Quick switcher - simple algorithm: do not match an item more than once

Bug reports
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Steps to reproduce

I cannot find a file with quick switcher, even though searching for its literal name, when other files contain similar parts.

  • Create a vault
  • Add 10000 files
  • Have a lot of files containg MOC in the title
  • Have a file called MOC MOC
  • Search in quick switcher by MOC MOC
  • It will not list the file, even though I searched by the full literal filename

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From a sandbox vault, run these commands in a bash terminal:

for i in {1..10000}; do touch "$i MOC.md"; done
touch "MOC MOC.md"

You will see this:

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Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes.

Expected result

I assume that this is related to the “simplified algorithm” in use for large vaults.
But since I am literally searching for the full literal filename, I would expect that an exact match shows up at the top of the search results.

Actual result

The file is not shows, presumably since the algorithm in place does only do simple word matches and won’t rank by “amount of full file name matched”.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.10
Installer version: v1.8.10
Operating system: #63-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Apr 15 19:04:15 UTC 2025 6.8.0-60-generic
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: none
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Minimal v7.7.18
Snippets enabled: 1
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 27
Plugins enabled: 22
1: Hotkeys for templates v1.4.3
2: Periodic Notes v0.0.17
3: Auto Link Title v1.5.5
4: Minimal Theme Settings v8.1.1
5: Templater v2.11.1
6: PDF++ v0.40.28
7: ProZen v0.3
8: Note Refactor v1.8.2
9: Note Toolbar v1.21.14
10: Dataview v0.5.68
11: Hover Editor v0.11.26
12: List Callouts v1.2.9
13: Style Settings v1.0.9
14: Spaced Repetition v1.13.3
15: Tag Wrangler v0.6.4
16: Text Format v3.1.0
17: Image Converter v1.3.10
18: Copy Block Link v1.0.4
19: Book Search v0.7.5
20: Excalidraw v2.9.2
21: Linter v1.28.0
22: Omnisearch v1.26.1

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.

Additional information

There is a related feature request that I second, but not finding via an exact match is a bug for me as quick switcher is the main entry point to opening files for me.

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thanks