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🟡 Blank reranker variables degrade local searches
When all three shell reranker variables are blank, shell_reranker_configured preserves reranking during a local switch. The saved endpoint disappears, but the runtime accepts blank variables as an API reranker and search falls back without reranking.
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A local backend switch removes the saved API reranker in clear_reranker_setup. At CLI startup, apply_reranker_env leaves shell-set values in place, even when they are empty. This helper treats any set value as a configured shell reranker and retains the enabled flag. RerankerConfig::from_env also accepts empty strings, so reranker_source selects the invalid API reranker instead of turning reranking off.
Example: Start with a saved API reranker and reranking enabled. Export RERANKER_MODEL_BASE_URL='', RERANKER_MODEL_ID='', and RERANKER_MODEL_API_KEY='', then run vera setup --potion-code. The saved endpoint is removed, but subsequent searches attempt reranking through the blank endpoint and return unreranked results with a warning.
Recommended fix: Treat empty or whitespace-only shell values as absent when deciding whether to retain reranking. Check all three values using the same nonblank criterion as read_optional_api_env, and add a local-switch test with blank shell variables.
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- Line 34: Add exactly one trailing newline after the final line in
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- Line 68: Keep the canonical 0.5% ranking threshold statement in
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- Line 23: Update docs/benchmarks.md at lines 23 and 32 and
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- Around line 114-115: Update the Docker build command in the cross-platform
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- Line 219: Add exactly one final newline after the last line in
docs/features.md at line 219, docs/how-it-works.md at line 71, and
docs/query-guide.md at line 130; make no other content changes.
- Line 75: Remove duplicated behavior details and link each explanation to its
canonical page: in docs/features.md:75, link reranking defaults and screening
results to docs/how-it-works.md; in docs/features.md:131-133, link
symbol-splitting and chunk-size limits to docs/how-it-works.md; retain those
limits canonically in docs/how-it-works.md:16-18. Keep reranking details
canonical in docs/how-it-works.md:51 and link to them from docs/features.md:75.
Keep the configurable RRF default canonical in docs/architecture.md:35 and link
to it from docs/how-it-works.md:32. Keep the no-completion-endpoint fallback
canonical in docs/architecture.md:40 and link to it from docs/features.md:53.
Link merged-query behavior from docs/features.md:37 to its canonical explanation
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- Around line 63-67: Keep operational guidance in one canonical document: in
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docs/troubleshooting.md; in docs/troubleshooting.md, retain the MCP checklist as
canonical content with no direct change; in docs/migration-v2.md at line 49,
remove the repeated image-to-backend mapping and link to docs/docker.md, and at
line 61, remove the repeated VERA_BACKEND precedence statement and link to
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- Line 59: Keep the complete API reranker activation explanation in
docs/models.md:59 and merge any distinct local-backend behavior from
docs/models.md:111 into that explanation without repeating the activation rule.
Replace the repeated activation claims with links to the canonical explanation
in docs/installation.md:83 and docs/llama-cpp-setup.md:82.
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reranking remains enabled when retrieval.reranking_enabled is opted in and no
saved API reranker exists, and that RERANKER_MODEL_* environment variables can
also keep reranking enabled.
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- Line 8: Revise the release note’s claim about switching from API mode to a
local backend: state that reranking is disabled only when the saved API reranker
setup is cleared, and note that shell-provided RERANKER_MODEL_* values or an
existing local opt-in can keep reranking enabled.
