# Troubleshooting Guide ## Complete Problem Resolution for CIM Document Processor ### 🎯 Overview This guide provides comprehensive troubleshooting procedures for common issues in the CIM Document Processor, including diagnostic steps, solutions, and prevention strategies. --- ## 🔍 Diagnostic Procedures ### System Health Check #### **Quick Health Assessment** ```bash # Check application health curl -f http://localhost:5000/health # Check database connectivity curl -f http://localhost:5000/api/documents # Check authentication service curl -f http://localhost:5000/api/auth/status ``` #### **Comprehensive Health Check** ```typescript // utils/diagnostics.ts export const runSystemDiagnostics = async () => { const diagnostics = { timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), services: { database: await checkDatabaseHealth(), storage: await checkStorageHealth(), auth: await checkAuthHealth(), ai: await checkAIHealth() }, resources: { memory: process.memoryUsage(), cpu: process.cpuUsage(), uptime: process.uptime() } }; return diagnostics; }; ``` --- ## 🚨 Common Issues and Solutions ### Authentication Issues #### **Problem**: User cannot log in **Symptoms**: - Login form shows "Invalid credentials" - Firebase authentication errors - Token validation failures **Diagnostic Steps**: 1. Check Firebase project configuration 2. Verify authentication tokens 3. Check network connectivity to Firebase 4. Review authentication logs **Solutions**: ```typescript // Check Firebase configuration const firebaseConfig = { apiKey: process.env.FIREBASE_API_KEY, authDomain: process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN, projectId: process.env.FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID }; // Verify token validation const verifyToken = async (token: string) => { try { const decodedToken = await admin.auth().verifyIdToken(token); return { valid: true, user: decodedToken }; } catch (error) { logger.error('Token verification failed', { error: error.message }); return { valid: false, error: error.message }; } }; ``` **Prevention**: - Regular Firebase configuration validation - Token refresh mechanism - Proper error handling in authentication flow #### **Problem**: Token expiration issues **Symptoms**: - Users logged out unexpectedly - API requests returning 401 errors - Authentication state inconsistencies **Solutions**: ```typescript // Implement token refresh const refreshToken = async (refreshToken: string) => { try { const response = await fetch(`https://securetoken.googleapis.com/v1/token?key=${apiKey}`, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ grant_type: 'refresh_token', refresh_token: refreshToken }) }); const data = await response.json(); return { success: true, token: data.id_token }; } catch (error) { return { success: false, error: error.message }; } }; ``` ### Document Upload Issues #### **Problem**: File upload fails **Symptoms**: - Upload progress stops - Error messages about file size or type - Storage service errors **Diagnostic Steps**: 1. Check file size and type validation 2. Verify Firebase Storage configuration 3. Check network connectivity 4. Review storage permissions **Solutions**: ```typescript // Enhanced file validation const validateFile = (file: File) => { const maxSize = 100 * 1024 * 1024; // 100MB const allowedTypes = ['application/pdf', 'application/msword', 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document']; if (file.size > maxSize) { return { valid: false, error: 'File too large' }; } if (!allowedTypes.includes(file.type)) { return { valid: false, error: 'Invalid file type' }; } return { valid: true }; }; // Storage error handling const uploadWithRetry = async (file: File, maxRetries = 3) => { for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) { try { const result = await uploadToStorage(file); return result; } catch (error) { if (attempt === maxRetries) throw error; await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000 * attempt)); } } }; ``` #### **Problem**: Upload progress stalls **Symptoms**: - Progress bar stops advancing - No error messages - Upload appears to hang **Solutions**: ```typescript // Implement upload timeout const uploadWithTimeout = async (file: File, timeoutMs = 300000) => { const uploadPromise = uploadToStorage(file); const timeoutPromise = new Promise((_, reject) => { setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Upload timeout')), timeoutMs); }); return Promise.race([uploadPromise, timeoutPromise]); }; // Add progress monitoring const monitorUploadProgress = (uploadTask: any, onProgress: (progress: number) => void) => { uploadTask.on('state_changed', (snapshot: any) => { const progress = (snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100; onProgress(progress); }, (error: any) => { console.error('Upload error:', error); }, () => { onProgress(100); } ); }; ``` ### Document Processing Issues #### **Problem**: Document processing fails **Symptoms**: - Documents stuck in "processing" status - AI processing errors - PDF generation failures **Diagnostic Steps**: 1. Check Document AI service status 2. Verify LLM API credentials 3. Review processing logs 4. Check system resources **Solutions**: ```typescript // Enhanced error handling for Document AI const processWithFallback = async (document: Document) => { try { // Try Document AI first const result = await processWithDocumentAI(document); return result; } catch (error) { logger.warn('Document AI failed, trying fallback', { error: error.message }); // Fallback to local processing try { const result = await processWithLocalParser(document); return result; } catch (fallbackError) { logger.error('Both Document AI and fallback failed', { documentAIError: error.message, fallbackError: fallbackError.message }); throw new Error('Document processing failed'); } } }; // LLM service error handling const callLLMWithRetry = async (prompt: string, maxRetries = 3) => { for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) { try { const response = await callLLM(prompt); return response; } catch (error) { if (attempt === maxRetries) throw error; // Exponential backoff const delay = Math.pow(2, attempt) * 1000; await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay)); } } }; ``` #### **Problem**: PDF generation fails **Symptoms**: - PDF generation errors - Missing PDF files - Generation timeout **Solutions**: ```typescript // PDF generation with error handling const generatePDFWithRetry = async (content: string, maxRetries = 3) => { for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) { try { const pdf = await generatePDF(content); return pdf; } catch (error) { if (attempt === maxRetries) throw error; // Clear browser cache and retry await clearBrowserCache(); await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000)); } } }; // Browser resource management const clearBrowserCache = async () => { try { await browser.close(); await browser.launch(); } catch (error) { logger.error('Failed to clear browser cache', { error: error.message }); } }; ``` ### Database Issues #### **Problem**: Database connection failures **Symptoms**: - API errors with database connection messages - Slow response times - Connection pool exhaustion **Diagnostic Steps**: 1. Check Supabase service status 2. Verify database credentials 3. Check connection pool settings 4. Review query performance **Solutions**: ```typescript // Connection pool management const createConnectionPool = () => { return new Pool({ connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL, max: 20, // Maximum number of connections idleTimeoutMillis: 30000, // Close idle connections after 30 seconds connectionTimeoutMillis: 2000, // Return an error after 2 seconds if connection could not be established }); }; // Query timeout handling const executeQueryWithTimeout = async (query: string, params: any[], timeoutMs = 5000) => { const client = await pool.connect(); try { const result = await Promise.race([ client.query(query, params), new Promise((_, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Query timeout')), timeoutMs) ) ]); return result; } finally { client.release(); } }; ``` #### **Problem**: Slow database queries **Symptoms**: - Long response times - Database timeout errors - High CPU usage **Solutions**: ```typescript // Query optimization const optimizeQuery = (query: string) => { // Add proper indexes // Use query planning // Implement pagination return query; }; // Implement query caching const queryCache = new Map(); const cachedQuery = async (key: string, queryFn: () => Promise, ttlMs = 300000) => { const cached = queryCache.get(key); if (cached && Date.now() - cached.timestamp < ttlMs) { return cached.data; } const data = await queryFn(); queryCache.set(key, { data, timestamp: Date.now() }); return data; }; ``` ### Performance Issues #### **Problem**: Slow application response **Symptoms**: - High response times - Timeout errors - User complaints about slowness **Diagnostic Steps**: 1. Monitor CPU and memory usage 2. Check database query performance 3. Review external service response times 4. Analyze request patterns **Solutions**: ```typescript // Performance monitoring const performanceMiddleware = (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => { const start = Date.now(); res.on('finish', () => { const duration = Date.now() - start; if (duration > 5000) { logger.warn('Slow