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Adityaj0 d742b174c4 fix: hybrid search silently ignores .offset() (#3769)
## Summary

`LanceHybridQueryBuilder` (sync hybrid search,
`table.search(query_type="hybrid")`) silently ignored `.offset()`.
`self._offset` was never forwarded to the vector/FTS sub-queries and
never applied when slicing the final combined/reranked result, so
`.offset(N)` behaved identically to `.offset(0)` — no error, just wrong
pagination.

Fixes #3765

## Changes

- `_create_query_builders()`: each sub-query now fetches `limit +
offset` rows so there's enough data to slice the correct window out of
after combining/reranking.
- `_combine_hybrid_results()` / `to_arrow()`: the final table is sliced
with `offset=self._offset` instead of always starting at 0.

## Test plan

- [x] New regression test `test_hybrid_query_offset` in
`python/python/tests/test_hybrid_query.py`
- [x] `uv run --extra tests pytest python/tests/test_hybrid_query.py
-vv` — 13 passed
- [x] `uv run --extra dev ruff format` / `ruff check` — clean

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Will Jones <willjones127@gmail.com>
2026-08-17 11:38:38 -07:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
from unittest import mock
import lancedb
from lancedb.query import LanceHybridQueryBuilder
from lancedb.rerankers.rrf import RRFReranker
import pyarrow as pa
import pyarrow.compute as pc
import pytest
import pytest_asyncio
from lancedb.index import BTree, FTS, IvfPq
from lancedb.table import AsyncTable, Table
@pytest.fixture
def sync_table(tmpdir_factory) -> Table:
tmp_path = str(tmpdir_factory.mktemp("data"))
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
data = pa.table(
{
"text": pa.array(["a", "b", "cat", "dog"]),
"vector": pa.array(
[[0.1, 0.1], [2, 2], [-0.1, -0.1], [0.5, -0.5]],
type=pa.list_(pa.float32(), list_size=2),
),
}
)
table = db.create_table("test", data)
table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False)
return table
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def table(tmpdir_factory) -> AsyncTable:
tmp_path = str(tmpdir_factory.mktemp("data"))
db = await lancedb.connect_async(tmp_path)
data = pa.table(
{
"text": pa.array(["a", "b", "cat", "dog"]),
"vector": pa.array(
[[0.1, 0.1], [2, 2], [-0.1, -0.1], [0.5, -0.5]],
type=pa.list_(pa.float32(), list_size=2),
),
}
)
table = await db.create_table("test", data)
await table.create_index("text", config=FTS(with_position=False))
return table
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_hybrid_query(table: AsyncTable):
result = await (
table.query().nearest_to([0.0, 0.4]).nearest_to_text("dog").limit(2).to_arrow()
)
assert len(result) == 2
# ensure we get results that would match well for text and vector
assert result["text"].to_pylist() == ["a", "dog"]
# ensure there is no rowid by default
assert "_rowid" not in result
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_hybrid_query_with_row_ids(table: AsyncTable):
result = await (
table.query()
.nearest_to([0.0, 0.4])
.nearest_to_text("dog")
.limit(2)
.with_row_id()
.to_arrow()
)
assert len(result) == 2
# ensure we get results that would match well for text and vector
assert result["text"].to_pylist() == ["a", "dog"]
assert result["_rowid"].to_pylist() == [0, 3]
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_hybrid_query_filters(table: AsyncTable):
# test that query params are passed down from the regular builder to
# child vector/fts builders
result = await (
table.query()
.where("text not in ('a', 'dog')")
.nearest_to([0.3, 0.3])
.nearest_to_text("*a*")
.distance_type("l2")
.limit(2)
.to_arrow()
)
assert len(result) == 2
# ensure we get results that would match well for text and vector
assert result["text"].to_pylist() == ["cat", "b"]
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_hybrid_query_with_stale_fixed_size_binary_prefilter(
tmpdir_factory,
):
tmp_path = str(tmpdir_factory.mktemp("stale_scalar_prefilter"))
db = await lancedb.connect_async(tmp_path)
def fixed_size_binary(value: int) -> bytes:
return value.to_bytes(16, byteorder="big")
