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Upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1 with pgedge_vectorizer.enable_hybrid off queued a sparse_only backfill item for every existing chunk, and the worker raised an ERROR for each, so every item failed until max_retries and a large database logged an error a second for days.

  • The backfill in pgedge_vectorizer--1.0--1.1.sql now checks enable_hybrid, as reprocess_chunks() already does; reprocess_chunks() queues the work if hybrid is turned on later.
  • The worker completes a sparse-only item while hybrid is off instead of raising: the dense embedding is already there and there is nothing else to compute. This also drains items an earlier upgrade has already queued.

The released 1.0 to 1.1 script is edited because it is still on the path for anyone upgrading from 1.0 to 1.2; installs already on 1.1 are covered by the worker change. The changelog gives the DELETE for items that had already run out of attempts.

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  • New TAP test 011_sparse_only_without_hybrid.pl: upgrades a real 1.0 install with hybrid off (nothing queued) and on (backfill queued), and checks the worker completes a sparse-only item with hybrid off. Both checks fail against the old code.
  • Full make installcheck (21 regression tests, 11 TAP files) passes on PostgreSQL 18.

Closes #83

The 1.0 to 1.1 upgrade queued a sparse_only backfill item for every existing
chunk whether or not pgedge_vectorizer.enable_hybrid was on, and the worker
raised an ERROR for each of them, so every item failed on every attempt until
it reached max_retries. On a database with tens of thousands of chunks that
filled the log for days.

The backfill now checks enable_hybrid, as reprocess_chunks() already does, and
reprocess_chunks() queues the work if hybrid is enabled later. The worker
completes a sparse-only item while hybrid is off rather than raising, since
its dense embedding is already in place and there is nothing else for it to
do, which also clears items an earlier upgrade has already queued.

Closes #83
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The upgrade reads the hybrid-search setting and queues sparse-only backfill items only when hybrid search is enabled. The worker initializes the provider only when a pulled item requires a dense embedding. When hybrid search is disabled, the worker logs and completes sparse-only items that are already queued. Regression tests cover upgrade queue counts with hybrid search on and off, and verify worker completion without changing the chunk’s dense embedding.

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Sparse-only work is skipped during upgrades when hybrid search is disabled, and already-queued sparse-only work can complete without a provider. No material new merge-blocking risk is established.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: preventing sparse work from being queued or failed when hybrid search is disabled.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the sparse backfill and worker changes, test coverage, compatibility behavior, and issue closure.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #83 requires the 1.0-to-1.1 upgrade to avoid sparse backfill queue items when pgedge_vectorizer.enable_hybrid is off. The upgrade script reads the setting and skips those items when disabled. …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The upgrade-script change, worker change, regression test, and changelog entry directly address issue #83. The provider initialization change supports sparse-only processing because those items do not…
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Review comments at @src/worker.c:
- Around line 1825-1838: Update process_queue_batch() to detect batches
containing only sparse-only items that can be completed while hybrid search is
disabled, and bypass provider resolution and initialization for those batches.
Preserve provider setup for batches that require embedding work.

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Comment thread src/worker.c
A pull made up entirely of sparse-only items never calls the provider, so a
missing or unusable one should not fail it.
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1.0 to 1.1 upgrade queues a sparse backfill even when enable_hybrid is off

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