Oops circular import

src/paperless_ai/indexing.py

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import logging
 import shutil
+from datetime import timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import faiss
 import llama_index.core.settings as llama_settings
 import tqdm
+from celery import states
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils import timezone
 from llama_index.core import Document as LlamaDocument
 from llama_index.core import StorageContext
 from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ from llama_index.core.text_splitter import TokenTextSplitter
 from llama_index.vector_stores.faiss import FaissVectorStore
 
 from documents.models import Document
+from documents.models import PaperlessTask
 from paperless_ai.embedding import build_llm_index_text
 from paperless_ai.embedding import get_embedding_dim
 from paperless_ai.embedding import get_embedding_model
@@ -28,6 +32,29 @@ from paperless_ai.embedding import get_embedding_model
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless_ai.indexing")
 
 
+def queue_llm_index_update_if_needed(*, rebuild: bool, reason: str) -> bool:
+    from documents.tasks import llmindex_index
+
+    has_running = PaperlessTask.objects.filter(
+        task_name=PaperlessTask.TaskName.LLMINDEX_UPDATE,
+        status__in=[states.PENDING, states.STARTED],
+    ).exists()
+    has_recent = PaperlessTask.objects.filter(
+        task_name=PaperlessTask.TaskName.LLMINDEX_UPDATE,
+        date_created__gte=(timezone.now() - timedelta(minutes=5)),
+    ).exists()
+    if has_running or has_recent:
+        return False
+
+    llmindex_index.delay(rebuild=rebuild, scheduled=False, auto=True)
+    logger.warning(
+        "Queued LLM index update%s: %s",
+        " (rebuild)" if rebuild else "",
+        reason,
+    )
+    return True
+
+
 def get_or_create_storage_context(*, rebuild=False):
     """
     Loads or creates the StorageContext (vector store, docstore, index store).
@@ -93,6 +120,10 @@ def load_or_build_index(nodes=None):
     except ValueError as e:
         logger.warning("Failed to load index from storage: %s", e)
         if not nodes:
+            queue_llm_index_update_if_needed(
+                rebuild=vector_store_file_exists(),
+                reason="LLM index missing or invalid while loading.",
+            )
             logger.info("No nodes provided for index creation.")
             raise
         return VectorStoreIndex(
@@ -250,7 +281,21 @@ def query_similar_documents(
     """
     Runs a similarity query and returns top-k similar Document objects.
     """
+    if not vector_store_file_exists():
+        queue_llm_index_update_if_needed(
+            rebuild=False,
+            reason="LLM index not found for similarity query.",
+        )
+        return []
+
+    try:
         index = load_or_build_index()
+    except ValueError:
+        queue_llm_index_update_if_needed(
+            rebuild=True,
+            reason="LLM index failed to load for similarity query.",
+        )
+        return []
 
     # constrain only the node(s) that match the document IDs, if given
     doc_node_ids = (

src/paperless_ai/tests/test_ai_indexing.py

@@ -299,11 +299,15 @@ def test_query_similar_documents(
     with (
         patch("paperless_ai.indexing.get_or_create_storage_context") as mock_storage,
         patch("paperless_ai.indexing.load_or_build_index") as mock_load_or_build_index,
+        patch(
+            "paperless_ai.indexing.vector_store_file_exists",
+        ) as mock_vector_store_exists,
         patch("paperless_ai.indexing.VectorIndexRetriever") as mock_retriever_cls,
         patch("paperless_ai.indexing.Document.objects.filter") as mock_filter,
     ):
         mock_storage.return_value = MagicMock()
         mock_storage.return_value.persist_dir = temp_llm_index_dir
+        mock_vector_store_exists.return_value = True
 
         mock_index = MagicMock()
         mock_load_or_build_index.return_value = mock_index