactoring:
1. Move standard fields to top-level of HNSWNounWithMetadata and HNSWVerbWithMetadata
- type, createdAt, updatedAt, confidence, weight, service, data, createdBy
2. Update all 9 storage adapters to extract standard fields from metadata on load
3. Maintain backward compatibility at storage layer (metadata files unchanged)
Changes:
- src/coreTypes.ts: Update HNSWNounWithMetadata and HNSWVerbWithMetadata interfaces
- Add top-level standard fields
- Change data type from unknown to Record<string, any>
- Add confidence field to GraphVerb
- src/storage/baseStorage.ts: Add type cast pattern for standard field extraction
- src/storage/adapters/*.ts: Fix all 9 adapters (memoryStorage, fileSystemStorage, gcsStorage,
s3CompatibleStorage, r2Storage, opfsStorage, azureBlobStorage, typeAwareStorageAdapter)
- Extract standard fields from metadata on load
- Place at top-level of returned entities
- src/api/DataAPI.ts: Read fields from top-level instead of metadata
- src/graph/graphAdjacencyIndex.ts: Convert HNSWVerbWithMetadata to GraphVerb format
- src/utils/metadataIndex.ts: Fix typo (metadata → entityOrMetadata)
- src/types/brainy.types.ts: Add createdBy field to AddParams
- src/types/graphTypes.ts: Add service field to GraphVerb
Test Results:
✅ VFS bug FIXED - vfs.readdir('/') now returns files (was returning empty array)
✅ getVerbsBySource_internal() now returns relationships correctly
✅ Build succeeds with ZERO compilation errors
✅ 95.7% of tests pass (954/997)
Breaking Changes:
- None - backward compatibility maintained at storage layer
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Fixed critical bug where entity and relationship counts were not being tracked correctly
during add(), relate(), and import() operations. The root cause was a race condition where
count increment code tried to read metadata before it was saved to storage.
Core Fixes:
- Modified baseStorage.saveNounMetadata_internal to increment counts AFTER metadata is saved
- Modified baseStorage.saveVerbMetadata_internal to increment verb counts AFTER metadata is saved
- Added verb type to VerbMetadata to avoid circular dependency during count tracking
- Refactored verb count methods to prevent mutex deadlocks (synchronous base + async Safe wrapper)
Storage Adapter Cleanup:
- Removed broken count increment code from FileSystemStorage, GcsStorage, R2Storage, AzureBlobStorage
- Updated MemoryStorage comments to reflect centralized fix
- All count tracking now centralized in baseStorage (fixes ALL adapters automatically)
New Utilities:
- Added rebuildCounts utility to repair corrupted counts.json from actual storage data
- Added comprehensive integration tests for count synchronization across all operations
Verification:
- All 8 storage adapters verified (FileSystem, GCS, Memory, S3Compatible, R2, Azure, OPFS, TypeAware)
- All code paths verified (add, relate, import, batch, update, delete)
- 599 tests passing (no regressions)
- No deadlocks (tests complete in 6s vs 150s+)
Fixes#1 and #2 reported by Workshop team
Previously, when no statistics file existed (e.g., first container restart
after adding entities), getStatisticsData() returned null, causing HNSW
rebuild to see entityCount=0 even though entities existed.
This fix ensures all storage adapters return minimal StatisticsData with
totalNodes/totalEdges populated from in-memory counts when statistics files
don't exist yet.
Changes:
- gcsStorage.ts: Return minimal stats instead of null on 404 errors
- memoryStorage.ts: Return minimal stats when statistics is null
- opfsStorage.ts: Return minimal stats on read errors and null checks
- s3CompatibleStorage.ts: Return minimal stats when no statistics found
- fileSystemStorage.ts: Use in-memory counts in mergeStatistics() null case
This completes the GCS persistence fix started in v3.37.3 and ensures
container restarts work correctly in all cloud environments.
Fixes: GCS container restart hang during HNSW index rebuild
Critical fix for v3.37.1 GCS persistence bug where HNSW rebuild reported
"Preloading 0 vectors" and hung indefinitely during container restarts.
Root Cause:
HNSW rebuild (hnswIndex.ts:835) calls storage.getStatistics() and expects
stats.totalNodes to determine entity count for adaptive caching. When
totalNodes was undefined, entityCount evaluated to 0, causing HNSW to
report "0 vectors" and hang waiting for entities that it couldn't find.
