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SoftwareOctober 8, 2026, 17:00

ParadeDB pg_search 0.26 cuts 10-term BM25 search from 129ms to 29ms

ParadeDB released pg_search 0.26.0 for Postgres, moving BM25 fieldnorms from a shared array into each term's postings list. A 10-term OR query dropped 4.3x (129ms to 29ms), while a single-term query got about 5x slower (1.34ms to 7.7ms).

ParadeDB pg_search 0.26 cuts 10-term BM25 search from 129ms to 29ms
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