xiangfu0 commented on code in PR #17994:
URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/17994#discussion_r3004686088


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pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/ExactVectorScanFilterOperator.java:
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pinot.core.operator.filter;
+
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions;
+import 
org.apache.pinot.common.request.context.predicate.VectorSimilarityPredicate;
+import org.apache.pinot.core.common.BlockDocIdSet;
+import org.apache.pinot.core.common.Operator;
+import org.apache.pinot.core.operator.ExplainAttributeBuilder;
+import org.apache.pinot.core.operator.docidsets.BitmapDocIdSet;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.ForwardIndexReader;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.ForwardIndexReaderContext;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.data.FieldSpec;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.FilterType;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.InvocationRecording;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.Tracing;
+import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.ImmutableRoaringBitmap;
+import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Fallback operator that performs exact brute-force vector similarity search 
by scanning the forward index.
+ *
+ * <p>This operator is used when no ANN vector index exists on a segment for 
the target column
+ * (e.g., the segment was built before the vector index was added, or the 
index type is not
+ * supported). It reads all vectors from the forward index, computes exact 
distances to the
+ * query vector, and returns the top-K closest document IDs.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>The distance computation uses L2 (Euclidean) squared distance. For 
COSINE similarity,
+ * vectors should be pre-normalized. This matches the behavior of Lucene's 
HNSW implementation.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>This operator is intentionally simple and correct rather than fast -- it 
is a safety net.
+ * A warning is logged when this operator is used because it scans all 
documents in the segment.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>This class is thread-safe for single-threaded execution per query (same 
as other filter operators).</p>
+ */
+public class ExactVectorScanFilterOperator extends BaseFilterOperator {
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExactVectorScanFilterOperator.class);
+  private static final String EXPLAIN_NAME = "VECTOR_SIMILARITY_EXACT_SCAN";
+
+  private final ForwardIndexReader<?> _forwardIndexReader;
+  private final VectorSimilarityPredicate _predicate;
+  private final String _column;
+  private ImmutableRoaringBitmap _matches;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an exact scan operator.
+   *
+   * @param forwardIndexReader the forward index reader for the vector column
+   * @param predicate the vector similarity predicate containing query vector 
and top-K
+   * @param column the column name (for logging and explain)
+   * @param numDocs the total number of documents in the segment
+   */
+  public ExactVectorScanFilterOperator(ForwardIndexReader<?> 
forwardIndexReader,
+      VectorSimilarityPredicate predicate, String column, int numDocs) {
+    super(numDocs, false);
+    _forwardIndexReader = forwardIndexReader;
+    _predicate = predicate;
+    _column = column;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected BlockDocIdSet getTrues() {
+    if (_matches == null) {
+      _matches = computeExactTopK();
+    }
+    return new BitmapDocIdSet(_matches, _numDocs);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getNumMatchingDocs() {
+    if (_matches == null) {
+      _matches = computeExactTopK();
+    }
+    return _matches.getCardinality();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean canProduceBitmaps() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BitmapCollection getBitmaps() {
+    if (_matches == null) {
+      _matches = computeExactTopK();
+    }
+    record(_matches);
+    return new BitmapCollection(_numDocs, false, _matches);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<Operator> getChildOperators() {
+    return Collections.emptyList();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toExplainString() {
+    return EXPLAIN_NAME + "(indexLookUp:exact_scan"
+        + ", operator:" + _predicate.getType()
+        + ", vector identifier:" + _column
+        + ", vector literal:" + Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue())
+        + ", topK to search:" + _predicate.getTopK()
+        + ')';
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getExplainName() {
+    return CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, 
EXPLAIN_NAME);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void explainAttributes(ExplainAttributeBuilder attributeBuilder) {
+    super.explainAttributes(attributeBuilder);
+    attributeBuilder.putString("indexLookUp", "exact_scan");
+    attributeBuilder.putString("operator", _predicate.getType().name());
+    attributeBuilder.putString("vectorIdentifier", _column);
+    attributeBuilder.putString("vectorLiteral", 
Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue()));
+    attributeBuilder.putLongIdempotent("topKtoSearch", _predicate.getTopK());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Performs brute-force exact search over all documents in the segment.
+   * Uses a max-heap to maintain the top-K closest vectors.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private ImmutableRoaringBitmap computeExactTopK() {
+    LOGGER.warn("Performing exact vector scan fallback on column: {} for 
segment with {} docs. "
+        + "This is expensive -- consider adding a vector index.", _column, 
_numDocs);
+
+    float[] queryVector = _predicate.getValue();
+    int topK = _predicate.getTopK();
+
+    // Max-heap: entry with largest distance is at the top so we can 
efficiently evict it
+    PriorityQueue<DocDistance> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(topK + 1,
+        (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance));
+
+    ForwardIndexReader rawReader = _forwardIndexReader;
+    try (ForwardIndexReaderContext context = rawReader.createContext()) {
+      for (int docId = 0; docId < _numDocs; docId++) {
+        float[] docVector = rawReader.getFloatMV(docId, context);
+        if (docVector == null || docVector.length == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        float distance = computeL2SquaredDistance(queryVector, docVector);
+        if (maxHeap.size() < topK) {
+          maxHeap.add(new DocDistance(docId, distance));

Review Comment:
   Acknowledged — L2-only for phase 1 fallback. Multi-distance exact scan 
tracked for phase 2.



