codegraph-engine 3.0.0__2-py3-none-any.whl

codegraph/optimizer.py

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+"""Global Token Budget Optimizer, Redundancy Control, Evidence Compression, and Coverage Engine.
+
+Maximizes evidence quality, relationship coverage, freshness, and diversity of useful
+context under strict deterministic budget constraints while eliminating redundant chunks
+and compressing repeated evidence without weakening epistemic guarantees.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any
+
+from codegraph.task import TaskSpec
+
+# Reason codes for selected context candidates
+REASON_DIRECT_TARGET = "DIRECT_TARGET"
+REASON_DIRECT_CALLER = "DIRECT_CALLER"
+REASON_VERIFIED_CALLEE = "VERIFIED_CALLEE"
+REASON_RELEVANT_ROUTE = "RELEVANT_ROUTE"
+REASON_RELATED_TEST = "RELATED_TEST"
+REASON_PACKAGE_OWNER = "PACKAGE_OWNER"
+REASON_DEPENDENCY_PACKAGE = "DEPENDENCY_PACKAGE"
+REASON_HIGH_VALUE_EVIDENCE = "HIGH_VALUE_EVIDENCE"
+REASON_COVERAGE_FILL = "COVERAGE_FILL"
+REASON_AMBIGUITY_PRESERVED = "AMBIGUITY_PRESERVED"
+
+_EVIDENCE_CLASS_RANK = {
+    "AST_VERIFIED": 5,
+    "FRAMEWORK_VERIFIED": 4,
+    "DATAFLOW_VERIFIED": 3,
+    "POSSIBLE": 2,
+    "UNKNOWN": 1,
+}
+
+_CONFIDENCE_RANK = {
+    "HIGH": 3,
+    "MEDIUM": 2,
+    "LOW": 1,
+    "UNKNOWN": 0,
+}
+
+
+# Hard upper safety limits enforced even when omitted or exceeded
+HARD_MAX_TOKENS = 20_000
+HARD_MAX_FILES = 40
+HARD_MAX_LINES = 1_500
+HARD_MAX_SYMBOLS = 50
+HARD_MAX_RELATIONSHIPS = 60
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ContextBudgetSpec:
+    """Explicit deterministic context budget bounds."""
+
+    max_tokens: int = 20_000
+    max_symbols: int = 25
+    max_relationships: int = 30
+    max_files: int = 25
+    max_lines: int = 500
+    max_depth: int = 3
+    max_package_depth: int = 2
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, int]:
+        return {
+            "max_tokens": self.max_tokens,
+            "max_symbols": self.max_symbols,
+            "max_relationships": self.max_relationships,
+            "max_files": self.max_files,
+            "max_lines": self.max_lines,
+            "max_depth": self.max_depth,
+            "max_package_depth": self.max_package_depth,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ContextBudget:
+    candidate_tokens: int
+    selected_tokens: int
+    reduction_ratio: float
+    budget_limit: int
+    rejections: tuple[dict[str, object], ...] = ()
+    candidate_count: int = 0
+    selected_count: int = 0
+    candidate_reduction_ratio: float = 0.0
+    selected_reduction_ratio: float = 0.0
+    budget_utilization: float = 0.0
+    coverage_score: float = 0.0
+    redundancy_ratio: float = 0.0
+    evidence_density: float = 0.0
+    direct_file_reads: int = 0
+    direct_file_lines: int = 0
+    selected_files: int = 0
+    selected_lines: int = 0
+    truncated: bool = False
+    tool_calls: int = 1
+    max_symbols: int = 25
+    max_relationships: int = 30
+    max_files: int = 25
+    max_lines: int = 500
+    max_depth: int = 3
+    max_package_depth: int = 2
+    covered_dimensions: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    missing_dimensions: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, object]:
+        return {
+            "candidate_count": self.candidate_count,
+            "selected_count": self.selected_count,
+            "candidate_tokens": self.candidate_tokens,
+            "selected_tokens": self.selected_tokens,
+            "selected_files": self.selected_files,
+            "selected_lines": self.selected_lines,
+            "truncated": self.truncated,
+            "reduction_ratio": round(self.reduction_ratio, 4),
+            "candidate_reduction_ratio": round(self.candidate_reduction_ratio, 4),
+            "selected_reduction_ratio": round(self.selected_reduction_ratio, 4),
+            "budget_limit": self.budget_limit,
+            "budget_utilization": round(self.budget_utilization, 4),
+            "coverage_score": round(self.coverage_score, 4),
+            "redundancy_ratio": round(self.redundancy_ratio, 4),
+            "evidence_density": round(self.evidence_density, 4),
+            "direct_file_reads": self.direct_file_reads,
+            "direct_file_lines": self.direct_file_lines,
+            "tool_calls": self.tool_calls,
+            "max_symbols": self.max_symbols,
+            "max_relationships": self.max_relationships,
+            "max_files": self.max_files,
+            "max_lines": self.max_lines,
+            "max_depth": self.max_depth,
+            "max_package_depth": self.max_package_depth,
+            "covered_dimensions": list(self.covered_dimensions),
+            "missing_dimensions": list(self.missing_dimensions),
+            "rejections": list(self.rejections),
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ContextCandidate:
