fix: bound memory usage during embed

src/cli/qmd.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   isDocid,
   matchFilesByGlob,
   getHashesNeedingEmbedding,
-  getHashesForEmbedding,
   clearAllEmbeddings,
   insertEmbedding,
   getStatus,
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@ import {
   type ExpandedQuery,
   type HybridQueryExplain,
   DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL,
+  DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_BATCH_BYTES,
+  DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_DOCS_PER_BATCH,
   DEFAULT_RERANK_MODEL,
   DEFAULT_GLOB,
   DEFAULT_MULTI_GET_MAX_BYTES,
@@ -1607,7 +1608,20 @@ function renderProgressBar(percent: number, width: number = 30): string {
   return bar;
 }
 
-async function vectorIndex(model: string = DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL, force: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
+function parseEmbedBatchOption(name: string, value: unknown): number | undefined {
+  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isInteger(parsed) || parsed < 1) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} must be a positive integer`);
+  }
+  return parsed;
+}
+
+async function vectorIndex(
+  model: string = DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL,
+  force: boolean = false,
+  batchOptions?: { maxDocsPerBatch?: number; maxBatchBytes?: number },
+): Promise<void> {
   const storeInstance = getStore();
   const db = storeInstance.db;
 
@@ -1616,14 +1630,19 @@ async function vectorIndex(model: string = DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL, force: boolean =
   }
 
   // Check if there's work to do before starting
-  const hashesToEmbed = getHashesForEmbedding(db);
-  if (hashesToEmbed.length === 0 && !force) {
+  const hashesToEmbed = getHashesNeedingEmbedding(db);
+  if (hashesToEmbed === 0 && !force) {
     console.log(`${c.green}✓ All content hashes already have embeddings.${c.reset}`);
     closeDb();
     return;
   }
 
   console.log(`${c.dim}Model: ${model}${c.reset}\n`);
+  if (batchOptions?.maxDocsPerBatch !== undefined || batchOptions?.maxBatchBytes !== undefined) {
+    const maxDocsPerBatch = batchOptions.maxDocsPerBatch ?? DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_DOCS_PER_BATCH;
+    const maxBatchBytes = batchOptions.maxBatchBytes ?? DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_BATCH_BYTES;
+    console.log(`${c.dim}Batch: ${maxDocsPerBatch} docs / ${formatBytes(maxBatchBytes)}${c.reset}\n`);
+  }
   cursor.hide();
   progress.indeterminate();
 
@@ -1632,6 +1651,8 @@ async function vectorIndex(model: string = DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL, force: boolean =
   const result = await generateEmbeddings(storeInstance, {
     force,
     model,
+    maxDocsPerBatch: batchOptions?.maxDocsPerBatch,
+    maxBatchBytes: batchOptions?.maxBatchBytes,
     onProgress: (info) => {
       if (info.totalBytes === 0) return;
       const percent = (info.bytesProcessed / info.totalBytes) * 100;
@@ -2334,6 +2355,8 @@ function parseCLI() {
       mask: { type: "string" },  // glob pattern
       // Embed options
       force: { type: "boolean", short: "f" },
+      "max-docs-per-batch": { type: "string" },
+      "max-batch-mb": { type: "string" },
       // Update options
       pull: { type: "boolean" },  // git pull before update
       refresh: { type: "boolean" },
@@ -2547,6 +2570,8 @@ function showHelp(): void {
   console.log("  qmd status                    - View index + collection health");
   console.log("  qmd update [--pull]           - Re-index collections (optionally git pull first)");
   console.log("  qmd embed [-f]                - Generate/refresh vector embeddings");
+  console.log("    --max-docs-per-batch <n>    - Cap docs loaded into memory per embedding batch");
+  console.log("    --max-batch-mb <n>          - Cap UTF-8 MB loaded into memory per embedding batch");
   console.log("  qmd cleanup                   - Clear caches, vacuum DB");
   console.log("");
   console.log("Query syntax (qmd query):");
@@ -2923,7 +2948,17 @@ if (isMain) {
       break;
 
     case "embed":
-      await vectorIndex(DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL, !!cli.values.force);
+      try {
+        const maxDocsPerBatch = parseEmbedBatchOption("maxDocsPerBatch", cli.values["max-docs-per-batch"]);
+        const maxBatchMb = parseEmbedBatchOption("maxBatchBytes", cli.values["max-batch-mb"]);
+        await vectorIndex(DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL, !!cli.values.force, {
+          maxDocsPerBatch,
+          maxBatchBytes: maxBatchMb === undefined ? undefined : maxBatchMb * 1024 * 1024,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
       break;
 
     case "pull": {

src/index.ts

@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ export interface QMDStore {
   embed(options?: {
     force?: boolean;
     model?: string;
+    maxDocsPerBatch?: number;
+    maxBatchBytes?: number;
     onProgress?: (info: EmbedProgress) => void;
   }): Promise<EmbedResult>;
 
