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#2148 added a HNSW layered index that compacts the HNSW index by stripping out the dataset. This can be especially beneficial if the index is built on an accelerated machine and moved over a network to a search node. This proposal adds cuvs::neighbors::hnsw::materialize_to_hnswlib, a file-to-file API that converts a GRAPH_ONLY artifact (graph topology only, stored in ACE/build order) plus its original-ID-ordered dataset into a standard hnswlib index file.

Public API (cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/hnsw.hpp)

I don't think there is a similar API in cuVS nor hnswlib. Thus, I've aligned the naming with the existing serialize_to_hnswlib and used materialize to clarify that the result is a hnswlib index file. I'm open for other naming suggestions.

struct materialize_params {
  std::string dataset_path;          // original-ID-ordered vectors (.npy or ANN *.bin)
  double      max_host_memory_gb = 0; // 0 => single in-memory reorder; >0 => bucketed temp files
  int         num_threads        = 0; // 0 => max threads
};

void materialize_to_hnswlib(raft::resources const& res,
                            const materialize_params& params,
                            const std::string& layered_artifact_path,
                            const std::string& output_path,
                            int dim,
                            cuvs::distance::DistanceType metric);

A single entry point covers all dtypes: the element type (float, half, uint8_t, int8_t) is
read from the artifact header and dispatched internally.

Implementation (cpp/src/neighbors/detail/hnsw.hpp)

The goal is to minimize the random access necessary for the ID reordering. The random access in main memory is cheap but severe for disk I/O. Thus, two passes are used:

  • Phase 0 – setup: validate header/descriptors/levels, validate dataset shape, derive the hnswlib
    layout constants from a dummy single-element index, compute the output layout, posix_fallocate
    the output, and write the native hnswlib header.
  • Phase 1/2 – base region: reorder base links from ACE order to ID order and interleave dataset
    vectors, emitting [level-0 link block | vector | label] sequentially. Two strategies:
    • single in-memory scatter when the base topology fits max_host_memory_gb;
    • bucketed temporary files (id_record_spiller) otherwise — sequential append + sequential replay
      per bucket, peak RAM bounded near the budget.
  • Phase 3 – upper region: transpose the upper layers into per-element link lists and append them
    sequentially, with the same in-memory / bucketed fallback.

The output is the exact upstream layout (header + level-0 array + per-element link lists), loadable
by hnswlib::loadIndex and by cuvs::neighbors::hnsw::deserialize with hierarchy == CPU.

Details

  • Peak host RAM ≈ one reorder bucket (base_links_bytes / num_buckets) + small (~64 MiB) streaming
    buffers + levels (n bytes) + the upper locator. With the in-memory pass, RAM ≈ the base topology
    only and a budget lowers it further.
  • Disk IO is fully sequential: dataset read once, output written once, base topology read once
    (in-memory) or read once + temp write/read once (bucketed), and upper read once + written once.
  • All four dtypes are tested in cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace*.
  • The example in examples/cpp/src/hnsw_ace_layered_example.cu was updated to use the materialization path.
  • Adds the C, Java, and Python bindings.

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# Conflicts:
#	cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_cagra_hnswlib.cu
#	cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_cagra_hnswlib_wrapper.h
#	cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/hnsw.hpp
#	cpp/include/cuvs/util/file_io.hpp
#	cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
#	cpp/src/neighbors/detail/hnsw.hpp
#	cpp/src/util/file_io.cpp
#	cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace.cuh
#	cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace/test_float_uint32_t.cu
#	cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace/test_half_uint32_t.cu
#	cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace/test_int8_t_uint32_t.cu
#	cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace/test_uint8_t_uint32_t.cu
#	examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
#	examples/cpp/src/hnsw_ace_layered_example.cu
#	java/cuvs-java/src/main/java/com/nvidia/cuvs/HnswIndexParams.java
#	java/cuvs-java/src/main/java22/com/nvidia/cuvs/internal/HnswIndexImpl.java
#	python/cuvs/cuvs/neighbors/hnsw/hnsw.pyx
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BBQ is a data compression technique that is a variant of RaBitQ. It is used in Lucene and Elasticsearch to compresses vectors while keeping search fast and accurate. Supporting it in cuVS enables indexing on data compressed up to ~32×

With this PR cuVS users will be able to build a CAGRA index using the NN-Descent algorithm with their BBQ-Quantized Data.