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- Line 41: Update the bare `vera setup` guidance to state that it must be run in
a terminal. Make this change at README.md lines 41-41,
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| Query tips, troubleshooting, MCP setup, and install details are in [`skills/vera/SKILL.md`](skills/vera/SKILL.md) and its `references/` subdirectory. | ||
| Query patterns, troubleshooting, install details, and MCP setup are in [`skills/vera/references/`](skills/vera/references/). No newline at end of file |
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| ### Semble benchmark, full suite | ||
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| Vera reports `vera-graded-2-1-task-mean-v1`: primary targets have relevance 2, secondary targets have relevance 1, duplicate matching chunks receive credit once, and scores are averaged over tasks. Historical Semble published tables use binary relevance and repository/language macro averages. The comparison below uses the same graded scorer for both tools. New JSON reports record both the Semble snapshot and metric contract; older reports without those fields are `unknown-legacy` and use Vera's graded calculation. | ||
| The benchmark is the task set published with [Semble v0.5.5](https://github.com/MinishLab/semble/tree/v0.5.5): 1,251 natural-language and symbol queries across 63 pinned open source repositories in 19 languages. Each task lists the code locations that answer it. Semble is a local code search tool from MinishLab, who also publish the `potion-code-16M-v2` embedding model, so their benchmark is a demanding home-turf comparison. |
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| - **Quality.** The two tools are within 1% on nDCG@10. Vera places a correct answer in the top five slightly more often; Semble has a small edge at rank 1 and rank 10. | ||
| - **Index size.** Vera's on-disk index for all 63 repositories is about a seventh the size of Semble's. | ||
| - **Speed.** Both answer a query in single-digit milliseconds at the median. Semble's query is faster because it searches vectors held in memory by a running process. Vera searches its on-disk index through memory mapping, so a new CLI process can search without loading the index first. Vera's p95 query latency is 59 ms. | ||
| - **Timing caveat.** The Vera row is the median of three full runs on 2026-10-09 on an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with shipped defaults (local `potion-code-16M-v2`, no reranker) and every index rebuilt each run. The Semble row comes from the 2026-08-23 comparison and was not re-measured on that machine, so compare the timing columns loosely. |
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These caveats use vague qualifiers instead of stating the known limits. Replace them with direct descriptions. As per path instructions, docs must have “no hedging.”
docs/benchmarks.md#L23-L23: State that the Vera and Semble timing measurements use different dates and machines, so they are not directly comparable.docs/benchmarks.md#L32-L32: State that the independent set tests whether results depend on Semble-specific tasks.docs/benchmarks-history.md#L51-L51: State that the runs used different dates and harnesses, so they are not a controlled comparison.
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| - Queries against a fixed index return identical results. Rebuilding an index can reorder chunks with tied scores, so two fresh builds of the same code differ by about 0.0004 nDCG@10. Smaller differences are noise. | ||
| - Ranking changes must clear a 0.5% aggregate improvement on the full suite to ship. Experiments that missed that bar are recorded in [benchmark history](benchmarks-history.md#rejected-ranking-and-chunking-hypotheses-2026-09-01) and in the [architecture decisions](adr/000-decision-summary.md). |
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These pages repeat the same 0.5% ranking threshold. Keep the rule in docs/benchmarks.md and link to it elsewhere. As per path instructions, docs must keep “one fact in exactly one place.”
docs/benchmarks.md#L68-L68: Keep the canonical threshold statement here.CONTRIBUTING.md#L76-L76: Replace the repeated threshold with a link to the canonical rule.docs/benchmarks-history.md#L25-L25: Replace the repeated threshold with a link to the canonical rule.
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Make the cross-platform build command produce the documented image input.
The Docker images are linux/amd64, but this command does not set --platform linux/amd64. On Apple Silicon, it can produce a Linux ARM64 binary. The command also does not create dist/vera, which the preceding Docker build steps require. Add both steps.
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| Both exit with status 1 when a check fails, so `vera doctor && vera index .` stops on a broken setup. Warnings, such as a missing config file or an unindexed directory, leave the exit status at 0. |
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Bare vera setup starts the guided wizard only when interactive prompts are available; otherwise, the CLI errors. State the terminal requirement at each site.
README.md#L41-L41: say to run bare setup in a terminal.packages/npm-cli/README.md#L29-L29: say to run bare setup in a terminal.packages/python-cli/README.md#L29-L29: say to run bare setup in a terminal.
