fix(core): preserve file sizes in unindexed status

Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>

Author: phernandez

src/basic_memory/index/local_project.py

@@ -317,18 +317,15 @@ async def list_observed_index_files(self) -> tuple[RuntimeObservedIndexFile, ...
             if self.indexed_stat_source is not None
             else {}
         )
-        # With a confirmed empty index, every discovered path is new. Hashes
-        # cannot identify changes or moves yet; the batch reader computes them
-        # when indexing content. Status can therefore count files without reads.
-        if self.indexed_stat_source is not None and not indexed_stats:
-            return tuple(RuntimeObservedIndexFile(path=path) for path in file_paths)
-
         observed_files: list[RuntimeObservedIndexFile] = []
         for file_path in file_paths:
             try:
                 metadata = await self.file_service.get_file_metadata(file_path)
                 checksum = self._reuse_indexed_checksum(file_path, metadata, indexed_stats)
-                if checksum is None:
+                # A confirmed empty index has no changed or moved files to
+                # compare. Keep stat metadata, but let the batch reader hash
+                # new content when indexing rather than during status.
+                if checksum is None and (self.indexed_stat_source is None or indexed_stats):
                     checksum = await self.file_service.compute_checksum(file_path)
             except (OSError, FileError, FileOperationError) as exc:
                 # Trigger: a path the walk just listed fails stat/checksum

test-int/cli/test_status_wait_integration.py

@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ async def unexpected_checksum(self: FileService, path: str) -> str:
     assert data["readiness"]["indexed_entities"] == 0
     files = next(stage for stage in data["readiness"]["stages"] if stage["name"] == "files")
     assert files["pending"] == files["total"] == 2
+    assert {item["path"]: item["size"] for item in data["observed_files"]} == {
+        "notes/new.md": len(b"# New\n"),
+        "asset.txt": len(b"unindexed asset"),
+    }