# Phase 2: Core Refactoring - Progress Tracker

**Related Issue:** #988
**Branch:** `refactor/phase-2-core-refactoring`
**Started:** 2026-01-02
**Goal:** Break up NexusFS God Object (6,167 lines) into maintainable services

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## Overview

Phase 2 tackles the biggest architectural problem: the massive NexusFS class with 9 mixins totaling 12,539 lines. We'll extract each mixin into an independent service using composition over inheritance.

**Target Architecture:**
```python
class NexusFS:
    def __init__(self):
        self.search = SearchService(...)       # Extracted from NexusFSSearchMixin (2,175 lines)
        self.permissions = PermissionService(...) # Extracted from NexusFSReBACMixin (2,554 lines)
        self.mounts = MountService(...)        # Extracted from NexusFSMountsMixin (2,048 lines)
        self.oauth = OAuthService(...)         # Extracted from NexusFSOAuthMixin (1,116 lines)
        self.skills = SkillService(...)        # Extracted from NexusFSSkillsMixin (874 lines)
        self.versions = VersionService(...)    # Extracted from NexusFSVersionsMixin (300 lines)
        self.mcp = MCPService(...)             # Extracted from NexusFSMCPMixin (379 lines)
        self.llm = LLMService(...)             # Extracted from NexusFSLLMMixin (286 lines)
```

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## Task Progress

| Task | Status | Est. Time | Priority |
|------|--------|-----------|----------|
| 2.1: Extract Search Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 2 weeks | P1 HIGH |
| 2.2: Extract Permission Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 3 weeks | P1 HIGH |
| 2.3: Consolidate ReBAC Managers | ✅ Complete | 3 days | P1 HIGH |
| 2.4: Extract Mount Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 2 weeks | P1 HIGH |
| 2.5: Extract Version Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 1 week | P2 MEDIUM |
| 2.6: Extract OAuth Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 2 weeks | P2 MEDIUM |
| 2.7: Extract Skill Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 1 week | P2 MEDIUM |
| 2.8: Extract MCP Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 3 days | P3 LOW |
| 2.9: Extract LLM Service | ✅ Skeleton Complete | 3 days | P3 LOW |
| 2.10: Slim Down NexusFS Core | ⏸️ Not Started | 2 weeks | P1 HIGH |
| 2.11: Delete Mixin Files | ⏸️ Not Started | 1 week | P2 MEDIUM |

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## Task 2.1: Extract Search Service from NexusFS 🔄 IN PROGRESS

**Status:** In Progress
**Started:** 2026-01-02
**Estimated:** 2 weeks
**Priority:** P1 HIGH

### Problem Statement

- `NexusFSSearchMixin` is 2,175 lines
- Search logic tightly coupled to filesystem operations
- Hard to test search independently
- Mixes concerns: file operations + search algorithms

### Goals

1. Create standalone `SearchService` class
2. Extract all search-related methods
3. Use composition in NexusFS instead of mixin inheritance
4. Add backward compatibility (deprecate mixin methods)
5. Independent testing

### Architecture

**Target Structure:**
```python
# src/nexus/services/search_service.py
class SearchService:
    """Standalone search service with no filesystem dependencies."""

    def __init__(self,
                 metadata_store: MetadataStore,
                 embedding_store: EmbeddingStore,
                 vector_db: VectorDB):
        self.metadata = metadata_store
        self.embeddings = embedding_store
        self.vector_db = vector_db

    def semantic_search(self, query: str, filters: dict) -> List[SearchResult]:
        """Pure semantic search using embeddings."""
        ...

    def hybrid_search(self, query: str, filters: dict, alpha: float = 0.7) -> List[SearchResult]:
        """Hybrid keyword + semantic search."""
        ...

    def rerank_results(self, results: List[SearchResult], query: str) -> List[SearchResult]:
        """Rerank results using cross-encoder."""
        ...

    def generate_embeddings(self, text: str) -> np.ndarray:
        """Generate text embeddings."""
        ...
```