num_rows = 1000
data = pa.table(
{
"space_id": pa.array(
[fixed_size_binary(i) for i in range(num_rows)],
type=pa.binary(16),
),
"text": ["book"] * num_rows,
"vector": pa.array(
[[float(i), float(i)] for i in range(num_rows)],
type=pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2),
),
}
)
table = await db.create_table("test", data)
await table.create_index(
"vector", config=IvfPq(num_partitions=4, num_sub_vectors=2)
)
await table.create_index("space_id", config=BTree())
await table.create_index("text", config=FTS(with_position=False))
# Advance the search indices without advancing the scalar index. This is the
# state that previously let hybrid search use an incomplete scalar prefilter.
await table.add(data)
lance_dataset = await table.to_lance()
lance_dataset.optimize.optimize_indices(index_names=["vector_idx", "text_idx"])
await table.checkout_latest()
scalar_stats = await table.index_stats("space_id_idx")
assert scalar_stats is not None
assert scalar_stats.num_indexed_rows == num_rows
assert scalar_stats.num_unindexed_rows == num_rows
for index_name in ["vector_idx", "text_idx"]:
search_stats = await table.index_stats(index_name)
assert search_stats is not None
assert search_stats.num_indexed_rows == num_rows * 2
assert search_stats.num_unindexed_rows == 0
matching_ids = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30]
literals = [
f"arrow_cast(0x{fixed_size_binary(i).hex()}, 'FixedSizeBinary(16)')"
for i in matching_ids
]
predicate = f"space_id IN ({', '.join(literals)})"
expected_ids = sorted(fixed_size_binary(i) for i in matching_ids for _ in range(2))
vector_query = (
table.query().where(predicate).nearest_to([5.0, 5.0]).limit(num_rows * 2)
)
vector_results = await vector_query.to_arrow()
assert sorted(vector_results["space_id"].to_pylist()) == expected_ids
fts_query = (
table.query().where(predicate).nearest_to_text("book").limit(num_rows * 2)
)
fts_results = await fts_query.to_arrow()
assert sorted(fts_results["space_id"].to_pylist()) == expected_ids
hybrid_results = await (
table.query()
.where(predicate)
.nearest_to([5.0, 5.0])
.nearest_to_text("book")
.limit(num_rows * 2)
.to_arrow()
)
assert sorted(hybrid_results["space_id"].to_pylist()) == expected_ids
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_hybrid_query_default_limit(table: AsyncTable):
# add 10 new rows
new_rows = []
for i in range(100):
if i < 2:
new_rows.append({"text": "close_vec", "vector": [0.1, 0.1]})
else:
new_rows.append({"text": "far_vec", "vector": [5 * i, 5 * i]})
await table.add(new_rows)
result = await (
table.query().nearest_to_text("dog").nearest_to([0.1, 0.1]).to_arrow()
)
# assert we got the default limit of 10
assert len(result) == 10
# assert we got the closest vectors and the text searched for
texts = result["text"].to_pylist()
assert texts.count("close_vec") == 2
assert texts.count("dog") == 1
assert texts.count("a") == 1
def test_hybrid_query_offset(sync_table: Table):
# The offset window of a hybrid query must be a suffix of the same query
# run without an offset -- it must not be silently ignored.
full = (
sync_table.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.4])
.text("dog")
.limit(4)
.with_row_id(True)
.to_arrow()
)
assert len(full) == 4
offset_result = (
sync_table.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.4])
.text("dog")
.offset(2)
.limit(2)
.with_row_id(True)
.to_arrow()
)
assert offset_result["_rowid"].to_pylist() == full["_rowid"].to_pylist()[2:]
def test_hybrid_query_minimum_nprobes_zero_raises(sync_table: Table):
# minimum_nprobes(0) must raise the same validation error a plain vector
# query raises, not silently no-op because 0 is falsy.
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="minimum_nprobes must be greater than 0"):
(
sync_table.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.4])
.text("dog")
.minimum_nprobes(0)
.to_arrow()
)
def test_hybrid_query_distance_range(sync_table: Table):
reranker = RRFReranker(return_score="all")
result = (
sync_table.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.4])
.text("cat and dog")