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pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/readers/vector/IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.java:
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.readers.vector;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions;
+import 
org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.vector.IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.V1Constants;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator.VectorIndexConfig;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.NprobeAware;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.VectorIndexReader;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.store.SegmentDirectoryPaths;
+import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Reader for IVF_FLAT (Inverted File with flat vectors) index.
+ *
+ * <p>Loads the entire index into memory at construction time for fast search.
+ * The search algorithm:
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>Computes distance from the query to all centroids.</li>
+ *   <li>Selects the {@code nprobe} closest centroids.</li>
+ *   <li>Scans all vectors in those centroids' inverted lists.</li>
+ *   <li>Returns the top-K doc IDs as a bitmap.</li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * <h3>Thread safety</h3>
+ * <p>This class is thread-safe for concurrent reads. The loaded index data is 
immutable
+ * after construction. The only mutable state is {@code _nprobe}, which is 
volatile to
+ * allow query-time tuning from another thread. However, the typical pattern is
+ * single-threaded: set nprobe, then call getDocIds.</p>
+ */
+public class IvfFlatVectorIndexReader implements VectorIndexReader, 
NprobeAware {
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.class);
+
+  /** Default nprobe value when not explicitly set. */
+  static final int DEFAULT_NPROBE = 4;
+
+  // Index data loaded from file
+  private final int _dimension;
+  private final int _numVectors;
+  private final int _nlist;
+  private final VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction _distanceFunction;
+  private final float[][] _centroids;
+  private final int[][] _listDocIds;
+  private final float[][][] _listVectors;
+  private final String _column;
+
+  /** Number of centroids to probe during search. */
+  private volatile int _nprobe;
+
+  /**
+   * Opens and loads an IVF_FLAT index from disk.
+   *
+   * @param column    the column name
+   * @param indexDir  the segment index directory
+   * @param config    the vector index configuration
+   * @throws RuntimeException if the index file cannot be read or is corrupt
+   */
+  public IvfFlatVectorIndexReader(String column, File indexDir, 
VectorIndexConfig config) {
+    _column = column;
+
+    // Initialize nprobe to the default; query-time tuning should use 
NprobeAware#setNprobe.
+    int configuredNprobe = DEFAULT_NPROBE;
+
+    File indexFile = SegmentDirectoryPaths.findVectorIndexIndexFile(indexDir, 
column);
+    if (indexFile == null || !indexFile.exists()) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "Failed to find IVF_FLAT index file for column: " + column + " in 
dir: " + indexDir
+              + ". Expected file: " + column + 
V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_IVF_FLAT_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION);
+    }
+
+    try (DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new 
FileInputStream(indexFile))) {
+      // --- Header ---
+      int magic = in.readInt();
+      Preconditions.checkState(magic == IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC,
+          "Invalid IVF_FLAT magic: 0x%s, expected 0x%s",
+          Integer.toHexString(magic), 
Integer.toHexString(IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC));
+
+      int version = in.readInt();
+      Preconditions.checkState(version == 
IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION,
+          "Unsupported IVF_FLAT format version: %s, expected: %s",
+          version, IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION);
+
+      _dimension = in.readInt();
+      _numVectors = in.readInt();
+      _nlist = in.readInt();
+      int distanceFunctionOrdinal = in.readInt();
+      _distanceFunction = 
VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction.values()[distanceFunctionOrdinal];
+
+      // Clamp nprobe to valid range
+      _nprobe = Math.min(configuredNprobe, _nlist);
+      if (_nprobe <= 0) {
+        _nprobe = Math.min(DEFAULT_NPROBE, _nlist);
+      }
+
+      // --- Centroids ---
+      _centroids = new float[_nlist][_dimension];
+      for (int c = 0; c < _nlist; c++) {
+        for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) {
+          _centroids[c][d] = in.readFloat();
+        }
+      }
+
+      // --- Inverted Lists ---
+      _listDocIds = new int[_nlist][];
+      _listVectors = new float[_nlist][][];
+
+      for (int c = 0; c < _nlist; c++) {
+        int listSize = in.readInt();
+        _listDocIds[c] = new int[listSize];
+        for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) {
+          _listDocIds[c][i] = in.readInt();
+        }
+        _listVectors[c] = new float[listSize][_dimension];
+        for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) {
+          for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) {
+            _listVectors[c][i][d] = in.readFloat();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // We skip reading the offset table and footer since we read sequentially
+
+      LOGGER.info("Loaded IVF_FLAT index for column: {}: {} vectors, {} 
centroids, dim={}, nprobe={}, distance={}",
+          column, _numVectors, _nlist, _dimension, _nprobe, _distanceFunction);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "Failed to load IVF_FLAT index for column: " + column + " from file: 
" + indexFile, e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MutableRoaringBitmap getDocIds(float[] searchQuery, int topK) {
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(searchQuery.length == _dimension,
+        "Query dimension mismatch: expected %s, got %s", _dimension, 
searchQuery.length);
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(topK > 0, "topK must be positive, got: %s", 
topK);
+
+    if (_numVectors == 0 || _nlist == 0) {
+      return new MutableRoaringBitmap();
+    }
+
+    int effectiveNprobe = Math.min(_nprobe, _nlist);
+
+    // Step 1: Find the nprobe closest centroids
+    int[] probeCentroids = findClosestCentroids(searchQuery, effectiveNprobe);
+
+    // Step 2: Scan all vectors in the selected inverted lists, maintaining a 
max-heap of size topK
+    // Max-heap: the largest distance is at the top, so we can efficiently 
evict the worst candidate.
+    int effectiveTopK = Math.min(topK, _numVectors);
+    PriorityQueue<ScoredDoc> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(effectiveTopK,
+        (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance));
+
+    for (int probeIdx : probeCentroids) {
+      int[] docIds = _listDocIds[probeIdx];
+      float[][] vectors = _listVectors[probeIdx];
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < docIds.length; i++) {
+        float dist = computeDistance(searchQuery, vectors[i]);
+        if (maxHeap.size() < effectiveTopK) {
+          maxHeap.offer(new ScoredDoc(docIds[i], dist));
+        } else if (dist < maxHeap.peek()._distance) {
+          maxHeap.poll();
+          maxHeap.offer(new ScoredDoc(docIds[i], dist));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Step 3: Collect results into a bitmap
+    MutableRoaringBitmap result = new MutableRoaringBitmap();
+    for (ScoredDoc doc : maxHeap) {
+      result.add(doc._docId);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the number of centroids to probe during search.
+   * This allows query-time tuning of the recall/speed tradeoff.
+   *
+   * @param nprobe number of centroids to probe (clamped to [1, nlist])
+   *
+   * <p><b>Thread-safety note:</b> This method mutates a volatile field on the 
shared reader instance.
+   * In Pinot's query execution model, nprobe is set once per query before 
calling getDocIds(),
+   * and each query runs on a single thread per segment. A future improvement 
could pass nprobe
+   * as a parameter to getDocIds() to eliminate any cross-query visibility 
concern.</p>
+   */
+  public void setNprobe(int nprobe) {
+    _nprobe = Math.max(1, Math.min(nprobe, _nlist));

Review Comment:
   Fixed in commit 71cfd92 — now throws IllegalArgumentException for nprobe < 1 
instead of clamping.



