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metadata contains searchable files, suggested queries on a search population. each keyword hit waits 250 ms until a pause, before sending an OpenSearch query. uses LRU caching to reduce query calls.

Chunk preview: in an active result set, shows a little preview banner of the relevant search.

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  • New Features
    • Search now offers keyword and semantic suggestions as you type, including matching files, result counts, and text previews.
    • Use the keyboard to navigate suggestions, select a result, or dismiss the list. Selecting a file opens its matching content.
    • Active filters are applied to suggestions, and wildcard searches do not display previews.
    • Search results show relevant preview text beneath filenames, with matching terms highlighted.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Suggestions remain hidden for very short queries and respect the current search text.

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The pull request adds a search-suggestion API and backend caching. It connects debounced suggestions and selection to the knowledge search interface. It also adds preview generation and rendering for search results.

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Search Suggestions and Previews

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared search caches
src/services/search_cache.py, src/services/search_service.py, tests/unit/conftest.py, tests/unit/test_search_cache.py, tests/unit/test_search_service_suggest.py
Adds bounded single-flight caches for query embeddings, embedding spaces, and suggestions. SearchService uses the caches for embedding-space discovery and query embeddings. Tests cover cache behavior and reuse.
Suggestion query, API, and search execution
src/services/search_suggest.py, src/api/search.py, src/app/routes/internal.py, src/services/search_service.py, tests/unit/test_search_suggest_helpers.py, tests/unit/test_search_service_suggest.py, tests/unit/test_search_suggest_endpoint.py
Adds query normalization, wildcard escaping, preview construction, and candidate extraction helpers. Adds POST /search/suggest, request validation, and service execution for keyword and semantic suggestions, candidate counts, and grouped files.
Debounced suggestions and selection UI
frontend/app/api/queries/useGetSearchSuggestions.ts, frontend/app/api/queries/useGetSearchSuggestions.test.tsx, frontend/hooks/use-debounced-value.ts, frontend/components/search-suggestions.tsx, frontend/components/knowledge-search-bar.tsx, frontend/components/knowledge-search-input.tsx, frontend/lib/chunks-url.ts
Adds debounced keyword and semantic requests, a keyboard-accessible suggestions popover, and suggestion selection and file navigation in the knowledge search inputs.
Search-result previews
frontend/lib/search-preview.ts, frontend/lib/search-preview.test.ts, frontend/components/highlighted-text.tsx, frontend/components/highlighted-text.test.tsx, frontend/app/knowledge/page.tsx
Adds preview selection and formatting, configurable match highlighting, and preview text in knowledge search result rows. Rows with previews receive adjusted heights.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant KnowledgeSearchInput
  participant SuggestionsPopover
  participant SuggestionQuery
  participant SearchAPI
  participant SearchService
  participant OpenSearch
  User->>KnowledgeSearchInput: Enter a query
  KnowledgeSearchInput->>SuggestionsPopover: Provide query and input props
  SuggestionsPopover->>SuggestionQuery: Request suggestions when enabled and focused
  SuggestionQuery->>SearchAPI: POST /search/suggest
  SearchAPI->>SearchService: Forward query, filters, and search phase
  SearchService->>OpenSearch: Request keyword hits and candidate counts
  SearchService->>OpenSearch: Request hybrid results when semantic mode is enabled
  OpenSearch-->>SearchService: Return ranked hits and counts
  SearchService-->>SearchAPI: Return suggestions and grouped files
  SearchAPI-->>SuggestionQuery: Return suggestion data
  SuggestionQuery-->>SuggestionsPopover: Provide results and fetching state
  SuggestionsPopover-->>KnowledgeSearchInput: Render suggestion rows
  KnowledgeSearchInput-->>User: Display suggestions
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Previously visible filenames or previews may remain available briefly after access changes. Fix that cache boundary before merging; also correct the suggestion and preview results and the access-denial response.

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Review comments at @frontend/app/api/queries/useGetSearchSuggestions.ts:
- Around line 109-129: Update semanticCurrent and the keyword result selection
so neither phase exposes payloads whose query differs from the current input.
Normalize the current query using the backend’s rules—trim, collapse whitespace,
truncate to 100 characters, and map "*" to an empty string—and compare it with
each payload’s query before selecting data.

