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feat(SESF-101): raise the recency weight for temporal queries - #120
SESF-101: raise the hybrid recency weight for queries that ask for the latest state.
Changes
rag_engine.is_temporal_query: whole-word cues (latest, most recent, newest, recent, recently, last time, current, currently, now, today, yesterday, this week).
search ranks a temporal hybrid query with SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT (default 0.7) through a new recency_weight override on _rank_results. Relevance and recency sorts are unchanged.
reranker.rerank(..., fuse=True) fuses the rerank order with the hybrid order by RRF k=10 for both kinds, so jina keeps the recency signal on temporal queries.
New tests/test_temporal_ranking.py (written first): cue matching, settings, the override, search wiring per sort, jina fusion, signals line.
tests/test_ranking_settings.py and the stub_rag_engine ranking stub carry the new key.
ruff check . clean; pytest -rs 1,095 passed, 122 skipped locally (Postgres tests without a DSN).
Measurement
In-process against the live index with jina, 12 temporal queries of the private eval set (other groups have no cue and are identical):
Variant
Temporal MRR
nDCG@10
0.14.1
0.738
0.477
weight 0.3, fused
0.699
0.488
weight 0.5, fused
0.750
0.513
weight 0.5, not fused
0.722
0.498
weight 0.7, fused (default)
0.757
0.528
tm-07 misses in every variant: at 0.7 its top 8 are the Oct 27 cutover turns from other sessions, and the labeled session ranks 9. The deployed eval runs after merge.
Version: 0.15.0 (minor): adds the SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT env var and changes hybrid ranking for temporal queries.
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New Features
Searches for recent or time-sensitive information now apply temporal ranking and combine results using reciprocal-rank fusion.
Results for these searches display a “Temporal: yes” signal, and the health endpoint reports the temporal ranking weight.
Administrators can configure the temporal ranking weight; it defaults to 0.7.
Bug Fixes
Existing ranking behavior for other searches and relevance- or recency-sorted results remains unchanged.
… latest state
A hybrid search whose query has a temporal cue (latest, most recent, now and
similar, whole words) ranks with SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT (0.7)
instead of the global 0.15, and the reranker fuses with that hybrid order by
RRF so jina does not discard the recency signal. /health reports the weight
and results print Temporal: yes.
In-process on the eval set with jina: temporal MRR 0.738 to 0.757, nDCG@10
0.477 to 0.528; weight 0.3 scored 0.699, 0.5 scored 0.750, and 0.5 without
fusion 0.722. Other groups are unchanged.
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Review comments at @rag_engine.py:
- Around line 1493-1495: Complete the public docstring for is_temporal_query by
documenting its query argument, stating that None is treated as an empty query,
and explaining that the boolean result is True when a temporal cue is present
and False otherwise.
Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 72: Update the SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT description to specify
that it applies to hybrid searches, and clarify that other hybrid searches use
SESSIONFLOW_RECENCY_WEIGHT.
Review comments at @reranker.py:
- Line 152: Annotate the lock parameter in rerank with threading.Lock, using the
existing module import and future annotations. Add a Google-style Returns
section to rerank’s docstring that explicitly describes the reranked rows,
unchanged ordering past the limit, and the original rows returned if scoring
fails.
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Walkthrough
Hybrid searches with whole-word temporal cues use a separate recency weight and enable reciprocal-rank fusion. Ranking settings and formatted results report temporal information. The release updates the documentation and version to 0.15.0.
Changes
Temporal Query Ranking
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Summary
Temporal detection and hybrid ranking rag_engine.py, tests/conftest.py, tests/test_ranking_settings.py, tests/test_temporal_ranking.py
search detects temporal cues and applies the configured temporal recency weight to hybrid ranking. Matching results receive temporal=True. Ranking settings expose the weight and default invalid or out-of-range values to 0.7.
rerank accepts a fuse flag and uses reciprocal-rank fusion when it is true or the active reranker is qwen3. Tests cover fused and score-based ordering.
Temporal signals and release information tools.py, tests/test_temporal_ranking.py, README.md, CHANGELOG.md, version.py
The formatter adds Temporal: yes for temporal results. The README and changelog describe the temporal weight and release; the version changes to 0.15.0.
lbruton/SessionFlow#114: Adds the reranker stage and Qwen3 RRF behavior extended by this change.
lbruton/SessionFlow#101: Adds the ranking settings exposed under /health, which this change extends.
lbruton/SessionFlow#102: Changes standard hybrid recency weighting, which this change complements with a separate temporal weight.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 2a5de
The README may mislead operators tuning non-hybrid searches. The remaining issues are limited to public API documentation and typing.
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A query finds the newest thread, A temporal weight shifts the spread. Two ranks meet and fuse as one, A signal marks the work that’s done, Version fifteen carries on.
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🔵 Needs a closer look
Acceptance should wait for deployed verification because temporal ranking quality depends on private live-index evaluation and loaded Jina/Qwen3 models that repository tests cannot reproduce.
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What changed in this PR
This pull request adds temporal-query awareness to hybrid search, increasing recency weighting for queries asking about the latest state while preserving existing relevance and recency sorting.
Changes:
Adds configurable temporal cue detection and SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT support.
Preserves temporal ranking through Jina reranking with RRF fusion.
Updates health output, result signals, documentation, tests, changelog, and version 0.15.0.
A moderate integration issue remains: eval_retrieval.py does not validate or record the new environment variable during evaluations.
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Description
version.py
Bumps the project version to 0.15.0.
tools.py
Displays the temporal ranking signal in formatted results.
tests/test_temporal_ranking.py
Adds coverage for temporal cues, ranking behavior, reranker fusion, and output signals.
tests/test_ranking_settings.py
Updates ranking-setting and health-response coverage.
tests/conftest.py
Extends the ranking stub with the temporal setting.
reranker.py
Adds optional fusion of reranker and incoming result order.
README.md
Documents the temporal recency environment variable.
rag_engine.py
Detects temporal queries and applies the configurable hybrid recency override.
CHANGELOG.md
Records the temporal-ranking feature in the 0.15.0 release notes.
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Review comments at @rag_engine.py:
- Around line 1493-1495: Complete the public docstring for is_temporal_query by
documenting its query argument, stating that None is treated as an empty query,
and explaining that the boolean result is True when a temporal cue is present
and False otherwise.
Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 72: Update the SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT description to specify
that it applies to hybrid searches, and clarify that other hybrid searches use
SESSIONFLOW_RECENCY_WEIGHT.
Review comments at @reranker.py:
- Line 152: Annotate the lock parameter in rerank with threading.Lock, using the
existing module import and future annotations. Add a Google-style Returns
section to rerank’s docstring that explicitly describes the reranked rows,
unchanged ordering past the limit, and the original rows returned if scoring
fails.
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🔵 Needs a closer look
The new variable and temporal-query behavior are missing from the canonical DocVault/Overview.md reference, leaving ranking configuration documentation inconsistent for operators.
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Document temporal ranking configuration in the canonical overview
README.md:72
DocVault/Overview.md:70-85 is the project’s canonical environment and ranking reference, but this new variable and the temporal-query behavior are not added there. Update that overview alongside the README so the documented ranking configuration does not remain stale for operators who use the vault.
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🔵 Needs a closer look
Human validation is needed because the change modifies production temporal retrieval ordering and reranker fusion whose relevance and latency depend on live index contents and deployed MLX/Jina behavior beyond repository tests.
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SESF-101: raise the hybrid recency weight for queries that ask for the latest state.
Changes
rag_engine.is_temporal_query: whole-word cues (latest, most recent, newest, recent, recently, last time, current, currently, now, today, yesterday, this week).searchranks a temporal hybrid query withSESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHT(default 0.7) through a newrecency_weightoverride on_rank_results. Relevance and recency sorts are unchanged.reranker.rerank(..., fuse=True)fuses the rerank order with the hybrid order by RRF k=10 for both kinds, so jina keeps the recency signal on temporal queries./healthranking.temporal_recency_weight; results printTemporal: yes.Tests
tests/test_temporal_ranking.py(written first): cue matching, settings, the override, search wiring per sort, jina fusion, signals line.tests/test_ranking_settings.pyand thestub_rag_engineranking stub carry the new key.ruff check .clean;pytest -rs1,095 passed, 122 skipped locally (Postgres tests without a DSN).Measurement
In-process against the live index with jina, 12 temporal queries of the private eval set (other groups have no cue and are identical):
tm-07 misses in every variant: at 0.7 its top 8 are the Oct 27 cutover turns from other sessions, and the labeled session ranks 9. The deployed eval runs after merge.
Version: 0.15.0 (minor): adds the
SESSIONFLOW_TEMPORAL_RECENCY_WEIGHTenv var and changes hybrid ranking for temporal queries.Summary by CodeRabbit