Waleed 4ca7651ea6 improvement(knowledge): eliminate N+1 on tag definitions in bulk upload (#4681)
* improvement(knowledge): eliminate N+1 on tag definitions in bulk upload

createDocumentRecords previously called processDocumentTags per-doc, each
running a SELECT against knowledge_base_tag_definitions — N queries that
all returned the same kbId-scoped rows. Worse, those reads used the
global db pool while the tx held a FOR UPDATE lock on the KB row, risking
pool contention on large bulk uploads.

Split the helper into loadTagDefinitions (single query, accepts the tx as
executor) and resolveDocumentTags (pure, takes the pre-loaded Map). The
bulk path loads once inside the transaction; createSingleDocument loads
once outside its tx. Same throw-on-validation-error semantics preserved.

* improvement(knowledge): fold processDocumentAsync prefetches into one JOIN

processDocumentAsync was issuing three separate SELECTs per processed
document: knowledge_base (config), workspace (billing settings), and
document (tag values). For a typical Trigger.dev fleet processing
thousands of docs, that's thousands of redundant pool checkouts.

Collapsed into a single JOIN at the top of processDocumentAsync that
fetches kb config + billed account user + document tag values in one
roundtrip. The post-embedding tag SELECT (which previously held tags
through the full embedding-generation wait) is gone; tags from the
initial prefetch are reused.

Behavior:
- Missing/archived/deleted document or KB → same 'failed' status outcome
  as before, single consolidated error message.
- Missing billed account → preserves existing error.
- All 208 KB tests pass (test mock extended for innerJoin/leftJoin).

* improvement(knowledge): skip tag-definitions load when no doc carries tags

Trim verbose comments in the same pass.

* lint
2026-05-20 14:18:30 -07:00

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