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| **Results are whole functions, not line fragments.** Vera parses files with tree-sitter and indexes functions, classes, methods, structs, and other symbols as separate chunks. 54 of the [65 supported languages](docs/supported-languages.md) get symbol-level chunks; config files, docs, and the rest are split by section, whole file, or line windows. An agent reads the relevant symbol instead of opening the whole file. | ||
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| **It is fast on an ordinary CPU.** On a desktop CPU (Ryzen 7 9800X3D), Vera indexes its own repository (438 files, about 7,900 chunks) in under a second, and a search from the command line returns in about 0.13 seconds, process startup included. `vera update .` and `vera watch .` re-index only the files that changed. |
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P1: `vera setup --onnx-jina-cuda` deletes the manually placed runtime before downloading, so this offline-install flow fails; CUDA 13 also uses `lib/cuda13`, not the documented `lib/cuda` path. Document using `ORT_DYLIB_PATH` for manual CUDA runtimes or change setup so it preserves them.</violation>
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| | Find a definition | `vera structural definitions parse_config` | | ||
| | Find callers, or what a function calls | `vera references parse_config` / `vera references parse_config --callees` | | ||
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+| Find callers, or what a function calls | `vera references parse_config` / `vera references parse_config --callees` |
+| Exact text or regex in indexed files | `vera grep "TODO\|FIXME"` |
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+| Find out why a file is not indexed | `vera explain-path path/to/file` |
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| | Find callers, or what a function calls | `vera references parse_config` / `vera references parse_config --callees` | | ||
| | List routes, env reads, or implementations | `vera structural routes` / `vera structural env` / `vera structural impls Loader` | | ||
| | Exact text or regex in indexed files | `vera grep "TODO\|FIXME"` | |
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+| Exact text or regex in indexed files | `vera grep "TODO\|FIXME"` |
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retrieval.reranking_enabled has defaulted to false since local rerankers screened below the no-reranker ranking, but API setup never set it, so a reranker saved by `vera setup --api` (including the Qwen preset) never ran. API setup now enables reranking exactly when a reranker is configured. Switching to a local backend drops the saved API reranker and turns the flag off with it, unless the shell supplies RERANKER_MODEL_*, so it does not start the slower local CPU reranker. `vera doctor` warns when a reranker endpoint is saved but reranking is off, which covers setups made with earlier versions. Local model load hints no longer name the stale ~/.vera/models/ path.
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| 1. The query enters `search_service.rs`. | ||
| 2. BM25 (`bm25.rs`) and vector search (`vector.rs`) run in parallel. | ||
| 3. Results are fused with RRF in `hybrid.rs`. k defaults to 60 and is set by `retrieval.rrf_k`. `fuse_rrf_multi_weighted` generalizes fusion to N ranked lists. |
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Keep each remaining repeated fact in one canonical page.
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| - Files whose names or paths match query terms get a boost. | ||
| - Chunks that cover more of the query's terms rank higher. | ||
| - Results from the same file reinforce each other, but one file cannot crowd out everything else. | ||
| - Source code ranks above docs and tests, and generated files are left out, unless you ask for them with `--scope` or `--include-generated`. |
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+Source code ranks above docs and tests, and generated files are left out unless you ask for them with `--include-generated`.-Vera ranks source code above docs and tests, and leaves generated files such as minified bundles out of results; use `--scope` or `--include-generated` when you want them. Directories such as `dist`, `build`, and `node_modules` are not indexed at all by default; see [Configuration](configuration.md) to change the exclusions.
+Vera ranks source code above docs and tests, and leaves generated files such as minified bundles out of results; use `--include-generated` when you want them. Use `--scope` to select source, docs, or runtime content. Directories such as `dist`, `build`, and `node_modules` are not indexed at all by default; see [Configuration](configuration.md) to change the exclusions.📍 Affects 2 files
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| A reranker is a cross-encoder: instead of comparing precomputed embeddings, it reads the query and each candidate together and scores how well they match. When enabled, Vera sends the top fused candidates (50 by default) through it and reorders them before code-aware ranking runs. | ||
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| Reranking is off by default. In screening, the tested local rerankers did not beat the code-aware ranking above, and they add latency. The Qwen API reranker did improve results when paired with Qwen embeddings. Obvious filename and path queries skip reranking because keyword evidence already settles them. If the reranker fails, Vera returns the unreranked results and says so. See [models](models.md#reranking). |
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| - Index and update summaries gain request, retry, timeout, and phase-time fields. Existing fields are unchanged. Slow runs print progress lines to stderr even when it is not a terminal; `--no-progress` turns them off. | ||
| - When `retrieval.reranking_enabled` is true but no reranker is configured, or the reranker cannot be built, search prints `reranker unavailable` on stderr and returns unreranked results. | ||
| - Index and update summaries gain request, retry, timeout, and phase-time fields; existing fields are unchanged. Slow runs print progress to stderr even when stderr is not a terminal. `--no-progress` turns this off. | ||
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| Potion Code ([`minishlab/potion-code-16M-v2`](https://huggingface.co/minishlab/potion-code-16M-v2)) is a static embedding model. It runs on the CPU of any supported machine, needs no GPU, no ONNX Runtime, and no API account, and works offline after the first download. | ||
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| API mode works with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The recommended preset is Qwen through OpenRouter (`qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b` for embeddings and `qwen/qwen3-reranker-8b` for reranking, one key, paid usage). On the 320-task Semble subset, this pair with reranking scored 0.8647 nDCG@10 against 0.8538 for the local default, and Recall@1 rose by three percentage points. That was measured on the subset only; see [current results](benchmarks.md#current-results). API mode adds network latency and provider costs, and sends code to the provider (see [API mode](#api-mode)). |
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Identify the provenance of the two local baseline scores.