**NexusFS Integration:**
```python
class NexusFS:
    def __init__(self):
        # Use composition instead of inheritance
        self.search = SearchService(
            metadata_store=self.metadata_store,
            embedding_store=self.embedding_store,
            vector_db=self.vector_db
        )

    # Backward compatibility (deprecated)
    def semantic_search(self, *args, **kwargs):
        warnings.warn("Use nx.search.semantic_search() instead", DeprecationWarning)
        return self.search.semantic_search(*args, **kwargs)
```

### Current Work

**Step 1:** Analyze existing NexusFSSearchMixin
- [ ] Read nexus_fs_search.py to understand current implementation
- [ ] Identify all public methods
- [ ] Map dependencies (what does it need from NexusFS?)
- [ ] Identify coupling points

**Step 2:** Create SearchService
- [ ] Create src/nexus/services/ directory
- [ ] Create search_service.py skeleton
- [ ] Define clean interface
- [ ] Extract core search logic

**Step 3:** Update NexusFS
- [ ] Add SearchService composition
- [ ] Add deprecation warnings to old methods
- [ ] Update internal calls to use self.search

**Step 4:** Testing
- [ ] Write unit tests for SearchService
- [ ] Update integration tests
- [ ] Verify backward compatibility

**Step 5:** Documentation
- [ ] Document SearchService API
- [ ] Update migration guide
- [ ] Update DEPRECATION.md

### Discovered Issues

_None yet - just starting_

### Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] SearchService created in src/nexus/services/
- [ ] All search methods extracted and working
- [ ] NexusFS uses composition (self.search.method())
- [ ] Old mixin methods deprecated with warnings
- [ ] All tests passing
- [ ] Documentation updated

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## Task 2.3: Consolidate ReBAC Manager Implementations ✅ COMPLETE

**Status:** Complete
**Started:** 2026-01-03
**Completed:** 2026-01-03
**Actual Time:** 3 hours
**Priority:** P1 HIGH

### Problem Statement

We had **4 competing ReBAC manager implementations** totaling ~11,109 lines:
- `ReBACManager` - 4,498 lines (base implementation)
- `EnhancedReBACManager` - 4,436 lines (GA-ready with P0 fixes)
- `TenantAwareReBACManager` - 964 lines (tenant isolation layer)
- `AsyncReBACManager` - 1,211 lines (async version)

This created confusion, maintenance burden, and feature fragmentation.

### Solution

**Decision:** EnhancedReBACManager is the canonical implementation ✅

**Rationale:**
- Already used by NexusFS production code
- Has all P0 fixes (consistency levels, tenant isolation, graph limits)
- Includes Leopard (O(1) group lookups) and Tiger cache
- Most complete feature set with DoS protection

### Completed Work

#### 1. Feature Comparison Matrix ✅
- Created [REBAC_CONSOLIDATION_ANALYSIS.md](REBAC_CONSOLIDATION_ANALYSIS.md)
- Analyzed all 4 implementations across 40+ features
- Mapped production usage patterns
- Documented missing features and migration paths

#### 2. Deprecation Warnings ✅
- Added deprecation warning to `ReBACManager.__init__()`
  - Only warns on direct instantiation (not via subclasses)
  - Provides clear migration guidance
- Updated class docstring with deprecation notice
- Added comprehensive DEPRECATION.md entry (Section 1.4)

#### 3. Legacy Code Migration ✅
Migrated 3 locations from ReBACManager → EnhancedReBACManager:
- **Memory API** (memory_api.py:67) - Memory permission checks
- **Memory Router** (memory_router.py:330) - Memory ownership tuples
- **CLI Server** (server.py:1051) - Workspace ownership grants

**Result:** All production code now uses EnhancedReBACManager!

### Benefits Achieved

- ✅ **Clear canonical choice:** EnhancedReBACManager for all new code
- ✅ **Production-ready:** P0 fixes, Leopard, Tiger cache, graph limits
- ✅ **Security:** Tenant isolation, DoS protection, timeout limits
- ✅ **Performance:** O(1) group lookups, advanced caching
- ✅ **Observability:** CheckResult metadata (decision time, cache stats)
- ✅ **Documentation:** Migration guide for remaining legacy code

### Architecture

**Inheritance Hierarchy (Preserved):**
```
ReBACManager (base - 4,498 lines)
├── TenantAwareReBACManager (+ tenant isolation - 964 lines)
│   └── EnhancedReBACManager (+ P0 fixes + Leopard + Tiger - 4,436 lines)
└── (legacy code with deprecation warnings)

AsyncReBACManager (parallel async implementation - 1,211 lines)
```

### Files Created/Modified

**Created:**
- `REBAC_CONSOLIDATION_ANALYSIS.md` - Comprehensive analysis (325 lines)

**Modified:**
- `src/nexus/core/rebac_manager.py` - Added deprecation warnings
- `DEPRECATION.md` - Added Section 1.4 with migration guide
- `src/nexus/core/memory_api.py` - Migrated to EnhancedReBACManager
- `src/nexus/core/memory_router.py` - Migrated to EnhancedReBACManager
- `src/nexus/cli/commands/server.py` - Migrated to EnhancedReBACManager

**Commits:**
- `4418d44` - ReBAC consolidation analysis
- `326d038` - Add deprecation warnings
- `c2225be` - Migrate legacy code

### Remaining Work

**Future Tasks (Not Blocking):**
- Port P0 fixes to AsyncReBACManager (Issue #988, separate task)
- Consider renaming EnhancedReBACManager → ReBACManager in v0.8.0
- Tests still use base ReBACManager (acceptable for simplicity)

### Acceptance Criteria

- [x] Feature comparison matrix created
- [x] Canonical implementation chosen (EnhancedReBACManager)
- [x] Deprecation warnings added to ReBACManager
- [x] Legacy code migrated (3/3 locations)
- [x] Documentation updated (DEPRECATION.md)
- [x] All tests passing
- [x] Analysis document created

### Lessons Learned

1. **Inheritance is OK:** The 3-level hierarchy (ReBACManager → TenantAware → Enhanced) provides clean separation of concerns
2. **Deprecation > Breaking:** Soft deprecation warnings allow gradual migration
3. **Feature matrices help:** Visual comparison of 40+ features clarified decision
4. **Production usage guides decision:** NexusFS already using Enhanced made choice clear

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## Async Architecture Decision ✅ COMPLETE

**Status:** Complete
**Date:** 2026-01-03
**Decision:** All services will use async methods by default

### Problem Statement

All 9 service skeletons were created with sync method signatures (def method()).
We needed to decide: Should services be async or sync?

This decision affects:
- FastAPI integration patterns
- Thread pool exhaustion (Issue #932)
- Critical blocking operations (MountService.sync_mount can block for hours)
- Consistency across the service layer
- Future-proofing for async operations

### Analysis

Comprehensive async analysis documented in: `/Users/jinjingzhou/.claude/plans/mossy-inventing-meadow.md`

**Key Findings:**
1. **Codebase is async-ready**: FastAPI, AsyncReBACManager, AsyncSemanticSearch all exist
2. **Thread pool exhaustion risk**: Sync operations can exhaust thread pool (Issue #932)
3. **Critical blocking operations**: MountService.sync_mount() can block for minutes/hours
4. **Existing patterns**: SearchService and LLMService already 100% async
5. **FastAPI support**: Server already handles both sync/async via `_auto_dispatch()` pattern

**Codebase Async Maturity:**
- ✅ FastAPI (async web framework)
- ✅ AsyncReBACManager (1,211 lines) with Leopard + L1 cache
- ✅ AsyncSemanticSearch with async vector DB operations
- ✅ SearchService already 100% async
- ✅ LLMService already 100% async

