WFGY/ProblemMap/GlobalFixMap/RAG/eval_drift.md

# Eval Drift — Guardrails and Fix Pattern

When evaluation metrics **swing unpredictably** across runs (precision, recall, ΔS, coverage) even though the data and index appear unchanged.  
This signals **eval drift**: your evaluation harness is not structurally stable.

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## Open these first
- Recovery overview: [RAG Architecture & Recovery](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/rag-architecture-and-recovery.md)  
- Retrieval knobs: [Retrieval Playbook](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-playbook.md)  
- Eval acceptance rules: [Eval — Quality & Readiness Gates](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/eval/README.md)  
- Precision & recall contract: [Eval RAG Precision/Recall](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/eval/eval_rag_precision_recall.md)  
- Ordering control: [Bootstrap Ordering](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/bootstrap-ordering.md)  
- Pre-deploy safety: [Predeploy Collapse](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/predeploy-collapse.md)  

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## Core acceptance
- ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45 across 3 paraphrases  
- Coverage ≥ 0.70 per target section  
- λ convergent on 2 seeds, stable across runs  
- Variance of metrics ≤ 0.05 across replays  

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## Typical symptoms → exact fix

| Symptom | Likely cause | Open this |
|---------|--------------|-----------|
| Precision/recall varies ±0.20 each run | eval harness non-deterministic | [Eval Precision/Recall](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/eval/eval_rag_precision_recall.md) |
| Identical queries give different metrics | bootstrap not fenced | [Bootstrap Ordering](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/bootstrap-ordering.md) |
| Eval metrics collapse on fresh deploy | index not fully warmed | [Predeploy Collapse](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/predeploy-collapse.md) |
| Coverage < 0.50 despite gold answers | embedding or chunk drift | [Embedding ≠ Semantic](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/embedding-vs-semantic.md), [Chunking Checklist](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/chunking-checklist.md) |

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## Fix in 60 seconds

1. **Lock seeds**  
   Fix random seeds at retrieval, reranker, and eval harness layers.  

2. **Fence bootstrap**  
   Require `VECTOR_READY==true` and index hash match before eval begins.  

3. **Replay 3 paraphrases**  
   Eval the same question with 3 paraphrases. Require ΔS variance < 0.05.  

4. **Cross-seed check**  
   Run two seeds. λ must remain convergent across both.  

5. **Regression gate**  
   Ship only if coverage ≥ 0.70 and precision/recall stable within 0.05.  

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## Copy-paste eval harness snippet

```python
def eval_guardrails(question, retrieved, gold):
    ds_qr = deltaS(question, retrieved)
    ds_rg = deltaS(retrieved, gold)

    assert ds_qr <= 0.45, "ΔS drift detected"
    assert coverage(retrieved, gold) >= 0.70, "Coverage too low"
    assert lambda_state(retrieved) in {"→","←","<>"} , "λ divergent"

    return {
        "ΔS_qr": ds_qr,
        "ΔS_rg": ds_rg,
        "coverage": coverage(retrieved, gold),
        "λ": lambda_state(retrieved)
    }
````

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## Diagnostic probes

* **Re-run variance test**: run eval 5 times, log precision/recall. Stddev >0.05 → unstable harness.
* **Anchor comparison**: compare ΔS to gold anchor vs decoy. If both similar, re-embed.
* **Deploy warm-up**: log `VECTOR_READY` and index hash before eval.

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| Module                   | Description                                                                  | Link                                                                                               |
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