feat: add Render Free Tier Lite Mode deployment and optimizations

DEPLOY_RENDER.md

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+# Deploying to Render (Free Tier)
+
+This guide covers how to deploy the Gemini Fullstack Agent to Render using the **Free Tier** (512MB RAM, 0.1 CPU).
+
+Due to the limited resources of the Free Tier, we use a "Lite Mode" configuration that disables heavy local computations (like local RAG embeddings or Ollama inference) and relies entirely on cloud APIs (Google Gemini).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. A [Render.com](https://render.com) account.
+2. A Google Gemini API Key.
+3. Your code pushed to a GitHub or GitLab repository connected to Render.
+
+## Why Manual Web Service Deployment?
+
+Render occasionally attempts to charge or block deployments initialized via `render.yaml` (Blueprints) if they detect you are trying to bypass plan restrictions or simply because Blueprints are sometimes considered a paid feature depending on your account state.
+
+**Creating a manual Web Service** bypasses this completely and guarantees you can use your Free Tier allowance.
+
+---
+
+## Deployment Steps
+
+### 1. Create a New Web Service
+1. Log in to your Render dashboard.
+2. Click **New +** and select **Web Service**.
+3. Choose **Build and deploy from a Git repository**.
+4. Connect your GitHub/GitLab repository and select it.
+
+### 2. Configure the Service
+
+Fill out the form with the following details exactly:
+
+*   **Name:** `gemini-fullstack-agent` (or your preferred name)
+*   **Region:** (Select the one closest to you)
+*   **Branch:** `main` (or the branch you want to deploy)
+*   **Root Directory:** *(Leave blank! Do not put `backend` or `frontend` here)*
+*   **Runtime:** `Python 3`
+*   **Build Command:**
+    ```bash
+    ./setup_env.sh
+    ```
+*   **Start Command:**
+    ```bash
+    cd backend && export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd)/src && python -m uvicorn agent.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port $PORT
+    ```
+*   **Instance Type:** `Free` (512 MB RAM • 0.1 CPU)
+
+### 3. Configure Environment Variables
+
+Scroll down to the **Environment Variables** section and click **Add Environment Variable**. You must add all of the following:
+
+| Key | Value | Purpose |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| `RENDER` | `true` | Tells `setup_env.sh` to skip downloading heavy Playwright browsers. |
+| `PYTHON_VERSION` | `3.12.0` | Forces Render to use Python 3.12 (required by `uv` and langgraph). |
+| `NODE_VERSION` | `20.11.0` | Informs the build script which node version to use. |
+| `GEMINI_API_KEY` | `your-gemini-api-key` | Your Google API Key for LLM reasoning. |
+| `GEMMA_PROVIDER` | `google_genai` | Uses the API for Gemma tasks instead of local Ollama. |
+| `RAG_ENABLED` | `false` | (Recommended) Disables local vector embeddings to save RAM. If you need RAG, set to `true` and set `RAG_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=google_genai`. |
+| `TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS` | `true` | Ensures rate-limiting works correctly behind Render's load balancer. |
+
+### 4. Deploy
+
+Click **Create Web Service**.
+
+Render will now run the `./setup_env.sh` script. This script is smart enough to detect the Render environment:
+1. It will download a standalone version of Node.js (since Render's Python runtime doesn't have it).
+2. It will install `uv` and sync the Python dependencies.
+3. It will install `pnpm` and build the React frontend for production.
+4. It will start the FastAPI backend using `uvicorn`, serving the built frontend on the `/app` route and the API on `/`.
+
+### 5. Access the App
+
+Once the deployment is marked as **Live**, click the URL provided by Render (e.g., `https://gemini-fullstack-agent-abc1.onrender.com`).
+
+Because it's a single-service architecture, navigating to the root URL will automatically redirect you to `/app`, where the frontend interface lives.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+*   **Memory Limit Exceeded (OOM):** If the build or runtime fails due to memory limits, ensure `RAG_ENABLED=false` is set. The Free tier (512MB) struggles to load sentence-transformers or FAISS indexes.
+*   **Node.js Not Found Error:** If the build fails saying `node` or `pnpm` is not found, ensure you are using the exact `./setup_env.sh` as the build command, as it installs Node on the fly for the Python environment.
+*   **Rate Limiting Issues:** If you get "Too Many Requests" errors instantly, ensure `TRUST_PROXY_HEADERS=true` is set so the backend sees real client IPs, not just Render's internal proxy IP.