Closes NVIDIA#2326

Authors:
  - Micka (https://github.com/lowener)
  - Artem M. Chirkin (https://github.com/achirkin)
  - Yuxi Sun (https://github.com/sherylll)
  - Anupam (https://github.com/aamijar)
  - Igor Motov (https://github.com/imotov)

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  - Tamas Bela Feher (https://github.com/tfeher)
  - Kyle Edwards (https://github.com/KyleFromNVIDIA)
  - Igor Motov (https://github.com/imotov)
  - Corey J. Nolet (https://github.com/cjnolet)

URL: NVIDIA#2654
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  • New Features
    • Materialize a layered HNSW artifact and dataset as a standard hnswlib index file, loadable for CPU-based search.
    • Configure memory usage and thread count; memory-limited processing can reduce peak host-memory requirements.
    • Access materialization through the C++, C, Python, and Java APIs.
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    • Added API references and an example demonstrating materialization and CPU search.

This change adds APIs to materialize a layered HNSW artifact and external dataset into a standard hnswlib file. It supports in-memory and bucketed topology reordering, exposes the operation through C, C++, Java, and Python, and adds tests and an updated example.

Changes: HNSW Materialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Materialization API contracts and entry points
c/include/cuvs/neighbors/hnsw.h, c/src/neighbors/hnsw.cpp, cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/hnsw.hpp, cpp/src/neighbors/hnsw.cpp
Adds materialization parameters and C/C++ entry points. The C wrapper forwards the dataset path, memory limit, thread count, artifact and output paths, dimension, and metric.
Artifact validation and disk materialization
cpp/src/neighbors/detail/hnsw.hpp, cpp/include/cuvs/util/file_io.hpp, cpp/src/util/file_io.cpp
Adds shared layered-artifact validation, dataset dtype detection, shared hnswlib header encoding, file preallocation, and disk materialization. The implementation reorders topology in memory or through temporary buckets, validates inputs, and publishes the completed output by replacement.
Language bindings and API documentation
python/cuvs/cuvs/neighbors/hnsw/*, java/cuvs-java/src/main/java/com/nvidia/cuvs/*, java/cuvs-java/src/main/java22/com/nvidia/cuvs/*, fern/docs.yml, fern/pages/c_api/*, fern/pages/cpp_api/*, fern/pages/java_api/*, fern/pages/python_api/*
Adds Python and Java parameter objects and materialization entry points. Adds API reference documentation and navigation for the operation and its parameters.
Materialization tests and example
cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace.cuh, cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_hnsw_ace/test_*_uint32_t.cu, examples/cpp/src/hnsw_ace_layered_example.cu
Tests both memory modes, compares their output files, checks dtype conversion and CPU search results, and verifies failures for invalid inputs. The example now materializes the layered artifact before loading and searching the resulting file.

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2681-2697: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate upper-layer descriptors before the materializer uses layer.level - 1 as an index.

read_and_validate_layered_artifact claims that a crafted header cannot cause an out-of-bounds read or write. It does not check the per-layer descriptors:

  • It does not check layer.level.
  • It does not check layer.row_count.
  • It does not check layer.node_offset or layer.link_offset against upper_nodes_count.
  • It does not check that row counts across layers add up to upper_nodes_count.

Failure path 1: level 0.

  • Suppose a descriptor has level == 0. scatter_layered_upper_links checks only layer.level <= levels_u8[id], and this check passes for any row.
  • The single-pass path at Line 3433 then computes packed_start[id] + (level - 1). The bucketed path at Line 3487 computes local_start[local] + (lv32 - 1).
  • Both values underflow, and memcpy writes outside packed. The result is heap corruption from file input, not a clean RAFT_EXPECTS failure.

Failure path 2: missing or duplicate upper rows.

  • In the bucketed upper path, missing or duplicate upper rows are not detected. The base region has a seen coverage check, but the upper region has none.
  • The bucketed path also skips the packed_start[n_rows] == upper_nodes_count check that the single-pass path runs.
  • A missing row stays zero-filled, so the output contains a link list with count 0. The materializer publishes a silently corrupted hnswlib index.

Fix. Enforce the layout that serialize_to_layered_hnswlib_from_disk writes:

  • Each layer level is i + 1.
  • node_offset == link_offset.
  • Each layer stays inside the upper sections.
  • Row counts add up to upper_nodes_count.

After the levels are read, also check per-level counts: layers[L-1].row_count must equal the number of rows with levels[id] >= L. Together with the existing per-row level check, these checks cover both the deserialize path and the materialize path.

Overflow. The section-size checks multiply header fields, for example n_rows * base_link_row_bytes and upper_nodes_count * upper_link_row_bytes. These products can wrap around and still match the stored byte counts. The offset sums that feed expected_file_size can also wrap. Use division-based checks, for example count > available / element_size. Run these checks before view.levels.resize(n_rows).

