Adds support for global scoring

[JPrevost]

Why are these changes being introduced:

• As we moved from an OpenSearch instance where we control the shard
  count to OpenSearch Serverless where we do not, we need a way to more
  consistently score results across shards. This change adds support for
  global scoring (dfs_query_then_fetch under the hood) to allow us to
  opt-in to that behavior when we need it.

Relevant ticket(s):

• https://mitlibraries.atlassian.net/browse/USE-602

How does this address that need:

• This adds a new feature flag for global scoring and updates the search
  controller to use it when enabled.

Document any side effects to this change:

• This mode is more expensive to run, so if we notice performance
  problems we may need to accept that some results are scored
  inconsistently across shards.

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[qltysh]

❌ 10 blocking issues (10 total)

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rubocop	Lint	Assignment Branch Condition size for query\_timdex is too high. [<9, 20, 15> 26.57/17]	5	❌
rubocop	Lint	Class has too many lines. [309/100]	2	❌
rubocop	Lint	Cyclomatic complexity for query\_timdex is too high. [9/7]	1	❌
rubocop	Lint	Method has too many lines. [19/10]	1	❌
rubocop	Lint	Perceived complexity for query\_timdex is too high. [10/8]	1	❌

[qltysh]

Assignment Branch Condition size for mock_timdex_search_with_hits is too high. [<9, 31, 2> 32.34/17] [rubocop:Metrics/AbcSize]

[qltysh]

Assignment Branch Condition size for build_timdex_mock_response is too high. [<5, 18, 0> 18.68/17] [rubocop:Metrics/AbcSize]

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Pull request overview

Adds a FEATURE_GLOBAL_SCORING feature flag that, when enabled, passes useGlobalScoring: true to all TIMDEX GraphQL search queries (BaseQuery, GeoboxQuery, GeodistanceQuery, and the all-query variant), enabling DFS query-then-fetch behavior for more consistent cross-shard scoring on OpenSearch Serverless.

Changes:

• Register global_scoring as a valid Feature flag and document FEATURE_GLOBAL_SCORING in README and AGENTS.md.
• Add $useGlobalScoring: Boolean to the four TIMDEX GraphQL queries and forward the flag value from SearchController#query_timdex.
• Add controller tests (and a new build_timdex_mock_response helper) verifying the flag is propagated, and refresh VCR cassettes.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 26 out of 36 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
app/controllers/search_controller.rb	Sets query[:useGlobalScoring] from the feature flag.
app/models/timdex_search.rb	Adds useGlobalScoring variable to all four search queries.
app/models/feature.rb	Adds global_scoring to VALID_FEATURES.
config/schema/schema.json	Updated TIMDEX schema introspection adding useGlobalScoring argument and queryMode description.
test/controllers/search_controller_test.rb	New helper + tests asserting the variable is passed for both flag states; added doc comments to existing helpers.
test/models/feature_test.rb	Asserts new feature defaults to false.
test/vcr_cassettes/*.yml	Re-recorded cassettes to include the new variable.
README.md, AGENTS.md	Documents the new env var.

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