[8.18] [Obs AI Assistant] Add KB re-indexing when encountering semantic_text bug (#210386) (#211497)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `8.18`:
- [[Obs AI Assistant] Add KB re-indexing when encountering
`semantic_text` bug
(#210386)](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/210386)

<!--- Backport version: 9.6.5 -->

### Questions ?
Please refer to the [Backport tool
documentation](https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport)

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x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/config.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const config = schema.object({
   enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
   scope: schema.maybe(schema.oneOf([schema.literal('observability'), schema.literal('search')])),
   enableKnowledgeBase: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+  disableKbSemanticTextMigration: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
 });
 
 export type ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig = TypeOf<typeof config>;

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/plugin.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import { registerFunctions } from './functions';
 import { recallRankingEvent } from './analytics/recall_ranking';
 import { initLangtrace } from './service/client/instrumentation/init_langtrace';
 import { aiAssistantCapabilities } from '../common/capabilities';
-import { registerMigrateKnowledgeBaseEntriesTask } from './service/task_manager_definitions/register_migrate_knowledge_base_entries_task';
+import { registerAndScheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask } from './service/task_manager_definitions/register_kb_semantic_text_migration_task';
+import { updateExistingIndexAssets } from './service/create_or_update_index_assets';
 
 export class ObservabilityAIAssistantPlugin
   implements
@@ -123,14 +124,22 @@ export class ObservabilityAIAssistantPlugin
       config: this.config,
     }));
 
-    registerMigrateKnowledgeBaseEntriesTask({
+    // Update existing index assets (mappings, templates, etc). This will not create assets if they do not exist.
+    updateExistingIndexAssets({ logger: this.logger.get('index_assets'), core }).catch((e) =>
+      this.logger.error(`Index assets could not be updated: ${e.message}`)
+    );
+
+    // register task to migrate knowledge base entries to include semantic_text field
+    registerAndScheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({
       core,
       taskManager: plugins.taskManager,
-      logger: this.logger,
+      logger: this.logger.get('kb_semantic_text_migration_task'),
       config: this.config,
-    }).catch((e) => {
-      this.logger.error(`Knowledge base migration was not successfully: ${e.message}`);
-    });
+    }).catch((e) =>
+      this.logger.error(
+        `Knowledge base semantic_text migration task could not be registered: ${e.message}`
+      )
+    );
 
     service.register(registerFunctions);
 

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/get_global_observability_ai_assistant_route_repository.ts

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import { connectorRoutes } from './connectors/route';
 import { conversationRoutes } from './conversations/route';
 import { functionRoutes } from './functions/route';
 import { knowledgeBaseRoutes } from './knowledge_base/route';
+import { topLevelRoutes } from './top_level/route';
 
 export function getGlobalObservabilityAIAssistantServerRouteRepository() {
   return {
+    ...topLevelRoutes,
     ...chatRoutes,
     ...conversationRoutes,
     ...connectorRoutes,

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/knowledge_base/route.ts

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const resetKnowledgeBase = createObservabilityAIAssistantServerRoute({
 });
 
 const semanticTextMigrationKnowledgeBase = createObservabilityAIAssistantServerRoute({
-  endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/semantic_text_migration',
+  endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/migrations/kb_semantic_text',
   security: {
     authz: {
       requiredPrivileges: ['ai_assistant'],
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const semanticTextMigrationKnowledgeBase = createObservabilityAIAssistantServerR
       throw notImplemented();
     }
 
-    return client.migrateKnowledgeBaseToSemanticText();
+    return client.reIndexKnowledgeBaseAndPopulateSemanticTextField();
   },
 });
 

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/top_level/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { createOrUpdateIndexAssets } from '../../service/create_or_update_index_assets';
+import { createObservabilityAIAssistantServerRoute } from '../create_observability_ai_assistant_server_route';
+
+const createOrUpdateIndexAssetsRoute = createObservabilityAIAssistantServerRoute({
+  endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/index_assets',
+  security: {
+    authz: {
+      requiredPrivileges: ['ai_assistant'],
+    },
+  },
+  handler: async (resources): Promise<void> => {
+    return createOrUpdateIndexAssets({
+      logger: resources.logger,
+      core: resources.plugins.core.setup,
+    });
+  },
+});
+
+export const topLevelRoutes = {
+  ...createOrUpdateIndexAssetsRoute,
+};

