Revert "fix(embed): stamp gateway-resolved model in content_chunks.model, not compiled default (#2846)"

This reverts commit 5aa4795c04.

src/core/pglite-engine.ts

@@ -2288,18 +2288,6 @@ export class PGLiteEngine implements BrainEngine {
     const params: unknown[] = [];
     let paramIdx = 1;
 
-    // Provenance fallback for chunks without an explicit `model`: resolve the
-    // gateway's runtime model, not the compile-time DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL.
-    // See postgres-engine.ts _upsertChunksOnce for the full rationale — pglite
-    // mirrors it for parity.
-    let resolvedModel: string = DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL;
-    try {
-      const gw = await import('./ai/gateway.ts');
-      resolvedModel = gw.getEmbeddingModel() || resolvedModel;
-    } catch {
-      // Gateway unconfigured (unit tests / pre-connect): keep the default.
-    }
-
     for (const chunk of chunks) {
       const embeddingStr = chunk.embedding
         ? '[' + Array.from(chunk.embedding).join(',') + ']'
@@ -2332,7 +2320,7 @@ export class PGLiteEngine implements BrainEngine {
       if (embeddingImageStr) params.push(embeddingImageStr);
       params.push(
         pageId, chunk.chunk_index, chunk.chunk_text, chunk.chunk_source,
-        chunk.model || resolvedModel, chunk.token_count || null,
+        chunk.model || DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL, chunk.token_count || null,
         chunk.language || null, chunk.symbol_name || null, chunk.symbol_type || null,
         chunk.start_line ?? null, chunk.end_line ?? null,
         parentPath, chunk.doc_comment || null, chunk.symbol_name_qualified || null,

src/core/postgres-engine.ts

@@ -2421,23 +2421,6 @@ export class PostgresEngine implements BrainEngine {
     const params: unknown[] = [];
     let paramIdx = 1;
 
-    // Provenance fallback for chunks that don't carry an explicit `model`:
-    // resolve the model the gateway ACTUALLY uses at runtime, not the
-    // compile-time DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL constant. Callers like `embed`
-    // build ChunkInputs without a `model` field (src/commands/embed.ts), so
-    // the old `chunk.model || DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL` fallback stamped the
-    // hardcoded default (e.g. zeroentropyai:zembed-1) onto rows whose vectors
-    // were produced by a different, config-resolved model — corrupting the
-    // provenance that signature-drift staleness + dim-migration logic trust.
-    // Mirrors the resolve-then-fallback pattern used for schema sizing above.
-    let resolvedModel: string = DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL;
-    try {
-      const gw = await import('./ai/gateway.ts');
-      resolvedModel = gw.getEmbeddingModel() || resolvedModel;
-    } catch {
-      // Gateway unconfigured (unit tests / pre-connect): keep the default.
-    }
-
     for (const chunk of chunks) {
       const embeddingStr = chunk.embedding
         ? '[' + Array.from(chunk.embedding).join(',') + ']'
@@ -2467,7 +2450,7 @@ export class PostgresEngine implements BrainEngine {
       if (embeddingImageStr) params.push(embeddingImageStr);
       params.push(
         pageId, chunk.chunk_index, chunk.chunk_text, chunk.chunk_source,
-        chunk.model || resolvedModel, chunk.token_count || null,
+        chunk.model || DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL, chunk.token_count || null,
         chunk.language || null, chunk.symbol_name || null, chunk.symbol_type || null,
         chunk.start_line ?? null, chunk.end_line ?? null,
         parentPath, chunk.doc_comment || null, chunk.symbol_name_qualified || null,

test/e2e/embedding-column-pglite.test.ts

@@ -216,44 +216,6 @@ describe('hybridSearch + resolver — unknown column at entry (D11)', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('upsertChunks — model provenance uses gateway-resolved model, not compiled default', () => {
-  // Regression (zbrain-rfi): when a caller builds ChunkInputs without an
-  // explicit `model` (as src/commands/embed.ts does), the engine used to
-  // stamp the compile-time DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL ('zeroentropyai:zembed-1')
-  // onto content_chunks.model — even though the vector was produced by the
-  // config-resolved model. That corrupted provenance the signature-drift +
-  // dim-migration logic trusts. The engine must fall back to the model the
-  // gateway ACTUALLY resolves at write time.
-  test('unspecified chunk.model records the resolved model, not zeroentropyai:zembed-1', async () => {
-    configureGateway({
-      embedding_model: 'openai:text-embedding-3-large',
-      embedding_dimensions: 1536,
-      env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'sk-test' },
-    });
-
-    await engine.putPage('docs/provenance-page', {
-      type: 'concept',
-      title: 'Provenance test page',
-      compiled_truth: 'Chunk whose model column must reflect the resolved model.',
-    });
-    // No `model` field on the input — the write-side fallback must fill it.
-    await engine.upsertChunks('docs/provenance-page', [
-      { chunk_index: 0, chunk_text: 'provenance chunk', chunk_source: 'compiled_truth' },
-    ]);
-
-    const rows = await engine.executeRaw<{ model: string }>(
-      `SELECT cc.model FROM content_chunks cc
-         JOIN pages p ON p.id = cc.page_id
-        WHERE p.slug = 'docs/provenance-page'`,
-    );
-    expect(rows.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(rows[0].model).toBe('openai:text-embedding-3-large');
-    expect(rows[0].model).not.toBe('zeroentropyai:zembed-1');
-
-    resetGateway();
-  });
-});
-
 describe('buildVectorCastFragment — engine SQL composer (D3)', () => {
   test('vector descriptor emits $1::vector', () => {
     const r: ResolvedColumn = {