request detected', { method: req.method, path: req.path, duration, userAgent: req.get('User-Agent') }); } }); next(); }; // Implement caching const cacheMiddleware = (ttlMs = 300000) => { const cache = new Map(); return (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => { const key = `${req.method}:${req.path}:${JSON.stringify(req.query)}`; const cached = cache.get(key); if (cached && Date.now() - cached.timestamp < ttlMs) { return res.json(cached.data); } const originalSend = res.json; res.json = function(data) { cache.set(key, { data, timestamp: Date.now() }); return originalSend.call(this, data); }; next(); }; }; ``` --- ## 🔧 Debugging Tools ### Log Analysis #### **Structured Logging** ```typescript // Enhanced logging const logger = winston.createLogger({ level: 'info', format: winston.format.combine( winston.format.timestamp(), winston.format.errors({ stack: true }), winston.format.json() ), defaultMeta: { service: 'cim-processor', version: process.env.APP_VERSION, environment: process.env.NODE_ENV }, transports: [ new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'error.log', level: 'error' }), new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'combined.log' }), new winston.transports.Console({ format: winston.format.simple() }) ] }); ``` #### **Log Analysis Commands** ```bash # Find errors in logs grep -i "error" logs/combined.log | tail -20 # Find slow requests grep "duration.*[5-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]" logs/combined.log # Find authentication failures grep -i "auth.*fail" logs/combined.log # Monitor real-time logs tail -f logs/combined.log | grep -E "(error|warn|critical)" ``` ### Debug Endpoints #### **Debug Information Endpoint** ```typescript // routes/debug.ts router.get('/debug/info', async (req: Request, res: Response) => { const debugInfo = { timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), environment: process.env.NODE_ENV, version: process.env.APP_VERSION, uptime: process.uptime(), memory: process.memoryUsage(), cpu: process.cpuUsage(), services: { database: await checkDatabaseHealth(), storage: await checkStorageHealth(), auth: await checkAuthHealth() } }; res.json(debugInfo); }); ``` --- ## 📋 Troubleshooting Checklist ### Pre-Incident Preparation - [ ] Set up monitoring and alerting - [ ] Configure structured logging - [ ] Create runbooks for common issues - [ ] Establish escalation procedures - [ ] Document system architecture ### During Incident Response - [ ] Assess impact and scope - [ ] Check system health endpoints - [ ] Review recent logs and metrics - [ ] Identify root cause - [ ] Implement immediate fix - [ ] Communicate with stakeholders - [ ] Monitor system recovery ### Post-Incident Review - [ ] Document incident timeline - [ ] Analyze root cause - [ ] Review response effectiveness - [ ] Update procedures and documentation - [ ] Implement preventive measures - [ ] Schedule follow-up review --- ## 🛠️ Maintenance Procedures ### Regular Maintenance Tasks #### **Daily Tasks** - [ ] Review system health metrics - [ ] Check error logs for new issues - [ ] Monitor performance trends - [ ] Verify backup systems #### **Weekly Tasks** - [ ] Review alert effectiveness - [ ] Analyze performance metrics - [ ] Update monitoring thresholds - [ ] Review security logs #### **Monthly Tasks** - [ ] Performance optimization review - [ ] Capacity planning assessment - [ ] Security audit - [ ] Documentation updates ### Preventive Maintenance #### **System Optimization** ```typescript // Regular cleanup tasks const performMaintenance = async () => { // Clean up old logs await cleanupOldLogs(); // Clear expired cache entries await clearExpiredCache(); // Optimize database await optimizeDatabase(); // Update system metrics await updateSystemMetrics(); }; ``` --- ## 📞 Support and Escalation ### Support Levels #### **Level 1: Basic Support** - User authentication issues - Basic configuration problems - Common error messages #### **Level 2: Technical Support** - System performance issues - Database problems - Integration issues #### **Level 3: Advanced Support** - Complex system failures - Security incidents - Architecture problems ### Escalation Procedures #### **Escalation Criteria** - System downtime > 15 minutes - Data loss or corruption - Security breaches - Performance degradation > 50% #### **Escalation Contacts** - **Primary**: Operations Team Lead - **Secondary**: System Administrator - **Emergency**: CTO/Technical Director --- This comprehensive troubleshooting guide provides the tools and procedures needed to quickly identify and resolve issues in the CIM Document Processor, ensuring high availability and user satisfaction.