+    candidate_id: str
+    canonical_id: str | None
+    source_type: str
+    estimated_tokens: int
+    relevance: float
+    evidence_quality: float
+    freshness: float
+    relationship_value: float
+    coverage_value: float
+    redundancy_group: str | None
+    status: str
+    confidence: str
+    reason_code: str = ""
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, object]:
+        return {
+            "candidate_id": self.candidate_id,
+            "canonical_id": self.canonical_id,
+            "source_type": self.source_type,
+            "estimated_tokens": self.estimated_tokens,
+            "relevance": self.relevance,
+            "evidence_quality": self.evidence_quality,
+            "freshness": self.freshness,
+            "relationship_value": self.relationship_value,
+            "coverage_value": self.coverage_value,
+            "redundancy_group": self.redundancy_group,
+            "status": self.status,
+            "confidence": self.confidence,
+            "reason_code": self.reason_code,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CandidateContextItem:
+    item_id: str
+    file_path: str
+    start_line: int
+    end_line: int
+    canonical_id: str | None
+    estimated_tokens: int
+    relevance_score: float  # 0.0 - 1.0
+    evidence_quality: float  # 0.0 - 1.0
+    freshness: str  # FRESH | PARTIALLY_STALE | STALE | UNKNOWN
+    coverage_layer: str  # ENTRYPOINT | HANDLER | SERVICE | DATA | TEST | GIT | ARCHITECTURE | GENERAL
+    source_type: str  # chunk | symbol | edge | test | git | route
+    snippet: str
+    confidence: str = "HIGH"
+    relationship_value: float = 0.5
+    epistemic_status: str = "FACT"  # FACT | ASSUMPTION | INFERENCE | UNKNOWN | CONFLICT | POSSIBLE | AMBIGUOUS
+    coverage_value: float = 0.5
+    data: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    why_selected: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    reason_code: str = ""
+    package_id: str | None = None
+    package_distance: int = 0  # 0=owner, 1=direct dep, 2=transitive, 99=unrelated
+    artifact_class: str = "SOURCE"
+    graph_distance: int = 0
+    task_dimension: str = ""
+
+    @property
+    def relevance(self) -> float:
+        return self.relevance_score
+
+    @property
+    def status(self) -> str:
+        return self.epistemic_status
+
+    @property
+    def redundancy_group(self) -> str:
+        return self.duplicate_key
+
+    @property
+    def duplicate_key(self) -> str:
+        """Deterministic grouping key for redundancy detection by canonical identity."""
+        if self.canonical_id:
+            return f"sym:{self.canonical_id}"
+        sym = self.data.get("symbol")
+        if sym:
+            return f"sym:{self.file_path}::{sym}"
+        return f"loc:{self.file_path}:{self.start_line}"
+
+    @property
+    def line_count(self) -> int:
+        if self.snippet:
+            return max(1, len(self.snippet.splitlines()))
+        return max(1, self.end_line - self.start_line + 1)
+
+    def infer_dimension(self) -> str:
+        """Determine the task coverage dimension represented by this candidate."""
+        if self.task_dimension:
+            return self.task_dimension
+        if self.epistemic_status in ("UNKNOWN", "CONFLICT", "POSSIBLE", "AMBIGUOUS"):
+            return "UNKNOWN"
+        rel = str(self.data.get("relationship") or "").upper()
+        reasons = self.data.get("reasons", [])
+        reason_codes = {getattr(r, "code", "") for r in reasons}
+        if any(c in reason_codes for c in ("EXACT_CANONICAL", "EXACT_QUALIFIED", "EXACT_SYMBOL")):
+            return "TARGET"
+        if self.coverage_layer == "ENTRYPOINT" or rel in ("HANDLED_BY", "ROUTES_TO", "MOUNTS", "ROUTE_HANDLER"):
+            return "ROUTE"
+        if self.coverage_layer == "TEST" or rel.startswith("TEST") or self.source_type == "test":
+            return "TEST"
+        if rel in ("INJECTS", "PROVIDES", "RESOLVES_DEPENDENCY", "CONFIGURES"):
+            return "PROVIDER"
+        if rel in ("REGISTERS", "DISPATCHES_TO", "EVENT_LISTENER", "TASK_HANDLER", "COMMAND_HANDLER"):
+            return "REGISTRATION"
+        if rel == "DEPENDS_ON_PACKAGE":
+            return "PACKAGE"
+        if "DIRECT_CALLER" in reason_codes or "POSSIBLE_CALLER" in reason_codes or rel in ("CALLERS", "CALLED_BY", "POSSIBLE_CALLS"):
+            return "CALLER"
+        if "DIRECT_CALLEE" in reason_codes or rel == "CALLS":
+            return "CALLEE"
+        if self.coverage_layer == "GIT":
+            return "GIT"
+        if self.coverage_layer in ("SERVICE", "DATA", "HANDLER"):
+            return self.coverage_layer
+        return "TARGET" if self.relevance_score >= 0.7 else "GENERAL"
+
+    def infer_reason_code(self, is_coverage_fill: bool = False) -> str:
+        """Assign an explainable reason code for selection."""
