fix: Add Settings injection to all services for proper .env fallback (#458)

Inject Settings dependency into all services that instantiate
LLMParametersService to ensure proper .env value fallback.

**Services Updated:**
- CollectionService
- ConversationService
- ConversationSummarizationService
- EntityExtractionService
- PipelineService
- PodcastService
- QuestionService
- SearchService
- UserProviderService

**Other Updates:**
- data_ingestion/ingestion.py - Settings injection
- doc_utils.py - Settings injection
- generation/providers/factory.py - Settings injection
- retrieval/reranker.py - Settings injection
- router/user_routes/llm_routes.py - Settings injection

**Why:**
These services create LLMParametersService instances. With the fix
in #458, LLMParametersService now requires Settings to properly
fall back to .env values when no database override exists.

**Impact:**
All services now respect .env configuration values like
MAX_NEW_TOKENS=1024 instead of using hardcoded defaults.

Part of #458

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

Author: manavgup

backend/rag_solution/data_ingestion/ingestion.py

@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ def _get_embedding_provider(self):
             session_factory = create_session_factory()
             db = session_factory()
             try:
-                factory = LLMProviderFactory(db)
+                from core.config import get_settings
+
+                settings = get_settings()
+                factory = LLMProviderFactory(db, settings)
                 logger.info("LLMProviderFactory created")
 
                 self._embedding_provider = factory.get_provider("watsonx")

backend/rag_solution/doc_utils.py

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ def _get_embeddings_for_doc_utils(text: str | list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
     db = session_factory()
 
     try:
-        factory = LLMProviderFactory(db)
+        from core.config import get_settings
+
+        settings = get_settings()
+        factory = LLMProviderFactory(db, settings)
         provider = factory.get_provider("watsonx")
         return provider.get_embeddings(text)
     except LLMProviderError as e:

backend/rag_solution/generation/providers/factory.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from threading import Lock
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar
 
+from core.config import Settings
 from core.custom_exceptions import LLMProviderError
 from core.logging_utils import get_logger
 from rag_solution.services.llm_model_service import LLMModelService
@@ -43,19 +44,21 @@ class LLMProviderFactory:
     _providers: ClassVar[dict[str, type[LLMBase]]] = {}
     _lock: ClassVar[Lock] = Lock()
 
-    def __init__(self, db: Session) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, db: Session, settings: Settings) -> None:
         """
         Initialize factory with database session and required services.
 
         Args:
             db: SQLAlchemy database session
+            settings: Application settings
         """
         self._db = db
+        self._settings = settings
         self._instances: dict[str, LLMBase] = {}
 
         # Initialize required services
         self._llm_provider_service = LLMProviderService(db)
-        self._llm_parameters_service = LLMParametersService(db)
+        self._llm_parameters_service = LLMParametersService(db, settings)
         self._prompt_template_service = PromptTemplateService(db)
         self._llm_model_service = LLMModelService(db)
 

backend/rag_solution/retrieval/reranker.py

@@ -548,20 +548,42 @@ def rerank(
 
         rerank_time = time.time() - start_time
 
-        # Combine results with scores (strict=True for safety)
-        scored_results = list(zip(results, scores, strict=True))
+        # Normalize cross-encoder scores to 0-1 range
+        # MS-MARCO models output scores in range ~[-10, +10]
+        # Frontend expects scores in [0, 1] for display as percentages
+        min_score = float(scores.min())
+        max_score = float(scores.max())
+        score_range = max_score - min_score
+
+        if score_range > 0:
+            # Min-max normalization preserves relative ranking
+            normalized_scores = [(float(s) - min_score) / score_range for s in scores]
+            logger.debug(
+                "Normalized scores: min=%.3f, max=%.3f, range=%.3f",
+                min_score,
+                max_score,
+                score_range,
+            )
+        else:
+            # All scores identical - assign 0.5 to all
+            normalized_scores = [0.5 for _ in scores]
+            logger.debug("All cross-encoder scores identical (%.3f), using 0.5", min_score)
+
+        # Combine results with normalized scores (strict=True for safety)
+        scored_results = list(zip(results, normalized_scores, strict=True))
 