Review comments at @frontend/components/search-suggestions.tsx:
- Around line 310-314: Update useSearchSuggestions to expose an error state when
the keyword request fails without data, pass it through useSearchSuggestionsBox,
and update the `!box.data` branch so it shows “Searching…” only while loading
and a fallback message when the request has errored.

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- Around line 100-101: Update bestSentence to score all sentences before
selecting a preview; remove the 20-character filter so short sentences
containing query terms remain eligible when longer unrelated sentences are
present.

Review comments at @src/services/search_cache.py:
- Line 75: In get_or_compute, distinguish cancellation of the shared pending
future from cancellation of the current waiter; when only the owner was
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CancelledError. Add a test in test_search_cache.py that cancels the owner while
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Review comments at @src/services/search_service.py:
- Line 1017: Update the SUGGEST_CACHE base_key in the search flow to include
score_threshold alongside user_id, normalized query, and filter fingerprint, so
requests with different thresholds use separate cache entries while the
keyword-request upgrade lookup still matches.
- Around line 1016-1017: Normalize filters before computing base_key and passing
them to either search phase: retain only keys in _SUGGEST_FILTER_FIELDS whose
values are lists, and keep only string items in those lists. Preserve empty
lists so both phases treat them as match-nothing, and use the normalized filters
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  • frontend/app/api/queries/useGetSearchSuggestions.test.tsx
  • frontend/app/api/queries/useGetSearchSuggestions.ts
  • frontend/app/knowledge/page.tsx
  • frontend/components/highlighted-text.test.tsx
  • frontend/components/highlighted-text.tsx
  • frontend/components/knowledge-search-bar.tsx
  • frontend/components/knowledge-search-input.tsx
  • frontend/components/search-suggestions.tsx
  • frontend/hooks/use-debounced-value.ts
  • frontend/lib/chunks-url.ts
  • frontend/lib/search-preview.test.ts
  • frontend/lib/search-preview.ts
  • src/api/search.py
  • src/app/routes/internal.py
  • src/services/search_cache.py
  • src/services/search_service.py
  • src/services/search_suggest.py
  • tests/unit/conftest.py
  • tests/unit/test_search_cache.py
  • tests/unit/test_search_service_suggest.py
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Comment on lines +109 to +129
retry: false,
});

// Only trust a semantic result that matches the text currently shown, so a
// late response for an older query never overwrites newer keyword results.
const semanticCurrent =
semantic.data && semanticQuery === trimmed ? semantic.data : undefined;
const data = semanticCurrent ?? keyword.data;

const isRefining =
semanticEnabled &&
!semanticCurrent &&
!semantic.isError &&
(semanticQuery !== trimmed || semantic.isFetching);

return {
data: trimmed.length >= SUGGEST_MIN_CHARS ? data : undefined,
isRefining,
isFetching: keyword.isFetching || semantic.isFetching,
};
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' -e 'function useDebouncedValue' -e 'const useDebouncedValue' -e 'useDebouncedValue' frontend/app frontend/components | head -80
printf '%s\n' '--- fetchSuggestions and route consumers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' -e 'fetchSuggestions' -e '/search/suggest' -e 'search-suggest' frontend src | head -120
printf '%s\n' '--- backend normalization and endpoint ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'normalize_suggest_query' -e 'suggest(' src | head -120
printf '%s\n' '--- focused tests ---'
rg -n -i --glob '*suggest*' --glob '*search*' -e 'placeholderData' -e 'query' frontend --glob '*test*' --glob '*spec*' | head -120 || true

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sed -n '1,100p' frontend/hooks/use-debounced-value.ts 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- suggestion test ---'
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Guard both result phases by the normalized payload query.

placeholderData can keep the previous keyword payload after keywordQuery changes and while the new request is pending. A keywordQuery === trimmed check would accept that stale payload. The backend also collapses whitespace and truncates queries, so compare both payloads with the current query after applying the same normalization. Otherwise stale rows can remain selectable and replace the current input.

