Merge commit '4383844' into overnight-jul31

# Conflicts:
#	deploy/mavend.json
#	internal/config/config.go

cmd/mavend/voice.go

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ func wireVoice(cfg *config.Config, coreAPI ipc.CoreAPI, phr phraser.Phraser, mem
 		clarifyStore:     clarifyStore,
 		extractor:        router.Extractor{Time: timeParser, Acts: matcher, Facts: router.DefaultFactParser{}},
 		queryMinScore:    cfg.Voice.QueryMinScore,
+		queryMinMargin:   cfg.Voice.QueryMinMargin,
 		timeParser:       timeParser,
 		ecosystem:        eco,
 	}
@@ -300,6 +301,9 @@ type reactiveHandler struct {
 	// load-bearing math (same posture as the presence thresholds). Set by
 	// wireVoice from VoiceConfig; default 0.55.
 	queryMinScore float64
+	// queryMinMargin — the second half of that gate: how far the top hit must
+	// beat the runner-up. 0 ⇒ margin off.
+	queryMinMargin float64
 
 	// timeParser — used as a fallback for stage-0 reminder grammar matches
 	// (where the extractor didn't run). Shared with the router's extractor.
@@ -760,18 +764,23 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) applyAction(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision)
 			log.Printf("voice: query notes: %v", err)
 			return "не получилось найти ответ."
 		}
-		// Confidence gate: below threshold, say "I don't know" rather than read
-		// back the least-unrelated note — a confident wrong recall is worse than
-		// a gap (spec's "not a guesser-of-truth"). Same instinct as the loop's
-		// since(key)==null → don't fire. Tuned for the ONNX embedder; the Hash
-		// floor scores lexically and may rarely clear it.
-		if len(notes) == 0 || notes[0].Score < h.queryMinScore {
+		// Confidence gate: below it, say "I don't know" rather than read back
+		// the least-unrelated note — a confident wrong recall is worse than a
+		// gap (spec's "not a guesser-of-truth"). Same instinct as the loop's
+		// since(key)==null → don't fire. Two parts: an absolute cosine floor,
+		// and a margin over the runner-up, which is the part that works with
+		// the e5 embedder's narrow score band. See memory.Confident.
+		noteScores := make([]float64, len(notes))
+		for i, n := range notes {
+			noteScores[i] = n.Score
+		}
+		if !memory.ConfidentScores(noteScores, h.queryMinScore, h.queryMinMargin) {
 			// Long-term memory recall (notes + facts) before general knowledge:
 			// the notes table can't answer fact questions, but the memory store
 			// indexes both. Only runs when notes-RAG already gave up → additive.
 			if h.memStore != nil {
 				if hits, herr := h.memStore.Search(ctx, vec, 3); herr == nil {
-					if text, ok := bestRecall(hits, h.queryMinScore); ok {
+					if text, ok := bestRecall(hits, h.queryMinScore, h.queryMinMargin); ok {
 						return text
 					}
 				}