backend/src/agent/gemma_client.py

@@ -110,13 +110,51 @@ def invoke(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
             logger.error(f"Ollama call failed: {e}")
             raise
 
+class GoogleGenAIGemmaClient(GemmaClient):
+    """Client for Gemma models via Google GenAI API."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize Google GenAI client."""
+        try:
+            from google import genai
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.error("google-genai not installed.")
+            raise ImportError("Please install 'google-genai' to use GoogleGenAIGemmaClient")
+
+        import os
+        self.api_key = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+        if not self.api_key:
+            logger.error("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable is missing.")
+            raise ValueError("GEMINI_API_KEY is required for GoogleGenAIGemmaClient")
+
+        self.client = genai.Client(api_key=self.api_key)
+
+        # Use provided model or default to gemini-2.5-flash for free tier if trying to use gemma but not specified correctly
+        self.model_name = app_config.gemma_model_name
+        if not self.model_name or self.model_name == "gemma:7b":
+            self.model_name = "gemini-2.5-flash" # Fallback to gemini if gemma:7b (ollama default) is used
+
+    def invoke(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
+        """Generate text completion."""
+        try:
+            response = self.client.models.generate_content(
+                model=self.model_name,
+                contents=prompt,
+            )
+            return response.text
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Google GenAI generation failed: {e}")
+            raise e
+
 def get_gemma_client() -> GemmaClient:
     """Factory function to get the configured Gemma client."""
     provider = (app_config.gemma_provider or "ollama").lower()
     if provider == "vertex":
         return VertexAIGemmaClient()
     elif provider == "ollama":
         return OllamaGemmaClient()
+    elif provider == "google_genai":
+        return GoogleGenAIGemmaClient()
     else:
         logger.warning(f"Unknown or unsupported Gemma provider: {provider}. Defaulting to Ollama.")
         return OllamaGemmaClient()

backend/src/agent/orchestration.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _load_default_tools(self):
                 if rag_tool:
                     self.register(
                         "rag_search",
-                        rag_tool.invoke,
+                        lambda query: rag_tool.retrieve(query), # Fixed missing invoke method
                         description="Search internal knowledge base",
                         category="search",
                     )

backend/src/agent/rag.py

@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@
     chunk_id: str
     metadata: Dict = field(default_factory=dict)
 
+
+class LangChainEmbeddingAdapter:
+    """Adapter to make LangChain embeddings look like sentence-transformers for Chroma."""
+    def __init__(self, langchain_embeddings):
+        self.lc_embeddings = langchain_embeddings
+
+    def __call__(self, texts: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
+        # This is the interface Chroma expects if passed as embedding_function
+        return self.lc_embeddings.embed_documents(texts)
+
+    def encode(self, texts: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
+        return self.lc_embeddings.embed_documents(texts)
+
 class DeepSearchRAG:
     """
     RAG system optimized for deep research workflows.
@@ -310,7 +323,7 @@
 
         return []
 
     def audit_and_prune(self, subgoal_id: str, relevance_threshold: float = 0.5, diversity_weight: float = 0.3) -> Dict:
         """
         Audit and prune low-relevance evidence for a specific subgoal.
 
