test: keep worker collection databases consistent across threads

tests/TESTING_STANDARD.md

@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ cleanup. Specifically:
   `os.environ[...] = ...` that outlives the test.
 - **Current working directory** - never `chdir` without restoring; never assert
   against cwd-relative paths like `./data`. Use a temp workspace helper instead.
-- **Database** - the root `conftest.py` defaults `DATABASE_URL` to an in-memory
-  SQLite for collection safety. A test that needs a real file-backed DB must opt
+- **Database** - the root `conftest.py` defaults `DATABASE_URL` to a private,
+  worker-owned SQLite file for collection safety and consistent schema across
+  TestClient threads. This fallback is not a per-test data fixture. A test that
+  writes or depends on particular rows must opt
   in explicitly via `tests.helpers.sqlite_db.make_temp_sqlite` and bind its
   `SessionLocal` onto the module under test. Do not rely on a persistent
   on-disk DB existing.

tests/helpers/worker_runtime.py

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ def isolated_runtime(worker="main"):
                 path.mkdir(mode=0o700)
                 patcher.setenv(name, str(path))
             (root / "data" / "agent_workspace").mkdir(mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+            # SQLite's default in-memory pool gives each thread an empty DB
+            # and can evict the main connection as TestClient threads churn.
+            # A worker-owned file preserves the collection schema across real
+            # connections. Tests that write rows still own explicit fixtures.
+            patcher.setenv("DATABASE_URL", f"sqlite:///{root / 'collection.db'}")
             # Browser resolution falls back to our XDG runtime directory.
             patcher.delenv("AGENT_BROWSER_SOCKET_DIR", raising=False)
             tmp = root / "tmp"

tests/test_worker_runtime.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def test_runtime_restores_environment_and_removes_files(monkeypatch, tmp_path, f
                 path = Path(os.environ[name])
                 assert path.is_dir() and path.is_relative_to(root)
                 (path / "owned").write_text("test")
+            assert os.environ["DATABASE_URL"] == f"sqlite:///{root / 'collection.db'}"
             assert Path(tempfile.gettempdir()).is_relative_to(root)
             if fail:
                 raise RuntimeError("test failure")
@@ -79,3 +80,32 @@ def test_tmp_path_under_private_runtime_fits_unix_socket(tmp_path):
     # witness. A nested pytest-of-<user> basetemp made it 110 bytes under xdist.
     with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX) as sock:
         sock.bind(str(tmp_path / "tmux.sock"))
+
+
+def test_collection_database_survives_thread_connection_churn():
+    """TestClient threads must not lose the collection database or its schema.
+
+    SingletonThreadPool's default five-connection limit used to close the main
+    thread's in-memory database after repeated route clients. Each new thread
+    also saw an empty database. Exercise more threads than that limit and then
+    verify both compatibility factories still see all registered tables.
+    """
+    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+    from sqlalchemy import inspect
+    import core.database as database
+    import src.database as compatibility
+
+    expected = set(database.Base.metadata.tables)
+
+    def table_names(factory):
+        with factory() as session:
+            return set(inspect(session.connection()).get_table_names())
+
+    assert {"documents", "model_endpoints", "mcp_servers", "calendars"} <= expected
+    assert expected <= table_names(database.SessionLocal)
+    for _ in range(8):
+        # A fresh executor creates a fresh thread rather than reusing one.
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as executor:
+            assert expected <= executor.submit(table_names, database.SessionLocal).result()
+    assert expected <= table_names(database.SessionLocal)
+    assert expected <= table_names(compatibility.SessionLocal)