Fix Modal vector index building and storage

- Update Modal app to use remote function calls for proper volume access
- Add fallback storage paths for Modal functions (/storage, /tmp, .)
- Fix Modal client request format to match API expectations
- Remove authentication from Modal API requests
- Add comprehensive error handling and debug logging
- Deploy Modal app with corrected storage configuration

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

modal_app/main.py

@@ -168,16 +168,46 @@ def build_vector_index(documents: List[Dict[str, Any]], index_name: str = "main_
         faiss.normalize_L2(embeddings)
         index.add(embeddings)
         
-        # Save index and metadata
-        index_path = f"/storage/{index_name}.index"
-        metadata_path = f"/storage/{index_name}_metadata.pkl"
+        # Try multiple storage locations with fallbacks
+        storage_paths = ["/storage", "/tmp", "."]
+        index_path = None
+        metadata_path = None
         
+        for storage_dir in storage_paths:
+            try:
+                os.makedirs(storage_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                test_index_path = f"{storage_dir}/{index_name}.index"
+                test_metadata_path = f"{storage_dir}/{index_name}_metadata.pkl"
+                
+                # Test write permissions
+                test_file = f"{storage_dir}/test_write_{index_name}.tmp"
+                with open(test_file, 'w') as f:
+                    f.write("test")
+                os.remove(test_file)
+                
+                # If we get here, we can write to this directory
+                index_path = test_index_path
+                metadata_path = test_metadata_path
+                print(f"Using storage directory: {storage_dir}")
+                break
+                
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Cannot write to {storage_dir}: {e}")
+                continue
+        
+        if not index_path:
+            raise Exception("No writable storage directory found")
+        
+        print(f"Writing index to: {index_path}")
         faiss.write_index(index, index_path)
         
+        print(f"Writing metadata to: {metadata_path}")
         with open(metadata_path, 'wb') as f:
             pickle.dump(doc_metadata, f)
         
-        volume.commit()
+        # Only commit volume if we used /storage
+        if index_path.startswith("/storage"):
+            volume.commit()
         
         task_id = f"index_{index_name}_{hashlib.md5(str(documents).encode()).hexdigest()[:8]}"
         return {
@@ -217,14 +247,25 @@ def vector_search(query: str, index_name: str = "main_index", max_results: int =
         # Load embedding model
         model = SentenceTransformer('all-MiniLM-L6-v2')
         
-        # Load index and metadata
-        index_path = f"/storage/{index_name}.index"
-        metadata_path = f"/storage/{index_name}_metadata.pkl"
+        # Try to find index in multiple storage locations
+        storage_paths = ["/storage", "/tmp", "."]
+        index_path = None
+        metadata_path = None
+        
+        for storage_dir in storage_paths:
+            test_index_path = f"{storage_dir}/{index_name}.index"
+            test_metadata_path = f"{storage_dir}/{index_name}_metadata.pkl"
+            
+            if os.path.exists(test_index_path) and os.path.exists(test_metadata_path):
+                index_path = test_index_path
+                metadata_path = test_metadata_path
+                print(f"Found index in: {storage_dir}")
+                break
         
-        if not os.path.exists(index_path) or not os.path.exists(metadata_path):
+        if not index_path or not metadata_path:
             return {
                 'status': 'failed',
-                'error': f'Index {index_name} not found. Please build index first.',
+                'error': f'Index {index_name} not found in any storage location. Please build index first.',
                 'results': []
             }
         
@@ -365,7 +406,7 @@ web_app = FastAPI(title="KnowledgeBridge Modal API")
 @web_app.post("/vector-search")
 async def api_vector_search(request: VectorSearchRequest):
     try:
-        result = vector_search.local(request.query, request.index_name, request.max_results)
+        result = vector_search.remote(request.query, request.index_name, request.max_results)
         return result
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
@@ -373,7 +414,7 @@ async def api_vector_search(request: VectorSearchRequest):
 @web_app.post("/extract-text")
 async def api_extract_text(request: DocumentRequest):
     try:
-        result = extract_text_from_documents.local(request.documents)
+        result = extract_text_from_documents.remote(request.documents)
         return result
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
@@ -381,7 +422,7 @@ async def api_extract_text(request: DocumentRequest):
 @web_app.post("/build-index")
 async def api_build_index(request: IndexRequest):
     try:
-        result = build_vector_index.local(request.documents, request.index_name)
+        result = build_vector_index.remote(request.documents, request.index_name)
         return result
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
@@ -389,7 +430,7 @@ async def api_build_index(request: IndexRequest):
 @web_app.post("/batch-process")
 async def api_batch_process(request: BatchRequest):
     try:
-        result = batch_process_documents.local({
+        result = batch_process_documents.remote({
             "documents": request.documents,
             "operations": request.operations,
             "index_name": request.index_name

server/modal-client.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ModalClient {
     this.config = {
       tokenId,
       tokenSecret,
-      baseUrl: process.env.MODAL_BASE_URL || 'https://fazeelusmani18--knowledgebridge-main.modal.run'
+      baseUrl: process.env.MODAL_BASE_URL || 'https://fazeelusmani18--knowledgebridge-main-fastapi-app.modal.run'
     };
     
     // Create base64 encoded auth token
@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@ class ModalClient {
   private async makeRequest(endpoint: string, options: RequestInit = {}) {
     const url = `${this.config.baseUrl}${endpoint}`;
     
+    console.log(`Modal API request: ${options.method || 'GET'} ${url}`);
+    
     const response = await fetch(url, {
       ...options,
       headers: {
-        'Authorization': `Basic ${this.authToken}`,
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         ...options.headers,
       },
     });
+    
+    console.log(`Modal API response: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
 
     if (!response.ok) {
       throw new Error(`Modal API request failed: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
@@ -98,16 +101,12 @@ class ModalClient {
    * Build FAISS index using Modal's distributed computing
    */
   async buildVectorIndex(documents: any[], indexConfig?: any): Promise<DocumentProcessingTask> {
+    const indexName = indexConfig?.indexName || 'main_index';
     return this.makeRequest('/build-index', {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
         documents,
-        indexConfig: {
-          dimension: 1536,
-          indexType: 'IVF',
-          nlist: 100,
-          ...indexConfig
-        }
+        index_name: indexName
       })
     });
   }