You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.225,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Query tokenization pairs a single-character token with an adjacent multi-character neighbour and offers the joined form as an extra candidate, improving matches on terms that were split apart.
Details
The joined form is appended before the compound-first ordering is applied.
Compound candidates are still filtered out unless the caller explicitly asked for compounds.
Evidence
compound
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.