fix(local): apply score_threshold strictly to match server semantics

[linhongyu510]

Summary

Local mode applied score_threshold with non-strict comparisons, so it kept points whose score equalled the threshold. The Qdrant server keeps only points with a score strictly better than the threshold (API docs: "Return points with scores better than this threshold"), so code validated against local mode diverged from the server for every distance metric.

Closes #1386.

Differential evidence (local mode vs real server v1.19.0)

Verified with both the Python client and raw REST calls against a fresh qdrant/qdrant:v1.19.0 container; a point whose score is exactly the threshold:

Metric	Point / query	Threshold	Local before	Server
Cosine	similarity = 1.0	1.0	kept	excluded
Dot	dot = 5.0	5.0	kept	excluded
Euclid	distance = 1.0	1.0	kept	excluded
Manhattan	distance = 1.0	1.0	kept	excluded

POST /collections/b_cos/points/query  {"query":[1,0],"score_threshold":1.0}      -> {"points": []}
POST /collections/b_cos/points/query  {"query":[1,0],"score_threshold":0.9999}   -> points: [(1, 1.0)]
POST /collections/b_euclid/points/query {"query":[0,0],"score_threshold":1.0}    -> points: [(2, 0.999)]

Fix

Strict inequalities in LocalCollection.search() (the single comparison point used by nearest/recommend/discover paths):

• bigger-is-better (Cosine/Dot): break when score <= threshold
• smaller-is-better (Euclid/Manhattan raw distances): break when score >= threshold

Fusion and formula post-filters intentionally keep >=: I verified on the server that RRF/formula rescoring applies the threshold inclusively (e.g. an RRF score of exactly 0.25 with score_threshold=0.25 is kept), matching local mode's existing behavior there. This PR does not touch those paths.

Testing

• Added a parametrized regression test (test_score_threshold_is_strict) over all four distance metrics: a point exactly at the threshold is excluded, one just inside is kept. It fails on the current code (4/4) and passes with the fix.
• tests/test_in_memory.py + qdrant_client/local/tests/: 80 passed.
• tests/congruence_tests/ against the live v1.19.0 server (search, distance matrix, query, recommendation, discovery, group search/recommend, sparse search, query batch): 96 passed.

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Local collection operations now validate filters before processing. Nested prefetch filters inherit and merge enclosing filters. Facets separate boolean, integer, and string values. Distance-matrix sampling supports mixed identifier types. Direct search excludes points whose scores equal the threshold. Congruence tests verify threshold behavior for all four distance metrics across local, HTTP, and gRPC clients.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e4efb

The change correctly makes local score thresholds strict for direct vector queries, but equality-boundary behavior is not directly asserted for recommendation, discovery, related query paths, or the intentionally inclusive fusion/formula filters. The PR is mergeable with owner awareness and follow-up coverage for those cases.

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❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The file summary lists changes beyond strict score_threshold handling, including filter validation, prefetch filter merging, facet type handling, and distance-matrix ID sorting. These changes are not …	Remove the unrelated changes or provide separate linked issues and justification for each change. Keep this PR limited to strict direct-search score_threshold comparisons and their regression tests.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: strict local-mode handling of score_threshold to match server semantics.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description is directly related to the changeset. It explains the threshold mismatch, the strict-comparison fix, preserved inclusive behavior for fusion and formula paths, and the regression tests…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR addresses issue #1386 by applying strict boundary comparisons for direct vector searches and adding coverage for Cosine, Dot, Euclid, and Manhattan metrics. Fusion and formula post-filters rema…

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The description is directly related to the changeset. It explains the threshold mismatch, the strict-comparison fix, preserved inclusive behavior for fusion and formula paths, and the regression tests.

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The PR addresses issue #1386 by applying strict boundary comparisons for direct vector searches and adding coverage for Cosine, Dot, Euclid, and Manhattan metrics. Fusion and formula post-filters remain inclusive as required.

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The file summary lists changes beyond strict score_threshold handling, including filter validation, prefetch filter merging, facet type handling, and distance-matrix ID sorting. These changes are not covered by issue #1386.

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In `@qdrant_client/local/local_collection.py`:
- Line 734: Update the threshold comparison near the local collection query
result filtering to use the effective score ordering selected for RecoQuery,
DiscoveryQuery, ContextQuery, and their multi-vector variants, including Euclid
and Manhattan metrics, rather than always assuming the underlying distance
order. Align the comparison with the existing descending-order condition, and
add regression coverage for Euclid and Manhattan recommendation, discovery, and
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Rebased the two-commit patch onto current dev (a50a16a) and changed the PR base from master to dev, per the repository pull-request template. The patch IDs are unchanged from the previous master-based commits; the new head is 977a88ad0f78. Fresh local validation on the dev base: python3 -m pytest tests/test_in_memory.py qdrant_client/local/tests -q — 88 passed. GitHub reports the updated PR as mergeable; fork CI is awaiting/refreshing maintainer-side checks.

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Hi @qdrant/maintainers, could you please approve and trigger the real Python code CI, and also do a manual code review?

The current head 8a7d20c has fixed the transformed-score direction. The base is dev.

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Hi @qdrant/maintainers, could you please approve and trigger the real Python code CI, and also do a manual code review?

The current head 8a7d20c has fixed the transformed-score direction. The base is dev.

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Please request a real Python CI and a human review. Head is 8a7d20c, base is dev. Direction fix is complete. Netlify is not a code test.

[linhongyu510]

Thanks for flagging this. The score-direction issue is valid, but it predates this PR and is already addressed by #1374 and #1379. I verified the broader fix locally, then withdrew those overlapping commits to avoid competing with the earlier submissions. This PR now remains scoped to #1386: strict exact-threshold parity with the server.

currently changes strict to non-strict, have to double-check

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In `@tests/congruence_tests/test_query.py`:
- Around line 1475-1485: Extend the query score-threshold test coverage beyond
the raw vector path in query_score_threshold: add dedicated equality-boundary
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fusion and formula post-filter scenarios. Assert the expected point IDs for each
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