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Reviewer guide

What: POST /api/semantic-compilation/reset?database_name=X silently reset every database. The route now accepts and forwards database_name. Omitting it keeps today's reset-everything behavior.
Risk: low. One route signature (async def → def, so the synchronous proxy call runs in a worker thread) plus regenerated OpenAPI specs.
Look at: server/semantic_compilation/router.py and its tests. The spec diffs are generated.
Known follow-up, not introduced here: a scoped reset of a Term that another database shares can leave that Term without its embedding (reported upstream as issue 499). The scoped delete predates this PR; this PR only makes it reachable through the API.
Est. review: ~10 min.

Summary

POST /api/semantic-compilation/reset declared no parameters. FastAPI therefore dropped ?database_name=…, so a request to reset one database returned 202 and wiped every database's semantic layer and custom analyses. Every layer below the route already supported scoping (DAL delete_semantic_layer, ingestion POST /semantic/reset, proxy trigger_semantic_reset).

• Declare an optional database_name query parameter and forward it. Omitting it keeps today's reset-everything behavior.
• Change the handler from async def to def. trigger_semantic_reset makes a synchronous httpx.post, which previously blocked the event loop; FastAPI now runs it in a worker thread.
• Regenerated docs/openapi/backend.json, docs/openapi/auto-ontology-api.json and mcp/auto_ontology_mcp/auto-ontology-api.json. The frontend route comment is updated.
• Adds one line to CLAUDE.md about keeping the route synchronous. Drop it if reviewers prefer.

Provenance

This re-lands an external contribution: upstream PR 456, authored by Naseq. Commit authorship is preserved. The code is identical to the contributor's PR, rebased onto current main. The only change is one commit message, where the issue-closing line was reworded so that pushing this branch does not post to the public issue before review.

Two other external PRs implement the same parameter fix (upstream 448 and 449). This one was chosen because only it also fixes the event-loop blocking and the frontend comment. Neither of the others adds anything this one lacks.

Verification

• ruff check / ruff format --check: clean.
• pytest auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation: 3 passed.
• dev_tools.generate_backend_openapi produces no diff. The public-spec drift check (pnpm openapi) runs in CI.

Merge checklist

1. Before merge, add the closing reference for upstream issue 444 to this description (the Fixes keyword plus the issue number).
2. After merge, close upstream PR 456 with a thank-you pointing here, and close upstream PRs 448 and 449 as duplicates, with thanks.

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Walkthrough

The semantic reset endpoint now accepts an optional database_name. It forwards that value to the reset trigger and returns the accepted response for scoped and unscoped requests. The endpoint uses synchronous dispatch, and its API documentation describes the query parameter and validation response.

Changes: Semantic reset endpoint

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reset endpoint behavior and API contract auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/router.py, auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/tests/test_router.py, mcp/auto_ontology_mcp/auto-ontology-api.json, frontend/app/api/semantic-compilation/reset/route.ts, CLAUDE.md	The route forwards an optional database_name to the reset trigger. Tests cover scoped and unscoped requests and synchronous dispatch. The API definition documents the optional parameter and a 422 response; comments describe the scope and 202 response.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• POST /api/semantic-compilation/reset drops the database_name parameter and resets every database #444: Reports that the reset route drops database_name; this change forwards the parameter to the reset trigger.
• Catalog table/column deletion leaves orphaned Term and ColumnAttribute rows that escape scoped reset #445: Reports orphaned semantic records after scoped deletion. This change exposes the scoped reset path but does not change the reported cleanup behavior.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/auto-ontology#449: Adds and forwards the optional database_name parameter on the semantic reset endpoint.
• NVIDIA/auto-ontology#456: Changes the same reset route and adds synchronous dispatch for the blocking HTTP call.
• NVIDIA/auto-ontology#448: Covers the scoped reset parameter, tests, and OpenAPI changes.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0dde2

No actionable reset-scope or dispatch risk remains; the change is mergeable after normal checks.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 0dde2

The change reduces accidental cross-database deletion while retaining the existing management permission and all-database reset behavior when no scope is supplied. No introduced security weakness was established. Deployment exposure, database-level authorization expectations, and recovery from partial deletion remain unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• observed — Maximum destructive scope remains every database's semantic rows and embeddings, including global-reset analysis deletion, when database_name is omitted. A supplied name narrows deletion; catalog rows remain intact. The selector is not evidence of tenant authorization or a new tenant boundary.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — No introduced privilege escalation or cross-database deletion path was established. The same management permission previously authorized an all-database reset; making a narrower selector effective does not itself enlarge that authority. This conclusion does not resolve direct service exposure or intended database-level ownership policy.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The reset handler does not pass the resolved user identity to proxyToBackend, whose internal identity forwarding is opt-in. The inspected Python and ingestion reset handlers contain no route-level permission check. These conditions predate this PR; actual bypass reachability depends on unverified deployment controls, and database-specific authorization intent remains unknown.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Pre-existing failure-containment limits remain: deletion proceeds after a compilation-drain timeout, SQL deletion commits separately from vector deletion, and dispatch failures are logged without preventing the public 202 response. A vector-deletion failure can leave partial state without an immediate rebuild. These are unchanged architecture facts, not established regressions; guaranteed recovery under interruption or cross-store failure was not demonstrated.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — If clients and backend versions can be deployed independently, gate scoped reset use on backend support and prevent backend rollback while clients depend on scoped semantics.

