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From: hajdul88 <52442977+hajdul88@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: sets default to 1 for last_k in search (#1412)

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## Description
Adds default value for last_k in search to avoid unwanted failure when
users don't provide the needed parameter.

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## Changes Made
Add default value to last_k.

## Testing
Manual + tests are already present for the funtionality

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 cognee/api/v1/search/search.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cognee/api/v1/search/search.py b/cognee/api/v1/search/search.py
index 0e7cb6d85..dcebce012 100644
--- a/cognee/api/v1/search/search.py
+++ b/cognee/api/v1/search/search.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async def search(
     node_type: Optional[Type] = NodeSet,
     node_name: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     save_interaction: bool = False,
-    last_k: Optional[int] = None,
+    last_k: Optional[int] = 1,
     only_context: bool = False,
     use_combined_context: bool = False,
 ) -> Union[List[SearchResult], CombinedSearchResult]: