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docs: document known search bugs and add km examples E2E test
Created KNOWN-ISSUES.md documenting all bugs discovered via E2E testing: 1. NOT operator doesn't exclude matches - SQLite FTS5 limitation 2. Quoted phrases don't escape operators - tokenizer issue 3. Field queries with quoted values fail - FTS syntax issue 4. Reserved words unsearchable - tokenizer treats as keywords Fixed: JSON examples now display correctly with Markup.Escape() Added: ExamplesCommandOutputTest verifies km examples executes and outputs all sections correctly. All bugs documented with examples, root causes, and required fixes. Total tests: 503 (214 Main + 289 Core), all passing Coverage: 83.82%
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# Known Issues and Limitations
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## Search Functionality
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### 1. NOT Operator Doesn't Exclude Matches
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**Status:** Known bug, not yet fixed
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**Issue:** Queries like `"foo NOT bar"` should find documents containing "foo" but not "bar". Currently, it returns documents containing both.
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**Example:**
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```bash
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km put "foo and bar together"
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km put "only foo here"
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km search "foo NOT bar"
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# Expected: 1 result (only foo here)
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# Actual: 2 results (both documents)
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```
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**Root Cause:**
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- FTS query extraction passes `"NOT (bar)"` to SQLite FTS5
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- SQLite FTS5's NOT operator support is limited/broken
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- No LINQ post-filtering is applied to exclude NOT terms
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- The architecture assumes FTS handles all logic, but NOT needs LINQ filtering
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**Workaround:** None currently. Avoid using NOT operator.
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**Fix Required:**
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1. Split query: extract positive terms for FTS, negative terms for filtering
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2. Apply LINQ filter to FTS results using QueryLinqBuilder
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3. Filter out documents matching NOT terms
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**Files Affected:**
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- `src/Core/Search/NodeSearchService.cs:190` - ExtractLogical NOT handling
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- Need to add LINQ filtering after line 89
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---
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### 2. Quoted Phrases Don't Escape Operators
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**Status:** Known bug, not yet fixed
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**Issue:** Cannot search for literal phrases containing reserved words like "AND", "OR", "NOT".
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**Example:**
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```bash
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km put "Meeting with Alice AND Bob"
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km search '"Alice AND Bob"'
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# Expected: Find the document
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# Actual: Parser error or incorrect results
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```
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**Root Cause:**
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- Quoted strings should treat content literally
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- Current parser/tokenizer doesn't properly handle operator escaping within quotes
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- May be FTS query generation issue
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**Workaround:** Rephrase searches to avoid reserved words.
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**Fix Required:** Investigate tokenizer and FTS query extraction for quoted phrases.
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### 3. Field Queries with Quoted Values Fail
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**Status:** Known bug, not yet fixed
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**Issue:** Field-specific queries with quoted values containing special characters fail.
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**Example:**
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```bash
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km put "user:password format"
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km search 'content:"user:password"'
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# Expected: Find the document
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# Actual: SQLite error "unknown special query"
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```
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**Root Cause:**
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- Quoted values after field prefix (`content:"..."`) generate invalid FTS queries
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- FTS syntax may not support this pattern
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- Need investigation of FTS query generation
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**Workaround:** Search without field prefix or without quotes.
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### 4. Reserved Words Cannot Be Searched
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**Status:** Known limitation
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**Issue:** Cannot search for the literal words "AND", "OR", "NOT" even with quotes.
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**Example:**
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```bash
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km put "this is NOT important"
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km search "NOT"
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# Expected: Find the document
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# Actual: Parser error "Unexpected end of query"
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```
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**Root Cause:**
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- Tokenizer treats AND/OR/NOT as reserved keywords (case-insensitive)
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- Even quoted, they're tokenized as operators
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- Parser expects operands after NOT
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**Workaround:** None. These words cannot be searched.
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**Fix Required:**
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- Tokenizer must recognize quotes and treat content literally
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- Major parser refactoring needed
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---
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## Testing Gaps
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These bugs were discovered through comprehensive E2E testing. Previous tests only verified:
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- ✅ AST structure correctness
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- ✅ LINQ expression building
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- ✅ Direct FTS calls
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But did NOT test:
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- ❌ Full pipeline: Parse → Extract FTS → Search → Filter → Rank
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- ❌ Default settings (MinRelevance=0.3)
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- ❌ Actual result verification
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**Lesson:** Exit code testing and structure testing are insufficient. Must test actual behavior with real data.
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## Resolved Issues
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### BM25 Score Normalization (FIXED)
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- **Issue:** All searches returned 0 results despite FTS finding matches
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- **Cause:** BM25 scores (~0.000001) filtered by MinRelevance=0.3
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- **Fix:** Exponential normalization maps [-10, 0][0.37, 1.0]
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- **Commit:** 4cb283e
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### Field-Specific Equal Operator (FIXED)
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- **Issue:** `content:summaries` failed with SQLite error
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- **Cause:** Equal operator didn't extract FTS queries
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- **Fix:** ExtractComparison now handles both Contains and Equal
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- **Commit:** 59bf3f2

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