Proposed descriptor validation
   RAFT_EXPECTS(metadata.base_degree <= metadata.maxM0,
                "Layered HNSW base degree (%zu) exceeds maxM0 (%zu)",
                metadata.base_degree,
                metadata.maxM0);
+  size_t upper_rows_total = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < metadata.layers.size(); ++i) {
+    const auto& layer = metadata.layers[i];
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(layer.level == i + 1,
+                 "Layered HNSW layer %zu has level %zu, expected %zu",
+                 i,
+                 layer.level,
+                 i + 1);
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(layer.node_offset == layer.link_offset &&
+                   layer.node_offset <= metadata.upper_nodes_count &&
+                   layer.row_count <= metadata.upper_nodes_count - layer.node_offset,
+                 "Layered HNSW layer %zu lies outside the upper sections",
+                 layer.level);
+    upper_rows_total += layer.row_count;
+  }
+  RAFT_EXPECTS(upper_rows_total == metadata.upper_nodes_count,
+               "Layered HNSW layer rows (%zu) do not match upper_nodes_count (%zu)",
+               upper_rows_total,
+               metadata.upper_nodes_count);

After the levels read near Line 2715, compare each layers[L-1].row_count with the number of rows that have levels[id] >= L.

The overflow-safe form of the checks follows a retrieved learning: compute count > available / element_size rather than count * element_size > available, and validate before allocating.

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Review comment at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/hnsw.hpp around lines 2681 - 2697:
Update read_and_validate_layered_artifact to validate each layer descriptor
before materialization: require level i + 1, matching node_offset and
link_offset, bounds within upper_nodes_count, and row counts totaling
upper_nodes_count. After reading levels, verify each layer’s row_count matches
the number of rows whose level is at least that layer’s level. Replace
overflow-prone section-size and expected-file-size multiplications or sums with
checked arithmetic, performing these checks before allocating view.levels.

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780-781: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the index pointer to deserialize.

The documented overload accepts index*, but each example passes the index object by value. Pass &index.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile against the documented signature.

Also applies to: 854-855, 891-892

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Use the scoped distance enumerator.

DistanceType is a scoped enum. Use cuvs::distance::DistanceType::InnerProduct, not cuvs::distance::InnerProduct.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
67 - 68:
Update the distance argument in the `ivf_pq::index_params::from_dataset` call to
use the scoped `cuvs::distance::DistanceType::InnerProduct` enumerator so the
example compiles.

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2674-2677: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use a byte output matrix for unpacked codes.

The documented unpack_list_data overload writes uint8_t codes. The example allocates float output and passes it to the function. Allocate uint8_t output.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
2674 - 2677:
Change the output matrix in the `unpack_list_data` example from `float` to
`uint8_t`, keeping its dimensions and the call’s output view unchanged.

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2944-2951: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the extended-vector example.

The API requires int64_t source indices, but the example allocates uint32_t indices. The new_vectors declaration is malformed.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
2944 - 2951:
Update the extended-vector example’s `indices` allocation to use the `int64_t`
type required by `ivf_pq::helpers::codepacker::extend_list`, and correct the
malformed `new_vectors` declaration so it constructs the matrix with valid C++
syntax. Ensure the example compiles against the documented API signature.

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2271-2271: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the index pointer to stream deserialization.

The documented overload accepts index<int64_t>*, but the example passes index by value. Pass &index.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md at line 2271:
Update the `cuvs::neighbors::ivf_pq::deserialize` call to pass the `index`
pointer, matching the documented `index<int64_t>*` overload and ensuring the
example compiles.

Source: Path instructions


3183-3186: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Declare and use the CUDA stream.

The raft::update_device call uses an undeclared stream. Obtain the stream from res or pass the stream required by the RAFT API.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
3183 - 3186:
In the example around `raft::update_device`, obtain the CUDA stream from `res`
using the supported RAFT API and declare it before use, or pass the required
stream directly. Ensure the call compiles without relying on an undeclared
`stream`.

Source: Path instructions


2533-2536: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the declared codes buffer.

The example declares codes but calls pack_list_data with undefined codes_to_pack. Pass codes.view() and allocate a non-const device matrix if required by the allocation helper.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
2533 - 2536:
Update the example’s pack_list_data call to pass a view of the declared codes
buffer instead of the undefined codes_to_pack variable. If make_device_matrix
cannot allocate a const element type, declare codes as a non-const device matrix
so the example compiles.

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3122-3125: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the required matrix view.

The documented overload accepts device_matrix_view<float, int64_t, row_major>. The example allocates a uint32_t-indexed matrix and passes a raw pointer. Pass a matching view.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
3122 - 3125:
Update the `cluster_centers` allocation and `extract_centers` call to match the
documented overload: use a row-major device matrix with `int64_t` indexing and
pass its matrix view instead of the raw data pointer.

Source: Path instructions


2850-2857: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the extended-code example.

The API requires int64_t source indices, but the example allocates uint32_t indices. The new_codes declaration is malformed, and the call passes undefined codes instead of new_codes.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented signature.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines
2850 - 2857:
Update the extended-code example to use int64_t for the source indices required
by extend_list_with_codes, correct the new_codes matrix declaration, and pass
new_codes.view() instead of the undefined codes variable so the example matches
the documented API signature.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ball-cover.md: 1

63-65: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Call the documented build function.

