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Bugs / Features

What is the current behavior?

TableChunker delegates prose to SentenceChunker and oversized tables to TokenChunker, but returns their substring-relative offsets. Prose after a table starts at zero, and split table chunks omit the table's start. A citation/highlighting consumer that slices the original document consequently selects unrelated text. Delegated line/column metadata also refers to the substring.

What is the new behavior?

Track each prose buffer's start and translate delegated prose/table offsets into original-document coordinates. Compute position metadata from the original document's line map, including the existing unsplit-table path. Contents, grouping and token budgets are unchanged.

This branch is based directly on upstream main, independently of #1466, and does not contain its recursive-ID fix.

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Validation on Windows with Node.js 24.19.0 and upstream baseline 72a46c76b4507e1f98b41d5050a92bd30587eb70:

  • On unchanged runtime, the 4 new regressions fail; the 2 existing table tests pass. Cases cover split/unsplit tables, surrounding prose, repeated table/prose blocks, LF and CRLF.
  • Fixed RAG suite: 47 tests pass across 18 files (vitest run --config packages/rag/vitest.config.mts packages/rag/src/__tests__).
  • Strict TypeScript check of both changed TypeScript files: passed.
  • Biome check of both changed TypeScript files: passed.
  • Actual package tsup build: CommonJS, ESM and declarations passed.
  • git diff --check: passed.
  • The package-wide tsc --project packages/rag/tsconfig.json --noEmit still reports 3 pre-existing errors in code-chunker.spec.ts and late-chunker.spec.ts; the identical errors also occur on untouched upstream with the same dependencies. Full package type checking is not claimed to pass.

Tests run the actual source with isolated repo-compatible tooling and the declared tokenizer dependency. Full monorepo tests, live models and vector-store integration were not run. CI has not been verified.

AI assistance: Codex authored, tested and inspected this scoped change under LJK-ikun's direction. Local automated validation is reported separately from human review; independent human testing is not asserted.


Summary by cubic

Fixes TableChunker returning substring-relative offsets, so citations and highlighting after a table or on split table chunks selected unrelated text.

Bugs / Fixes:

  • Prose after a table now offsets from the original document, and split table chunks include the table's start.
  • Line/column metadata is computed from the original document's line map, including the existing unsplit-table path.
  • Contents, grouping, and token budgets are unchanged.

Written for commit e74edc7. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserved original source offsets and line/column positions for table chunks and surrounding text.
    • Improved position accuracy when processing multiple tables, split table chunks, and content following tables.
    • Maintained correct metadata across both LF and CRLF line endings.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for source-range and position metadata consistency across varied table and prose layouts.

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TableChunker now assigns original-input offsets and line/column metadata to table chunks and surrounding text. Added tests check source-range consistency across token budgets and LF/CRLF inputs. A patch changeset documents the update.

Changes: Table chunk positions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track source ranges for chunks
packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts, packages/rag/src/__tests__/table-chunker.spec.ts, .changeset/table-chunk-source-ranges.md
TableChunker assigns absolute offsets and position metadata to text and table chunks. Tests check content against source slices, table positioning, and repeated table/prose blocks with LF and CRLF newlines. The changeset records the patch release.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: omeraplak

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e74ed

Some prose chunks still report source ranges that do not match their content. Correct those ranges before merging this source-position fix.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: preserving table chunk source ranges in RAG.
Description check Passed The description follows the repository template, explains the current and new behavior, links issue #1467, documents tests and validation, and records the changeset. The documentation item is explicit…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #1467 requires original-document ranges for prose, oversized table chunks, and short tables. TableChunker records bufferStart, translates delegated chunk offsets by startChar, and computes…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changed source implements the range and position correction from #1467. The added tests verify that behavior. The changeset documents the same fix. No unrelated recursive-ID or JSON work is presen…
Docstring Coverage Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
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Issue #1467 requires original-document ranges for prose, oversized table chunks, and short tables. TableChunker records bufferStart, translates delegated chunk offsets by startChar, and computes positions with positionForRange against the original lineMap. The added public tests check slice/content consistency, closing prose, table positions, repeated blocks, and LF/CRLF input. The source preserves the existing table content and token-budget paths.

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The changed source implements the range and position correction from #1467. The added tests verify that behavior. The changeset documents the same fix. No unrelated recursive-ID or JSON work is present in the supplied change summary or inspected files.

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<file name="packages/rag/src/__tests__/table-chunker.spec.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/rag/src/__tests__/table-chunker.spec.ts:31">
P2: The offset check here trims both sides, so whitespace or `\r` offset errors would pass unnoticed. Compare exactly, as the first new test does. Also assert `metadata.position` for CRLF input, since the line/column mapping is what this PR changes.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts:64">
P2: Prose chunk `start`/`end` and their `position` ranges include surrounding newlines. `SentenceChunker` takes `start` from the regex `[^.!?]+` match, which absorbs leading and trailing `\n`. Trim the translated range to the chunk content, or the `position` can point at a blank line. The spec only avoids this by calling `.trim()` on its assertions.</violation>
</file>

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expect(chunks.length).toBeGreaterThan(5);
for (const chunk of chunks) {
expect(text.slice(chunk.start, chunk.end).trim()).toBe(chunk.content.trim());

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P2: The offset check here trims both sides, so whitespace or \r offset errors would pass unnoticed. Compare exactly, as the first new test does. Also assert metadata.position for CRLF input, since the line/column mapping is what this PR changes.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/rag/src/__tests__/table-chunker.spec.ts, line 31:

<comment>The offset check here trims both sides, so whitespace or `\r` offset errors would pass unnoticed. Compare exactly, as the first new test does. Also assert `metadata.position` for CRLF input, since the line/column mapping is what this PR changes.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -1,7 +1,38 @@
+
+      expect(chunks.length).toBeGreaterThan(5);
+      for (const chunk of chunks) {
+        expect(text.slice(chunk.start, chunk.end).trim()).toBe(chunk.content.trim());
+      }
+    },
</file context>
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expect(text.slice(chunk.start, chunk.end).trim()).toBe(chunk.content.trim());
expect(text.slice(chunk.start, chunk.end)).toBe(chunk.content);

...sentenceChunks.map((chunk, idx) => ({
...chunk,
id: `${label}-text-${chunks.length + idx}`,
start: startChar + chunk.start,

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P2: Prose chunk start/end and their position ranges include surrounding newlines. SentenceChunker takes start from the regex [^.!?]+ match, which absorbs leading and trailing \n. Trim the translated range to the chunk content, or the position can point at a blank line. The spec only avoids this by calling .trim() on its assertions.

Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts, line 64:

<comment>Prose chunk `start`/`end` and their `position` ranges include surrounding newlines. `SentenceChunker` takes `start` from the regex `[^.!?]+` match, which absorbs leading and trailing `\n`. Trim the translated range to the chunk content, or the `position` can point at a blank line. The spec only avoids this by calling `.trim()` on its assertions.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -58,12 +61,17 @@ export class TableChunker implements Chunker<TableChunkerOptions> {
         ...sentenceChunks.map((chunk, idx) => ({
           ...chunk,
           id: `${label}-text-${chunks.length + idx}`,
+          start: startChar + chunk.start,
+          end: startChar + chunk.end,
           metadata: {
</file context>

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Review comments at @packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts:
- Around line 64-74: Update the SentenceChunker mapping in TableChunker to
derive each translated range from chunk.content within raw, rather than using
chunk.start and chunk.end directly. Use the resulting local start and end for
the chunk offsets and positionForRange metadata, while preserving the existing
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Comment on lines +64 to +74
start: startChar + chunk.start,
end: startChar + chunk.end,
metadata: {
...buildMetadata({
format: "table",
sourceType: "text",
base: options,
extra: chunk.metadata,
extra: {
...chunk.metadata,
...positionForRange(startChar + chunk.start, startChar + chunk.end, lineMap),
},

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- table-chunker.ts ---'
nl -ba packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- sentence-chunker.ts ---'
nl -ba packages/rag/src/chunkers/sentence-chunker.ts | sed -n '1,100p'
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant tests ---'
nl -ba packages/rag/src/__tests__/table-chunker.spec.ts | sed -n '1,90p'

Repository: VoltAgent/voltagent

Length of output: 12965


🏁 Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- tokenizer helpers ---'
nl -ba packages/rag/src/utils/tokenizer.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- sentence splitting ---'
nl -ba packages/rag/src/utils/text.ts | sed -n '1,100p'
printf '%s\n' '--- types ---'
nl -ba packages/rag/src/types.ts | sed -n '1,90p'

Repository: VoltAgent/voltagent

Length of output: 6753


Translate delegated prose boundaries from the returned content span.

SentenceChunker reports sentence-match boundaries, but TableChunker translates those boundaries directly. For First. Second. with whitespace tokenization and maxTokens: 1, the second chunk starts at the separator, while content starts at Second.. Therefore, the source slice and position metadata start one character early.

Derive the translated range from chunk.content within raw. Use that range for both chunk offsets and position metadata.

Suggested fix
--- "a/packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts"
+++ "b/packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts"
@@ -58,23 +58,29 @@
         label: "text",
       });
       chunks.push(
-        ...sentenceChunks.map((chunk, idx) => ({
-          ...chunk,
-          id: `${label}-text-${chunks.length + idx}`,
-          start: startChar + chunk.start,
-          end: startChar + chunk.end,
-          metadata: {
-            ...buildMetadata({
-              format: "table",
-              sourceType: "text",
-              base: options,
-              extra: {
-                ...chunk.metadata,
-                ...positionForRange(startChar + chunk.start, startChar + chunk.end, lineMap),
+        ...sentenceChunks.map((chunk, idx) => {
+          const contentOffset = raw.slice(chunk.start, chunk.end).indexOf(chunk.content);
+          const localStart = contentOffset === -1 ? chunk.start : chunk.start + contentOffset;
+          const localEnd = contentOffset === -1 ? chunk.end : localStart + chunk.content.length;
+          return {
+            ...chunk,
+            id: `${label}-text-${chunks.length + idx}`,
+            start: startChar + localStart,
+            end: startChar + localEnd,
+            metadata: {
+              ...buildMetadata({
+                format: "table",
+                sourceType: "text",
+                base: options,
+                extra: {
+                  ...chunk.metadata,
+                  ...positionForRange(startChar + localStart, startChar + localEnd, lineMap),
+                },
-              },
-            }),
-          },
-        })),
+                },
+              }),
+            },
+          };
+        }),
       );
     };
 
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Review comment at @packages/rag/src/chunkers/table-chunker.ts around lines 64 -
74:
Update the SentenceChunker mapping in TableChunker to derive each translated
range from chunk.content within raw, rather than using chunk.start and chunk.end
directly. Use the resulting local start and end for the chunk offsets and
positionForRange metadata, while preserving the existing fallback when the
content cannot be found.

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[BUG] rag: table chunks report source ranges from extracted substrings

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