From b975b98cc70f193bf74c45f6981989cff66ddfc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Carter <kcar@kevlarai.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:13:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] timing

---
 .../database/services/provisioning_service.py | 56 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/database/services/provisioning_service.py b/modules/database/services/provisioning_service.py
index b531915..189c14e 100644
--- a/modules/database/services/provisioning_service.py
+++ b/modules/database/services/provisioning_service.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import os
+import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, List
 
@@ -157,6 +158,31 @@ class ProvisioningService:
         self.neo4j_service.create_database(school_db)
         self.neo4j_service.create_database(curriculum_db)
 
+        # Wait for databases to be fully available (Neo4j needs time to make new databases accessible)
+        logger.info(f"Waiting for databases to be fully available...")
+        time.sleep(2)  # Initial wait
+        
+        # Verify databases exist with retries
+        max_retries = 5
+        retry_delay = 1
+        for attempt in range(max_retries):
+            try:
+                # Check if school_db exists
+                check_result = self.neo4j_service.check_database_exists(school_db)
+                if check_result.get("exists", False):
+                    logger.info(f"Database {school_db} is available")
+                    break
+                else:
+                    if attempt < max_retries - 1:
+                        logger.info(f"Database {school_db} not yet available, retrying in {retry_delay}s... (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries})")
+                        time.sleep(retry_delay)
+                    else:
+                        logger.warning(f"Database {school_db} may not be fully available, proceeding anyway...")
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Error checking database existence: {e}, proceeding anyway...")
+                if attempt < max_retries - 1:
+                    time.sleep(retry_delay)
+
         metadata = institute.get("metadata") or {}
         if isinstance(metadata, str):
             try:
@@ -173,12 +199,30 @@ class ProvisioningService:
             website=institute.get("website", "https://example.com"),
         )
 
-        neon.init_neontology_connection()
-        try:
-            create_or_merge_neontology_node(school_node, database=_CC_SCHOOLS_DB, operation='merge')
-            create_or_merge_neontology_node(school_node, database=school_db, operation='merge')
-        finally:
-            neon.close_neontology_connection()
+        # Retry node creation with exponential backoff
+        max_node_retries = 3
+        for attempt in range(max_node_retries):
+            try:
+                neon.init_neontology_connection()
+                try:
+                    create_or_merge_neontology_node(school_node, database=_CC_SCHOOLS_DB, operation='merge')
+                    create_or_merge_neontology_node(school_node, database=school_db, operation='merge')
+                    logger.info(f"Successfully created school nodes in databases")
+                    break  # Success, exit retry loop
+                finally:
+                    neon.close_neontology_connection()
+            except Exception as e:
+                if "Database" in str(e) and "not found" in str(e):
+                    if attempt < max_node_retries - 1:
+                        wait_time = (attempt + 1) * 2  # Exponential backoff: 2s, 4s, 6s
+                        logger.warning(f"Database not yet available, waiting {wait_time}s before retry (attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_node_retries}): {e}")
+                        time.sleep(wait_time)
+                    else:
+                        logger.error(f"Failed to create school nodes after {max_node_retries} attempts: {e}")
+                        raise
+                else:
+                    # Different error, don't retry
+                    raise
 
         # Try to persist database references back to Supabase (best effort)
         updates = {