@@ -368,7 +381,7 @@
         }
 
     # ... keep existing methods (verify_subgoal_coverage, get_context_for_synthesis, export_state) ...
     def verify_subgoal_coverage(self, subgoal: str, subgoal_id: str, llm_client, confidence_threshold: float = 0.7) -> Dict:
         evidence_list = self.retrieve(query=subgoal, subgoal_filter=subgoal_id, top_k=5)
         if not evidence_list:
             return {"verified": False, "confidence": 0.0, "reason": "no_evidence"}
@@ -406,7 +419,7 @@
         except Exception as e:
             return {"verified": False, "confidence": 0.0, "reason": f"verification_error: {str(e)}"}
 
     def get_context_for_synthesis(self, query: str, max_tokens: int = 4000, subgoal_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> str:
         all_chunks = []
 
         # ⚡ Bolt Optimization: Pre-compute query embedding once for all subgoals
@@ -479,26 +492,25 @@
 
 # Compatibility exports
 class _RAGConfig:
-    enabled = True
-    enable_fallback = True
-    max_documents = 5
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.enabled = os.getenv("RAG_ENABLED", "true").lower() == "true"
+        self.enable_fallback = True
+        self.max_documents = 5
+        self.embedding_provider = os.getenv("RAG_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER", "local").lower() # 'local' or 'google_genai'
 
 rag_config = _RAGConfig()
 
 def is_rag_enabled() -> bool:
-    return True
+    return rag_config.enabled
 
 class Resource:
     pass
 
 def create_rag_tool(resources):
     """
-    Legacy compatibility stub - returns None.
-
-    TODO(priority=Low, complexity=Medium): [rag:legacy] Replace stub with real implementation
-    - Migrate callers to use DeepSearchRAG directly
-    - Remove this function once all callers are updated
-    - Update tests that mock this function
+    Returns an instance of DeepSearchRAG configured for tool use.
     """
-    logger.warning("Using legacy create_rag_tool stub")
-    return None
+    if not is_rag_enabled():
+        logger.warning("RAG is disabled via configuration.")
+        return None
+    return DeepSearchRAG()

backend/src/agent/security.py

@@ -141,15 +141,14 @@ async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
             # Prioritize X-Forwarded-For to correctly identify clients behind load balancers.
             forwarded = request.headers.get("X-Forwarded-For")
             if forwarded and self.trust_proxy_headers:
-                # 🛡️ Sentinel: The leftmost IP (ips[0]) is the original client IP.
-                # Each proxy appends its IP to the right, so ips[-1] would be the nearest proxy.
-                # We use ips[0] to get the original client address for rate limiting.
+                # 🛡️ Sentinel: The rightmost IP (ips[-1]) is the original client IP as appended by the nearest trusted proxy.
+                # Attackers can spoof ips[0], so we trust the last IP added by our infrastructure.
                 try:
                     ips = [ip.strip() for ip in forwarded.split(",")]
-                    client_ip = ips[0]  # Original client IP (leftmost)
+                    client_ip = ips[-1]  # IP appended by the trusted proxy (rightmost)
                 except Exception:
                     # Fallback to simple extraction if parsing fails
-                    client_ip = forwarded.split(",")[0].strip()
+                    client_ip = forwarded.split(",")[-1].strip()
 
                 # Truncate to 100 chars to prevent memory exhaustion attacks
                 client_ip = client_ip[:100]

patch_gemma_client.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import re
+
+with open('backend/src/agent/gemma_client.py', 'r') as f:
+    content = f.read()
+
+new_class = """class GoogleGenAIGemmaClient(GemmaClient):
+    \"\"\"Client for Gemma models via Google GenAI API.\"\"\"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        \"\"\"Initialize Google GenAI client.\"\"\"
+        try:
+            from google import genai
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.error("google-genai not installed.")
+            raise ImportError("Please install 'google-genai' to use GoogleGenAIGemmaClient")
+
+        import os
+        self.api_key = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+        if not self.api_key:
+            logger.error("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable is missing.")
+            raise ValueError("GEMINI_API_KEY is required for GoogleGenAIGemmaClient")
+
+        self.client = genai.Client(api_key=self.api_key)
+        self.model_name = app_config.gemma_model_name
+
+    def invoke(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
+        \"\"\"Generate text completion.\"\"\"
+        try:
+            response = self.client.models.generate_content(
+                model=self.model_name,
+                contents=prompt,
+            )
+            return response.text
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Google GenAI generation failed: {e}")
+            raise e
+
+"""
+
+# Insert before get_gemma_client
+content = content.replace("def get_gemma_client() -> GemmaClient:", new_class + "def get_gemma_client() -> GemmaClient:")
+
+# Update factory method
+factory_replacement = """def get_gemma_client() -> GemmaClient:
+    \"\"\"Factory function to get the configured Gemma client.\"\"\"
+    provider = (app_config.gemma_provider or "ollama").lower()
+    if provider == "vertex":
+        return VertexAIGemmaClient()
+    elif provider == "ollama":
+        return OllamaGemmaClient()
+    elif provider == "google_genai":
+        return GoogleGenAIGemmaClient()
+    else:
+        logger.warning(f"Unknown or unsupported Gemma provider: {provider}. Defaulting to Ollama.")
+        return OllamaGemmaClient()"""
+
+content = re.sub(r'def get_gemma_client\(\) -> GemmaClient:.*?return OllamaGemmaClient\(\)', factory_replacement, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+with open('backend/src/agent/gemma_client.py', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(content)

