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Goal: improve the multi-tenant product catalog search using vector databases without breaking protected slices.

Mechanism reminder for vector databases: Upsert vectors+payloads, build ANN indexes, query with the same embedding model, apply metadata filters, return IDs for rerank/generate.

Baseline and shock: for normalized vectors a and b, cosine similarity is a·b; vectors [1,0] and [0.8,0.6] have similarity 0.8 because both have length 1

Tradeoff in play for vector databases: Approximate indexes trade a little recall for major speed gains. Higher search breadth improves recall but costs latency. Filtering after vector search can miss eligible results; filtering during search needs index support. Quantization shrinks memory with possible recall loss.

Ship decision: HNSW+cosine with mandatory tenant filters after isolation suite is clean and recall@10≥74/80.

Rollback triggers for vector databases must cite authorized recall@k, p95 latency, isolation failures=0, upsert-to-searchable lag. If you cannot name a tolerated regression on the multi-tenant product catalog search, do not promote the change.

Keep the vector databases decision record beside the multi-tenant product catalog search code paths that implement it. Future you will not remember why a default exists unless the evidence is linked from the config for vector databases.

Also pin one numeric memory from this vector databases chapter: for normalized vectors a and b, cosine similarity is a·b; vectors [1,0] and [0.8,0.6] have similarity 0.8 because both have length 1 That number is not decoration; it is a template for how claims about vector databases on the multi-tenant product catalog search should look in design docs. Scoped specifically to vector databases / multi-tenant product catalog search / worked-trace.

People confuse vector databases with neighboring buzzwords when debugging the multi-tenant product catalog search. Before changing prompts, ask whether the broken stage was evidence gathering, the vector databases judgment itself, validation, or the product action. Fixing the wrong stage creates folklore (“we tried vector databases and it failed”) that blocks the next team on the multi-tenant product catalog search. Scoped specifically to vector databases / multi-tenant product catalog search / worked-trace.

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to vector databases rather than generic AI advice.

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to vector databases rather than generic AI advice.

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to vector databases rather than generic AI advice.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 1: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 2: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

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For vector databases, add acceptance test 14: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

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For vector databases, add acceptance test 20: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 21: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 22: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 23: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 24: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 25: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

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For vector databases, add acceptance test 29: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 30: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 31: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 32: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.

For vector databases, add acceptance test 33: evidence source, threshold, and signer. Keep it unique to this chapter's scenario.