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.
Progressive intervals adjust dynamically based on current entity count
(not total), making them work for both known and unknown totals.
**Key Features:**
- 0-999 entities: Flush every 100 (frequent early updates for UX)
- 1K-9.9K: Flush every 1000 (balanced performance)
- 10K+: Flush every 5000 (minimal overhead ~0.3%)
**Benefits:**
- Works with known totals (file imports)
- Works with unknown totals (streaming APIs, database cursors)
- Adapts automatically as import grows
- Zero configuration required
**Implementation:**
- Replaced adaptive intervals (requires total count) with progressive
- Added interval transition logging for observability
- Enhanced documentation to highlight engineering sophistication
- Final flush with statistics reporting
**Documentation:**
- Added "Engineering Insight" section showcasing advanced approach
- Updated all interval references from "adaptive" to "progressive"
- Added comprehensive examples in streaming-imports.md
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