**Trade-offs:**
- **Benefit:** Eliminates thread pool exhaustion risk
- **Benefit:** MountService.sync_mount() won't block event loop
- **Benefit:** Consistent pattern across all services
- **Cost:** AsyncReBACManager missing Tiger Cache (~5-10x speedup)
- **Mitigation:** Can use hybrid approach with `asyncio.to_thread()` if needed

### Decision Rationale

**YES - Services should be async because:**

1. **Critical Operations Require Async**
   - MountService.sync_mount() can block for hours during metadata sync
   - SearchService semantic search involves async vector DB operations
   - MCP server operations are inherently async (network I/O)

2. **Codebase Already Async**
   - AsyncReBACManager exists and works (1,211 lines)
   - SearchService already 100% async (reference pattern)
   - FastAPI dispatcher handles both sync/async seamlessly

3. **Eliminates Thread Pool Exhaustion**
   - Issue #932: sync_mount() blocks threads
   - Async eliminates this class of bugs entirely

4. **Consistency**
   - SearchService and LLMService already async
   - All new services should follow same pattern

5. **Future-Proof**
   - Network operations (OAuth, MCP) benefit from async
   - Database operations can leverage async connections

### Implementation

**Conversion Completed (2026-01-03):**

Converted **73 methods** across 6 services from sync to async:

| Service | Methods | Status |
|---------|---------|--------|
| MountService | 15 | ✅ Converted |
| VersionService | 4 | ✅ Converted |
| MCPService | 5 | ✅ Converted |
| OAuthService | 7 | ✅ Converted |
| SkillService | 15 | ✅ Converted |
| ReBACService | 27 | ✅ Converted |
| SearchService | 11 | ✅ Already async |
| LLMService | 4 | ✅ Already async |

**Total: 84+ async methods** across all 9 services

**Changes Made:**
- Converted all service methods from `def method()` → `async def method()`
- Updated docstrings for critical async operations (e.g., sync_mount)
- All services remain at skeleton stage (0% implementation extracted)
- All methods still raise NotImplementedError

### FastAPI Integration

FastAPI server already handles both sync and async methods via `_auto_dispatch()`:

```python
# From fastapi_server.py
async def _auto_dispatch(self, method, *args, **kwargs):
    """Automatically dispatch to sync or async methods."""
    if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(method):
        return await method(*args, **kwargs)
    else:
        return await asyncio.to_thread(method, *args, **kwargs)
```

This means:
- Async methods execute directly in event loop
- Sync methods wrapped with `asyncio.to_thread()` automatically
- No breaking changes to existing code

### Tiger Cache Strategy

**Current State:**
- EnhancedReBACManager has Tiger Cache (~5-10x speedup)
- AsyncReBACManager missing Tiger Cache

**Options:**
1. **Option A (Simple):** Use AsyncReBACManager without Tiger Cache
   - Most services won't notice performance difference
   - Clean async architecture

2. **Option B (Hybrid):** Use asyncio.to_thread() for Tiger Cache when critical
   ```python
   class ReBACService:
       def __init__(self, async_engine, sync_engine):
           self._async_manager = AsyncReBACManager(async_engine)
           self._enhanced_manager = EnhancedReBACManager(sync_engine, enable_tiger_cache=True)

       async def rebac_check(self, ...):
           if self._enhanced_manager._tiger_cache:
               return await asyncio.to_thread(self._enhanced_manager.rebac_check, ...)
           return await self._async_manager.rebac_check(...)
   ```

3. **Option C (Future):** Port Tiger Cache to AsyncReBACManager
   - Estimated: 1-2 days work
   - Best long-term solution

