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sqlite_graphrag/commands/
recall.rs

1//! Handler for the `recall` CLI subcommand.
2
3use crate::cli::MemoryType;
4use crate::errors::AppError;
5use crate::graph::traverse_from_memories_with_hops;
6use crate::i18n::errors_msg;
7use crate::output::{self, JsonOutputFormat, RecallItem, RecallResponse};
8use crate::paths::AppPaths;
9use crate::storage::connection::open_ro;
10use crate::storage::entities;
11use crate::storage::memories;
12
13/// Arguments for the `recall` subcommand.
14///
15/// When `--namespace` is omitted the query runs against the `global` namespace,
16/// which is the default namespace used by `remember` when no `--namespace` flag
17/// is provided. Pass an explicit `--namespace` value to search a different
18/// isolated namespace.
19#[derive(clap::Args)]
20#[command(after_long_help = "EXAMPLES:\n  \
21    # Semantic search for top 5 matches\n  \
22    sqlite-graphrag recall \"authentication design\" --k 5\n\n  \
23    # Disable automatic graph expansion\n  \
24    sqlite-graphrag recall \"JWT tokens\" --k 3 --no-graph\n\n  \
25    # Limit graph traversal depth and minimum edge weight\n  \
26    sqlite-graphrag recall \"auth\" --k 5 --max-hops 2 --min-weight 0.3\n\n  \
27    # Filter by memory type\n  \
28    sqlite-graphrag recall \"deployment\" --type decision --k 10\n\n  \
29    # Cap results by distance threshold\n  \
30    sqlite-graphrag recall \"API design\" --k 5 --max-distance 0.8\n\n  \
31NOTES:\n  \
32    When --no-graph is active, graph traversal is skipped and every result has\n  \
33    source=\"direct\". The source field is therefore redundant with --no-graph and\n  \
34    may be ignored by callers in that mode.")]
35pub struct RecallArgs {
36    #[arg(
37        allow_hyphen_values = true,
38        help = "Search query string (semantic vector search via sqlite-vec)"
39    )]
40    pub query: String,
41    /// Maximum number of direct vector matches to return.
42    ///
43    /// Note: this flag controls only `direct_matches`. Graph traversal results
44    /// (`graph_matches`) are unbounded by default; use `--max-graph-results` to
45    /// cap them independently. The `results` field aggregates both lists.
46    /// Validated to the inclusive range `1..=4096` (the upper bound matches
47    /// `sqlite-vec`'s knn limit; out-of-range values are rejected at parse time).
48    #[arg(short = 'k', long, aliases = ["limit", "top-k"], default_value = "10", value_parser = crate::parsers::parse_k_range)]
49    pub k: usize,
50    /// Filter by memory.type. Note: distinct from graph entity_type
51    /// (project/tool/person/file/concept/incident/decision/memory/dashboard/issue_tracker/organization/location/date)
52    /// used in --entities-file.
53    #[arg(long, value_enum)]
54    pub r#type: Option<MemoryType>,
55    #[arg(long)]
56    pub namespace: Option<String>,
57    #[arg(long)]
58    pub no_graph: bool,
59    /// Disable -k cap and return all direct matches without truncation.
60    ///
61    /// When set, the `-k`/`--k` flag is ignored for `direct_matches` and the
62    /// response includes every match above the distance threshold. Useful when
63    /// callers need the complete set rather than a top-N preview.
64    #[arg(long)]
65    pub precise: bool,
66    #[arg(long, default_value = "2")]
67    pub max_hops: u32,
68    #[arg(long, default_value = "0.3")]
69    pub min_weight: f64,
70    /// Cap the size of `graph_matches` to at most N entries.
71    ///
72    /// Defaults to unbounded (`None`) so existing pipelines see the same shape
73    /// as in v1.0.22 and earlier. Set this when a query touches a dense graph
74    /// neighbourhood and the caller only needs a top-N preview. Added in v1.0.23.
75    #[arg(long, value_name = "N")]
76    pub max_graph_results: Option<usize>,
77    /// Filter results by maximum distance. Results with distance greater than this value
78    /// are excluded. If all matches exceed this threshold, the command exits with code 4
79    /// (`not found`) per the documented public contract.
80    /// Default `1.0` disables the filter and preserves the top-k behavior.
81    #[arg(long, alias = "min-distance", default_value = "1.0")]
82    pub max_distance: f32,
83    #[arg(long, value_enum, default_value_t = JsonOutputFormat::Json)]
84    pub format: JsonOutputFormat,
85    #[arg(long, env = "SQLITE_GRAPHRAG_DB_PATH")]
86    pub db: Option<String>,
87    /// Accept `--json` as a no-op because output is already JSON by default.
88    #[arg(long, hide = true, help = "No-op; JSON is always emitted on stdout")]
89    pub json: bool,
90    /// Search across all namespaces instead of a single namespace.
91    ///
92    /// Cannot be combined with `--namespace`. When set, the query runs against
93    /// every namespace and results include a `namespace` field to identify origin.
94    #[arg(long, conflicts_with = "namespace")]
95    pub all_namespaces: bool,
96    /// G58 (v1.0.80): skip the live query embedding and use FTS5 BM25 +
97    /// LIKE prefix exclusively. Useful in CI/CD with tight OAuth quota and
98    /// in deterministic regression tests that need stable ranking.
99    #[arg(
100        long,
101        help = "Skip live query embedding; use FTS5 BM25 + LIKE prefix only"
102    )]
103    pub fallback_fts_only: bool,
104}
105
106#[tracing::instrument(skip_all, level = "debug", name = "recall")]
107pub fn run(args: RecallArgs) -> Result<(), AppError> {
108    let start = std::time::Instant::now();
109    let _ = args.format;
110    tracing::debug!(target: "recall", query = %args.query, k = args.k, "searching");
111
112    // G20: reject graph-specific flags when --no-graph is active
113    if args.no_graph {
114        if args.max_hops != 2 {
115            return Err(AppError::Validation(
116                "--max-hops has no effect with --no-graph; remove one".to_string(),
117            ));
118        }
119        if (args.min_weight - 0.3).abs() > f64::EPSILON {
120            return Err(AppError::Validation(
121                "--min-weight has no effect with --no-graph; remove one".to_string(),
122            ));
123        }
124    }
125
126    if args.query.trim().is_empty() {
127        return Err(AppError::Validation(crate::i18n::validation::empty_query()));
128    }
129    // Resolve the list of namespaces to search:
130    // - empty vec  => all namespaces (sentinel used by knn_search)
131    // - single vec => one namespace (default or --namespace value)
132    let namespaces: Vec<String> = if args.all_namespaces {
133        Vec::new()
134    } else {
135        vec![crate::namespace::resolve_namespace(
136            args.namespace.as_deref(),
137        )?]
138    };
139    // Single namespace string used for graph traversal and error messages.
140    let namespace_for_graph = namespaces
141        .first()
142        .cloned()
143        .unwrap_or_else(|| "global".to_string());
144    let paths = AppPaths::resolve(args.db.as_deref())?;
145
146    crate::storage::connection::ensure_db_ready(&paths)?;
147
148    output::emit_progress_i18n(
149        "Computing query embedding...",
150        "Calculando embedding da consulta...",
151    );
152    let conn = open_ro(&paths.db)?;
153    // G58 (v1.0.80): when the live embedding fails (timeout, OAuth contention,
154    // rate limit, missing CLI), fall back to FTS5 BM25 + LIKE prefix and
155    // surface the degradation through `vec_degraded` + `vec_error` + `warning`
156    // on the response envelope. The `--fallback-fts-only` flag forces the
157    // skip without even attempting the embedding subprocess.
158    let (embedding, vec_degraded, vec_error) = if args.fallback_fts_only {
159        (None, true, Some("fallback_fts_only requested".to_string()))
160    } else {
161        match crate::embedder::try_embed_query_with_fallback(&paths.models, &args.query) {
162            Ok(v) => (Some(v), false, None),
163            Err(reason) => {
164                let msg = reason.to_string();
165                tracing::warn!(target: "recall", fallback_reason = %msg, "live embedding failed; falling back to FTS5");
166                (None, true, Some(msg))
167            }
168        }
169    };
170
171    let memory_type_str = args.r#type.map(|t| t.as_str());
172    // When --precise is set, lift the -k cap so every match is returned; the
173    // max_distance filter below will trim irrelevant results instead.
174    let effective_k = if args.precise { 100_000 } else { args.k };
175
176    // G58: if the embedding is unavailable, route the entire direct path
177    // through FTS5 BM25 + LIKE prefix. Graph traversal is suppressed because
178    // it depends on the KNN results to seed the expansion; without the
179    // embedding, no seed exists.
180    let (direct_matches, memory_ids): (Vec<RecallItem>, Vec<i64>) =
181        if let Some(emb) = embedding.as_ref() {
182            let knn_results =
183                memories::knn_search(&conn, emb, &namespaces, memory_type_str, effective_k)?;
184            let mut items: Vec<RecallItem> = Vec::with_capacity(knn_results.len());
185            let mut memory_ids: Vec<i64> = Vec::with_capacity(knn_results.len());
186            for (memory_id, distance) in knn_results {
187                let row = {
188                    let mut stmt = conn.prepare_cached(
189                        "SELECT id, namespace, name, type, description, body, body_hash,
190                            session_id, source, metadata, created_at, updated_at
191                     FROM memories WHERE id=?1 AND deleted_at IS NULL",
192                    )?;
193                    stmt.query_row(rusqlite::params![memory_id], |r| {
194                        Ok(memories::MemoryRow {
195                            id: r.get(0)?,
196                            namespace: r.get(1)?,
197                            name: r.get(2)?,
198                            memory_type: r.get(3)?,
199                            description: r.get(4)?,
200                            body: r.get(5)?,
201                            body_hash: r.get(6)?,
202                            session_id: r.get(7)?,
203                            source: r.get(8)?,
204                            metadata: r.get(9)?,
205                            created_at: r.get(10)?,
206                            updated_at: r.get(11)?,
207                            deleted_at: None,
208                        })
209                    })
210                    .ok()
211                };
212                if let Some(row) = row {
213                    let snippet: String = row.body.chars().take(300).collect();
214                    items.push(RecallItem {
215                        memory_id: row.id,
216                        name: row.name,
217                        namespace: row.namespace,
218                        memory_type: row.memory_type,
219                        description: row.description,
220                        snippet,
221                        distance,
222                        score: RecallItem::score_from_distance(distance),
223                        source: "direct".to_string(),
224                        graph_depth: None,
225                    });
226                    memory_ids.push(memory_id);
227                }
228            }
229            (items, memory_ids)
230        } else {
231            // FTS5 BM25 + LIKE prefix fallback path. The same `fts_search` helper
232            // is used as in `hybrid-search`; distance is approximated by
233            // 1.0 / (rank + 1) so the score is in (0, 1] and comparable to the
234            // vector path's `1.0 - distance`. Note: only the FIRST effective_k
235            // results are kept to preserve the top-N contract.
236            let fts_rows = memories::fts_search(
237                &conn,
238                &args.query,
239                &namespace_for_graph,
240                memory_type_str,
241                effective_k,
242            )?;
243            let mut items: Vec<RecallItem> = Vec::with_capacity(fts_rows.len());
244            for (rank, row) in fts_rows.into_iter().enumerate() {
245                let dist = 1.0 - 1.0 / (rank as f32 + 1.0);
246                let snippet: String = row.body.chars().take(300).collect();
247                items.push(RecallItem {
248                    memory_id: row.id,
249                    name: row.name,
250                    namespace: row.namespace,
251                    memory_type: row.memory_type,
252                    description: row.description,
253                    snippet,
254                    distance: dist,
255                    score: RecallItem::score_from_distance(dist),
256                    source: "fts_fallback".to_string(),
257                    graph_depth: None,
258                });
259            }
260            (items, Vec::new())
261        };
262
263    let mut graph_matches = Vec::with_capacity(8);
264    if let Some(emb) = (!args.no_graph).then_some(()).and(embedding.as_ref()) {
265        let entity_knn = entities::knn_search(&conn, emb, &namespace_for_graph, 5)?;
266        let entity_ids: Vec<i64> = entity_knn.iter().map(|(id, _)| *id).collect();
267
268        let all_seed_ids: Vec<i64> = memory_ids
269            .iter()
270            .chain(entity_ids.iter())
271            .copied()
272            .collect();
273
274        if !all_seed_ids.is_empty() {
275            let graph_memory_ids = traverse_from_memories_with_hops(
276                &conn,
277                &all_seed_ids,
278                &namespace_for_graph,
279                args.min_weight,
280                args.max_hops,
281            )?;
282
283            for (graph_mem_id, hop) in graph_memory_ids {
284                // v1.0.23: respect the optional cap on graph results so dense
285                // neighbourhoods do not flood the response unintentionally.
286                if let Some(cap) = args.max_graph_results {
287                    if graph_matches.len() >= cap {
288                        break;
289                    }
290                }
291                let row = {
292                    let mut stmt = conn.prepare_cached(
293                        "SELECT id, namespace, name, type, description, body, body_hash,
294                                session_id, source, metadata, created_at, updated_at
295                         FROM memories WHERE id=?1 AND deleted_at IS NULL",
296                    )?;
297                    stmt.query_row(rusqlite::params![graph_mem_id], |r| {
298                        Ok(memories::MemoryRow {
299                            id: r.get(0)?,
300                            namespace: r.get(1)?,
301                            name: r.get(2)?,
302                            memory_type: r.get(3)?,
303                            description: r.get(4)?,
304                            body: r.get(5)?,
305                            body_hash: r.get(6)?,
306                            session_id: r.get(7)?,
307                            source: r.get(8)?,
308                            metadata: r.get(9)?,
309                            created_at: r.get(10)?,
310                            updated_at: r.get(11)?,
311                            deleted_at: None,
312                        })
313                    })
314                    .ok()
315                };
316                if let Some(row) = row {
317                    let snippet: String = row.body.chars().take(300).collect();
318                    let graph_distance = 1.0 - 1.0 / (hop as f32 + 1.0);
319                    graph_matches.push(RecallItem {
320                        memory_id: row.id,
321                        name: row.name,
322                        namespace: row.namespace,
323                        memory_type: row.memory_type,
324                        description: row.description,
325                        snippet,
326                        distance: graph_distance,
327                        score: RecallItem::score_from_distance(graph_distance),
328                        source: "graph".to_string(),
329                        graph_depth: Some(hop),
330                    });
331                }
332            }
333        }
334    }
335
336    // Filtrar por max_distance se < 1.0 (ativado). Se nenhum hit dentro do threshold, exit 4.
337    if args.max_distance < 1.0 && !vec_degraded {
338        let has_relevant = direct_matches
339            .iter()
340            .any(|item| item.distance <= args.max_distance);
341        if !has_relevant {
342            return Err(AppError::NotFound(errors_msg::no_recall_results(
343                args.max_distance,
344                &args.query,
345                &namespace_for_graph,
346            )));
347        }
348    }
349
350    let results: Vec<RecallItem> = direct_matches
351        .iter()
352        .cloned()
353        .chain(graph_matches.iter().cloned())
354        .collect();
355
356    let warning = if vec_degraded {
357        Some(
358            "live query embedding unavailable; results are FTS5 BM25 only (semantic relevance reduced)"
359                .to_string(),
360        )
361    } else {
362        None
363    };
364
365    output::emit_json(&RecallResponse {
366        query: args.query,
367        k: args.k,
368        direct_matches,
369        graph_matches,
370        results,
371        elapsed_ms: start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64,
372        vec_degraded,
373        vec_error,
374        warning,
375    })?;
376
377    Ok(())
378}
379
380#[cfg(test)]
381mod tests {
382    use crate::output::{RecallItem, RecallResponse};
383
384    fn make_item(name: &str, distance: f32, source: &str) -> RecallItem {
385        RecallItem {
386            memory_id: 1,
387            name: name.to_string(),
388            namespace: "global".to_string(),
389            memory_type: "fact".to_string(),
390            description: "desc".to_string(),
391            snippet: "snippet".to_string(),
392            distance,
393            score: RecallItem::score_from_distance(distance),
394            source: source.to_string(),
395            graph_depth: if source == "graph" { Some(0) } else { None },
396        }
397    }
398
399    // Bug M-A5: every RecallItem carries a non-null cosine similarity score.
