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`OpenaiReranker._rerank` asks the chat model for a relevance score per document. The model can return the documents in any order, for example sorted by score. The reranker then replaces the `text` column with the documents in that order and appends the scores in that order. The other columns keep the input order. So after a rerank, the `text` and `_relevance_score` of a row belong to a different row. The `id`, the vector and every other column still describe the original row. If the model leaves out a document, `append_column` raises `ArrowInvalid`, because the new column has fewer rows than the table. ## Fix `_rerank` keeps the `text` column unchanged, so it also keeps its position and type. It maps each score back to its row by the document content. If the model leaves out a document, `_rerank` raises a `ValueError` that gives the number of documents with no score. ## Tests `python/python/tests/test_openai_reranker.py` replaces the chat client with a stub that returns a fixed reply. The tests do not need `openai` or an API key. - One test returns the documents sorted by score. It checks that each `id` keeps its own `text` and score. On `main`, the row with id 1 gets the text `cats purr`, which belongs to id 2. - One test returns 2 of 3 documents. It checks for the `ValueError` with the count of missing documents. On `main`, the call raises `ArrowInvalid: Added column's length must match table's length`. - Both tests fail on `main` and pass with the fix. - `test_rerankers.py`: 16 passed, 13 skipped, on the lancedb 0.40.0 wheel with and without the fix. The skipped tests need real API keys. - `ruff format --check` and `ruff check` (0.9.9) pass on the changed files. - I did not build the native extension. I ran the tests against the lancedb 0.40.0 wheel with the changed file copied over it. In that wheel, `rerankers/openai.py` and `rerankers/base.py` are byte-identical to `main`. The Node SDK has no OpenAI reranker, so there is no parity change. This change does not conflict with #4515, which edits `_client` in the same file. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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