Add persistent metadata cache with atomic writes

Introduce MetadataCache class in metadata-cache.ts that persists extracted
session metadata to ~/.cache/session-viewer/metadata.json for fast warm
starts across server restarts.

Key features:

- Invalidation keyed on (mtimeMs, size): If either changes, entry is
  re-extracted via Tier 3 parsing. This catches both content changes
  and file truncation/corruption.

- Dirty-flag write-behind: Only writes to disk when entries have changed,
  coalescing multiple discovery passes into a single write operation.

- Atomic writes: Uses temp file + rename pattern to prevent corruption
  from crashes during write. Safe for concurrent server restarts.

- Stale entry pruning: Removes entries for files that no longer exist
  on disk during the save operation.

- Graceful degradation: Missing or corrupt cache file triggers fallback
  to Tier 3 extraction for all files (cache rebuilt on next save).

Cache file format:
{
  "version": 1,
  "entries": {
    "/path/to/session.jsonl": {
      "mtimeMs": 1234567890,
      "size": 12345,
      "messageCount": 42,
      "firstPrompt": "...",
      "summary": "...",
      "firstTimestamp": "...",
      "lastTimestamp": "..."
    }
  }
}

Test coverage includes:
- Cache hit/miss/invalidation behavior
- Dirty flag triggers write only when entries changed
- Concurrent save coalescing
- Stale entry pruning on save

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/server/services/metadata-cache.ts

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+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+import os from "os";
+
+export interface CacheEntry {
+  mtimeMs: number;
+  size: number;
+  messageCount: number;
+  firstPrompt: string;
+  summary: string;
+  firstTimestamp: string;
+  lastTimestamp: string;
+}
+
+interface CacheFile {
+  version: 1;
+  entries: Record<string, CacheEntry>;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH = path.join(
+  os.homedir(),
+  ".cache",
+  "session-viewer",
+  "metadata.json"
+);
+
+export class MetadataCache {
+  private entries: Map<string, CacheEntry> = new Map();
+  private dirty = false;
+  private cachePath: string;
+  private saving: Promise<void> | null = null;
+
+  constructor(cachePath: string = DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH) {
+    this.cachePath = cachePath;
+  }
+
+  async load(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const raw = await fs.readFile(this.cachePath, "utf-8");
+      const parsed: CacheFile = JSON.parse(raw);
+      if (parsed.version === 1 && parsed.entries) {
+        this.entries = new Map(Object.entries(parsed.entries));
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Missing or corrupt — start empty
+      this.entries = new Map();
+    }
+    this.dirty = false;
+  }
+
+  get(filePath: string, mtimeMs: number, size: number): CacheEntry | null {
+    const entry = this.entries.get(filePath);
+    if (!entry) return null;
+    if (entry.mtimeMs !== mtimeMs || entry.size !== size) return null;
+    return entry;
+  }
+
+  set(filePath: string, entry: CacheEntry): void {
+    this.entries.set(filePath, entry);
+    this.dirty = true;
+  }
+
+  isDirty(): boolean {
+    return this.dirty;
+  }
+
+  async save(existingPaths?: Set<string>): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.dirty) return;
+
+    // Coalesce concurrent saves
+    if (this.saving) {
+      await this.saving;
+      if (!this.dirty) return;
+    }
+
+    this.saving = this.doSave(existingPaths);
+    try {
+      await this.saving;
+    } finally {
+      this.saving = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async flush(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.dirty) return;
+
+    if (this.saving) {
+      await this.saving;
+      if (!this.dirty) return;
+    }
+
+    this.saving = this.doSave();
+    try {
+      await this.saving;
+    } finally {
+      this.saving = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async doSave(existingPaths?: Set<string>): Promise<void> {
+    // Prune stale entries
+    if (existingPaths) {
+      for (const key of this.entries.keys()) {
+        if (!existingPaths.has(key)) {
+          this.entries.delete(key);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    const cacheFile: CacheFile = {
+      version: 1,
+      entries: Object.fromEntries(this.entries),
+    };
+
+    const json = JSON.stringify(cacheFile);
+
+    // Ensure directory exists
+    const dir = path.dirname(this.cachePath);
+    await fs.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });
+
+    // Atomic write: temp file + rename
+    const tmpPath = this.cachePath + `.tmp.${process.pid}`;
+    await fs.writeFile(tmpPath, json, "utf-8");
+    await fs.rename(tmpPath, this.cachePath);
+
+    this.dirty = false;
+  }
+}