+        if self.reason_code:
+            return self.reason_code
+        if self.epistemic_status in ("UNKNOWN", "CONFLICT", "POSSIBLE", "AMBIGUOUS"):
+            return REASON_AMBIGUITY_PRESERVED
+        dim = self.infer_dimension()
+        if dim == "TARGET":
+            return REASON_DIRECT_TARGET
+        if dim == "ROUTE":
+            return REASON_RELEVANT_ROUTE
+        if dim == "TEST":
+            return REASON_RELATED_TEST
+        if dim == "CALLER":
+            return REASON_DIRECT_CALLER
+        if dim == "CALLEE":
+            return REASON_VERIFIED_CALLEE
+        if dim in ("PROVIDER", "REGISTRATION"):
+            return REASON_HIGH_VALUE_EVIDENCE
+        if self.package_id and self.package_distance == 0:
+            return REASON_PACKAGE_OWNER
+        if self.package_id and self.package_distance in (1, 2):
+            return REASON_DEPENDENCY_PACKAGE
+        if is_coverage_fill:
+            return REASON_COVERAGE_FILL
+        return REASON_HIGH_VALUE_EVIDENCE
+
+    def to_context_candidate(self) -> ContextCandidate:
+        f_mult = _freshness_multiplier(self.freshness)
+        return ContextCandidate(
+            candidate_id=self.item_id,
+            canonical_id=self.canonical_id,
+            source_type=self.source_type,
+            estimated_tokens=self.estimated_tokens,
+            relevance=self.relevance_score,
+            evidence_quality=self.evidence_quality,
+            freshness=f_mult,
+            relationship_value=self.relationship_value,
+            coverage_value=self.coverage_value,
+            redundancy_group=self.duplicate_key,
+            status=self.epistemic_status,
+            confidence=self.confidence,
+            reason_code=self.reason_code or self.infer_reason_code(),
+        )
+
+
+def _freshness_multiplier(freshness: str) -> float:
+    if freshness == "FRESH":
+        return 1.0
+    if freshness == "PARTIALLY_STALE":
+        return 0.7
+    if freshness == "STALE":
+        return 0.3
+    return 0.5
+
+
+def _confidence_penalty(confidence: str) -> float:
+    if confidence == "HIGH":
+        return 0.0
+    if confidence == "MEDIUM":
+        return 0.1
+    return 0.25
+
+
+def _epistemic_multiplier(status: str) -> float:
+    if status == "FACT":
+        return 1.0
+    if status == "ASSUMPTION":
+        return 0.85
+    if status == "INFERENCE":
+        return 0.70
+    if status == "UNKNOWN":
+        return 0.40
+    if status == "CONFLICT":
+        return 0.30
+    return 0.70
+
+
+def _artifact_penalty(artifact_class: str) -> float:
+    cat = artifact_class.upper()
+    if cat in ("MINIFIED", "BUNDLE", "BUILD_ARTIFACT", "BINARY"):
+        return 0.50
+    if cat == "VENDOR":
+        return 0.40
+    if cat == "GENERATED":
+        return 0.20
+    return 0.0
+
+
+def _package_adjustment(package_distance: int) -> float:
+    if package_distance == 0:
+        return 0.08  # target package bonus
+    if package_distance == 1:
+        return 0.04  # direct dependency/dependent bonus
+    if package_distance == 2:
+        return 0.0
+    if package_distance >= 99:
+        return -0.15  # unrelated workspace package penalty
+    return -0.05 * (package_distance - 1)
+
+
+def compute_item_utility(
+    item: CandidateContextItem,
+    selected_layers: set[str],
+    selected_duplicate_keys: set[str],
+    selected_dimensions: set[str] | None = None,
+) -> float:
+    """Calculate deterministic utility score for a candidate context item."""
+    fresh_factor = _freshness_multiplier(item.freshness)
+    conf_penalty = _confidence_penalty(item.confidence)
+    epistemic_factor = _epistemic_multiplier(item.epistemic_status)
+    art_penalty = _artifact_penalty(item.artifact_class)
+    pkg_adj = _package_adjustment(item.package_distance) if item.package_id else 0.0
+    dist_penalty = min(0.20, 0.04 * max(0, item.graph_distance))
+
+    # Coverage reward: boost item if it introduces a required layer or dimension not yet represented
+    dim = item.infer_dimension()
+    layer_unseen = item.coverage_layer not in selected_layers
+    dim_unseen = selected_dimensions is not None and dim not in selected_dimensions and dim != "GENERAL"
+    coverage_factor = 1.3 if (layer_unseen or dim_unseen) else 1.0
+
+    # Priority boost for task-critical items over tangential ones
+    priority_dim_boost = 0.0
+    if dim == "TARGET" or item.relevance_score >= 0.80:
+        priority_dim_boost = 0.20
+    elif dim in ("ROUTE", "CALLER"):
+        priority_dim_boost = 0.12
+    elif dim == "CALLEE":
+        priority_dim_boost = 0.08
+    elif dim in ("TEST", "GIT", "PACKAGE", "GENERAL") and item.relevance_score < 0.50:
+        priority_dim_boost = -0.08
+
+    # Redundancy penalty: heavily discount items sharing duplicate keys with already selected items
+    redundancy_penalty = 0.5 if item.duplicate_key in selected_duplicate_keys else 0.0
+
+    utility = (
+        (item.relevance_score * 0.40)
+        + (item.evidence_quality * 0.20)
+        + (item.relationship_value * 0.15)
+        + (fresh_factor * 0.15)
+        + (epistemic_factor * 0.10)
+        + pkg_adj
+        + priority_dim_boost
+    ) * coverage_factor
+
+    final_score = max(0.01, utility - redundancy_penalty - conf_penalty - art_penalty - dist_penalty)
+    return round(final_score, 4)
+
+
+def _is_excluded(item: CandidateContextItem, task_spec: TaskSpec | None) -> bool:
+    """Return True if this candidate violates a hard exclusion constraint.
