Fix paginated similarity lookup - #1048
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WalkthroughThe change fixes CRE and standard-node similarity fallback pagination. Final pages are now compared, and extra page requests are avoided. Regression tests cover final-page matches and single-page lookups. ChangesSimilarity pagination fallback
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to An empty embedding page can cause similarity lookups to fail with a runtime error, even though pagination now reaches all pages. Merge should wait for the empty-page guard and regression coverage to be added. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@application/prompt_client/prompt_client.py`:
- Line 1197: Guard both cosine_similarity calculations in
get_embeddings_by_doc_type_paginated against empty embeddings by executing them
only when embeddings is non-empty; otherwise skip that page and continue
pagination. Add regression coverage for an empty final page.
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| most_similar_id = "" | ||
| for page in range(starting_page, total_pages): | ||
| for page in range(starting_page, total_pages + 1): | ||
| existing_cres, existing_cre_ids = self.__load_cre_embeddings(embeddings) |
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
python - <<'PY'
import numpy as np
from scipy import sparse
from sklearn.metrics.pairwise import cosine_similarity
query = sparse.csr_matrix(np.array([1.0, 0.0]).reshape(1, -1))
empty_page = sparse.csr_matrix(np.array([], dtype=np.float64))
try:
cosine_similarity(query, empty_page)
except ValueError:
print("confirmed: zero-feature page cannot be compared")
else:
raise SystemExit("unexpected: zero-feature page comparison succeeded")
PYRepository: OWASP/OpenCRE
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printf '%s\n' '--- prompt_client.py relevant methods and imports ---'
sed -n '1,90p;1140,1225p;1235,1295p' application/prompt_client/prompt_client.py
printf '%s\n' '--- database pagination helper ---'
rg -n -A80 -B15 'def get_embeddings_by_doc_type_paginated' application/database/db.py
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant callers and tests ---'
rg -n -A35 -B15 '__load_cre_embeddings|get_embeddings_by_doc_type_paginated|cosine_similarity' application tests 2>/dev/null | head -n 500Repository: OWASP/OpenCRE
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- embedding parser ---'
rg -n -A80 -B10 'def parse_stored_embedding_vec' application/database/pgvector_utils.py
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency declarations ---'
rg -n -i '^(scipy|scikit-learn|sklearn|numpy)([<>=!~].*)?$|scikit-learn|scipy' requirements*.txt pyproject.toml setup.cfg Pipfile* poetry.lock 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- pagination-related tests and fixtures ---'
rg -n -A45 -B15 'get_id_of_most_similar_(cre|node)_paginated|paginated.*similar|total_pages|empty.*embedding|invalid.*embedding|embedding_vec' application/tests --glob '*.py' | head -n 350Repository: OWASP/OpenCRE
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scikit-learn cosine_similarity zero features empty sparse matrix ValueError check_pairwise_arrays
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In scikit-learn, the cosine_similarity function performs input validation using check_pairwise_arrays [1][2], which enforces specific structural requirements on the input data. Empty Input ValueError If you provide an empty array (i.e., a matrix with 0 samples, such as shape=(0, N)), check_pairwise_arrays will raise a ValueError stating that a minimum of 1 sample is required [1]. This is because the underlying check_array utility, which is called internally, verifies that the input has at least one sample [1]. Zero Vectors and Sparse Matrices When cosine_similarity is used with zero vectors (e.g., a row containing all zeros), it does not raise a ValueError. Instead, it returns a similarity of 0.0 for those vectors [3]. This behavior is a known design choice in scikit-learn, though some users have requested that it return NaN or allow for configurable behavior, as a zero-magnitude vector technically has an undefined cosine similarity [3]. Functionality and Validation The cosine_similarity function is designed to work with both dense and sparse matrices [4][5]. Internally, it relies on check_pairwise_arrays to ensure that: 1. Both X and Y are at least two-dimensional [6]. 2. The number of features (the second dimension) is consistent between X and Y [6]. 3. The data type is appropriate for numerical computation [6]. If these structural validation checks fail—for example, if you pass a 1D array instead of a 2D matrix, or if the number of features in X and Y do not match—check_pairwise_arrays will raise a ValueError [1][6].
Citations:
- 1: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41970555/computing-cosine-similarity-using-python
- 2: https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/main/sklearn/metrics/pairwise.py
- 3: GitHub issue 15256 in scikit-learn/scikit-learn (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.metrics.pairwise.cosine_similarity.html
- 5: https://sklearn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.metrics.pairwise.cosine_similarity.html
- 6: https://fossies.org/linux/misc/scikit-learn-1.9.0.tar.gz/scikit-learn-1.9.0/sklearn/metrics/pairwise.py?M=2023
Skip pages that contain no valid embedding vectors.
When get_embeddings_by_doc_type_paginated returns {}, both pagination loops pass a zero-feature matrix to cosine_similarity, which can raise ValueError because the feature counts differ. Guard both similarity calculations with if embeddings: and add regression coverage for an empty final page.
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In `@application/prompt_client/prompt_client.py` at line 1197, Guard both
cosine_similarity calculations in get_embeddings_by_doc_type_paginated against
empty embeddings by executing them only when embeddings is non-empty; otherwise
skip that page and continue pagination. Add regression coverage for an empty
final page.
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Summary
Fixes pagination in the Python fallback used by the paginated embedding similarity lookups.
Problem
The fallback implementations could fail to process all embedding pages due to incorrect pagination boundaries and page sequencing.
In particular, the CRE lookup excluded the final page from its loop, while the fallback implementations could fetch the current page again rather than advancing to the next page. This could cause valid candidates on the final page to be missed, and the single-page case could result in the similarity loop not executing.
This was easy to miss because the fallback path is only used when
can_use_pgvector_similarity()is false. When PostgreSQL has the requiredembedding_veccolumn available, similarity lookup uses the database-side pgvector implementation instead.Changes
Ensure every valid embedding page is processed exactly once.
Fetch the next page only after processing the current page.
Ensure the final page is processed.
Add regression tests covering:
Testing
python -m pytest application/tests/prompt_client_pgvector_similarity_test.py -v— 8 passedThe repository-wide
make mypytarget currently reports pre-existing errors in unrelated files.CC: @northdpole