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Summary

  • Adds an openai embedding backend targeting OpenAI itself or any internal gateway exposing the same /v1/embeddings wire format, with API key auth and an optional skip_health_check for gateways that don't implement /v1/models.
  • Refactors the LM Studio client to embed the new OpenAI client (same wire format, no API key) instead of duplicating the request/retry logic.
  • Fixes FailoverEmbedder.serversChanged() to compare full server structs so config fields like APIKey and SkipHealthCheck trigger re-init on hot reload, and treats HTTP 429 as a transient/failover-worthy error.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for OpenAI-compatible embedding services with custom base URLs and optional API-key authentication.
    • Added batching, retries, rate-limit recovery, and context cancellation for embedding requests.
    • Added an option to skip health checks for gateways without model-list endpoints.
    • Added openai as an accepted backend for indexing and search commands.
  • Documentation

    • Documented backend configuration, environment variables, authentication, and health-check settings.

Adds a `openai` backend targeting OpenAI itself or any internal gateway
exposing the same /v1/embeddings wire format, with API key auth and an
optional skip_health_check for gateways that don't implement /v1/models.
LM Studio's client is refactored to embed the new OpenAI client (same wire
format, no API key) instead of duplicating the request/retry logic.

Also fixes FailoverEmbedder.serversChanged() to compare full server structs
so config fields like APIKey and SkipHealthCheck trigger re-init on hot
reload, and treats HTTP 429 as a transient/failover-worthy error.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EatZqqQv7cVRsu9S1ne7A1
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Walkthrough

The pull request adds an openai embedding backend for OpenAI-compatible servers. It adds configuration fields, environment variables, HTTP embedding with batching and retries, health-check controls, failover integration, CLI support, tests, and documentation.

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OpenAI embedding backend

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration and command support
CLAUDE.md, README.md, cmd/index.go, cmd/search.go, internal/config/*
The configuration accepts openai, API keys, base URLs, and health-check settings. Validation preserves these fields across configuration rebuilds. CLI help and documentation describe the new backend.
OpenAI embedding and health flow
cmd/stdio.go, internal/embedder/*
The new embedder sends batched /v1/embeddings requests with optional Bearer authentication. It retries network, 429, and 5xx failures, validates response indexes and dimensions, normalizes /v1 paths, and integrates with health checks and failover. LM Studio delegates to the shared implementation.
Configuration and embedder validation
cmd/stdio_test.go, internal/config/service_test.go, internal/embedder/*_test.go
Tests cover configuration mapping, validation, field preservation, batching, retries, authentication, response ordering, health-check bypass, failover, API-key reloads, and LM Studio delegation.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ConfigService
  participant FailoverEmbedder
  participant OpenAI
  participant EmbeddingServer
  ConfigService->>FailoverEmbedder: provide OpenAI ServerConfig
  FailoverEmbedder->>OpenAI: initialize with host and API key
  OpenAI->>EmbeddingServer: POST /v1/embeddings
  EmbeddingServer-->>OpenAI: return indexed embedding data
  OpenAI-->>FailoverEmbedder: return validated ordered vectors
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Inline comments:
In `@internal/config/service.go`:
- Around line 523-525: Update validate to reject any server with a non-empty
APIKey unless its URL uses HTTPS, while preserving the existing backend
validation. Add a regression test covering an OpenAI server with an HTTP URL and
API key, asserting validation fails.

In `@internal/embedder/failover_test.go`:
- Around line 71-72: Clear the LUMEN_EMBED_SKIP_HEALTH_CHECK environment
variable in the test setup alongside the existing OPENAI_API_KEY and
OPENAI_BASE_URL overrides, so testConfigService’s skip_health_check YAML fixture
controls health-check behavior.

In `@internal/embedder/failover.go`:
- Line 298: Update the failover decision around isTransientError and Embed to
check ctx.Err() before classifying network errors, treating caller cancellation
or deadline expiration as non-transient and avoiding marking the active server
unhealthy. Preserve transient classification for genuine network failures and
ensure cancellation cannot leave active == -1 awaiting reprobe.

In `@internal/embedder/openai.go`:
- Around line 158-165: Validate embedResp.Data before constructing the result:
require exactly one unique index for every input in the range 0..len(texts)-1,
reject missing, duplicate, or out-of-range indices, and reject embeddings whose
length differs from o.dimensions. Replace the sorted append-by-response-order
behavior with a len(texts) result populated explicitly at each item.Index, using
the existing error-return conventions in the embedding method.

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  • internal/config/service.go
  • internal/config/service_test.go
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…e cases

- Reject api_key over plain http (except loopback, for local dev/test
  gateways) instead of only checking backend, with a regression test.
- Clear LUMEN_EMBED_SKIP_HEALTH_CHECK in failover test setup so the
  skip_health_check YAML fixture isn't overridden by a leaked env var.
- Check ctx.Err() before classifying an Embed error as transient, so caller
  cancellation/deadline expiry doesn't mark a healthy server unhealthy.
- Validate the /v1/embeddings response has exactly one in-range, unique-index
  item per input with the expected dimensionality, instead of trusting
  response length/order — a misbehaving gateway would otherwise silently
  misalign embeddings with their source texts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟠 Major · Normalize the OpenAI-compatible base URL before endpoint construction. · openai.go:121

internal/embedder/openai.go:121
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize the OpenAI-compatible base URL before endpoint construction.

Configuration validation accepts a URL ending in /v1 and forwards it unchanged to NewOpenAI and ProbeServer. Both consumers append another /v1, producing /v1/v1/embeddings and /v1/v1/models. These paths do not reach the standard versioned endpoints. Normalize the version path once at the shared configuration or client boundary so both requests use the configured /v1 prefix exactly once.

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In `@internal/embedder/openai.go` at line 121, Normalize the OpenAI-compatible
base URL at the shared configuration or client boundary before consumers use it,
removing any trailing /v1 so NewOpenAI and ProbeServer each append the version
prefix exactly once. Update the endpoint construction in the embedding request
flow around NewRequestWithContext and preserve the configured host and other
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In `@internal/embedder/openai.go`:
- Line 121: Normalize the OpenAI-compatible base URL at the shared configuration
or client boundary before consumers use it, removing any trailing /v1 so
NewOpenAI and ProbeServer each append the version prefix exactly once. Update
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Users following the OpenAI SDK convention often set the base URL including
the /v1 suffix (e.g. https://api.openai.com/v1). Both the embed request and
the health probe unconditionally appended /v1/embeddings or /v1/models,
producing a broken /v1/v1/... path in that case. Strip a trailing /v1 once
at the shared boundary (NewOpenAI, ProbeServer) instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EatZqqQv7cVRsu9S1ne7A1
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