@@ -502,6 +504,8 @@ export async function createStore(options: StoreOptions): Promise<QMDStore> {
       return generateEmbeddings(internal, {
         force: embedOpts?.force,
         model: embedOpts?.model,
+        maxDocsPerBatch: embedOpts?.maxDocsPerBatch,
+        maxBatchBytes: embedOpts?.maxBatchBytes,
         onProgress: embedOpts?.onProgress,
       });
     },

src/store.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   formatQueryForEmbedding,
   formatDocForEmbedding,
   withLLMSessionForLlm,
-  type LLMSessionOptions,
   type RerankDocument,
   type ILLMSession,
 } from "./llm.js";
@@ -45,6 +44,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_RERANK_MODEL = "ExpedientFalcon/qwen3-reranker:0.6b-q8_0";
 export const DEFAULT_QUERY_MODEL = "Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B";
 export const DEFAULT_GLOB = "**/*.md";
 export const DEFAULT_MULTI_GET_MAX_BYTES = 10 * 1024; // 10KB
+export const DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_DOCS_PER_BATCH = 64;
+export const DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_BATCH_BYTES = 64 * 1024 * 1024; // 64MB
 
 // Chunking: 900 tokens per chunk with 15% overlap
 // Increased from 800 to accommodate smart chunking finding natural break points
@@ -1179,6 +1180,109 @@ export type EmbedResult = {
   durationMs: number;
 };
 
+export type EmbedOptions = {
+  force?: boolean;
+  model?: string;
+  maxDocsPerBatch?: number;
+  maxBatchBytes?: number;
+  onProgress?: (info: EmbedProgress) => void;
+};
+
+type PendingEmbeddingDoc = {
+  hash: string;
+  path: string;
+  bytes: number;
+};
+
+type EmbeddingDoc = PendingEmbeddingDoc & {
+  body: string;
+};
+
+type ChunkItem = {
+  hash: string;
+  title: string;
+  text: string;
+  seq: number;
+  pos: number;
+  tokens: number;
+  bytes: number;
+};
+
+function validatePositiveIntegerOption(name: string, value: number | undefined, fallback: number): number {
+  if (value === undefined) return fallback;
+  if (!Number.isInteger(value) || value < 1) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} must be a positive integer`);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+function resolveEmbedOptions(options?: EmbedOptions): Required<Pick<EmbedOptions, "maxDocsPerBatch" | "maxBatchBytes">> {
+  return {
+    maxDocsPerBatch: validatePositiveIntegerOption("maxDocsPerBatch", options?.maxDocsPerBatch, DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_DOCS_PER_BATCH),
+    maxBatchBytes: validatePositiveIntegerOption("maxBatchBytes", options?.maxBatchBytes, DEFAULT_EMBED_MAX_BATCH_BYTES),
+  };
+}
+
+function getPendingEmbeddingDocs(db: Database): PendingEmbeddingDoc[] {
+  return db.prepare(`
+    SELECT d.hash, MIN(d.path) as path, length(CAST(c.doc AS BLOB)) as bytes
+    FROM documents d
+    JOIN content c ON d.hash = c.hash
+    LEFT JOIN content_vectors v ON d.hash = v.hash AND v.seq = 0
+    WHERE d.active = 1 AND v.hash IS NULL
+    GROUP BY d.hash
+    ORDER BY MIN(d.path)
+  `).all() as PendingEmbeddingDoc[];
+}
+
+function buildEmbeddingBatches(
+  docs: PendingEmbeddingDoc[],
+  maxDocsPerBatch: number,
+  maxBatchBytes: number,
+): PendingEmbeddingDoc[][] {
+  const batches: PendingEmbeddingDoc[][] = [];
+  let currentBatch: PendingEmbeddingDoc[] = [];
+  let currentBytes = 0;
+
+  for (const doc of docs) {
+    const docBytes = Math.max(0, doc.bytes);
+    const wouldExceedDocs = currentBatch.length >= maxDocsPerBatch;
+    const wouldExceedBytes = currentBatch.length > 0 && (currentBytes + docBytes) > maxBatchBytes;
+
+    if (wouldExceedDocs || wouldExceedBytes) {
+      batches.push(currentBatch);
+      currentBatch = [];
+      currentBytes = 0;
+    }
+
+    currentBatch.push(doc);
+    currentBytes += docBytes;
+  }
+
+  if (currentBatch.length > 0) {
+    batches.push(currentBatch);
+  }
+
+  return batches;
+}
+
+function getEmbeddingDocsForBatch(db: Database, batch: PendingEmbeddingDoc[]): EmbeddingDoc[] {
+  if (batch.length === 0) return [];
+
+  const placeholders = batch.map(() => "?").join(",");
+  const rows = db.prepare(`
+    SELECT hash, doc as body
+    FROM content
+    WHERE hash IN (${placeholders})
+  `).all(...batch.map(doc => doc.hash)) as { hash: string; body: string }[];
+  const bodyByHash = new Map(rows.map(row => [row.hash, row.body]));
+
+  return batch.map((doc) => ({
+    ...doc,
+    body: bodyByHash.get(doc.hash) ?? "",
+  }));
+}
+
 /**
  * Generate vector embeddings for documents that need them.
  * Pure function — no console output, no db lifecycle management.
@@ -1186,120 +1290,141 @@ export type EmbedResult = {
  */
 export async function generateEmbeddings(
   store: Store,
-  options?: {
-    force?: boolean;
-    model?: string;
-    onProgress?: (info: EmbedProgress) => void;
-  }
+  options?: EmbedOptions
 ): Promise<EmbedResult> {
   const db = store.db;
   const model = options?.model ?? DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL;
   const now = new Date().toISOString();
+  const { maxDocsPerBatch, maxBatchBytes } = resolveEmbedOptions(options);
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
 