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pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/readers/vector/IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.java:
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.readers.vector;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions;
+import 
org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.vector.IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.V1Constants;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator.VectorIndexConfig;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.NprobeAware;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.VectorIndexReader;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.store.SegmentDirectoryPaths;
+import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Reader for IVF_FLAT (Inverted File with flat vectors) index.
+ *
+ * <p>Loads the entire index into memory at construction time for fast search.
+ * The search algorithm:
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>Computes distance from the query to all centroids.</li>
+ *   <li>Selects the {@code nprobe} closest centroids.</li>
+ *   <li>Scans all vectors in those centroids' inverted lists.</li>
+ *   <li>Returns the top-K doc IDs as a bitmap.</li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * <h3>Thread safety</h3>
+ * <p>This class is thread-safe for concurrent reads. The loaded index data is 
immutable
+ * after construction. The only mutable state is {@code _nprobe}, which is 
volatile to
+ * allow query-time tuning from another thread. However, the typical pattern is
+ * single-threaded: set nprobe, then call getDocIds.</p>
+ */
+public class IvfFlatVectorIndexReader implements VectorIndexReader, 
NprobeAware {
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.class);
+
+  /** Default nprobe value when not explicitly set. */
+  static final int DEFAULT_NPROBE = 4;
+
+  // Index data loaded from file
+  private final int _dimension;
+  private final int _numVectors;
+  private final int _nlist;
+  private final VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction _distanceFunction;
+  private final float[][] _centroids;
+  private final int[][] _listDocIds;
+  private final float[][][] _listVectors;
+  private final String _column;
+
+  /** Number of centroids to probe during search. */
+  private volatile int _nprobe;
+
+  /**
+   * Opens and loads an IVF_FLAT index from disk.
+   *
+   * @param column    the column name
+   * @param indexDir  the segment index directory
+   * @param config    the vector index configuration
+   * @throws RuntimeException if the index file cannot be read or is corrupt
+   */
+  public IvfFlatVectorIndexReader(String column, File indexDir, 
VectorIndexConfig config) {
+    _column = column;
+
+    // Initialize nprobe to the default; query-time tuning should use 
NprobeAware#setNprobe.
+    int configuredNprobe = DEFAULT_NPROBE;
+
+    File indexFile = SegmentDirectoryPaths.findVectorIndexIndexFile(indexDir, 
column);
+    if (indexFile == null || !indexFile.exists()) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "Failed to find IVF_FLAT index file for column: " + column + " in 
dir: " + indexDir
+              + ". Expected file: " + column + 
V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_IVF_FLAT_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION);
+    }
+
+    try (DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new 
FileInputStream(indexFile))) {
+      // --- Header ---
+      int magic = in.readInt();
+      Preconditions.checkState(magic == IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC,
+          "Invalid IVF_FLAT magic: 0x%s, expected 0x%s",
+          Integer.toHexString(magic), 
Integer.toHexString(IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC));
+
+      int version = in.readInt();
+      Preconditions.checkState(version == 
IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION,
+          "Unsupported IVF_FLAT format version: %s, expected: %s",
+          version, IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION);
+
+      _dimension = in.readInt();
+      _numVectors = in.readInt();
+      _nlist = in.readInt();
+      int distanceFunctionOrdinal = in.readInt();
+      _distanceFunction = 
VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction.values()[distanceFunctionOrdinal];

Review Comment:
   Fixed in commit 71cfd92 — added bounds check with descriptive error message 
before indexing into values().



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pinot-segment-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/spi/index/creator/VectorIndexConfigValidator.java:
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+
+/**
+ * Validates {@link VectorIndexConfig} for backend-specific correctness.
+ *
+ * <p>This validator ensures that:
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>Required common fields (vectorDimension, vectorDistanceFunction) are 
present and valid.</li>
+ *   <li>The vectorIndexType resolves to a known {@link 
VectorBackendType}.</li>
+ *   <li>Backend-specific properties are valid for the resolved backend 
type.</li>
+ *   <li>Properties belonging to a different backend are rejected with a clear 
error message.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>Thread-safe: this class is stateless and all methods are static.</p>
+ */
+public final class VectorIndexConfigValidator {
+
+  // HNSW-specific property keys
+  static final Set<String> HNSW_PROPERTIES = Collections.unmodifiableSet(new 
HashSet<>(
+      Arrays.asList("maxCon", "beamWidth", "maxDimensions", "maxBufferSizeMB",
+          "useCompoundFile", "mode", "commit", "commitIntervalMs", 
"commitDocs")));
+
+  // IVF_FLAT-specific property keys
+  static final Set<String> IVF_FLAT_PROPERTIES = 
Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(
+      Arrays.asList("nlist", "trainSampleSize", "trainingSeed", 
"minRowsForIndex")));
+
+  // Common property keys that appear in the properties map (legacy format 
stores common fields there too)
+  private static final Set<String> COMMON_PROPERTIES = 
Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(
+      Arrays.asList("vectorIndexType", "vectorDimension", 
"vectorDistanceFunction", "version")));
+
+  private VectorIndexConfigValidator() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validates the given {@link VectorIndexConfig} for backend-specific 
correctness.
+   *
+   * @param config the config to validate
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if validation fails
+   */
+  public static void validate(VectorIndexConfig config) {
+    if (config.isDisabled()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    VectorBackendType backendType = resolveBackendType(config);
+    validateCommonFields(config);
+    validateBackendSpecificProperties(config, backendType);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves the {@link VectorBackendType} from the config. Defaults to HNSW 
if the
+   * vectorIndexType field is null or empty, preserving backward compatibility.
+   *
+   * @param config the config to resolve from
+   * @return the resolved backend type
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the vectorIndexType is not recognized
+   */
+  public static VectorBackendType resolveBackendType(VectorIndexConfig config) 
{
+    String typeString = config.getVectorIndexType();
+    if (typeString == null || typeString.isEmpty()) {
+      return VectorBackendType.HNSW;
+    }
+    return VectorBackendType.fromString(typeString);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validates common fields shared across all backend types.
+   */
+  private static void validateCommonFields(VectorIndexConfig config) {
+    if (config.getVectorDimension() <= 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          "vectorDimension must be a positive integer, got: " + 
config.getVectorDimension());
+    }
+
+    if (config.getVectorDistanceFunction() == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("vectorDistanceFunction is required");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validates that the properties map only contains keys valid for the 
resolved backend type,
+   * and that backend-specific property values are within acceptable ranges.
+   */
+  private static void validateBackendSpecificProperties(VectorIndexConfig 
config, VectorBackendType backendType) {
+    Map<String, String> properties = config.getProperties();
+    if (properties == null || properties.isEmpty()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    switch (backendType) {
+      case HNSW:
+        validateNoForeignProperties(properties, HNSW_PROPERTIES, 
IVF_FLAT_PROPERTIES, "HNSW", "IVF_FLAT");
+        validateHnswProperties(properties);
+        break;
+      case IVF_FLAT:
+        validateNoForeignProperties(properties, IVF_FLAT_PROPERTIES, 
HNSW_PROPERTIES, "IVF_FLAT", "HNSW");
+        validateIvfFlatProperties(properties);
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported vector backend type: " 
+ backendType);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ensures that properties belonging to a foreign backend are not present.
+   * Note: this only rejects known foreign-backend keys; arbitrary unknown 
keys are allowed
+   * to support forward-compatible extensibility.
+   */
+  private static void validateNoForeignProperties(Map<String, String> 
properties,
+      Set<String> ownProperties, Set<String> foreignProperties,
+      String ownType, String foreignType) {