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/client/index.ts

@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ import { extractTokenCount } from './operators/extract_token_count';
 import { getGeneratedTitle } from './operators/get_generated_title';
 import { instrumentAndCountTokens } from './operators/instrument_and_count_tokens';
 import {
-  runSemanticTextKnowledgeBaseMigration,
-  scheduleSemanticTextMigration,
-} from '../task_manager_definitions/register_migrate_knowledge_base_entries_task';
+  reIndexKnowledgeBaseAndPopulateSemanticTextField,
+  scheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask,
+} from '../task_manager_definitions/register_kb_semantic_text_migration_task';
 import { ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies } from '../../types';
 import { ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig } from '../../config';
 import { getElserModelId } from '../knowledge_base_service/get_elser_model_id';
@@ -688,12 +688,11 @@ export class ObservabilityAIAssistantClient {
 
     core
       .getStartServices()
-      .then(([_, pluginsStart]) => {
-        logger.debug('Schedule semantic text migration task');
-        return scheduleSemanticTextMigration(pluginsStart);
-      })
+      .then(([_, pluginsStart]) =>
+        scheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({ taskManager: pluginsStart.taskManager, logger })
+      )
       .catch((error) => {
-        logger.error(`Failed to run semantic text migration task: ${error}`);
+        logger.error(`Failed to schedule semantic text migration task: ${error}`);
       });
 
     return res;
@@ -704,8 +703,8 @@ export class ObservabilityAIAssistantClient {
     return this.dependencies.knowledgeBaseService.reset(esClient);
   };
 
-  migrateKnowledgeBaseToSemanticText = () => {
-    return runSemanticTextKnowledgeBaseMigration({
+  reIndexKnowledgeBaseAndPopulateSemanticTextField = () => {
+    return reIndexKnowledgeBaseAndPopulateSemanticTextField({
       esClient: this.dependencies.esClient,
       logger: this.dependencies.logger,
       config: this.dependencies.config,

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/create_or_update_index_assets.ts

@@ -6,13 +6,39 @@
  */
 
 import { createConcreteWriteIndex, getDataStreamAdapter } from '@kbn/alerting-plugin/server';
-import type { CoreSetup, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import type { CoreSetup, ElasticsearchClient, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import type { ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies } from '../types';
 import { conversationComponentTemplate } from './conversation_component_template';
 import { kbComponentTemplate } from './kb_component_template';
 import { resourceNames } from '.';
 
-export async function setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets({
+export async function updateExistingIndexAssets({
+  logger,
+  core,
+}: {
+  logger: Logger;
+  core: CoreSetup<ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies>;
+}) {
+  const [coreStart] = await core.getStartServices();
+  const { asInternalUser } = coreStart.elasticsearch.client;
+
+  const hasKbIndex = await asInternalUser.indices.exists({
+    index: resourceNames.aliases.kb,
+  });
+
+  const hasConversationIndex = await asInternalUser.indices.exists({
+    index: resourceNames.aliases.conversations,
+  });
+
+  if (!hasKbIndex && !hasConversationIndex) {
+    logger.debug('Index assets do not exist. Aborting updating index assets');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await createOrUpdateIndexAssets({ logger, core });
+}
+
+export async function createOrUpdateIndexAssets({
   logger,
   core,
 }: {
@@ -56,7 +82,7 @@ export async function setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets({
         alias: conversationAliasName,
         pattern: `${conversationAliasName}*`,
         basePattern: `${conversationAliasName}*`,
-        name: `${conversationAliasName}-000001`,
+        name: resourceNames.concreteIndexName.conversations,
         template: resourceNames.indexTemplate.conversations,
       },
       dataStreamAdapter: getDataStreamAdapter({ useDataStreamForAlerts: false }),
@@ -86,20 +112,7 @@ export async function setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets({
     });
 
     // Knowledge base: write index
-    const kbAliasName = resourceNames.aliases.kb;
-    await createConcreteWriteIndex({
-      esClient: asInternalUser,
-      logger,
-      totalFieldsLimit: 10000,
-      indexPatterns: {
-        alias: kbAliasName,
-        pattern: `${kbAliasName}*`,
-        basePattern: `${kbAliasName}*`,
-        name: `${kbAliasName}-000001`,
-        template: resourceNames.indexTemplate.kb,
-      },
-      dataStreamAdapter: getDataStreamAdapter({ useDataStreamForAlerts: false }),
-    });
+    await createKbConcreteIndex({ logger, esClient: coreStart.elasticsearch.client });
 
