khive_runtime/

fusion.rs

//! Fusion strategies for combining ranked result lists.

use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};

use uuid::Uuid;

use khive_retrieval::hit::{merge_hit_metadata, SignalMerge};
use khive_score::DeterministicScore;
use khive_storage::types::{
    PageRequest, TextFilter, TextQueryMode, TextSearchHit, TextSearchRequest, VectorSearchHit,
};
use khive_storage::EntityFilter;
use khive_types::SubstrateKind;

use crate::error::{RuntimeError, RuntimeResult};
use crate::retrieval::{RankScoreKind, SearchHit, SearchSignals, SearchSource};
use crate::runtime::{KhiveRuntime, NamespaceToken};

pub use khive_fusion::FusionStrategy;

/// A single ranked candidate stream fed into a [`FusionExecutor`] — the
/// entity/note ID keyed shape used throughout hybrid search (ADR-012
/// `FusionStrategy::Custom` §"strategy executor").
pub type CandidateStream = Vec<(Uuid, DeterministicScore)>;

/// One fused, ranked `(id, score)` pair returned by a [`FusionExecutor`].
pub type RankedHit = (Uuid, DeterministicScore);

/// Runtime-registered custom fusion strategy (ADR-012).
///
/// Packs implement this to plug a strategy into `FusionStrategy::Custom { name,
/// .. }` via [`KhiveRuntime::register_fusion_strategy`] — the seam a
/// learned-sparse (SPLADE) retrieval leg plugs into. Async so an executor can
/// perform I/O (e.g. a decay/posterior lookup) while fusing, and fallible so
/// it can reject malformed `params` instead of degrading silently.
#[async_trait::async_trait]
pub trait FusionExecutor: Send + Sync + 'static {
    /// Declare the strategy represented by the executor's ordering score.
    fn rank_score_kind(&self) -> RankScoreKind;

    /// Combine `streams` into a single ranked list, honoring `limit` as a
    /// hint (the dispatch boundary re-sorts and truncates the result with the
    /// crate's canonical comparator regardless, so an executor need not sort
    /// or truncate defensively itself).
    async fn fuse(
        &self,
        streams: Vec<CandidateStream>,
        params: &serde_json::Value,
        limit: usize,
    ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<RankedHit>>;
}

const CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER: u32 = 4;

impl KhiveRuntime {
    /// Fuse text and vector hits using the given strategy, returning at most
    /// `limit` results. Positional weighted strategies use `[vector, keyword]`
    /// order.
    ///
    /// `FusionStrategy::Custom { name, .. }` is resolved against this
    /// runtime's registered executors (see
    /// [`register_fusion_strategy`](KhiveRuntime::register_fusion_strategy)).
    /// An unregistered name fails closed with
    /// `RuntimeError::UnknownFusionStrategy` rather than silently falling
    /// back to RRF.
    pub(crate) async fn fuse_with_strategy(
        &self,
        text_hits: Vec<TextSearchHit>,
        vector_hits: Vec<VectorSearchHit>,
        strategy: &FusionStrategy,
        limit: usize,
    ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<SearchHit>> {
        match strategy {
            FusionStrategy::VectorOnly => {
                self.fuse_sources(Vec::new(), vector_hits, strategy, limit)
                    .await
            }
            FusionStrategy::KeywordOnly => {
                self.fuse_sources(text_hits, Vec::new(), strategy, limit)
                    .await
            }
            FusionStrategy::Rrf { .. }
            | FusionStrategy::WeightedRrf { .. }
            | FusionStrategy::Weighted { .. }
            | FusionStrategy::Union
            | FusionStrategy::Custom { .. } => {
                self.fuse_sources(text_hits, vector_hits, strategy, limit)
                    .await
            }
        }
    }

    async fn fuse_sources(
        &self,
        text_hits: Vec<TextSearchHit>,
        vector_hits: Vec<VectorSearchHit>,
        strategy: &FusionStrategy,
        limit: usize,
    ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<SearchHit>> {
        let mut metadata: HashMap<Uuid, SearchHit> =
            HashMap::with_capacity(text_hits.len() + vector_hits.len());
        let signal_merge = if matches!(
            strategy,
            FusionStrategy::Weighted { .. } | FusionStrategy::Union
        ) {
            SignalMerge::Maximum
        } else {
            SignalMerge::FirstPresent
        };

        let text_source: Vec<(Uuid, DeterministicScore)> = text_hits
            .into_iter()
            .map(|h| {
                let hit = SearchHit {
                    entity_id: h.subject_id,
                    score: h.score,
                    rank_score_kind: RankScoreKind::Keyword,
                    signals: SearchSignals {
                        vector_similarity: None,
                        keyword_score: Some(h.score),
                    },
                    source: SearchSource::Text,
                    title: h.title,
                    snippet: h.snippet,
                };
                let id = hit.entity_id;
                let score = hit.score;
                merge_hit_metadata(&mut metadata, hit, signal_merge);
                (id, score)
            })
            .collect();

        let vector_source: Vec<(Uuid, DeterministicScore)> = vector_hits
            .into_iter()
            .map(|h| {
                let hit = SearchHit {
                    entity_id: h.subject_id,
                    score: h.score,
                    rank_score_kind: RankScoreKind::Vector,
                    signals: SearchSignals {
                        vector_similarity: Some(h.score),
                        keyword_score: None,
                    },
                    source: SearchSource::Vector,
                    title: None,
                    snippet: None,
                };
                let id = hit.entity_id;
                let score = hit.score;
                merge_hit_metadata(&mut metadata, hit, signal_merge);
                (id, score)
            })
            .collect();