Review Comment:
   Fixed in commit 71cfd92 — removed unused ownProperties parameter from method 
signature and updated all callers.



##########
pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/VectorSimilarityFilterOperator.java:
##########
@@ -120,6 +157,106 @@ protected void explainAttributes(ExplainAttributeBuilder 
attributeBuilder) {
     attributeBuilder.putString("vectorIdentifier", 
_predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier());
     attributeBuilder.putString("vectorLiteral", 
Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue()));
     attributeBuilder.putLongIdempotent("topKtoSearch", _predicate.getTopK());
+    if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) {
+      attributeBuilder.putString("exactRerank", "true");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Executes the vector search with backend-specific parameter dispatch and 
optional rerank.
+   */
+  private ImmutableRoaringBitmap executeSearch() {
+    String column = _predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier();
+    float[] queryVector = _predicate.getValue();
+    int topK = _predicate.getTopK();
+
+    // 1. Configure backend-specific parameters via interfaces
+    configureBackendParams(column);
+
+    // 2. Determine effective search count (higher if rerank is enabled)
+    int searchCount = topK;
+    if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) {
+      searchCount = _searchParams.getEffectiveMaxCandidates(topK);
+    }
+
+    // 3. Execute ANN search
+    ImmutableRoaringBitmap annResults = 
_vectorIndexReader.getDocIds(queryVector, searchCount);
+    int annCandidateCount = annResults.getCardinality();
+
+    LOGGER.debug("Vector search on column: {}, backend: {}, topK: {}, 
searchCount: {}, annCandidates: {}",
+        column, getBackendName(), topK, searchCount, annCandidateCount);
+
+    // 4. Apply exact rerank if requested
+    if (_searchParams.isExactRerank() && _forwardIndexReader != null && 
annCandidateCount > 0) {
+      ImmutableRoaringBitmap reranked = applyExactRerank(annResults, 
queryVector, topK, column);
+      LOGGER.debug("Exact rerank on column: {}, candidates: {} -> final: {}",
+          column, annCandidateCount, reranked.getCardinality());
+      return reranked;
+    }
+
+    return annResults;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Configures backend-specific search parameters on the reader if it 
supports them.
+   */
+  private void configureBackendParams(String column) {
+    // Set nprobe on IVF_FLAT readers
+    if (_vectorIndexReader instanceof NprobeAware) {
+      int nprobe = _searchParams.getNprobe();
+      ((NprobeAware) _vectorIndexReader).setNprobe(nprobe);
+      LOGGER.debug("Set nprobe={} on IVF_FLAT reader for column: {}", nprobe, 
column);
+    }

Review Comment:
   Documented in Javadoc. Safe under Pinot's single-threaded-per-segment 
execution model. Per-call nprobe considered for phase 2.



