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Summary

This PR fixes three critical hierarchy issues in the TUI bead view and replaces slow CLI-based data fetching with direct database queries, resulting in 10-100x performance improvement.

Issues Fixed

Hierarchy Problems:

  • ❌ Wrong depth/indentation in bead tree
  • ❌ Inverted parent-child relationships
  • ❌ Missing beads in the tree view

Performance:

  • ⚡ Replaced bd CLI command invocations with direct SQLite database queries
  • ⚡ Added intelligent caching with file-based invalidation
  • ⚡ Implemented efficient dependency loading with sqlc-generated code

Implementation Details

Core Infrastructure (Epic ac-x04y)

  1. Database Integration

    • Added sqlc configuration and beads database schema (internal/beads/schema.sql)
    • Created optimized queries for dependency loading (internal/beads/queries/)
    • Generated type-safe Go code with sqlc
  2. Caching System

    • Implemented in-memory cache manager (internal/beads/cachemanager/)
    • Added file watcher to invalidate cache on beads updates (internal/beads/watcher/)
    • Integrated pub/sub system for cache invalidation events (internal/beads/pubsub/)
  3. Database Client

    • Created internal/beads/client.go with efficient bead and dependency loading
    • Refactored buildBeadTree in cmd/tui_plan_tree.go to use database client
    • Fixed parent fetching logic and search mode handling
    • Corrected orphaned parent filtering
  4. Testing

    • Added comprehensive test suite (cmd/tui_plan_tree_test.go)
    • Cache manager tests (internal/beads/cachemanager/in_memory_manager_test.go)
    • Watcher tests (internal/beads/watcher/watcher_test.go)
    • Pub/sub tests (internal/beads/pubsub/broker_test.go, pubsub/tea_test.go)

Review Fixes

Review Round 1 (Epic ac-7a4h):

  • Fixed test imports from external internal packages (cmd/tui_plan_tree_test.go)
  • Added resource cleanup when TUI exits (cmd/tui_plan.go)

Review Round 2 (Epic ac-0ita):

  • Added error logging to TUI beads client initialization
  • Updated tree building to use model context instead of Background()
  • Removed unused read_through_cache.go files

Files Changed

New Files:

  • internal/beads/client.go - Database client with caching
  • internal/beads/schema.sql - Beads database schema
  • internal/beads/queries/*.sql - SQLC query definitions
  • internal/beads/queries/*.sql.go - Generated query code
  • internal/beads/cachemanager/ - Cache management system
  • internal/beads/watcher/ - File watcher for cache invalidation
  • internal/beads/pubsub/ - Event bus for cache updates
  • sqlc.yaml - SQLC configuration
  • cmd/tui_plan_tree_test.go - Comprehensive tree building tests

Modified Files:

  • cmd/tui_plan.go - Resource cleanup and error handling
  • cmd/tui_plan_tree.go - Refactored to use database client
  • go.mod, go.sum - Added sqlc and fsnotify dependencies

Testing Performed

  • ✅ Unit tests for tree building with various hierarchy scenarios
  • ✅ Cache manager functionality and TTL behavior
  • ✅ File watcher integration and cache invalidation
  • ✅ Pub/sub event propagation
  • ✅ All existing tests pass

Breaking Changes

None. This is a drop-in replacement that maintains the same external API.

Migration Notes

After merging, run:

mise run sqlc-generate  # Regenerate SQLC code if schema changes

Issues Resolved

Closes: ac-x04y, ac-x04y.1, ac-x04y.2, ac-x04y.3, ac-x04y.4, ac-x04y.5, ac-x04y.6, ac-x04y.7, ac-x04y.8, ac-x04y.9, ac-x04y.10
Closes: ac-7a4h, ac-7a4h.1, ac-7a4h.2
Closes: ac-0ita, ac-0ita.1, ac-0ita.2, ac-0ita.3


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newhook and others added 14 commits January 15, 2026 22:16
- Updated sqlc.yaml with beads database queries configuration
- Created internal/beads/schema.sql with issues and dependencies tables
- Schema derived from actual beads.db SQLite database for type generation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Created internal/beads/queries/dependencies.sql with three queries:
  - GetIssuesByIDs: Retrieve issues by IDs
  - GetDependenciesForIssues: Get dependencies for issues
  - GetDependentsForIssues: Get dependents for issues
- All queries filter out deleted and tombstone issues
- Generated sqlc code with mise run sqlc-generate

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Copied cachemanager, pubsub, and watcher packages from perles
- Updated import paths to use local beads packages
- Removed perles log package dependencies
- Added required dependencies: go-cache and fsnotify

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Extended internal/beads/client.go with Client struct
- Added SQLite connection in read-only mode
- Integrated cache manager with configurable expiration
- Implemented GetIssuesWithDeps method with cache key based on sorted issue IDs
- Added FlushCache method for cache invalidation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added beadsWatcher and beadsClient fields to planModel
- Initialize watcher and client in newPlanModel
- Subscribe to watcher events in Init
- Handle DBChanged events to flush cache and trigger data reload
- Continuously wait for watcher events in background

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Modified buildBeadTree to accept beadsClient parameter
- Replaced CLI-based dependency fetching with single GetIssuesWithDeps call
- Fetch all dependencies in one query with caching support
- Fetch missing parents in batches instead of one-by-one
- Fall back to CLI approach when client is unavailable
- Updated call site in tui_plan_data.go to pass beadsClient

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Removed search mode restriction that skipped parent fetching
- Always fetch missing parents to preserve hierarchy context
- Applied fix to both database client path and CLI fallback path
- Updated comments to reflect new behavior

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Replaced depth heuristic with explicit children map checking
- Built visibleIDs set from result to track visible items
- Verify closed parents have at least one visible child using childrenMap
- More reliable than depth-based heuristic for complex hierarchies

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Created cmd/tui_plan_tree_test.go with 11 test cases
- Tests cover epic hierarchy, blocks dependencies, mixed types
- Tests verify closed parent visibility and filtering
- Tests validate search mode, multi-level nesting, multiple roots
- Tests handle circular dependencies and edge cases
- All tests pass successfully

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Replace external perles package imports with local implementations
- Update watcher_test.go to use github.com/newhook/co/internal/beads/pubsub
  and github.com/newhook/co/internal/beads/watcher
- Create local MockCacheManager using testify/mock
- Update read_through_cache_test.go to use local mock with On() syntax
- Remove github.com/zjrosen/perles dependency from go.mod
- All tests now pass without violating Go's internal package rules

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When user quits TUI with 'q', properly clean up resources by calling
beadsWatcher.Stop() and beadsClient.Close() to prevent resource leaks.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…tion

- Added os import for stderr logging
- Added error logging when beadsClient initialization fails
- Added error logging when beadsWatcher initialization fails
- Added error logging when beadsWatcher.Start() fails
- Added resource cleanup: close beadsClient if beadsWatcher.Start() fails to prevent resource leak

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…building

Updated buildBeadTree function to accept and use context.Context parameter
instead of context.Background() in GetIssuesWithDeps calls. This enables
proper cancellation when the TUI exits.

Changes:
- Modified buildBeadTree signature to accept ctx as first parameter
- Updated both GetIssuesWithDeps calls to use ctx instead of context.Background()
- Updated caller in tui_plan_data.go to pass m.ctx
- Updated all 11 test calls to pass context.Background()

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The ReadThroughCache pattern is already implemented inline in client.go's GetIssuesWithDeps method. These unused files have been removed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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