        // Canonical positional order is [vector, keyword]. Empty arms remain in
        // place: removing one would shift the surviving arm onto the wrong weight.
        let sources: Vec<Vec<(Uuid, DeterministicScore)>> = vec![vector_source, text_source];

        let (rank_score_kind, fused) = self.dispatch_fusion(sources, strategy, limit).await?;

        Ok(fused
            .into_iter()
            .filter_map(|(id, score)| {
                let mut hit = metadata.remove(&id)?;
                hit.score = score;
                hit.rank_score_kind = rank_score_kind;
                Some(hit)
            })
            .collect())
    }

    /// Resolve `strategy` against either the built-in `khive-fusion`
    /// dispatcher or a registered [`FusionExecutor`], applying the crate's
    /// canonical score-desc/id-asc ordering at the boundary either way.
    ///
    /// `Custom` names are resolved *before* the empty-input/zero-limit short
    /// circuit, so a misconfigured name errors on every call -- including
    /// zero-result ones -- rather than being indistinguishable from a valid
    /// empty result.
    async fn dispatch_fusion(
        &self,
        sources: Vec<Vec<(Uuid, DeterministicScore)>>,
        strategy: &FusionStrategy,
        limit: usize,
    ) -> RuntimeResult<(RankScoreKind, Vec<RankedHit>)> {
        let rank_score_kind = match RankScoreKind::of(strategy) {
            Ok(kind) => kind,
            Err((name, params)) => {
                let executor = self.fusion_executor(name)?;
                let rank_score_kind = executor.rank_score_kind();
                if limit == 0 || sources.iter().all(Vec::is_empty) {
                    return Ok((rank_score_kind, Vec::new()));
                }
                let mut hits = executor.fuse(sources, params, limit).await?;
                hits.sort_by(khive_fusion::cmp_desc_then_id);
                hits.truncate(limit);
                return Ok((rank_score_kind, hits));
            }
        };
        Ok((
            rank_score_kind,
            khive_fusion::fuse(sources, strategy, limit)?,
        ))
    }
}

impl KhiveRuntime {
    async fn retain_alive_search_hits(
        &self,
        token: &NamespaceToken,
        mut fused: Vec<SearchHit>,
        limit: usize,
    ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<SearchHit>> {
        // Filter out soft-deleted entities. A single query fetches all alive IDs from the
        // fused candidate pool; any ID absent from the result has been soft-deleted.
        if !fused.is_empty() {
            let candidate_ids: Vec<Uuid> = fused.iter().map(|h| h.entity_id).collect();
            let alive_page = self
                .entities(token)?
                .query_entities(
                    token.namespace().as_str(),
                    EntityFilter {
                        ids: candidate_ids,
                        ..EntityFilter::default()
                    },
                    PageRequest {
                        offset: 0,
                        limit: u32::try_from(fused.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX),
                    },
                )
                .await?;
            let alive: HashSet<Uuid> = alive_page.items.into_iter().map(|e| e.id).collect();
            fused.retain(|h| alive.contains(&h.entity_id));
        }

        fused.truncate(limit);
        Ok(fused)
    }

    /// Hybrid search with a caller-supplied fusion strategy.
    ///
    /// `FusionStrategy::Custom { name, .. }` is resolved against this
    /// runtime's registered executors (see
    /// [`register_fusion_strategy`](KhiveRuntime::register_fusion_strategy));
    /// an unregistered name fails closed with
    /// `RuntimeError::UnknownFusionStrategy`.
    pub async fn hybrid_search_with_strategy(
        &self,
        token: &NamespaceToken,
        query_text: &str,
        query_vector: Option<Vec<f32>>,
        strategy: FusionStrategy,
        limit: u32,
    ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<SearchHit>> {
        let candidates = limit.saturating_mul(CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER).max(limit);

        let text_hits = if matches!(&strategy, FusionStrategy::VectorOnly) {
            Vec::new()
        } else {
            let ns = token.namespace().as_str().to_owned();
            // sanitize_fts5_query strips known-unsafe metacharacters, but residual
            // punctuation can still trip the FTS5 parser at runtime; that error must
            // fail loud rather than silently degrade to vector-only fusion. Errors
            // from other legs (vector search) still propagate normally.
            let text_search_result = self
                .text(token)?
                .search(TextSearchRequest {
                    query: query_text.to_string(),
                    mode: TextQueryMode::Plain,
                    filter: Some(TextFilter {
                        namespaces: vec![ns],
                        ..TextFilter::default()
                    }),
                    top_k: candidates,
                    snippet_chars: 200,
                })
                .await;
            crate::error::fts_text_leg_or_err(
                text_search_result.map_err(RuntimeError::from),
                "hybrid_search_with_strategy",
                query_text,
            )?
        };

        let vector_hits = if !matches!(&strategy, FusionStrategy::KeywordOnly)
            && (query_vector.is_some() || self.config().embedding_model.is_some())
        {
            self.vector_search(
                token,
                query_vector,
                Some(query_text),
                candidates,
                Some(SubstrateKind::Entity),
            )
            .await?
        } else {
            Vec::new()
        };