##########
pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/readers/vector/IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.readers.vector;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions;
+import 
org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.vector.IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.V1Constants;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator.VectorIndexConfig;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.NprobeAware;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.VectorIndexReader;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.store.SegmentDirectoryPaths;
+import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Reader for IVF_FLAT (Inverted File with flat vectors) index.
+ *
+ * <p>Loads the entire index into memory at construction time for fast search.
+ * The search algorithm:
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>Computes distance from the query to all centroids.</li>
+ *   <li>Selects the {@code nprobe} closest centroids.</li>
+ *   <li>Scans all vectors in those centroids' inverted lists.</li>
+ *   <li>Returns the top-K doc IDs as a bitmap.</li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * <h3>Thread safety</h3>
+ * <p>This class is thread-safe for concurrent reads. The loaded index data is 
immutable
+ * after construction. The only mutable state is {@code _nprobe}, which is 
volatile to
+ * allow query-time tuning from another thread. However, the typical pattern is
+ * single-threaded: set nprobe, then call getDocIds.</p>
+ */
+public class IvfFlatVectorIndexReader implements VectorIndexReader, 
NprobeAware {
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.class);
+
+  /** Default nprobe value when not explicitly set. */
+  static final int DEFAULT_NPROBE = 4;
+
+  // Index data loaded from file
+  private final int _dimension;
+  private final int _numVectors;
+  private final int _nlist;
+  private final VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction _distanceFunction;
+  private final float[][] _centroids;
+  private final int[][] _listDocIds;
+  private final float[][][] _listVectors;
+  private final String _column;
+
+  /** Number of centroids to probe during search. */
+  private volatile int _nprobe;
+
+  /**
+   * Opens and loads an IVF_FLAT index from disk.
+   *
+   * @param column    the column name
+   * @param indexDir  the segment index directory
+   * @param config    the vector index configuration
+   * @throws RuntimeException if the index file cannot be read or is corrupt
+   */
+  public IvfFlatVectorIndexReader(String column, File indexDir, 
VectorIndexConfig config) {
+    _column = column;
+
+    // Initialize nprobe to the default; query-time tuning should use 
NprobeAware#setNprobe.
+    int configuredNprobe = DEFAULT_NPROBE;
+
+    File indexFile = SegmentDirectoryPaths.findVectorIndexIndexFile(indexDir, 
column);
+    if (indexFile == null || !indexFile.exists()) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "Failed to find IVF_FLAT index file for column: " + column + " in 
dir: " + indexDir
+              + ". Expected file: " + column + 
V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_IVF_FLAT_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION);
+    }
+
+    try (DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new 
FileInputStream(indexFile))) {
+      // --- Header ---
+      int magic = in.readInt();
+      Preconditions.checkState(magic == IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC,
+          "Invalid IVF_FLAT magic: 0x%s, expected 0x%s",
+          Integer.toHexString(magic), 
Integer.toHexString(IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC));
+
+      int version = in.readInt();
+      Preconditions.checkState(version == 
IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION,
+          "Unsupported IVF_FLAT format version: %s, expected: %s",
+          version, IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION);
+
+      _dimension = in.readInt();
+      _numVectors = in.readInt();
+      _nlist = in.readInt();
+      int distanceFunctionOrdinal = in.readInt();
+      _distanceFunction = 
VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction.values()[distanceFunctionOrdinal];
+
+      // Clamp nprobe to valid range
+      _nprobe = Math.min(configuredNprobe, _nlist);
+      if (_nprobe <= 0) {
+        _nprobe = Math.min(DEFAULT_NPROBE, _nlist);
+      }
+
+      // --- Centroids ---
+      _centroids = new float[_nlist][_dimension];
+      for (int c = 0; c < _nlist; c++) {
+        for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) {
+          _centroids[c][d] = in.readFloat();
+        }
+      }
+
+      // --- Inverted Lists ---
+      _listDocIds = new int[_nlist][];
+      _listVectors = new float[_nlist][][];
+
+      for (int c = 0; c < _nlist; c++) {
+        int listSize = in.readInt();
+        _listDocIds[c] = new int[listSize];
+        for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) {
+          _listDocIds[c][i] = in.readInt();
+        }
+        _listVectors[c] = new float[listSize][_dimension];
+        for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) {
+          for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) {
+            _listVectors[c][i][d] = in.readFloat();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // We skip reading the offset table and footer since we read sequentially
+
+      LOGGER.info("Loaded IVF_FLAT index for column: {}: {} vectors, {} 
centroids, dim={}, nprobe={}, distance={}",
+          column, _numVectors, _nlist, _dimension, _nprobe, _distanceFunction);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "Failed to load IVF_FLAT index for column: " + column + " from file: 
" + indexFile, e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MutableRoaringBitmap getDocIds(float[] searchQuery, int topK) {
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(searchQuery.length == _dimension,
+        "Query dimension mismatch: expected %s, got %s", _dimension, 
searchQuery.length);
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(topK > 0, "topK must be positive, got: %s", 
topK);
+
+    if (_numVectors == 0 || _nlist == 0) {
+      return new MutableRoaringBitmap();
+    }
+
+    int effectiveNprobe = Math.min(_nprobe, _nlist);
+
+    // Step 1: Find the nprobe closest centroids
+    int[] probeCentroids = findClosestCentroids(searchQuery, effectiveNprobe);
+
+    // Step 2: Scan all vectors in the selected inverted lists, maintaining a 
max-heap of size topK
+    // Max-heap: the largest distance is at the top, so we can efficiently 
evict the worst candidate.
+    int effectiveTopK = Math.min(topK, _numVectors);
+    PriorityQueue<ScoredDoc> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(effectiveTopK,
+        (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance));
+
+    for (int probeIdx : probeCentroids) {
+      int[] docIds = _listDocIds[probeIdx];
+      float[][] vectors = _listVectors[probeIdx];
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < docIds.length; i++) {
+        float dist = computeDistance(searchQuery, vectors[i]);
+        if (maxHeap.size() < effectiveTopK) {
+          maxHeap.offer(new ScoredDoc(docIds[i], dist));
+        } else if (dist < maxHeap.peek()._distance) {
+          maxHeap.poll();
+          maxHeap.offer(new ScoredDoc(docIds[i], dist));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Step 3: Collect results into a bitmap
+    MutableRoaringBitmap result = new MutableRoaringBitmap();
+    for (ScoredDoc doc : maxHeap) {
+      result.add(doc._docId);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the number of centroids to probe during search.
+   * This allows query-time tuning of the recall/speed tradeoff.
+   *
+   * @param nprobe number of centroids to probe (clamped to [1, nlist])
+   *
+   * <p><b>Thread-safety note:</b> This method mutates a volatile field on the 
shared reader instance.
+   * In Pinot's query execution model, nprobe is set once per query before 
calling getDocIds(),
+   * and each query runs on a single thread per segment. A future improvement 
could pass nprobe
+   * as a parameter to getDocIds() to eliminate any cross-query visibility 
concern.</p>
+   */
+  public void setNprobe(int nprobe) {
+    _nprobe = Math.max(1, Math.min(nprobe, _nlist));
+  }

Review Comment:
   Documented in Javadoc (commit 854c748). The volatile ensures visibility; 
Pinot's execution model is single-threaded per segment per query.



