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fix(retrieval): every semantic search scopes first, then ranks - the note, milestone and system searches join the rule search on one shared shape, _rank_scoped (#4961)
Ordered straight off a *_embeddings table, the planner walks the HNSW index,
takes ~ef_search (40) nearest chunks across every owner and project, and only
then applies the scope: an in-scope record behind 40 nearer ones the caller
cannot see was silently dropped. #4958 fixed the rule search alone; the note,
milestone and system searches kept the fault.

_scoped_chunks builds the in-scope chunks with their distance; _rank_scoped
materializes them as a CTE and ranks exactly. All four searches go through it,
and the row shape is unchanged, so callers and mocks are untouched.

Tests: a structural guard that every semantic_search_* ranks through
_rank_scoped and orders nothing itself (with a replay of the old shape), a
compiled-SQL check of the MATERIALIZED CTE, and integration crowd tests - 80
nearer out-of-scope records - for notes (another user; the reader own other
project), milestones and systems.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-05 21:08:45 -04:00

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"""Every semantic search scopes first, then ranks (#4958, #4961).
Ordered straight off a `*_embeddings` table, the planner walks the HNSW index:
it takes ~`hnsw.ef_search` (40) nearest chunks from every owner and project
and filters them afterwards, so an in-scope record behind 40 nearer ones the
caller cannot see is silently dropped. The fix is one shape, `_rank_scoped`,
and these pin that every search goes through it — the rule search was fixed
alone first, and the other three kept the fault because nothing said they
were the same query.
The integration lane's crowd tests show the behaviour on a real index; these
are the guard that fails on the old shape whatever plan Postgres picks.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import ast
from pathlib import Path
from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
from scribe.models.embedding import NoteEmbedding
from scribe.models.note import Note
from scribe.services import embeddings as emb
from tests.helpers import compiled_sql
_SOURCE = Path("src/scribe/services/embeddings.py")
def _searches() -> dict[str, ast.AsyncFunctionDef]:
tree = ast.parse(_SOURCE.read_text())
return {
node.name: node for node in tree.body
if isinstance(node, ast.AsyncFunctionDef)
and node.name.startswith("semantic_search_")
}
def _calls(fn: ast.AST) -> list[str]:
return [
getattr(n.func, "attr", None) or getattr(n.func, "id", None)
for n in ast.walk(fn) if isinstance(n, ast.Call)
]
def test_every_semantic_search_ranks_through_the_scoped_shape():
searches = _searches()
# The four corpora with an embedding table: if one is renamed or a fifth
# is added, this has to be looked at rather than silently passing.
assert set(searches) == {
"semantic_search_notes", "semantic_search_rules",
"semantic_search_milestones", "semantic_search_systems",
}
for name, fn in searches.items():
calls = _calls(fn)
assert "_rank_scoped" in calls, f"{name} does not rank through _rank_scoped"
assert "_scoped_chunks" in calls, f"{name} does not build its scope as chunks"
# Its own ORDER BY is the old shape: a distance ordered on the
# embedding table, which the index serves before the scope applies.
assert "order_by" not in calls, f"{name} orders by distance itself"
def test_the_old_shape_would_be_caught():
"""Rule 167: replay the guard against the query every search used to run."""
old = ast.parse(
"async def semantic_search_x():\n"
" rows = await session.execute(select(Note, distance).select_from(E)"
".join(Note, E.note_id == Note.id).where(scope)"
".order_by(distance).limit(k))\n"
).body[0]
calls = _calls(old)
assert "_rank_scoped" not in calls and "order_by" in calls
def test_the_scope_is_materialized_and_the_order_is_over_it():
# Column against column, so there is no vector literal to inline: the
# shape is the subject here, not the query.
distance = NoteEmbedding.embedding.cosine_distance(NoteEmbedding.embedding)
scoped = (
emb._scoped_chunks(NoteEmbedding, NoteEmbedding.note_id, distance)
.join(Note, NoteEmbedding.note_id == Note.id)
.where(Note.user_id == 1)
)
sql = compiled_sql(
emb._rank_scoped(Note, scoped, name="scoped_x", limit=5),
dialect=postgresql.dialect(),
)
# MATERIALIZED is what keeps the planner from inlining the CTE and walking
# the index again; the ORDER BY must name the CTE's column, not the table's.
assert "scoped_x AS MATERIALIZED" in sql
assert "ORDER BY scoped_x.distance" in sql
assert "note_embeddings.embedding <=>" in sql.split("ORDER BY")[0]
# The scope sits inside the CTE, where the ranking draws from.
cte_body = sql.split("AS MATERIALIZED", 1)[1].split("SELECT notes", 1)[0]
assert "notes.user_id" in cte_body