refactor: flatten nested try blocks and if statements in assets package

Extract helper functions to eliminate nested try-except blocks in scanner.py
and remove duplicated type-checking logic in asset_info.py. Simplify nested
conditionals in asset_management.py for clearer control flow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

app/assets/database/queries/asset_info.py

@@ -31,57 +31,41 @@ def check_is_scalar(v):
     return False
 
 
-def convert_metadata_to_rows(key: str, value):
+def _scalar_to_row(key: str, ordinal: int, value) -> dict:
+    """Convert a scalar value to a typed projection row."""
+    if value is None:
+        return {
+            "key": key, "ordinal": ordinal,
+            "val_str": None, "val_num": None, "val_bool": None, "val_json": None
+        }
+    if isinstance(value, bool):
+        return {"key": key, "ordinal": ordinal, "val_bool": bool(value)}
+    if isinstance(value, (int, float, Decimal)):
+        num = value if isinstance(value, Decimal) else Decimal(str(value))
+        return {"key": key, "ordinal": ordinal, "val_num": num}
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return {"key": key, "ordinal": ordinal, "val_str": value}
+    return {"key": key, "ordinal": ordinal, "val_json": value}
+
+
+def convert_metadata_to_rows(key: str, value) -> list[dict]:
     """
     Turn a metadata key/value into typed projection rows.
     Returns list[dict] with keys:
       key, ordinal, and one of val_str / val_num / val_bool / val_json (others None)
     """
-    rows: list[dict] = []
-
-    def _null_row(ordinal: int) -> dict:
-        return {
-            "key": key, "ordinal": ordinal,
-            "val_str": None, "val_num": None, "val_bool": None, "val_json": None
-        }
-
     if value is None:
-        rows.append(_null_row(0))
+        return [_scalar_to_row(key, 0, None)]
-        return rows
 
     if check_is_scalar(value):
-        if isinstance(value, bool):
+        return [_scalar_to_row(key, 0, value)]
-            rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": 0, "val_bool": bool(value)})
-        elif isinstance(value, (int, float, Decimal)):
-            num = value if isinstance(value, Decimal) else Decimal(str(value))
-            rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": 0, "val_num": num})
-        elif isinstance(value, str):
-            rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": 0, "val_str": value})
-        else:
-            rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": 0, "val_json": value})
-        return rows
 
     if isinstance(value, list):
         if all(check_is_scalar(x) for x in value):
-            for i, x in enumerate(value):
+            return [_scalar_to_row(key, i, x) for i, x in enumerate(value)]
-                if x is None:
+        return [{"key": key, "ordinal": i, "val_json": x} for i, x in enumerate(value)]
-                    rows.append(_null_row(i))
-                elif isinstance(x, bool):
-                    rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": i, "val_bool": bool(x)})
-                elif isinstance(x, (int, float, Decimal)):
-                    num = x if isinstance(x, Decimal) else Decimal(str(x))
-                    rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": i, "val_num": num})
-                elif isinstance(x, str):
-                    rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": i, "val_str": x})
-                else:
-                    rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": i, "val_json": x})
-            return rows
-        for i, x in enumerate(value):
-            rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": i, "val_json": x})
-        return rows
 
-    rows.append({"key": key, "ordinal": 0, "val_json": value})
+    return [{"key": key, "ordinal": 0, "val_json": value}]
-    return rows
 
 MAX_BIND_PARAMS = 800
 

app/assets/services/asset_management.py

@@ -79,19 +79,17 @@ def update_asset_metadata(
         # Compute filename from best live path
         computed_filename = _compute_filename_for_asset(session, info.asset_id)
 
+        # Determine if metadata needs updating
+        new_meta: dict | None = None
         if user_metadata is not None:
             new_meta = dict(user_metadata)
-            if computed_filename:
+        elif computed_filename:
-                new_meta["filename"] = computed_filename
-            set_asset_info_metadata(
-                session, asset_info_id=asset_info_id, user_metadata=new_meta
-            )
-            touched = True
-        else:
-            if computed_filename:
             current_meta = info.user_metadata or {}
             if current_meta.get("filename") != computed_filename:
                 new_meta = dict(current_meta)
+
+        if new_meta is not None:
+            if computed_filename:
                 new_meta["filename"] = computed_filename
             set_asset_info_metadata(
                 session, asset_info_id=asset_info_id, user_metadata=new_meta

app/assets/services/scanner.py

@@ -367,6 +367,41 @@ def sync_cache_states_with_filesystem(
     return survivors if collect_existing_paths else None
 
 
+def _sync_root_safely(root: RootType) -> set[str]:
+    """Sync a single root's cache states with the filesystem.
+
+    Returns survivors (existing paths) or empty set on failure.
+    """
+    try:
+        with create_session() as sess:
+            survivors = sync_cache_states_with_filesystem(
+                sess,
+                root,
+                collect_existing_paths=True,
+                update_missing_tags=True,
+            )
+            sess.commit()
+            return survivors or set()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.exception("fast DB scan failed for %s: %s", root, e)
+        return set()
+
+
+def _prune_orphans_safely(prefixes: list[str]) -> int:
+    """Prune orphaned assets outside the given prefixes.
+
+    Returns count pruned or 0 on failure.
+    """
+    try:
+        with create_session() as sess:
+            count = prune_orphaned_assets(sess, prefixes)
+            sess.commit()
+            return count
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.exception("orphan pruning failed: %s", e)
+        return 0
+
+
 def seed_assets(roots: tuple[RootType, ...], enable_logging: bool = False) -> None:
     """Scan the given roots and seed the assets into the database."""
     if not dependencies_available():
@@ -383,29 +418,12 @@ def seed_assets(roots: tuple[RootType, ...], enable_logging: bool = False) -> No
     try:
         existing_paths: set[str] = set()
         for r in roots:
-            try:
+            existing_paths.update(_sync_root_safely(r))
-                with create_session() as sess:
-                    survivors = sync_cache_states_with_filesystem(
-                        sess,
-                        r,
-                        collect_existing_paths=True,
-                        update_missing_tags=True,
-                    )
-                    sess.commit()
-                if survivors:
-                    existing_paths.update(survivors)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logging.exception("fast DB scan failed for %s: %s", r, e)
 
-        try:
-            with create_session() as sess:
         all_prefixes = [
             os.path.abspath(p) for r in roots for p in get_prefixes_for_root(r)
         ]
-                orphans_pruned = prune_orphaned_assets(sess, all_prefixes)
+        orphans_pruned = _prune_orphans_safely(all_prefixes)
-                sess.commit()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logging.exception("orphan pruning failed: %s", e)
 
         if "models" in roots:
             paths.extend(collect_models_files())