The scores come from separate benchmark contexts. 0.8538 is the current local-default result, while 0.8540 is the no-reranker baseline from the 2026-08-23 screening. State that distinction in this paragraph so readers do not treat the values as conflicting results from one run.
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Potion Code ([`minishlab/potion-code-16M-v2`](https://huggingface.co/minishlab/potion-code-16M-v2)) is a static embedding model. It runs on the CPU of any supported machine, needs no GPU, no ONNX Runtime, and no API account, and works offline after the first download.
-API mode works with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The recommended preset is Qwen through OpenRouter (`qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b` for embeddings and `qwen/qwen3-reranker-8b` for reranking, one key, paid usage). On the 320-task Semble subset, this pair with reranking scored 0.8647 nDCG@10 against 0.8538 for the local default, and Recall@1 rose by three percentage points. That was measured on the subset only; see [current results](benchmarks.md#current-results). API mode adds network latency and provider costs, and sends code to the provider (see [API mode](#api-mode)).
+API mode works with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The recommended preset is Qwen through OpenRouter (`qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b` for embeddings and `qwen/qwen3-reranker-8b` for reranking, one key, paid usage). On the 320-task Semble subset, this pair with reranking scored 0.8647 nDCG@10 against 0.8538 for the current local default, and Recall@1 rose by three percentage points. The separate 2026-08-23 no-reranker screening used 0.8540 as its local baseline. These measurements cover the subset only; see [current results](benchmarks.md#current-results). API mode adds network latency and provider costs, and sends code to the provider (see [API mode](#api-mode)).
Local backends download their assets into Vera's data directory (see [Installation](installation.md)). Jina ONNX backends also download the matching ONNX Runtime library into `lib/`, and some GPU providers need drivers or Python packages; see [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md#onnx-runtime-or-gpu-backend-fails).
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| API mode works with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The recommended preset is Qwen through OpenRouter (`qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b` for embeddings and `qwen/qwen3-reranker-8b` for reranking, one key, paid usage). On the 320-task Semble subset, this pair with reranking scored 0.8647 nDCG@10 against 0.8538 for the local default, and Recall@1 rose by three percentage points. That was measured on the subset only; see [current results](benchmarks.md#current-results). API mode adds network latency and provider costs, and sends code to the provider (see [API mode](#api-mode)). | |
| API mode works with any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The recommended preset is Qwen through OpenRouter (`qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b` for embeddings and `qwen/qwen3-reranker-8b` for reranking, one key, paid usage). On the 320-task Semble subset, this pair with reranking scored 0.8647 nDCG@10 against 0.8538 for the current local default, and Recall@1 rose by three percentage points. The separate 2026-08-23 no-reranker screening used 0.8540 as its local baseline. These measurements cover the subset only; see [current results](benchmarks.md#current-results). API mode adds network latency and provider costs, and sends code to the provider (see [API mode](#api-mode)). |
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Update the API mode paragraph describing the Qwen preset to identify 0.8538 as
the current local-default result and 0.8540 as the local baseline from the
separate 2026-08-23 no-reranker screening. Keep the Qwen comparison tied to the
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P2: `--scope` does not include generated files: CLI filters default `include_generated` to false, and generated results remain excluded regardless of scope. Require `--include-generated` here and qualify the preceding claim that `all` matches every content class.</violation>
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P3: This overstates the scan-time filter guarantee: `VERA_VECTOR_SCAN=vec0`, disabled filter scanning, and unsupported filters use the fallback path. Qualify the claim to the enabled flat-scan fast path.</violation>
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P2: `--scope` alone never includes generated files; the CLI still sets `include_generated` to false. Say generated files require `--include-generated`.</violation>
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| - `--changed` limits the search to modified, staged, and untracked files; `--base <rev>` to files changed since the merge base with `<rev>` (a branch diff); `--since <rev>` to files changed since `<rev>`. | ||
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| Vera ranks source code above docs and tests, and leaves generated files such as minified bundles out of results; use `--scope` or `--include-generated` when you want them. Directories such as `dist`, `build`, and `node_modules` are not indexed at all by default; see [Configuration](configuration.md) to change the exclusions. |
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P2: --scope does not include generated files: CLI filters default include_generated to false, and generated results remain excluded regardless of scope. Require --include-generated here and qualify the preceding claim that all matches every content class.
