semantex-core 1.0.3

Core library for semantex semantic code search (indexing, embeddings, search)
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//! ColBERT multi-vector encoder for late-interaction retrieval.
//!
//! Uses LateOn-Code-edge via `next-plaid-onnx` for per-token embeddings (48d).
//!
//! # Lazy initialization (E8c)
//!
//! `ColbertEmbedder::new()` is cheap — it only records the model directory.
//! The expensive ONNX session creation is deferred until the first call to
//! `encode_query()` / `encode_documents()`. This shaves ~200-300ms off cold
//! daemon startup; the session is materialized on first query (still well
//! before the user notices, and warmable via [`ColbertEmbedder::warm_up`]).

use anyhow::Result;
use ndarray::Array2;
use next_plaid_onnx::Colbert;
use parking_lot::Mutex;
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
use std::sync::OnceLock;

/// Per-token embedding matrix: rows = tokens, cols = embedding dimension (48).
pub type TokenEmbeddings = Array2<f32>;

/// Default per-inference document batch for the single CPU ONNX session.
///
/// Matches `next-plaid-onnx`'s own single-session CPU default and the indexer's
/// outer `PLAID_BATCH`, so one outer encode batch maps to one ORT call. Override
/// with `SEMANTEX_ORT_BATCH` on memory-constrained hosts (smaller = less peak
/// scratch) or to push throughput on large machines (larger = bigger GEMMs).
const DEFAULT_ORT_BATCH: usize = 32;

/// Pure decision logic for the indexing thread-count default, split out from
/// [`index_ort_threads`] so it's testable without touching the real
/// `index::gate::max_concurrent_builds()` (which reads process-global env
/// vars shared with `gate`'s own tests — calling it directly from a parallel
/// test run would race). Identical formula to
/// `embedding::single_vector::default_index_threads`.
fn default_index_threads(cores: usize, max_concurrent_builds: usize) -> usize {
    if max_concurrent_builds <= 1 {
        cores.clamp(2, 8)
    } else {
        (cores / 2).clamp(2, 8)
    }
}

/// ORT intra-op thread count for the **indexing** path (see
/// [`ColbertEmbedder::for_indexing`]). `SEMANTEX_INDEX_ORT_THREADS` overrides;
/// otherwise `clamp(cores / 2, 2, 8)` — enough parallelism to finish a build
/// quickly while leaving cores for the developer's foreground work. Bounded
/// concurrency (the `index::gate` semaphore) keeps total memory in check.
///
/// EXCEPTION: when `index::gate::max_concurrent_builds()` reports this box
/// can only ever run ONE full build at a time (RAM-limited — e.g. a 16 GB /
/// 4-core box, `16 / 16 GB-per-build = 1` slot), there is by construction no
/// sibling build to leave cores for, so the default uses ALL cores instead
/// (still clamped `[2, 8]`). This is the common single-developer/first-index
/// case; bigger boxes where several builds can run concurrently keep the
/// half-the-cores split. Verified live on a 4-core box: without this
/// exception the build used 2 real ORT threads for the whole encode phase
/// (2 idle cores throughout, since only one build could ever be running).
fn index_ort_threads() -> usize {
    let cores = std::thread::available_parallelism().map_or(4, std::num::NonZeroUsize::get);
    let default = default_index_threads(cores, crate::index::gate::max_concurrent_builds());
    crate::config::env_usize("SEMANTEX_INDEX_ORT_THREADS", default)
}

/// ColBERT encoder wrapping LateOn-Code-edge via `next-plaid-onnx`.
///
/// Produces per-token embeddings (N_tokens x 48d) for both queries and documents.
/// The encoder is thread-safe: the inner ONNX session is protected by a
/// `parking_lot::Mutex` (single-threaded inference).
///
/// The ONNX session is created lazily on first encode call (E8c). The
/// initialization itself is serialized by `build_lock` so concurrent first
/// callers do not race to build two ~150 MB ONNX sessions (Finding 10).
pub struct ColbertEmbedder {
    /// Model directory containing `model_int8.onnx` / `tokenizer.json` / `onnx_config.json`.
    model_dir: PathBuf,
    /// Thread count for ORT (read once at construction).
    threads: usize,
    /// CoreML acceleration toggle (read once at construction).
    use_coreml: bool,
    /// Lazily-initialized ONNX session. Constructed on first encode call.
    encoder: OnceLock<Mutex<Colbert>>,
    /// Serializes the build path so only one thread ever calls `build_encoder`.
    /// Readers that observe `encoder.get() == Some(_)` skip this lock entirely
    /// — the fast read-path is preserved.
    build_lock: std::sync::Mutex<()>,
    /// Test/diagnostics: number of times `build_encoder` was actually invoked.
    /// Used by the race-condition test to verify single-build behaviour.
    #[doc(hidden)]
    build_count: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
}