     logger.info('Successfully set up index assets');
   } catch (error) {
@@ -107,3 +120,28 @@ export async function setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets({
     logger.debug(error);
   }
 }
+
+export async function createKbConcreteIndex({
+  logger,
+  esClient,
+}: {
+  logger: Logger;
+  esClient: {
+    asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient;
+  };
+}) {
+  const kbAliasName = resourceNames.aliases.kb;
+  return createConcreteWriteIndex({
+    esClient: esClient.asInternalUser,
+    logger,
+    totalFieldsLimit: 10000,
+    indexPatterns: {
+      alias: kbAliasName,
+      pattern: `${kbAliasName}*`,
+      basePattern: `${kbAliasName}*`,
+      name: resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb,
+      template: resourceNames.indexTemplate.kb,
+    },
+    dataStreamAdapter: getDataStreamAdapter({ useDataStreamForAlerts: false }),
+  });
+}

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/index.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { ObservabilityAIAssistantClient } from './client';
 import { KnowledgeBaseService } from './knowledge_base_service';
 import type { RegistrationCallback, RespondFunctionResources } from './types';
 import { ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig } from '../config';
-import { setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets } from './setup_conversation_and_kb_index_assets';
+import { createOrUpdateIndexAssets } from './create_or_update_index_assets';
 
 function getResourceName(resource: string) {
   return `.kibana-observability-ai-assistant-${resource}`;
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ export const resourceNames = {
     conversations: getResourceName('index-template-conversations'),
     kb: getResourceName('index-template-kb'),
   },
+  concreteIndexName: {
+    conversations: getResourceName('conversations-000001'),
+    kb: getResourceName('kb-000001'),
+  },
 };
 
 const createIndexAssetsOnce = once(
   (logger: Logger, core: CoreSetup<ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies>) =>
-    pRetry(() => setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets({ logger, core }))
+    pRetry(() => createOrUpdateIndexAssets({ logger, core }))
 );
 
 export class ObservabilityAIAssistantService {

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/index.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ import {
 import { recallFromSearchConnectors } from './recall_from_search_connectors';
 import { ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies } from '../../types';
 import { ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig } from '../../config';
+import {
+  isKnowledgeBaseIndexWriteBlocked,
+  isSemanticTextUnsupportedError,
+} from './reindex_knowledge_base';
+import { scheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask } from '../task_manager_definitions/register_kb_semantic_text_migration_task';
 
 interface Dependencies {
   core: CoreSetup<ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies>;
@@ -406,7 +411,9 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseService {
     }
 
     try {
-      await this.dependencies.esClient.asInternalUser.index({
+      await this.dependencies.esClient.asInternalUser.index<
+        Omit<KnowledgeBaseEntry, 'id'> & { namespace: string }
+      >({
         index: resourceNames.aliases.kb,
         id,
         document: {
@@ -418,10 +425,40 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseService {
         },
         refresh: 'wait_for',
       });
+      this.dependencies.logger.debug(`Entry added to knowledge base`);
     } catch (error) {
+      this.dependencies.logger.debug(`Failed to add entry to knowledge base ${error}`);
       if (isInferenceEndpointMissingOrUnavailable(error)) {
         throwKnowledgeBaseNotReady(error.body);
       }
+
+      if (isSemanticTextUnsupportedError(error)) {
+        this.dependencies.core
+          .getStartServices()
+          .then(([_, pluginsStart]) => {
+            return scheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({
+              taskManager: pluginsStart.taskManager,
+              logger: this.dependencies.logger,
+              runSoon: true,
+            });
+          })
+          .catch((e) => {
+            this.dependencies.logger.error(
+              `Failed to schedule knowledge base semantic text migration task: ${e}`
+            );
+          });
+
+        throw serverUnavailable(
+          'The knowledge base is currently being re-indexed. Please try again later'
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (isKnowledgeBaseIndexWriteBlocked(error)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Writes to the knowledge base are currently blocked due to an Elasticsearch write index block. This is most likely due to an ongoing re-indexing operation. Please try again later. Error: ${error.message}`
+        );
+      }
+
       throw error;
     }
   };

