fleet-memory/hindsight-api/hindsight_api/engine/cross_encoder.py
Nicolò Boschi a6798f7e2a
fix: improve tei client parameters (#137)
* fix: improve tei client parameters

* fix: improve tei client parameters

* fix: improve tei client parameters
2026-01-09 11:31:22 +01:00

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"""
Cross-encoder abstraction for reranking.
Provides an interface for reranking with different backends.
Configuration via environment variables - see hindsight_api.config for all env var names.
"""
import asyncio
import logging
import os
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
import httpx
from ..config import (
DEFAULT_RERANKER_COHERE_MODEL,
DEFAULT_RERANKER_LOCAL_MODEL,
DEFAULT_RERANKER_PROVIDER,
DEFAULT_RERANKER_TEI_BATCH_SIZE,
DEFAULT_RERANKER_TEI_MAX_CONCURRENT,
ENV_COHERE_API_KEY,
ENV_RERANKER_COHERE_MODEL,
ENV_RERANKER_LOCAL_MODEL,
ENV_RERANKER_PROVIDER,
ENV_RERANKER_TEI_BATCH_SIZE,
ENV_RERANKER_TEI_MAX_CONCURRENT,
ENV_RERANKER_TEI_URL,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class CrossEncoderModel(ABC):
"""
Abstract base class for cross-encoder reranking.
Cross-encoders take query-document pairs and return relevance scores.
"""
@property
@abstractmethod
def provider_name(self) -> str:
"""Return a human-readable name for this provider (e.g., 'local', 'tei')."""
pass
@abstractmethod
async def initialize(self) -> None:
"""
Initialize the cross-encoder model asynchronously.
This should be called during startup to load/connect to the model
and avoid cold start latency on first predict() call.
"""
pass
@abstractmethod
async def predict(self, pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
"""
Score query-document pairs for relevance.
Args:
pairs: List of (query, document) tuples to score
Returns:
List of relevance scores (higher = more relevant)
"""
pass
class LocalSTCrossEncoder(CrossEncoderModel):
"""
Local cross-encoder implementation using SentenceTransformers.
Call initialize() during startup to load the model and avoid cold starts.
Default model is cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2:
- Fast inference (~80ms for 100 pairs on CPU)
- Small model (80MB)
- Trained for passage re-ranking
"""
def __init__(self, model_name: str | None = None):
"""
Initialize local SentenceTransformers cross-encoder.
Args:
model_name: Name of the CrossEncoder model to use.
Default: cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2
"""
self.model_name = model_name or DEFAULT_RERANKER_LOCAL_MODEL
self._model = None
@property
def provider_name(self) -> str:
return "local"
async def initialize(self) -> None:
"""Load the cross-encoder model."""
if self._model is not None:
return
try:
from sentence_transformers import CrossEncoder
except ImportError:
raise ImportError(
"sentence-transformers is required for LocalSTCrossEncoder. "
"Install it with: pip install sentence-transformers"
)
logger.info(f"Reranker: initializing local provider with model {self.model_name}")
self._model = CrossEncoder(self.model_name)
logger.info("Reranker: local provider initialized")
async def predict(self, pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
"""
Score query-document pairs for relevance.
Args:
pairs: List of (query, document) tuples to score
Returns:
List of relevance scores (raw logits from the model)
"""
if self._model is None:
raise RuntimeError("Reranker not initialized. Call initialize() first.")
# Run CPU-bound inference in thread pool to avoid blocking event loop
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
scores = await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: self._model.predict(pairs, show_progress_bar=False))
return scores.tolist() if hasattr(scores, "tolist") else list(scores)
class RemoteTEICrossEncoder(CrossEncoderModel):
"""
Remote cross-encoder implementation using HuggingFace Text Embeddings Inference (TEI) HTTP API.
TEI supports reranking via the /rerank endpoint.
See: https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference
Note: The TEI server must be running a cross-encoder/reranker model.
Requests are made in parallel with configurable batch size and max concurrency (backpressure).
"""
def __init__(
self,
base_url: str,
timeout: float = 30.0,
batch_size: int = DEFAULT_RERANKER_TEI_BATCH_SIZE,
max_concurrent: int = DEFAULT_RERANKER_TEI_MAX_CONCURRENT,
max_retries: int = 3,
retry_delay: float = 0.5,
):
"""
Initialize remote TEI cross-encoder client.