🐛 Suggested fix
 const SUGGEST_SEMANTIC_MIN_CHARS = 3;
 const SUGGEST_STALE_TIME_MS = 30_000;
+const SUGGEST_MAX_QUERY_LENGTH = 100;
+
+function normalizeSuggestionQuery(query: string): string {
+  const normalized = query
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .slice(0, SUGGEST_MAX_QUERY_LENGTH);
+  return normalized === "*" ? "" : normalized;
+}
 
 ...
   const semanticQuery = useDebouncedValue(
     trimmed,
     atWordBoundary ? 0 : SUGGEST_SEMANTIC_DEBOUNCE_MS,
   );
+  const currentQuery = normalizeSuggestionQuery(rawQuery);
 
 ...
-  const semanticCurrent =
-    semantic.data && semanticQuery === trimmed ? semantic.data : undefined;
-  const data = semanticCurrent ?? keyword.data;
+  const semanticCurrent =
+    semantic.data && semantic.data.query === currentQuery
+      ? semantic.data
+      : undefined;
+  const keywordCurrent =
+    keyword.data && keyword.data.query === currentQuery
+      ? keyword.data
+      : undefined;
+  const data = semanticCurrent ?? keywordCurrent;
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Update semanticCurrent and the keyword result selection so neither phase exposes
payloads whose query differs from the current input. Normalize the current query
using the backend’s rules—trim, collapse whitespace, truncate to 100 characters,
and map "*" to an empty string—and compare it with each payload’s query before
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Comment on lines +310 to +314
{!box.data && (
<div className="px-3 py-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Searching…
</div>
)}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Show an error state when the keyword request fails. The popover otherwise shows "Searching…" with no end.

useSearchSuggestions sets retry: false and does not return the query error state. If the keyword request fails, data stays undefined. This can happen with a 403 from the permission-protected endpoint, a 5xx, or a network error. open stays true while the input is focused. The !box.data branch then shows "Searching…" until the user types again.

To fix this:

  1. Return isError from useSearchSuggestions, for example isError: keyword.isError && !data.
  2. Pass isError through useSearchSuggestionsBox.
  3. Render a fallback message in this block.
// useGetSearchSuggestions.ts: UseSearchSuggestionsResult and return value
isError: boolean;
...
isError: keyword.isError && !data,
// useSearchSuggestionsBox: destructure `isError` from useSearchSuggestions and add it to the returned object
Proposed change in the popover
--- "a/frontend/components/search-suggestions.tsx"
+++ "b/frontend/components/search-suggestions.tsx"
@@ -307,11 +307,16 @@
           aria-label={`Search suggestions for ${trimmed}`}
           className="max-h-96 overflow-y-auto pb-1"
         >
-          {!box.data && (
+          {!box.data && !box.isError && (
             <div className="px-3 py-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
               Searching…
             </div>
           )}
+          {!box.data && box.isError && (
+            <div className="px-3 py-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+              Suggestions unavailable. Press Enter to search.
+            </div>
+          )}
           {empty && (
             <div className="px-3 py-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
               No suggestions. Press Enter to search.
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Update useSearchSuggestions to expose an error state when the keyword request
fails without data, pass it through useSearchSuggestionsBox, and update the
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Comment on lines +100 to +101
.filter((sentence) => sentence.length >= 20);
const candidates = sentences.length > 0 ? sentences : [cleaned];

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep short matching sentences eligible.

If a short sentence contains the query terms and another sentence has at least 20 characters, this filter discards the match. For example, bestSentence("Vector search. This document describes the project.", "vector") selects the unrelated second sentence. Score all sentences before choosing a preview.

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Review comment at @frontend/lib/search-preview.ts around lines 100 - 101:
Update bestSentence to score all sentences before selecting a preview; remove
the 20-character filter so short sentences containing query terms remain
eligible when longer unrelated sentences are present.

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filters = filters or {}
base_key = (user_id, normalize_query(cleaned), fingerprint(filters))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Normalize filters once, before the cache key and both searches.

