fix(search): wire search_engines parameter through to engine dispatch - #414
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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
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesSearch engine filtering
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Filtered searches can still run unselected engines or return cached results from unfiltered searches, causing incorrect results and engine reporting. The PR is not merge-ready until these bounded filtering and cache-key issues are corrected. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CoreSearchProvider
participant SearchCache
participant Orchestrator
participant SearchEngines
CoreSearchProvider->>SearchCache: build key with search_engines
CoreSearchProvider->>Orchestrator: runV1Search with engineFilter
Orchestrator->>SearchEngines: dispatch filtered roster
SearchEngines-->>Orchestrator: search results
Orchestrator-->>CoreSearchProvider: aggregated results
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In `@src/search/core/core-provider.ts`:
- Line 398: Update buildSearchCacheKey and its callers to include a normalized
input.search_engines value, ensuring filtered and unfiltered requests produce
distinct cache keys. Preserve existing cache behavior while preventing results
or engines_used from an allowlisted request being served from an incompatible
cached response, and add coverage for both cache-hit paths.
In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts`:
- Around line 372-385: The engineFilter allowlist currently affects only primary
entries; apply the same case-insensitive filtering and no-match fallback to
probeEntries used by the recovery wave and to the general-engine list used for
starvation backfill. Update the relevant recovery and backfill dispatch paths
while preserving selected engines across every wave and avoiding unfiltered
engines in enginesUsed.
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… 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
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In `@src/cache/store.ts`:
- Around line 404-406: Update hasAnyFilter in buildSearchCacheKey to include
whether filters.search_engines contains at least one entry, using the existing
optional-filter semantics; preserve the current cache-key fingerprinting for all
other filters.
In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts`:
- Around line 310-314: The allowlist fallback in applyEngineAllowlist must be
evaluated against the full engine roster, not each dispatch subset. Determine
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and backfill wave with those matches without subset-level fallback, and add a
dispatch path so allowlists containing only probe engines still execute their
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| search_engines: filters!.search_engines && filters!.search_engines.length > 0 | ||
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Include search_engines in hasAnyFilter.
When search_engines is the only filter, hasAnyFilter returns false because it omits this field. buildSearchCacheKey then returns the bare query at Line 391, so the fingerprint at Lines 404-406 is never used.
A cached unfiltered response can therefore satisfy a filtered request and return results and engines_used from unselected engines. Add (filters.search_engines?.length ?? 0) > 0 to hasAnyFilter.
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In `@src/cache/store.ts` around lines 404 - 406, Update hasAnyFilter in
buildSearchCacheKey to include whether filters.search_engines contains at least
one entry, using the existing optional-filter semantics; preserve the current
cache-key fingerprinting for all other filters.
| function applyEngineAllowlist(entries: EngineEntry[], allowlist: string[]): EngineEntry[] { | ||
| const lowered = allowlist.map((n) => n.toLowerCase()); | ||
| const filtered = entries.filter((e) => lowered.includes(e.engine.name.toLowerCase())); | ||
| return filtered.length > 0 ? filtered : entries; | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Compute the no-match fallback at roster scope.
applyEngineAllowlist falls back to its entries argument when that subset has no match. The caller invokes it after removing probeOnly entries and again on recovery and backfill subsets.
When searchMojeekProbeOnly is enabled and engineFilter contains only mojeek, the primary subset has no match. Line 313 then returns every primary engine. The request dispatches unselected engines. The inverse occurs when a selected primary engine is absent from a recovery subset containing only probe engines.
Determine whether the allowlist matches allEntries once. If it matches, filter every dispatch wave without falling back. Also provide a dispatch path for an allowlist that selects only probe engines.
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In `@src/search/core/orchestrator.ts` around lines 310 - 314, The allowlist
fallback in applyEngineAllowlist must be evaluated against the full engine
roster, not each dispatch subset. Determine once whether engineFilter matches
allEntries, filter every primary, recovery, and backfill wave with those matches
without subset-level fallback, and add a dispatch path so allowlists containing
only probe engines still execute their selected engines.
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Two findings from the latest coderabbitai pass that still need addressing:
1. hasAnyFilter omits search_engines (src/cache/store.ts)
When search_engines is the only filter, hasAnyFilter returns false and buildSearchCacheKey returns the bare query — so a filtered request can match an unfiltered cache entry. Add the check:
(filters.search_engines?.length ?? 0) > 02. applyEngineAllowlist fallback defeats the filter on recovery + backfill waves (src/search/core/orchestrator.ts)
The function falls back to its full entries argument when the allowlist matches nothing. On the primary wave that's fine (fall back to full roster), but on recovery and general-backfill waves it silently re-introduces engines the caller excluded. Fix: return empty array when no match, and handle the full-roster fallback explicitly at the primary-wave call site:
function applyEngineAllowlist(entries: EngineEntry[], allowlist: string[]): EngineEntry[] {
const lowered = allowlist.map((n) => n.toLowerCase());
return entries.filter((e) => lowered.includes(e.engine.name.toLowerCase()));
}Then at the primary wave:
if (input.engineFilter && input.engineFilter.length > 0) {
const allowlisted = applyEngineAllowlist(entries, input.engineFilter);
if (allowlisted.length > 0) {
entries = allowlisted;
}
}Both are straightforward. Happy to discuss if the fallback semantics need adjustment.
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Summary
The
search_enginesparameter was declared in the MCP schema and CLI help text but never consumed — passing--search-engines=duckduckgoorsearch_engines: ["duckduckgo"]via MCP had no effect on which engines ran.Closes #303
What changed
engineFiltertoOrchestratorInput— a caller-supplied engine allowlistrunV1Searchnow filters the vertical's engine roster by name (case-insensitive) whenengineFilteris providedcore-providerpassesSearchInput.search_enginesthrough asengineFilteron both the initial dispatch and the low-recall retry path--search-engines=a,balready works via the schema-driven flag bridge (no code change needed there)Tests
5 new tests in
tests/unit/search/v1/orchestrator.test.ts:engineFilteris providedengineFilteris emptyengineFilteris undefinedAll 62 orchestrator tests pass. Full search suite: 1420 passed (4 pre-existing failures in
general.test.tsunrelated to this change).Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Bug Fixes