feat: Add async caching with background task management (#39)

* feat: Add async caching with background task management

Implement async caching architecture that returns immediately with task IDs,
allowing users to monitor and manage long-running caching operations.

## New Features

- **Task Manager**: Thread-safe background task tracking with status, stages, and cancellation
- **Async Caching**: `cache_crate` now spawns background tasks and returns immediately
- **Rich Markdown Output**: LLM-optimized formatting with embedded action commands
- **Unified Monitoring**: Single `cache_operations` tool for list/query/cancel/clear

## Architecture

- `task_manager.rs`: Core task management with TaskManager, CachingTask, TaskStatus, CachingStage
- `task_formatter.rs`: Markdown formatting optimized for AI agent consumption
- Background tokio tasks with cancellation support via CancellationToken
- Memory-only storage (cleared on server restart)

## API Examples

```rust
// Start caching (returns immediately with task ID)
cache_crate({crate_name: "tokio", source_type: "cratesio", version: "1.35.0"})

// Monitor progress
cache_operations({})
cache_operations({task_id: "abc-123-def"})

// Cancel/clear
cache_operations({task_id: "abc-123-def", cancel: true})
cache_operations({clear: true})
```

## Benefits

- Non-blocking caching for large crates
- Real-time progress tracking
- Cancellation support for user control
- AI-friendly markdown output with embedded commands
- Grouped task listings by status

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

* feat: Return JSON from cache_crate for test compatibility

Changes:
- Added CacheTaskStartedOutput struct to outputs.rs for JSON responses
- Updated cache_crate to return JSON format instead of markdown
- Created test helper infrastructure (TaskResult enum, wait_for_task_completion)
- Updated test helper functions (setup_test_crate, parse_cache_task_started)
- Modified test_cache_from_crates_io and test_cache_from_github

Rationale:
The async caching architecture returns immediately with a task ID, but
integration tests were written expecting synchronous completion. This
commit adds JSON output for structured verification and test helpers
to wait for async tasks to complete.

Status: Compilation works, test infrastructure in place. Most tests
still need updates to handle async behavior (18/21 remaining).

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* fix: Update all integration tests for async caching behavior

Changes:
- Updated all 21 integration tests to handle async caching with task IDs
- Added TaskResult enum for structured result handling
- Updated wait_for_task_completion to return detailed results
- Fixed workspace detection assertions to match actual error messages
- Updated test_cache_from_github_branch to expect BinaryOnly error
- Updated test_cache_from_local_path to wait for async completion
- Updated test_workspace_crate_detection with proper assertions
- Updated test_cache_update to handle two sequential async operations
- Updated test_invalid_inputs with mixed sync/async error handling
- Updated test_concurrent_caching for parallel async operations
- Updated test_workspace_member_caching for async workspace handling
- Updated test_cache_bevy_with_feature_fallback for large crate timeout

Test Results:
✅ All 21 integration tests passing
✅ Verified async caching with background tasks
✅ Verified workspace detection behavior
✅ Verified error handling for invalid inputs
✅ Verified concurrent caching operations

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* feat: Replace percentage-based progress with step-based tracking

Replace misleading percentage calculations with honest step-based progress tracking.
Each caching stage now reports discrete steps instead of calculated percentages.

Changes:
- Replace progress_percent with current_step and step_description in CachingTask
- Add total_steps() method to CachingStage (Download: 1, Docs: 2, Index: 3)
- Update TaskManager with update_step() method
- Modify formatters to display "Step X of Y: Description"
- Update cache_crate_with_source to call update_step() at key points
- Remove percentage callbacks from downloader, docgen, and indexer
- Add integration test to verify step tracking behavior

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* fix: Remove unused import and fix formatting issues for CI

- Remove unused HashMap import from task_manager.rs
- Fix await formatting in integration_tests.rs line 1418-1420

Co-authored-by: Michael Assaf <[email protected]>

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Author: 3 people

Cargo.lock

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ rmcp-macros = "0.8.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+dashmap = "6.1"
 dirs = "6.0"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = [
     "process",
     "time",
 ] }
+tokio-util = "0.7"
 toml = "0.8"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = [

rust-docs-mcp/Cargo.toml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //! for both regular crates and workspace members.
 
 use crate::cache::constants::*;
+use crate::cache::downloader::ProgressCallback;
 use crate::cache::storage::CacheStorage;
 use crate::cache::workspace::WorkspaceHandler;
 use crate::rustdoc;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ impl DocGenerator {
     }
 
     /// Generate documentation for a crate
-    pub async fn generate_docs(&self, name: &str, version: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    pub async fn generate_docs(&self, name: &str, version: &str, progress_callback: Option<ProgressCallback>) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         tracing::info!(
             "DocGenerator::generate_docs starting for {}-{}",
             name,
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ impl DocGenerator {
                 name,
                 version
             );
+            if let Some(callback) = progress_callback {
+                callback(100);
+            }
             return Ok(docs_path);
         }
 
@@ -66,9 +70,19 @@ impl DocGenerator {
 
         tracing::info!("Generating documentation for {}-{}", name, version);
 
+        // Report 10% at start of rustdoc
+        if let Some(ref callback) = progress_callback {
+            callback(10);
+        }
+
         // Run cargo rustdoc with JSON output using unified function
         rustdoc::run_cargo_rustdoc_json(&source_path, None, None).await?;
 