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/reindex_knowledge_base.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { errors as EsErrors } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import { ElasticsearchClient } from '@kbn/core-elasticsearch-server';
+import { Logger } from '@kbn/logging';
+import { resourceNames } from '..';
+import { createKbConcreteIndex } from '../create_or_update_index_assets';
+
+export async function reIndexKnowledgeBase({
+  logger,
+  esClient,
+}: {
+  logger: Logger;
+  esClient: {
+    asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient;
+  };
+}): Promise<void> {
+  logger.debug('Initiating knowledge base re-indexing...');
+
+  try {
+    const originalIndex = resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb;
+    const tempIndex = `${resourceNames.aliases.kb}-000002`;
+
+    const indexSettingsResponse = await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.getSettings({
+      index: originalIndex,
+    });
+
+    const indexSettings = indexSettingsResponse[originalIndex].settings;
+    const createdVersion = parseInt(indexSettings?.index?.version?.created ?? '', 10);
+
+    // Check if the index was created before version 8.11
+    const versionThreshold = 8110000; // Version 8.11.0
+    if (createdVersion >= versionThreshold) {
+      logger.warn(
+        `Knowledge base index "${originalIndex}" was created in version ${createdVersion}, and does not require re-indexing. Semantic text field is already supported. Aborting`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    logger.info(
+      `Knowledge base index was created in ${createdVersion} and must be re-indexed in order to support semantic_text field. Re-indexing now...`
+    );
+
+    // Create temporary index
+    logger.debug(`Creating temporary index "${tempIndex}"...`);
+    await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.delete({ index: tempIndex }, { ignore: [404] });
+    await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.create({ index: tempIndex });
+
+    // Perform reindex to temporary index
+    logger.debug(`Re-indexing knowledge base to temporary index "${tempIndex}"...`);
+    await esClient.asInternalUser.reindex({
+      body: {
+        source: { index: originalIndex },
+        dest: { index: tempIndex },
+      },
+      refresh: true,
+      wait_for_completion: true,
+    });
+
+    // Delete and re-create original index
+    logger.debug(`Deleting original index "${originalIndex}" and re-creating it...`);
+    await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.delete({ index: originalIndex });
+    await createKbConcreteIndex({ logger, esClient });
+
+    // Perform reindex back to original index
+    logger.debug(`Re-indexing knowledge base back to original index "${originalIndex}"...`);
+    await esClient.asInternalUser.reindex({
+      body: {
+        source: { index: tempIndex },
+        dest: { index: originalIndex },
+      },
+      refresh: true,
+      wait_for_completion: true,
+    });
+
+    // Delete temporary index
+    logger.debug(`Deleting temporary index "${tempIndex}"...`);
+    await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.delete({ index: tempIndex });
+
+    logger.info(
+      'Re-indexing knowledge base completed successfully. Semantic text field is now supported.'
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to reindex knowledge base: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export function isKnowledgeBaseIndexWriteBlocked(error: any) {
+  return (
+    error instanceof EsErrors.ResponseError &&
+    error.message.includes(
+      `cluster_block_exception: index [${resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb}] blocked`
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+export function isSemanticTextUnsupportedError(error: Error) {
+  const semanticTextUnsupportedError =
+    'The [sparse_vector] field type is not supported on indices created on versions 8.0 to 8.10';
+
+  const isSemanticTextUnspported =
+    error instanceof EsErrors.ResponseError &&
+    (error.message.includes(semanticTextUnsupportedError) ||
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      error.meta?.body?.error?.caused_by?.reason.includes(semanticTextUnsupportedError));
+
+  return isSemanticTextUnspported;
+}