The API declares neighbors::ball_cover::build, but the example calls ball_cover::build_index. That symbol does not match the documented API.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented function name.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ball-cover.md around
lines 63 - 65:
In the ball-cover example, replace the `ball_cover::build_index` call with the
documented `neighbors::ball_cover::build` function so the example compiles
against the declared API.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md: 4

2478-2478: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the ivf_flat namespace.

The unpack examples call ivf_fat::helpers::codepacker::unpack. ivf_fat is not the documented namespace. Use ivf_flat.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile against the documented API.

Also applies to: 2518-2518, 2558-2558, 2598-2598

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md at line
2478:
Replace the incorrect `ivf_fat` namespace with `ivf_flat` in each
`codepacker::unpack` example so all unpack examples use the documented API
namespace.

Source: Path instructions


2958-2967: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the recomputation examples.

The first three blocks construct index<uint8_t> while documenting float, half, and int8 overloads. All four calls pass index instead of the required pointer &index. Each block also uses an undeclared stream.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile against the documented overloads.

Also applies to: 2997-3006, 3036-3045, 3075-3084

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md around lines
2958 - 2967:
Correct the four recomputation examples so each constructs the index type
matching its documented float, half, or int8 overload; call
recompute_internal_state with &index and use a declared stream for
raft::update_device. Ensure all examples compile against their documented
overloads.

Source: Path instructions


1075-1076: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the declared no_op variable.

The examples declare no_op but pass no_opt to extend. no_opt is undefined in every affected block.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile.

Also applies to: 1154-1155, 1235-1236, 1314-1315, 1403-1404, 1492-1493, 1581-1582, 1670-1671

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md around lines
1075 - 1076:
Update each affected `ivf_flat::extend` call to pass the declared `no_op`
variable instead of the undefined `no_opt`, so the examples compile.

Source: Path instructions


379-380: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use valid C++ template type expressions.

The build examples use dataset::value_type and dataset::index_type, which are invalid for a dataset object. Use the concrete value and index types for each overload.

  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md#L379-L380: fix the float row-major in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md#L461-L462: fix the float col-major in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md#L543-L544: fix the half row-major in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md#L625-L626: fix the half col-major in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md#L702-L703: fix the float in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md#L777-L778: fix the half in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md#L852-L853: fix the int8 in-place example.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md#L927-L928: fix the uint8 in-place example.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md around lines
379 - 380:
Replace the invalid dataset::value_type and dataset::index_type template
arguments with the concrete value and index types required by each in-place
build overload. Apply this correction to the float row-major, float
column-major, half row-major, and half column-major examples in
fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md (lines 379-380, 461-462,
543-544, and 625-626), and the float, half, int8, and uint8 examples in
fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md (lines 702-703, 777-778, 852-853,
and 927-928), ensuring each example compiles.

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fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-distance-distance.md: 2

273-284: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use half inputs in the half examples.

The examples for the half overload allocate float input matrices. Allocate half input matrices instead. The float output matrix is appropriate for these overloads.

As per path instructions, the examples must demonstrate the documented overloads accurately.

Also applies to: 441-452

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-distance-distance.md around lines
273 - 284:
Update both half-overload examples to allocate their input matrices using the
half type instead of float, while retaining the float output matrix; locate them
by their pairwise_distance calls.

Source: Path instructions


500-502: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the sparse distance examples.

x_nrows is undefined; use the declared x_n_rows. The float example also calls cuvs::pairwise_distance, while the documented function is cuvs::distance::pairwise_distance.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile against the documented API.

Also applies to: 550-552

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-distance-distance.md around lines
500 - 502:
Update both sparse distance examples to use the declared x_n_rows variable
instead of x_nrows, and call cuvs::distance::pairwise_distance rather than
cuvs::pairwise_distance so the examples compile against the documented API.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-vamana.md: 1

191-197: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use a DLManagedTensor dataset.

The C API accepts DLManagedTensor*, but the example describes dataset as float* and passes it directly. Declare a populated DLManagedTensor and pass its address.

As per path instructions, this example must match the documented C API type.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-vamana.md around lines 191 -
197:
Update the Vamana C API example around cuvsVamanaBuild to represent the dataset
as a populated DLManagedTensor and pass its address, matching the API’s accepted
input type instead of using float*.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-nn-descent.md: 1

202-202: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the required graph argument.

cuvsNNDescentBuild requires a graph tensor between dataset and index. The example neither declares nor passes that argument.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented signature.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-nn-descent.md at line 202:
Update the `cuvsNNDescentBuild` call to pass the required graph tensor argument
between `dataset` and `index`, and ensure the example declares and initializes
that tensor so it compiles against the documented signature.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-tiered-index.md: 2

199-199: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the declared dataset variable.

The example declares dataset but passes dataset_tensor. dataset_tensor is undefined.