The semantic phase passes the raw filters to self.search. search stores them in the search filter context. search_tool then maps each key with field_mapping.get(filter_key, filter_key) and does not check the key against an allowlist. The keyword phase uses _filters_to_clauses, which checks keys and drops non-string list items. As a result:

  • Unknown keys reach the hybrid query, but the keyword query ignores them. For example, embedding_models filters on a field named embedding_models, which does not exist. The hybrid phase can return no hits.
  • The semantic phase lets a caller filter on any index field. _filters_to_clauses documents this as blocked.
  • A list with non-string items, such as [1, "a"], produces a terms clause in the hybrid phase and a term clause in the keyword phase. Filtering keys alone does not fix this.
  • Unknown keys create separate SUGGEST_CACHE entries, because the cache key uses the raw dict.

Normalize filters to allowlisted keys with string list values. Both phases then receive the same filters. Non-list values are dropped, and both phases already ignore them. An empty list stays empty, and both phases treat it as "match nothing".

Proposed fix
--- "a/src/services/search_service.py"
+++ "b/src/services/search_service.py"
@@ -1013,8 +1013,12 @@
             return {"phase": "semantic" if semantic else "keyword", "query": cleaned,
                     "suggestions": [], "files": []}  # fmt: skip
 
-        filters = filters or {}
+        filters = {
+            key: [v for v in values if isinstance(v, str)]
+            for key, values in (filters or {}).items()
+            if key in _SUGGEST_FILTER_FIELDS and isinstance(values, list)
+        }
         base_key = (user_id, normalize_query(cleaned), fingerprint(filters))
         if not semantic:
             upgraded = SUGGEST_CACHE.get((*base_key, True))
             if upgraded is not None:
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filters = filters or {}
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Normalize filters before computing base_key and passing them to either search
phase: retain only keys in _SUGGEST_FILTER_FIELDS whose values are lists, and
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🟡 Minor · Do not substitute a semantic payload for a keyword payload. · search_service.py:1090-1093

src/services/search_service.py:1090-1093
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not substitute a semantic payload for a keyword payload.

If five distinct hybrid files rank ahead of a keyword-only file, _group_suggest_files fills the five-file limit before it reaches that keyword match. A later keyword request for the same query then receives the cached semantic payload and cannot show the keyword-only file. Keep the two cached results separate, or build the keyword payload independently.

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Review comment at @src/services/search_service.py around lines 1090 - 1093:
The non-semantic path in _group_suggest_files must not return a semantic result
from SUGGEST_CACHE as a keyword result. Remove the cross-mode cache fallback and
keep semantic and keyword payloads separate, preserving the keyword-only results
for keyword requests.
🟡 Minor · Return HTTP 403 for an OpenSearch access denial. · search.py:102-105

src/api/search.py:102-105
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Return HTTP 403 for an OpenSearch access denial.

If OpenSearch denies a suggestion query after the route permission check, this branch returns HTTP 500. The existing search handler maps an access-denied error to HTTP 403. Apply the same classification here, with a generic client-facing error message. As per path instructions, verify “correct HTTP status codes.”

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Review comment at @src/api/search.py around lines 102 - 105:
Update the exception handling in the suggestion route to classify OpenSearch
access-denied errors as HTTP 403, matching the existing search handler, while
keeping the client-facing error message generic; retain HTTP 500 for other
exceptions.

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- Line 8: Remove the unused get_current_user and Dict imports from the search
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- Around line 102-105: Update the exception handling in the suggestion route to
classify OpenSearch access-denied errors as HTTP 403, matching the existing
search handler, while keeping the client-facing error message generic; retain
HTTP 500 for other exceptions.

Review comments at @src/services/search_service.py:
- Around line 1090-1093: The non-semantic path in _group_suggest_files must not
return a semantic result from SUGGEST_CACHE as a keyword result. Remove the
cross-mode cache fallback and keep semantic and keyword payloads separate,
preserving the keyword-only results for keyword requests.

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🟡 Changes recommended

Authorization-sensitive caching and unresolved result-selection, file-navigation, and keyboard-visibility issues affect security and correctness.

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What changed in this PR

Adds search-as-you-type suggestions and relevant text previews to OpenRAG’s knowledge search, backed by keyword and semantic queries with caching.