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/task_manager_definitions/register_kb_semantic_text_migration_task.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { ElasticsearchClient } from '@kbn/core-elasticsearch-server';
+import pLimit from 'p-limit';
+import { TaskManagerSetupContract } from '@kbn/task-manager-plugin/server';
+import type { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import pRetry from 'p-retry';
+import { KnowledgeBaseEntry } from '../../../common';
+import { resourceNames } from '..';
+import { getElserModelStatus } from '../inference_endpoint';
+import { ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies } from '../../types';
+import { ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig } from '../../config';
+import { reIndexKnowledgeBase } from '../knowledge_base_service/reindex_knowledge_base';
+
+const TASK_ID = 'obs-ai-assistant:knowledge-base-migration-task-id';
+const TASK_TYPE = 'obs-ai-assistant:knowledge-base-migration';
+
+// This task will re-index all knowledge base entries without `semantic_text` field
+// to ensure the field is populated with the correct embeddings.
+// After the migration we will no longer need to use the `ml.tokens` field.
+export async function registerAndScheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({
+  taskManager,
+  logger,
+  core,
+  config,
+}: {
+  taskManager: TaskManagerSetupContract;
+  logger: Logger;
+  core: CoreSetup<ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies>;
+  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
+}) {
+  const [coreStart, pluginsStart] = await core.getStartServices();
+
+  // register task
+  registerKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({ taskManager, logger, coreStart, config });
+
+  // schedule task
+  await scheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({ taskManager: pluginsStart.taskManager, logger });
+}
+
+function registerKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({
+  taskManager,
+  logger,
+  coreStart,
+  config,
+}: {
+  taskManager: TaskManagerSetupContract;
+  logger: Logger;
+  coreStart: CoreStart;
+  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
+}) {
+  try {
+    logger.debug(`Register task "${TASK_TYPE}"`);
+    taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions({
+      [TASK_TYPE]: {
+        title: 'Add support for semantic_text in Knowledge Base',
+        description: `This task will reindex the knowledge base and populate the semantic_text fields for all entries without it.`,
+        timeout: '1h',
+        maxAttempts: 5,
+        createTaskRunner() {
+          return {
+            async run() {
+              logger.debug(`Run task: "${TASK_TYPE}"`);
+              const esClient = coreStart.elasticsearch.client;
+
+              const hasKbIndex = await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.exists({
+                index: resourceNames.aliases.kb,
+              });
+
+              if (!hasKbIndex) {
+                logger.debug('Knowledge base index does not exist. Skipping migration.');
+                return;
+              }
+
+              if (config.disableKbSemanticTextMigration) {
+                logger.info(
+                  'Semantic text migration is disabled via config "xpack.observabilityAIAssistant.disableKbSemanticTextMigration=true". Skipping migration.'
+                );
+                return;
+              }
+
+              await reIndexKnowledgeBaseAndPopulateSemanticTextField({ esClient, logger, config });
+            },
+          };
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error(`Failed to register task "${TASK_TYPE}". Error: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export async function scheduleKbSemanticTextMigrationTask({
+  taskManager,
+  logger,
+  runSoon = false,
+}: {
+  taskManager: ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies['taskManager'];
+  logger: Logger;
+  runSoon?: boolean;
+}) {
+  logger.debug('Schedule migration task');
+  await taskManager.ensureScheduled({
+    id: TASK_ID,
+    taskType: TASK_TYPE,
+    scope: ['aiAssistant'],
+    params: {},
+    state: {},
+  });
+
+  if (runSoon) {
+    logger.debug('Run migration task soon');
+    await taskManager.runSoon(TASK_ID);
+  }
+}
+
+export async function reIndexKnowledgeBaseAndPopulateSemanticTextField({
+  esClient,
+  logger,
+  config,
+}: {
+  esClient: { asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient };
+  logger: Logger;
+  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
+}) {
+  logger.debug('Starting migration...');
+
+  try {
+    await reIndexKnowledgeBase({ logger, esClient });
+    await populateSemanticTextFieldRecursively({ esClient, logger, config });
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(`Migration failed: ${e.message}`);
+  }
+
+  logger.debug('Migration succeeded');
+}
+
+async function populateSemanticTextFieldRecursively({
+  esClient,
+  logger,
+  config,
+}: {
+  esClient: { asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient };
+  logger: Logger;
+  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
+}) {
+  logger.debug('Populating semantic_text field for entries without it');
+
+  const response = await esClient.asInternalUser.search<KnowledgeBaseEntry>({
+    size: 100,
+    track_total_hits: true,
+    index: [resourceNames.aliases.kb],
+    query: {
+      bool: {
+        must_not: {
+          exists: {
+            field: 'semantic_text',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    _source: {
+      excludes: ['ml.tokens'],
+    },
+  });
+
+  if (response.hits.hits.length === 0) {
+    logger.debug('No remaining entries to migrate');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  logger.debug(`Found ${response.hits.hits.length} entries to migrate`);
+
+  await waitForModel({ esClient, logger, config });
+
+  // Limit the number of concurrent requests to avoid overloading the cluster
+  const limiter = pLimit(10);
+  const promises = response.hits.hits.map((hit) => {
+    return limiter(() => {
+      if (!hit._source || !hit._id) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      return esClient.asInternalUser.update({
+        refresh: 'wait_for',
+        index: resourceNames.aliases.kb,
+        id: hit._id,
+        body: {
+          doc: {
+            ...hit._source,
+            semantic_text: hit._source.text,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  await Promise.all(promises);
+
+  logger.debug(`Populated ${promises.length} entries`);
+  await populateSemanticTextFieldRecursively({ esClient, logger, config });
+}
+
+async function waitForModel({
+  esClient,
+  logger,
+  config,
+}: {
+  esClient: { asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient };
+  logger: Logger;
+  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
+}) {
+  return pRetry(
+    async () => {
+      const { ready } = await getElserModelStatus({ esClient, logger, config });
+      if (!ready) {
+        logger.debug('Elser model is not yet ready. Retrying...');
+        throw new Error('Elser model is not yet ready');
+      }
+    },
+    { retries: 30, factor: 2, maxTimeout: 30_000 }
+  );
+}

x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/task_manager_definitions/register_migrate_knowledge_base_entries_task.ts

