chore: ignore .claude/ dir (CLAUDE.md now lives under .claude/)

Signed-off-by: disqualifier <dev@disqualifier.me>

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # claude
-CLAUDE.md
+.claude/
 
 # python
 __pycache__/

README.md

@@ -12,17 +12,19 @@ you `delete` or `clear` them.
 `requirements.txt`:
 
 ```
-aiokv @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiokv.git@v0.1.0
+aiokv @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiokv.git@v0.1.1
 ```
 
 Direct:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "aiokv @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiokv.git@v0.1.0"
+pip install "aiokv @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/aiokv.git@v0.1.1"
 ```
 
 Requires `aiofiles` (pulled transitively).
 
+Drop the `@v0.1.1` suffix from the line above to install the latest unpinned.
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```python
@@ -60,8 +62,11 @@ Prefer `AioKV` in new code.
 ## Durability
 
 Writes are **atomic**: data is written to a temp file in the same directory and
-`os.replace()`d over the target (atomic on POSIX). A crash mid-write leaves the
-previous good file intact, and a reader never observes a partial file. A single
+`os.replace()`d over the target (atomic on POSIX). A **process** crash mid-write leaves
+the previous good file intact, and a reader never observes a partial file. (This is
+process-crash safety, not power-loss durability — there's no `fsync`, so an OS/power
+failure could still lose the last write; fine for reconstructible single-process state.)
+A single
 `asyncio.Lock` guards every read and write, so concurrent operations on one instance
 are consistent and no update is lost. All blocking filesystem calls run via
 `asyncio.to_thread`, so nothing stalls the event loop.
@@ -77,10 +82,12 @@ are consistent and no update is lost. All blocking filesystem calls run via
 
 ## Error contract
 
-- `get` / `set` / `get_all` raise on unexpected I/O (and `_load` raises on a
-  truncated/corrupt file) so a real failure is visible rather than silently masked.
+- `get` / `set` / `get_all` raise on unexpected I/O. `_load` raises `JSONDecodeError`
+  on a truncated/corrupt file, and `ValueError` when the file holds valid JSON that
+  isn't an object (a bare list/number/string/null) — so corruption or a wrong-shaped
+  file is visible rather than silently masked.
 - `delete` / `clear` log the exception and return `False` on error, `True` otherwise.
 
 ## Versioning
 
-Tagged `vX.Y.Z`. Pin the tag in `requirements.txt`.
+Releases are tagged `vX.Y.Z`. The install line above pins a release; drop the `@vX.Y.Z` suffix to install the latest unpinned. Pin deliberately for reproducible installs.

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aiokv"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Async file-backed key-value store for single-process local state — atomic writes, no TTL, config-free, installable."
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [

src/aiokv/aiokv.py

@@ -82,11 +82,17 @@ class AioKV:
             return False
 
     async def clear(self) -> bool:
-        """remove the backing file entirely; returns True on success, False on error"""
+        """remove the backing file entirely; returns True on success, False on error
+
+        a file already absent (or removed concurrently between the check and the remove)
+        is success — the goal state, no file, is reached.
+        """
         try:
             async with self.lock:
-                if await asyncio.to_thread(os.path.exists, self.file):
+                try:
                     await asyncio.to_thread(os.remove, self.file)
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    pass
             return True
         except Exception:
             log.exception("aiokv.clear() failed")
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ class AioKV:
         """
         if not await asyncio.to_thread(os.path.exists, self.file):
             return {}
-        async with aiofiles.open(self.file, mode="r") as f:
+        async with aiofiles.open(self.file, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             data = await f.read()
         if not data:
             return {}
@@ -120,7 +126,10 @@ class AioKV:
         """write the store atomically: temp file in the same dir, then os.replace
 
         os.replace is atomic on POSIX, so a reader never sees a partial file and a
-        crash mid-write leaves the previous good file intact.
+        process crash mid-write leaves the previous good file intact. note this is
+        process-crash safety, NOT power-loss durability — there is no fsync of the temp
+        file or the directory, so an OS/power failure could still lose the most recent
+        write (acceptable here: this is reconstructible single-process state, not a db).
         """
         directory = os.path.dirname(self.file) or "."
         await asyncio.to_thread(os.makedirs, directory, exist_ok=True)
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ class AioKV:
         payload = json.dumps(cache)
         tmp = f"{self.file}.{os.getpid()}.tmp"
         try:
-            async with aiofiles.open(tmp, mode="w") as f:
+            async with aiofiles.open(tmp, mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 await f.write(payload)
             await asyncio.to_thread(os.replace, tmp, self.file)
         except Exception: