Merge pull request #784 from MemPalace/pr/multi-agent-lock

fix: file-level locking to prevent multi-agent duplicate drawers

mempalace/convo_miner.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from .normalize import normalize
-from .palace import SKIP_DIRS, get_collection, file_already_mined
+from .palace import SKIP_DIRS, get_collection, file_already_mined, mine_lock
 
 
 # File types that might contain conversations
@@ -272,6 +272,47 @@ def scan_convos(convo_dir: str) -> list:
 # =============================================================================
 
 
+def _file_chunks_locked(collection, source_file, chunks, wing, room, agent, extract_mode):
+    """Acquire the per-file lock, double-check mined status, and upsert chunks.
+
+    Returns (drawers_added, room_counts_delta, skipped).
+    """
+    room_counts_delta: dict = defaultdict(int)
+    drawers_added = 0
+    with mine_lock(source_file):
+        # Re-check after lock — another agent may have just finished this file
+        if file_already_mined(collection, source_file):
+            return 0, room_counts_delta, True
+
+        for chunk in chunks:
+            chunk_room = chunk.get("memory_type", room) if extract_mode == "general" else room
+            if extract_mode == "general":
+                room_counts_delta[chunk_room] += 1
+            drawer_id = f"drawer_{wing}_{chunk_room}_{hashlib.sha256((source_file + str(chunk['chunk_index'])).encode()).hexdigest()[:24]}"
+            try:
+                collection.upsert(
+                    documents=[chunk["content"]],
+                    ids=[drawer_id],
+                    metadatas=[
+                        {
+                            "wing": wing,
+                            "room": chunk_room,
+                            "source_file": source_file,
+                            "chunk_index": chunk["chunk_index"],
+                            "added_by": agent,
+                            "filed_at": datetime.now().isoformat(),
+                            "ingest_mode": "convos",
+                            "extract_mode": extract_mode,
+                        }
+                    ],
+                )
+                drawers_added += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                if "already exists" not in str(e).lower():
+                    raise
+    return drawers_added, room_counts_delta, False
+
+
 def mine_convos(
     convo_dir: str,
     palace_path: str,
@@ -375,34 +416,15 @@ def mine_convos(
         if extract_mode != "general":
             room_counts[room] += 1
 
-        # File each chunk
+        # File each chunk — lock to prevent concurrent agents duplicating
-        drawers_added = 0
+        drawers_added, room_delta, skipped = _file_chunks_locked(
-        for chunk in chunks:
+            collection, source_file, chunks, wing, room, agent, extract_mode
-            chunk_room = chunk.get("memory_type", room) if extract_mode == "general" else room
-            if extract_mode == "general":
-                room_counts[chunk_room] += 1
-            drawer_id = f"drawer_{wing}_{chunk_room}_{hashlib.sha256((source_file + str(chunk['chunk_index'])).encode()).hexdigest()[:24]}"
-            try:
-                collection.upsert(
-                    documents=[chunk["content"]],
-                    ids=[drawer_id],
-                    metadatas=[
-                        {
-                            "wing": wing,
-                            "room": chunk_room,
-                            "source_file": source_file,
-                            "chunk_index": chunk["chunk_index"],
-                            "added_by": agent,
-                            "filed_at": datetime.now().isoformat(),
-                            "ingest_mode": "convos",
-                            "extract_mode": extract_mode,
-                        }
-                    ],
         )
-                drawers_added += 1
+        if skipped:
-            except Exception as e:
+            files_skipped += 1
-                if "already exists" not in str(e).lower():
+            continue
-                    raise
+        for r, n in room_delta.items():
+            room_counts[r] += n
 
         total_drawers += drawers_added
         print(f"  ✓ [{i:4}/{len(files)}] {filepath.name[:50]:50} +{drawers_added}")

mempalace/miner.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 from collections import defaultdict
 
-from .palace import SKIP_DIRS, get_collection, file_already_mined
+from .palace import SKIP_DIRS, get_collection, file_already_mined, mine_lock
 
 READABLE_EXTENSIONS = {
     ".txt",
@@ -434,6 +434,14 @@ def process_file(
         print(f"    [DRY RUN] {filepath.name} → room:{room} ({len(chunks)} drawers)")
         return len(chunks), room
 
+    # Lock this file so concurrent agents don't interleave delete+insert.
+    # Without the lock, two agents can both pass file_already_mined(),
+    # both delete, and both insert — creating duplicates or losing data.
+    with mine_lock(source_file):
+        # Re-check after acquiring lock — another agent may have just finished
+        if file_already_mined(collection, source_file, check_mtime=True):
+            return 0, room
+
         # Purge stale drawers for this file before re-inserting the fresh chunks.
         # Converts modified-file re-mines from upsert-over-existing-IDs (which hits
         # hnswlib's thread-unsafe updatePoint path and can segfault on macOS ARM

mempalace/palace.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ palace.py — Shared palace operations.
 Consolidates collection access patterns used by both miners and the MCP server.
 """
 
+import contextlib
+import hashlib
 import os
 
 from .backends.chroma import ChromaBackend
@@ -50,6 +52,45 @@ def get_collection(
     )
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def mine_lock(source_file: str):
+    """Cross-platform file lock for mine operations.
+
+    Prevents multiple agents from mining the same file simultaneously,
+    which causes duplicate drawers when the delete+insert cycle interleaves.
+    """
+    lock_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".mempalace", "locks")
+    os.makedirs(lock_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    lock_path = os.path.join(
+        lock_dir, hashlib.sha256(source_file.encode()).hexdigest()[:16] + ".lock"
+    )
+
+    lf = open(lock_path, "w")
+    try:
+        if os.name == "nt":
+            import msvcrt
+
+            msvcrt.locking(lf.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_LOCK, 1)
+        else:
+            import fcntl
+
+            fcntl.flock(lf, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
+        yield
+    finally:
+        try:
+            if os.name == "nt":
+                import msvcrt
+
+                msvcrt.locking(lf.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_UNLCK, 1)
+            else:
+                import fcntl
+
+                fcntl.flock(lf, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        lf.close()
+
+
 def file_already_mined(collection, source_file: str, check_mtime: bool = False) -> bool:
     """Check if a file has already been filed in the palace.