As per path instructions, this example must compile as C.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-tiered-index.md at line 199:
Update the cuvsTieredIndexBuild call to pass the declared dataset variable
instead of the undefined dataset_tensor, keeping the example compilable as C.

Source: Path instructions


250-254: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass search parameters and declare distances.

The documented signature takes search_params before index. The example passes index in that position, omits search_params, and uses an undeclared distances tensor. The C++ brace initializer is also invalid in this C block.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented signature.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-tiered-index.md around lines
250 - 254:
Update the `cuvsTieredIndexSearch` example to pass the required `search_params`
before `index`, declare and initialize the `distances` tensor before use, and
replace the C++ brace initializer for `cuvsFilter` with valid C initialization
so the example compiles against the documented signature.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md: 2

393-402: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the unsupported fourth serialization argument.

Both C API declarations accept three arguments, but the examples pass a fourth true argument.

  • fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md#L393-L402: remove the fourth argument from cuvsIvfFlatSerialize.
  • fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md#L727-L736: remove the fourth argument from cuvsIvfPqSerialize.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md around lines 393
- 402:
Update the serialization examples to match the documented three-argument
signatures: remove the trailing `true` argument from `cuvsIvfFlatSerialize` in
fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md (lines 393–402) and from
`cuvsIvfPqSerialize` in fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md (lines
727–736).

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354-355: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the filter and declare the distances tensor.

The search declaration requires a cuvsFilter after distances. The example omits that argument and uses an undeclared distances tensor.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented signature.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md around lines 354
- 355:
Update the cuvsIvfFlatSearch example call to match the documented signature:
declare and initialize the distances tensor before use, then pass the required
cuvsFilter argument after distances so the example compiles.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-binary.md: 1

341-342: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the extra constructor argument.

make_host_matrix and make_device_matrix do not take params as an argument in these examples. The extra argument makes both calls invalid.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile.

Also applies to: 440-441

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-binary.md
around lines 341 - 342:
Remove the extra params argument from the make_host_matrix and
make_device_matrix calls in the binary quantization examples, keeping the
remaining arguments aligned with their supported signatures so both examples
compile.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-cluster-kmeans.md: 2

252-261: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the data value type for inertia.

The examples declare inertia as an index type such as int or int64_t. The fit overloads require float inertia for float data and double inertia for double data. The current scalar views therefore use the wrong type.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile against the documented overloads.

Also applies to: 301-311, 351-360, 400-410, 670-690, 794-814, 856-876, 1219-1230, 1272-1283, 1325-1336, 1378-1389

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minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-cluster-kmeans.md around lines 252
- 261:
Update the `inertia` declarations in the affected k-means examples to match the
input data value type: use `float` for float data and `double` for double data,
rather than an integer type. Keep the existing `raft::make_scalar_view` calls
and other declarations unchanged so each example compiles against its documented
`kmeans::fit` overload.

Source: Path instructions


1888-1892: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use a float inertia scalar.

find_k documents host_scalar_view<float> for inertia, but the example allocates host_scalar<int>. Use a float scalar.

As per path instructions, this example must match the documented API type.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-cluster-kmeans.md around lines
1888 - 1892:
Update the inertia scalar in the find_k example to use the documented float host
scalar type; leave best_k and n_iter as integer scalars.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-brute-force.md: 2

102-102: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the declared dataset variable.

The example declares dataset but passes dataset_tensor. dataset_tensor is undefined, so the example does not compile. Pass dataset to cuvsBruteForceBuild.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented API.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-brute-force.md at line 102:
Update the cuvsBruteForceBuild call to pass the declared dataset variable
instead of the undefined dataset_tensor, so the example compiles against the
documented API.

Source: Path instructions


157-161: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the C syntax and declare the distances tensor.

Line 157 uses C++ brace initialization in a C example. Use = { ... }. Lines 160-161 also pass distances without declaring it. Add the tensor and pass the required prefilter.

As per path instructions, this example must compile as C.

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minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-brute-force.md around lines
157 - 161:
Update the C example to initialize `cuvsFilter prefilter` with C-compatible `= {
... }` syntax, declare and initialize the `distances` tensor before
`cuvsBruteForceSearch`, and pass both tensors and the prefilter to the search
call.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-cagra.md: 1

937-938: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the filter and declare the distances tensor.

cuvsCagraSearch requires filter after distances. The example omits that argument and uses an undeclared distances tensor. Add the declaration and pass the filter.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented signature.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-cagra.md around lines 937 -
938:
Update the `cuvsCagraSearch` example to declare and initialize the `distances`
tensor before use, then pass the required `filter` argument after `distances` in
the documented function signature.

Source: Path instructions

fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-scalar.md: 1

198-204: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the quantized input to inverse transformation.