@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import { ElasticsearchClient } from '@kbn/core-elasticsearch-server';
-import pLimit from 'p-limit';
-import { TaskManagerSetupContract } from '@kbn/task-manager-plugin/server';
-import type { CoreSetup, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import pRetry from 'p-retry';
-import { KnowledgeBaseEntry } from '../../../common';
-import { resourceNames } from '..';
-import { getElserModelStatus } from '../inference_endpoint';
-import { ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies } from '../../types';
-import { ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig } from '../../config';
-import { setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets } from '../setup_conversation_and_kb_index_assets';
-
-const TASK_ID = 'obs-ai-assistant:knowledge-base-migration-task-id';
-const TASK_TYPE = 'obs-ai-assistant:knowledge-base-migration';
-
-// This task will re-index all knowledge base entries without `semantic_text` field
-// to ensure the field is populated with the correct embeddings.
-// After the migration we will no longer need to use the `ml.tokens` field.
-export async function registerMigrateKnowledgeBaseEntriesTask({
-  taskManager,
-  logger,
-  core,
-  config,
-}: {
-  taskManager: TaskManagerSetupContract;
-  logger: Logger;
-  core: CoreSetup<ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies>;
-  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
-}) {
-  const [coreStart, pluginsStart] = await core.getStartServices();
-
-  try {
-    logger.debug(`Register task "${TASK_TYPE}"`);
-    taskManager.registerTaskDefinitions({
-      [TASK_TYPE]: {
-        title: 'Migrate AI Assistant Knowledge Base',
-        description: `Migrates AI Assistant knowledge base entries`,
-        timeout: '1h',
-        maxAttempts: 5,
-        createTaskRunner() {
-          return {
-            async run() {
-              logger.debug(`Run task: "${TASK_TYPE}"`);
-              const esClient = coreStart.elasticsearch.client;
-
-              const hasKbIndex = await esClient.asInternalUser.indices.exists({
-                index: resourceNames.aliases.kb,
-              });
-
-              if (!hasKbIndex) {
-                logger.debug(
-                  'Knowledge base index does not exist. Skipping semantic text migration.'
-                );
-                return;
-              }
-
-              // update fields and mappings
-              await setupConversationAndKbIndexAssets({ logger, core });
-
-              // run migration
-              await runSemanticTextKnowledgeBaseMigration({ esClient, logger, config });
-            },
-          };
-        },
-      },
-    });
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to register task "${TASK_TYPE}". Error: ${error}`);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    logger.debug(`Scheduled task: "${TASK_TYPE}"`);
-    await scheduleSemanticTextMigration(pluginsStart);
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to schedule task "${TASK_TYPE}". Error: ${error}`);
-  }
-}
-
-export function scheduleSemanticTextMigration(
-  pluginsStart: ObservabilityAIAssistantPluginStartDependencies
-) {
-  return pluginsStart.taskManager.ensureScheduled({
-    id: TASK_ID,
-    taskType: TASK_TYPE,
-    scope: ['aiAssistant'],
-    params: {},
-    state: {},
-  });
-}
-
-export async function runSemanticTextKnowledgeBaseMigration({
-  esClient,
-  logger,
-  config,
-}: {
-  esClient: { asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient };
-  logger: Logger;
-  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
-}) {
-  logger.debug('Knowledge base migration: Running migration');
-
-  try {
-    const response = await esClient.asInternalUser.search<KnowledgeBaseEntry>({
-      size: 100,
-      track_total_hits: true,
-      index: [resourceNames.aliases.kb],
-      query: {
-        bool: {
-          must_not: {
-            exists: {
-              field: 'semantic_text',
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-      _source: {
-        excludes: ['ml.tokens'],
-      },
-    });
-
-    if (response.hits.hits.length === 0) {
-      logger.debug('Knowledge base migration: No remaining entries to migrate');
-      return;
-    }
-
-    logger.debug(`Knowledge base migration: Found ${response.hits.hits.length} entries to migrate`);
-
-    await waitForModel({ esClient, logger, config });
-
-    // Limit the number of concurrent requests to avoid overloading the cluster
-    const limiter = pLimit(10);
-    const promises = response.hits.hits.map((hit) => {
-      return limiter(() => {
-        if (!hit._source || !hit._id) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        return esClient.asInternalUser.update({
-          refresh: 'wait_for',
-          index: resourceNames.aliases.kb,
-          id: hit._id,
-          body: {
-            doc: {
-              ...hit._source,
-              semantic_text: hit._source.text,
-            },
-          },
-        });
-      });
-    });
-
-    await Promise.all(promises);
-    logger.debug(`Knowledge base migration: Migrated ${promises.length} entries`);
-    await runSemanticTextKnowledgeBaseMigration({ esClient, logger, config });
-  } catch (e) {
-    logger.error(`Knowledge base migration failed: ${e.message}`);
-  }
-}
-
-async function waitForModel({
-  esClient,
-  logger,
-  config,
-}: {
-  esClient: { asInternalUser: ElasticsearchClient };
-  logger: Logger;
-  config: ObservabilityAIAssistantConfig;
-}) {
-  return pRetry(
-    async () => {
-      const { ready } = await getElserModelStatus({ esClient, logger, config });
-      if (!ready) {
-        logger.debug('Elser model is not yet ready. Retrying...');
-        throw new Error('Elser model is not yet ready');
-      }
-    },
-    { retries: 30, factor: 2, maxTimeout: 30_000 }
-  );
-}