##########
pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/vector/IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,561 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.vector;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.V1Constants;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator.VectorIndexConfig;
+import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator.VectorIndexCreator;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Creates an IVF_FLAT (Inverted File with flat vectors) index for immutable 
segments.
+ *
+ * <p>The creator buffers all vectors in memory during {@link #add(float[])} 
calls, then
+ * trains k-means centroids, assigns vectors to their nearest centroids, and 
serializes
+ * the complete index to a single {@code .ivfflat.index} file during {@link 
#seal()}.</p>
+ *
+ * <h3>Thread safety</h3>
+ * <p>This class is NOT thread-safe. It is designed for single-threaded 
segment creation.</p>
+ *
+ * <h3>File format (version 1)</h3>
+ * <pre>
+ * [Header]
+ *   magic:                  4 bytes (0x49564646 = "IVFF")
+ *   version:                4 bytes (1)
+ *   dimension:              4 bytes
+ *   numVectors:             4 bytes
+ *   nlist:                  4 bytes
+ *   distanceFunctionOrd:    4 bytes
+ *
+ * [Centroids Section]
+ *   nlist x dimension x 4 bytes (float32)
+ *
+ * [Inverted Lists Section]
+ *   For each centroid i (0..nlist-1):
+ *     listSize_i:           4 bytes
+ *     docIds_i:             listSize_i x 4 bytes (int32)
+ *     vectors_i:            listSize_i x dimension x 4 bytes (float32)
+ *
+ * [Inverted List Offsets]
+ *   nlist x 8 bytes (long offset to start of each inverted list)
+ *
+ * [Footer]
+ *   offsetToOffsets:        8 bytes (position of the offsets section)
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <p>All multi-byte values are written in big-endian order (Java {@link 
DataOutputStream} default).</p>
+ */
+public class IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator implements VectorIndexCreator {
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.class);
+
+  /** Magic bytes identifying an IVF_FLAT index file: ASCII "IVFF". */
+  public static final int MAGIC = 0x49564646;
+
+  /** Current file format version. */
+  public static final int FORMAT_VERSION = 1;
+
+  /** Default number of Voronoi cells (centroids). */
+  public static final int DEFAULT_NLIST = 128;
+
+  /** Maximum number of k-means iterations. */
+  static final int MAX_KMEANS_ITERATIONS = 50;
+
+  /** Convergence threshold: stop when centroid movement is below this 
fraction. */
+  static final float CONVERGENCE_THRESHOLD = 1e-5f;
+
+  /** Default training sample size multiplier relative to nlist. */
+  static final int DEFAULT_TRAIN_SAMPLE_MULTIPLIER = 40;
+
+  /** Minimum training sample size. */
+  static final int DEFAULT_MIN_TRAIN_SAMPLE_SIZE = 10000;
+
+  private final String _column;
+  private final File _indexDir;
+  private final int _dimension;
+  private final int _nlist;
+  private final int _trainSampleSize;
+  private final long _trainingSeed;
+  private final VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction _distanceFunction;
+
+  /** All vectors collected during add(), indexed by docId (ordinal). */
+  private final List<float[]> _vectors = new ArrayList<>();
+
+  private boolean _sealed = false;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new IVF_FLAT index creator.
+   *
+   * @param column     the column name
+   * @param indexDir   the segment index directory
+   * @param config     the vector index configuration
+   */
+  public IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator(String column, File indexDir, 
VectorIndexConfig config) {
+    _column = column;
+    _indexDir = indexDir;
+    _dimension = config.getVectorDimension();
+    _distanceFunction = config.getVectorDistanceFunction();
+
+    Map<String, String> properties = config.getProperties();
+    _nlist = properties != null && properties.containsKey("nlist")
+        ? Integer.parseInt(properties.get("nlist"))
+        : DEFAULT_NLIST;
+    _trainSampleSize = properties != null && 
properties.containsKey("trainSampleSize")
+        ? Integer.parseInt(properties.get("trainSampleSize"))
+        : Math.max(_nlist * DEFAULT_TRAIN_SAMPLE_MULTIPLIER, 
DEFAULT_MIN_TRAIN_SAMPLE_SIZE);
+    _trainingSeed = properties != null && 
properties.containsKey("trainingSeed")
+        ? Long.parseLong(properties.get("trainingSeed"))
+        : System.nanoTime();
+
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(_dimension > 0, "Vector dimension must be 
positive, got: %s", _dimension);
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(_nlist > 0, "nlist must be positive, got: %s", 
_nlist);
+
+    LOGGER.info("Creating IVF_FLAT index for column: {} in dir: {}, 
dimension={}, nlist={}, distance={}",
+        column, indexDir.getAbsolutePath(), _dimension, _nlist, 
_distanceFunction);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void add(Object[] values, @Nullable int[] dictIds) {
+    // The segment builder calls this overload for multi-value columns.
+    // Convert Object[] (boxed Floats) to float[] and delegate to add(float[]).
+    float[] floatValues = new float[_dimension];
+    for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+      floatValues[i] = (Float) values[i];
+    }
+    add(floatValues);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void add(float[] document) {
+    Preconditions.checkState(!_sealed, "Cannot add documents after seal()");
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(document.length == _dimension,
+        "Vector dimension mismatch: expected %s, got %s", _dimension, 
document.length);
+    _vectors.add(document.clone());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void seal()
+      throws IOException {
+    Preconditions.checkState(!_sealed, "seal() already called");
+    _sealed = true;
+
+    int numVectors = _vectors.size();
+    if (numVectors == 0) {
+      LOGGER.warn("No vectors to index for column: {}. Writing empty index.", 
_column);
+      writeIndex(new float[0][0], new int[0], new List[0], 0);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Determine effective nlist (cannot have more centroids than vectors)
+    int effectiveNlist = Math.min(_nlist, numVectors);
+    LOGGER.info("IVF_FLAT seal: column={}, numVectors={}, effectiveNlist={}", 
_column, numVectors, effectiveNlist);
+
+    // Collect training samples
+    float[][] trainingSamples = collectTrainingSamples(numVectors, 
effectiveNlist);
+
+    // Train centroids using k-means
+    float[][] centroids = trainKMeans(trainingSamples, effectiveNlist);
+
+    // Assign all vectors to their nearest centroids
+    int[] assignments = assignVectors(centroids);
+
+    // Build inverted lists
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    List<Integer>[] invertedLists = new List[effectiveNlist];
+    for (int i = 0; i < effectiveNlist; i++) {
+      invertedLists[i] = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+    for (int docId = 0; docId < numVectors; docId++) {
+      invertedLists[assignments[docId]].add(docId);
+    }
+
+    // Write the index file
+    writeIndex(centroids, assignments, invertedLists, effectiveNlist);
+
+    LOGGER.info("IVF_FLAT index sealed for column: {}. {} vectors across {} 
centroids.",
+        _column, numVectors, effectiveNlist);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close()
+      throws IOException {
+    // Release references to allow GC
+    _vectors.clear();
+  }
+
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Training
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Collects a subsample of vectors for k-means training.
+   */
+  float[][] collectTrainingSamples(int numVectors, int effectiveNlist) {
+    int sampleSize = Math.min(_trainSampleSize, numVectors);
+    if (sampleSize >= numVectors) {
+      // Use all vectors for training
+      return _vectors.toArray(new float[0][]);
+    }
+
+    Random rng = new Random(_trainingSeed);
+    // Fisher-Yates partial shuffle to select sampleSize unique indices
+    int[] indices = new int[numVectors];
+    for (int i = 0; i < numVectors; i++) {
+      indices[i] = i;
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < sampleSize; i++) {
+      int j = i + rng.nextInt(numVectors - i);
+      int tmp = indices[i];
+      indices[i] = indices[j];
+      indices[j] = tmp;
+    }
+
+    float[][] samples = new float[sampleSize][];
+    for (int i = 0; i < sampleSize; i++) {
+      samples[i] = _vectors.get(indices[i]);
+    }
+    return samples;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Trains centroids using k-means++ initialization followed by Lloyd's 