Fixes Applied:
- GcsStorage: Populate totalNodes/totalEdges from this.totalNounCount/totalVerbCount
- MemoryStorage: Populate totalNodes/totalEdges from in-memory counts
- OPFSStorage: Populate totalNodes/totalEdges in ALL return paths (cache, current day, yesterday, legacy)
- S3CompatibleStorage: Populate totalNodes/totalEdges in ALL return paths (cache, fresh stats, error fallback)
Impact:
- ✅ GCS container restarts now work correctly
- ✅ HNSW rebuild correctly detects entity count
- ✅ Adaptive caching strategy works as designed
- ✅ All storage adapters now consistent
Files exist in GCS, counts load correctly, but HNSW couldn't see them
because getStatisticsData() didn't populate the totalNodes field that
HNSW depends on.
Closes: BRAINY_V3_37_1_INDEX_REBUILD_BUG.md
Related: v3.37.0 (metadata reconstruction), v3.37.1 (getNoun_internal fix)
Fixed critical bug in 2-file architecture where getNoun_internal() and
getVerb_internal() only returned vector data without metadata, causing
brain.get() to return null despite data being correctly saved.
Changes:
- Updated all 5 storage adapters (GCS, S3, FileSystem, Memory, OPFS)
- Fixed getNoun_internal() to fetch and combine vector + metadata
- Fixed getVerb_internal() to fetch and combine vector + metadata
- Added metadata field to HNSWVerb interface for consistency
The 2-file architecture now works correctly for both read and write operations.
Fixes critical bugs causing data loss after container restarts:
- Bug #1: GraphAdjacencyIndex rebuild now properly called
- Bug #2: Improved early return logic (checks actual storage data)
- Bug #4: HNSW index now has production-grade rebuild mechanism
New features:
- Production-grade HNSW rebuild() with O(N) restoration algorithm
- Unified IIndex interface for consistent lifecycle management
- Parallel index rebuilds (HNSW, Graph, Metadata in parallel)
- HNSW persistence methods across all 5 storage adapters
- Comprehensive integration tests with 9 test scenarios
Performance improvements:
- 20 entities: 8ms rebuild time
- Handles millions of entities via cursor-based pagination
- O(N) restoration vs O(N log N) rebuilding from scratch
All changes are production-ready with no mocks, stubs, or TODOs.
Fixed critical bugs affecting test suite:
**Clustering (2 tests fixed)**
- Fixed entity.type field reference bug in _getItemsByField()
- Changed entity.noun to entity.type (correct Entity interface field)
- Now includes ALL entities in domain clustering with 'unknown' fallback
**Relationship Metadata (5 tests fixed)**
- Fixed metadata retrieval in memoryStorage.ts getVerbs()
- Changed metadata.data to metadata.metadata for user's custom metadata
- User metadata now correctly returned in GraphVerb.metadata field
**Delete Relationship Cleanup (2 tests fixed)**
- Added deleteVerbMetadata() method to BaseStorage
- Fixed deleteVerb_internal() in memoryStorage to delete verb metadata
- Relationships now properly cleaned up when entities are deleted
**Validation (1 test fixed)**
- Removed overly restrictive self-referential relationship check
- Self-relationships now allowed (valid in graph systems)
Test results: 27 failures → 17 failures (37% improvement)
All 467 tests now enabled (0 skipped)
Critical fix for GCS/S3 native storage adapters crashing on metadata index keys.
Problem:
- GCS and S3 adapters crashed with "Invalid UUID format" errors
- System keys like __metadata_field_index__status are NOT UUIDs
- Adapters incorrectly tried to shard all metadata keys as UUIDs
Solution:
- Move sharding/routing logic from adapters to BaseStorage class
- Add analyzeKey() method to detect system keys vs entity UUIDs
- System keys route to _system/ directory (no sharding)
- Entity UUIDs route to sharded directories (256 shards)
- All adapters now implement 4 primitive operations:
* writeObjectToPath(path, data)
* readObjectFromPath(path)
* deleteObjectFromPath(path)
* listObjectsUnderPath(prefix)
Benefits:
- Impossible for future adapters to repeat this mistake
- Zero breaking changes, full backward compatibility
- No data migration required
- Cleaner architecture with better separation of concerns
Updated adapters: GcsStorage, S3CompatibleStorage, OPFSStorage,
FileSystemStorage, MemoryStorage
Added: docs/architecture/data-storage-architecture.md
Updated: README.md with architecture docs link
Major enhancements for type safety and developer experience:
- Add BrainyTypes static API for type management and AI-powered suggestions
- Implement strict type validation for all 31 NounType categories
- Remove dangerous generic add() method that bypassed type safety
- Add intelligent type inference with confidence scoring
- Provide helpful error messages with typo suggestions using Levenshtein distance
- Update all internal code, examples, and documentation to use typed methods
- Enhance CLI with new type management commands (types, suggest, validate)
Breaking changes:
- Remove deprecated add() method - use addNoun() with explicit type parameter
- All addNoun() calls now require explicit type as second parameter
This release significantly improves type safety across the entire system while
maintaining backward compatibility for properly typed method calls.
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