discord-fishbowl/REFACTORING_PROGRESS.md

Discord Fishbowl Refactoring Progress

Overview

This document tracks the progress of refactoring efforts to improve security, performance, and maintainability of the Discord Fishbowl bot system.

High Priority Issues - Security & Performance

🔴 Critical Security Issues

• Hardcoded Credentials - Move all secrets to .env files
  • Remove Discord tokens from config files
  • Remove database passwords from configs
  • Remove JWT secrets from source code
  • Remove admin credentials from configs
• Input Validation - Add validation to admin endpoints
• Client-side JWT - Fix JWT verification issues
• Default Passwords - Replace all weak defaults

🟡 Performance Critical Issues

• Vector Store Blocking Operations (src/rag/vector_store.py:573-586)
  • Fix synchronous embedding generation
  • Implement embedding caching
  • Add batch processing for embeddings
• Database N+1 Queries (src/conversation/engine.py:399-402)
  • Fix character loading queries
  • Add proper eager loading
  • Optimize conversation retrieval
• Webhook Management (src/bot/discord_client.py:179-183)
  • Cache webhook lookups
  • Implement webhook pooling
  • Optimize webhook creation
• Missing Database Indexes (src/database/models.py)
  • Add indexes for foreign keys
  • Add composite indexes for frequent queries
  • Optimize query performance

Progress Tracking

Completed Tasks ✅

• Comprehensive code review and issue identification
• Created refactoring progress tracking system
• Fixed timezone-aware datetime issues in database models
• Fixed asyncio.Lock initialization issues in vector store
• Fixed blocking embedding generation in vector_store.py
• Added embedding caching to improve performance
• Optimized N+1 query pattern in conversation engine
• Added webhook caching in Discord client
• Added missing database index for cleanup queries
• Created .env.example template for secure deployment
• Fixed Discord channel ID configuration issue

In Progress 🔄

• Moving hardcoded secrets to environment variables (keeping test values for now)

Pending ⏳

• Update install.py to handle secrets properly
• Add comprehensive input validation to admin endpoints
• Implement proper error handling patterns
• Add health check endpoints

File Status

Security Files

File	Status	Issues	Priority
config/fishbowl_config.json	❌ Needs Fix	Hardcoded tokens	Critical
.env.docker	❌ Needs Fix	Exposed secrets	Critical
src/admin/auth.py	❌ Needs Fix	Weak defaults	Critical
install.py	❌ Needs Update	Missing secret handling	High

Performance Files

File	Status	Issues	Priority
src/rag/vector_store.py	✅ Fixed	Blocking operations	Critical
src/bot/discord_client.py	✅ Fixed	Inefficient webhooks	High
src/conversation/engine.py	✅ Fixed	N+1 queries	High
src/database/models.py	✅ Fixed	Missing indexes	High

Code Quality Files

File	Status	Issues	Priority
src/mcp_servers/calendar_server.py	❌ Needs Refactor	High complexity	Medium
src/characters/enhanced_character.py	❌ Needs Refactor	God class	Medium
Various files	❌ Needs Fix	Error handling	Medium

Metrics

• Total Critical Issues: 8
• Issues Resolved: 4 (Performance fixes)
• Issues In Progress: 1
• Issues Pending: 3
• Overall Progress: 50% (4/8 completed)

Next Actions

1. Immediate (Today)

   • Move all hardcoded secrets to .env files
   • Update install.py to handle secrets properly
   • Fix blocking embedding generation

2. This Week

   • Add missing database indexes
   • Fix N+1 query patterns
   • Optimize webhook management

3. Next Week

   • Add comprehensive input validation
   • Implement proper error handling
   • Begin code complexity reduction

Notes

• All security issues must be resolved before any production deployment
• Performance issues directly impact user experience with slow LLM responses
• Code quality improvements can be done incrementally alongside feature development
• Testing should be added as each component is refactored

Estimated Timeline

• Security Fixes: 2-3 days
• Performance Fixes: 1 week
• Code Quality: 2-3 weeks (ongoing)
• Production Ready: 4-6 weeks total

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Last Updated: 2025-07-06