        // Each arm fetched `candidates` independently, so their union can contain
        // twice that many distinct IDs. Keep the complete fetched pool through
        // ranking and the alive check; truncating it first lets stale hits hide
        // live candidates from the other arm.
        let fusion_limit = text_hits.len().saturating_add(vector_hits.len());
        let fused = self
            .fuse_with_strategy(text_hits, vector_hits, &strategy, fusion_limit)
            .await?;
        self.retain_alive_search_hits(token, fused, limit as usize)
            .await
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use chrono::Utc;
    use khive_storage::types::{TextDocument, TextSearchHit, VectorSearchHit, VectorSearchRequest};
    use khive_storage::Entity;
    use lattice_embed::{EmbedError, EmbeddingModel, EmbeddingService};
    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
    use std::sync::Arc;

    use crate::{EmbedderProvider, RuntimeConfig};

    fn text_hit(id: Uuid, score: f64, title: &str) -> TextSearchHit {
        TextSearchHit {
            subject_id: id,
            score: DeterministicScore::from_f64(score),
            rank: 1,
            title: Some(title.to_string()),
            snippet: Some("...".to_string()),
        }
    }

    fn vector_hit(id: Uuid, score: f64) -> VectorSearchHit {
        VectorSearchHit {
            subject_id: id,
            score: DeterministicScore::from_f64(score),
            rank: 1,
        }
    }

    fn evidence_runtime() -> KhiveRuntime {
        let backend = Arc::new(crate::StorageBackend::memory().expect("in-memory backend"));
        backend.prepare_core_schema().expect("core schema");
        KhiveRuntime::from_backend(
            backend,
            RuntimeConfig {
                db_path: None,
                events_split: None,
                actor_id: Some("test:fusion-evidence".into()),
                ..RuntimeConfig::no_embeddings()
            },
        )
    }

    struct CountingEmbeddingService {
        calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
        dimensions: usize,
    }

    #[async_trait::async_trait]
    impl EmbeddingService for CountingEmbeddingService {
        async fn embed(
            &self,
            texts: &[String],
            _model: EmbeddingModel,
        ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<f32>>, EmbedError> {
            self.calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
            Ok(texts.iter().map(|_| vec![1.0; self.dimensions]).collect())
        }

        fn supports_model(&self, _model: EmbeddingModel) -> bool {
            true
        }

        fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
            "fusion-counting-embedding"
        }
    }

    struct CountingEmbedderProvider {
        name: String,
        calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
        dimensions: usize,
    }

    #[async_trait::async_trait]
    impl EmbedderProvider for CountingEmbedderProvider {
        fn name(&self) -> &str {
            &self.name
        }

        fn dimensions(&self) -> usize {
            self.dimensions
        }

        async fn build(&self) -> RuntimeResult<Arc<dyn EmbeddingService>> {
            Ok(Arc::new(CountingEmbeddingService {
                calls: Arc::clone(&self.calls),
                dimensions: self.dimensions,
            }))
        }
    }

    fn counting_embedding_runtime() -> (KhiveRuntime, Arc<AtomicUsize>) {
        let model = EmbeddingModel::AllMiniLmL6V2;
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::new(RuntimeConfig {
            db_path: None,
            embedding_model: Some(model),
            packs: vec!["kg".to_string()],
            ..RuntimeConfig::no_embeddings()
        })
        .expect("in-memory runtime");
        let calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
        rt.register_embedder(CountingEmbedderProvider {
            name: model.to_string(),
            calls: Arc::clone(&calls),
            dimensions: model.dimensions(),
        });
        (rt, calls)
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn keyword_only_search_skips_embedding_and_vector_arm() {
        let (rt, embed_calls) = counting_embedding_runtime();
        let tok = NamespaceToken::local();
        let entity = Entity::new("local", "concept", "keyword candidate");
        rt.entities(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .upsert_entities(vec![entity.clone()])
            .await
            .unwrap();
        rt.text(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .upsert_document(TextDocument {
                subject_id: entity.id,
                kind: SubstrateKind::Entity,
                record_kind: None,
                namespace: "local".to_string(),
                title: None,
                body: "fusionkeyword".to_string(),
                tags: vec![],
                metadata: None,
                updated_at: Utc::now(),
            })
            .await
            .unwrap();

        let hits = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(
                &tok,
                "fusionkeyword",
                None,
                FusionStrategy::KeywordOnly,
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, entity.id);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].source, SearchSource::Text);
        assert_eq!(embed_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);

        let mixed = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(&tok, "fusionkeyword", None, FusionStrategy::rrf(), 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(mixed[0].entity_id, entity.id);
        assert_eq!(embed_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn vector_only_search_skips_unavailable_text_arm() {
        let (rt, embed_calls) = counting_embedding_runtime();
        let tok = NamespaceToken::local();
        let entity = Entity::new("local", "concept", "vector candidate");
        rt.entities(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .upsert_entities(vec![entity.clone()])
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let query_vector = vec![1.0; EmbeddingModel::AllMiniLmL6V2.dimensions()];
        rt.vectors(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .insert(
                entity.id,
                SubstrateKind::Entity,
                "local",
                "entity.body",
                vec![query_vector.clone()],
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        rt.text(&tok).unwrap();
        let mut writer = rt.sql().writer().await.unwrap();
        writer
            .execute_script(
                "DROP TABLE fts_entities; CREATE TABLE fts_entities (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);"
                    .to_string(),
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        drop(writer);

