Bug Fixes

• Exact hits to score higher than fuzzy hits, with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2056
• Fix boosting during hybrid search that involves text + nearest neighbor, with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2127
• Addressed bug in IP field handling while highlighting, with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2142
• Graceful error handling within registry, with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/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 https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/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 https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2169 + dependent changes
• auto fuzziness detection with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2060
• Ability to affect ingestion/drain rate by tuning persister workers with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2100
• Additional config in merge policy for improved merger behavior, with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2134
• Geo improvements: footprint reduction for polygons, better validation and graceful error handling, with https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2162 + https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2158 + https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/pull/2165
• Upgrade to RoaringBitmap/roaring@v2.4.5, etcd.io/bbolt@v1.4.0
• More metrics

Milestone

• v2.5.0