refactor: improve document clearing status management

- Use update() for atomic status updates
- Improve history messages clearing while preserving list object

lightrag/api/routers/document_routes.py

@@ -998,10 +998,20 @@ def create_document_routes(
                     message="Cannot clear documents while pipeline is busy",
                 )
             # Set busy to true
-            pipeline_status["busy"] = True
-            pipeline_status["job_name"] = "Clearing Documents"
-            pipeline_status["latest_message"] = "Starting document clearing process"
-            if "history_messages" in pipeline_status:
+            pipeline_status.update(
+                {
+                    "busy": True,
+                    "job_name": "Clearing Documents",
+                    "job_start": datetime.now().isoformat(),
+                    "docs": 0,
+                    "batchs": 0,
+                    "cur_batch": 0,
+                    "request_pending": False,  # Clear any previous request
+                    "latest_message": "Starting document clearing process",
+                }
+            )
+            # Cleaning history_messages without breaking it as a shared list object
+            del pipeline_status["history_messages"][:]
             pipeline_status["history_messages"].append(
                 "Starting document clearing process"
             )