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velesdb_memory/
storage.rs

1//! Storage backend abstraction for [`crate::service::MemoryService`].
2//!
3//! The wedge orchestration (remember/recall/relate/forget/why/fusion) is
4//! written once, generic over [`MemoryStore`], so it runs unchanged over any
5//! backend: the native, file-backed [`NativeStore`] (the default — nothing
6//! changes for existing callers), or an in-memory backend such as the one
7//! `velesdb-wasm` provides for the browser (no filesystem, no `persistence`
8//! feature).
9
10#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
11use std::collections::HashMap;
12#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
13use std::path::Path;
14#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
15use std::sync::Arc;
16
17#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
18use serde_json::json;
19use serde_json::Value;
20#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
21use velesdb_core::agent::AgentMemory;
22#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
23use velesdb_core::{Database, SearchResult};
24
25use crate::error::MemoryError;
26use crate::model::{ColumnFilter, MemoryEdge, Recollection};
27use crate::service::Metadata;
28
29/// The storage primitives [`crate::service::MemoryService`] needs: write,
30/// vector search, graph edges, and by-id lookup. A backend that implements
31/// this trait can run the full wedge (`remember`/`recall`/`recall_fused`/
32/// `relate`/`forget`/`why`/`remember_extracted`) with no orchestration code
33/// duplicated.
34pub trait MemoryStore {
35    /// Store a fact with no metadata or expiry.
36    ///
37    /// # Errors
38    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
39    fn store(&self, id: u64, content: &str, embedding: &[f32]) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
40
41    /// Store a fact tagged with `metadata`, no expiry.
42    ///
43    /// # Errors
44    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
45    fn store_with_metadata(
46        &self,
47        id: u64,
48        content: &str,
49        embedding: &[f32],
50        metadata: &Metadata,
51    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
52
53    /// Store a fact that expires after `ttl_seconds`, no metadata.
54    ///
55    /// # Errors
56    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
57    fn store_with_ttl(
58        &self,
59        id: u64,
60        content: &str,
61        embedding: &[f32],
62        ttl_seconds: u64,
63    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
64
65    /// Store a fact with BOTH metadata and a durable TTL, in ONE write.
66    ///
67    /// Default: the historical two-call sequence, so a backend written before
68    /// this method keeps compiling and behaving as it did. Backends that can
69    /// write both at once should override it — the two-call form leaves the
70    /// fact live and expiring between the calls, so a short TTL can lapse in
71    /// the gap and the metadata write then fails on a fact that was perfectly
72    /// valid when the caller asked for it.
73    ///
74    /// # Errors
75    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
76    fn store_with_metadata_and_ttl(
77        &self,
78        id: u64,
79        content: &str,
80        embedding: &[f32],
81        metadata: &Metadata,
82        ttl_seconds: u64,
83    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
84        self.store_with_ttl(id, content, embedding, ttl_seconds)?;
85        self.update_metadata(id, metadata)
86    }
87
88    /// Merge `metadata` into an already-stored fact's payload, preserving any
89    /// durable TTL. Used to combine metadata with an expiry (store both in
90    /// two calls rather than needing every metadata×TTL combination as a
91    /// separate primitive).
92    ///
93    /// # Errors
94    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if `id` is unknown or persistence fails.
95    fn update_metadata(&self, id: u64, metadata: &Metadata) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
96
97    /// A fact's content and embedding, or `None` if unknown/expired.
98    ///
99    /// # Errors
100    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
101    fn get(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<(String, Vec<f32>)>, MemoryError>;
102
103    /// A fact's raw stored payload — reserved system keys (`_veles_*`)
104    /// included, so the service layer can check the hub flag before
105    /// stripping them for the caller — or `None` when the fact is
106    /// unknown/expired.
107    ///
108    /// # Errors
109    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
110    fn get_metadata(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<Metadata>, MemoryError>;
111
112    /// Batched [`Self::get_metadata`]: one storage round trip for every id
113    /// in `ids`, results in the same order and length (an unknown or expired
114    /// id maps to `None`). Same raw-payload semantics as the single-id form.
115    ///
116    /// # Errors
117    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
118    fn get_metadata_batch(&self, ids: &[u64]) -> Result<Vec<Option<Metadata>>, MemoryError>;
119
120    /// Delete a fact.
121    ///
122    /// # Errors
123    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if deletion fails.
124    fn delete(&self, id: u64) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
125
126    /// Vector search for up to `k` ids, narrowed to facts whose metadata
127    /// exactly matches every key in `filter`.
128    ///
129    /// # Errors
130    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if the query fails.
131    fn query_filtered(
132        &self,
133        embedding: &[f32],
134        k: usize,
135        filter: &Metadata,
136        offset: usize,
137    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError>;
138
139    /// Vector search for up to `k` ids, dropping facts whose metadata matches
140    /// every key in `exclude`.
141    ///
142    /// # Errors
143    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if the query fails.
144    fn query_excluding(
145        &self,
146        embedding: &[f32],
147        k: usize,
148        exclude: &Metadata,
149    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError>;
150
151    /// Vector search fused with structured `ColumnStore` predicates (ranges
152    /// and comparisons, not just equality) — the engine behind
153    /// [`crate::service::MemoryService::recall_where`].
154    ///
155    /// # Errors
156    /// Returns [`MemoryError::InvalidFilter`] if a filter field is not a
157    /// plain identifier or a filter value is non-scalar, or [`MemoryError`]
158    /// if the query fails.
159    fn query_columnar(
160        &self,
161        embedding: &[f32],
162        k: usize,
163        filters: &[ColumnFilter],
164    ) -> Result<Vec<Recollection>, MemoryError>;
165
166    /// Create a typed edge `from -> to`. Returns the edge id.
167    ///
168    /// # Errors
169    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if either endpoint is missing or persistence fails.
170    fn relate(&self, from: u64, to: u64, relation: &str) -> Result<u64, MemoryError>;
171
172    /// The outgoing edges of `id`.
173    ///
174    /// # Errors
175    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
176    fn relations(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Vec<MemoryEdge>, MemoryError>;
177
178    /// The total number of live (non-expired) tracked facts, including
179    /// internal entity hubs — used as a corpus-size proxy for idf weighting.
180    fn count(&self) -> usize;
181}
182
183/// The default [`MemoryStore`]: the native, file-backed engine
184/// (`velesdb-core`'s `Database`/`AgentMemory`, requiring the `persistence`
185/// feature). Existing callers of `MemoryService::open` see no change — this
186/// is exactly what they already ran.
187#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
188pub struct NativeStore {
189    memory: AgentMemory,
190}
191
192#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
193impl NativeStore {
194    /// Open (or create) a native store at `path`, sized for `dimension`.
195    ///
196    /// # Errors
197    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if the store cannot be opened.
198    pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, dimension: usize) -> Result<Self, MemoryError> {
199        let db = Arc::new(Database::open(path)?);
200        let memory = AgentMemory::with_dimension(db, dimension)?;
201        Ok(Self { memory })
202    }
203}
204
205#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
206impl MemoryStore for NativeStore {
207    fn store(&self, id: u64, content: &str, embedding: &[f32]) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
208        self.memory
209            .semantic()
210            .store(id, content, embedding)
211            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
212    }
213
214    fn store_with_metadata(
215        &self,
216        id: u64,
217        content: &str,
218        embedding: &[f32],
219        metadata: &Metadata,
220    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
221        self.memory
222            .semantic()
223            .store_with_metadata(id, content, embedding, metadata)
224            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
225    }
226
227    fn store_with_ttl(
228        &self,
229        id: u64,
230        content: &str,
231        embedding: &[f32],
232        ttl_seconds: u64,
233    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
234        self.memory
235            .semantic()
236            .store_with_ttl(id, content, embedding, ttl_seconds)
237            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
238    }
239
240    fn update_metadata(&self, id: u64, metadata: &Metadata) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
241        self.memory
242            .semantic()
243            .update_metadata(id, metadata)
244            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
245    }
246
247    fn store_with_metadata_and_ttl(
248        &self,
249        id: u64,
250        content: &str,
251        embedding: &[f32],
252        metadata: &Metadata,
253        ttl_seconds: u64,
254    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
255        // Ordre delibere : le fait est ecrit avec sa metadata et SANS
256        // expiration, donc il ne peut pas expirer entre les deux appels.
257        // L'expiration est posee ensuite. C'est l'inverse de la sequence
258        // historique (store_with_ttl puis update_metadata), ou le fait etait
259        // deja vivant et deja en train d'expirer pendant la seconde ecriture.