   if (options?.force) {
     clearAllEmbeddings(db);
   }
 
-  const hashesToEmbed = getHashesForEmbedding(db);
+  const docsToEmbed = getPendingEmbeddingDocs(db);
 
-  if (hashesToEmbed.length === 0) {
+  if (docsToEmbed.length === 0) {
     return { docsProcessed: 0, chunksEmbedded: 0, errors: 0, durationMs: 0 };
   }
-
-  // Chunk all documents
-  type ChunkItem = { hash: string; title: string; text: string; seq: number; pos: number; tokens: number; bytes: number };
-  const allChunks: ChunkItem[] = [];
-
-  for (const item of hashesToEmbed) {
-    const encoder = new TextEncoder();
-    const bodyBytes = encoder.encode(item.body).length;
-    if (bodyBytes === 0) continue;
-
-    const title = extractTitle(item.body, item.path);
-    const chunks = await chunkDocumentByTokens(item.body);
-
-    for (let seq = 0; seq < chunks.length; seq++) {
-      allChunks.push({
-        hash: item.hash,
-        title,
-        text: chunks[seq]!.text,
-        seq,
-        pos: chunks[seq]!.pos,
-        tokens: chunks[seq]!.tokens,
-        bytes: encoder.encode(chunks[seq]!.text).length,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (allChunks.length === 0) {
-    return { docsProcessed: 0, chunksEmbedded: 0, errors: 0, durationMs: 0 };
-  }
-
-  const totalBytes = allChunks.reduce((sum, chk) => sum + chk.bytes, 0);
-  const totalChunks = allChunks.length;
-  const totalDocs = hashesToEmbed.length;
+  const totalBytes = docsToEmbed.reduce((sum, doc) => sum + Math.max(0, doc.bytes), 0);
+  const totalDocs = docsToEmbed.length;
   const startTime = Date.now();
 
   // Use store's LlamaCpp or global singleton, wrapped in a session
   const llm = getLlm(store);
-  const sessionOptions: LLMSessionOptions = { maxDuration: 30 * 60 * 1000, name: 'generateEmbeddings' };
 
