Image vector embedding

tests/conftest.py

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ os.environ["ACTIVE_BRANDS"] = ""
 # turns it on explicitly, the same arrangement ACTIVE_BRANDS has above.
 os.environ["AUTO_ENRICH_ON_UPLOAD"] = "false"
 
+# Same arrangement for the image-vector worker: every call to
+# `upsert_brand_products` would otherwise start a thread that opens a
+# database connection and downloads product images. Off here; the hook and
+# the worker are covered explicitly in tests/test_image_vector.py.
+os.environ["ENABLE_IMAGE_VECTORS"] = "false"
+
 # Auth is set unconditionally (not setdefault): the suite asserts on the real
 # guards, so it must never inherit a developer's AUTH_ENABLED=false.
 os.environ["AUTH_ENABLED"] = "true"