400    #[test]
401    fn recall_item_score_is_present_and_finite_for_direct_match() {
402        let item = make_item("mem", 0.25, "direct");
403        let json = serde_json::to_value(&item).expect("serialization failed");
404        let score = json["score"].as_f64().expect("score must be a number");
405        assert!(
406            (0.0..=1.0).contains(&score),
407            "score must be in [0, 1], got {score}"
408        );
409        assert!(
410            (score - 0.75).abs() < 1e-6,
411            "score must equal 1 - distance for canonical case"
412        );
413    }
414
415    #[test]
416    fn recall_item_score_clamps_distance_outside_unit_range() {
417        // Pathological distances must not yield score outside [0, 1] or NaN.
418        assert_eq!(RecallItem::score_from_distance(2.0), 0.0);
419        assert_eq!(RecallItem::score_from_distance(-0.5), 1.0);
420        assert_eq!(RecallItem::score_from_distance(f32::NAN), 0.0);
421    }
422
423    #[test]
424    fn recall_response_serializes_required_fields() {
425        let resp = RecallResponse {
426            query: "rust memory".to_string(),
427            k: 5,
428            direct_matches: vec![make_item("mem-a", 0.12, "direct")],
429            graph_matches: vec![],
430            results: vec![make_item("mem-a", 0.12, "direct")],
431            elapsed_ms: 42,
432            vec_degraded: false,
433            vec_error: None,
434            warning: None,
435        };
436
437        let json = serde_json::to_value(&resp).expect("serialization failed");
438        assert_eq!(json["query"], "rust memory");
439        assert_eq!(json["k"], 5);
440        assert_eq!(json["elapsed_ms"], 42u64);
441        assert!(json["direct_matches"].is_array());
442        assert!(json["graph_matches"].is_array());
443        assert!(json["results"].is_array());
444    }
445
446    #[test]
447    fn recall_item_serializes_renamed_type() {
448        let item = make_item("mem-test", 0.25, "direct");
449        let json = serde_json::to_value(&item).expect("serialization failed");
450
451        // The memory_type field is renamed to "type" in JSON
452        assert_eq!(json["type"], "fact");
453        assert_eq!(json["distance"], 0.25f32);
454        assert_eq!(json["source"], "direct");
455    }
456
457    #[test]
458    fn recall_response_results_contains_direct_and_graph() {
459        let direct = make_item("d-mem", 0.10, "direct");
460        let graph = make_item("g-mem", 0.0, "graph");
461
462        let resp = RecallResponse {
463            query: "query".to_string(),
464            k: 10,
465            direct_matches: vec![direct.clone()],
466            graph_matches: vec![graph.clone()],
467            results: vec![direct, graph],
468            elapsed_ms: 10,
469            vec_degraded: false,
470            vec_error: None,
471            warning: None,
472        };
473
474        let json = serde_json::to_value(&resp).expect("serialization failed");
475        assert_eq!(json["direct_matches"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 1);
476        assert_eq!(json["graph_matches"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 1);
477        assert_eq!(json["results"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 2);
478        assert_eq!(json["results"][0]["source"], "direct");
479        assert_eq!(json["results"][1]["source"], "graph");
480    }
481
482    #[test]
483    fn recall_response_empty_serializes_empty_arrays() {
484        let resp = RecallResponse {
485            query: "nothing".to_string(),
486            k: 3,
487            direct_matches: vec![],
488            graph_matches: vec![],
489            results: vec![],
490            elapsed_ms: 1,
491            vec_degraded: false,
492            vec_error: None,
493            warning: None,
494        };
495
496        let json = serde_json::to_value(&resp).expect("serialization failed");
497        assert_eq!(json["direct_matches"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
498        assert_eq!(json["results"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
499    }
500
501    #[test]
502    fn graph_matches_distance_uses_hop_count_proxy() {
503        // Verify the hop-count proxy formula: 1.0 - 1.0 / (hop + 1.0)
504        // hop=0 → 0.0 (seed-level entity, identity distance)
505        // hop=1 → 0.5
506        // hop=2 → ≈ 0.667
507        // hop=3 → 0.75
508        let cases: &[(u32, f32)] = &[(0, 0.0), (1, 0.5), (2, 0.6667), (3, 0.75)];
509        for &(hop, expected) in cases {
510            let d = 1.0_f32 - 1.0 / (hop as f32 + 1.0);
511            assert!(
512                (d - expected).abs() < 0.001,
513                "hop={hop} expected={expected} got={d}"
514            );
515        }
516    }
517}