Changes:

  • Adds a suggestion endpoint returning query completions, matching files, counts, and previews.
  • Integrates debounced suggestions, keyboard navigation, and file selection into search inputs.
  • Adds result-table previews and tests for suggestion, preview, and cache behavior.
File Description
tests/​unit/​test_search_suggest_helpers.py Tests query normalization, completions, and previews.
tests/​unit/​test_search_suggest_endpoint.py Tests endpoint validation and error handling.
tests/​unit/​test_search_service_suggest.py Tests suggestion phases and cache reuse.
tests/​unit/​test_search_cache.py Tests caching, concurrent requests, and cancellation.
tests/​unit/​conftest.py Resets search caches between tests.
src/​services/​search_suggest.py Adds completion and preview helpers.
src/​services/​search_service.py Implements suggestions and caches search work.
src/​services/​search_cache.py Adds bounded caches with expiration and shared computations.
src/​app/​routes/​internal.py Registers the suggestion endpoint.
src/​api/​search.py Validates and handles suggestion requests.
frontend/​lib/​search-preview.ts Builds and ranks file previews.
frontend/​lib/​search-preview.test.ts Tests preview selection and formatting.
frontend/​lib/​chunks-url.ts Extracts shared chunk-navigation URL construction.
frontend/​hooks/​use-debounced-value.ts Adds a reusable debounce hook.
frontend/​components/​search-suggestions.tsx Adds the suggestion dropdown and keyboard handling.
frontend/​components/​knowledge-search-input.tsx Integrates suggestions into uncontrolled search inputs.
frontend/​components/​knowledge-search-bar.tsx Integrates suggestions into the knowledge search bar.
frontend/​components/​highlighted-text.tsx Supports custom match styling for previews.
frontend/​components/​highlighted-text.test.tsx Adds preview-style assertions.
frontend/​app/​knowledge/​page.tsx Displays previews beneath filenames and adjusts row heights.
frontend/​app/​api/​queries/​useGetSearchSuggestions.ts Fetches debounced keyword and semantic suggestions.
frontend/​app/​api/​queries/​useGetSearchSuggestions.test.tsx Tests suggestion requests, filters, and debouncing.

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"suggestions": [], "files": []} # fmt: skip

filters = filters or {}
base_key = (user_id, normalize_query(cleaned), fingerprint(filters))
// late response for an older query never overwrites newer keyword results.
const semanticCurrent =
semantic.data && semanticQuery === trimmed ? semantic.data : undefined;
const data = semanticCurrent ?? keyword.data;
onPickSuggestion(item.text);
} else {
setDismissedQuery(query);
onPickFile(item.file.filename);
Comment on lines +120 to +125
if (event.key === "ArrowDown" && count > 0) {
event.preventDefault();
setActiveIndex((index) => (index + 1 >= count ? -1 : index + 1));
} else if (event.key === "ArrowUp" && count > 0) {
event.preventDefault();
setActiveIndex((index) => (index <= -1 ? count - 1 : index - 1));
Comment thread src/services/search_service.py Outdated
"suggestions": [], "files": []} # fmt: skip

filters = filters or {}
base_key = (user_id, normalize_query(cleaned), fingerprint(filters))
Comment on lines +1088 to +1092
filters = filters or {}
base_key = (user_id, normalize_query(cleaned), fingerprint(filters))
if not semantic:
upgraded = SUGGEST_CACHE.get((*base_key, True))
if upgraded is not None:

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🔴 High: Recheck authorization before serving cached suggestions

When a user's document access changes, this cache can keep returning filenames and text previews fetched under the old OpenSearch authorization context for up to 45 seconds. The cache key uses only user_id, the query and the filters. But get_user_opensearch_client treats each JWT separately, and OpenSearch enforces document-level access.

Suggestion: Key the cache to the effective authorization context, and invalidate entries when document ACLs change.

🟠 P2: Include the score threshold in the suggestion cache key

score_threshold is passed to _compute_suggestions but is missing from base_key. So for the same query and filters, a second call with a different scoreThreshold gets the first call's semantic payload. A high-threshold request can return results computed at a lower threshold, or the reverse.

Suggestion: Add the threshold to the semantic cache key.