+
+    Hierarchical rules:
+    - "AuthService" excludes AuthService AND AuthService.login AND AuthService.*
+    - "src/admin_panel" excludes any file_path starting with that prefix
+    - Canonical-ID comparison preferred over raw string matching
+    """
+    if not task_spec or not task_spec.exclusions:
+        return False
+    item_sym = item.canonical_id or str(item.data.get("symbol") or "")
+    item_file = item.file_path or ""
+    for excl in task_spec.exclusions:
+        if not excl:
+            continue
+        # ── exact symbol match ───────────────────────────────────────────
+        if item_sym and (item_sym == excl):
+            return True
+        # ── hierarchical: AuthService excludes AuthService.anything ──────
+        if item_sym and (
+            item_sym.startswith(excl + ".") or item_sym.startswith(excl + ":")
+        ):
+            return True
+        # ── exact file match ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+        if item_file and item_file == excl:
+            return True
+        # ── file path prefix (module/directory exclusion) ────────────────
+        if item_file and (item_file.startswith(excl + "/") or item_file.startswith(excl + "\\")):
+            return True
+        # ── file contains the exclusion path segment ─────────────────────
+        if item_file and len(excl) >= 4 and excl in item_file:
+            return True
+        # ── substring match on symbol (kept for backward compat, len >= 4) ─
+        if item_sym and len(excl) >= 4 and excl in item_sym:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def select_bounded_snippet(
+    content: str,
+    start_line: int = 1,
+    end_line: int | None = None,
+    max_lines: int = 35,
+    max_chars: int = 800,
+) -> tuple[str, int, int]:
+    """Extract a deterministic, bounded source snippet without dumping entire files.
+
+    Returns:
+        (bounded_snippet, requested_lines, returned_lines)
+    """
+    if not content:
+        return "", 0, 0
+    lines = content.splitlines()
+    total_requested = len(lines)
+    if total_requested == 0:
+        return "", 0, 0
+
+    bounded_lines = lines[:max(1, max_lines)]
+    text = "\n".join(bounded_lines)
+    if len(text) > max_chars:
+        text = text[:max_chars]
+        bounded_lines = text.splitlines()
+
+    returned_lines = len(bounded_lines)
+    return text, total_requested, returned_lines
+
+
+def compress_relationships(
+    relationships: list[Any],
+    max_relationships: int = 30,
+) -> tuple[list[Any], dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Deterministically compress duplicate relationship findings while preserving traceability.
+
+    Rules:
+    - Group strictly by (source, target, relationship). Never merge different relationship types.
+    - Keep the strongest evidence class and highest confidence as the primary record.
+    - Retain concise supporting locations when multiple locations prove the same direct fact.
+    - Never drop the only evidence for a claim.
+    - Never convert UNKNOWN into a positive relationship or POSSIBLE into verified.
+    """
+    if not relationships:
+        return [], {"raw_count": 0, "compressed_count": 0, "duplicates_merged": 0}
+
+    from codegraph.evidence_contract import validate_relationship_record
+
+    grouped: dict[tuple[str, str, str], list[Any]] = {}
+    order_keys: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
+
+    for r in relationships:
+        validated = validate_relationship_record(r)
+        if isinstance(r, dict):
+            r["relationship"] = validated.relationship
+            r["evidence_class"] = validated.evidence_class
+            r["confidence"] = validated.confidence
+            r["status"] = validated.status
+        key = (validated.source, validated.target, validated.relationship)
+        if key not in grouped:
+            grouped[key] = []
+            order_keys.append(key)
+        grouped[key].append(r)
+
+    compressed: list[Any] = []
+    duplicates_merged = 0
+
+    for key in order_keys:
+        group = grouped[key]
+        if len(group) == 1:
+            compressed.append(group[0])
+            continue
+
+        duplicates_merged += len(group) - 1
+
+        # Sort group to pick the strongest primary record deterministically
+        def _rel_rank(item: Any) -> tuple[int, int, str, int]:
+            conf = str(getattr(item, "confidence", "HIGH") if not isinstance(item, dict) else item.get("confidence", "HIGH")).upper()
+            ev_cls = str(getattr(item, "evidence_class", "") if not isinstance(item, dict) else item.get("evidence_class", "")).upper()
+            f_path = str(getattr(item, "file", "") or (item.get("file", "") if isinstance(item, dict) else ""))
+            s_line = int(getattr(item, "start_line", 0) or (item.get("start_line", 0) if isinstance(item, dict) else 0) or 0)
+            return (
+                -_EVIDENCE_CLASS_RANK.get(ev_cls, 0),
+                -_CONFIDENCE_RANK.get(conf, 0),
+                f_path,
+                s_line,
+            )
+
+        sorted_group = sorted(group, key=_rel_rank)
+        primary = sorted_group[0]
+
+        # Collect concise supporting locations (up to 4 additional locations)
+        supporting_locs: list[str] = []
+        for extra in sorted_group[1:]:
+            ef = str(getattr(extra, "file", "") or (extra.get("file", "") if isinstance(extra, dict) else ""))
+            el = getattr(extra, "start_line", None) if not isinstance(extra, dict) else extra.get("start_line")
+            loc_str = f"{ef}:{el}" if ef and el else ef
+            if loc_str and loc_str not in supporting_locs:
+                supporting_locs.append(loc_str)
+
+        if hasattr(primary, "supporting_locations"):
+            try:
+                object.__setattr__(primary, "supporting_locations", supporting_locs[:4])
+                object.__setattr__(primary, "occurrence_count", len(group))
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        elif isinstance(primary, dict):
+            primary["supporting_locations"] = supporting_locs[:4]
+            primary["occurrence_count"] = len(group)
+
+        compressed.append(primary)
+
+    # Sort compressed relationships deterministically:
+    # 1. Confidence rank desc
+    # 2. Source, relationship, target ascending
+    def _final_rel_sort(item: Any) -> tuple[int, str, str, str]:
+        conf = str(getattr(item, "confidence", "HIGH") if not isinstance(item, dict) else item.get("confidence", "HIGH")).upper()
+        src = str(getattr(item, "source", "") if not isinstance(item, dict) else item.get("source", ""))
+        rel = str(getattr(item, "relationship", "") if not isinstance(item, dict) else item.get("relationship", ""))
+        tgt = str(getattr(item, "target", "") if not isinstance(item, dict) else item.get("target", ""))
+        return (-_CONFIDENCE_RANK.get(conf, 0), src, rel, tgt)
+
+    compressed.sort(key=_final_rel_sort)
+    bounded = compressed[:max(1, max_relationships)]
+
+    stats = {
+        "raw_count": len(relationships),
+        "compressed_count": len(bounded),
+        "duplicates_merged": duplicates_merged,
+    }
+    return bounded, stats
+
+
+def optimize_context_budget(
+    candidates: list[CandidateContextItem],
+    token_budget: int,
+    task_spec: TaskSpec | None = None,
+    budget_spec: ContextBudgetSpec | None = None,
+    required_dimensions: tuple[str, ...] = ("TARGET", "SERVICE", "TEST"),
+    verified_claims_count: int = 0,
+    tool_calls: int = 1,
+) -> tuple[list[CandidateContextItem], ContextBudget]:
+    """Deterministically select the highest-utility, coverage-preserving subset of candidates."""
+    raw_max_symbols = budget_spec.max_symbols if budget_spec else 25
+    raw_max_relationships = budget_spec.max_relationships if budget_spec else 30
+    raw_max_files = budget_spec.max_files if budget_spec else 25
+    raw_max_lines = budget_spec.max_lines if budget_spec else 500
+    max_depth = budget_spec.max_depth if budget_spec else 3
+    max_package_depth = budget_spec.max_package_depth if budget_spec else 2
+
+    was_clamped = (
+        token_budget > HARD_MAX_TOKENS
+        or raw_max_symbols > HARD_MAX_SYMBOLS
+        or raw_max_relationships > HARD_MAX_RELATIONSHIPS
+        or raw_max_files > HARD_MAX_FILES
+        or raw_max_lines > HARD_MAX_LINES
+    )
+    token_budget = min(token_budget, HARD_MAX_TOKENS)
+    max_symbols = max(1, min(raw_max_symbols, HARD_MAX_SYMBOLS))
+    max_relationships = max(1, min(raw_max_relationships, HARD_MAX_RELATIONSHIPS))
+    max_files = max(1, min(raw_max_files, HARD_MAX_FILES))
+    max_lines = max(1, min(raw_max_lines, HARD_MAX_LINES))
+
+    if not candidates or token_budget <= 0 or (budget_spec is not None and (budget_spec.max_files <= 0 or budget_spec.max_lines <= 0)):
+        return [], ContextBudget(
+            candidate_tokens=sum(c.estimated_tokens for c in candidates) if candidates else 0,
+            selected_tokens=0,
+            reduction_ratio=1.0 if candidates else 0.0,
+            budget_limit=max(0, token_budget),
+            candidate_count=len(candidates) if candidates else 0,
+            selected_count=0,
+            candidate_reduction_ratio=1.0 if candidates else 0.0,
+            selected_reduction_ratio=1.0 if candidates else 0.0,
+            budget_utilization=0.0,
+            coverage_score=0.0,
+            redundancy_ratio=0.0,
+            evidence_density=0.0,
+            direct_file_reads=0,
+            direct_file_lines=0,
+            selected_files=0,
+            selected_lines=0,
+            truncated=bool(candidates),
+            tool_calls=tool_calls,
+            max_symbols=max_symbols,
+            max_relationships=max_relationships,
+            max_files=max_files,
+            max_lines=max_lines,
+            max_depth=max_depth,
+            max_package_depth=max_package_depth,
+            covered_dimensions=(),
+            missing_dimensions=required_dimensions,
+        )
+
+    candidate_count_total = len(candidates)
+    candidate_tokens_total = sum(c.estimated_tokens for c in candidates)
+
+    # Initial deterministic sort of candidates:
+    # 1. Relevance score descending
+    # 2. Evidence quality descending
+    # 3. Package distance ascending
+    # 4. Canonical ID or file path ascending (stable tie-breaker)
+    # 5. Start line ascending
+    sorted_candidates = sorted(
+        candidates,
+        key=lambda x: (
+            -x.relevance_score,
+            -x.evidence_quality,
+            x.package_distance,
+            x.canonical_id or x.file_path,
+            x.start_line,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    selected: list[CandidateContextItem] = []
+    selected_layers: set[str] = set()
+    selected_dimensions: set[str] = set()
+    selected_duplicate_keys: set[str] = set()
+    selected_files: set[str] = set()
+    selected_tokens = 0
+    selected_lines = 0
+    selected_symbols_count = 0
+    snippet_trimmed = False
+
+    def _is_epistemic_uncertainty(item: CandidateContextItem) -> bool:
+        ev_cls = str(item.data.get("evidence_class", "")).upper()
