GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL defaults to INFO, so every log.debug(...) in the backend is discarded, but the message is built first: 187 call sites interpolate their payload into an f-string before the logging call runs, so the work happens on every request and the result is thrown away. The worst one sits in process_chat_payload and stringifies the whole request body, full conversation history included, once per chat completion.
That one line with DEBUG disabled, CPython 3.12:
| conversation | payload | before | after |
| ------------ | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| 4 messages | 1.2 kB | 3.4 us | 0.07 us |
| 20 messages | 17 kB | 24.8 us | 0.07 us |
| 60 messages | 123 kB | 216.6 us | 0.07 us |
The lazy form log.debug('form_data: %s', form_data) hands the payload to record.getMessage(), which the InterceptHandler only reaches once a record has passed the level check. With DEBUG enabled the emitted lines are byte-identical, f'{x=}' sites included: those map to %r. MistralLoader._debug_log callers get the same treatment, since that wrapper already forwards *args.
has_collection did `collection_name in self.client.list_collections()`,
but chromadb's list_collections() returns Collection objects (1.x), not
name strings — so the membership test is always False, even when the
collection exists. Compare against the collection names instead (with a
hasattr guard tolerating versions that yield plain names).
Found via the dependency-contract test suite (unit/deps/test_chromadb.py).
Replace bare except clauses with except Exception to follow Python best practices and avoid catching unexpected system exceptions like KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit.
- Created `VectorDBBase` as an abstract base class to standardize vector database operations.
- Added required methods for common vector database operations: `has_collection`, `delete_collection`, `insert`, `upsert`, `search`, `query`, `get`, `delete`, `reset`.
- The base class can now be extended by any vector database implementation (e.g., Qdrant, Pinecone) to ensure a consistent API across different database systems.
