Chat history is a second read path into your RAG data — gate the replay like the search
My copilot persists the source cards it cites — which documents backed each answer, scores, names, the works. That's table stakes for a trustworthy RAG product: an answer without its evidence is just vibes. Here's the question that changed how I shipped it: six months from now, a user opens that old conversation and the cards render again. Who authorized them the second time? The comfortable…
The persistence of retrieval results, such as citations, source cards, and snippets, turns a user's history endpoint into a second read path into the data that the search feature protects. Entitlements can differ between when the data is written and when it is read, so it is crucial to verify authorization again at the time of reading the data.
If a user attempts to access the data without proper permission, the system should degrade gracefully, providing a clear message indicating that the user does not have access, rather than throwing an error or displaying an incomplete response.
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