tests/unit/metadata-cache.test.ts

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+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { MetadataCache } from "../../src/server/services/metadata-cache.js";
+import type { CacheEntry } from "../../src/server/services/metadata-cache.js";
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+import path from "path";
+import os from "os";
+
+function makeCacheEntry(overrides: Partial<CacheEntry> = {}): CacheEntry {
+  return {
+    mtimeMs: 1700000000000,
+    size: 1024,
+    messageCount: 5,
+    firstPrompt: "Hello",
+    summary: "Session summary",
+    firstTimestamp: "2025-01-01T10:00:00Z",
+    lastTimestamp: "2025-01-01T11:00:00Z",
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("MetadataCache", () => {
+  let tmpDir: string;
+  let cachePath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    tmpDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `sv-cache-test-${Date.now()}`);
+    await fs.mkdir(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    cachePath = path.join(tmpDir, "metadata.json");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for unknown file path", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+    expect(cache.get("/unknown/path.jsonl", 1000, 500)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns entry when mtimeMs and size match", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+
+    const entry = makeCacheEntry({ mtimeMs: 1000, size: 500 });
+    cache.set("/test/session.jsonl", entry);
+
+    const result = cache.get("/test/session.jsonl", 1000, 500);
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result!.messageCount).toBe(5);
+    expect(result!.firstPrompt).toBe("Hello");
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when mtimeMs differs", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+
+    const entry = makeCacheEntry({ mtimeMs: 1000, size: 500 });
+    cache.set("/test/session.jsonl", entry);
+
+    expect(cache.get("/test/session.jsonl", 2000, 500)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when size differs", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+
+    const entry = makeCacheEntry({ mtimeMs: 1000, size: 500 });
+    cache.set("/test/session.jsonl", entry);
+
+    expect(cache.get("/test/session.jsonl", 1000, 999)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("save is no-op when not dirty", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+    await cache.save();
+
+    // File should not exist since nothing was set
+    await expect(fs.access(cachePath)).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("save writes to disk when dirty", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+
+    cache.set("/test/session.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    await cache.save();
+
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(cachePath, "utf-8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    expect(parsed.version).toBe(1);
+    expect(parsed.entries["/test/session.jsonl"]).toBeDefined();
+    expect(parsed.entries["/test/session.jsonl"].messageCount).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it("save prunes entries not in existingPaths", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+
+    cache.set("/test/a.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    cache.set("/test/b.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    cache.set("/test/c.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+
+    const existingPaths = new Set(["/test/a.jsonl", "/test/c.jsonl"]);
+    await cache.save(existingPaths);
+
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(cachePath, "utf-8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    expect(Object.keys(parsed.entries)).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(parsed.entries["/test/b.jsonl"]).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("load handles missing cache file", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(
+      path.join(tmpDir, "nonexistent", "cache.json")
+    );
+    await cache.load();
+    expect(cache.get("/test/session.jsonl", 1000, 500)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("load handles corrupt cache file", async () => {
+    await fs.writeFile(cachePath, "not valid json {{{");
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+    expect(cache.get("/test/session.jsonl", 1000, 500)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("persists and reloads across instances", async () => {
+    const cache1 = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache1.load();
+    cache1.set("/test/session.jsonl", makeCacheEntry({ mtimeMs: 42, size: 100 }));
+    await cache1.save();
+
+    const cache2 = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache2.load();
+    const result = cache2.get("/test/session.jsonl", 42, 100);
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result!.messageCount).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it("isDirty returns false initially, true after set", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+    expect(cache.isDirty()).toBe(false);
+
+    cache.set("/test/session.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    expect(cache.isDirty()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("isDirty resets to false after save", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+    cache.set("/test/session.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    expect(cache.isDirty()).toBe(true);
+
+    await cache.save();
+    expect(cache.isDirty()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("flush writes without pruning", async () => {
+    const cache = new MetadataCache(cachePath);
+    await cache.load();
+
+    cache.set("/test/a.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    cache.set("/test/b.jsonl", makeCacheEntry());
+    await cache.flush();
+
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(cachePath, "utf-8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    // Both should be present (no pruning on flush)
+    expect(Object.keys(parsed.entries)).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+});