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Candidate Depth: How Much Retrieval Is Enough?

Candidate Depth: How Much Retrieval Is Enough? Before you tune candidate depth, use the pre-tuning checks to verify index state and set a labeled baseline. Everything below measures against that baseline. Candidate depth is the number of candidates a retrieval stage passes to a later ranking stage.

By Andrey VasnetsovQdrant
Candidate Depth: How Much Retrieval Is Enough?

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Originally published by Qdrant on Aug 20, 2026.

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