brainy/tests/integration/orderby-sort-bug.test.ts
David Snelling be6c4dc182 fix: correct orderBy sort for timestamp fields via centralized field resolver
Muse reported that find({ orderBy: 'createdAt' }) silently returned the
wrong order: getFieldValueForEntity read noun.metadata[field] for
timestamp fields, but getNoun() destructures standard fields to the top
level, so the read always returned undefined and the sort collapsed to
insertion order.

The fix introduces a single source of truth for reading fields off an
entity. STANDARD_ENTITY_FIELDS + resolveEntityField() in coreTypes.ts
encode the "standard fields top-level, custom fields nested" contract
in one place. getFieldValueForEntity now uses the helper and routes
through a named BUCKETED_INDEX_FIELDS set instead of a hardcoded
timestamp if-chain — filtered sort on createdAt/updatedAt now works.

Unfiltered orderBy is explicitly rejected with a clear error pointing
callers at the right pattern. A scalable, unfiltered-sort-capable
time-ordered segment index is tracked as a separate follow-up.
2026-04-09 16:26:38 -07:00

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/**
* @module orderby-sort-bug
* @description Regression tests for the `find({ orderBy: ... })` sort bug.
*
* Bug: `getFieldValueForEntity` read `noun.metadata[field]` for timestamp
* fields, but `getNoun()` destructures standard fields to the top level.
* Every entity returned `undefined` for the sort key, stable sort preserved
* insertion order, and `order: 'desc'` behaved like `order: 'asc'`.
*
* Fix: centralized `resolveEntityField` helper + `BUCKETED_INDEX_FIELDS`
* set in coreTypes.ts, used by getFieldValueForEntity.
*
* Reported by Muse team 2026-04-09 (handoff action BR-ORDERBY-TS).
*
* NOTE: These tests cover FILTERED sort, which is the only supported path.
* Unfiltered `find({ orderBy })` is explicitly rejected until the dedicated
* time-ordered segment index ships (Track 2).
*/
import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest'
import { Brainy } from '../../src/brainy'
import {
resolveEntityField,
STANDARD_ENTITY_FIELDS,
type HNSWNounWithMetadata
} from '../../src/coreTypes'
import { NounType } from '../../src/types/graphTypes'
describe('find({ orderBy }) sort bug regression', () => {
let brain: Brainy<any>
beforeEach(async () => {
brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'memory' }, silent: true })
await brain.init()
})
afterEach(async () => {
await brain.close()
})
/**
* Muse's real use case: filtered sort of chat sessions.
* Before the fix, this returned the OLDEST entity instead of the newest
* because getFieldValueForEntity was reading createdAt from the wrong
* location on the entity.
*/
it('orderBy createdAt desc with filter returns newest matching entity', async () => {
// Add 4 entities 20ms apart so createdAt values are distinct.
const id1 = await brain.add({ data: 'first', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.add({ data: 'second', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.add({ data: 'third', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
const id4 = await brain.add({ data: 'fourth', type: NounType.Concept })
const results = await brain.find({
type: NounType.Concept,
orderBy: 'createdAt',
order: 'desc',
limit: 1
})
expect(results).toHaveLength(1)
// Must be the last-inserted entity, not the first.
expect(results[0].id).toBe(id4)
expect(results[0].id).not.toBe(id1)
})
it('orderBy createdAt asc with filter returns oldest matching entity', async () => {
const id1 = await brain.add({ data: 'first', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.add({ data: 'second', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.add({ data: 'third', type: NounType.Concept })
const results = await brain.find({
type: NounType.Concept,
orderBy: 'createdAt',
order: 'asc',
limit: 1
})
expect(results).toHaveLength(1)
expect(results[0].id).toBe(id1)
})
it('orderBy createdAt desc with filter returns all matching entities in newest-first order', async () => {
const ids: string[] = []
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
ids.push(await brain.add({ data: `item-${i}`, type: NounType.Concept }))
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
}
const results = await brain.find({
type: NounType.Concept,
orderBy: 'createdAt',
order: 'desc'
})
expect(results).toHaveLength(5)
expect(results.map((r) => r.id)).toEqual([...ids].reverse())
})
it('orderBy updatedAt desc with filter returns most-recently-updated matching entity', async () => {
const id1 = await brain.add({ data: 'first', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.add({ data: 'second', type: NounType.Concept })
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.add({ data: 'third', type: NounType.Concept })
// Touch id1 so it becomes the most-recently-updated.
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20))
await brain.update({ id: id1, data: 'first-updated' })
const results = await brain.find({
type: NounType.Concept,
orderBy: 'updatedAt',
order: 'desc',
limit: 1
})
expect(results).toHaveLength(1)
expect(results[0].id).toBe(id1)
})
/**
* Unfiltered sort is explicitly rejected with a clear error pointing
* callers at the right pattern. This guards against silent N-scans
* on production workloads.
*/
it('orderBy without any filter throws a helpful error', async () => {
await brain.add({ data: 'anything', type: NounType.Concept })
await expect(
brain.find({ orderBy: 'createdAt', order: 'desc', limit: 1 })
).rejects.toThrow(/requires a filter/)
})
})
describe('resolveEntityField helper', () => {
const entity: HNSWNounWithMetadata = {
id: 'abc',
vector: [0.1, 0.2],
connections: new Map(),
level: 0,
type: NounType.Concept,
createdAt: 1700000000000,
updatedAt: 1700000060000,
confidence: 0.9,
weight: 1,
service: 'test',
data: { title: 'Hello' },
metadata: {
customTag: 'green',
priority: 5,
modified: 1700000120000 // VFS custom field, lives in metadata
}
}
it('reads standard fields from top level', () => {
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'createdAt')).toBe(1700000000000)
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'updatedAt')).toBe(1700000060000)
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'type')).toBe(NounType.Concept)
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'confidence')).toBe(0.9)
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'weight')).toBe(1)
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'service')).toBe('test')
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'id')).toBe('abc')
})
it('reads custom fields from metadata', () => {
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'customTag')).toBe('green')
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'priority')).toBe(5)
})
it('reads VFS custom fields (modified, accessed) from metadata', () => {
// VFS stores `modified` as a custom field, not top-level.
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'modified')).toBe(1700000120000)
})
it('returns undefined for unknown fields', () => {
expect(resolveEntityField(entity, 'nonexistent')).toBeUndefined()
})
it('returns undefined for custom fields when metadata is absent', () => {
const noMetadata: HNSWNounWithMetadata = { ...entity, metadata: undefined }
expect(resolveEntityField(noMetadata, 'customTag')).toBeUndefined()
})
it('does not look in metadata for standard fields', () => {
// If a standard field is absent top-level, resolver returns undefined
// rather than silently falling through to metadata. This prevents
// misuse from masking bugs.
const withShadowedField: HNSWNounWithMetadata = {
...entity,
// @ts-expect-error intentionally clobbering for the test
createdAt: undefined,
metadata: { createdAt: 9999 }
}
expect(resolveEntityField(withShadowedField, 'createdAt')).toBeUndefined()
})
it('STANDARD_ENTITY_FIELDS covers every declared top-level field', () => {
// Guards against the resolver and the interface drifting out of sync.
const expected = [
'id',
'vector',
'connections',
'level',
'type',
'confidence',
'weight',
'createdAt',
'updatedAt',
'service',
'createdBy',
'data'
]
for (const field of expected) {
expect(STANDARD_ENTITY_FIELDS.has(field)).toBe(true)
}
})
})