quilltap 4.10.0-dev.59 → 4.10.0-dev.61

package/lib/db-commands.js

@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ function cmdMessages(args, ctx) {
     params.push(last);
     const rows = db.prepare(sql).all(...params).reverse(); // oldest first
 
+    // `content` may be a brotli BLOB (see lib/text-codec.js). Decode before
+    // anything prints or JSON-serializes it — a raw BLOB prints as binary and
+    // JSON.stringify turns it into a byte array.
+    for (const r of rows) r.content = decodeText(r.content);
+
     if (json) return printJson({ chat, total: totalRow.n, returned: rows.length, messages: rows });
 
     console.log(`Chat: ${chat.title} (${chat.id}) — showing ${rows.length} of ${totalRow.n} matching messages`);
@@ -558,6 +563,13 @@ function cmdMessage(args, ctx) {
   try {
     const row = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM chat_messages WHERE id = ?').get(id);
     if (!row) throw new Error(`No chat_message with id ${id}`);
+
+    // The four large text columns may be brotli BLOBs (see lib/text-codec.js).
+    // Decode before anything prints or JSON-serializes them.
+    for (const col of ['content', 'opaqueContent', 'description', 'context']) {
+      if (col in row) row[col] = decodeText(row[col]);
+    }
+
     if (json) return printJson(row);
 
     printRecord(`Message ${row.id}`, {

package/lib/db-helpers.js

@@ -202,8 +202,11 @@ function openEncryptedDb(dbPath, pepper, { readonly = true, friendlyName = 'data
       'The database may be encrypted with a different key, or the .dbkey file may be missing.');
   }
 
-  // Compressed text columns (llm_logs.request/response and friends) are
-  // BLOBs; qt_text() lets raw SQL and the repl read inside them.
+  // Compressed text columns (llm_logs.request/response, chat_messages.content
+  // and friends) are BLOBs; qt_text() lets raw SQL and the repl read inside
+  // them. It is also REQUIRED for any --write that touches chat_messages: the
+  // message search triggers call it, so a connection without it fails the
+  // write loudly rather than letting the index drift.
   try {
     registerTextCodecFunction(db);
   } catch {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "quilltap",
-  "version": "4.10.0-dev.59",
+  "version": "4.10.0-dev.61",
   "description": "Self-hosted AI workspace for writers, worldbuilders, and roleplayers. Run with npx quilltap.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Charles Sebold",