+        // Rustdoc complete - report 70%
+        if let Some(ref callback) = progress_callback {
+            callback(70);
+        }
+
         // Find the generated JSON file in target/doc
         let doc_dir = source_path.join(TARGET_DIR).join(DOC_DIR);
         let json_file = self.find_json_doc(&doc_dir, name)?;
@@ -82,8 +96,13 @@ impl DocGenerator {
         // Update metadata to reflect that docs are now generated
         self.storage.save_metadata(name, version)?;
 
+        // Report 80% before indexing
+        if let Some(ref callback) = progress_callback {
+            callback(80);
+        }
+
         // Create search index for the crate
-        self.create_search_index(name, version, None)
+        self.create_search_index(name, version, None, progress_callback.clone())
             .await
             .context("Failed to create search index")?;
 
@@ -109,6 +128,7 @@ impl DocGenerator {
         name: &str,
         version: &str,
         member_path: &str,
+        progress_callback: Option<ProgressCallback>,
     ) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         let source_path = self.storage.source_path(name, version)?;
         let member_full_path = source_path.join(member_path);
@@ -184,7 +204,7 @@ impl DocGenerator {
             .await?;
 
         // Create search index for the workspace member
-        self.create_search_index(name, version, Some(member_path))
+        self.create_search_index(name, version, Some(member_path), progress_callback)
             .await
             .context("Failed to create search index for workspace member")?;
 
@@ -368,6 +388,7 @@ impl DocGenerator {
         name: &str,
         version: &str,
         member_name: Option<&str>,
+        progress_callback: Option<ProgressCallback>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let log_prefix = if let Some(member) = member_name {
             format!("workspace member {member} in")
@@ -395,8 +416,8 @@ impl DocGenerator {
         // Create the search indexer for this crate or workspace member
         let mut indexer = SearchIndexer::new_for_crate(name, version, &self.storage, member_name)?;
 
-        // Add all crate items to the index
-        indexer.add_crate_items(name, version, &crate_data)?;
+        // Add all crate items to the index with progress tracking
+        indexer.add_crate_items(name, version, &crate_data, progress_callback)?;
 
         tracing::info!(
             "Successfully created search index for {}{}-{}",

rust-docs-mcp/src/cache/docgen.rs

@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ use std::env;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use tar::Archive;
 use zeroize::Zeroizing;
 
+/// Progress callback function type for reporting download/operation progress (0-100)
+pub type ProgressCallback = Arc<dyn Fn(u8) + Send + Sync>;
+
 /// Constants for download operations
 const LOCK_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 60;
 const LOCK_POLL_INTERVAL_MS: u64 = 100;
@@ -87,11 +91,12 @@ impl CrateDownloader {
         name: &str,
         version: &str,
         source: Option<&str>,
+        progress_callback: Option<ProgressCallback>,
     ) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         let source_type = SourceDetector::detect(source);
 
         match source_type {
-            SourceType::CratesIo => self.download_crate(name, version).await,
+            SourceType::CratesIo => self.download_crate(name, version, progress_callback).await,
             SourceType::GitHub {
                 url,
                 reference,
@@ -110,10 +115,13 @@ impl CrateDownloader {
     }
 
     /// Download a crate from crates.io
-    async fn download_crate(&self, name: &str, version: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    async fn download_crate(&self, name: &str, version: &str, progress_callback: Option<ProgressCallback>) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         // Check if already cached
         if self.storage.is_cached(name, version) {
             tracing::info!("Crate {}-{} already cached", name, version);
+            if let Some(callback) = progress_callback {
+                callback(100); // Already cached = 100% complete
+            }
             return self.storage.source_path(name, version);
         }
 
@@ -188,12 +196,26 @@ impl CrateDownloader {
         let mut temp_file = File::create(&temp_file_path)
             .with_context(|| format!("Failed to create temporary file for {name}-{version}"))?;
 
+        // Track download progress
+        let total_bytes = response.content_length().unwrap_or(0);
+        let mut downloaded_bytes = 0u64;
+
         let mut stream = response.bytes_stream();
         while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
             let chunk = chunk.context("Failed to read chunk from download stream")?;
+            downloaded_bytes += chunk.len() as u64;
+
             temp_file
                 .write_all(&chunk)
                 .context("Failed to write to temporary file")?;
+
+            // Report progress if callback provided and total size known
+            if let Some(ref callback) = progress_callback {
+                if total_bytes > 0 {
+                    let percent = ((downloaded_bytes * 100) / total_bytes).min(100) as u8;
+                    callback(percent);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // Extract the crate

rust-docs-mcp/src/cache/downloader.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ pub mod outputs;
 pub mod service;
 pub mod source;
 pub mod storage;
+pub mod task_formatter;
+pub mod task_manager;
 pub mod tools;
 pub mod transaction;
 pub mod types;

rust-docs-mcp/src/cache/mod.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+/// Output from async cache_crate operations - returns task ID for monitoring
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Clone)]
+pub struct CacheTaskStartedOutput {
+    pub task_id: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "crate")]
+    pub crate_name: String,
+    pub version: String,
+    pub source_type: String,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub source_details: Option<String>,
+    pub status: String,
+    pub message: String,
+}
+
+impl CacheTaskStartedOutput {
+    /// Convert to JSON string for MCP response
+    pub fn to_json(&self) -> String {
+        serde_json::to_string(self)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| r#"{"error":"Failed to serialize response"}"#.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
 /// Output from cache_crate operations (crates.io, GitHub, local)
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Clone)]
 #[serde(tag = "status")]