fix(search): address coderabbitai findings on PR #414 - #521
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The search_engines parameter was declared in the MCP schema and CLI help but never consumed — passing it had no effect on which engines ran. - Add engineFilter to OrchestratorInput - Filter engine entries by name (case-insensitive) in runV1Search - Pass SearchInput.search_engines as engineFilter in core-provider - Unknown filter names fall back to full roster (graceful degradation) - 5 new tests: filter, case-insensitive, empty, undefined, no-match fallback Closes KnockOutEZ#303
… key coderabbitai findings from PR#414: - Include search_engines in buildSearchCacheKey fingerprint so cached unfiltered results cannot satisfy filtered requests - Apply engineFilter allowlist to probeEntries (recovery wave) and getGeneralEngines (starvation backfill) so a degraded or thin search does not dispatch unselected engines - Extract applyEngineAllowlist helper to avoid duplicating the case-insensitive allowlist logic across three call sites
1. hasAnyFilter now includes search_engines - ensures filtered cache requests produce distinct cache keys from unfiltered ones. 2. applyEngineAllowlist returns empty array when no matches - the fallback to full roster is now handled explicitly at the primary wave call site, while recovery/backfill waves correctly respect the filter.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe search engine filter now changes cache keys and restricts orchestrator dispatches. The provider passes the filter to initial and low-recall searches. Primary dispatch falls back to all engines when no names match. ChangesSearch engine filtering
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Engine-filtered searches can still ignore a requested probe-only or unmatched engine and dispatch across the full primary roster, while equivalent engine names can create separate cache entries. This may send queries to unintended engines and increase search and provider work, so the PR should not merge until the routing behavior is fixed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SearchInput
participant CoreProvider
participant SearchCache
participant Orchestrator
participant SearchEngines
SearchInput->>CoreProvider: provide search_engines
CoreProvider->>SearchCache: build cache key with search_engines
CoreProvider->>Orchestrator: pass engineFilter
Orchestrator->>SearchEngines: dispatch filtered engine waves
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In `@src/cache/store.ts`:
- Around line 379-380: Normalize search engine names with the shared trim,
lowercase, deduplicate, and sort logic before cache fingerprinting, and reuse
that normalized representation in hasAnyFilter and the fingerprint path. Ensure
casing, whitespace, ordering, and duplicate names that dispatch the same engine
set produce identical cache behavior.
In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts`:
- Around line 378-392: The engine allowlist fallback in the orchestration flow
must recognize matches against probe-only entries instead of treating them as
unknown. Update the logic around allEntries, entries, and applyEngineAllowlist
so fallback to the full primary roster occurs only when the filter matches no
configured engine at all, while preserving the behavior that probe-only
selections run through their intended wave. Add a regression test covering a
configured probe-only engine such as Mojeek when searchMojeekProbeOnly is
enabled.
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| filters.reranker != null || | ||
| (filters.search_engines?.length ?? 0) > 0 |
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Normalize engine names before fingerprinting.
The orchestrator matches engine names case-insensitively, but the cache fingerprint sorts raw values. Therefore, ['DuckDuckGo'], ['duckduckgo'], and duplicate-name lists dispatch the same engine set but use different cache keys. Use shared normalization that trims, lowercases, deduplicates, and sorts engine names. Apply it consistently in hasAnyFilter and the fingerprint.
Also applies to: 405-407
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In `@src/cache/store.ts` around lines 379 - 380, Normalize search engine names
with the shared trim, lowercase, deduplicate, and sort logic before cache
fingerprinting, and reuse that normalized representation in hasAnyFilter and the
fingerprint path. Ensure casing, whitespace, ordering, and duplicate names that
dispatch the same engine set produce identical cache behavior.
| let entries = allEntries.filter((e) => e.probeOnly !== true); | ||
| const probeEntries = allEntries.filter((e) => e.probeOnly === true); | ||
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| // Apply caller-supplied engine allowlist (SearchInput.search_engines). | ||
| // Case-insensitive match against engine name. For the primary wave, if no | ||
| // entries match the allowlist, fall back to the full roster (the caller | ||
| // likely made a typo or passed an unknown engine name). For recovery and | ||
| // backfill waves, an empty result means those waves run nothing — which is | ||
| // correct: if the caller explicitly filtered out all probe/backfill engines, | ||
| // we don't secretly re-introduce them. | ||
| if (input.engineFilter && input.engineFilter.length > 0) { | ||
| const allowlisted = applyEngineAllowlist(entries, input.engineFilter); | ||
| entries = allowlisted.length > 0 ? allowlisted : entries; | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Do not treat a probe-only match as an unknown engine.
entries removes probeOnly engines before Line 389 applies the allowlist. If the filter names a configured probe-only engine, such as Mojeek when searchMojeekProbeOnly is enabled, allowlisted is empty and Line 390 restores every non-probe primary engine. The request then dispatches unselected engines.
Base the fallback decision on matches in allEntries. Preserve the documented probe-only behavior for the selected engine. Add a regression test for this case.
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In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts` around lines 378 - 392, The engine allowlist
fallback in the orchestration flow must recognize matches against probe-only
entries instead of treating them as unknown. Update the logic around allEntries,
entries, and applyEngineAllowlist so fallback to the full primary roster occurs
only when the filter matches no configured engine at all, while preserving the
behavior that probe-only selections run through their intended wave. Add a
regression test covering a configured probe-only engine such as Mojeek when
searchMojeekProbeOnly is enabled.
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Addresses the two findings from the latest CodeRabbit review on PR #414:
hasAnyFilter now includes search_engines - When search_engines is the only filter, the cache key now properly distinguishes it from unfiltered requests.
applyEngineAllowlist no longer silently re-introduces engines - The function now returns an empty array when no matches are found. The fallback to full roster is handled explicitly at the call site for the primary wave only.
This ensures filtered searches produce distinct cache keys and that engine filters are consistently applied across all dispatch waves.
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