`bead input load` fails to find existing files in bead box without clear error messaging

[korenmiklos]

Summary: bead input load reports that it cannot find beads that are confirmed to exist in the bead box, with no indication that indexing might be the issue or fallback to alternative search methods.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Have a bead box (cat2) containing multiple zip files including:
   • bloom-et-al-2012_20250829T101546412743+0200.zip
   • ceo-panel_20241125T153535400212+0100.zip
   • merleg-LTS-2023_20240913T134437850009+0200.zip
2. Navigate to a workspace that expects these inputs (ceo-value-writing)
3. Run bead input load

Content of .bead-meta/bead:

{
    "inputs": {
        "bloom-et-al-2012": {
            "content_id": "4fb3d38666111413207369aa9ee9136d24ebf6b49b0cae08d9a701b0531b83a6a1eb120a7e12866d40224a95c99b892bcfa47c20d33d5ffbd53e954a8ca43089",
            "freeze_time": "20250829T101546412743+0200",
            "kind": "f45b97d11ff8b08bc718d4bd9adeff8b-67dd96f4-58a5-4a86-a321-2e6ed6330bee"
        },
        "ceo-panel": {
            "content_id": "4a789e2d4066c3b24cdc8233b49fca68f0609ed3ebe36caf66f2ac30e024faa5bedcf8cfc2fff346fd8118ae67f394ff264f93171aafbbd2e9f5459d6530a261",
            "freeze_time": "20241125T153535400212+0100",
            "kind": "8f68500668824a7b8b9486f034a6aded-e7db5a61-97b7-4d28-8e22-3ed70eade94b"
        },
        "merleg-LTS-2023": {
            "content_id": "80c0aac26a582bab8ddcffce75902c68d5902ceee6f1aed41a407095cf1657caeee89ad265bde77875deb6ff7fdeaf40123fa40ad21645c9b0303aee1784c748",
            "freeze_time": "20240913T134437850009+0200",
            "kind": "dd1549031b41346f51108b1e8345cb30-e1a8ffea-2d02-4d4e-93d8-5dbc50684081"
        }
    },
    "kind": "33f3ac6552c548b0eda3df08a8c6a5b9-2bf4a0e7-1a08-44f0-9351-633f5591fd3b"
}

Expected Behavior:

• All available input files should be loaded from the bead box
• If files cannot be found due to indexing issues, there should be a clear error message explaining this
• The tool should attempt fallback mechanisms (e.g., filename-based search) when index lookup fails

Actual Behavior:

• Command reports: "WARNING: Could not find bead for input "bloom-et-al-2012" - not loaded!"
• Same warning for ceo-panel and merleg-LTS-2023
• No indication that this might be an indexing problem
• Files are confirmed to exist in the bead box via ls commands

Additional Context:

• After running bead box index --box cat2, the same files load successfully
• This suggests the issue is related to index state, but this is not communicated to the user
• The error message is misleading as it suggests the files don't exist rather than aren't indexed

Environment:

• Bead version: 0.9.1.dev1 (after upgrade from 0.9.0.dev1)
• Platform: macOS

[e3krisztian]

The index needs to be up to date, if something is not in the index, it is not in the box from bead's perspective.

My guess is, that the index was created previously - the development version used to create it empty.

I am afraid that is the way it will be: if something is not found in a box, which should be there, it is an index problem, and the index needs some maintenance.

I think these are initial bumps, with an unfortunate pre-existing empty index causing this problem.

I am inclined to close this, unless you have new input on this problem.

[korenmiklos]

The error was the same when i deleted the partial index. Let me try to reproduce in a clean environment.

It should be clear to the user if they should reindex or just wait or what's wrong.

[korenmiklos]

We can close this specific issue but the broader UX question remains #56