Each example writes quantized_dataset and then calls inverse_transform with only the destination matrix. The inverse operation must receive the quantized buffer and a separate destination buffer. Pass quantized_dataset.view() before the destination view.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile and demonstrate the complete transform round trip.

Also applies to: 235-240, 401-406, 437-442, 603-608, 639-644

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-scalar.md
around lines 198 - 204:
Update each scalar quantization round-trip example’s inverse_transform call to
pass quantized_dataset.view() as the input before the separate destination
matrix view, matching the transform output and allowing the examples to compile.

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fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-cagra.md: 1

193-195: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Declare hnsw_params before conversion.

The example passes hnsw_params to hnsw::from_cagra, but no such variable is declared. Create the required HNSW parameters object before the call.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-cagra.md around lines
193 - 195:
Declare and initialize the required `hnsw_params` object before the
`hnsw::from_cagra` call, using the appropriate HNSW parameter type and values so
the usage example compiles.

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fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-vamana.md: 1

353-354: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the continued comment text commented.

The // comment continues onto the next line without another //. Text such as search) is therefore parsed as C++ code before the serialize call.

As per path instructions, these examples must compile.

Also applies to: 394-395, 435-436, 476-477, 517-518, 558-559

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-vamana.md around lines
353 - 354:
In each Vamana example around the vamana::serialize call, comment out the
continued explanatory text so it is not parsed as C++ code, while keeping the
serialize call executable.

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fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-pca.md: 1

69-82: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Match the PCA layout and index types.

The col-major overload requires device_matrix_view<float, int64_t, col_major>. The example creates a default-layout matrix with int indexing and also uses int-indexed output vectors. Allocate the input and outputs with the documented int64_t index type and col-major input layout.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-pca.md around lines
69 - 82:
Update the PCA example’s `make_device_matrix` and `make_device_vector`
allocations to use `int64_t` indexing, and allocate `input` with
`raft::col_major` layout so the views passed to `cuvs::preprocessing::pca::fit`
match the documented overload.

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fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md: 1

691-692: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Declare the distances tensor.

The example passes distances without declaring it. Add the output tensor before calling cuvsIvfPqSearch.

As per path instructions, this example must compile against the documented API.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md around lines 691 -
692:
Declare and initialize the output distances tensor before the cuvsIvfPqSearch
call, using the documented API’s expected tensor type and shape so the example
compiles.

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fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md: 2

979-983: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the repeated HNSW search examples. Each example omits the semicolon after the ef assignment and passes the CAGRA index to hnsw::search instead of the converted HNSW index.

  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L979-L983: terminate the assignment and pass *hnsw_index.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L1031-L1035: terminate the assignment and pass *hnsw_index.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L1083-L1087: terminate the assignment and pass *hnsw_index.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L1135-L1139: terminate the assignment and pass *hnsw_index.
    As per path instructions, “Verify code examples compile and run correctly.”
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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md around lines 979
- 983:
Update each repeated HNSW search example to terminate the search_params.ef
assignment with a semicolon and pass *hnsw_index to hnsw::search. Apply these
changes in fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md at lines 979-983,
1031-1035, 1083-1087, and 1135-1139.

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326-328: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match each build example's dataset type to its documented overload. Each example allocates a float dataset and therefore demonstrates the float build instead of its stated dtype.

  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L326-L328: allocate and fill a half dataset.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L391-L393: allocate and fill a uint8_t dataset.
  • fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md#L456-L458: allocate and fill an int8_t dataset.
    As per path instructions, “Verify code examples compile and run correctly.”
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Review comment at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md around lines 326
- 328:
Update the dataset types in each HNSW build example to match its documented
overload, and keep the allocation, fill, and build types consistent. At
fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md lines 326-328, use half; at lines
391-393, use uint8_t; and at lines 456-458, use int8_t. Verify the examples
compile and run correctly.

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fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-hnsw.md: 3

409-409: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the additional dataset by pointer.

The displayed cuvsHnswExtend signature requires DLManagedTensor*. Line 409 passes additional_dataset as a value, so the example does not compile. Pass &additional_dataset after populating the tensor. As per path instructions, “Verify code examples compile and run correctly.”

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-hnsw.md at line 409:
Update the cuvsHnswExtend call to pass additional_dataset by pointer after
populating it, matching the function’s DLManagedTensor* parameter and ensuring
the example compiles.

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633-637: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the deserialize example's C syntax.

cuvsHnsWIndexParams_t does not match the cuvsHnswIndexParams_t type used by the creation function. The call also needs a comma between metric and hnsw_index. Both errors prevent compilation. As per path instructions, “Verify code examples compile and run correctly.”

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-hnsw.md around lines 633 -
637:
Correct the C syntax in the `cuvsHnswDeserialize` example: use the
`cuvsHnswIndexParams_t` type that matches `cuvsHnswIndexParamsCreate`, and add
the missing comma between `metric` and `hnsw_index` in the deserialize call.