/// Global singleton for `ColbertEmbedder`.
static GLOBAL_COLBERT: OnceLock<ColbertEmbedder> = OnceLock::new();
/// Serializes initialization of the global ColBERT embedder (double-checked locking).
static COLBERT_INIT_LOCK: parking_lot::Mutex<()> = parking_lot::Mutex::new(());

impl ColbertEmbedder {
    /// Construct a lazy embedder from a model directory containing
    /// `model_int8.onnx` and `tokenizer.json`.
    ///
    /// This call is **cheap** — it only stores the model directory and reads
    /// environment toggles. The actual ONNX session is created on the first
    /// encode call, or via [`ColbertEmbedder::warm_up`] from a background thread.
    ///
    /// Thread count is read from `SEMANTEX_ORT_THREADS` (default 4). This is the
    /// QUERY default: daemons that serve search keep it low so N concurrent
    /// per-project daemons don't multiply ORT intra-op scratch into an OOM. For
    /// the indexing path use [`ColbertEmbedder::for_indexing`] instead, which
    /// picks a higher, machine-adaptive thread count (indexing is throughput-
    /// bound and its concurrency is bounded by the build gate, see `index::gate`).
    /// CoreML acceleration is gated behind `SEMANTEX_COREML=1`.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns an error only if the model directory does not exist. ONNX session
    /// construction errors are deferred to the first encode call.
    pub fn new(model_dir: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
        Self::with_threads(
            model_dir,
            crate::config::env_usize("SEMANTEX_ORT_THREADS", 4),
        )
    }

    /// Construct an embedder tuned for **indexing** (building the PLAID index),
    /// as opposed to serving queries.
    ///
    /// Indexing encodes thousands of chunks and is throughput-bound, so it wants
    /// real CPU parallelism — unlike the query path, which keeps threads low to
    /// bound memory across many concurrent per-project daemons. ORT's intra-op
    /// pool is created per session, independent of any process-global
    /// `OMP_NUM_THREADS` pinned at daemon startup, so an in-process background
    /// build (see `McpServer::spawn_background_index`) gets these threads even
    /// inside a daemon launched in memory-constrained mode.
    ///
    /// Thread count: `SEMANTEX_INDEX_ORT_THREADS` if set, else an adaptive
    /// `clamp(cores / 2, 2, 8)`. Half the cores (capped at 8) keeps a couple
    /// cores free for the developer's foreground work while still finishing a
    /// build in a fraction of the single-threaded time. Memory stays bounded
    /// because only a few full builds run at once (the `index::gate` semaphore).
    pub fn for_indexing(model_dir: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
        Self::with_threads(model_dir, index_ort_threads())
    }

    fn with_threads(model_dir: &Path, threads: usize) -> Result<Self> {
        if !model_dir.exists() {
            anyhow::bail!("ColBERT model dir does not exist: {}", model_dir.display());
        }

        let use_coreml = std::env::var("SEMANTEX_COREML").is_ok_and(|v| v == "1");

        Ok(Self {
            model_dir: model_dir.to_path_buf(),
            threads: threads.max(1),
            use_coreml,
            encoder: OnceLock::new(),
            build_lock: std::sync::Mutex::new(()),
            build_count: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0),
        })
    }

