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Summary

Replaces the standard library encoding/json with sonic for JSON unmarshalling when decoding embedding strings in the semantic cache plugin, improving deserialization performance.

Changes

• Swapped json.Unmarshal for sonic.Unmarshal when parsing embedding string responses into []float32 values, taking advantage of sonic's faster JSON parsing.

Type of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Refactor
• Documentation
• Chore/CI

Affected areas

• Core (Go)
• Transports (HTTP)
• Providers/Integrations
• Plugins
• UI (React)
• Docs

How to test

go test ./plugins/semanticcache/...

Verify that embedding lookups in the semantic cache continue to function correctly, including both JSON array and base64-encoded encoding_format responses.

Screenshots/Recordings

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Breaking changes

• Yes
• No

Related issues

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Security considerations

No security implications. sonic is a drop-in JSON replacement with no changes to data handling or access control.

Checklist

• I read docs/contributing/README.md and followed the guidelines
• I added/updated tests where appropriate
• I updated documentation where needed
• I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
• I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable

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• Bug Fixes
  • Semantic search now correctly handles embeddings provided as JSON strings, while retaining support for other embedding formats and existing error handling.

Walkthrough

The semantic cache now uses Sonic to parse string-form embedding JSON. If JSON parsing fails, the existing base64 fallback remains unchanged.

Changes

Embedding parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
String-form embedding parser plugins/semanticcache/search.go	The parser uses sonic.Unmarshal for string-form embeddings. The existing base64 fallback remains unchanged when JSON parsing fails.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Suggested reviewers: madhuvod

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 20c19

String-form embeddings can produce slightly different similarity scores and near-threshold cache decisions. Preserve the previous rounding behavior; the demonstrated risk is narrow.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: replacing json.Unmarshal with sonic.Unmarshal for embedding string decoding.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes all required sections, explains the change, identifies the affected plugin area, provides a test command and expected behavior, and addresses breaking and security considerati…
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 1…
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• fix: use sonic.Unmarshal instead of json.Unmarshal for embedding string decoding #7790 👈 (View in Graphite)
• chore: add harness tests for bedrock nova and titan multimodal embeddings, encoding_format mapping, and vertex embedding usage #7472 : 1 other dependent PR (#7688 )
• fix: capture raw request in bedrock and vertex embedding responses #7566
• feat: add nova multimodal embedding support for bedrock #7550
• fix: allow gs:// uri for gemini and vertex embeddings #7549
• feat: preserve usageMetadata token counts for vertex and gemini #7463
• feat: add titan multimodal embedding support and map encoding_format to cohere embedding_types #7459
• chore: add multimodal embeddings harness coverage for content parts, per-item params, batchEmbedContents, Cohere native envelope, Bedrock Cohere v4, and Parasail #7102 : 1 other dependent PR (#7435 )
• docs: add multimodal embeddings guide and update embedding input schema examples #3367
• feat: add embedding support for parasail provider #7096
• chore: add multimodal embedding tests for gemini, vertex and cohere #7002
• feat: add embedding_input column and ui display for embedding request inputs #7001
• feat: add multimodal embedding support for cohere, gemini, and vertex #2559
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Review comments at @plugins/semanticcache/search.go:
- Line 181: Update the decoder in performSemanticSearch to use encoding/json
instead of Sonic when unmarshalling embedding strings into float32 values,
preserving encoding/json’s float32 rounding before passing the vector to
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