260        self.memory
261            .semantic()
262            .store_with_metadata(id, content, embedding, metadata)
263            .map_err(MemoryError::from)?;
264        self.memory
265            .semantic()
266            .set_ttl_durable(id, ttl_seconds)
267            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
268    }
269
270    fn get(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<(String, Vec<f32>)>, MemoryError> {
271        self.memory.semantic().get(id).map_err(MemoryError::from)
272    }
273
274    fn get_metadata(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<Metadata>, MemoryError> {
275        self.memory
276            .semantic()
277            .get_metadata(id)
278            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
279    }
280
281    fn get_metadata_batch(&self, ids: &[u64]) -> Result<Vec<Option<Metadata>>, MemoryError> {
282        self.memory
283            .semantic()
284            .get_metadata_batch(ids)
285            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
286    }
287
288    fn delete(&self, id: u64) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
289        self.memory.semantic().delete(id).map_err(MemoryError::from)
290    }
291
292    fn query_filtered(
293        &self,
294        embedding: &[f32],
295        k: usize,
296        filter: &Metadata,
297        offset: usize,
298    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError> {
299        self.memory
300            .semantic()
301            .query_filtered(embedding, k, filter, offset)
302            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
303    }
304
305    fn query_excluding(
306        &self,
307        embedding: &[f32],
308        k: usize,
309        exclude: &Metadata,
310    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError> {
311        self.memory
312            .semantic()
313            .query_excluding(embedding, k, exclude)
314            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
315    }
316
317    fn query_columnar(
318        &self,
319        embedding: &[f32],
320        k: usize,
321        filters: &[ColumnFilter],
322    ) -> Result<Vec<Recollection>, MemoryError> {
323        let (sql, params) = self.build_fused_query(embedding, k, filters)?;
324        // Field names are validated by `build_fused_query`; ensure each one is
325        // indexed so the planner uses a bitmap prefilter instead of an O(n)
326        // post-filter scan. Idempotent and incrementally maintained thereafter.
327        for filter in filters {
328            self.memory
329                .semantic()
330                .ensure_index(&filter.field)
331                .map_err(MemoryError::from)?;
332        }
333        let results = self
334            .memory
335            .query_semantic(&sql, &params)
336            .map_err(MemoryError::from)?;
337        Ok(results.iter().map(to_recollection).collect())
338    }
339
340    fn relate(&self, from: u64, to: u64, relation: &str) -> Result<u64, MemoryError> {
341        self.memory
342            .semantic()
343            .relate(from, to, relation, None)
344            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
345    }
346
347    fn relations(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Vec<MemoryEdge>, MemoryError> {
348        Ok(self
349            .memory
350            .semantic()
351            .relations(id)?
352            .into_iter()
353            .map(|edge| MemoryEdge {
354                from: edge.source(),
355                to: edge.target(),
356                relation: edge.label().to_owned(),
357            })
358            .collect())
359    }
360
361    fn count(&self) -> usize {
362        self.memory.semantic().count()
363    }
364}
365
366#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
367impl NativeStore {
368    /// Build the `VelesQL` for [`Self::query_columnar`]: a `NEAR` predicate
369    /// plus one bound parameter per filter, against the semantic collection.
370    /// Filter *values* are bound as query parameters (never interpolated);
371    /// filter *field names* are validated to be plain identifiers.
372    fn build_fused_query(
373        &self,
374        embedding: &[f32],
375        k: usize,
376        filters: &[ColumnFilter],
377    ) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, Value>), MemoryError> {
378        use std::fmt::Write as _;
379        let mut params: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
380        params.insert("q".to_string(), json!(embedding));
381        let mut predicate = String::from("vector NEAR $q");
382        for (index, filter) in filters.iter().enumerate() {
383            validate_column_filter(filter)?;
384            let key = format!("p{index}");
385            let _ = write!(
386                predicate,
387                " AND {} {} ${key}",
388                filter.field,
389                filter.op.as_sql()
390            );
391            params.insert(key, filter.value.clone());
392        }
393        let sql = format!(
394            "SELECT * FROM {} WHERE {predicate} LIMIT {k}",
395            self.memory.semantic().collection_name()
396        );
397        Ok((sql, params))
398    }
399}
400
401/// Reserved metadata key `remember`/`remember_with_ttl` auto-stamp with
402/// today's date (a `YYYYMMDD` integer, [`crate::clock::today_ymd`]) whenever
403/// the caller didn't already set it — see
404/// [`crate::service::MemoryService::remember_with_ttl`] for the full
405/// contract. A deliberate, documented **exception** to every other
406/// `_veles_`-namespaced key: [`is_reserved_key`] still names it (so it can
407/// never be confused with an arbitrary caller field), but unlike a true
408/// system key —
409/// - a caller MAY set it explicitly (to date a fact retroactively; never
410///   overwritten once present), and
411/// - it is NOT stripped from caller-facing results, so
412///   [`crate::dated_context::format_dated_context`]'s `date_field` (wired
413///   through `recall_fused`'s `date_field` parameter) can read it back with
414///   zero caller effort.