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<comment>`--scope` does not include generated files: CLI filters default `include_generated` to false, and generated results remain excluded regardless of scope. Require `--include-generated` here and qualify the preceding claim that `all` matches every content class.</comment>
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+- `--changed` limits the search to modified, staged, and untracked files; `--base <rev>` to files changed since the merge base with `<rev>` (a branch diff); `--since <rev>` to files changed since `<rev>`.
-Vera ranks source code above docs, tests, and generated files by default. Docs, tests, and generated files that are indexed still appear lower down; use `--scope` or `--include-generated` to bring them forward. Directories such as `dist`, `build`, and `node_modules` are not indexed at all by default; see [Configuration](configuration.md) to change the exclusions.
+Vera ranks source code above docs and tests, and leaves generated files such as minified bundles out of results; use `--scope` or `--include-generated` when you want them. Directories such as `dist`, `build`, and `node_modules` are not indexed at all by default; see [Configuration](configuration.md) to change the exclusions.
## Callers and same-named symbols
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| - Files whose names or paths match query terms get a boost. | ||
| - Chunks that cover more of the query's terms rank higher. | ||
| - Results from the same file reinforce each other, but one file cannot crowd out everything else. | ||
| - Source code ranks above docs and tests, and generated files are left out, unless you ask for them with `--scope` or `--include-generated`. |
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P2: --scope alone never includes generated files; the CLI still sets include_generated to false. Say generated files require --include-generated.
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<comment>`--scope` alone never includes generated files; the CLI still sets `include_generated` to false. Say generated files require `--include-generated`.</comment>
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- Chunks that cover more of the query's terms rank higher.
- Results from the same file reinforce each other, but one file cannot crowd out everything else.
-- Source code ranks above docs, tests, and generated files unless you ask for those with `--scope` or `--include-generated`.
+- Source code ranks above docs and tests, and generated files are left out, unless you ask for them with `--scope` or `--include-generated`.
- For broad questions, Vera keeps a deeper candidate pool so that the right class or `impl` block is not pushed out by a small helper function.
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| - Source code ranks above docs and tests, and generated files are left out, unless you ask for them with `--scope` or `--include-generated`. | |
| - Source code ranks above docs and tests, and generated files are left out unless you pass `--include-generated`. |
| - noisy test and docs matches | ||
| - broad natural-language queries that need structural results instead of tiny helpers | ||
| - same-file and cross-file answer completion | ||
| **Vector index.** Each chunk is turned into an embedding, a list of numbers that places code with similar meaning close together. The query is embedded the same way, and Vera finds the nearest chunks with an exact scan over a memory-mapped vector file using SIMD instructions (by default; `VERA_VECTOR_SCAN=vec0` selects sqlite-vec instead). This finds "authentication middleware" even when the code never uses those words. When a search has `--lang` or `--path` filters, the scan skips ineligible chunks as it goes rather than filtering afterward. |
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P3: This overstates the scan-time filter guarantee: VERA_VECTOR_SCAN=vec0, disabled filter scanning, and unsupported filters use the fallback path. Qualify the claim to the enabled flat-scan fast path.
