From c0b9cfda9fe32b8fe6ef7a5b40c352029a2a9258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Priec <filippriec@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:49:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] picker order by2

---
 search/src/lib.rs | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/search/src/lib.rs b/search/src/lib.rs
index 6307824..200e91c 100644
--- a/search/src/lib.rs
+++ b/search/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const DEFAULT_RESULT_LIMIT: usize = 60;
 const HARD_RESULT_LIMIT: usize = 200;
 const DEFAULT_LIST_LIMIT: usize = 5;
 const SEARCH_SCORE_RELATIVE_FLOOR: f32 = 0.25;
+const SEARCH_SCORE_GROUP_WIDTH: f32 = 0.25;
 
 pub struct SearcherService {
     pub pool: PgPool,
@@ -624,6 +625,33 @@ fn order_clause(column: &ResolvedOrderColumn, direction: SearchOrderDirection) -
     }
 }
 
+fn ranked_order_clause(
+    column: &ResolvedOrderColumn,
+    direction: SearchOrderDirection,
+) -> String {
+    let direction = order_direction_sql(direction);
+    match column {
+        ResolvedOrderColumn::Position => {
+            format!("candidate.candidate_group DESC, positioned.picker_position {}", direction)
+        }
+        ResolvedOrderColumn::Column(column) => {
+            let quoted_column = format!("\"{}\"", column.replace('"', "\"\""));
+            format!(
+                "candidate.candidate_group DESC, positioned.{} {} NULLS LAST, positioned.id ASC",
+                quoted_column, direction
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn relevance_group(score: f32, best_score: f32) -> i32 {
+    if best_score <= 0.0 || !best_score.is_finite() || !score.is_finite() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    ((score.max(0.0) / best_score / SEARCH_SCORE_GROUP_WIDTH).floor() as i32).clamp(0, 3)
+}
+
 async fn fetch_ordered_rows(
     pool: &PgPool,
     profile_name: &str,
@@ -847,10 +875,15 @@ async fn fetch_ordered_candidate_rows(
             SELECT t.*, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id ASC) AS picker_position \
             FROM {} t WHERE deleted = FALSE\
         ) \
-        SELECT id, to_jsonb(positioned) - 'picker_position' AS data, picker_position \
-        FROM positioned WHERE id = ANY($1) ORDER BY {} LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3",
+        SELECT positioned.id, to_jsonb(positioned) - 'picker_position' AS data, \
+            picker_position, candidate_score \
+        FROM positioned \
+        JOIN UNNEST($1::BIGINT[], $2::REAL[], $3::INTEGER[]) \
+            AS candidate(candidate_id, candidate_score, candidate_group) \
+            ON candidate_id = positioned.id \
+        ORDER BY {} LIMIT $4 OFFSET $5",
         qualify_profile_table(profile_name, table_name),
-        order_clause(&resolved_order, order.direction),
+        ranked_order_clause(&resolved_order, order.direction),
     );
     let ids = candidates
         .iter()
@@ -858,10 +891,21 @@ async fn fetch_ordered_candidate_rows(
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let scores = candidates
         .iter()
-        .map(|(score, id, _)| (*id, *score))
-        .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
+        .map(|(score, _, _)| *score)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let best_score = scores
+        .iter()
+        .copied()
+        .max_by(f32::total_cmp)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let groups = scores
+        .iter()
+        .map(|score| relevance_group(*score, best_score))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let rows = sqlx::query(AssertSqlSafe(sql))
         .bind(&ids)
+        .bind(&scores)
+        .bind(&groups)
         .bind(limit as i64)
         .bind(offset as i64)
         .fetch_all(pool)
@@ -874,11 +918,12 @@ async fn fetch_ordered_candidate_rows(
             let id: i64 = row.try_get("id").unwrap_or_default();
             let json_data: serde_json::Value = row.try_get("data").unwrap_or_default();
             let position: i64 = row.try_get("picker_position").unwrap_or_default();
+            let score: f32 = row.try_get("candidate_score").unwrap_or_default();
             let json_data = remap_json_to_display_names(json_data, &physical_to_display);
             let display_value = row_display_value(&json_data, &display_column);
             Hit {
                 id,
-                score: scores.get(&id).copied().unwrap_or_default(),
+                score,
                 content_json: json_data.to_string(),
                 table_name: table_name.to_string(),
                 row_display_value: display_value,
@@ -955,4 +1000,26 @@ mod tests {
             "\"1\" ASC NULLS LAST, id ASC"
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ranked_order_preserves_relevance_before_column_order() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            ranked_order_clause(
+                &ResolvedOrderColumn::Column("created_at".to_string()),
+                SearchOrderDirection::Desc,
+            ),
+            "candidate.candidate_group DESC, positioned.\"created_at\" DESC NULLS LAST, positioned.id ASC"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn relevance_groups_nearby_high_scores_and_separates_low_scores() {
+        let best_score = 8.7;
+
+        assert_eq!(relevance_group(8.7, best_score), 3);
+        assert_eq!(relevance_group(8.6, best_score), 3);
+        assert_eq!(relevance_group(8.4, best_score), 3);
+        assert_eq!(relevance_group(7.0, best_score), 3);
+        assert_eq!(relevance_group(3.0, best_score), 1);
+    }
 }