x-pack/test/api_integration/config.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export async function getApiIntegrationConfig({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProvi
       serverArgs: [
         ...xPackFunctionalTestsConfig.get('esTestCluster.serverArgs'),
         'node.attr.name=apiIntegrationTestNode',
-        'path.repo=/tmp/repo,/tmp/repo_1,/tmp/repo_2,/tmp/cloud-snapshots/',
+        `path.repo=/tmp/repo,/tmp/repo_1,/tmp/repo_2,/tmp/cloud-snapshots/`,
       ],
     },
   };

x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# unzipped snapshot folder
+knowledge_base/snapshot_kb_8.10/

x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/index.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ export default function aiAssistantApiIntegrationTests({
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./complete/functions/summarize.spec.ts'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./public_complete/public_complete.spec.ts'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base_setup.spec.ts'));
-    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base_migration.spec.ts'));
+    loadTestFile(
+      require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base_add_semantic_text_field_migration.spec.ts')
+    );
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base_reindex.spec.ts'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base_status.spec.ts'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base.spec.ts'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./knowledge_base/knowledge_base_user_instructions.spec.ts'));

x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/knowledge_base/knowledge_base_add_semantic_text_field_migration.spec.ts

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
     describe('after migrating', () => {
       before(async () => {
         const { status } = await observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient.editor({
-          endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/semantic_text_migration',
+          endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/migrations/kb_semantic_text',
         });
         expect(status).to.be(200);
       });
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
 
       it('returns entries correctly via API', async () => {
         const { status } = await observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient.editor({
-          endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/semantic_text_migration',
+          endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/migrations/kb_semantic_text',
         });
 
         expect(status).to.be(200);