415///
416/// `pub` (re-exported at the crate root) so every caller of `date_field`
417/// names this one string in exactly one place, not a copy-pasted literal.
418pub const AUTO_DATE_FIELD: &str = "_veles_date";
419
420/// True for metadata keys the memory layer reserves: the engine's `content`
421/// payload, and any `_veles_`-namespaced system key (durable TTL, entity
422/// hubs) — [`AUTO_DATE_FIELD`] EXCEPTED, since (unlike every other reserved
423/// key) it is caller-settable and caller-visible by design. The single
424/// source of the reserved-key contract — the service layer (reject/strip)
425/// and every backend enforce it through this one predicate.
426pub(crate) fn is_reserved_key(key: &str) -> bool {
427    key != AUTO_DATE_FIELD && (key == "content" || key.starts_with("_veles_"))
428}
429
430/// Drop reserved system keys from a raw payload, and collapse an
431/// empty-after-stripping map to `None` — the caller-facing shape every
432/// [`Recollection::metadata`] is built from. `pub` because a [`MemoryStore`]
433/// backend that assembles `Recollection`s itself (`query_columnar`) must
434/// apply the same stripping the service layer applies on every other recall
435/// path, or reserved keys leak to callers on that one path only.
436#[must_use]
437pub fn strip_reserved_keys(payload: Option<Metadata>) -> Option<Metadata> {
438    payload.and_then(|payload| {
439        let metadata: Metadata = payload
440            .into_iter()
441            .filter(|(key, _)| !is_reserved_key(key))
442            .collect();
443        (!metadata.is_empty()).then_some(metadata)
444    })
445}
446
447/// [`strip_reserved_keys`] over a *borrowed* payload: clones only the
448/// surviving non-reserved entries. Use this when the payload isn't already
449/// owned — cloning the whole map first would deep-copy the reserved
450/// `content` value (the full fact text) per hit, only to discard it.
451#[must_use]
452pub fn strip_reserved_keys_ref(payload: Option<&Metadata>) -> Option<Metadata> {
453    payload.and_then(|payload| {
454        let metadata: Metadata = payload
455            .iter()
456            .filter(|(key, _)| !is_reserved_key(key))
457            .map(|(key, value)| (key.clone(), value.clone()))
458            .collect();
459        (!metadata.is_empty()).then_some(metadata)
460    })
461}
462
463/// Map a core search result to a [`Recollection`], lifting the fact text out
464/// of the reserved `content` payload key and surfacing any remaining
465/// caller-supplied metadata (reserved system keys excluded).
466#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
467fn to_recollection(result: &SearchResult) -> Recollection {
468    let payload = result.point.payload.as_ref().and_then(Value::as_object);
469    let content = payload
470        .and_then(|payload| payload.get("content"))
471        .and_then(Value::as_str)
472        .unwrap_or_default()
473        .to_owned();
474    Recollection {
475        id: result.point.id,
476        score: result.score,
477        content,
478        metadata: strip_reserved_keys_ref(payload),
479    }
480}
481
482/// Validate one `recall_where` column filter: a plain, non-reserved
483/// identifier field name and a scalar (string/number/boolean) value. `pub`
484/// and shared so every [`MemoryStore`] backend enforces the *same* documented
485/// contract — the field-name rule keeps a filter safe to place into query
486/// text (`NativeStore` builds `VelesQL`; values are always bound parameters),
487/// and rejects the reserved system columns (`content`, `_veles_*`) regardless
488/// of backend; the scalar rule turns what would be an opaque engine error
489/// into a clear client-input error.
490///
491/// # Errors
492/// Returns [`MemoryError::InvalidFilter`] when either rule is violated.
493pub fn validate_column_filter(filter: &ColumnFilter) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
494    let field = &filter.field;
495    let plain = !field.is_empty() && field.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '_');
496    if !plain || is_reserved_key(field) {
497        return Err(MemoryError::InvalidFilter(field.clone()));
498    }
499    match &filter.value {
500        Value::String(_) | Value::Number(_) | Value::Bool(_) => Ok(()),
501        value => Err(MemoryError::InvalidFilter(format!(
502            "value must be a string, number, or boolean, got {value}"
503        ))),
504    }
505}
506
507#[cfg(all(test, feature = "persistence"))]
508#[path = "storage_tests.rs"]
509mod tests;