NEWS

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RAGFlowChainR 0.1.7 (2026-02-22)

• No changes yet.

RAGFlowChainR 0.1.6 (2026-02-22)

• Added four new retrieval backends in create_rag_chain():

  • Qdrant
  • Pinecone
  • Weaviate
  • Elasticsearch

• Expanded backend routing and parsing in create_rag_chain() / perform_web_search() to support:

  • Local backends: DuckDB, VectrixDB
  • Remote backends: Qdrant, Pinecone, Weaviate, Elasticsearch

• Added backend adapter tests for all new methods and kept existing DuckDB/VectrixDB coverage.

• Added backend-focused vignettes:

  • duckdb-backend.Rmd
  • vectrixdb-backend.Rmd
  • qdrant-backend.Rmd
  • pinecone-backend.Rmd
  • weaviate-backend.Rmd
  • elasticsearch-backend.Rmd

• Updated _pkgdown.yml backend articles grouping:

  • Requires Embedding ML
  • Doesnt Require Embedding ML

• CI/workflow improvements:

  • Added .github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
  • Added .github/workflows/rmd-check.yaml
  • Updated pkgdown.yaml to run on main and deploy with clean pages output.

• README updates:

  • Streamlined README content and moved detailed backend walkthroughs to vignettes.
  • Added backend guide links for faster navigation.

• Wrapped FTS-related tests in tryCatch() + skip() to avoid segmentation faults on Fedora-clang during CRAN checks.

• Informative skip() messages added for systems without FTS extension support.

• Ensured all tests pass cleanly on platforms with partial DuckDB extension support.

• Maintained full feature test coverage in interactive/development environments.

RAGFlowChainR 0.1.1 (2025-04-24)

• Prevented segfaults on CRAN by disabling the experimental vss extension during checks.

• Fallback to FLOAT[] column type when vss is unavailable, avoiding Fedora-clang binary-extension errors.

• create_vectorstore() now:

  • Skips vss installation/loading under CRAN but retains support in dev environments.
  • Returns a persistent DuckDB connection (no longer auto-disconnects).

• insert_vectors():

  • Handles single-column frames safely using drop = FALSE.
  • Dynamically switches between array_value() and list_value() based on schema.

• build_vector_index():

  • Skips HNSW index creation when VECTOR[] columns are missing (with a warning).

• RAG chain integration:

  • Safely mirrors vss-guard logic in connect_vectorstore() and create_rag_chain().

• DESCRIPTION and metadata:

  • Set minimum required version: duckdb (>= 0.10.0) and testthat (>= 3.0.0).
  • Added Config/testthat/edition: 3 for consistent test behavior.
  • Tidied Description field by removing unnecessary single quotes around names.
  • Expanded common acronyms like HNSW, LLM, etc.

• Testing improvements:

  • Suppressed non-critical test warnings.
  • Removed fragile FTS assertions (fts_main).
  • Introduced mock_embed() and dummy_embed() to remove dependency on external APIs.
  • Skipped RAG-chain integration tests on CRAN and gated test-data downloads.