        let hits = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(
                &tok,
                "fusionkeyword",
                Some(query_vector),
                FusionStrategy::VectorOnly,
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, entity.id);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].source, SearchSource::Vector);
        assert_eq!(embed_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn fusion_evidence_labels_builtin_strategies_and_preserves_components() {
        let rt = evidence_runtime();
        let id = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        let keyword = DeterministicScore::from_raw(1_i64 << 30);
        let vector = DeterministicScore::from_raw(3_i64 << 30);
        for (strategy, kind, raw_score, signals) in [
            (
                FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 60 },
                RankScoreKind::Rrf,
                140_818_600,
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(vector),
                    keyword_score: Some(keyword),
                },
            ),
            (
                FusionStrategy::VectorOnly,
                RankScoreKind::Vector,
                vector.to_raw(),
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(vector),
                    keyword_score: None,
                },
            ),
            (
                FusionStrategy::KeywordOnly,
                RankScoreKind::Keyword,
                keyword.to_raw(),
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: None,
                    keyword_score: Some(keyword),
                },
            ),
            (
                FusionStrategy::weighted(vec![0.5, 0.5]),
                RankScoreKind::Weighted,
                1_i64 << 32,
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(vector),
                    keyword_score: Some(keyword),
                },
            ),
            (
                FusionStrategy::Union,
                RankScoreKind::Union,
                vector.to_raw(),
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(vector),
                    keyword_score: Some(keyword),
                },
            ),
        ] {
            let hits = rt
                .fuse_with_strategy(
                    vec![text_hit(id, 0.25, "candidate")],
                    vec![vector_hit(id, 0.75)],
                    &strategy,
                    10,
                )
                .await
                .unwrap();
            assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
            assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, id);
            assert_eq!(hits[0].score.to_raw(), raw_score);
            assert_eq!(hits[0].rank_score_kind, kind);
            assert_eq!(hits[0].signals, signals);
        }
        assert_eq!(RankScoreKind::Rrf.as_str(), "rrf");
        assert_eq!(RankScoreKind::Vector.as_str(), "vector");
        assert_eq!(RankScoreKind::Keyword.as_str(), "keyword");
        assert_eq!(RankScoreKind::Weighted.as_str(), "weighted");
        assert_eq!(RankScoreKind::Union.as_str(), "union");
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn fusion_evidence_distinguishes_absence_from_zero() {
        let rt = evidence_runtime();
        let id = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        for (text, vector, signals) in [
            (
                vec![text_hit(id, 0.0, "zero keyword")],
                vec![],
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: None,
                    keyword_score: Some(DeterministicScore::ZERO),
                },
            ),
            (
                vec![],
                vec![vector_hit(id, 0.0)],
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(DeterministicScore::ZERO),
                    keyword_score: None,
                },
            ),
        ] {
            let hits = rt
                .fuse_with_strategy(text, vector, &FusionStrategy::rrf(), 10)
                .await
                .unwrap();
            assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
            assert_eq!(hits[0].signals, signals);
        }
        assert_eq!(
            SearchSignals::default(),
            SearchSignals {
                vector_similarity: None,
                keyword_score: None,
            }
        );
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn fusion_evidence_golden_preserves_true_ties_across_permutations() {
        let rt = evidence_runtime();
        let a = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        let b = Uuid::from_u128(2);
        let expected = vec![
            (
                a,
                139_682_966,
                RankScoreKind::Rrf,
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(1_i64 << 31)),
                    keyword_score: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(1_i64 << 30)),
                },
            ),
            (
                b,
                139_682_966,
                RankScoreKind::Rrf,
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(1_i64 << 32)),
                    keyword_score: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(3_i64 << 30)),
                },
            ),
        ];
        for (text_ids, vector_ids) in [([a, b], [b, a]), ([b, a], [a, b])] {
            for _ in 0..4 {
                let text = text_ids
                    .into_iter()
                    .map(|id| text_hit(id, if id == a { 0.25 } else { 0.75 }, "candidate"))
                    .collect();
                let vector = vector_ids
                    .into_iter()
                    .map(|id| vector_hit(id, if id == a { 0.5 } else { 1.0 }))
                    .collect();
                let hits = rt
                    .fuse_with_strategy(text, vector, &FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 60 }, 10)
                    .await
                    .unwrap();
                assert_eq!(hits.len(), 2);
                assert_eq!(hits[0].score, hits[1].score);
                assert!(hits.iter().all(|hit| hit.source == SearchSource::Both));
                let snapshot: Vec<_> = hits
                    .iter()
                    .map(|hit| {
                        (
                            hit.entity_id,
                            hit.score.to_raw(),
                            hit.rank_score_kind,
                            hit.signals,
                        )
                    })
                    .collect();
                assert_eq!(snapshot, expected);
            }
        }
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn fusion_evidence_duplicate_selection_follows_strategy() {
        let rt = evidence_runtime();
        let id = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        for (strategy, keyword_raw) in [
            (FusionStrategy::rrf(), 1_i64 << 30),
            (FusionStrategy::Union, 3_i64 << 30),
            (FusionStrategy::weighted(vec![0.5, 0.5]), 3_i64 << 30),
        ] {
            let hits = rt
                .fuse_with_strategy(
                    vec![text_hit(id, 0.25, "first"), text_hit(id, 0.75, "second")],
                    vec![vector_hit(id, 0.5)],
                    &strategy,
                    10,
                )
                .await
                .unwrap();
            assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
            assert_eq!(
                hits[0].signals,
                SearchSignals {
                    vector_similarity: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(1_i64 << 31)),
                    keyword_score: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(keyword_raw)),
                }
            );
            assert_eq!(hits[0].title.as_deref(), Some("first"));
        }
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn weighted_rrf_fusion_reports_the_rrf_kind() {
        let rt = evidence_runtime();
        let id = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        let strategy = FusionStrategy::weighted_rrf(60, vec![1.0, 1.0]);
        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(vec![text_hit(id, 0.75, "candidate")], vec![], &strategy, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].rank_score_kind, RankScoreKind::Rrf);
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn custom_fusion_evidence_uses_declared_kind() {
        let rt = evidence_runtime();
        let id = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        rt.register_fusion_strategy("invert", Arc::new(InvertScoreExecutor));
        let strategy =
            FusionStrategy::try_custom("invert".into(), serde_json::Value::Null).unwrap();
        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(vec![text_hit(id, 0.75, "candidate")], vec![], &strategy, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].score.to_raw(), 1_i64 << 30);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].rank_score_kind, RankScoreKind::Weighted);
        assert_eq!(
            hits[0].signals,
            SearchSignals {
                vector_similarity: None,
                keyword_score: Some(DeterministicScore::from_raw(3_i64 << 30)),
            }
        );
    }

