From 9fbeacdeb954a7d743c1fec6a49226ff94373b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:56:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation and improve error handling

- Add comment about index_store being in-memory (future migration consideration)
- Improve exception handling in cas_put to log unexpected errors
- Add detailed docstring to count() method noting performance considerations

Co-authored-by: johndoe6345789 <224850594+johndoe6345789@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 backend/app.py           |  3 +++
 backend/rocksdb_store.py | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index eb37999..5bcb82a 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ ROCKSDB_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 # RocksDB KV store (replaces in-memory dict)
 kv_store = RocksDBStore(str(ROCKSDB_DIR))
+
+# Index store - currently in-memory, could be migrated to RocksDB in the future
+# for full persistence and consistency across restarts
 index_store: Dict[str, list] = {}
 
 
diff --git a/backend/rocksdb_store.py b/backend/rocksdb_store.py
index 5fd4a38..23b1779 100644
--- a/backend/rocksdb_store.py
+++ b/backend/rocksdb_store.py
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ class RocksDBStore:
                 value_bytes = self.db.get(key.encode('utf-8'))
                 if value_bytes is not None:
                     return False
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+            except KeyError:
+                pass  # Key doesn't exist
+            except Exception as e:
+                # Log unexpected errors but continue with put operation
+                print(f"Warning: Error checking key existence in cas_put: {e}")
         
         # Use internal put to avoid double-counting
         self.put(key, value, _internal=True)
@@ -160,9 +163,12 @@ class RocksDBStore:
             
         Returns:
             Number of keys
+            
+        Note:
+            This method iterates through all keys, which can be expensive for large
+            datasets. In production, consider maintaining separate counters updated
+            during put/delete operations for better performance.
         """
-        # For accurate counts, we need to iterate
-        # In production, consider maintaining separate counters
         count = 0
         
         if prefix: