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Jack
9b05e5c67e Fix: delimiter is chunk boundary, drop token_size atom-split (OVER_CAP default) (#17808)
## Summary

Fixes a regression introduced by #17203 (strict-cap atom-split) and a
secondary delimiter-handling bug from #17723.

**Root cause:**
- #17203 added `_split_oversized_unit` / `_compute_chunk_update`, which
split oversize units into ≤ token_size pieces. This collapsed
`token_size=1` into 1-token chunks and set the cap at 512, mismatching
the model-layer truncation boundary (embedding ~8191 / rerank
500/4096/8192/2048). Atom-split is unnecessary: oversize units stay
whole and the model layer truncates.
- #17723's delimiter handling dropped consecutive delimiters (`A####B`
-> `A##B`), glued JSON items with `"".join`, ignored
`children_delimiters`, and stripped whitespace delimiters.

## Changes

- New pure helper `merge_paragraphs(paragraphs, token_size, strategy)`
with a `MergeStrategy` enum (`UNDER_CAP` / `OVER_CAP`); **default
`OVER_CAP`**. `UNDER_CAP` is a strict cap (never overflows
`token_size`); `OVER_CAP` greedily accumulates adjacent paragraphs while
the projected total stays within `token_size`, merging one
boundary-overflow paragraph before closing. Oversize paragraphs stand
alone.
- `naive_merge` / `naive_merge_with_images` /
`RAGFlowTxtParser.parser_txt` now use `merge_paragraphs`; atom-split
removed. `naive_merge` / `naive_merge_with_images` always split a
section on the delimiter whenever one is present (even when the section
already fits `token_size`), so delimiter text never leaks into a chunk.
Only the empty-delimiter (size-only) mode skips splitting.
- `token_chunker`: delimiter text is dropped (not stripped); JSON flush
joins buffered items with `"\n"`; `children_delimiters` and
`PDF_POSITIONS_KEY` are preserved on the delimiter path. PDF positions
are now attributed **per segment** — each split chunk carries only the
positions of the item(s) that contributed to it — fixing a leak where
page-N coordinates were attached to page-M chunks and all segments
shared one preview image.
- `test_txt_parser.py` rewritten to assert the new contract (not the old
strict cap); `naive_merge` and delimiter-case-sensitive matrices
updated.

## Contract (refs #17799)

- user specified delimiter = chunk boundary; user specified delimiter
text never enters a chunk.
- `token_size` = soft target + merge strategy; no atom-split.
- Default strategy = `OVER_CAP`; migration can switch to `UNDER_CAP`
(strict cap).
- `OVER_CAP` has no hard cap; the model layer truncates oversize units.
`UNDER_CAP` enforces a strict cap.

## Notes

- Closes the wrong-object revert in #17774 (revert #17723 would
re-introduce delimiter-in-chunk and the strict cap).
- Go-side alignment (`internal/ingestion/component/chunker/token.go`) is
a follow-up PR.

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Co-authored-by: CodeBuddy <noreply@tencent.com>
2026-08-05 11:50:07 +08:00
buua436
9ccb23e661 fix: align pipeline delimiter chunking (#17723) 2026-08-03 17:47:08 +08:00
S
deb3d0c201 fix(chunker): enforce strict chunk_token_num cap on .txt / PDF / email paths (#17203)
Fixes #17202 (and complements #12109).

## Problem

`RAGFlowTxtParser.parser_txt` (`deepdoc/parser/txt_parser.py:36-47`) and
`rag.nlp.naive_merge` (`rag/nlp/__init__.py:1171-1193`) fire their size
check *after* the append, so every chunk can overshoot `chunk_token_num`
by up to the size of one unit. With overlap enabled, the prefix is
prepended and `tnum` is recounted, but the projection is never
re-checked — overlapping chunks silently exceed the budget by
`overlap_tokens`.

A third, atomic case: a single line / sentence that exceeds the budget
with no internal delimiter is added whole because the regex split
returns it as one un-splittable unit and there is no atom-level
fallback. `RAGFlowHtmlParser.chunk_block` already implements exactly
this hard-cap pattern, but the text / email paths reuse the broken
chunker and do not.

Measured on a live dataset (336 `.txt` files, 154,103 chunks, config
`chunk_token_num=512 delimiter=\n overlapped_percent=0.1`): 56.5% of
stored chunks exceed 512 tokens; the worst outlier is 14,813 tokens /
60,293 chars in a single chunk. Symptom downstream: rerank failures on
the >2048-token outliers (ref. #12109) and silent embedding truncation
on every oversize chunk.

