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+# Sequence diagram for text similarity calls [DRAFT]
+
+There are multiple paths
+
+* Text similarity via old (blocking) endpoint
+* Text similarity via the 'sync' (blocking) endpoint
+* Text similairty via the 'async' endpoint
+
+
+
+## /similarity/sync/text 
+
+ This diagram traces blocking  'sync' text similarity call from Check API, starting from `similarity_sync_controller.py`.  When a text item is sent, the request is held open, blocking on a redis Key, until the vector response from Presto unblocks the key. The vector from the text model is then stored in the appropriate OpenSearch index seperately for each model.  Alegre then queries to look up similar items via ES text indicies and vector cosine similarity for the just-submitted item, responding to CheckAPI with any items it finds. 
+
+Note: When there are multiple text models for various language-specific indexes, Alegre queries each one in sequence (not in parallel)
+
+TODO: when unpacking the presto callback loop, how do we know all keys have been recieved to respond to Check
+
+TODO: language lookups
+
+```mermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+    participant Check API
+    participant Alegre Service
+    participant OpenSearch
+    participant Redis
+    participant Presto API
+
+    box Alegre
+    participant Alegre Service
+    participant OpenSearch
+    participant Redis
+    end
+    
+    activate Check API
+    Check API-->>Alegre Service: /similarity/sync/text item1:'example text'
+    activate Alegre Service
+
+    loop for each model type
+        Alegre Service->>Presto API: /process_item/{model_key} item1:'example text'
+        activate Presto API
+        Presto API->>Alegre Service: request recieved 
+        deactivate Presto API
+    Alegre Service-)Redis: waiting for 'text_item1':
+    deactivate Alegre Service
+    end
+    
+    activate Redis
+
+    activate Presto API
+    Presto API-->>Presto API: communicate with text model via SQS queues
+    
+    loop for each model type
+        Presto API->>Alegre Service: /presto/receive/add_item/ item1: <vector> 
+        activate Alegre Service
+
+        Alegre Service->>+Presto API: item1 updated
+        deactivate Presto API
+        
+        Alegre Service-)Redis: push 'text_item1':
+        deactivate Alegre Service
+        deactivate Redis
+    end
+
+    Note over Alegre Service: when all (or any?) redis key unblocked or timed out
+    activate Alegre Service
+    
+    loop for each model type
+        activate OpenSearch
+        Alegre Service->>OpenSearch: store item1: <vector>
+        OpenSearch->>Alegre Service: ok
+        deactivate OpenSearch
+    end
+
+    loop for each model type
+        activate OpenSearch
+        Alegre Service->>OpenSearch: search item1: <vector>
+        OpenSearch->>Alegre Service: similar results [item1, item2]
+        deactivate OpenSearch
+    end
+
+    Note over Alegre Service: collect results from all models
+
+    deactivate Alegre Service
+    Alegre Service-->>Check API: found similar: [item1, item2]
+    deactivate Check API
+
+```
+
+## /similarity/async/text 
+
+This diagram traces the async (non-blocking) text similarity calls, starting from `similarity_sync_controller.py`.  First stores the object with out the vector?, just context (for ES text index?)  
+
+Note: Behavior is modified by `suppress_response` (default False) and `requires_callback` (default True) arguments in call
+
+Note: The lookup OpenAI embeddings with a redis cache is conditional on OpenAI model key, but still seems to execute after presto callback from other model?
+
+TODO: does CheckAPI have to track state callback for each model
+TODO: what is the final cache of results in redis for?
+
+DRAFT (this needs another pass through to confirm it is correct)
+```mermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+    participant Check API
+    participant Alegre Service
+    participant OpenSearch
+    participant Redis
+    participant Presto API
+    participant OpenAI API
+
+    box Alegre
+    participant Alegre Service
+    participant OpenSearch
+    participant Redis
+    end
+    
+    activate Check API
+    Check API-->>Alegre Service: /similarity/async/text item1:'example text'
+    activate Alegre Service
+
+    Alegre Service ->> OpenSearch: store item1:'example text'
+    OpenSearch ->> Alegre Service: ok
+
+    loop for each model type
+        Alegre Service->>Presto API: /process_item/{model_key} item1:'example text'
+        activate Presto API
+        Presto API->>Alegre Service: request recieved 
+        deactivate Presto API
+    deactivate Alegre Service
+    end
+    
+  
+
+    activate Presto API
+    Presto API-->>Presto API: communicate with text model via SQS queues
+    
+    loop for each model type
+        Presto API->>Alegre Service: /presto/receive/add_item/ item1: <vector> 
+        activate Alegre Service
+        
+        Alegre Service->>OpenSearch: get item1
+        OpenSearch->>Alegre Service: item1
+
+        
+        Alegre Service->>OpenSearch: store item1: <vector>
+        activate OpenSearch
+        OpenSearch->>Alegre Service: ok
+        deactivate OpenSearch
+
+        Note right of Alegre Service: OpenAI lookup conditional on model key
+        Alegre Service->> Redis: check if OpenAI item1 vector already cached?
+        Redis->>Alegre Service: (optionally) cached <vector>
+        Alegre Service->> OpenAI API: get vector for 'example text'
+        OpenAI API->>Alegre Service: <vector>
+        Alegre Service->> Redis: cache OpenAI vector item1:<vector>
+
+        activate OpenSearch
+        Alegre Service->>OpenSearch: search item1: <vector>
+        OpenSearch->>Alegre Service: similar results [item1, item2]
+        deactivate OpenSearch
+        Alegre Service->>Check API: found similar: [item1, item2]
+        Alegre Service->>Redis: cache model, item1: results 
+
+        Alegre Service->>Presto API: item1 results
+        deactivate Presto API
+
+        deactivate Alegre Service
+
+
+    end
+
+
+
+
+    deactivate Check API
+
+```