   // Create a session manager for this llm instance
   const result = await withLLMSessionForLlm(llm, async (session) => {
-    // Get embedding dimensions from first chunk
-    const firstChunk = allChunks[0]!;
-    const firstText = formatDocForEmbedding(firstChunk.text, firstChunk.title);
-    const firstResult = await session.embed(firstText);
-    if (!firstResult) {
-      throw new Error("Failed to get embedding dimensions from first chunk");
-    }
-    store.ensureVecTable(firstResult.embedding.length);
-
-    let chunksEmbedded = 0, errors = 0, bytesProcessed = 0;
+    let chunksEmbedded = 0;
+    let errors = 0;
+    let bytesProcessed = 0;
+    let totalChunks = 0;
+    let vectorTableInitialized = false;
     const BATCH_SIZE = 32;
+    const batches = buildEmbeddingBatches(docsToEmbed, maxDocsPerBatch, maxBatchBytes);
+
+    for (const batchMeta of batches) {
+      const batchDocs = getEmbeddingDocsForBatch(db, batchMeta);
+      const batchChunks: ChunkItem[] = [];
+      const batchBytes = batchMeta.reduce((sum, doc) => sum + Math.max(0, doc.bytes), 0);
+
+      for (const doc of batchDocs) {
+        if (!doc.body.trim()) continue;
+
+        const title = extractTitle(doc.body, doc.path);
+        const chunks = await chunkDocumentByTokens(doc.body);
+
+        for (let seq = 0; seq < chunks.length; seq++) {
+          batchChunks.push({
+            hash: doc.hash,
+            title,
+            text: chunks[seq]!.text,
+            seq,
+            pos: chunks[seq]!.pos,
+            tokens: chunks[seq]!.tokens,
+            bytes: encoder.encode(chunks[seq]!.text).length,
+          });
+        }
+      }
 
-    for (let batchStart = 0; batchStart < allChunks.length; batchStart += BATCH_SIZE) {
-      const batchEnd = Math.min(batchStart + BATCH_SIZE, allChunks.length);
-      const batch = allChunks.slice(batchStart, batchEnd);
-      const texts = batch.map(chunk => formatDocForEmbedding(chunk.text, chunk.title));
-
-      try {
-        const embeddings = await session.embedBatch(texts);
-        for (let i = 0; i < batch.length; i++) {
-          const chunk = batch[i]!;
-          const embedding = embeddings[i];
-          if (embedding) {
-            insertEmbedding(db, chunk.hash, chunk.seq, chunk.pos, new Float32Array(embedding.embedding), model, now);
-            chunksEmbedded++;
-          } else {
-            errors++;
-          }
-          bytesProcessed += chunk.bytes;
+      totalChunks += batchChunks.length;
+
+      if (batchChunks.length === 0) {
+        bytesProcessed += batchBytes;
+        options?.onProgress?.({ chunksEmbedded, totalChunks, bytesProcessed, totalBytes, errors });
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (!vectorTableInitialized) {
+        const firstChunk = batchChunks[0]!;
+        const firstText = formatDocForEmbedding(firstChunk.text, firstChunk.title);
+        const firstResult = await session.embed(firstText);
+        if (!firstResult) {
+          throw new Error("Failed to get embedding dimensions from first chunk");
         }
-      } catch {
-        // Batch failed — try individual embeddings as fallback
-        for (const chunk of batch) {
-          try {
-            const text = formatDocForEmbedding(chunk.text, chunk.title);
-            const result = await session.embed(text);
-            if (result) {
-              insertEmbedding(db, chunk.hash, chunk.seq, chunk.pos, new Float32Array(result.embedding), model, now);
+        store.ensureVecTable(firstResult.embedding.length);
+        vectorTableInitialized = true;
+      }
+
+      const totalBatchChunkBytes = batchChunks.reduce((sum, chunk) => sum + chunk.bytes, 0);
+      let batchChunkBytesProcessed = 0;
+
+      for (let batchStart = 0; batchStart < batchChunks.length; batchStart += BATCH_SIZE) {
+        const batchEnd = Math.min(batchStart + BATCH_SIZE, batchChunks.length);
+        const chunkBatch = batchChunks.slice(batchStart, batchEnd);
+        const texts = chunkBatch.map(chunk => formatDocForEmbedding(chunk.text, chunk.title));
+
+        try {
+          const embeddings = await session.embedBatch(texts);
+          for (let i = 0; i < chunkBatch.length; i++) {
+            const chunk = chunkBatch[i]!;
+            const embedding = embeddings[i];
+            if (embedding) {
+              insertEmbedding(db, chunk.hash, chunk.seq, chunk.pos, new Float32Array(embedding.embedding), model, now);
               chunksEmbedded++;
             } else {
               errors++;
             }
-          } catch {
-            errors++;
+            batchChunkBytesProcessed += chunk.bytes;
+          }
+        } catch {
+          // Batch failed — try individual embeddings as fallback
+          for (const chunk of chunkBatch) {
+            try {
+              const text = formatDocForEmbedding(chunk.text, chunk.title);
+              const result = await session.embed(text);
+              if (result) {
+                insertEmbedding(db, chunk.hash, chunk.seq, chunk.pos, new Float32Array(result.embedding), model, now);
+                chunksEmbedded++;
+              } else {
+                errors++;
+              }
+            } catch {
+              errors++;
+            }
+            batchChunkBytesProcessed += chunk.bytes;
           }
-          bytesProcessed += chunk.bytes;
         }
+
+        const proportionalBytes = totalBatchChunkBytes === 0
+          ? batchBytes
+          : Math.min(batchBytes, Math.round((batchChunkBytesProcessed / totalBatchChunkBytes) * batchBytes));
+        options?.onProgress?.({
+          chunksEmbedded,
+          totalChunks,
+          bytesProcessed: bytesProcessed + proportionalBytes,
+          totalBytes,
+          errors,
+        });
       }
 