Args:
base_url: Base URL of the TEI server (e.g., "http://localhost:8080")
timeout: Request timeout in seconds (default: 30.0)
batch_size: Maximum batch size for rerank requests (default: 128)
max_concurrent: Maximum concurrent requests for backpressure (default: 8)
max_retries: Maximum number of retries for failed requests (default: 3)
retry_delay: Initial delay between retries in seconds, doubles each retry (default: 0.5)
"""
self.base_url = base_url.rstrip("/")
self.timeout = timeout
self.batch_size = batch_size
self.max_concurrent = max_concurrent
self.max_retries = max_retries
self.retry_delay = retry_delay
self._async_client: httpx.AsyncClient | None = None
self._model_id: str | None = None
@property
def provider_name(self) -> str:
return "tei"
async def _async_request_with_retry(
self,
client: httpx.AsyncClient,
semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore,
method: str,
url: str,
**kwargs,
) -> httpx.Response:
"""Make an async HTTP request with automatic retries on transient errors and semaphore for backpressure."""
last_error = None
delay = self.retry_delay
async with semaphore:
for attempt in range(self.max_retries + 1):
try:
if method == "GET":
response = await client.get(url, **kwargs)
else:
response = await client.post(url, **kwargs)
response.raise_for_status()
return response
except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.WriteTimeout) as e:
last_error = e
if attempt < self.max_retries:
logger.warning(
f"TEI request failed (attempt {attempt + 1}/{self.max_retries + 1}): {e}. "
f"Retrying in {delay}s..."
)
await asyncio.sleep(delay)
delay *= 2 # Exponential backoff
except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
# Retry on 5xx server errors
if e.response.status_code >= 500 and attempt < self.max_retries:
last_error = e
logger.warning(
f"TEI server error (attempt {attempt + 1}/{self.max_retries + 1}): {e}. "
f"Retrying in {delay}s..."
)
await asyncio.sleep(delay)
delay *= 2
else:
raise
raise last_error
async def initialize(self) -> None:
"""Initialize the HTTP client and verify server connectivity."""
if self._async_client is not None:
return
logger.info(
f"Reranker: initializing TEI provider at {self.base_url} "
f"(batch_size={self.batch_size}, max_concurrent={self.max_concurrent})"
)
self._async_client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=self.timeout)
# Verify server is reachable and get model info
# Use a temporary semaphore for initialization
init_semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(1)
try:
response = await self._async_request_with_retry(
self._async_client, init_semaphore, "GET", f"{self.base_url}/info"
)
info = response.json()
self._model_id = info.get("model_id", "unknown")
logger.info(f"Reranker: TEI provider initialized (model: {self._model_id})")
except httpx.HTTPError as e:
self._async_client = None
raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to connect to TEI server at {self.base_url}: {e}")
async def _rerank_query_group(
self,
client: httpx.AsyncClient,
semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore,
query: str,
texts: list[str],
) -> list[tuple[int, float]]:
"""Rerank a single query group and return list of (original_index, score) tuples."""
try:
response = await self._async_request_with_retry(
client,
semaphore,
"POST",
f"{self.base_url}/rerank",
json={
"query": query,
"texts": texts,
"return_text": False,
},
)
results = response.json()
# TEI returns results sorted by score descending, with original index
return [(result["index"], result["score"]) for result in results]
except httpx.HTTPError as e:
raise RuntimeError(f"TEI rerank request failed: {e}")
async def _predict_async(self, pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
"""Async implementation of predict that runs requests in parallel with backpressure."""
if not pairs:
return []
# Group all pairs by query
query_groups: dict[str, list[tuple[int, str]]] = {}
for idx, (query, text) in enumerate(pairs):
if query not in query_groups:
query_groups[query] = []
query_groups[query].append((idx, text))
# Split each query group into batches
tasks_info: list[tuple[str, list[int], list[str]]] = [] # (query, indices, texts)
for query, indexed_texts in query_groups.items():
indices = [idx for idx, _ in indexed_texts]
texts = [text for _, text in indexed_texts]
# Split into batches
for i in range(0, len(texts), self.batch_size):
batch_indices = indices[i : i + self.batch_size]
batch_texts = texts[i : i + self.batch_size]
tasks_info.append((query, batch_indices, batch_texts))
# Run all requests in parallel with semaphore for backpressure
all_scores = [0.0] * len(pairs)
semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(self.max_concurrent)
tasks = [
self._rerank_query_group(self._async_client, semaphore, query, texts)
for query, _, texts in tasks_info
]
results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
# Map scores back to original positions
for (_, indices, _), result_scores in zip(tasks_info, results):
for original_idx_in_batch, score in result_scores:
global_idx = indices[original_idx_in_batch]
all_scores[global_idx] = score
return all_scores
async def predict(self, pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
"""
Score query-document pairs using the remote TEI reranker.