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528-529: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Declare the distances tensor before the search call.

The example passes &distances, but it declares only dataset, queries, and neighbors. Readers cannot compile the example. Declare and populate DLManagedTensor distances with the required output storage. As per path instructions, “Verify code examples compile and run correctly.”

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Review comment at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-hnsw.md around lines 528 -
529:
Declare and initialize the DLManagedTensor distances output with correctly sized
storage before the cuvsHnswSearch call, matching the expected result shape and
type so the example can compile and run.

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Major comments:
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/hnsw.hpp:
- Around line 2681-2697: Update read_and_validate_layered_artifact to validate
each layer descriptor before materialization: require level i + 1, matching
node_offset and link_offset, bounds within upper_nodes_count, and row counts
totaling upper_nodes_count. After reading levels, verify each layer’s row_count
matches the number of rows whose level is at least that layer’s level. Replace
overflow-prone section-size and expected-file-size multiplications or sums with
checked arithmetic, performing these checks before allocating view.levels.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-brute-force.md:
- Line 102: Update the cuvsBruteForceBuild call to pass the declared dataset
variable instead of the undefined dataset_tensor, so the example compiles
against the documented API.
- Around line 157-161: Update the C example to initialize `cuvsFilter prefilter`
with C-compatible `= { ... }` syntax, declare and initialize the `distances`
tensor before `cuvsBruteForceSearch`, and pass both tensors and the prefilter to
the search call.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-cagra.md:
- Around line 937-938: Update the `cuvsCagraSearch` example to declare and
initialize the `distances` tensor before use, then pass the required `filter`
argument after `distances` in the documented function signature.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md:
- Around line 393-402: Update the serialization examples to match the documented
three-argument signatures: remove the trailing `true` argument from
`cuvsIvfFlatSerialize` in fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md (lines
393–402) and from `cuvsIvfPqSerialize` in
fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md (lines 727–736).
- Around line 354-355: Update the cuvsIvfFlatSearch example call to match the
documented signature: declare and initialize the distances tensor before use,
then pass the required cuvsFilter argument after distances so the example
compiles.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md:
- Around line 691-692: Declare and initialize the output distances tensor before
the cuvsIvfPqSearch call, using the documented API’s expected tensor type and
shape so the example compiles.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-nn-descent.md:
- Line 202: Update the `cuvsNNDescentBuild` call to pass the required graph
tensor argument between `dataset` and `index`, and ensure the example declares
and initializes that tensor so it compiles against the documented signature.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-tiered-index.md:
- Line 199: Update the cuvsTieredIndexBuild call to pass the declared dataset
variable instead of the undefined dataset_tensor, keeping the example compilable
as C.
- Around line 250-254: Update the `cuvsTieredIndexSearch` example to pass the
required `search_params` before `index`, declare and initialize the `distances`
tensor before use, and replace the C++ brace initializer for `cuvsFilter` with
valid C initialization so the example compiles against the documented signature.

Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-vamana.md:
- Around line 191-197: Update the Vamana C API example around cuvsVamanaBuild to
represent the dataset as a populated DLManagedTensor and pass its address,
matching the API’s accepted input type instead of using float*.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-cluster-kmeans.md:
- Around line 252-261: Update the `inertia` declarations in the affected k-means
examples to match the input data value type: use `float` for float data and
`double` for double data, rather than an integer type. Keep the existing
`raft::make_scalar_view` calls and other declarations unchanged so each example
compiles against its documented `kmeans::fit` overload.
- Around line 1888-1892: Update the inertia scalar in the find_k example to use
the documented float host scalar type; leave best_k and n_iter as integer
scalars.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-distance-distance.md:
- Around line 273-284: Update both half-overload examples to allocate their
input matrices using the half type instead of float, while retaining the float
output matrix; locate them by their pairwise_distance calls.
- Around line 500-502: Update both sparse distance examples to use the declared
x_n_rows variable instead of x_nrows, and call cuvs::distance::pairwise_distance
rather than cuvs::pairwise_distance so the examples compile against the
documented API.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ball-cover.md:
- Around line 63-65: In the ball-cover example, replace the
`ball_cover::build_index` call with the documented
`neighbors::ball_cover::build` function so the example compiles against the
declared API.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-brute-force.md:
- Around line 780-781: Update the `cuvs::neighbors::brute_force::deserialize`
calls in all three examples to pass a pointer to the `index` object, matching
the documented overload signature.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-cagra.md:
- Around line 193-195: Declare and initialize the required `hnsw_params` object
before the `hnsw::from_cagra` call, using the appropriate HNSW parameter type
and values so the usage example compiles.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md:
- Line 2478: Replace the incorrect `ivf_fat` namespace with `ivf_flat` in each
`codepacker::unpack` example so all unpack examples use the documented API
namespace.
- Around line 2958-2967: Correct the four recomputation examples so each
constructs the index type matching its documented float, half, or int8 overload;
call recompute_internal_state with &index and use a declared stream for
raft::update_device. Ensure all examples compile against their documented
overloads.
- Around line 1075-1076: Update each affected `ivf_flat::extend` call to pass
the declared `no_op` variable instead of the undefined `no_opt`, so the examples
compile.
- Around line 379-380: Replace the invalid dataset::value_type and
dataset::index_type template arguments with the concrete value and index types
required by each in-place build overload. Apply this correction to the float
row-major, float column-major, half row-major, and half column-major examples in
fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-flat.md (lines 379-380, 461-462,
543-544, and 625-626), and the float, half, int8, and uint8 examples in
fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md (lines 702-703, 777-778, 852-853,
and 927-928), ensuring each example compiles.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-ivf-pq.md:
- Around line 67-68: Update the distance argument in the
`ivf_pq::index_params::from_dataset` call to use the scoped
`cuvs::distance::DistanceType::InnerProduct` enumerator so the example compiles.
- Around line 2674-2677: Change the output matrix in the `unpack_list_data`
example from `float` to `uint8_t`, keeping its dimensions and the call’s output
view unchanged.
- Around line 2944-2951: Update the extended-vector example’s `indices`
allocation to use the `int64_t` type required by
`ivf_pq::helpers::codepacker::extend_list`, and correct the malformed
`new_vectors` declaration so it constructs the matrix with valid C++ syntax.
Ensure the example compiles against the documented API signature.
- Line 2271: Update the `cuvs::neighbors::ivf_pq::deserialize` call to pass the
`index` pointer, matching the documented `index<int64_t>*` overload and ensuring
the example compiles.
- Around line 3183-3186: In the example around `raft::update_device`, obtain the
CUDA stream from `res` using the supported RAFT API and declare it before use,
or pass the required stream directly. Ensure the call compiles without relying
on an undeclared `stream`.
- Around line 2533-2536: Update the example’s pack_list_data call to pass a view
of the declared codes buffer instead of the undefined codes_to_pack variable. If
make_device_matrix cannot allocate a const element type, declare codes as a
non-const device matrix so the example compiles.
- Around line 3122-3125: Update the `cluster_centers` allocation and
`extract_centers` call to match the documented overload: use a row-major device
matrix with `int64_t` indexing and pass its matrix view instead of the raw data
pointer.
- Around line 2850-2857: Update the extended-code example to use int64_t for the
source indices required by extend_list_with_codes, correct the new_codes matrix
declaration, and pass new_codes.view() instead of the undefined codes variable
so the example matches the documented API signature.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-vamana.md:
- Around line 353-354: In each Vamana example around the vamana::serialize call,
comment out the continued explanatory text so it is not parsed as C++ code,
while keeping the serialize call executable.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-pca.md:
- Around line 69-82: Update the PCA example’s `make_device_matrix` and
`make_device_vector` allocations to use `int64_t` indexing, and allocate `input`
with `raft::col_major` layout so the views passed to
`cuvs::preprocessing::pca::fit` match the documented overload.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-binary.md:
- Around line 341-342: Remove the extra params argument from the
make_host_matrix and make_device_matrix calls in the binary quantization
examples, keeping the remaining arguments aligned with their supported
signatures so both examples compile.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-scalar.md:
- Around line 198-204: Update each scalar quantization round-trip example’s
inverse_transform call to pass quantized_dataset.view() as the input before the
separate destination matrix view, matching the transform output and allowing the
examples to compile.

---

Minor comments:
Review comments at @fern/pages/c_api/c-api-neighbors-hnsw.md:
- Line 409: Update the cuvsHnswExtend call to pass additional_dataset by pointer
after populating it, matching the function’s DLManagedTensor* parameter and
ensuring the example compiles.
- Around line 633-637: Correct the C syntax in the `cuvsHnswDeserialize`
example: use the `cuvsHnswIndexParams_t` type that matches
`cuvsHnswIndexParamsCreate`, and add the missing comma between `metric` and
`hnsw_index` in the deserialize call.
- Around line 528-529: Declare and initialize the DLManagedTensor distances
output with correctly sized storage before the cuvsHnswSearch call, matching the
expected result shape and type so the example can compile and run.

Review comments at @fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md:
- Around line 979-983: Update each repeated HNSW search example to terminate the
search_params.ef assignment with a semicolon and pass *hnsw_index to
hnsw::search. Apply these changes in
fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md at lines 979-983, 1031-1035,
1083-1087, and 1135-1139.
- Around line 326-328: Update the dataset types in each HNSW build example to
match its documented overload, and keep the allocation, fill, and build types
consistent. At fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-hnsw.md lines 326-328, use
half; at lines 391-393, use uint8_t; and at lines 456-458, use int8_t. Verify
the examples compile and run correctly.

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