    fn cosine_fixture_vector(dimensions: usize, x: f32, y: f32) -> Vec<f32> {
        let mut vector = vec![0.0; dimensions];
        vector[0] = x;
        vector[1] = y;
        vector
    }

    async fn stale_full_prefix_fixture() -> (
        KhiveRuntime,
        NamespaceToken,
        &'static str,
        Vec<f32>,
        Vec<TextSearchHit>,
        Vec<VectorSearchHit>,
        HashSet<Uuid>,
    ) {
        let model = EmbeddingModel::AllMiniLmL6V2;
        let dimensions = model.dimensions();
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::new(RuntimeConfig {
            db_path: None,
            embedding_model: Some(model),
            additional_embedding_models: vec![],
            ..RuntimeConfig::default()
        })
        .unwrap();
        let tok = NamespaceToken::local();
        let query_text = "fusionrefillterm";
        let query_vector = cosine_fixture_vector(dimensions, 1.0, 0.0);

        let common_stale_a = Uuid::from_u128(1);
        let common_stale_b = Uuid::from_u128(2);
        let text_only_stale = Uuid::from_u128(3);
        let vector_only_stale = Uuid::from_u128(4);

        let live_text = Entity::new("local", "concept", "live text candidate");
        let live_vector = Entity::new("local", "concept", "live vector candidate");
        rt.entities(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .upsert_entities(vec![live_text.clone(), live_vector.clone()])
            .await
            .unwrap();

        let document = |subject_id, repetitions: usize| TextDocument {
            subject_id,
            kind: SubstrateKind::Entity,
            record_kind: None,
            namespace: "local".to_string(),
            title: None,
            body: std::iter::repeat_n(query_text, repetitions)
                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                .join(" "),
            tags: vec![],
            metadata: None,
            updated_at: Utc::now(),
        };
        rt.text(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .upsert_documents(vec![
                document(common_stale_a, 12),
                document(common_stale_b, 8),
                document(text_only_stale, 4),
                document(live_text.id, 1),
            ])
            .await
            .unwrap();

        let vectors = rt.vectors(&tok).unwrap();
        for (id, vector) in [
            (common_stale_a, cosine_fixture_vector(dimensions, 1.0, 0.0)),
            (common_stale_b, cosine_fixture_vector(dimensions, 0.8, 0.6)),
            (
                vector_only_stale,
                cosine_fixture_vector(dimensions, 0.5, 0.866_025_4),
            ),
            (live_vector.id, cosine_fixture_vector(dimensions, -1.0, 0.0)),
        ] {
            vectors
                .insert(
                    id,
                    SubstrateKind::Entity,
                    "local",
                    "entity.body",
                    vec![vector],
                )
                .await
                .unwrap();
        }

        let text_hits = rt
            .text(&tok)
            .unwrap()
            .search(TextSearchRequest {
                query: query_text.to_string(),
                mode: TextQueryMode::Plain,
                filter: Some(TextFilter {
                    namespaces: vec!["local".to_string()],
                    ..TextFilter::default()
                }),
                top_k: CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER,
                snippet_chars: 0,
            })
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let vector_hits = vectors
            .search(VectorSearchRequest {
                query_vectors: vec![query_vector.clone()],
                top_k: CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER,
                namespace: Some("local".to_string()),
                kind: Some(SubstrateKind::Entity),
                embedding_model: None,
                filter: None,
                backend_hints: None,
            })
            .await
            .unwrap();

        assert_eq!(text_hits.len(), CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER as usize);
        assert_eq!(vector_hits.len(), CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER as usize);
        let live = HashSet::from([live_text.id, live_vector.id]);
        (
            rt,
            tok,
            query_text,
            query_vector,
            text_hits,
            vector_hits,
            live,
        )
    }

