fix environment variable error and enable docker build automation

[lfnovo]

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PR Review Progress

• Read repository setup instructions (CLAUDE.md)
• Analyze environment variable changes (.env.example)
• Review GitHub Actions workflows for Docker build automation
• Examine database repository modifications
• Assess security implications of workflow configurations
• Check for potential performance issues
• Evaluate test coverage impact from deleted files
• Provide comprehensive review feedback

PR Review Summary

This PR implements Docker build automation and cleans up the codebase with some important fixes. Here's my detailed analysis:

🟢 Positive Changes

1. Environment Variable Cleanup:

   • Removed deprecated SurrealDB environment variable format from .env.example
   • Clean migration from old format (SURREAL_ADDRESS/SURREAL_PORT) to new WebSocket URL format (SURREAL_URL)

2. Database Repository Fixes:

   • Fixed critical issue in open_notebook/database/repository.py:52,57 where os.environ[...] was changed to os.environ.get(...) to prevent KeyError exceptions
   • Removed duplicate/unused files (new.py, repository_old.py)

3. GitHub Actions Automation:

   • Well-structured dual workflow approach: development testing vs production releases
   • Multi-platform support (linux/amd64, linux/arm64)
   • Proper Docker layer caching for build performance
   • Comprehensive build summaries with clear status reporting

🟡 Areas of Concern

1. Security Considerations:

   • Docker credentials stored in GitHub secrets (good practice)
   • Consider adding vulnerability scanning to the build process
   • The workflow pushes to public Docker registry - ensure this is intentional

2. Test Coverage Impact:

   • Critical: test_commands.sh was deleted without apparent replacement
   • The development workflow includes linting (ruff, mypy) but no actual test execution
   • This could reduce confidence in deployments

3. Workflow Configuration:

   • .github/workflows/build-dev.yml:12 excludes Claude workflow files, which is good
   • Consider adding branch protection rules to require successful CI before merging

🔴 Potential Issues

1. Error Handling in Database Code:

   • The change from os.environ[...] to os.environ.get(...) is good, but should include default values or explicit error handling
   • Missing environment variables would now return None instead of raising clear errors

2. Build Performance:

   • Cache management could be improved - currently using separate cache keys for different builds
   • Consider using registry cache for better performance across runners

3. Missing Documentation:

   • No documentation for the new Docker build automation
   • Users may not understand the difference between "regular" and "single" builds

🔧 Recommended Improvements

1. Add explicit error handling:

   # In repository.py
   username = os.environ.get("SURREAL_USER")
   if not username:
       raise ValueError("SURREAL_USER environment variable is required")

2. Add test execution to development workflow:

   • Include a step to run actual tests, not just linting
   • Consider adding integration tests for Docker builds

3. Improve cache efficiency:

   • Use Docker registry cache instead of local cache for better performance
   • Consider cache warming strategies

4. Add security scanning:

   - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
     uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
     with:
       image-ref: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.version }}

✅ Approval Status

This PR addresses important infrastructure needs and fixes critical database connection issues. The environment variable cleanup and Docker automation are valuable additions. However, the removal of test scripts without replacement is concerning.

Recommend: Merge after addressing the test coverage concern and adding proper error handling for environment variables.