A project entry in config.json with an empty path (e.g. `{"path": ""}`)
caused background sync and the watch service to adopt the process cwd as
the project root, injecting Basic Memory frontmatter into unrelated
markdown files.
The existing guards only skipped a project when get_project_mode()
returned CLOUD. But ProjectEntry.mode defaults to LOCAL, so an empty- or
relative-path entry without an explicit mode slipped through, and
Path("") resolves against the current working directory.
Gate local sync and watching on the path itself: any project whose path
is not absolute is excluded, regardless of mode. Legitimate local
projects are always resolved to absolute paths at creation, and cloud
projects with a real local bisync copy keep their absolute path and are
still synced/watched.
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Signed-off-by: Drew Cain <groksrc@gmail.com>
Cloud projects with bisync had a split-brain problem: `path` held a cloud
slug while the actual local directory lived in `local_sync_path`. This caused
`bm status` and file sync to fail for bisync'd cloud projects.
Changes:
- Config migration promotes `local_sync_path` → `path` for entries where
`path` is a non-absolute cloud slug
- `ensure_project_paths_exists` skips cloud-only projects with slug paths
- `initialize_file_sync` and watch service now keep cloud projects that have
an absolute local path (bisync copy) instead of skipping all cloud projects
- `sync-setup` and `project add --cloud --local-path` set both `path` and
`local_sync_path` to the local directory
- `sync-setup` creates the project in the local DB for immediate MCP use
- `_get_sync_project` falls back from `local_sync_path` to `path`
- Config load errors now show user-friendly messages instead of stack traces
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Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
Add a new config option to enforce frontmatter on markdown sync when missing, writing derived title/type/permalink and updating in-memory metadata before upsert. Add startup warning when this option is combined with disable_permalinks to make precedence explicit. Add config/sync/initialization tests for the new behavior, and stabilize project list CLI integration assertions by forcing a wide terminal in tests to avoid Rich truncation.
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MCP server crashes in cloud mode with:
ValueError: DATABASE_URL must be set when using Postgres backend
Root cause: initialize_app() did not check cloud_mode_enabled before
trying to initialize the database. Only ensure_initialization() had
the check. In cloud mode, tenant DBs are per-request via headers,
not via DATABASE_URL environment variable.
Also includes minor formatting fix in telemetry.py.
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Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
Add is_test_env property to BasicMemoryConfig that checks:
- config.env == "test"
- BASIC_MEMORY_ENV env var is "test"
- PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST is set
Replace duplicated test detection logic in:
- api/app.py
- mcp/server.py
- services/initialization.py
- telemetry.py (disables telemetry during tests)
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Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
Drew Cain