    /// Build the inner ONNX session (called lazily on first encode).
    ///
    /// Defaults: int8-quantized model, **explicit CPU execution provider on
    /// every platform**, `SEMANTEX_ORT_THREADS` intra-op threads (default 4),
    /// and a per-inference batch of `SEMANTEX_ORT_BATCH` docs (default
    /// [`DEFAULT_ORT_BATCH`]). Memory profile: session load ~150 MB + per-encode
    /// scratch that scales with batch × sequence length (a few hundred MB at the
    /// default batch). Opt into CoreML on macOS via `SEMANTEX_COREML=1`.
    ///
    /// # Why the explicit CPU provider matters (all platforms)
    ///
    /// `next-plaid-onnx`'s builder defaults to `ExecutionProvider::Auto`, and
    /// its `build()` force-pins intra-op threads to **1** whenever the provider
    /// is `Auto`/`Cuda` for a single session (it assumes a GPU supplies the
    /// parallelism). On Linux/Windows — where no GPU EP is compiled — leaving
    /// the provider at `Auto` therefore silently pinned ColBERT inference to a
    /// **single core**, making CPU indexing 10-30x too slow (a 225-file repo
    /// took >13 min, never finishing). Pinning `Cpu` explicitly keeps our
    /// configured `threads` intra-op count. macOS already pinned a provider, so
    /// it escaped this; the fix simply extends that to every platform.
    ///
    /// # Why batch size 32, not 2
    ///
    /// The previous hardcoded `2` is the library's *parallel-sessions* batch
    /// (small batches suit many 1-thread sessions). For our single multi-thread
    /// CPU session it produced GEMMs too small to engage the intra-op threads.
    /// 32 matches the library's own single-session CPU default and the indexer's
    /// outer `PLAID_BATCH`, so one outer batch maps to one ORT call.
    fn build_encoder(&self) -> Result<Colbert> {
        self.build_count
            .fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);

        let batch_size = crate::config::env_usize("SEMANTEX_ORT_BATCH", DEFAULT_ORT_BATCH);

        #[allow(unused_mut)]
        let mut builder = Colbert::builder(&self.model_dir)
            .with_quantized(true)
            .with_threads(self.threads)
            .with_batch_size(batch_size);

        // Pin an explicit execution provider on EVERY platform — see the method
        // doc comment. On macOS the user may opt into CoreML; everywhere else we
        // force CPU so that a single session keeps its configured intra-op
        // thread count (Auto would silently collapse it to 1).
        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
        {
            let provider = if self.use_coreml {
                next_plaid_onnx::ExecutionProvider::CoreML
            } else {
                next_plaid_onnx::ExecutionProvider::Cpu
            };
            builder = builder.with_execution_provider(provider);
        }
        #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
        {
            let _ = self.use_coreml;
            builder = builder.with_execution_provider(next_plaid_onnx::ExecutionProvider::Cpu);
        }

        builder.build()
    }

    /// Get the ONNX session, initializing it on first call.
    ///
    /// Subsequent calls return the cached session; only the first call pays the
    /// ~200-300ms initialization cost.
    ///
    /// # Concurrency (Finding 10)
    ///
    /// The naive check-then-build pattern previously allowed concurrent first
    /// callers both to observe `encoder.get() == None`, both to call
    /// `build_encoder()` (each allocating a ~150 MB ONNX session), and the
    /// loser's session to be silently dropped — doubling peak RSS and risking
    /// the daemon's RSS guard. We now serialize the build path with a separate
    /// `build_lock` and double-check `OnceLock::get` after acquiring it. The
    /// fast read-path is preserved: once the encoder is set, no lock is taken.
    fn encoder(&self) -> Result<&Mutex<Colbert>> {
        if let Some(enc) = self.encoder.get() {
            return Ok(enc);
        }
        // Serialize the build path. Only one thread ever runs `build_encoder`.
        // Other concurrent first-callers block here until the winner finishes,
        // then re-observe `encoder.get() == Some(_)` and return immediately.
        let _guard = self
            .build_lock
            .lock()
            .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
        if let Some(enc) = self.encoder.get() {
            return Ok(enc);
        }
        let built = self.build_encoder()?;
        let _ = self.encoder.set(Mutex::new(built));
        Ok(self
            .encoder
            .get()
            .expect("encoder set in previous statement"))
    }

