Changes related to Meilisearch v1.14.0

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

📅 Release date: 2025-04-14

Timelines & steps

Pre-release

• [x] With the help of the changelog & this CI, define which integrations should be updated and how (New feature? Update README? Update tests?)
  • [x] 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.
• [x] 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)
  • [ ] meilisearch-js-plugins
• [ ] 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
  • [ ] PHP
  • [ ] meilisearch-js-plugins (at least update meilisearch-js version)
  • [ ] Symfony (no release, just merge the PR)
• [ ] Merge the related PR in K8s repository
• [ ] Publish DevOps tools:
  • [ ] create the git tag
  • [ ] publish images (steps are in CONTRIBUTING.md)
• [ ] Remove useless AWS images (by using our internal script)
• [ ] 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: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/5343

TODO:

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

Filterable attributes settings opt-out

Related issue: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/5163

TODO:

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

Get documents by ID

Related issue: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/5345

TODO:

• [ ] JS: Add method to get documents by ID
• [x] PHP: Add method to get documents by ID

Indexing timing for batches

Related issue: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/5359

TODO:

• [ ] JS: Add progressTrace and writeChannelCongestion to batches stats
• [x] PHP: Add progressTrace and writeChannelCongestion to batches stats

Exhaustive facet search

Related issue: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/5403

TODO:

• [ ] JS: Update search to handle new exhaustiveFacetCount parameter
• [x] PHP: Update search to handle new exhaustiveFacetCount parameter