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# ADR 0003: Search via ILIKE instead of pg_trgm
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- Status: accepted
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- Date: 2026-09
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## Context
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Message search must find substring matches across a user's conversations.
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pg_trgm + GIN gives indexed trigram search, but the extension is not
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installed on the target system and cannot be created by a non-superuser role
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(and adding it to the Docker image is an OS-level dependency).
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## Decision
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Search with `body ILIKE '%term%'` restricted to the user's conversations,
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ordered by message id descending with a limit.
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## Consequences
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- No extension or superuser requirement; works on any PostgreSQL install.
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- Sequential scan is instant for thousands of messages (family scale).
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- Scaling path documented: `CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm` + GIN index with
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`gin_trgm_ops`, keeping the same SQL semantics. |