+        return (
+            item.epistemic_status in ("UNKNOWN", "CONFLICT", "POSSIBLE", "AMBIGUOUS")
+            or ev_cls in ("UNKNOWN", "POSSIBLE")
+            or item.source_type in ("uncertainty", "finding")
+        )
+
+    def _can_fit(item: CandidateContextItem, is_epistemic_uncertainty: bool = False) -> bool:
+        if item.graph_distance > max_depth:
+            return False
+        if item.package_distance != 99 and item.package_distance > max_package_depth:
+            return False
+        if selected_tokens + item.estimated_tokens > token_budget:
+            return False
+        if not is_epistemic_uncertainty and selected_symbols_count >= max_symbols:
+            return False
+        if (
+            not is_epistemic_uncertainty
+            and item.file_path
+            and item.file_path not in selected_files
+            and len(selected_files) >= max_files
+        ):
+            return False
+        if (
+            not is_epistemic_uncertainty
+            and selected_lines + item.line_count > max_lines
+        ):
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def _trim_to_fit(item: CandidateContextItem, is_epistemic_uncertainty: bool = False) -> bool:
+        nonlocal snippet_trimmed
+        if item.graph_distance > max_depth:
+            return False
+        if item.package_distance != 99 and item.package_distance > max_package_depth:
+            return False
+        if not is_epistemic_uncertainty and selected_symbols_count >= max_symbols:
+            return False
+        if (
+            not is_epistemic_uncertainty
+            and item.file_path
+            and item.file_path not in selected_files
+            and len(selected_files) >= max_files
+        ):
+            return False
+        rem_tokens = token_budget - selected_tokens
+        rem_lines = max_lines - selected_lines if not is_epistemic_uncertainty else max(1, max_lines - selected_lines)
+        if rem_tokens <= 0 or rem_lines <= 0:
+            return False
+        max_chars = max(4, rem_tokens * 4)
+        lines = (item.snippet or "").splitlines()
+        bounded_lines = lines[:rem_lines] if lines else []
+        trimmed_text = "\n".join(bounded_lines)
+        if len(trimmed_text) > max_chars:
+            trimmed_text = trimmed_text[:max_chars]
+        item.snippet = trimmed_text
+        item.estimated_tokens = min(rem_tokens, max(1, len(trimmed_text) // 4))
+        snippet_trimmed = True
+        return _can_fit(item, is_epistemic_uncertainty=is_epistemic_uncertainty)
+
+    def _accept(item: CandidateContextItem, is_coverage_fill: bool, why: list[str]) -> None:
+        nonlocal selected_tokens, selected_lines, selected_symbols_count
+        item.reason_code = item.infer_reason_code(is_coverage_fill=is_coverage_fill)
+        item.why_selected = [f"Reason: {item.reason_code}"] + why
+        selected.append(item)
+        selected_tokens += item.estimated_tokens
+        selected_lines += item.line_count
+        if not _is_epistemic_uncertainty(item):
+            selected_symbols_count += 1
+        selected_layers.add(item.coverage_layer)
+        selected_dimensions.add(item.infer_dimension())
+        selected_duplicate_keys.add(item.duplicate_key)
+        if item.file_path:
+            selected_files.add(item.file_path)
+
+    # Pass 0: Preserve high-value UNKNOWN / POSSIBLE / CONFLICT / AMBIGUOUS findings
+    for item in sorted_candidates:
+        if _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+            continue
+        if _is_epistemic_uncertainty(item) and item.relevance_score >= 0.2:
+            if item.duplicate_key not in selected_duplicate_keys:
+                if _can_fit(item, is_epistemic_uncertainty=True) or _trim_to_fit(item, is_epistemic_uncertainty=True):
+                    _accept(
+                        item,
+                        is_coverage_fill=True,
+                        why=[
+                            f"Epistemic preservation: '{item.epistemic_status}'",
+                            f"Relevance: {item.relevance_score:.2f}",
+                        ],
+                    )
+
+    # Pass 1a: Task Dimension Coverage pass — ensure required task dimensions
+    # (e.g. TARGET, CALLER, CALLEE, ROUTE, REGISTRATION, PROVIDER, TEST, PACKAGE)
+    # get represented before filling with repetitive candidates of the same dimension
+    for req_dim in required_dimensions:
+        if req_dim in selected_dimensions:
+            continue
+        for item in sorted_candidates:
+            if item in selected or _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+                continue
+            if item.relevance_score < 0.2:
+                continue
+            if item.duplicate_key in selected_duplicate_keys:
+                continue
+            if item.infer_dimension() == req_dim:
+                if _can_fit(item) or (req_dim == "TARGET" and len(selected) == 0 and _trim_to_fit(item)):
+                    _accept(
+                        item,
+                        is_coverage_fill=True,
+                        why=[
+                            f"Task dimension coverage guarantee: '{req_dim}'",
+                            f"Relevance: {item.relevance_score:.2f}",
+                        ],
+                    )
+                    break
+
+    # Pass 1b: Task-Critical Candidates Priority pass — ensure all direct targets,
+    # routes, and direct callers/callees are admitted into the file budget before
+    # tangential layer coverage files consume file slots.
+    for item in sorted_candidates:
+        if item in selected or _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+            continue
+        if item.duplicate_key in selected_duplicate_keys:
+            continue
+        dim = item.infer_dimension()
+        is_task_critical = (
+            dim in ("TARGET", "ROUTE", "CALLER")
+            or item.relevance_score >= 0.70
+            or (dim == "CALLEE" and item.relevance_score >= 0.50)
+        )
+        if is_task_critical:
+            if _can_fit(item) or (dim == "TARGET" and len(selected) == 0 and _trim_to_fit(item)):
+                _accept(
+                    item,
+                    is_coverage_fill=False,
+                    why=[
+                        f"Task-critical priority candidate: dimension '{dim}'",
+                        f"Relevance: {item.relevance_score:.2f}, Evidence: {item.evidence_quality:.2f}",
+                    ],
+                )
+
+    # Pass 1c: Architectural Layer Coverage pass — ensure distinct layers
+    # (e.g. ENTRYPOINT, SERVICE, DATA, TEST, GIT) get represented if candidates exist
+    for item in sorted_candidates:
+        if item in selected or _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+            continue
+        if item.relevance_score < 0.2:
+            continue
+        if item.duplicate_key in selected_duplicate_keys:
+            continue
+        if item.coverage_layer not in selected_layers and item.coverage_layer != "GENERAL":
+            if _can_fit(item):
+                _accept(
+                    item,
+                    is_coverage_fill=True,
+                    why=[
+                        f"Coverage layer guarantee: '{item.coverage_layer}'",
+                        f"Relevance: {item.relevance_score:.2f}",
+                    ],
+                )
+
+    # Pass 2: Utility-driven knapsack pass for remaining budget
+    remaining_candidates = [c for c in sorted_candidates if c not in selected]
+
+    scored_pool: list[tuple[float, CandidateContextItem]] = []
+    for item in remaining_candidates:
+        u = compute_item_utility(item, selected_layers, selected_duplicate_keys, selected_dimensions)
+        scored_pool.append((u, item))
+
+    # Sort remaining pool deterministically by utility desc, item id asc
+    scored_pool.sort(
+        key=lambda pair: (
+            -pair[0],
+            -pair[1].relevance_score,
+            pair[1].package_distance,
+            pair[1].canonical_id or pair[1].file_path,
+            pair[1].start_line,
+        )
+    )
+
+    for utility, item in scored_pool:
+        if _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+            continue
+        # Strict duplicate elimination by canonical identity
+        if item.duplicate_key in selected_duplicate_keys:
+            continue
+        # Minimum relevance threshold to avoid packing irrelevant items
+        if item.relevance_score < 0.35 or utility < 0.25:
+            continue
+        if _can_fit(item):
+            _accept(
+                item,
+                is_coverage_fill=False,
+                why=[
+                    f"Knapsack utility score: {utility:.2f}",
+                    f"Relevance: {item.relevance_score:.2f}, Evidence: {item.evidence_quality:.2f}, Freshness: {item.freshness}",
+                ],
+            )
+
+    # Fallback Pass: If tight budget prevented any candidate from fitting, trim the top non-excluded candidate
+    if not selected:
+        for item in sorted_candidates:
+            if _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+                continue
+            if _trim_to_fit(item):
+                _accept(
+                    item,
+                    is_coverage_fill=True,
+                    why=[
+                        "Primary target preserved under tight budget via bounded snippet truncation",
+                        f"Relevance: {item.relevance_score:.2f}",
+                    ],
+                )
+                break
+
+    # Final deterministic ordering for presentation:
+    # Coverage layers first (ENTRYPOINT -> HANDLER -> SERVICE -> DATA -> TEST -> GIT -> ARCHITECTURE -> GENERAL),
+    # then relevance descending, file path, and line number
+    _LAYER_ORDER = {
+        "ENTRYPOINT": 0,
+        "HANDLER": 1,
+        "SERVICE": 2,
+        "DATA": 3,
+        "TEST": 4,
+        "GIT": 5,
+        "ARCHITECTURE": 6,
+        "GENERAL": 7,
+    }
+
+    selected.sort(
+        key=lambda x: (
+            _LAYER_ORDER.get(x.coverage_layer, 9),
+            -x.relevance_score,
+            x.file_path,
+            x.start_line,
+        )
+    )
+
+    token_reduction = (
+        1.0 - (selected_tokens / max(candidate_tokens_total, 1))
+        if candidate_tokens_total > 0
+        else 0.0
+    )
+    cand_reduction = (
+        1.0 - (len(selected) / max(candidate_count_total, 1))
+        if candidate_count_total > 0
+        else 0.0
