v2.5.0

Bug Fixes

• Exact hits to score higher than fuzzy hits, with #2056
• Fix boosting during hybrid search that involves text + nearest neighbor, with #2127
• Addressed bug in IP field handling while highlighting, with #2142
• Graceful error handling within registry, with #2151
• http/ package (meant for demo purposes) removed from repository to remove vulnerability - CVE-2022-31022, relocated to within https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve-explorer
• Geo radius queries will now advertise distances (within sort values) in readable format, with #2137

Improvements

• Vector search requires faiss dynamic library to be built from blevesearch/faiss@352484e which is a modified version of v1.10.0
• Support for BM25 scoring, see: scoring.md
• Support for synonyms' search, see: synonyms.md
• Significant performance improvements in pre-filtered vector search, with #2169 + dependent changes
• auto fuzziness detection with #2060
• Ability to affect ingestion/drain rate by tuning persister workers with #2100
• Additional config in merge policy for improved merger behavior, with #2134
• Geo improvements: footprint reduction for polygons, better validation and graceful error handling, with #2162 + #2158 + #2165
• Upgrade to RoaringBitmap/[email protected], etcd.io/[email protected]
• More metrics

Milestone

• v2.5.0