chroma-mcp uses pydantic-settings which auto-reads .env/.env.local from
the CWD. When the project directory contains non-chroma variables (e.g.
CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER), pydantic rejects them with "Extra inputs are
not permitted", crashing the subprocess and triggering a permanent
backoff loop. Passing cwd: os.homedir() to StdioClientTransport ensures
pydantic never reads project env files.
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* fix: always pass --ssl flag to chroma-mcp in remote mode
The chroma-mcp CLI defaults to SSL when using --client-type http.
When CLAUDE_MEM_CHROMA_SSL is false (the common case for local
ChromaDB servers), buildCommandArgs() omitted --ssl entirely,
causing chroma-mcp to attempt an SSL connection to a plain HTTP
server and fail with "Could not connect to a Chroma server".
Always pass --ssl with an explicit true/false value so the user's
CLAUDE_MEM_CHROMA_SSL setting is faithfully forwarded.
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* test: add regression tests for ChromaMcpManager SSL flag fix
Adds 4 focused test cases verifying buildCommandArgs() produces correct
--ssl args, covering SSL=false, SSL=true, unset (defaults to false), and
local mode (no --ssl flag). Requested by @xkonjin in PR #1286 review.
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* fix: rebuild checked-in bundles to include SSL flag fix
Rebuild all bundles against upstream/main so the --ssl <true|false>
fix is present in the runtime artifacts that hooks and the marketplace
plugin actually execute.
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* feat: replace WASM embeddings with persistent chroma-mcp MCP connection
Replace ChromaServerManager (npx chroma run + chromadb npm + ONNX/WASM)
with ChromaMcpManager, a singleton stdio MCP client that communicates with
chroma-mcp via uvx. This eliminates native binary issues, segfaults, and
WASM embedding failures that plagued cross-platform installs.
Key changes:
- Add ChromaMcpManager: singleton MCP client with lazy connect, auto-reconnect,
connection lock, and Zscaler SSL cert support
- Rewrite ChromaSync to use MCP tool calls instead of chromadb npm client
- Handle chroma-mcp's non-JSON responses (plain text success/error messages)
- Treat "collection already exists" as idempotent success
- Wire ChromaMcpManager into GracefulShutdown for clean subprocess teardown
- Delete ChromaServerManager (no longer needed)
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* fix: address PR review — connection guard leak, timer leak, async reset
- Clear connecting guard in finally block to prevent permanent reconnection block
- Clear timeout after successful connection to prevent timer leak
- Make reset() async to await stop() before nullifying instance
- Delete obsolete chroma-server-manager test (imports deleted class)
- Update graceful-shutdown test to use chromaMcpManager property name
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* fix: prevent chroma-mcp spawn storm — zombie cleanup, stale onclose guard, reconnect backoff
Three bugs caused chroma-mcp processes to accumulate (92+ observed):
1. Zombie on timeout: failed connections left subprocess alive because
only the timer was cleared, not the transport. Now catch block
explicitly closes transport+client before rethrowing.
2. Stale onclose race: old transport's onclose handler captured `this`
and overwrote the current connection reference after reconnect,
orphaning the new subprocess. Now guarded with reference check.
3. No backoff: every failure triggered immediate reconnect. With
backfill doing hundreds of MCP calls, this created rapid-fire
spawning. Added 10s backoff on both connection failure and
unexpected process death.
Also includes ChromaSync fixes from PR review:
- queryChroma deduplication now preserves index-aligned arrays
- SQL injection guard on backfill ID exclusion lists
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