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Generated answer cites an outdated version of our install guide

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Marcus LeeMember

We have v3 and v4 of the same guide indexed. The generative answer keeps quoting v3 even though v4 is newer. How do I make it prefer the current version?

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Dmitri LaineSearch Expert

Accepted solution

Generated answers ground on whatever the retrieval step returns, so fix it at retrieval. Either stop indexing the old version (filter v3 out of the source), or add a ranking rule that boosts the current version field. Once v4 ranks first, the answer cites it.

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Marcus LeeMember

Filtering v3 out of the source did it. Answers cite v4 now.

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