patch_gemma_client2.py

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+import re
+
+with open('backend/src/agent/gemma_client.py', 'r') as f:
+    content = f.read()
+
+# Fix the duplicate else block
+content = content.replace("""    else:
+        logger.warning(f"Unknown or unsupported Gemma provider: {provider}. Defaulting to Ollama.")
+        return OllamaGemmaClient()
+    else:
+        logger.warning(f"Unknown or unsupported Gemma provider: {provider}. Defaulting to Ollama.")
+        return OllamaGemmaClient()""", """    else:
+        logger.warning(f"Unknown or unsupported Gemma provider: {provider}. Defaulting to Ollama.")
+        return OllamaGemmaClient()""")
+
+
+# Fix GoogleGenAIGemmaClient __init__ where ValueError is raised before setting api_key properly in exception message (not really an issue, but let's make it clean)
+class_replacement = """class GoogleGenAIGemmaClient(GemmaClient):
+    \"\"\"Client for Gemma models via Google GenAI API.\"\"\"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        \"\"\"Initialize Google GenAI client.\"\"\"
+        try:
+            from google import genai
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.error("google-genai not installed.")
+            raise ImportError("Please install 'google-genai' to use GoogleGenAIGemmaClient")
+
+        import os
+        self.api_key = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+        if not self.api_key:
+            logger.error("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable is missing.")
+            raise ValueError("GEMINI_API_KEY is required for GoogleGenAIGemmaClient")
+
+        self.client = genai.Client(api_key=self.api_key)
+
+        # Use provided model or default to gemini-2.5-flash for free tier if trying to use gemma but not specified correctly
+        self.model_name = app_config.gemma_model_name
+        if not self.model_name or self.model_name == "gemma:7b":
+            self.model_name = "gemini-2.5-flash" # Fallback to gemini if gemma:7b (ollama default) is used
+
+    def invoke(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
+        \"\"\"Generate text completion.\"\"\"
+        try:
+            response = self.client.models.generate_content(
+                model=self.model_name,
+                contents=prompt,
+            )
+            return response.text
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Google GenAI generation failed: {e}")
+            raise e"""
+
+content = re.sub(r'class GoogleGenAIGemmaClient.*?raise e', class_replacement, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+
+with open('backend/src/agent/gemma_client.py', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(content)

patch_orchestration.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import re
+
+with open('backend/src/agent/orchestration.py', 'r') as f:
+    content = f.read()
+
+# Fix the bug in _load_default_tools where rag_tool.invoke is called but rag_tool doesn't have invoke
+fix = """        # RAG retrieval
+        try:
+            from agent.rag import create_rag_tool, is_rag_enabled
+            if is_rag_enabled():
+                rag_tool = create_rag_tool([])
+                if rag_tool:
+                    self.register(
+                        "rag_search",
+                        lambda query: rag_tool.retrieve(query), # Fixed missing invoke method
+                        description="Search internal knowledge base",
+                        category="search",
+                    )
+        except ImportError:
+            pass"""
+
+content = re.sub(r'        # RAG retrieval.*?pass', fix, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+with open('backend/src/agent/orchestration.py', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(content)