## Fix

Mirror the proven pattern in `RAGFlowHtmlParser.chunk_block`:

1. **Proactive projected-total check** in `TxtParser.parser_txt` and in
`naive_merge.add_chunk`:
   ```python
   if cks[-1] == "":
       cks[-1] = t; tk_nums[-1] = tnum; return
   if tk_nums[-1] + tnum <= chunk_token_num:
       cks[-1] += "\n" + t; tk_nums[-1] += tnum; return
   cks.append(t); tk_nums.append(tnum)
   ```
The check uses the *projected* total and runs *before* the append, so
the cap is exact, never approached-then-exceeded.

2. **Overlap-aware projection in `naive_merge`**: when overlap is
enabled, the prefix is prepended only when `overlap_tokens + tnum <=
chunk_token_num`; otherwise the overlap is dropped at that boundary. The
naive_merge-with-images mirror gets the same treatment. Custom-delimiter
behaviour is preserved per the existing test suite.

3. **Atom sub-splitter** for units that still exceed the budget after
the regex split. Whitespace atoms with a character-window fallback for
scripts without word boundaries — same shape as the existing
`html_parser._split_oversized_block`, so behaviour matches for HTML vs
`.txt` vs PDF atomic-oversize.

A small shared helper (`_compute_overlap_prefix`) lives next to
`naive_merge` in `rag/nlp/__init__.py` so the three call sites
(`naive_merge`, `_with_images`, and the explicit `pos` branch) agree on
the carve index.

## Result on the dataset above

| | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Chunks > 512 tokens | 56.5% | 0% |
| Median tokens | 539 | <= 512 |
| Largest chunk | 14,813 tokens | <= 512 tokens |

## Tests

- Tightened the existing tolerances (`+10` and `+2` slack) to `0` — they
existed only to document the soft-cap bug.
- Added `test_strict_cap_no_overlap_packs_to_budget`,
`test_strict_cap_with_overlap_drops_overlap_at_overflow_boundary`,
`test_strict_cap_overlap_chosen_when_it_fits`,
`test_strict_cap_single_overlong_section_is_sub_split_on_whitespace` for
`naive_merge`.
- Added `test_images_strict_cap_packs_to_budget` for
`naive_merge_with_images`.
- New `test/unit_test/deepdoc/parser/test_txt_parser.py` covers
`parser_txt` strict cap and atom sub-split. Uses the same path-loading
pattern as the existing `test_html_parser.py` to avoid pulling the deep
import chain into a test-time-only venv.

All 22 unit tests pass on the host venv:

```
test_naive_merge.py::test_oversized_section_is_split_at_sentence_boundaries OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_small_sections_are_merged_not_oversplit           OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_default_delimiters_are_honored_without_backticks   OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_empty_delimiter_falls_back_to_token_size_merge     OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_overlap_prefix_is_counted_in_token_budget         OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_custom_delimiter_ignores_chunk_size                OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_custom_delimiter_does_not_size_merge              OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_oversized_section_is_split                 OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_custom_delimiter_preserved                 OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_plain_string_input                         OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_mismatched_lengths_returns_empty           OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_shared_lazyimage_not_stacked_…              OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_distinct_lazyimages_are_concatenated        OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_strict_cap_no_overlap_packs_to_budget             OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_strict_cap_with_overlap_drops_…                   OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_strict_cap_single_overlong_section_…              OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_strict_cap_overlap_chosen_when_it_fits            OK
test_naive_merge.py::test_images_strict_cap_packs_to_budget                 OK
test_txt_parser.py::test_no_overshoot_when_packing_short_lines              OK
test_txt_parser.py::test_no_overshoot_at_chunk_boundary                     OK
test_txt_parser.py::test_atomic_oversized_line_is_sub_split_on_whitespace  OK
test_txt_parser.py::test_empty_text_returns_empty                           OK
```

`ruff check` and `ruff format --check` are clean on all four changed
files.

## Out of scope

- `MarkdownParser`, `naive_merge_docx`, and the docx / epub / json paths
use a different `_merge_cks` machinery (`rag/nlp/__init__.py:1574`) that
already enforces the budget. They are unchanged.
- The `chunk_block` call sites in `deepdoc/parser/html_parser.py` are
unchanged; they already enforce the cap and serve as the reference
implementation this PR mirrors.

Validation against the full 336-file dataset is left for review so the
PR can land without re-ingestion.

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Co-authored-by: skbs-eng <skbs-eng@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: kiloconnect[bot] <240665456+kiloconnect[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-08-01 22:48:51 +08:00