    /// Force-materialize the ONNX session, optionally running a dummy encode.
    ///
    /// Intended for fire-and-forget background warm threads spawned by the
    /// daemon at startup so that the session is hot before the first user
    /// query arrives. Returns `Ok(())` on success; the caller typically logs
    /// and ignores errors (cold start still works if warm-up fails).
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns an error if ONNX session construction or the warm encode fails.
    pub fn warm_up(&self) -> Result<()> {
        let enc = self.encoder()?;
        // Dummy encode to materialize all internal buffers / allocators.
        let _ = enc.lock().encode_queries(&["warmup"])?;
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Get or initialize the global singleton (double-checked locking).
    ///
    /// The first call constructs the embedder (cheap — defers ONNX session);
    /// subsequent calls return the existing instance. Returns an error only
    /// if construction itself fails (e.g., model dir missing).
    pub fn global(model_dir: &Path) -> Result<&'static ColbertEmbedder> {
        if let Some(embedder) = GLOBAL_COLBERT.get() {
            return Ok(embedder);
        }
        let _guard = COLBERT_INIT_LOCK.lock();
        if let Some(embedder) = GLOBAL_COLBERT.get() {
            return Ok(embedder);
        }
        tracing::info!("Initializing global ColBERT encoder singleton (lazy)");
        let embedder = Self::new(model_dir)?;
        let _ = GLOBAL_COLBERT.set(embedder);
        Ok(GLOBAL_COLBERT.get().expect("just set"))
    }

    /// Encode a search query into per-token embeddings `[N_query_tokens, 48]`.
    pub fn encode_query(&self, text: &str) -> Result<TokenEmbeddings> {
        let encoder = self.encoder()?;
        let mut embeddings = encoder.lock().encode_queries(&[text])?;
        embeddings
            .pop()
            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("encode_queries returned empty result"))
    }

    /// Encode documents into per-token embeddings, one `Array2<f32>` per document.
    pub fn encode_documents(&self, texts: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<TokenEmbeddings>> {
        let encoder = self.encoder()?;
        let refs: Vec<&str> = texts.iter().map(String::as_str).collect();
        let embeddings = encoder.lock().encode_documents(&refs, None)?;
        Ok(embeddings)
    }

    /// Returns true if the ONNX session has been materialized.
    /// Test/diagnostics helper — not used in production paths.
    #[doc(hidden)]
    pub fn is_initialized(&self) -> bool {
        self.encoder.get().is_some()
    }

    /// Returns how many times `build_encoder` has been invoked. Test helper for
    /// the lazy-init race-condition test (Finding 10) — should always be ≤ 1
    /// even under concurrent first-callers.
    #[doc(hidden)]
    pub fn build_count(&self) -> usize {
        self.build_count.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn default_index_threads_uses_all_cores_when_only_one_build_slot_exists() {
        // A box that can only ever run one full build at a time (RAM-limited)
        // has no sibling build to leave cores for — use them all (clamped).
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(4, 1), 4);
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(2, 1), 2, "clamped to floor of 2");
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(16, 1), 8, "clamped to ceiling of 8");
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(1, 1), 2, "clamped to floor of 2");
    }

    #[test]
    fn default_index_threads_halves_cores_when_multiple_build_slots_exist() {
        // Bigger boxes where several builds could run at once keep the
        // conservative half-the-cores split (unchanged legacy behaviour).
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(8, 2), 4);
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(32, 4), 8, "clamped to ceiling of 8");
        assert_eq!(default_index_threads(4, 2), 2, "clamped to floor of 2");
    }

    /// `ColbertEmbedder::new()` should not error or build the ONNX session when
    /// the model directory exists but the model files are missing/corrupt —
    /// the lazy init contract is "fail late, never at construction".
    #[test]
    fn new_is_lazy_does_not_build_session() {
        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
        // Directory exists, but no model files — should still succeed at construction.
        let embedder = ColbertEmbedder::new(tmp.path())
            .expect("constructor should succeed for any existing directory");
        assert!(
            !embedder.is_initialized(),
            "ONNX session must not be materialized at construction time"
        );
    }

    /// `ColbertEmbedder::new()` must reject non-existent model dirs early,
    /// since the alternative (deferring the error to first encode) would
    /// hide configuration bugs until query time.
    #[test]
    fn new_rejects_missing_model_dir() {
        let res = ColbertEmbedder::new(Path::new("/nonexistent/path/that/does/not/exist"));
        assert!(res.is_err(), "missing model dir must fail at construction");
    }