+    )
+    utilization = min(1.0, selected_tokens / max(token_budget, 1))
+
+    # Coverage score over available required dimensions
+    available_dims = {c.infer_dimension() for c in candidates if not _is_excluded(c, task_spec)}
+    effective_req_dims = [d for d in required_dimensions if d in available_dims] or list(required_dimensions)
+    covered_dims = tuple(d for d in required_dimensions if d in selected_dimensions)
+    missing_dims = tuple(d for d in required_dimensions if d not in selected_dimensions)
+    if effective_req_dims:
+        cov_score = sum(1 for d in effective_req_dims if d in selected_dimensions) / len(effective_req_dims)
+    else:
+        cov_score = 1.0 if selected else 0.0
+
+    # Redundancy ratio in selected items (should be 0.0 due to canonical deduplication)
+    seen_sel_keys: set[str] = set()
+    dup_sel = 0
+    for s in selected:
+        if s.duplicate_key in seen_sel_keys:
+            dup_sel += 1
+        else:
+            seen_sel_keys.add(s.duplicate_key)
+    redundancy_ratio = dup_sel / max(len(selected), 1)
+
+    # Evidence density: verified claims (selected symbols + verified relationships) per 100 selected tokens
+    total_claims = len(selected) + max(0, verified_claims_count)
+    evidence_density = (total_claims / max(selected_tokens / 100.0, 1.0)) if selected_tokens > 0 else 0.0
+
+    rejections_list: list[dict[str, object]] = []
+    selected_ids = {s.item_id for s in selected}
+    budget_rejected_count = 0
+    for item in candidates:
+        if item.item_id not in selected_ids:
+            if _is_excluded(item, task_spec):
+                reason = "Hard exclusion constraint"
+            elif item.duplicate_key in selected_duplicate_keys:
+                reason = f"Duplicate of selected symbol/chunk ({item.duplicate_key})"
+            elif item.graph_distance > max_depth:
+                reason = f"Graph depth limit reached ({max_depth} hops)"
+                budget_rejected_count += 1
+            elif item.package_distance != 99 and item.package_distance > max_package_depth:
+                reason = f"Package depth limit reached ({max_package_depth} hops)"
+                budget_rejected_count += 1
+            elif selected_symbols_count >= max_symbols:
+                reason = f"Symbol budget limit reached ({max_symbols} symbols)"
+                budget_rejected_count += 1
+            elif item.file_path not in selected_files and len(selected_files) >= max_files:
+                reason = f"File budget limit reached ({max_files} files)"
+                budget_rejected_count += 1
+            elif selected_lines + item.line_count > max_lines:
+                reason = f"Line budget limit reached ({max_lines} lines)"
+                budget_rejected_count += 1
+            elif item.estimated_tokens + selected_tokens > token_budget:
+                reason = f"Token budget limit reached ({token_budget} tokens)"
+                budget_rejected_count += 1
+            elif item.freshness == "STALE":
+                reason = "Stale source hash on disk"
+            else:
+                reason = f"Lower utility/relevance ({item.relevance_score:.2f}) compared to selected candidates"
+            rejections_list.append(
+                {
+                    "item_id": item.item_id,
+                    "file": item.file_path,
+                    "start_line": item.start_line,
+                    "symbol": item.canonical_id or item.data.get("symbol"),
+                    "reason": reason,
+                    "relevance": item.relevance_score,
+                }
+            )
+
+    is_truncated = bool(was_clamped or snippet_trimmed or budget_rejected_count > 0)
+
+    budget = ContextBudget(
+        candidate_tokens=candidate_tokens_total,
+        selected_tokens=selected_tokens,
+        reduction_ratio=round(token_reduction, 4),
+        budget_limit=token_budget,
+        rejections=tuple(rejections_list[:50]),
+        candidate_count=candidate_count_total,
+        selected_count=len(selected),
+        candidate_reduction_ratio=round(cand_reduction, 4),
+        selected_reduction_ratio=round(token_reduction, 4),
+        budget_utilization=round(utilization, 4),
+        coverage_score=round(cov_score, 4),
+        redundancy_ratio=round(redundancy_ratio, 4),
+        evidence_density=round(evidence_density, 4),
+        direct_file_reads=len(selected_files),
+        direct_file_lines=selected_lines,
+        selected_files=len(selected_files),
+        selected_lines=selected_lines,
+        truncated=is_truncated,
+        tool_calls=tool_calls,
+        max_symbols=max_symbols,
+        max_relationships=max_relationships,
+        max_files=max_files,
+        max_lines=max_lines,
+        max_depth=max_depth,
+        max_package_depth=max_package_depth,
+        covered_dimensions=covered_dims,
+        missing_dimensions=missing_dims,
+    )
+
+    return selected, budget