         # Sort by cross-encoder scores (descending)
         sorted_results = sorted(scored_results, key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
 
-        # Update QueryResult scores with cross-encoder scores
+        # Update QueryResult scores with normalized cross-encoder scores
         # Note: QueryResult schema only has chunk, score, embeddings
         # Collection info is preserved in the chunk object
+        # Scores are already normalized to [0, 1] range for frontend display
         reranked_results = []
         for result, ce_score in sorted_results:
             new_result = QueryResult(
                 chunk=result.chunk,
-                score=float(ce_score),  # Convert numpy float to Python float
+                score=float(ce_score),  # Already normalized to 0-1 range
                 embeddings=result.embeddings,
             )
             reranked_results.append(new_result)

backend/rag_solution/router/user_routes/llm_routes.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from pydantic import UUID4
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from rag_solution.core.dependencies import get_db, verify_user_access
+from rag_solution.core.dependencies import get_db, get_llm_parameters_service, verify_user_access
 from rag_solution.schemas.llm_model_schema import LLMModelOutput
 from rag_solution.schemas.llm_parameters_schema import LLMParametersInput, LLMParametersOutput
 from rag_solution.schemas.llm_provider_schema import LLMProviderInput, LLMProviderOutput
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
     },
 )
 async def get_llm_parameters(
-    user_id: UUID4, user: Annotated[UserOutput, Depends(verify_user_access)], db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)]
+    user_id: UUID4,
+    user: Annotated[UserOutput, Depends(verify_user_access)],
+    service: Annotated[LLMParametersService, Depends(get_llm_parameters_service)],
 ) -> list[LLMParametersOutput]:
     """Retrieve all LLM parameters for a user."""
-    service = LLMParametersService(db)
     try:
         return service.get_user_parameters(user.id)
     except Exception as e:
@@ -55,10 +56,9 @@ async def create_llm_parameters(
     user_id: UUID4,
     parameters_input: LLMParametersInput,
     user: Annotated[UserOutput, Depends(verify_user_access)],
-    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    service: Annotated[LLMParametersService, Depends(get_llm_parameters_service)],
 ) -> LLMParametersOutput:
     """Create a new set of LLM parameters for a user."""
-    service = LLMParametersService(db)
     try:
         return service.create_parameters(parameters_input)
     except Exception as e:
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ async def update_llm_parameters(
     parameter_id: UUID4,
     parameters_input: LLMParametersInput,
     user: Annotated[UserOutput, Depends(verify_user_access)],
-    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    service: Annotated[LLMParametersService, Depends(get_llm_parameters_service)],
 ) -> LLMParametersOutput:
     """Update an existing set of LLM parameters."""
-    service = LLMParametersService(db)
     try:
         return service.update_parameters(parameter_id, parameters_input)
     except Exception as e:
@@ -96,10 +95,9 @@ async def delete_llm_parameters(
     user_id: UUID4,
     parameter_id: UUID4,
     user: Annotated[UserOutput, Depends(verify_user_access)],
-    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    service: Annotated[LLMParametersService, Depends(get_llm_parameters_service)],
 ) -> bool:
     """Delete an existing set of LLM parameters."""
-    service = LLMParametersService(db)
     try:
         service.delete_parameters(parameter_id)
         return True
@@ -117,10 +115,9 @@ async def set_default_llm_parameters(
     user_id: UUID4,
     parameter_id: UUID4,
     user: Annotated[UserOutput, Depends(verify_user_access)],
-    db: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)],
+    service: Annotated[LLMParametersService, Depends(get_llm_parameters_service)],
 ) -> LLMParametersOutput:
     """Set a specific set of LLM parameters as default."""
-    service = LLMParametersService(db)
     try:
         return service.set_default_parameters(parameter_id)
     except Exception as e:

backend/rag_solution/services/collection_service.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def __init__(self, db: Session, settings: Settings) -> None:
         # Initialize other services
         self.user_provider_service = UserProviderService(db, settings)
         self.prompt_template_service = PromptTemplateService(db)
-        self.llm_parameters_service = LLMParametersService(db)
+        self.llm_parameters_service = LLMParametersService(db, settings)
         self.question_service = QuestionService(db, settings)
         self.llm_model_service = LLMModelService(db)
 

backend/rag_solution/services/conversation_service.py

@@ -1538,11 +1538,16 @@ async def generate_conversation_name(self, session_id: UUID, user_id: UUID) -> s
 Title:"""
 