+      bytesProcessed += batchBytes;
       options?.onProgress?.({ chunksEmbedded, totalChunks, bytesProcessed, totalBytes, errors });
     }
 
     return { chunksEmbedded, errors };
-  }, sessionOptions);
+  }, { maxDuration: 30 * 60 * 1000, name: 'generateEmbeddings' });
 
   return {
     docsProcessed: totalDocs,

test/cli.test.ts

@@ -241,6 +241,20 @@ describe("CLI Help", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("CLI Embed", () => {
+  test("rejects invalid --max-docs-per-batch", async () => {
+    const { stderr, exitCode } = await runQmd(["embed", "--max-docs-per-batch", "0"]);
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
+    expect(stderr).toContain("maxDocsPerBatch");
+  });
+
+  test("rejects invalid --max-batch-mb", async () => {
+    const { stderr, exitCode } = await runQmd(["embed", "--max-batch-mb", "0"]);
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
+    expect(stderr).toContain("maxBatchBytes");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("CLI Skill Commands", () => {
   test("shows embedded skill with --skill alias", async () => {
     const { stdout, exitCode } = await runQmd(["--skill"]);

test/sdk.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   type VectorSearchOptions,
   type ExpandQueryOptions,
 } from "../src/index.js";
+import { setDefaultLlamaCpp } from "../src/llm.js";
 
 // =============================================================================
 // Test Helpers
@@ -924,6 +925,79 @@ describe("update", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("embed", () => {
+  function createFakeTokenizer() {
+    return {
+      async tokenize(text: string) {
+        return new Array(Math.max(1, Math.ceil(text.length / 16))).fill(1);
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  function createFakeEmbedLlm() {
+    const embedBatchCalls: string[][] = [];
+    return {
+      embedBatchCalls,
+      async embed(_text: string) {
+        return { embedding: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3], model: "fake-embed" };
+      },
+      async embedBatch(texts: string[]) {
+        embedBatchCalls.push([...texts]);
+        return texts.map((_text, index) => ({
+          embedding: [index + 1, index + 2, index + 3],
+          model: "fake-embed",
+        }));
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  test("store.embed forwards batch limit options", async () => {
+    const store = await createStore({
+      dbPath: freshDbPath(),
+      config: {
+        collections: {
+          docs: { path: docsDir, pattern: "**/*.md" },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const fakeLlm = createFakeEmbedLlm();
+    setDefaultLlamaCpp(createFakeTokenizer() as any);
+    store.internal.llm = fakeLlm as any;
+
+    try {
+      await store.update();
+      const result = await store.embed({
+        maxDocsPerBatch: 1,
+        maxBatchBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      });
+
+      expect(fakeLlm.embedBatchCalls).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(fakeLlm.embedBatchCalls.map(call => call.length)).toEqual([1, 1, 1]);
+      expect(result.docsProcessed).toBe(3);
+      expect(result.chunksEmbedded).toBe(3);
+    } finally {
+      setDefaultLlamaCpp(null);
+      await store.close();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("store.embed rejects invalid batch limits", async () => {
+    const store = await createStore({
+      dbPath: freshDbPath(),
+      config: { collections: {} },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await expect(store.embed({ maxDocsPerBatch: 0 })).rejects.toThrow("maxDocsPerBatch");
+      await expect(store.embed({ maxBatchBytes: 0 })).rejects.toThrow("maxBatchBytes");
+    } finally {
+      setDefaultLlamaCpp(null);
+      await store.close();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Lifecycle Tests
 // =============================================================================

