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fix(mcp): add grep timeout, error logging, and fs fallback on VikingDB failure - #2854

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Problem

The grep tool silently swallows VikingDB query failures — except Exception: return (p, []) returns empty results with no logging, no retry, and no fallback. On large corpora (10K+ resources), VikingDB BM25 queries can timeout or return empty even when matching content exists.

Fix

Three improvements:

  1. Timeout (OPENVIKING_GREP_TIMEOUT_SEC, default 10s): VikingDB queries that exceed this are cancelled and logged as warnings
  2. Error logging: Failed queries now log the pattern, URI, and exception — no more silent failures
  3. Fs grep fallback (OPENVIKING_GREP_FALLBACK_ON_EMPTY, default enabled): When VikingDB queries fail, retry with filesystem grep engine

Before

except Exception:
    return (p, [])  # silent empty result, no log, no retry

After

except asyncio.TimeoutError:
    logger.warning("grep: VikingDB query timed out for pattern %r", p)
    return (p, [], True)  # had_error=True triggers fallback
except Exception as exc:
    logger.warning("grep: VikingDB query failed for pattern %r: %s", p, exc)
    return (p, [], True)

Environment Variables

Variable Default Description
OPENVIKING_GREP_TIMEOUT_SEC 10 VikingDB query timeout in seconds
OPENVIKING_GREP_FALLBACK_ON_EMPTY 1 Enable fs grep fallback on VikingDB failure

Fixes #2850

…B failure

Three improvements to the grep tool's VikingDB query handling:

1. **Timeout**: Add OPENVIKING_GREP_TIMEOUT_SEC env var (default 10s).
   VikingDB BM25 queries that exceed this timeout are cancelled and
   logged as warnings instead of hanging indefinitely.

2. **Error logging**: VikingDB query failures are now logged as warnings
   instead of being silently swallowed (previously  — no log, no retry).

3. **Fs grep fallback**: When OPENVIKING_GREP_FALLBACK_ON_EMPTY=1
   (default), patterns that failed in VikingDB are retried with the
   filesystem grep engine. This handles the common case where VikingDB
   returns empty due to index staleness or query timeout, but the
   content exists on disk.

Environment variables:
- OPENVIKING_GREP_TIMEOUT_SEC: query timeout in seconds (default: 10)
- OPENVIKING_GREP_FALLBACK_ON_EMPTY: enable fs fallback (default: 1)

Fixes volcengine#2850
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qin-ctx commented Jun 29, 2026

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看了一下,这个 PR 先不合入,主要是当前实现没有真正解决 #2850 的问题。

现有 VikingFS._grep_vikingdb_then_fs() 在 VikingDB search_by_keywords 抛异常时已经会 fallback 到 _grep_fs(),所以这部分不需要在 MCP endpoint 再包一层。这个 PR 里创建了 GrepConfig(engine="fs"),但没有传给实际调用;fallback 分支仍然是再次调用同一个 service.fs.grep(...),因此不会强制切到 fs grep。

另外,issue 里更关键的场景是“VikingDB 返回空结果,但内容实际存在”。当前改动只在 timeout/exception 时标记 had_error 并尝试 fallback,VikingDB 正常返回空列表时不会触发 fallback,所以这个场景仍然没修到。

建议后续把修复收敛到 VikingFS._grep_vikingdb_then_fs():保留已有异常 fallback;如果需要支持空结果 fallback,就在 candidate_uris 为空的位置按配置调用 _grep_fs(...);如果要加 timeout,也只包住 VikingDB 的 search_by_keywords(...) 调用,而不是在 MCP 层包整条 grep。先关闭这个 PR,后续可以基于这个方向重新提一个更小的修复。

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Thanks for the precise review — all three points are addressed in the redo, #2900 (storage layer only, MCP untouched):

your feedback redo
empty-result case was missed — VikingDB returns [] but content exists candidate_uris empty now retries via _grep_fs(...) instead of returning an empty dict (the case #2854 never covered)
timeout should wrap only search_by_keywords, not the whole grep wrapped in asyncio.wait_for(...); on TimeoutError_grep_fs(...)
converge on VikingFS._grep_vikingdb_then_fs(), keep existing exception fallback only viking_fs.py changed; except Exception branch untouched; timeout is a sibling except

No GrepConfig schema change (it is extra=forbid) — timeout is OPENVIKING_GREP_VIKINGDB_TIMEOUT_SEC, default 10s. No uv.lock churn. 17/17 tests pass, ruff clean.

Closing this one in favor of #2900 as you suggested.

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[Bug] VikingDB BM25 grep returns empty results on large corpus — fallback to fs grep not triggered reliably

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