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**Keyword index (BM25).** A Tantivy full-text index over chunk content, symbol names, and file paths, with identifier-aware tokenization (so `parseConfig` and `parse_config` both match "parse config") and stemming. It is what makes exact names, config keys, and file names easy to find.
-**Vector index.** Each chunk is turned into an embedding, a list of numbers that places code with similar meaning close together. The query is embedded the same way, and Vera finds the nearest chunks with an exact scan over a memory-mapped vector file using SIMD instructions. This finds "authentication middleware" even when the code never uses those words. When a search has `--lang` or `--path` filters, the scan skips ineligible chunks as it goes rather than filtering afterward.
+**Vector index.** Each chunk is turned into an embedding, a list of numbers that places code with similar meaning close together. The query is embedded the same way, and Vera finds the nearest chunks with an exact scan over a memory-mapped vector file using SIMD instructions (by default; `VERA_VECTOR_SCAN=vec0` selects sqlite-vec instead). This finds "authentication middleware" even when the code never uses those words. When a search has `--lang` or `--path` filters, the scan skips ineligible chunks as it goes rather than filtering afterward.
Neither index is enough alone. Keyword search misses code described in different words; embedding search is weak on exact identifiers. Running both covers each one's blind spots.
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| **Vector index.** Each chunk is turned into an embedding, a list of numbers that places code with similar meaning close together. The query is embedded the same way, and Vera finds the nearest chunks with an exact scan over a memory-mapped vector file using SIMD instructions (by default; `VERA_VECTOR_SCAN=vec0` selects sqlite-vec instead). This finds "authentication middleware" even when the code never uses those words. When a search has `--lang` or `--path` filters, the scan skips ineligible chunks as it goes rather than filtering afterward. | |
| **Vector index.** Each chunk is turned into an embedding, a list of numbers that places code with similar meaning close together. The query is embedded the same way, and Vera finds the nearest chunks with an exact scan over a memory-mapped vector file using SIMD instructions (by default; `VERA_VECTOR_SCAN=vec0` selects sqlite-vec instead). This finds "authentication middleware" even when the code never uses those words. With the default flat scan and scan-time filtering enabled, eligible `--lang` and `--path` filters skip ineligible chunks during the scan; other modes use the normal fetch-and-filter path. |
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fix(setup):
retrieval.reranking_enableddefaults to false, andvera setup --api/vera backend --apinever set it, so a saved API reranker (including the Qwen preset) never ran.RERANKER_MODEL_*), so it does not start the slower local CPU reranker. A local reranking opt-in without a saved API reranker is kept.vera doctorwarns (not fails) when a reranker endpoint is saved but reranking is off, covering setups made with earlier versions.~/.vera/models/path.docs: rewrite of README, docs/, package READMEs, CONTRIBUTING, AGENT-USAGE. Corrects stale commands and paths (Docker
-w /workspace, model cache layout, nonexistent commands and types) and adds v2.1.4 release notes.Checks:
cargo fmt --check,cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -D warnings,cargo test --workspacepass locally; end-to-endvera setup --api --yeswith reranker env now savesreranking_enabled = true, andvera doctorshows the new warning when it is off.Summary by cubic
Fixes API setup so a reranker saved by
vera setup --apiorvera backend --apiactually runs during search, rewrites the user-facing documentation, and bumpsrustlsto clear the latest cargo-deny advisories.Behavior
RERANKER_MODEL_*, so it does not start the slower local CPU reranker.vera doctornow warns (not fails) when a reranker is saved but reranking is off, covering setups made with earlier versions.~/.vera/models/path.Docs
docs/, package READMEs, CONTRIBUTING, and AGENT-USAGE to correct stale commands and paths, and added v2.1.4 release notes.rustlsto 0.23.46 for RUSTSEC-2026-0346 through 0349.Written for commit 9b5429e. Summary will update on new commits.
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Bug Fixes
vera doctorwarns when a saved reranker is not active.Documentation
fix(deps): rustls 0.23.45 -> 0.23.46 for RUSTSEC-2026-0346, 0347, 0348, 0349 (cargo-deny advisories failed CI).
Docs also address the verified review-bot findings (pipeline order, scope filtering, Semble matching granularity, musl on x86_64 only, CUDA 13.1 driver, manual ONNX Runtime via ORT_DYLIB_PATH, and others).