Requests are made in parallel with configurable backpressure.
Args:
pairs: List of (query, document) tuples to score
Returns:
List of relevance scores
"""
if self._async_client is None:
raise RuntimeError("Reranker not initialized. Call initialize() first.")
return await self._predict_async(pairs)
class CohereCrossEncoder(CrossEncoderModel):
"""
Cohere cross-encoder implementation using the Cohere Rerank API.
Supports rerank-english-v3.0 and rerank-multilingual-v3.0 models.
"""
def __init__(
self,
api_key: str,
model: str = DEFAULT_RERANKER_COHERE_MODEL,
timeout: float = 60.0,
):
"""
Initialize Cohere cross-encoder client.
Args:
api_key: Cohere API key
model: Cohere rerank model name (default: rerank-english-v3.0)
timeout: Request timeout in seconds (default: 60.0)
"""
self.api_key = api_key
self.model = model
self.timeout = timeout
self._client = None
@property
def provider_name(self) -> str:
return "cohere"
async def initialize(self) -> None:
"""Initialize the Cohere client."""
if self._client is not None:
return
try:
import cohere
except ImportError:
raise ImportError("cohere is required for CohereCrossEncoder. Install it with: pip install cohere")
logger.info(f"Reranker: initializing Cohere provider with model {self.model}")
self._client = cohere.Client(api_key=self.api_key, timeout=self.timeout)
logger.info("Reranker: Cohere provider initialized")
async def predict(self, pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
"""
Score query-document pairs using the Cohere Rerank API.
Args:
pairs: List of (query, document) tuples to score
Returns:
List of relevance scores
"""
if self._client is None:
raise RuntimeError("Reranker not initialized. Call initialize() first.")
if not pairs:
return []
# Run sync Cohere API calls in thread pool
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
return await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._predict_sync, pairs)
def _predict_sync(self, pairs: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> list[float]:
"""Synchronous predict implementation for Cohere API."""
# Group pairs by query for efficient batching
# Cohere rerank expects one query with multiple documents
query_groups: dict[str, list[tuple[int, str]]] = {}
for idx, (query, text) in enumerate(pairs):
if query not in query_groups:
query_groups[query] = []
query_groups[query].append((idx, text))
all_scores = [0.0] * len(pairs)
for query, indexed_texts in query_groups.items():
texts = [text for _, text in indexed_texts]
indices = [idx for idx, _ in indexed_texts]
response = self._client.rerank(
query=query,
documents=texts,
model=self.model,
return_documents=False,
)
# Map scores back to original positions
for result in response.results:
original_idx = result.index
score = result.relevance_score
all_scores[indices[original_idx]] = score
return all_scores
def create_cross_encoder_from_env() -> CrossEncoderModel:
"""
Create a CrossEncoderModel instance based on environment variables.
See hindsight_api.config for environment variable names and defaults.
Returns:
Configured CrossEncoderModel instance
"""
provider = os.environ.get(ENV_RERANKER_PROVIDER, DEFAULT_RERANKER_PROVIDER).lower()
if provider == "tei":
url = os.environ.get(ENV_RERANKER_TEI_URL)
if not url:
raise ValueError(f"{ENV_RERANKER_TEI_URL} is required when {ENV_RERANKER_PROVIDER} is 'tei'")
batch_size = int(os.environ.get(ENV_RERANKER_TEI_BATCH_SIZE, str(DEFAULT_RERANKER_TEI_BATCH_SIZE)))
max_concurrent = int(os.environ.get(ENV_RERANKER_TEI_MAX_CONCURRENT, str(DEFAULT_RERANKER_TEI_MAX_CONCURRENT)))
return RemoteTEICrossEncoder(base_url=url, batch_size=batch_size, max_concurrent=max_concurrent)
elif provider == "local":
model = os.environ.get(ENV_RERANKER_LOCAL_MODEL)
model_name = model or DEFAULT_RERANKER_LOCAL_MODEL
return LocalSTCrossEncoder(model_name=model_name)
elif provider == "cohere":
api_key = os.environ.get(ENV_COHERE_API_KEY)
if not api_key:
raise ValueError(f"{ENV_COHERE_API_KEY} is required when {ENV_RERANKER_PROVIDER} is 'cohere'")
model = os.environ.get(ENV_RERANKER_COHERE_MODEL, DEFAULT_RERANKER_COHERE_MODEL)
return CohereCrossEncoder(api_key=api_key, model=model)
else:
raise ValueError(f"Unknown reranker provider: {provider}. Supported: 'local', 'tei', 'cohere'")