algorithm.
+   *
+   * @param samples       the training vectors
+   * @param numCentroids  the number of centroids to train
+   * @return the trained centroids
+   */
+  float[][] trainKMeans(float[][] samples, int numCentroids) {
+    int numSamples = samples.length;
+    if (numCentroids >= numSamples) {
+      // Use each sample as its own centroid
+      float[][] centroids = new float[numSamples][];
+      for (int i = 0; i < numSamples; i++) {
+        centroids[i] = samples[i].clone();
+      }
+      return centroids;
+    }
+
+    // k-means++ initialization
+    float[][] centroids = kMeansPlusPlusInit(samples, numCentroids);
+
+    // Lloyd's iterations
+    int[] assignments = new int[numSamples];
+    for (int iter = 0; iter < MAX_KMEANS_ITERATIONS; iter++) {
+      // Assign each sample to the nearest centroid
+      for (int i = 0; i < numSamples; i++) {
+        assignments[i] = findNearestCentroid(samples[i], centroids);
+      }
+
+      // Recompute centroids
+      float[][] newCentroids = new float[numCentroids][_dimension];
+      int[] counts = new int[numCentroids];
+      for (int i = 0; i < numSamples; i++) {
+        int cluster = assignments[i];
+        counts[cluster]++;
+        for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) {
+          newCentroids[cluster][d] += samples[i][d];
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Finalize centroids (divide by count), handle empty clusters
+      float maxMovement = 0.0f;
+      for (int c = 0; c < numCentroids; c++) {
+        if (counts[c] == 0) {
+          // Empty cluster: keep old centroid
+          newCentroids[c] = centroids[c].clone();
+        } else {
+          for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) {
+            newCentroids[c][d] /= counts[c];
+          }
+        }
+        // Track maximum centroid movement for convergence check
+        float movement = (float) 
VectorFunctions.euclideanDistance(centroids[c], newCentroids[c]);
+        maxMovement = Math.max(maxMovement, movement);
+      }
+
+      centroids = newCentroids;
+
+      if (maxMovement < CONVERGENCE_THRESHOLD) {
+        LOGGER.debug("K-means converged at iteration {} with maxMovement={}", 
iter, maxMovement);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return centroids;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * K-means++ initialization: selects initial centroids with probability 
proportional
+   * to the squared distance from the nearest existing centroid.
+   */
+  private float[][] kMeansPlusPlusInit(float[][] samples, int numCentroids) {
+    int numSamples = samples.length;
+    Random rng = new Random(_trainingSeed);
+
+    float[][] centroids = new float[numCentroids][];
+    // Pick first centroid uniformly at random
+    centroids[0] = samples[rng.nextInt(numSamples)].clone();
+
+    // Distances from each sample to the nearest chosen centroid
+    float[] minDistances = new float[numSamples];
+    Arrays.fill(minDistances, Float.MAX_VALUE);
+
+    for (int c = 1; c < numCentroids; c++) {
+      // Update minimum distances with the most recently added centroid
+      float totalWeight = 0.0f;
+      for (int i = 0; i < numSamples; i++) {
+        float dist = computeTrainingDistance(samples[i], centroids[c - 1]);
+        if (dist < minDistances[i]) {
+          minDistances[i] = dist;
+        }
+        totalWeight += minDistances[i];
+      }
+
+      // Weighted random selection
+      float target = rng.nextFloat() * totalWeight;
+      float cumulative = 0.0f;
+      int selected = numSamples - 1; // fallback
+      for (int i = 0; i < numSamples; i++) {
+        cumulative += minDistances[i];
+        if (cumulative >= target) {
+          selected = i;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      centroids[c] = samples[selected].clone();
+    }
+
+    return centroids;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Computes distance used for training. Always uses L2 squared distance for 
k-means
+   * training regardless of the configured distance function, because k-means 
minimizes
+   * squared Euclidean distance by construction.
+   *
+   * <p>For COSINE distance, we normalize vectors before computing L2, which 
is equivalent
+   * to using angular distance for clustering.</p>
+   */
+  private float computeTrainingDistance(float[] a, float[] b) {
+    // For cosine distance, use L2 on normalized vectors which groups by 
angular similarity
+    if (_distanceFunction == VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction.COSINE) {
+      return (float) VectorFunctions.euclideanDistance(normalizeVector(a), 
normalizeVector(b));
+    }
+    return (float) VectorFunctions.euclideanDistance(a, b);
+  }
+
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Assignment
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Assigns each vector to its nearest centroid using the configured distance 
function.
+   */
+  private int[] assignVectors(float[][] centroids) {
+    int numVectors = _vectors.size();
+    int[] assignments = new int[numVectors];
+    for (int i = 0; i < numVectors; i++) {
+      assignments[i] = findNearestCentroidForSearch(_vectors.get(i), 
centroids);
+    }
+    return assignments;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Finds the index of the nearest centroid to the given vector using L2 
distance
+   * (used during k-means training).
+   */
+  private int findNearestCentroid(float[] vector, float[][] centroids) {
+    int nearest = 0;
+    float nearestDist = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int c = 0; c < centroids.length; c++) {
+      float dist = computeTrainingDistance(vector, centroids[c]);
+      if (dist < nearestDist) {
+        nearestDist = dist;
+        nearest = c;
+      }
+    }
+    return nearest;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Finds the index of the nearest centroid to the given vector using the 
configured
+   * distance function (used during vector assignment after training).
+   */
+  private int findNearestCentroidForSearch(float[] vector, float[][] 
centroids) {
+    int nearest = 0;
+    float nearestDist = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int c = 0; c < centroids.length; c++) {
+      float dist = computeDistance(vector, centroids[c]);
+      if (dist < nearestDist) {
+        nearestDist = dist;
+        nearest = c;
+      }
+    }
+    return nearest;
+  }
+
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Distance computation helpers (delegates to VectorFunctions)
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Computes distance between two vectors using the configured distance 
function.
+   * Internally uses L2 for EUCLIDEAN/L2, cosine for COSINE, negative dot for 
INNER_PRODUCT/DOT_PRODUCT.
+   */
+  private float computeDistance(float[] a, float[] b) {
+    switch (_distanceFunction) {
+      case EUCLIDEAN:
+      case L2:
+        return (float) VectorFunctions.euclideanDistance(a, b);
+      case COSINE:
+        return (float) VectorFunctions.cosineDistance(a, b);
+      case INNER_PRODUCT:
+      case DOT_PRODUCT:
+        return (float) -VectorFunctions.dotProduct(a, b);
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported distance function: " + 
_distanceFunction);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a new unit-length copy of the given vector.
+   * If the vector has zero magnitude, a zero vector of the same length is 
returned.
+   */
+  private static float[] normalizeVector(float[] vector) {
+    float norm = 0.0f;
+    for (float v : vector) {
+      norm += v * v;
+    }
+    norm = (float) Math.sqrt(norm);
+    float[] result = new float[vector.length];
+    if (norm > 0.0f) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < vector.length; i++) {
+        result[i] = vector[i] / norm;
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Serialization
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Writes the complete IVF_FLAT index to disk.
+   */
+  private void writeIndex(float[][] centroids, int[] assignments, 
List<Integer>[] invertedLists, int effectiveNlist)
+      throws IOException {
+    File indexFile = new File(_indexDir, _column + 
V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_IVF_FLAT_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION);
+    int numVectors = _vectors.size();
+
+    try (DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(new 
BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(indexFile)))) {
+      // --- Header ---
+      out.writeInt(MAGIC);
+      out.writeInt(FORMAT_VERSION);
+      out.writeInt(_dimension);
+      out.writeInt(numVectors);
+      out.writeInt(effectiveNlist);
+      out.writeInt(_distanceFunction.ordinal());

