feat(vector): filter-during-scan optimization - #255

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/vera-core/src/retrieval/filter_scan_tests.rs`:
- Around line 688-691: Update overcap_path() to derive the fixture location from
an environment variable instead of the hardcoded home directory, returning None
when it is unset or the path does not exist. In val_011_overcap_differential,
replace the silent early return with an explicit skip that states the required
environment variable and fixture location; preserve the existing over-cap
assertions when the fixture is available.
- Around line 865-868: Remove the dead assert! containing the unconditional ||
true from the unfiltered eligibility test; rely on the existing
fresh-directory/fresh-stores laziness verification later in the test instead.

In `@crates/vera-core/src/retrieval/hybrid.rs`:
- Around line 471-473: Extract the repeated default-config flag resolution into
one private helper in the retrieval module, such as filter_during_scan_from_env,
and replace the four duplicated blocks with calls to it. Document that the
helper reads only the environment value and cannot see persisted config-file
settings; loaded values must continue flowing through the SearchContext and
_and_flag entry points.
- Around line 716-721: Replace the message-substring checks in the hybrid
retrieval classification with a typed vector-layer error, such as
VectorSearchError::StaleEligibilityMap. Have the relevant stale eligibility-map
paths in vector.rs or storage/vector.rs return that variant, and match it
explicitly in this block to select fallback while propagating all other
vector-search failures; remove the redundant mixed-case check.
- Line 690: Update the filter handling around resolve_query_eligibility and the
legacy filters.matches path to share one exact_paths normalization function,
ensuring equivalent forms such as ./src/a.rs and src/a.rs/ are normalized
consistently before matching. Add differential tests covering these inputs
across both paths, then run the required Semble benchmark verification.

In `@crates/vera-core/src/retrieval/search_service.rs`:
- Around line 388-395: Delete the stale explanatory comment above the reranked
search call; the existing search_hybrid_reranked_with_augmentation_and_flag
invocation already passes filter_flag, so leave the surrounding search behavior
unchanged.

In `@crates/vera-core/src/retrieval/vector.rs`:
- Around line 297-298: Remove the unused
search_vector_with_stores_filtered_timed function and its #[allow(dead_code)]
attribute; keep search_vector_with_cached_stores_filtered_timed and the active
hybrid retrieval path unchanged.

In `@crates/vera-core/src/storage/eligibility.rs`:
- Around line 36-38: Replace the hand-written match in language_to_compact with
a discriminant cast, ensuring Language remains a fieldless enum with
#[repr(u16)] and preserving SENTINEL_LANGUAGE as u16::MAX outside the valid
range. Remove the unused compact_to_language reverse map and add a test
asserting language_to_compact(Language::Unknown) is below SENTINEL_LANGUAGE.
- Around line 257-260: In the eligibility construction, remove the comment-only
if block guarding empty distinct_paths and delete the redundant else-if size > 0
branch that repeats the join query and row-processing loop. Retain the first
branch as the sole path for processing rows, preserving behavior when
distinct_paths is empty.
- Around line 22-30: Gate the test-only instrumentation behind cfg(test) so
production builds do not expose or maintain it: apply this to BUILD_COUNT,
eligibility_build_count, and reset_eligibility_build_count in the eligibility
module, and likewise to LAST_HYDRATION_COUNT and its accessors in the vector
module. Preserve the existing test access and counter behavior.

Apply the same fix in `@crates/vera-core/src/retrieval/vector.rs` around lines 15
- 23.
- Around line 396-407: The distinct-path glob filtering in the eligibility query
does not implement the documented memoization. Update the map/query filtering
flow around glob_allowed and the distinct path table to cache glob-match results
by pattern list and reuse that cache across queries for the same map generation,
while preserving one pass over distinct_paths and existing filtering behavior.
Replace the current per-pair direct glob_matches calls with the memoized
GlobMatcher-based path.
- Around line 505-511: Remove the redundant early return in the eligibility flow
around PathEligibility::Empty and language_empty, allowing execution to reach
the final Ok result. Preserve the parsed language value and ensure
language_empty reflects only whether language parsing produced an empty result,
not whether the path dimension is empty.
- Around line 235-240: Update the vector-database attachment logic in the
eligibility storage flow to avoid interpolating or manually escaping the path in
SQL. Preserve the original path bytes rather than using to_string_lossy, and
bind the path as a parameter through the rusqlite connection API while retaining
the existing invalid-Unicode validation and error contexts.
- Around line 310-311: Update both call sites in EligibilityMap::build that
invoke parse_language_compact to propagate the parsing failure instead of
applying language_to_compact(Language::Unknown) as a fallback. Ensure the
invalid stored language value causes build to return the error, allowing the
search path to use its existing fallback.
- Around line 270-276: Update the max_rowid query in the eligibility flow to
read chunk_id_map’s AUTOINCREMENT high-water mark from sqlite_sequence, matching
current_max_rowid, and retain COALESCE(MAX(rowid), 0) as the fallback when no
sequence entry is available.
- Around line 196-204: Update is_map_evaluable to destructure SearchFilters
exhaustively instead of checking a deny-list of unsupported fields. Retain
evaluation only for path_glob, exact_paths, and language, while explicitly
rejecting the currently unsupported dimensions; ensure any future SearchFilters
field causes a compile-time decision rather than being silently ignored.

In `@crates/vera-core/src/storage/mod.rs`:
- Line 11: Change the eligibility module declaration and the public eligibility
types/helpers it exposes to crate visibility, including the API used by
VectorStore::search_filtered, while preserving internal vera-core callers. Keep
the arrays, sentinels, and compact language IDs inaccessible to external
consumers.

In `@crates/vera-core/src/storage/vector.rs`:
- Around line 406-412: Remove duplicated filtered and unfiltered implementations
by extracting shared logic. In crates/vera-core/src/storage/vector.rs:406-412,
add scan_snapshot_with and delegate from scan_snapshot and
scan_snapshot_filtered, including consistent heap-peek behavior; at
crates/vera-core/src/storage/vector.rs:1541-1554, add
VectorStore::resolve_candidates and use it from search and search_filtered; at
crates/vera-core/src/retrieval/vector.rs:352-371, add hydrate_candidates and use
it from both embedding search methods.
- Around line 432-441: Simplify the inconsistency check in the eligibility-map
validation near EligibilityMap::build to compare only map.path_ids.len() with
available, and document that it validates size rather than freshness. Preserve
check_len and the scan bounds guard because scan_snapshot_filtered accepts
public EligibilityMap values.