Comment on lines +112 to +116
// Only trust a semantic result that matches the text currently shown, so a
// late response for an older query never overwrites newer keyword results.
const semanticCurrent =
semantic.data && semanticQuery === trimmed ? semantic.data : undefined;
const data = semanticCurrent ?? keyword.data;

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🟠 Medium: Hide results for the previous query while debouncing

After the input changes, keywordQuery keeps the old text until the debounce fires. placeholderData also keeps showing the old results after the new request starts. The semantic result is checked against the displayed query, but keyword.data is not. So the dropdown can show suggestions or files from a different search and let the user select them.

Suggestion: Only show keyword data when its returned query and filters match the current input.

Comment on lines +1136 to +1140
# Ranked hybrid hits first, then keyword-only hits (e.g. partial
# filename matches) that the hybrid query did not return.
chunks = list(hybrid.get("results", []))
seen_ids = {c.get("id") for c in chunks if c.get("id")}
chunks.extend(c for c in keyword_chunks if c.get("id") not in seen_ids)

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🟠 P2: Apply the requested threshold to appended keyword hits

When semantic=True and scoreThreshold is positive, self.search applies the threshold to the hybrid hits. The merge then appends every hit from the separate keyword query, which has no threshold. Files the threshold rejected can come back in the suggestion response.

Suggestion: Filter the appended hits by the same threshold, or skip them when a threshold is set.

… tests

- search_cache: a cancelled leader no longer cancels waiting requests
- suggest: send and cache by score threshold, shared resolveScoreThreshold
- popover: show an error row instead of hanging on 'Searching...'
- bound SuggestBody filters; fix ruff errors in api/search.py
- unicode-aware word matching in search-preview
- add tests for suggestions UI, search bar/input, debounce, chunks-url,
  cache cancellation, endpoint bounds and threshold keying
…/openrag into feat/search-metadata

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Review comments at @frontend/app/api/queries/useGetSearchSuggestions.ts:
- Line 109: Update the keyword queryKey in the useGetSearchSuggestions flow to
include keywordThreshold, so cache entries differ when the request threshold
changes while keywordQuery and filtersKey remain the same.

Review comments at @frontend/lib/search-preview.ts:
- Line 104: Update the tokenization used by the search-preview scoring
expression to support matching query terms within unspaced CJK text, so a query
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const keyword = useQuery({
queryKey: ["search-suggest", "keyword", keywordQuery, filtersKey],
queryFn: ({ signal }) =>
fetchSuggestions(keywordQuery, false, filters, keywordThreshold, signal),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add keywordThreshold to the keyword queryKey.

keywordThreshold comes from baseScoreThreshold and is sent in the request. It is missing from the keyword queryKey at Line 107. The semantic key includes its threshold.

baseScoreThreshold can change while keywordQuery and filtersKey stay the same, for example when two saved filters have the same facets but different scoreThreshold. The cache then returns a keyword result computed with the old threshold for up to 30 seconds (SUGGEST_STALE_TIME_MS). Include keywordThreshold in the key, as the semantic query already does.

Based on learnings: "first check whether a dynamic input can vary within the same query cache and change the data being cached. If so, include it in the queryKey".

🐛 Proposed fix
-    queryKey: ["search-suggest", "keyword", keywordQuery, filtersKey],
+    queryKey: [
+      "search-suggest",
+      "keyword",
+      keywordQuery,
+      filtersKey,
+      keywordThreshold,
+    ],
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Update the keyword queryKey in the useGetSearchSuggestions flow to include
keywordThreshold, so cache entries differ when the request threshold changes
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const candidates = sentences.length > 0 ? sentences : [cleaned];

const words = (value: string) =>
value.toLowerCase().match(/[\p{L}\p{N}_]+/gu) ?? [];

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match query terms inside unspaced CJK text.

When a Japanese sentence contains 検索 within 全文検索エンジン, this regex treats the uninterrupted sentence as one token. A query for 検索 then scores that sentence as zero. If an earlier sentence also scores zero, bestSentence selects the unrelated earlier sentence for the preview. Add a matching strategy for scripts that do not separate words with spaces, and test an unspaced sentence.

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Review comment at @frontend/lib/search-preview.ts at line 104:
Update the tokenization used by the search-preview scoring expression to support
matching query terms within unspaced CJK text, so a query for 検索 matches
全文検索エンジン and contributes to the correct sentence score. Add a test covering an
unspaced sentence and verifying the matching sentence is selected for the
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