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. The orchestrator normalizes filters and prevents duplicate recovery dispatches for attempted probe-only engines. ChangesSearch engine filtering
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Engine selection now scopes cache keys and search dispatches, but a specialized search that falls back to general results may invoke engines the caller did not select. This violates the filter contract and should be fixed before merge. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SearchInput
participant CoreProvider
participant SearchCache
participant Orchestrator
participant SearchEngines
SearchInput->>CoreProvider: provide search_engines
CoreProvider->>SearchCache: build key with normalized search_engines
CoreProvider->>Orchestrator: pass search_engines as engineFilter
Orchestrator->>SearchEngines: dispatch filtered primary and fallback waves
Orchestrator->>SearchEngines: dispatch filtered recovery and backfill 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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1. Probe-only filter match (Major): selecting a configured probe-only engine (e.g. Mojeek with searchMojeekProbeOnly) no longer triggers the full-primary-roster fallback; the probe-only engine is dispatched instead. Full-roster fallback now only fires when the filter matches no configured engine at all. 2. Cache key normalisation (Minor): search_engines is now normalised (trim, lowercase, dedupe, sort) before fingerprinting, shared with hasAnyFilter, so casing/order/duplicate lists dispatching the same engine set produce identical cache keys.
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Addressed both CodeRabbit findings in commit fcf468c:
Tests: 3 new orchestrator regression tests (probe-only selection, unknown-engine fallback, mixed primary+probe selection) + 2 new cache-key tests. All pass locally; |
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In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts`:
- Around line 390-391: Normalize engineFilter entries by trimming whitespace
before the allowlist gates and engine matching, and treat a list containing only
blank values as no filter. Ensure the normalized value is used for dispatch so
padded names cannot select or cache the wrong roster, and add a regression test
covering a whitespace-padded valid engine name.
- Line 401: The recovery roster must exclude probe-only engines already used for
the primary attempt, preventing the selected engine from being dispatched twice
when it produces zero results. Update the recovery logic around the
probeAllowlisted-to-entries assignment and the probeEntries roster to filter
those attempted engines while retaining explicitly skipped engines, and add a
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…spatch in recovery Addresses the two CodeRabbit findings on PR KnockOutEZ#521 (2026-09-01): 1. Major (orchestrator.ts:391): normalise engineFilter ONCE up front (trim, lowercase, dedupe, sort) via a shared normaliseEngineList (src/util/engine-list.ts) used by BOTH the cache-key fingerprint and every allowlist gate (primary, probe fallback, recovery, starvation backfill). A whitespace-padded valid value like [' duckduckgo '] now dispatches only that engine — before, it missed the raw allowlist and dispatched the full roster, which the cache layer then filed under the trimmed single-engine key. An all-blank list normalises to null, i.e. no filter. 2. Minor (orchestrator.ts:401): engines that received an attempted (non-skipped) primary dispatch are excluded from the probe recovery roster — a selected probe-only engine returning zero results no longer triggers a second external request + recovery wait against the same engine. Skipped (breaker-open) engines stay eligible; a name-dedupe also covers the skipped-probe appearing in both lists. Tests: 3 new orchestrator regressions (padded valid name, all-blank filter, zero-result probe-only). tsc --noEmit clean; orchestrator suite 68/68 green.
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Addressed both new CodeRabbit findings in commit a3cee9c:
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In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts`:
- Line 397: Preserve the recognized engineFilter state when the orchestrator
recursively falls back to category general after a specialized engine returns no
results, so the fallback cannot restore the full general roster. Update the
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excluded from the general roster, asserting that no unselected general engine
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| // 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. | ||
| const engineAllowlist = normaliseEngineList(input.engineFilter); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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Keep a recognized engineFilter restricted after category fallback.
If a specialized engine matches engineFilter but returns no results, the fallback to category: 'general' can treat the filter as unmatched and restore the full general roster. Preserve the recognized-filter state across recursion. Add a regression test that uses an engine absent from the general roster and asserts that no unselected general engine runs.
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In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts` at line 397, Preserve the recognized
engineFilter state when the orchestrator recursively falls back to category
general after a specialized engine returns no results, so the fallback cannot
restore the full general roster. Update the logic around normaliseEngineList and
add a regression test using an engine excluded from the general roster,
asserting that no unselected general engine executes.
After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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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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