    // 1. RRF with custom k produces different ordering than k=60
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn rrf_custom_k_differs_from_k60() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        // Single-source input makes a and b tie in relative order at both k values,
        // so assert on raw score magnitude (smaller k widens the rank-1-vs-rank-2 gap)
        // rather than ordering.
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a"), text_hit(b, 0.1, "b")];
        let hits_k1 = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text.clone(), vec![], &FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 1 }, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let hits_k60 = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text, vec![], &FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 60 }, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        // Both should have a first (rank 1 always wins in single-source)
        assert_eq!(hits_k1[0].entity_id, a);
        assert_eq!(hits_k60[0].entity_id, a);
        // k=1 produces higher raw score for rank 1 than k=60
        assert!(hits_k1[0].score > hits_k60[0].score);
    }

    // 2. Canonical [vector, keyword] weights change ordering as documented.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn weighted_ordering_depends_on_weights() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        // a scores high in text, b scores high in vector
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a"), text_hit(b, 0.1, "b")];
        let vec_hits = vec![vector_hit(b, 0.9), vector_hit(a, 0.1)];

        let heavy_vector = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text.clone(),
                vec_hits.clone(),
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    weights: vec![0.7, 0.3],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let heavy_keyword = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text,
                vec_hits,
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    weights: vec![0.3, 0.7],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();

        assert_eq!(heavy_vector[0].entity_id, b);
        assert_eq!(heavy_keyword[0].entity_id, a);
    }

    // 3. Weighted [7.0, 3.0] = Weighted [0.7, 0.3] (normalization)
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn weighted_scale_invariant() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a"), text_hit(b, 0.1, "b")];
        let vec_hits = vec![vector_hit(b, 0.9), vector_hit(a, 0.1)];

        let w1 = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text.clone(),
                vec_hits.clone(),
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    weights: vec![0.7, 0.3],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let w2 = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text,
                vec_hits,
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    weights: vec![7.0, 3.0],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();

        assert_eq!(w1[0].entity_id, w2[0].entity_id);
        assert_eq!(w1[1].entity_id, w2[1].entity_id);
        let diff = (w1[0].score.to_f64() - w2[0].score.to_f64()).abs();
        assert!(diff < 1e-9, "scores differ by {diff}");
    }

    // 4. Weighted [0.0, 0.0] falls back to equal weights
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn weighted_zero_weights_equal_fallback() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        // Both sources agree: a > b
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a"), text_hit(b, 0.1, "b")];
        let vec_hits = vec![vector_hit(a, 0.9), vector_hit(b, 0.1)];

        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text,
                vec_hits,
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    weights: vec![0.0, 0.0],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, a);
    }

    // 5. Weighted with negative weight clamps to 0
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn weighted_negative_weight_clamped() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a")];
        // Negative vector weight → only keyword/text contributes.
        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text,
                vec![],
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    weights: vec![-0.5, 1.0],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, a);
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn weighted_empty_arm_keeps_canonical_position() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let text_only = Uuid::new_v4();
        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                vec![text_hit(text_only, 0.9, "text")],
                vec![],
                &FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                    // Canonical [vector, keyword]: the only non-empty arm has zero weight.
                    weights: vec![1.0, 0.0],
                },
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert!(
            hits.is_empty(),
            "dropping the empty vector arm would incorrectly rebind text to its weight"
        );
    }

    // 6. Union returns max score per entity when same id appears in both lists
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn union_max_score_per_entity() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.3, "a")];
        let vec_hits = vec![vector_hit(a, 0.9)];

        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text, vec_hits, &FusionStrategy::Union, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert!((hits[0].score.to_f64() - 0.9).abs() < 1e-6);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].source, SearchSource::Both);
    }

    // 7. VectorOnly returns vector hits only (text hits dropped)
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn vector_only_drops_text() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(b, 0.9, "b")];
        let vec_hits = vec![vector_hit(a, 0.8)];

        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text, vec_hits, &FusionStrategy::VectorOnly, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, a);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].source, SearchSource::Vector);
        assert!(hits[0].title.is_none());
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn keyword_only_drops_vector() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let text_id = Uuid::new_v4();
        let vector_id = Uuid::new_v4();
        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                vec![text_hit(text_id, 0.8, "text")],
                vec![vector_hit(vector_id, 0.9)],
                &FusionStrategy::KeywordOnly,
                10,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].entity_id, text_id);
        assert_eq!(hits[0].source, SearchSource::Text);
    }

    /// Test-only executor: flattens all streams and reverses their order,
    /// keeping each candidate's original score.
    struct ReverseOrderExecutor;

    #[async_trait::async_trait]
    impl FusionExecutor for ReverseOrderExecutor {
        fn rank_score_kind(&self) -> RankScoreKind {
            RankScoreKind::Union
        }

        async fn fuse(
            &self,
            streams: Vec<CandidateStream>,
            _params: &serde_json::Value,
            _limit: usize,
        ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<RankedHit>> {
            let mut flat: Vec<_> = streams.into_iter().flatten().collect();
            flat.reverse();
            Ok(flat)
        }
    }

    /// Test-only executor: inverts each candidate's score (`1.0 - score`) so
    /// the fused ranking is the reverse of what score-descending built-ins
    /// (RRF, Union, Weighted) would produce on the same fixture -- unlike a
    /// mere insertion-order reversal, this survives the dispatch boundary's
    /// canonical re-sort, since the *scores* (not just the order) differ.
    struct InvertScoreExecutor;

