From 0b58472ab1621da901c23155b993935beedf5d34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vineeth Voruganti <13438633+VVoruganti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:25:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Coderabbit Nitpicks

---
 .env.template           | 6 +++---
 config.toml.example     | 2 +-
 src/deriver/consumer.py | 2 +-
 src/deriver/deriver.py  | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 9c82815d..9cc57de0 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 LOG_LEVEL=INFO
 # SESSION_OBSERVERS_LIMIT=10
 # GET_CONTEXT_MAX_TOKENS=100000
-# MAX_FILE_SIZE=5242880
-# MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE=25000
+# MAX_FILE_SIZE=5242880 # Bytes
+# MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE=25000 # Characters
 
 # Embedding settings
 # EMBED_MESSAGES=true
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ LLM_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-anthropic-api-key-here
 # SENTRY_RELEASE=your-release-semver
 # SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT=development
 # SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE=0.1
-# SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE=0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+# SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE=0.1
diff --git a/config.toml.example b/config.toml.example
index 982f3561..3be89786 100644
--- a/config.toml.example
+++ b/config.toml.example
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"
 SESSION_OBSERVERS_LIMIT = 10
 GET_CONTEXT_MAX_TOKENS = 100000
 MAX_FILE_SIZE = 5242880  # 5MB
-MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = 25000
+MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = 25000 # Characters
 EMBED_MESSAGES = true
 MAX_EMBEDDING_TOKENS = 8192
 MAX_EMBEDDING_TOKENS_PER_REQUEST = 300000
diff --git a/src/deriver/consumer.py b/src/deriver/consumer.py
index 924eb033..a6796752 100644
--- a/src/deriver/consumer.py
+++ b/src/deriver/consumer.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async def process_items(task_type: str, queue_payloads: list[dict[str, Any]]) ->
     task type to Pydantic model. After validation, routes the request to
     the correct processor without repeating type checks elsewhere.
     """
-    if not queue_payloads:
+    if not queue_payloads or not queue_payloads[0]:
         logger.debug("process_items received no payloads for task type %s", task_type)
         return
 
diff --git a/src/deriver/deriver.py b/src/deriver/deriver.py
index d51c3e00..f7352dd3 100644
--- a/src/deriver/deriver.py
+++ b/src/deriver/deriver.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ async def process_representation_tasks_batch(
     """
     Process a batch of representation tasks by extracting insights and updating working representations.
     """
-    if not payloads:
+    if not payloads or len(payloads) == 0:
         return
 
     payloads.sort(key=lambda x: x.message_id)