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  • New Features

    • Exact-match knowledge-base searches now support a configurable candidate limit.
    • The default limit is 1,000 candidates, with an absolute maximum of 5,000.
    • Administrators can configure the limit through the knowledge-base settings.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid candidate-limit settings now fall back safely within the supported range.
    • Large exact-match searches now return a clear request error when they exceed the allowed candidate limit.

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The exact-match retrieval path reads a configurable candidate cap, clamps it to a hard ceiling, limits SQL results, detects overflow, and filters matches by DINO score after retrieval.

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Exact-match candidate safety

Layer / File(s) Summary
Candidate cap configuration and controller wiring
wavefront/server/apps/floware/floware/config.ini, wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py, wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py
Adds the KB_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES setting, default and hard-ceiling constants, cap resolution, and controller wiring for exact_match_dino.
Capped exact-match query and post-query filtering
wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/queries/generate_query.py, wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py
Replaces the count pre-check with SQL-side candidate capping. The query fetches one extra row for overflow detection. The service raises HTTP 422 on overflow and applies the DINO threshold in Python.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Controller
  participant ImageRagRetrieve
  participant QueryGenerator
  participant KnowledgeBaseRepository
  Controller->>ImageRagRetrieve: Pass resolved max_candidates
  ImageRagRetrieve->>QueryGenerator: Build capped exact-match query
  QueryGenerator-->>ImageRagRetrieve: Return query with fetch_limit
  ImageRagRetrieve->>KnowledgeBaseRepository: Execute query
  KnowledgeBaseRepository-->>ImageRagRetrieve: Return capped rows
  ImageRagRetrieve-->>Controller: Reject overflow or return threshold matches
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A misconfigured negative candidate cap can disable exact-match retrieval. Normalize or reject negative values before merging.

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Inline comments:
In
`@wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py`:
- Line 226: Normalize non-positive candidate caps to
DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES before applying EXACT_MATCH_HARD_CEILING in
the controller’s cap calculation at
wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py:226-226.
Apply the same positive-value normalization for direct callers in the image
retrieval service at
wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py:153-156,
preserving the existing cap behavior for positive values.

In
`@wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/queries/generate_query.py`:
- Around line 527-530: Update the candidate-count query in the exact-match flow
to count rows from knowledge_base_embeddings joined with
knowledge_base_documents on the document relationship, while retaining the
knowledge-base and filter conditions. Ensure the count reflects embedding rows
scored by get_image_embedding_dino_exact_match rather than document rows.

In
`@wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py`:
- Around line 173-176: Update the retrieval flow around
knowledge_base_embeddings_repository.execute_query so the cap count and exact
query share one repeatable-read database snapshot after the embedding is
fetched. Keep the count and candidate selection within the same transaction, or
enforce the cap atomically in one SQL operation, ensuring concurrent inserts
cannot make the exact query process more than effective_cap candidates.

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except (TypeError, ValueError):
configured_cap = DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES
return min(configured_cap, EXACT_MATCH_HARD_CEILING)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize non-positive candidate caps.

If KB_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES=-1, the controller returns -1 and the service retains it. Then even a zero candidate count is greater than the cap, so every exact-match request returns HTTP 422.

  • wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py#L226-L226: replace non-positive configured values with DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES before applying the hard ceiling.
  • wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py#L153-L156: enforce the same positive-value invariant for direct callers.
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  • wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py#L226-L226 (this comment)
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In
`@wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py`
at line 226, Normalize non-positive candidate caps to
DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES before applying EXACT_MATCH_HARD_CEILING in
the controller’s cap calculation at
wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/controllers/rag_retreival_controller.py:226-226.
Apply the same positive-value normalization for direct callers in the image
retrieval service at
wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py:153-156,
preserving the existing cap behavior for positive values.

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In
`@wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py`:
- Around line 158-161: Validate candidate caps as positive before use in both
_resolve_exact_match_candidate_cap and exact_match_dino, falling back to the
existing default for zero or negative values. Ensure the normalized cap is used
when generating the query and applying its fetch limit, while preserving the
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Comment on lines +158 to +161
effective_cap = min(
max_candidates or DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES,
EXACT_MATCH_HARD_CEILING,
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate non-positive candidate caps before generating the query.

The controller accepts negative knowledge_base.exact_match_max_candidates values. For -1, both cap calculations preserve -1. The query then binds fetch_limit = 0; when the query path runs, the empty result satisfies len(raw_rows) > -1 and raises HTTP 422. Values below -1 produce a negative LIMIT, which PostgreSQL rejects.

Use the default for non-positive values in both _resolve_exact_match_candidate_cap and exact_match_dino.

Proposed fix
-        configured_cap = int(
-            knowledge_base_config.get('exact_match_max_candidates')
-            or DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES
-        )
+        configured_cap = int(
+            knowledge_base_config.get('exact_match_max_candidates')
+            or DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES
+        )
+        if configured_cap <= 0:
+            configured_cap = DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES
-        effective_cap = min(
-            max_candidates or DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES,
-            EXACT_MATCH_HARD_CEILING,
-        )
+        requested_cap = (
+            max_candidates
+            if max_candidates is not None and max_candidates > 0
+            else DEFAULT_EXACT_MATCH_MAX_CANDIDATES
+        )
+        effective_cap = min(requested_cap, EXACT_MATCH_HARD_CEILING)
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In
`@wavefront/server/modules/knowledge_base_module/knowledge_base_module/services/image_rag_retrieve.py`
around lines 158 - 161, Validate candidate caps as positive before use in both
_resolve_exact_match_candidate_cap and exact_match_dino, falling back to the
existing default for zero or negative values. Ensure the normalized cap is used
when generating the query and applying its fetch limit, while preserving the
hard ceiling behavior for valid positive values.

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