Feat: skip heavy ilike fallback for search when we are sure vector search is good

packages/twenty-front/src/generated/graphql.ts

@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ export type QuerySearchArgs = {
   includedObjectNameSingulars?: InputMaybe<Array<Scalars['String']['input']>>;
   limit: Scalars['Int']['input'];
   searchInput: Scalars['String']['input'];
+  skipIlikeFallback?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Boolean']['input']>;
 };
 
 

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/search/dtos/search-args.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import { ArgsType, Field, Int } from '@nestjs/graphql';
 
-import { IsArray, IsInt, IsOptional, IsString, Max } from 'class-validator';
+import {
+  IsArray,
+  IsBoolean,
+  IsInt,
+  IsOptional,
+  IsString,
+  Max,
+} from 'class-validator';
 
 import { ObjectRecordFilterInput } from 'src/engine/core-modules/search/dtos/object-record-filter-input';
 
@@ -32,4 +39,11 @@ export class SearchArgs {
   @Field(() => [String], { nullable: true })
   @IsOptional()
   excludedObjectNameSingulars?: string[];
+
+  // Exact-token lookups (phone numbers, emails) never need the ILIKE pass, and on a
+  // big workspace that pass is a full table scan.
+  @IsBoolean()
+  @Field(() => Boolean, { nullable: true })
+  @IsOptional()
+  skipIlikeFallback?: boolean;
 }

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/search/search.resolver.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class SearchResolver {
       includedObjectNameSingulars,
       excludedObjectNameSingulars,
       after,
+      skipIlikeFallback,
     }: SearchArgs,
   ) {
     const { flatObjectMetadataMaps, flatFieldMetadataMaps } =
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export class SearchResolver {
         includedObjectNameSingulars,
         excludedObjectNameSingulars,
         after,
+        skipIlikeFallback,
         workspaceId: workspace.id,
       });
 

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/search/services/search.service.ts

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class SearchService {
     limit,
     filter,
     after,
+    skipIlikeFallback,
     workspaceId,
   }: {
     flatObjectMetadatas: FlatObjectMetadata[];
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export class SearchService {
                   limit: limit as number,
                   filter: filter ?? ({} as ObjectRecordFilter),
                   after,
+                  skipIlikeFallback,
                 }),
               };
             },
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ export class SearchService {
     limit,
     filter,
     after,
+    skipIlikeFallback,
   }: {
     entityManager: WorkspaceRepository<Entity>;
     rolePermissionConfig?: RolePermissionConfig;
@@ -221,6 +224,7 @@ export class SearchService {
     limit: number;
     filter: ObjectRecordFilterInput;
     after?: string;
+    skipIlikeFallback?: boolean;
   }) {
     const tsvectorResults = await this.buildSearchQueryAndGetRecords({
       entityManager,
@@ -236,7 +240,8 @@ export class SearchService {
     if (
       tsvectorResults.length > 0 ||
       !isNonEmptyString(searchInput.trim()) ||
-      isDefined(after)
+      isDefined(after) ||
+      skipIlikeFallback
     ) {
       return tsvectorResults;
     }