nodedb-vector 0.0.5

Shared vector engine (HNSW index + distance functions) for NodeDB Origin and Lite
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//! VectorCollection search: multi-segment merging with SQ8 reranking.

use crate::distance::{DistanceMetric, distance};
use crate::hnsw::SearchResult;

use super::lifecycle::VectorCollection;
use super::segment::SealedSegment;

/// Score a single candidate via the SQ8 codec, using the metric-appropriate
/// asymmetric distance.
#[inline]
fn sq8_score(
    codec: &crate::quantize::sq8::Sq8Codec,
    query: &[f32],
    encoded: &[u8],
    metric: DistanceMetric,
) -> f32 {
    match metric {
        DistanceMetric::Cosine => codec.asymmetric_cosine(query, encoded),
        DistanceMetric::InnerProduct => codec.asymmetric_ip(query, encoded),
        // L2 (and all other metrics that don't have a specialized asymmetric
        // form yet) fall back to squared L2 — correct for ordering when the
        // metric is L2 and a reasonable proxy otherwise since we rerank with
        // exact FP32 below.
        _ => codec.asymmetric_l2(query, encoded),
    }
}

/// Candidate-generation + rerank for a sealed segment that has a quantized
/// codec attached. Generates a widened candidate pool via HNSW, re-scores
/// candidates using the quantized codec (this is where SQ8/PQ actually pay
/// off — the FP32 vectors need not be resident), and reranks the top
/// `top_k` via exact FP32 distance from mmap or index storage.
fn quantized_search(
    seg: &SealedSegment,
    query: &[f32],
    top_k: usize,
    ef: usize,
    metric: DistanceMetric,
) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
    let rerank_k = top_k.saturating_mul(3).max(20);
    let hnsw_candidates = seg.index.search(query, rerank_k, ef);

    // Phase 1: rank candidates by quantized distance.
    let mut scored: Vec<(u32, f32)> = if let Some((codec, codes)) = &seg.pq {
        let table = codec.build_distance_table(query);
        let m = codec.m;
        hnsw_candidates
            .into_iter()
            .filter_map(|r| {
                let start = (r.id as usize).checked_mul(m)?;
                let end = start.checked_add(m)?;
                let slice = codes.get(start..end)?;
                Some((r.id, codec.asymmetric_distance(&table, slice)))
            })
            .collect()
    } else if let Some((codec, data)) = &seg.sq8 {
        let dim = codec.dim();
        hnsw_candidates
            .into_iter()
            .filter_map(|r| {
                let start = (r.id as usize).checked_mul(dim)?;
                let end = start.checked_add(dim)?;
                let slice = data.get(start..end)?;
                Some((r.id, sq8_score(codec, query, slice, metric)))
            })
            .collect()
    } else {
        hnsw_candidates
            .into_iter()
            .map(|r| (r.id, r.distance))
            .collect()
    };
    scored.sort_by(|a, b| a.1.partial_cmp(&b.1).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));

    // Keep only the most promising candidates for FP32 rerank.
    let keep = rerank_k.min(scored.len());
    scored.truncate(keep);

    // Prefetch FP32 vectors for reranking.
    if let Some(mmap) = &seg.mmap_vectors {
        let ids: Vec<u32> = scored.iter().map(|&(id, _)| id).collect();
        mmap.prefetch_batch(&ids);
    }

    // Phase 2: rerank with exact FP32.
    let mut reranked: Vec<SearchResult> = scored
        .into_iter()
        .filter_map(|(id, _)| {
            let v = if let Some(mmap) = &seg.mmap_vectors {
                mmap.get_vector(id)?
            } else {
                seg.index.get_vector(id)?
            };
            Some(SearchResult {
                id,
                distance: distance(query, v, metric),
            })
        })
        .collect();
    reranked.sort_by(|a, b| {
        a.distance
            .partial_cmp(&b.distance)
            .unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal)
    });
    reranked.truncate(top_k);
    reranked
}

impl VectorCollection {
    /// Search across all segments, merging results by distance.
    pub fn search(&self, query: &[f32], top_k: usize, ef: usize) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
        let mut all: Vec<SearchResult> = Vec::new();

        // Search growing segment (brute-force).
        let growing_results = self.growing.search(query, top_k);
        for mut r in growing_results {
            r.id += self.growing_base_id;
            all.push(r);
        }

        // Search sealed segments.
        for seg in &self.sealed {
            let results = if seg.pq.is_some() || seg.sq8.is_some() {
                quantized_search(seg, query, top_k, ef, self.params.metric)
            } else {
                seg.index.search(query, top_k, ef)
            };
            for mut r in results {
                r.id += seg.base_id;
                all.push(r);
            }
        }

        // Search building segments (brute-force while HNSW builds).
        for seg in &self.building {
            let results = seg.flat.search(query, top_k);
            for mut r in results {
                r.id += seg.base_id;
                all.push(r);
            }
        }

        all.sort_by(|a, b| {
            a.distance
                .partial_cmp(&b.distance)
                .unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal)
        });
        all.truncate(top_k);
        all
    }

    /// Search with a pre-filter bitmap (byte-array format).
    pub fn search_with_bitmap_bytes(
        &self,
        query: &[f32],
        top_k: usize,
        ef: usize,
        bitmap: &[u8],
    ) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
        let mut all: Vec<SearchResult> = Vec::new();

        let growing_results =
            self.growing
                .search_filtered_offset(query, top_k, bitmap, self.growing_base_id);
        for mut r in growing_results {
            r.id += self.growing_base_id;
            all.push(r);
        }

        for seg in &self.sealed {
            let results =
                seg.index
                    .search_with_bitmap_bytes_offset(query, top_k, ef, bitmap, seg.base_id);
            for mut r in results {
                r.id += seg.base_id;
                all.push(r);
            }
        }

        for seg in &self.building {
            let results = seg
                .flat
                .search_filtered_offset(query, top_k, bitmap, seg.base_id);
            for mut r in results {
                r.id += seg.base_id;
                all.push(r);
            }
        }

        all.sort_by(|a, b| {
            a.distance
                .partial_cmp(&b.distance)
                .unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal)
        });
        all.truncate(top_k);
        all
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use crate::collection::lifecycle::VectorCollection;
    use crate::collection::segment::DEFAULT_SEAL_THRESHOLD;
    use crate::distance::DistanceMetric;
    use crate::hnsw::{HnswIndex, HnswParams};

    fn make_collection() -> VectorCollection {
        VectorCollection::new(
            3,
            HnswParams {
                metric: DistanceMetric::L2,
                ..HnswParams::default()
            },
        )
    }

    #[test]
    fn insert_and_search() {
        let mut coll = make_collection();
        for i in 0..100u32 {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0, 0.0]);
        }
        assert_eq!(coll.len(), 100);
        let results = coll.search(&[50.0, 0.0, 0.0], 3, 64);
        assert_eq!(results.len(), 3);
        assert_eq!(results[0].id, 50);
    }

    #[test]
    fn seal_moves_to_building() {
        let mut coll = VectorCollection::new(2, HnswParams::default());
        for i in 0..DEFAULT_SEAL_THRESHOLD {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0]);
        }
        assert!(coll.needs_seal());

        let req = coll.seal("test_key").unwrap();
        assert_eq!(req.vectors.len(), DEFAULT_SEAL_THRESHOLD);
        assert_eq!(coll.building.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(coll.growing.len(), 0);

        let results = coll.search(&[100.0, 0.0], 1, 64);
        assert!(!results.is_empty());
    }

    #[test]
    fn complete_build_promotes_to_sealed() {
        let mut coll = VectorCollection::new(2, HnswParams::default());
        for i in 0..100 {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0]);
        }
        let req = coll.seal("test").unwrap();

        let mut index = HnswIndex::new(req.dim, req.params);
        for v in &req.vectors {
            index.insert(v.clone()).unwrap();
        }
        coll.complete_build(req.segment_id, index);

        assert_eq!(coll.building.len(), 0);
        assert_eq!(coll.sealed.len(), 1);

        let results = coll.search(&[50.0, 0.0], 3, 64);
        assert!(!results.is_empty());
    }

    #[test]
    fn multi_segment_search_merges() {
        let mut coll = VectorCollection::new(
            2,
            HnswParams {
                metric: DistanceMetric::L2,
                ..HnswParams::default()
            },
        );

        for i in 0..100 {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0]);
        }
        let req = coll.seal("test").unwrap();
        let mut idx = HnswIndex::new(2, req.params);
        for v in &req.vectors {
            idx.insert(v.clone()).unwrap();
        }
        coll.complete_build(req.segment_id, idx);

        for i in 100..200 {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0]);
        }

        let results = coll.search(&[150.0, 0.0], 3, 64);
        assert_eq!(results.len(), 3);
        assert_eq!(results[0].id, 150);
    }

    #[test]
    fn delete_across_segments() {
        let mut coll = VectorCollection::new(2, HnswParams::default());
        for i in 0..10 {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0]);
        }
        assert!(coll.delete(5));
        assert_eq!(coll.live_count(), 9);

        let results = coll.search(&[5.0, 0.0], 10, 64);
        assert!(results.iter().all(|r| r.id != 5));
    }

    /// Build a sealed HNSW segment from `n` vectors of `dim=2`, where vector `i`
    /// is `[i as f32, 0.0]`. Returns the collection with one sealed segment.
    fn make_sealed_collection(n: usize) -> VectorCollection {
        let mut coll = VectorCollection::new(
            2,
            HnswParams {
                metric: DistanceMetric::L2,
                ..HnswParams::default()
            },
        );
        for i in 0..n {
            coll.insert(vec![i as f32, 0.0]);
        }
        let req = coll.seal("seg").unwrap();
        let mut idx = HnswIndex::new(req.dim, req.params);
        for v in &req.vectors {
            idx.insert(v.clone()).unwrap();
        }
        coll.complete_build(req.segment_id, idx);
        coll
    }

    /// Attach SQ8 quantization to the first sealed segment of `coll`.
    fn attach_sq8(coll: &mut VectorCollection) {
        use crate::quantize::sq8::Sq8Codec;

        let sealed = &mut coll.sealed[0];
        let dim = sealed.index.dim();
        let n = sealed.index.len();
        let vecs: Vec<Vec<f32>> = (0..n)
            .filter_map(|i| sealed.index.get_vector(i as u32).map(|v| v.to_vec()))
            .collect();
        let refs: Vec<&[f32]> = vecs.iter().map(|v| v.as_slice()).collect();
        let codec = Sq8Codec::calibrate(&refs, dim);
        let sq8_data: Vec<u8> = vecs.iter().flat_map(|v| codec.quantize(v)).collect();
        sealed.sq8 = Some((codec, sq8_data));
    }

    #[test]
    fn sq8_search_returns_correct_nearest_neighbor() {
        let mut coll = make_sealed_collection(200);
        attach_sq8(&mut coll);

        let results = coll.search(&[100.0, 0.0], 5, 64);
        assert!(!results.is_empty(), "expected non-empty results");
        assert_eq!(
            results[0].id, 100,
            "nearest neighbor of [100,0] should be id=100, got id={}",
            results[0].id
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn sq8_search_recall_matches_hnsw() {
        // Build two identical collections — one without SQ8, one with.
        let coll_plain = make_sealed_collection(500);
        let mut coll_sq8 = make_sealed_collection(500);
        attach_sq8(&mut coll_sq8);

        let query = [250.0f32, 0.0];
        let top_k = 5;

        let plain_results = coll_plain.search(&query, top_k, 64);
        let sq8_results = coll_sq8.search(&query, top_k, 64);

        let plain_ids: std::collections::HashSet<u32> =
            plain_results.iter().map(|r| r.id).collect();
        let sq8_ids: std::collections::HashSet<u32> = sq8_results.iter().map(|r| r.id).collect();

        let overlap = plain_ids.intersection(&sq8_ids).count();
        assert!(
            overlap >= 4,
            "SQ8 recall too low: {overlap}/5 results matched plain HNSW (need >=4)"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn sq8_search_does_not_scan_all_vectors() {
        // This test validates correctness of the SQ8 search path for a large
        // segment. The bug being guarded against is an O(N) linear scan instead
        // of graph-guided traversal: the fix must use HNSW with SQ8 as the
        // distance function. Correctness (correct nearest neighbor) is the
        // invariant that must be preserved when the implementation changes.
        let mut coll = make_sealed_collection(2000);
        attach_sq8(&mut coll);

        let results = coll.search(&[1000.0, 0.0], 5, 64);
        assert!(!results.is_empty(), "expected non-empty results");
        assert_eq!(
            results[0].id, 1000,
            "nearest neighbor of [1000,0] should be id=1000, got id={}",
            results[0].id
        );
    }
}