x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/knowledge_base/knowledge_base_reindex.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { resourceNames } from '@kbn/observability-ai-assistant-plugin/server/service';
+import AdmZip from 'adm-zip';
+import path from 'path';
+import { AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH } from '../../../../default_configs/stateful.config.base';
+import type { DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderContext } from '../../../../ftr_provider_context';
+import {
+  deleteKnowledgeBaseModel,
+  importTinyElserModel,
+  deleteInferenceEndpoint,
+  setupKnowledgeBase,
+  waitForKnowledgeBaseReady,
+} from './helpers';
+
+export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderContext) {
+  const observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient = getService('observabilityAIAssistantApi');
+  const es = getService('es');
+  const ml = getService('ml');
+  const retry = getService('retry');
+  const log = getService('log');
+
+  describe('when the knowledge base index was created before 8.11', function () {
+    // Intentionally skipped in all serverless environnments (local and MKI)
+    // because the migration scenario being tested is not relevant to MKI and Serverless.
+    this.tags(['skipServerless']);
+
+    before(async () => {
+      const zipFilePath = `${AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH}.zip`;
+      log.debug(`Unzipping ${zipFilePath} to ${AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH}`);
+      new AdmZip(zipFilePath).extractAllTo(path.dirname(AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH), true);
+
+      await importTinyElserModel(ml);
+      await setupKnowledgeBase(observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient);
+      await waitForKnowledgeBaseReady({ observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient, log, retry });
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await deleteKbIndex();
+      await restoreKbSnapshot();
+      await createOrUpdateIndexAssets();
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await deleteKbIndex();
+      await createOrUpdateIndexAssets();
+      await deleteKnowledgeBaseModel(ml);
+      await deleteInferenceEndpoint({ es });
+    });
+
+    it('has an index created version earlier than 8.11', async () => {
+      await retry.try(async () => {
+        expect(await getKbIndexCreatedVersion()).to.be.lessThan(8110000);
+      });
+    });
+
+    function createKnowledgeBaseEntry() {
+      const knowledgeBaseEntry = {
+        id: 'my-doc-id-1',
+        title: 'My title',
+        text: 'My content',
+      };
+
+      return observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient.editor({
+        endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/entries/save',
+        params: { body: knowledgeBaseEntry },
+      });
+    }
+
+    it('cannot add new entries to KB', async () => {
+      const { status, body } = await createKnowledgeBaseEntry();
+
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      expect(body.message).to.eql(
+        'The knowledge base is currently being re-indexed. Please try again later'
+      );
+
+      expect(status).to.be(503);
+    });
+
+    it('can add new entries after re-indexing', async () => {
+      await runKbSemanticTextMigration();
+
+      await retry.try(async () => {
+        const { status } = await createKnowledgeBaseEntry();
+        expect(status).to.be(200);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  async function getKbIndexCreatedVersion() {
+    const indexSettings = await es.indices.getSettings({
+      index: resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb,
+    });
+
+    const { settings } = Object.values(indexSettings)[0];
+    return parseInt(settings?.index?.version?.created ?? '', 10);
+  }
+
+  async function deleteKbIndex() {
+    log.debug('Deleting KB index');
+
+    await es.indices.delete(
+      { index: resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb, ignore_unavailable: true },
+      { ignore: [404] }
+    );
+  }
+
+  async function restoreKbSnapshot() {
+    log.debug(
+      `Restoring snapshot of ${resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb} from ${AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH}`
+    );
+    const snapshotRepoName = 'snapshot-repo-8-10';
+    const snapshotName = 'my_snapshot';
+    await es.snapshot.createRepository({
+      name: snapshotRepoName,
+      repository: {
+        type: 'fs',
+        settings: { location: AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await es.snapshot.restore({
+      repository: snapshotRepoName,
+      snapshot: snapshotName,
+      wait_for_completion: true,
+      body: {
+        indices: resourceNames.concreteIndexName.kb,
+      },
+    });
+
+    await es.snapshot.deleteRepository({ name: snapshotRepoName });
+  }
+
+  async function createOrUpdateIndexAssets() {
+    const { status } = await observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient.editor({
+      endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/index_assets',
+    });
+    expect(status).to.be(200);
+  }
+
+  async function runKbSemanticTextMigration() {
+    const { status } = await observabilityAIAssistantAPIClient.editor({
+      endpoint: 'POST /internal/observability_ai_assistant/kb/migrations/kb_semantic_text',
+    });
+    expect(status).to.be(200);
+  }
+}

x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/default_configs/stateful.config.base.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ interface CreateTestConfigOptions<T extends DeploymentAgnosticCommonServices> {
   suiteTags?: { include?: string[]; exclude?: string[] };
 }
 
+export const AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH = path.resolve(
+  REPO_ROOT,
+  'x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/knowledge_base/snapshot_kb_8.10'
+);
+
 export function createStatefulTestConfig<T extends DeploymentAgnosticCommonServices>(
   options: CreateTestConfigOptions<T>
 ) {
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ export function createStatefulTestConfig<T extends DeploymentAgnosticCommonServi
           `xpack.security.authc.realms.saml.${MOCK_IDP_REALM_NAME}.attributes.groups=${MOCK_IDP_ATTRIBUTE_ROLES}`,
           `xpack.security.authc.realms.saml.${MOCK_IDP_REALM_NAME}.attributes.name=${MOCK_IDP_ATTRIBUTE_NAME}`,
           `xpack.security.authc.realms.saml.${MOCK_IDP_REALM_NAME}.attributes.mail=${MOCK_IDP_ATTRIBUTE_EMAIL}`,
+          `path.repo=${AI_ASSISTANT_SNAPSHOT_REPO_PATH}`,
         ],
         files: [
           // Passing the roles that are equivalent to the ones we have in serverless
@@ -152,6 +158,7 @@ export function createStatefulTestConfig<T extends DeploymentAgnosticCommonServi
           '--xpack.uptime.service.username=localKibanaIntegrationTestsUser',
           '--xpack.uptime.service.devUrl=mockDevUrl',
           '--xpack.uptime.service.manifestUrl=mockDevUrl',
+          '--xpack.observabilityAIAssistant.disableKbSemanticTextMigration=true',
         ],
       },
     };