fix: add QMD_MAX_PARALLEL_CONTEXTS env var to prevent Metal deadlocks#569
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fix: add QMD_MAX_PARALLEL_CONTEXTS env var to prevent Metal deadlocks#569
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When running as an MCP server, multiple contexts calling getEmbeddingFor/rankAll via Promise.all can deadlock on macOS Metal. Setting QMD_MAX_PARALLEL_CONTEXTS=1 in the MCP config prevents this by capping context count before any GPU/CPU heuristic runs. This was already patched in dist/llm.js (production fix 2026-04-11). This commit ports the same fix to the TypeScript source so it survives the next `bun install -g @tobilu/qmd`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
QMD_MAX_PARALLEL_CONTEXTSenv var check at the top ofcomputeParallelism()insrc/llm.tsQMD_MAX_PARALLEL_CONTEXTS=1), caps context count before any GPU/CPU heuristic runsgetEmbeddingFor/rankAllcalls viaPromise.allContext
This was already patched in
dist/llm.jsas a production hotfix (2026-04-11). This PR ports the identical fix to the TypeScript source so it survivesbun install -g @tobilu/qmd.The deadlock manifests on macOS with Metal GPU acceleration when multiple MCP tool calls trigger parallel embedding/reranking contexts. Setting the env var to 1 in
.mcp.jsonserializes context creation and eliminates the deadlock.Test plan
dist/llm.jspatch (identical logic)QMD_MAX_PARALLEL_CONTEXTS=1limits to 1 context🤖 Generated with Claude Code