Changes related to Meilisearch v1.14.0

[Strift]

This issue lists the changes related to Meilisearch v1.14.0 that impact SDKs.

📅 Release date: 2025-04-14

Timelines & steps

Pre-release

• With the help of the changelog & this CI, define which integrations should be updated and how (New feature? Update README? Update tests?)
  • Fill in the "What to implement?" section below in this issue 👇. Minimal implementation: PHP, JS, meilisearch-js-plugins.
  • Open implementation issues in repositories that need implementation (if necessary for developers who will work on the tasks).
  • Discuss with the Product team if needed. At least share this issue to let them know about the decisions.
• Create a branch by running Octopus script: only open branches for the integrations we choose to update (defined in the previous step) + Kubernetes repository + Cloud provider repository (changing the version)
• Update integrations according to the decisions (cf "What to implement?" section below in this issue 👇)
  ⚠️ If possible, this step is done before pre-release, once the feature is ready thanks to the prototype released by the engine team
  • JS
  • PHP
  • Symfony (fix the failing tests)
• Add code samples for the chosen up-to-date integrations with the new version of Meilisearch
• Update the library version of the related integrations and prepare the changelogs

Release day

• Release the integrations or only merge the related PRs (sometimes a release is not needed)
  • JS by @Strift
  • PHP by @curquiza
  • meilisearch-js-plugins by @Strift
  • Symfony (no release, just merge the PR) by @Strift
• Merge the related PR in K8s repository by @brunoocasali
• Publish DevOps tools by @brunoocasali:
  • create the git tag
  • publish images (steps are in CONTRIBUTING.md)
• Remove useless AWS images (by using our internal script) by @brunoocasali

In tier 2 and 3 repositories:

• Open issues in the repositories that are not up-to-date with the latest version of Meilisearch (including code samples)

What to implement?

Composite embedders

Related issue: meilisearch/meilisearch#5343

TODO:

• JS: Add new pooling parameter for huggingFace embedders
• JS: Add new composite source for embedders
• PHP: Add new pooling parameter for huggingFace embedders
• PHP: Add new composite source for embedders

Filterable attributes settings opt-out

Related issue: meilisearch/meilisearch#5163

TODO:

• JS: Update settings to handle new filterableAttributes syntax
• PHP: Update settings to handle new filterableAttributes syntax
• Symfony: Fix the failing tests

Get documents by ID

Related issue: meilisearch/meilisearch#5345

TODO:

• JS: Add method to get documents by ID
• PHP: Add method to get documents by ID

Indexing timing for batches

Related issues: meilisearch/meilisearch#5359

TODO:

• JS: Add progressTrace and writeChannelCongestion to batches stats
• PHP: Add progressTrace and writeChannelCongestion to batches stats

Exhaustive facet search

Related issue: meilisearch/meilisearch#5403

TODO:

• JS: Update search to handle new exhaustiveFacetCount parameter
• PHP: Update search to handle new exhaustiveFacetCount parameter

internalDatabaseSizes

Related issue: meilisearch/meilisearch#5463

TODO:

• JS: Add internalDatabaseSizes to stats
• JS: Add a comment not to type the fields in internalDatabaseSizes
• PHP: Add internalDatabaseSizes to stats (N/A)
• PHP: Add a comment not to type the fields in internalDatabaseSizes (N/A)