Review Comment:
   Added bounds check in the reader (commit 71cfd92). The enum is append-only 
by convention and the format is versioned (FORMAT_VERSION=1). A future version 
could use name() serialization if the enum evolves.



##########
pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/converter/SegmentV1V2ToV3FormatConverter.java:
##########
@@ -263,15 +263,15 @@ public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
 
   private void copyVectorIndexIfExists(File segmentDirectory, File v3Dir)
       throws IOException {
-    // TODO: see if this can be done by reusing some existing methods
-    String suffix = V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_V912_HNSW_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION;
-    File[] vectorIndexFiles = segmentDirectory.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
+    // Copy HNSW index directories (Lucene-based, stored as directories)
+    String hnswSuffix = 
V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_V912_HNSW_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION;
+    File[] hnswIndexFiles = segmentDirectory.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
       @Override
       public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-        return name.endsWith(suffix);
+        return name.endsWith(hnswSuffix);
       }
     });
-    for (File vectorIndexFile : vectorIndexFiles) {
+    for (File vectorIndexFile : hnswIndexFiles) {
       File[] indexFiles = vectorIndexFile.listFiles();

Review Comment:
   Fixed in commit 71cfd92 — added null guard for hnswIndexFiles from 
listFiles().



##########
pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/VectorSimilarityFilterOperator.java:
##########
@@ -120,6 +157,106 @@ protected void explainAttributes(ExplainAttributeBuilder 
attributeBuilder) {
     attributeBuilder.putString("vectorIdentifier", 
_predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier());
     attributeBuilder.putString("vectorLiteral", 
Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue()));
     attributeBuilder.putLongIdempotent("topKtoSearch", _predicate.getTopK());
+    if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) {
+      attributeBuilder.putString("exactRerank", "true");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Executes the vector search with backend-specific parameter dispatch and 
optional rerank.
+   */
+  private ImmutableRoaringBitmap executeSearch() {
+    String column = _predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier();
+    float[] queryVector = _predicate.getValue();
+    int topK = _predicate.getTopK();
+
+    // 1. Configure backend-specific parameters via interfaces
+    configureBackendParams(column);
+
+    // 2. Determine effective search count (higher if rerank is enabled)
+    int searchCount = topK;
+    if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) {
+      searchCount = _searchParams.getEffectiveMaxCandidates(topK);
+    }
+
+    // 3. Execute ANN search
+    ImmutableRoaringBitmap annResults = 
_vectorIndexReader.getDocIds(queryVector, searchCount);
+    int annCandidateCount = annResults.getCardinality();
+
+    LOGGER.debug("Vector search on column: {}, backend: {}, topK: {}, 
searchCount: {}, annCandidates: {}",
+        column, getBackendName(), topK, searchCount, annCandidateCount);
+
+    // 4. Apply exact rerank if requested
+    if (_searchParams.isExactRerank() && _forwardIndexReader != null && 
annCandidateCount > 0) {
+      ImmutableRoaringBitmap reranked = applyExactRerank(annResults, 
queryVector, topK, column);
+      LOGGER.debug("Exact rerank on column: {}, candidates: {} -> final: {}",
+          column, annCandidateCount, reranked.getCardinality());
+      return reranked;
+    }
+
+    return annResults;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Configures backend-specific search parameters on the reader if it 
supports them.
+   */
+  private void configureBackendParams(String column) {
+    // Set nprobe on IVF_FLAT readers
+    if (_vectorIndexReader instanceof NprobeAware) {
+      int nprobe = _searchParams.getNprobe();
+      ((NprobeAware) _vectorIndexReader).setNprobe(nprobe);
+      LOGGER.debug("Set nprobe={} on IVF_FLAT reader for column: {}", nprobe, 
column);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Re-scores ANN candidates using exact distance from the forward index and 
returns top-K.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private ImmutableRoaringBitmap applyExactRerank(ImmutableRoaringBitmap 
annResults, float[] queryVector,
+      int topK, String column) {
+    // Max-heap: largest distance on top for efficient eviction
+    PriorityQueue<DocDistance> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(topK + 1,
+        (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance));
+
+    ForwardIndexReader rawReader = _forwardIndexReader;
+    try (ForwardIndexReaderContext context = rawReader.createContext()) {
+      org.roaringbitmap.IntIterator it = annResults.getIntIterator();
+      while (it.hasNext()) {
+        int docId = it.next();
+        float[] docVector = rawReader.getFloatMV(docId, context);
+        if (docVector == null || docVector.length == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        // TODO: derive distance function from segment's vector index config 
instead of hardcoding L2.
+        //  Currently correct for EUCLIDEAN/L2; may produce suboptimal rerank 
ordering for COSINE/DOT_PRODUCT.
+        float distance = 
ExactVectorScanFilterOperator.computeL2SquaredDistance(queryVector, docVector);
+        if (maxHeap.size() < topK) {

Review Comment:
   TODO added in commit cf217b9. Multi-distance rerank support tracked for 
phase 2.



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