.distance_range(lower_bound=0.2, upper_bound=0.5)
.rerank(reranker)
.limit(2)
.to_arrow()
)
assert len(result) == 2
print(result)
for dist in result["_distance"]:
if dist.is_valid:
assert 0.2 <= dist.as_py() <= 0.5
def test_hybrid_query_applies_zero_upper_distance_bound(sync_table: Table):
result = (
sync_table.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.4])
.text("elephant")
.distance_range(upper_bound=0.0)
.rerank(RRFReranker(return_score="all"))
.limit(4)
.to_arrow()
)
assert len(result) == 0
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_hybrid_query_distance_range_async(table: AsyncTable):
reranker = RRFReranker(return_score="all")
result = await (
table.query()
.nearest_to([0.0, 0.4])
.nearest_to_text("cat and dog")
.distance_range(lower_bound=0.2, upper_bound=0.5)
.rerank(reranker)
.limit(2)
.to_arrow()
)
assert len(result) == 2
for dist in result["_distance"]:
if dist.is_valid:
assert 0.2 <= dist.as_py() <= 0.5
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_explain_plan(table: AsyncTable):
plan = await (
table.query().nearest_to_text("dog").nearest_to([0.1, 0.1]).explain_plan(True)
)
assert "KNNVectorDistance" in plan
assert "LanceRead" in plan
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_analyze_plan(table: AsyncTable):
res = await (
table.query().nearest_to_text("dog").nearest_to([0.1, 0.1]).analyze_plan()
)
assert "AnalyzeExec" in res
assert "metrics=" in res
def test_hybrid_phrase_query_is_preserved_in_analyze_plan():
table = mock.Mock()
analyzed_queries = []
distributed_metric_modes = []
def capture_query(query, *, distributed_metrics="aggregate"):
analyzed_queries.append(query)
distributed_metric_modes.append(distributed_metrics)
return ""
table._analyze_plan.side_effect = capture_query
(
LanceHybridQueryBuilder(table)
.vector([0.1, 0.2])
.text("puppy runs")
.phrase_query()
.analyze_plan(distributed_metrics="full")
)
assert len(analyzed_queries) == 2
assert analyzed_queries[1].full_text_query.query == '"puppy runs"'
assert distributed_metric_modes == ["full", "full"]
@pytest.fixture
def table_with_id(tmpdir_factory) -> Table:
tmp_path = str(tmpdir_factory.mktemp("data"))
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path)
data = pa.table(
{
"id": pa.array([1, 2, 3, 4], type=pa.int64()),
"text": pa.array(["a", "b", "cat", "dog"]),
"vector": pa.array(
[[0.1, 0.1], [2, 2], [-0.1, -0.1], [0.5, -0.5]],
type=pa.list_(pa.float32(), list_size=2),
),
}
)
table = db.create_table("test_with_id", data)
table.create_fts_index("text", with_position=False)
return table
def test_hybrid_prefilter_explain_plan(table_with_id: Table):
"""
Verify that the prefilter logic is not inverted in LanceHybridQueryBuilder.
"""
plan_prefilter = (
table_with_id.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.0])
.text("dog")
.where("id = 1", prefilter=True)
.limit(2)
.explain_plan(verbose=True)
)
plan_postfilter = (
table_with_id.search(query_type="hybrid")
.vector([0.0, 0.0])
.text("dog")
.where("id = 1", prefilter=False)
.limit(2)
.explain_plan(verbose=True)
)
# prefilter=True: filter is pushed into the LanceRead scan.
# The FTS sub-plan exposes this as "full_filter=id = Int64(1)" inside LanceRead.
assert "full_filter=id = Int64(1)" in plan_prefilter, (
f"Should push the filter into the scan.\nPlan:\n{plan_prefilter}"
)
# prefilter=False: filter is applied as a separate FilterExec after the search.
# The filter must NOT be embedded in the scan.
assert "full_filter=id = Int64(1)" not in plan_postfilter, (
f"Should NOT push the filter into the scan.\nPlan:\n{plan_postfilter}"
)
def test_normalize_scores():
cases = [
(pa.array([0.1, 0.4]), pa.array([0.0, 1.0])),
(pa.array([2.0, 10.0, 20.0]), pa.array([0.0, 8.0 / 18.0, 1.0])),
(pa.array([0.0, 0.0, 0.0]), pa.array([0.0, 0.0, 0.0])),
(pa.array([10.0, 9.9999999999999]), pa.array([0.0, 0.0])),
]
for input, expected in cases:
for invert in [True, False]:
result = LanceHybridQueryBuilder._normalize_scores(input, invert)
if invert:
expected = pc.subtract(1.0, expected)
assert pc.equal(result, expected), (
f"Expected {expected} but got {result} for invert={invert}"
)