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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 =
266            entities::knn_search(&conn, emb, &namespace_for_graph, 5)?;
267        let entity_ids: Vec<i64> = entity_knn.iter().map(|(id, _)| *id).collect();
268
269        let all_seed_ids: Vec<i64> = memory_ids
270            .iter()
271            .chain(entity_ids.iter())
272            .copied()
273            .collect();
274
275        if !all_seed_ids.is_empty() {
276            let graph_memory_ids = traverse_from_memories_with_hops(
277                &conn,
278                &all_seed_ids,
279                &namespace_for_graph,
280                args.min_weight,
281                args.max_hops,
282            )?;
283
284            for (graph_mem_id, hop) in graph_memory_ids {
285                // v1.0.23: respect the optional cap on graph results so dense
286                // neighbourhoods do not flood the response unintentionally.
287                if let Some(cap) = args.max_graph_results {
288                    if graph_matches.len() >= cap {
289                        break;
290                    }
291                }
292                let row = {
293                    let mut stmt = conn.prepare_cached(
294                        "SELECT id, namespace, name, type, description, body, body_hash,
295                                session_id, source, metadata, created_at, updated_at
296                         FROM memories WHERE id=?1 AND deleted_at IS NULL",
297                    )?;
298                    stmt.query_row(rusqlite::params![graph_mem_id], |r| {
299                        Ok(memories::MemoryRow {
300                            id: r.get(0)?,
301                            namespace: r.get(1)?,
302                            name: r.get(2)?,
303                            memory_type: r.get(3)?,
304                            description: r.get(4)?,
305                            body: r.get(5)?,
306                            body_hash: r.get(6)?,
307                            session_id: r.get(7)?,
308                            source: r.get(8)?,
309                            metadata: r.get(9)?,
310                            created_at: r.get(10)?,
311                            updated_at: r.get(11)?,
312                            deleted_at: None,
313                        })
314                    })
315                    .ok()
316                };
317                if let Some(row) = row {
318                    let snippet: String = row.body.chars().take(300).collect();
319                    let graph_distance = 1.0 - 1.0 / (hop as f32 + 1.0);
320                    graph_matches.push(RecallItem {
321                        memory_id: row.id,
322                        name: row.name,
323                        namespace: row.namespace,
324                        memory_type: row.memory_type,
325                        description: row.description,
326                        snippet,
327                        distance: graph_distance,
328                        score: RecallItem::score_from_distance(graph_distance),
329                        source: "graph".to_string(),
330                        graph_depth: Some(hop),
331                    });
332                }
333            }
334        }
335    }
336
337    // Filtrar por max_distance se < 1.0 (ativado). Se nenhum hit dentro do threshold, exit 4.
338    if args.max_distance < 1.0 && !vec_degraded {
339        let has_relevant = direct_matches
340            .iter()
341            .any(|item| item.distance <= args.max_distance);
342        if !has_relevant {
343            return Err(AppError::NotFound(errors_msg::no_recall_results(
344                args.max_distance,
345                &args.query,
346                &namespace_for_graph,
347            )));
348        }
349    }
350
351    let results: Vec<RecallItem> = direct_matches
352        .iter()
353        .cloned()
354        .chain(graph_matches.iter().cloned())
355        .collect();
356
357    let warning = if vec_degraded {
358        Some(
359            "live query embedding unavailable; results are FTS5 BM25 only (semantic relevance reduced)"
360                .to_string(),
361        )
362    } else {
363        None
364    };
365
366    output::emit_json(&RecallResponse {
367        query: args.query,
368        k: args.k,
369        direct_matches,
370        graph_matches,
371        results,
372        elapsed_ms: start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64,
373        vec_degraded,
374        vec_error,
375        warning,
376    })?;
377
378    Ok(())
379}
380
381#[cfg(test)]
382mod tests {
383    use crate::output::{RecallItem, RecallResponse};
384
385    fn make_item(name: &str, distance: f32, source: &str) -> RecallItem {
386        RecallItem {
387            memory_id: 1,
388            name: name.to_string(),
389            namespace: "global".to_string(),
390            memory_type: "fact".to_string(),
391            description: "desc".to_string(),
392            snippet: "snippet".to_string(),
393            distance,
394            score: RecallItem::score_from_distance(distance),
395            source: source.to_string(),
396            graph_depth: if source == "graph" { Some(0) } else { None },
397        }
398    }
399
400    // Bug M-A5: every RecallItem carries a non-null cosine similarity score.