**Decision:** Start with Option A (pure async), evaluate performance, consider hybrid if needed.

### Benefits Achieved

- ✅ **Consistent architecture:** All 84+ service methods are async
- ✅ **Thread pool safety:** Eliminates Issue #932 risk
- ✅ **Critical operations unblocked:** sync_mount() won't block event loop
- ✅ **Future-proof:** Ready for async network/DB operations
- ✅ **Clean patterns:** SearchService/LLMService establish reference patterns

### Files Modified

**Commit:** `cf360ea` - "refactor(services): Convert all service methods to async"

**Services Converted:**
- `src/nexus/services/mount_service.py` (15 methods)
- `src/nexus/services/version_service.py` (4 methods)
- `src/nexus/services/mcp_service.py` (5 methods)
- `src/nexus/services/oauth_service.py` (7 methods)
- `src/nexus/services/skill_service.py` (15 methods)
- `src/nexus/services/rebac_service.py` (27 methods)

**Already Async:**
- `src/nexus/services/search_service.py` ✅
- `src/nexus/services/llm_service.py` ✅

### Acceptance Criteria

- [x] Async analysis completed
- [x] Decision documented with rationale
- [x] All service methods converted to async (73 methods)
- [x] Critical operation docstrings updated
- [x] All pre-commit checks passing
- [x] Changes committed with detailed message
- [x] PHASE_2_PROGRESS.md updated

### Next Steps

**Implementation Extraction (Tasks 2.10+):**
- Extract implementations using async patterns
- Use AsyncReBACManager for ReBACService
- Use async database operations where available
- Follow SearchService/LLMService async patterns

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## Next Actions

**Completed (2026-01-03):**
- ✅ Task 2.1: SearchService skeleton created (505 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.2: ReBACService skeleton created (660 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.3: ReBAC consolidation complete (EnhancedReBACManager canonical)
- ✅ Task 2.4: MountService skeleton created (656 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.5: VersionService skeleton created (368 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.6: OAuthService skeleton created (615 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.7: SkillService skeleton created (780 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.8: MCPService skeleton created (331 lines, 0% extracted)
- ✅ Task 2.9: LLMService skeleton created (343 lines, 0% extracted)

**Status: ALL 9 Service Skeletons Complete!** 🎉✅

**Total Service Layer:**
- **4,258 lines** of service skeleton code
- **90+ RPC-exposed methods** across 9 services
- **0% implementation extracted** (all methods raise NotImplementedError)

**Services Created:**
1. SearchService (505 lines, 10+ methods) - File search, glob, grep, semantic search
2. ReBACService (660 lines, 27+ methods) - Permission management, sharing, consent
3. MountService (656 lines, 15 methods) - Backend mounting, persistence, sync
4. VersionService (368 lines, 4 methods) - Version management, rollback, diff
5. MCPService (331 lines, 5 methods) - MCP server lifecycle management
6. LLMService (343 lines, 4 methods) - LLM document reading with citations
7. OAuthService (615 lines, 7 methods) - OAuth credential management with PKCE
8. SkillService (780 lines, 15 methods) - Skill lifecycle and governance

**Ready to Start:**
1. **Option A:** Begin implementation extraction for high-priority services
   - Start with SearchService or ReBACService (most complex)
   - Or start with smaller services (MCPService, LLMService, VersionService)
2. **Option B:** Start Task 2.10: Slim down NexusFS core to use composition
   - Wire up service instances in NexusFS.__init__
   - Add backward compatibility shims
3. **Option C:** Add unit tests for service skeletons
   - Test initialization and dependency injection
   - Mock tests for method signatures

**Recommendation for Next Session:**
Begin implementation extraction for 1-2 smaller services (VersionService, MCPService, or LLMService) to establish extraction patterns before tackling larger services. This will:
- Validate the service architecture
- Establish testing patterns
- Create extraction templates for remaining services
- Build confidence before extracting complex services

Alternatively, start Task 2.10 to wire up services in NexusFS and validate the composition pattern works end-to-end before extracting all implementations.

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**Last Updated:** 2026-01-03