test/store.test.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import YAML from "yaml";
 import * as llmModule from "../src/llm.js";
-import { disposeDefaultLlamaCpp } from "../src/llm.js";
+import { disposeDefaultLlamaCpp, setDefaultLlamaCpp } from "../src/llm.js";
 import {
   createStore,
   verifySqliteVecLoaded,
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
   syncConfigToDb,
   STRONG_SIGNAL_MIN_SCORE,
   STRONG_SIGNAL_MIN_GAP,
+  generateEmbeddings,
   type Store,
   type DocumentResult,
   type SearchResult,
@@ -2589,6 +2590,113 @@ describe("Edge Cases", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("Embedding batching", () => {
+  function createFakeTokenizer() {
+    return {
+      async tokenize(text: string) {
+        return new Array(Math.max(1, Math.ceil(text.length / 16))).fill(1);
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  function createFakeEmbedLlm() {
+    const embedBatchCalls: string[][] = [];
+    return {
+      embedBatchCalls,
+      async embed(_text: string) {
+        return { embedding: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3], model: "fake-embed" };
+      },
+      async embedBatch(texts: string[]) {
+        embedBatchCalls.push([...texts]);
+        return texts.map((_text, index) => ({
+          embedding: [index + 1, index + 2, index + 3],
+          model: "fake-embed",
+        }));
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  test("generateEmbeddings flushes batches when maxDocsPerBatch is reached", async () => {
+    const store = await createTestStore();
+    const db = store.db;
+    const fakeLlm = createFakeEmbedLlm();
+
+    setDefaultLlamaCpp(createFakeTokenizer() as any);
+    store.llm = fakeLlm as any;
+
+    try {
+      await insertTestDocument(db, "docs", { name: "one", body: "# One\n\nAlpha" });
+      await insertTestDocument(db, "docs", { name: "two", body: "# Two\n\nBeta" });
+      await insertTestDocument(db, "docs", { name: "three", body: "# Three\n\nGamma" });
+
+      const result = await generateEmbeddings(store, {
+        maxDocsPerBatch: 1,
+        maxBatchBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+      });
+
+      expect(fakeLlm.embedBatchCalls).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(fakeLlm.embedBatchCalls.map(call => call.length)).toEqual([1, 1, 1]);
+      expect(result.docsProcessed).toBe(3);
+      expect(result.chunksEmbedded).toBe(3);
+      expect(db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM content_vectors`).get()).toEqual({ count: 3 });
+    } finally {
+      setDefaultLlamaCpp(null);
+      await cleanupTestDb(store);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("generateEmbeddings flushes batches when maxBatchBytes is reached", async () => {
+    const store = await createTestStore();
+    const db = store.db;
+    const fakeLlm = createFakeEmbedLlm();
+
+    setDefaultLlamaCpp(createFakeTokenizer() as any);
+    store.llm = fakeLlm as any;
+
+    const docOne = "# One\n\n" + "A".repeat(36);
+    const docTwo = "# Two\n\n" + "B".repeat(36);
+    const docThree = "# Three\n\n" + "C".repeat(36);
+    const batchLimit = new TextEncoder().encode(docOne).length
+      + new TextEncoder().encode(docTwo).length
+      + 1;
+
+    try {
+      await insertTestDocument(db, "docs", { name: "a-one", body: docOne });
+      await insertTestDocument(db, "docs", { name: "b-two", body: docTwo });
+      await insertTestDocument(db, "docs", { name: "c-three", body: docThree });
+
+      const result = await generateEmbeddings(store, {
+        maxDocsPerBatch: 64,
+        maxBatchBytes: batchLimit,
+      });
+
+      expect(fakeLlm.embedBatchCalls).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(fakeLlm.embedBatchCalls.map(call => call.length)).toEqual([2, 1]);
+      expect(result.docsProcessed).toBe(3);
+      expect(result.chunksEmbedded).toBe(3);
+    } finally {
+      setDefaultLlamaCpp(null);
+      await cleanupTestDb(store);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("generateEmbeddings rejects invalid batch limits", async () => {
+    const store = await createTestStore();
+
+    try {
+      await expect(generateEmbeddings(store, { maxDocsPerBatch: 0 })).rejects.toThrow(
+        "maxDocsPerBatch"
+      );
+      await expect(generateEmbeddings(store, { maxBatchBytes: 0 })).rejects.toThrow(
+        "maxBatchBytes"
+      );
+    } finally {
+      setDefaultLlamaCpp(null);
+      await cleanupTestDb(store);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Content-Addressable Storage Tests
 // =============================================================================