    /// Finding 10: when multiple threads simultaneously call `encoder()` for the
    /// first time, only ONE may invoke `build_encoder`. The naive
    /// check-then-build pattern previously let N threads each build a ~150 MB
    /// ONNX session and silently drop N-1 of them, doubling peak RSS at the
    /// worst possible moment (E8c warm-up colliding with the first user query).
    ///
    /// We cannot load a real ONNX model in unit tests, so this test exercises
    /// the lock contract end-to-end with a simulated "successful build" via a
    /// shared barrier and explicit OnceLock seeding from inside the build_lock
    /// region. The invariant is:
    ///
    ///   "After one thread has set the OnceLock under the build_lock, no
    ///    subsequent waiter that observes the lock-release will call
    ///    `build_encoder` again."
    ///
    /// We verify this by checking `build_count()` after all racing callers
    /// complete: at most one invocation total, regardless of thread count.
    ///
    /// Without the fix this test consistently observes 2-4 build invocations
    /// (each thread that passed the initial `encoder.get()` check still races
    /// to call `build_encoder`). With the fix it observes exactly 1.
    #[test]
    fn encoder_init_is_serialized_under_concurrency() {
        use std::sync::Arc;
        use std::sync::Barrier;
        use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};

        // We test the lock semantics by inlining the same check-build-set
        // pattern the production code uses, but with an instrumented "build"
        // that simply counts invocations. This proves the locking discipline
        // without needing a real ~150MB ONNX session.
        struct TestEmbedder {
            encoder: OnceLock<u32>,
            build_lock: std::sync::Mutex<()>,
            build_count: AtomicUsize,
        }

        impl TestEmbedder {
            fn new() -> Self {
                Self {
                    encoder: OnceLock::new(),
                    build_lock: std::sync::Mutex::new(()),
                    build_count: AtomicUsize::new(0),
                }
            }

            /// Mirrors the production `encoder()` discipline exactly.
            fn get_or_init(&self) -> &u32 {
                if let Some(v) = self.encoder.get() {
                    return v;
                }
                let _guard = self
                    .build_lock
                    .lock()
                    .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
                if let Some(v) = self.encoder.get() {
                    return v;
                }
                // Simulated build — counted, but cheap.
                self.build_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
                // Sleep a bit so other threads have time to pile up at the
                // lock; this widens the race window dramatically and would
                // expose the bug immediately in the unfixed version.
                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50));
                let _ = self.encoder.set(42);
                self.encoder.get().expect("encoder set above")
            }
        }

        let embedder = Arc::new(TestEmbedder::new());
        let n_threads = 8;
        let barrier = Arc::new(Barrier::new(n_threads));
        let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(n_threads);
        for _ in 0..n_threads {
            let emb = Arc::clone(&embedder);
            let b = Arc::clone(&barrier);
            handles.push(std::thread::spawn(move || {
                b.wait();
                let v = emb.get_or_init();
                assert_eq!(*v, 42);
            }));
        }
        for h in handles {
            h.join().unwrap();
        }

        let count = embedder.build_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
        assert_eq!(
            count, 1,
            "build path must be invoked exactly once under {n_threads} concurrent \
             first-callers (observed {count}). If this fails, the check-build-set \
             pattern in `ColbertEmbedder::encoder` has regressed — see Finding 10."
        );
    }

    /// Confirms the production `ColbertEmbedder` has the `build_lock` field and
    /// preserves the read-fast-path. After a successful `set`, subsequent
    /// `encoder()` calls must NOT increment `build_count`.
    #[test]
    fn build_count_does_not_grow_on_cached_reads() {
        // We can't trigger a real successful build without a model, so we
        // assert the structural property: the counter starts at zero, and the
        // accessor exists. The end-to-end fast-path is exercised by the
        // production e2e smoke test (ColBERT race test in the task spec).
        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
        let embedder = ColbertEmbedder::new(tmp.path()).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(embedder.build_count(), 0);
        assert!(!embedder.is_initialized());
    }
}