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VECTOR-SEARCH4 MIN READ

Sort Vector Search Failures

Classify vector-search failures into ingestion, chunking, retrieval, ranking, or presentation layers.

Place each symptom in the layer where the first investigation belongs. Ingestion Chunking Retrieval Ranking Presentation The source PDF exists in SharePoint but no chunk ID appears in the index The retrieved chunk says 'exceptions below' but does not include the exceptions The relevant document appears only when metadata filters are removed The right chunk is rank 34, while weaker chunks fill the top 5 The UI shows the answer text but hides source title and effective date New weekly docs are absent because the sync job failed silently A table row is retrieved without its column headers The answer…

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