## Summary
- `vault_sync` RPC now returns immediately with `{ status: "started" }` instead of blocking the HTTP connection for up to 50+ seconds
- New `vault_sync_status` RPC endpoint lets the frontend poll for live progress (scanned / ingested / total)
- File ingestion is parallelised with `buffer_unordered(4)` — reduces sync time ~4× for large directories (100 files: ~50s → ~12s)
- `VaultPanel` shows a live `Syncing… N/M` counter in the Sync button during background sync
- Duplicate concurrent syncs on the same vault are rejected with a clear error
## Problem
On macOS Apple Silicon, syncing `~/Documents` (100+ files) reliably timed out with:
```
Core RPC openhuman.vault_sync timed out after 30000ms
```
Root causes:
1. `vault_sync` awaited the full `sync_vault()` call before returning an HTTP response — the 30 s frontend timeout fired before ingestion finished
2. Files were ingested sequentially; each cloud embedding API call adds ~500 ms → 100 files = 50 s minimum
## Solution
**Non-blocking dispatch** (ops.rs): `vault_sync` registers the sync in a global `parking_lot::RwLock` state map, spawns a `tokio::spawn` background task, and returns `{ status: "started" }` in < 1 ms. The background task writes live progress counters into the state map after each batch.
**Progress polling** (ops.rs + `schemas.rs`): New `openhuman.vault_sync_status` controller reads the in-memory state and returns a `VaultSyncState` struct (status, scanned, ingested, total, duration_ms, errors).
**Concurrent ingestion** (`sync.rs`): Two-phase approach — sequential directory walk with mtime fast-path dedup, then `futures::stream::iter().buffer_unordered(4)` for the embedding API calls. Concurrency of 4 was chosen to stay within typical API rate limits while giving ~4× throughput improvement.
**Polling UI** (VaultPanel.tsx): Replaces the old `await openhumanVaultSync()` blocking call with a start → poll loop. Timer refs are cleaned up on component unmount. Button label shows `Syncing… N/M` once total is known.
**Tradeoff**: Background state lives in process memory (not persisted). A crash during sync results in an `Idle` status on next query — acceptable since the user can simply retry.
## Submission Checklist
- [x] Tests added or updated (happy path + at least one failure / edge case) — `VaultPanel.test.tsx` updated for two-step async flow (start + poll-to-completion, failed-files branch, error-on-start branch); vault.test.ts updated for new `vault_sync` return type and new `openhumanVaultSyncStatus` function
- [x] **Diff coverage ≥ 80%** — all new functions in ops.rs, `state.rs`, `schemas.rs`, `vault.ts`, VaultPanel.tsx are covered by updated tests; `pnpm test:coverage` passes locally
- [x] Coverage matrix updated — N/A: vault sync is an existing feature row; behaviour change only (timeout fix), no new feature row needed
- [x] All affected feature IDs from the matrix are listed under `## Related`
- [x] No new external network dependencies introduced — mock backend used for all tests
- [x] Manual smoke checklist updated — N/A: vault sync already has a smoke entry; no new surface added
- [x] Linked issue closed via `Closes #2230`
## Impact
- **Desktop only** (macOS / Linux / Windows) — Tauri + Rust core change
- **Performance**: sync of 100-file directories drops from timeout (>30 s) to ~12 s background
- **Security**: no new surfaces; background task uses existing `Config` clone, no additional file permissions
- **Migration**: no schema or API changes; `vault_sync_status` is additive, old clients that ignore it still work
- **Compatibility**: `vault_sync` response shape changes from `VaultSyncReport` → `{ status, vault_id }` — frontend updated in the same PR
## Related
- Closes#2230
- Follow-up: consider persisting `VaultSyncState` to SQLite so a crash-restart can surface the last-known status
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## AI Authored PR Metadata
### Linear Issue
- Key: N/A
- URL: N/A
### Commit & Branch
- Branch: `fix/vault-sync-timeout-2230`
- Commit SHA: `47a21be2457dc348b5be37718a62662ae4a7ee2d`
### Validation Run
- [x] `pnpm --filter openhuman-app format:check` — passed (Prettier + cargo fmt auto-fixes applied in `chore: apply auto-fixes` commit)
- [x] `pnpm typecheck` — passed (0 errors)
- [x] Focused tests: `pnpm debug unit VaultPanel` ✅ · `pnpm debug unit tauriCommands/vault` ✅
- [x] Rust fmt/check: `GGML_NATIVE=OFF cargo check --manifest-path Cargo.toml` — passed (0 errors, 4 pre-existing warnings in unrelated modules)
- [x] Tauri fmt/check: **BLOCKED** (see below)
### Validation Blocked
- `command:` `pnpm rust:check` (Tauri shell `cargo check --manifest-path app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml`)
- `error:` `cef-dll-sys` build script fails — CMake cannot find Ninja (`CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM` not set). Pre-existing environment issue; not caused by this PR (no Tauri shell files changed).
- `impact:` Low — this PR touches only vault (core crate) and src (React); zero changes to src-tauri
### Behavior Changes
- Intended behavior change: `vault_sync` RPC returns immediately instead of blocking; callers must poll `vault_sync_status` to detect completion
- User-visible effect: Sync button shows live `Syncing… N/M` progress and no longer freezes / times out on large directories
### Parity Contract
- Legacy behavior preserved: sync logic (walk, hash dedup, doc_ingest, ledger writes, deletions) is unchanged in semantics; only execution model changed (background task + concurrency)
- Guard/fallback/dispatch parity: `vault_sync_status` registered in all.rs alongside existing vault controllers; no dispatch branches added to `cli.rs` or `jsonrpc.rs`
### Duplicate / Superseded PR Handling
- Duplicate PR(s): none
- Canonical PR: this PR
- Resolution: N/A
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Vault sync runs in background with live progress (ingested/total), duration, skipped/failed counts, and richer error details; sync button shows progress and final toasts report results.
* Added a live status endpoint so the UI can poll ongoing syncs.
* **Refactor**
* Sync flow converted from blocking report to asynchronous start + polling workflow.
* **Tests**
* Updated and added tests for polling, progress updates, error/toast handling, and timer cleanup.
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Co-authored-by: Steven Enamakel <enamakel@tinyhumans.ai>
