fix: deterministic tiebreak for ranked file/dir results (#900) - #903
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Equal score + mtime left sort_and_paginate without a total order, so parallel matching order leaked into results and select_nth_unstable picked different tied subsets per page. Break ties by item address (index order in the files slice). Closes #900
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughDirectory and file result sorting now use pointer order to break ties after their existing sort keys. A test checks whether tied file results keep the same order across shuffled inputs and paginated offsets. ChangesScore sorting
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to When watcher updates are incorporated by a rescan, tied files or directories can shift between pages even if the results are otherwise unchanged. This is a bounded pagination risk with localized fixes. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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1522-1558: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a directory-tie test.
The file test checks pointer ordering after shuffling references; the single
Vecdoes not make that check pass for the stated reason. Overflow files use the sameStableVecand file sorter, so they do not need a separate pointer-tie case. The directory sorter has its own pointer tie-break, but the existing pagination test uses distinct scores. Add equivalent coverage for directory results.🐛 Suggested fix
@@ + #[test] + fn tied_dir_scores_paginate_deterministically() { + let dirs: Vec<_> = (0..3000) + .map(|_| DirItem::new(crate::simd_path::ChunkedString::empty(), 0)) + .collect(); + let parser = QueryParser::default(); + let query = parser.parse(""); + let page = |shuffle: usize, offset: usize| { + let mut results: Vec<_> = + dirs.iter().map(|dir| (dir, Score::default())).collect(); + results.rotate_left(shuffle); + results.reverse(); + let context = ScoringContext { + query: &query, + max_threads: 1, + max_typos: 0, + project_path: None, + current_file: None, + last_same_query_match: None, + combo_boost_score_multiplier: 0, + min_combo_count: 0, + pagination: PaginationArgs { offset, limit: 8 }, + }; + sort_and_paginate_dirs(results, &context).0 + }; + for offset in [0, 8, 16] { + let expected: Vec<_> = dirs[offset..offset + 8].iter().collect(); + for shuffle in [0, 7, 1500, 2999] { + assert!( + page(shuffle, offset) + .iter() + .zip(&expected) + .all(|(a, b)| std::ptr::eq(*a, *b)), + "offset={offset} shuffle={shuffle}" + ); + } + } + } + #[test] fn merge_offsets_reuses_storage() {🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @crates/fff-core/src/score.rs:
- Around line 1141-1142: Update the tie-breaker in the score comparator after
the equal-score and equal-mtime checks to compare a stable logical file key
rather than the FileItem address. Use the existing file identity symbol
available on FileItem, keeping the ordering deterministic across index rebuilds.
- Around line 645-655: Update the tie-breaker in the `compare` closure to
compare each `DirItem`’s relative path instead of its pointer address. Keep the
score ordering and partial-sort behavior unchanged so tied directory results
have consistent ordering across watcher updates and rescans.
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Review comments at @crates/fff-core/src/score.rs:
- Around line 1522-1558: Add a directory tie-pagination test alongside
tied_scores_paginate_deterministically, using equal-scored DirItem references
and varied input rotations to verify sort_and_paginate_dirs returns the same
pointer-ordered pages for offsets 0, 8, and 16.
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| let compare = |a: &(&DirItem, Score), b: &(&DirItem, Score)| { | ||
| b.1.total | ||
| .cmp(&a.1.total) | ||
| .then_with(|| std::ptr::from_ref(a.0).cmp(&std::ptr::from_ref(b.0))) | ||
| }; | ||
| if use_partial_sort { | ||
| results.select_nth_unstable_by(items_needed - 1, |a, b| b.1.total.cmp(&a.1.total)); | ||
| results.select_nth_unstable_by(items_needed - 1, compare); | ||
| results.truncate(items_needed); | ||
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| sort_with_buffer(&mut results, |a, b| b.1.total.cmp(&a.1.total)); | ||
| sort_with_buffer(&mut results, compare); |
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Use a stable path tie-break for directory results. Watcher additions append new directories in event order, while a rescan rebuilds the directory table in sorted path order. StableVec pointer order follows slots, so when the same directories remain tied and the offset cuts through that group, the same query can return a different page. Compare relative paths instead.
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Review comment at @crates/fff-core/src/score.rs around lines 645 - 655:
Update the tie-breaker in the `compare` closure to compare each `DirItem`’s
relative path instead of its pointer address. Keep the score ordering and
partial-sort behavior unchanged so tied directory results have consistent
ordering across watcher updates and rescans.
After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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| // Total order: parallel matching yields scheduling-dependent input order. | ||
| .then_with(|| std::ptr::from_ref(a.0).cmp(&std::ptr::from_ref(b.0))) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Tie by file identity, not address.
When a watcher appends a matching file and a full rescan rebuilds the index, the same logical files can occupy different slots. This comparator orders equal-score, equal-mtime items by FileItem address, so the same query and offset can return a different file. Use a stable logical file key for this tie-break.
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Review comment at @crates/fff-core/src/score.rs around lines 1141 - 1142:
Update the tie-breaker in the score comparator after the equal-score and
equal-mtime checks to compare a stable logical file key rather than the FileItem
address. Use the existing file identity symbol available on FileItem, keeping
the ordering deterministic across index rebuilds.
After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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Closes #900
Root cause
sort_and_paginate(crates/fff-core/src/score.rs:1136) compares onlytotalthenmodified. When both are equal the order comes from the input, and the input is built by work-stealing chunks:match_file_rangehere, and frizbee'smatch_range_parallel_resolvedfor <32k files. Chunk order depends on scheduling. With ties,select_nth_unstable_by(k)also returns a different tied subset for eachk, so offset pages are not guaranteed to continue each other.sort_and_paginate_dirshas the same problem withtotalonly.Fix
Add a final tiebreak on the
FileItem/DirItemaddress. All items come from one slice, so this is index order: a total order that costs one pointer compare, and only on exact ties. Matching code is unchanged, so this adds no extra pass.@dmtrKovalenko: the old comment said overflow files win exact ties because they come first in the input. They now lose exact ties to base files on address. In practice overflow files have newer mtime, and the
modifiedkey already ranks them first. Stale-cursor -> page-1 reset infff-mcp/src/cursor.rsis not touched.Steps to reproduce
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target/release/fff-mcp /tmp/c --no-watchover stdio and sendtools/call find_files {"query":"LICENSE","maxResults":5}6 times.Expected: same first row every call and across restarts.
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main:How verified
score::tests::tied_scores_paginate_deterministically: shuffled tied input, pages at offset 0/8/16 must equal index order. It fails onmainand passes with the fix.cargo test -p fff-search --lib: 209 passed.cargo clippy -p fff-search: no new warnings.Automated triage via Gustav. Honk-Honk 🪿
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