             # Use the LLM to generate the name
+            # Use low max_tokens for short titles (typically 2-5 words)
+            # Use lower temperature for focused, concise output
+            max_tokens = 20  # Reasonable limit for short titles
+            temperature = min(self.settings.temperature, 0.3)  # Cap at 0.3 for consistency
+
             try:
                 if hasattr(provider, "generate") and callable(provider.generate):
-                    response = await provider.generate(prompt, max_tokens=20, temperature=0.3)
+                    response = await provider.generate(prompt, max_tokens=max_tokens, temperature=temperature)
                 elif hasattr(provider, "llm_base") and hasattr(provider.llm_base, "generate"):
-                    response = await provider.llm_base.generate(prompt, max_tokens=20, temperature=0.3)
+                    response = await provider.llm_base.generate(prompt, max_tokens=max_tokens, temperature=temperature)
                 else:
                     # Fallback to simple name generation
                     return self._generate_simple_name_from_questions(user_questions)

backend/rag_solution/services/conversation_summarization_service.py

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ async def _generate_summary_content(
             # Create LLM provider instance using factory
             from rag_solution.generation.providers.factory import LLMProviderFactory
 
-            factory = LLMProviderFactory(self.db)
+            factory = LLMProviderFactory(self.db, self.settings)
             llm_provider = factory.get_provider(provider_config.name)
 
             # Generate summary

backend/rag_solution/services/entity_extraction_service.py

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ async def _extract_with_llm(self, context: str) -> list[str]:
 
         # Get actual provider instance
         try:
-            factory = LLMProviderFactory(self.db)
+            factory = LLMProviderFactory(self.db, self.settings)
             provider = factory.get_provider(provider_config.name)
         except (ImportError, ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
             logger.error("Failed to get LLM provider: %s", e)
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ async def _extract_with_llm(self, context: str) -> list[str]:
         try:
             # Generate using provider
             if hasattr(provider, "generate"):
-                response = await provider.generate(prompt=prompt, max_tokens=100, temperature=0.0)
+                # Use conservative max_tokens for entity extraction (typically short lists)
+                # Keep temperature=0.0 for deterministic extraction
+                max_tokens = min(self.settings.max_new_tokens, 150)  # Cap at 150 for entities
+                response = await provider.generate(prompt=prompt, max_tokens=max_tokens, temperature=0.0)
             else:
                 logger.warning("Provider does not support generate(), falling back to spaCy")
                 return self._extract_with_spacy(context)

backend/rag_solution/services/pipeline_service.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def pipeline_repository(self) -> PipelineConfigRepository:
     def llm_parameters_service(self) -> LLMParametersService:
         """Get or create LLM parameters service instance."""
         if self._llm_parameters_service is None:
-            self._llm_parameters_service = LLMParametersService(self.db)
+            self._llm_parameters_service = LLMParametersService(self.db, self.settings)
         return self._llm_parameters_service
 
     @property
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def get_reranker(self, user_id: UUID4) -> BaseReranker | None:
                 # Justification: Lazy import to avoid circular dependency
                 from rag_solution.generation.providers.factory import LLMProviderFactory
 
-                factory = LLMProviderFactory(self.db)
+                factory = LLMProviderFactory(self.db, self.settings)
                 llm_provider = factory.get_provider(provider_config.name)
 
                 # Get reranking prompt template (user-specific)
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def _validate_configuration(
                 resource_id=str(pipeline_config.provider_id),
             )
 
-        provider = LLMProviderFactory(self.db).get_provider(provider_output.name)
+        provider = LLMProviderFactory(self.db, self.settings).get_provider(provider_output.name)
         if not provider:
             raise ConfigurationError("llm_provider", "Failed to initialize LLM provider")