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The sentence splitter treats every period as a boundary, so 2.5 and $3.99 become separate sentences. This preserves a period between ASCII digits while retaining the existing punctuation rules for dotted words, ellipses and sentences without intervening spaces. Source offsets and token counts use the complete sentence.

Refs #1542 (sentence-splitting half only). The MarkdownChunker offsets are being handled separately in #1543.

I added regressions for the utility and its SentenceChunker, RecursiveChunker and SemanticChunker callers, plus a patch changeset.

Validation on Node 24.19.0:

  • All 64 rag runtime tests pass; the new tests fail on the unchanged utility.
  • Package CJS/ESM/declaration build and changed-file Biome checks pass.
  • Independent checks of both built public exports pass.
  • Standalone package typecheck still reports three errors in the existing code-chunker and late-chunker tests. I reproduced the same diagnostics with the original utility; no errors point to the changed source or new tests.

This does not change abbreviation, Unicode-number or leading-dot-number handling. No dependencies or lockfile changed.


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Fixes the sentence splitter so decimals like 2.5 and prices like $3.99 are no longer split at the period.

Previously every period was treated as a boundary. Now a period between ASCII digits keeps the number intact, while dotted words, ellipses, and sentences without intervening spaces behave as before. Source offsets and token counts use the complete sentence; abbreviation, Unicode-number, and leading-dot-number handling are unchanged. This covers the sentence-splitting half of #1542. Adds regressions for the utility and its SentenceChunker, RecursiveChunker, and SemanticChunker callers, plus a patch changeset for @voltagent/rag.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Sentence splitting now preserves decimal numbers and prices, such as 2.5 and $3.99, within their sentences.
    • Sentence-based chunking maintains the expected text and token counts for sentences containing decimals.

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The RAG sentence splitter now extends sentence matches across periods between digits. Tests cover sentence text, source offsets, token counts, and outputs from sentence, recursive, and semantic chunkers. A patch changeset records the update.

Changes: Decimal sentence splitting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Sentence splitting and offsets
packages/rag/src/utils/text.ts, packages/rag/src/__tests__/utils.spec.ts, .changeset/preserve-decimal-sentences.md
splitIntoSentences extends matches across decimal points between digits and uses the combined match boundaries for segment text. Tests check sentence text, source offsets, and token counts. A patch changeset records the update.
Chunker integration tests
packages/rag/src/__tests__/sentence-chunker.spec.ts, packages/rag/src/__tests__/recursive-chunker.spec.ts, packages/rag/src/__tests__/semantic-chunker.spec.ts
Tests check decimal-containing sentence output from SentenceChunker, RecursiveChunker, and SemanticChunker. The semantic test also checks the complete sentence inputs passed to the embedder.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to bb165

This change keeps decimal numbers and prices intact when text is split into sentences. The scope is small and covered by tests, and no merge-blocking risk was found.

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Title check Passed The title "fix(rag): preserve decimal sentence boundaries" matches the main change. The PR makes the sentence splitter keep periods between ASCII digits (such as 2.5 and $3.99) inside one sentence, an…
Description check Passed The description covers the problem, the behavior change, the scope limits, and the validation steps. It also links the related issue #1542 and notes that the MarkdownChunker part is tracked in #1543. …
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The title "fix(rag): preserve decimal sentence boundaries" matches the main change. The PR makes the sentence splitter keep periods between ASCII digits (such as 2.5 and $3.99) inside one sentence, and the title names that behavior with the rag package scope. It follows the conventional commit style.

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Nitpick comments: 1

packages/rag/src/__tests__/decimal-sentences.spec.ts: 1

1-5: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Co-locate these tests with the tested chunkers.

Move each case into the corresponding chunker’s co-located .spec.ts file. This keeps each chunker’s regression coverage beside its implementation.

As per coding guidelines, “Tests should be co-located with the code they are testing, using the same naming convention.”

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Review comment at @packages/rag/src/__tests__/decimal-sentences.spec.ts around lines 1 - 5:
Move each test case from this combined test file into the co-located .spec.ts file for the chunker it exercises: RecursiveChunker, SemanticChunker, or SentenceChunker. Preserve each case’s assertions and use the existing naming convention for co-located tests.

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Review comments at @packages/rag/src/__tests__/decimal-sentences.spec.ts:
- Around line 1-5: Move each test case from this combined test file into the
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SemanticChunker, or SentenceChunker. Preserve each case’s assertions and use the
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