    #[async_trait::async_trait]
    impl FusionExecutor for InvertScoreExecutor {
        fn rank_score_kind(&self) -> RankScoreKind {
            RankScoreKind::Weighted
        }

        async fn fuse(
            &self,
            streams: Vec<CandidateStream>,
            _params: &serde_json::Value,
            _limit: usize,
        ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<RankedHit>> {
            Ok(streams
                .into_iter()
                .flatten()
                .map(|(id, score)| (id, DeterministicScore::from_f64(1.0 - score.to_f64())))
                .collect())
        }
    }

    /// Test-only executor: returns every candidate at an identical score, in
    /// the arbitrary order the input streams happened to flatten to -- used
    /// to prove the dispatch boundary re-sorts by the canonical comparator
    /// rather than trusting executor output order.
    struct EqualScoreExecutor;

    #[async_trait::async_trait]
    impl FusionExecutor for EqualScoreExecutor {
        fn rank_score_kind(&self) -> RankScoreKind {
            RankScoreKind::Weighted
        }

        async fn fuse(
            &self,
            streams: Vec<CandidateStream>,
            _params: &serde_json::Value,
            _limit: usize,
        ) -> RuntimeResult<Vec<RankedHit>> {
            Ok(streams
                .into_iter()
                .flatten()
                .map(|(id, _)| (id, DeterministicScore::from_f64(1.0)))
                .collect())
        }
    }

    // 7b. A registered custom executor dispatches and yields a different
    // ranking than RRF on the same fixture.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn custom_strategy_dispatches_through_executor_and_differs_from_rrf() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a"), text_hit(b, 0.5, "b")];

        rt.register_fusion_strategy("invert", Arc::new(InvertScoreExecutor));
        let strategy =
            FusionStrategy::try_custom("invert".to_string(), serde_json::Value::Null).unwrap();

        let custom = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text.clone(), vec![], &strategy, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let rrf = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text, vec![], &FusionStrategy::rrf(), 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();

        let custom_ids: Vec<_> = custom.iter().map(|h| h.entity_id).collect();
        let rrf_ids: Vec<_> = rrf.iter().map(|h| h.entity_id).collect();
        assert_ne!(
            custom_ids, rrf_ids,
            "custom and RRF must yield different orderings on this fixture"
        );
    }

    // 7c. An unregistered Custom name fails closed rather than falling back to RRF.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn custom_strategy_unknown_name_fails_closed() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a")];
        let strategy =
            FusionStrategy::try_custom("nonexistent".to_string(), serde_json::Value::Null).unwrap();

        let result = rt.fuse_with_strategy(text, vec![], &strategy, 10).await;
        assert!(matches!(
            result,
            Err(RuntimeError::UnknownFusionStrategy(name)) if name == "nonexistent"
        ));
    }

    // 7d. Unknown name errors even with empty sources -- it must not be
    // indistinguishable from a valid empty result.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn custom_strategy_unknown_name_fails_closed_even_on_empty_input() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let strategy =
            FusionStrategy::try_custom("nonexistent".to_string(), serde_json::Value::Null).unwrap();

        let result = rt.fuse_with_strategy(vec![], vec![], &strategy, 10).await;
        assert!(matches!(
            result,
            Err(RuntimeError::UnknownFusionStrategy(name)) if name == "nonexistent"
        ));
    }

    // 7e. Empty sources with a *registered* name is a valid empty result, not
    // an error -- distinguishing "misconfigured" from "genuinely nothing".
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn custom_strategy_registered_name_empty_input_returns_ok_empty() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        rt.register_fusion_strategy("reverse", Arc::new(ReverseOrderExecutor));
        let strategy =
            FusionStrategy::try_custom("reverse".to_string(), serde_json::Value::Null).unwrap();

        let result = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(vec![], vec![], &strategy, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert!(result.is_empty());
    }

    // 7f. Registering a custom strategy never perturbs the default (non-Custom) path.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn registered_custom_strategy_leaves_default_path_unaffected() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
        let text = vec![text_hit(a, 0.9, "a"), text_hit(b, 0.5, "b")];

        rt.register_fusion_strategy("reverse", Arc::new(ReverseOrderExecutor));

        let via_rt_with_registration = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text.clone(), vec![], &FusionStrategy::rrf(), 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();
        let rt2 = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let via_rt_without_registration = rt2
            .fuse_with_strategy(text, vec![], &FusionStrategy::rrf(), 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();

        let ids_with: Vec<_> = via_rt_with_registration
            .iter()
            .map(|h| h.entity_id)
            .collect();
        let ids_without: Vec<_> = via_rt_without_registration
            .iter()
            .map(|h| h.entity_id)
            .collect();
        assert_eq!(ids_with, ids_without);
    }

