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enhancement
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

Right now, to identify whether has deleted docs, we run N leaf search rpc. We could do this in one RPC.
Also, we could have a special collector that aborts after the first doc is found.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the delete flow and the leaf search RPC used to identify deleted documents. Confirm how the current N RPC calls are made, then verify that the work uses one RPC and that collection stops after the first document is found.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend, performance, search
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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