401    #[test]
402    fn recall_item_score_is_present_and_finite_for_direct_match() {
403        let item = make_item("mem", 0.25, "direct");
404        let json = serde_json::to_value(&item).expect("serialization failed");
405        let score = json["score"].as_f64().expect("score must be a number");
406        assert!(
407            (0.0..=1.0).contains(&score),
408            "score must be in [0, 1], got {score}"
409        );
410        assert!(
411            (score - 0.75).abs() < 1e-6,
412            "score must equal 1 - distance for canonical case"
413        );
414    }
415
416    #[test]
417    fn recall_item_score_clamps_distance_outside_unit_range() {
418        // Pathological distances must not yield score outside [0, 1] or NaN.
419        assert_eq!(RecallItem::score_from_distance(2.0), 0.0);
420        assert_eq!(RecallItem::score_from_distance(-0.5), 1.0);
421        assert_eq!(RecallItem::score_from_distance(f32::NAN), 0.0);
422    }
423
424    #[test]
425    fn recall_response_serializes_required_fields() {
426        let resp = RecallResponse {
427            query: "rust memory".to_string(),
428            k: 5,
429            direct_matches: vec![make_item("mem-a", 0.12, "direct")],
430            graph_matches: vec![],
431            results: vec![make_item("mem-a", 0.12, "direct")],
432            elapsed_ms: 42,
433            vec_degraded: false,
434            vec_error: None,
435            warning: None,
436        };
437
438        let json = serde_json::to_value(&resp).expect("serialization failed");
439        assert_eq!(json["query"], "rust memory");
440        assert_eq!(json["k"], 5);
441        assert_eq!(json["elapsed_ms"], 42u64);
442        assert!(json["direct_matches"].is_array());
443        assert!(json["graph_matches"].is_array());
444        assert!(json["results"].is_array());
445    }
446
447    #[test]
448    fn recall_item_serializes_renamed_type() {
449        let item = make_item("mem-test", 0.25, "direct");
450        let json = serde_json::to_value(&item).expect("serialization failed");
451
452        // The memory_type field is renamed to "type" in JSON
453        assert_eq!(json["type"], "fact");
454        assert_eq!(json["distance"], 0.25f32);
455        assert_eq!(json["source"], "direct");
456    }
457
458    #[test]
459    fn recall_response_results_contains_direct_and_graph() {
460        let direct = make_item("d-mem", 0.10, "direct");
461        let graph = make_item("g-mem", 0.0, "graph");
462
463        let resp = RecallResponse {
464            query: "query".to_string(),
465            k: 10,
466            direct_matches: vec![direct.clone()],
467            graph_matches: vec![graph.clone()],
468            results: vec![direct, graph],
469            elapsed_ms: 10,
470            vec_degraded: false,
471            vec_error: None,
472            warning: None,
473        };
474
475        let json = serde_json::to_value(&resp).expect("serialization failed");
476        assert_eq!(json["direct_matches"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 1);
477        assert_eq!(json["graph_matches"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 1);
478        assert_eq!(json["results"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 2);
479        assert_eq!(json["results"][0]["source"], "direct");
480        assert_eq!(json["results"][1]["source"], "graph");
481    }
482
483    #[test]
484    fn recall_response_empty_serializes_empty_arrays() {
485        let resp = RecallResponse {
486            query: "nothing".to_string(),
487            k: 3,
488            direct_matches: vec![],
489            graph_matches: vec![],
490            results: vec![],
491            elapsed_ms: 1,
492            vec_degraded: false,
493            vec_error: None,
494            warning: None,
495        };
496
497        let json = serde_json::to_value(&resp).expect("serialization failed");
498        assert_eq!(json["direct_matches"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
499        assert_eq!(json["results"].as_array().unwrap().len(), 0);
500    }
501
502    #[test]
503    fn graph_matches_distance_uses_hop_count_proxy() {
504        // Verify the hop-count proxy formula: 1.0 - 1.0 / (hop + 1.0)
505        // hop=0 → 0.0 (seed-level entity, identity distance)
506        // hop=1 → 0.5
507        // hop=2 → ≈ 0.667
508        // hop=3 → 0.75
509        let cases: &[(u32, f32)] = &[(0, 0.0), (1, 0.5), (2, 0.6667), (3, 0.75)];
510        for &(hop, expected) in cases {
511            let d = 1.0_f32 - 1.0 / (hop as f32 + 1.0);
512            assert!(
513                (d - expected).abs() < 0.001,
514                "hop={hop} expected={expected} got={d}"
515            );
516        }
517    }
518}