Pre-merge checks: 5 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Tests For Backend Behaviour Changes		The PR changes backend behaviour under auto_ontology/. In auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/router.py, the reset route now accepts an optional database_name query parameter and forwards …	Make one of these changes: 1. Move or duplicate the three tests from auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/tests/test_router.py into auto_ontology/tests or dev_tools. The tests cover scoped forwarding of database_name, unscoped …

Passed checks: 5 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title uses an imperative verb and clearly summarizes the change: forwarding the optional database_name parameter on the reset endpoint.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Migration Accompanies Schema Change		The check applies only when auto_ontology/dal/schema.py is modified. The changed-file inventory for the reviewed range (refs/coderabbit/pre-merge-check/base to `refs/coderabbit/pre-merge-check/hea…

Full details: Migration Accompanies Schema Change

Explanation

The check applies only when auto_ontology/dal/schema.py is modified. The changed-file inventory for the reviewed range (refs/coderabbit/pre-merge-check/base to refs/coderabbit/pre-merge-check/head) lists seven files: CLAUDE.md, the semantic-compilation router and its new test file, three OpenAPI spec files, and the frontend reset route. auto_ontology/dal/schema.py does not appear, and the diff for that path is empty. No Alembic revision is needed, and none is present in the diff. The check is inapplicable, so it passes.

Full details: Tests For Backend Behaviour Changes

Explanation

The PR changes backend behaviour under auto_ontology/. In auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/router.py, the reset route now accepts an optional database_name query parameter and forwards it to trigger_semantic_reset(database_name). The handler also changes from async def to def, so FastAPI runs the blocking httpx.post in a worker thread. This is not a type, comment, or formatting change. The PR adds three tests in auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/tests/test_router.py (new file, +78 lines). The check names auto_ontology/tests or dev_tools as the required locations. The diff touches neither path. The git diff --name-only filter for auto_ontology/tests and dev_tools returned nothing. The new tests sit in a per-package tests/ directory, which the check does not name. The repository has many such directories, but the check names only the two paths above. The PR description gives no reason why tests under the named paths are impractical. Its Verification section reports only ruff results and pytest auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation: 3 passed. It does not explain the location choice. The standing prior failure's factual claims still hold on the current head. The tests are outside the named paths, and no impracticality explanation exists. The pass clause "tests were added or updated" is met only if the named locations are not binding. The check text names them, so I treat them as binding. The other changed files (CLAUDE.md, the frontend route comment, and the OpenAPI JSON files) are documentation or spec only and do not change the result. Known limitation: the check wording is somewhat ambiguous. A reviewer who reads "tests under auto_ontology/" broadly could reach PASS.

Resolution

Make one of these changes: 1. Move or duplicate the three tests from auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/tests/test_router.py into auto_ontology/tests or dev_tools. The tests cover scoped forwarding of database_name, unscoped forwarding of None, and worker-thread dispatch of the reset call. 2. Add a PR description statement that explains why a test under auto_ontology/tests or dev_tools is impractical. Keep the per-package location if that reason holds.

Finishing Touches

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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Tests For Backend Behaviour Changes:
Add or move the reset tests under `auto_ontology/tests` or `dev_tools`, or
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Review info

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• Source mode: Auto
• Repository: NVIDIA/auto-ontology
• Branch: fix/scoped-semantic-reset
• File: .coderabbit.yaml
• Commit: 0dde2fe
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Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between fc43a82 and 0dde2fe.

Files ignored due to path filters: 2

• docs/openapi/auto-ontology-api.json is excluded by !docs/openapi/**
• docs/openapi/backend.json is excluded by !docs/openapi/**

Files selected for processing: 5

• CLAUDE.md
• auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/router.py
• auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/tests/test_router.py
• frontend/app/api/semantic-compilation/reset/route.ts
• mcp/auto_ontology_mcp/auto-ontology-api.json

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On CodeRabbit's "Tests for backend behaviour changes" warning: the tests exist. They sit beside the router in auto_ontology/server/semantic_compilation/tests/, which is the repo's convention (142 colocated tests/ files vs 7 under auto_ontology/tests). The check's instructions in .coderabbit.yaml only name auto_ontology/tests and dev_tools, so it misfires on colocated tests. No change made here; widening that check's path list would stop the false positive.