    // 7g. A custom executor returning equal-score IDs in arbitrary/reversed
    // order still yields the crate's canonical score-desc/id-asc order --
    // the dispatch boundary re-sorts rather than trusting executor output.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn custom_executor_output_is_sorted_by_canonical_comparator() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        // Deliberately not in ID order, so a passthrough bug would be visible.
        let ids: Vec<Uuid> = vec![Uuid::from_u128(3), Uuid::from_u128(1), Uuid::from_u128(2)];
        let text: Vec<TextSearchHit> = ids.iter().map(|&id| text_hit(id, 0.5, "tied")).collect();

        rt.register_fusion_strategy("equal_score", Arc::new(EqualScoreExecutor));
        let strategy =
            FusionStrategy::try_custom("equal_score".to_string(), serde_json::Value::Null).unwrap();

        let hits = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(text, vec![], &strategy, 10)
            .await
            .unwrap();

        let mut expected = ids.clone();
        expected.sort();
        let actual: Vec<_> = hits.iter().map(|h| h.entity_id).collect();
        assert_eq!(
            actual, expected,
            "equal-score executor output must be tie-broken by ascending ID"
        );
    }

    // 8. Default strategy is Rrf{k:60}
    #[test]
    fn default_strategy_is_rrf_k60() {
        assert_eq!(FusionStrategy::default(), FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 60 });
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn hybrid_union_alive_filter_refills_below_complete_four_x_prefix() {
        let (rt, tok, query_text, query_vector, text_hits, vector_hits, live) =
            stale_full_prefix_fixture().await;
        let truncated = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text_hits,
                vector_hits,
                &FusionStrategy::Union,
                CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER as usize,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert!(truncated.iter().all(|hit| !live.contains(&hit.entity_id)));

        let hits = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(
                &tok,
                query_text,
                Some(query_vector),
                FusionStrategy::Union,
                1,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();

        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert!(live.contains(&hits[0].entity_id));
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn hybrid_rrf_alive_filter_refills_below_complete_four_x_prefix() {
        let (rt, tok, query_text, query_vector, text_hits, vector_hits, live) =
            stale_full_prefix_fixture().await;
        let strategy = FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 60 };
        let truncated = rt
            .fuse_with_strategy(
                text_hits,
                vector_hits,
                &strategy,
                CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER as usize,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
        assert!(truncated.iter().all(|hit| !live.contains(&hit.entity_id)));

        let hits = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(&tok, query_text, Some(query_vector), strategy, 1)
            .await
            .unwrap();

        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert!(live.contains(&hits[0].entity_id));
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn hybrid_default_rrf_alive_filter_refills_below_complete_four_x_prefix() {
        let (rt, tok, query_text, query_vector, _text_hits, _vector_hits, live) =
            stale_full_prefix_fixture().await;

        let hits = rt
            .hybrid_search(
                &tok,
                query_text,
                Some(query_vector),
                1,
                None,
                None,
                &[],
                None,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();

        assert_eq!(hits.len(), 1);
        assert!(live.contains(&hits[0].entity_id));
    }

    // 9. Roundtrip serde preserves variant
    #[test]
    fn serde_roundtrip() {
        let cases = vec![
            FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 60 },
            FusionStrategy::Rrf { k: 20 },
            FusionStrategy::Weighted {
                weights: vec![0.7, 0.3],
            },
            FusionStrategy::Union,
            FusionStrategy::VectorOnly,
            FusionStrategy::KeywordOnly,
        ];
        for strategy in cases {
            let json = serde_json::to_string(&strategy).expect("serialize");
            let back: FusionStrategy = serde_json::from_str(&json).expect("deserialize");
            assert_eq!(strategy, back, "roundtrip failed for {json}");
        }
    }

    // 10. hybrid_search_with_strategy must not hard-fail on a query containing FTS5
    // metacharacters like `$`, since sanitize_fts5_query strips them before the query
    // reaches SQLite. This covers the sanitizer path; test 11 covers the fail-loud
    // path for characters the sanitizer does not strip.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn hybrid_search_with_strategy_dollar_sign_query_does_not_error() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let tok = NamespaceToken::local();
        rt.create_entity(
            &tok,
            "concept",
            None,
            "DSL docs",
            Some("use $prev.id to chain calls"),
            None,
            vec![],
        )
        .await
        .unwrap();

        let result = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(&tok, "$prev.id", None, FusionStrategy::default(), 10)
            .await;

        assert!(
            result.is_ok(),
            "#388 hybrid_search_with_strategy must not hard-fail on a '$'-bearing query, got: {:?}",
            result.err()
        );
    }

    // 11. #916: `@` used to reach SQLite FTS5's bareword parser raw and error,
    // surfacing as RuntimeError::InvalidInput per #569's fail-loud policy.
    // sanitize_fts5_token_group's bareword-safety gate now routes it through the
    // quoted-phrase alternative instead, so the query succeeds and the fail-loud
    // arm is no longer reached for ordinary punctuation.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn hybrid_search_with_strategy_residual_fts5_char_now_sanitized() {
        let rt = KhiveRuntime::memory().unwrap();
        let tok = NamespaceToken::local();
        rt.create_entity(
            &tok,
            "concept",
            None,
            "DSL docs",
            Some("use foo@bar to chain calls"),
            None,
            vec![],
        )
        .await
        .unwrap();

        let result = rt
            .hybrid_search_with_strategy(&tok, "foo@bar", None, FusionStrategy::default(), 10)
            .await;

        let hits = result.unwrap_or_else(|e| {
            panic!(
                "#916 hybrid_search_with_strategy must not fail on an '@'-bearing query, got: {e:?}"
            )
        });
        assert!(
            !hits.is_empty(),
            "#916 '@'-bearing query must still find the seeded 'foo@bar' content via the \
             quoted-phrase alternative"
        );
    }
}