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This PR moves ScaNN out of the experimental part of cuVS and makes it a normal cuVS algorithm.

  • Rename the namespace from cuvs::neighbors::experimental::scann to cuvs::neighbors::scann in the header, source, tests, examples, and docs.
  • Keep a deprecated backward-compatibility layer in cuvs::neighbors::experimental::scann (type aliases + forwarding build/serialize) so existing code keeps compiling, to be removed in a later release.
  • Add build + serialize support for half, int8_t, uint8_t (in addition to float), all with int64_t, mirroring ivf_pq/ivf_sq (non-float inputs are converted to float inside the kernels via utils::mapping<float>).
  • Expand C++ tests

This does not change the float index build or on-disk format; it only adds the new supported types.

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  • New Features

    • ScaNN index building and serialization now support float, half, int8, and uint8 data.
    • Added a C++ example for building and saving ScaNN indexes from binary datasets.
    • Added ScaNN support to the ANN benchmarking suite, including configurable benchmark parameters.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the C++ ScaNN API reference and examples to use its current namespace. Older namespace aliases remain available but are deprecated.

ScaNN moves from the experimental namespace to cuvs::neighbors::scann and adds build and serialization support for half, int8_t, and uint8_t data. The changes also add tests, a command-line builder example, and ANN benchmark integration.

Changes: ScaNN API and integrations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public API namespace and declarations
cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/scann.hpp, cpp/src/neighbors/scann/scann.cuh, cpp/src/neighbors/scann/scann_build_float.cu, cpp/src/neighbors/scann/scann_serialize_float.cu, fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-scann.md, fern/pages/neighbors/scann.md, examples/cpp/src/scann_example.cu, examples/cpp/src/scann_two_level_example.cu
The public declarations, float build and serialization instantiations, examples, and API documentation use the cuvs::neighbors::scann namespace. Deprecated experimental aliases and float forwarding functions remain in the header.
Typed build and serialization support
cpp/src/neighbors/scann/detail/*, cpp/src/neighbors/scann/scann_build_*.cu, cpp/src/neighbors/scann/scann_serialize_*.cu, cpp/CMakeLists.txt
The build internals convert non-float data to float for training and related calculations. Device and host build overloads and serialization instantiations are added for half, int8_t, and uint8_t. CMake adds the new translation units.
Typed build and serialization tests
cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt, cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_scann.cuh, cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_scann/*
Tests cover builds for all four data types, serialization assets, two-level configurations, and invalid build parameters. Reconstruction checks are limited to float single-level indexes.
Command-line index builder
examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt, examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu
The example parses build options, reads a binary dataset, builds an index for float, half, int8, or uint8 data, and serializes it to the selected output directory.
ANN benchmark integration
cpp/bench/ann/CMakeLists.txt, cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/*, python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algorithms.yaml, python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/cuvs_scann.yaml
The benchmark adds a default-enabled ScaNN selection, GPU target, parameter grids, and a typed adapter. The adapter builds and saves indexes; load and search operations are unimplemented and throw runtime errors.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested labels: feature request, C++

Suggested reviewers: kylefromnvidia, divyegala

Merge Risk: Low · up to 05ef3

The change promotes ScaNN to the public namespace and adds typed build support. Float builds with a large training set may use more GPU memory than before. Other findings are small documentation, example and benchmark issues. The change is mergeable with these follow-ups.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 05ef3

The inspected changes remain in-process index-building and file-writing operations; no introduced security vulnerability was established. Public API compatibility and output lifecycle deserve attention, and incomplete downstream coverage prevents a minimal-risk conclusion.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure is the calling process’s dataset, GPU resources, and filesystem output assets. The new builder selects input, output, data type, and build parameters from command-line arguments; no separate service identity or privilege transition is demonstrated by this path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — Removing the experimental namespace changes API placement rather than an authorization boundary. Compatibility calls delegate directly to the promoted implementation, and typed overloads reuse the shared build and serialization templates rather than introducing a separate privileged execution path.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The new file-backed builder defaults to /tmp and writes predictable asset names through the existing serializer. Earlier synthetic-data examples already serialized directly to /tmp. Private output ownership is not established by these defaults; this is an inherited limitation, not a verified new exploit.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — For workflows handling sensitive datasets or concurrent writers, use a fresh private output directory and publish the completed asset bundle atomically, with explicit retry and cleanup rules. This would strengthen the inherited output lifecycle rather than remedy a verified PR-introduced vulnerability.
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Minor · Update the stale input-type statement. · scann.md:41

fern/pages/neighbors/scann.md:41
Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Update the stale input-type statement.

Line 41 says the build API accepts host row-major float data. This PR adds half, int8_t, and uint8_t overloads for device and host input. The sentence is now wrong.

The generated C++ API page (fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-scann.md) lists only the float build and serialize signatures. Regenerate it so the new overloads appear.

-The build API also accepts host row-major `float` data. C, Python, Java, Rust, and Go do not currently expose SCaNN bindings.
+The build and serialize APIs accept `float`, `half`, `int8_t`, and `uint8_t` data. The build API accepts device and host row-major input. Non-float inputs are mapped to `float` with the standard integer scaling before training. C, Python, Java, Rust, and Go do not currently expose SCaNN bindings.

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Review comment at @fern/pages/neighbors/scann.md at line 41:
Update the SCaNN documentation’s stale input-type statement to accurately
describe the supported build and serialize types, device and host build input,
and integer scaling behavior. Regenerate the C++ API page so it includes the new
overloads alongside the existing float signatures; preserve the statement about
language bindings.

Source: Path instructions

Nitpick comments: 6

examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu: 2

61-75: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Handle invalid numeric arguments.

std::stoi and std::stof throw std::invalid_argument or std::out_of_range on bad input. The example then terminates with an unhandled exception. Wrap parse_args in a try/catch and call usage on error. Also, std::stoi limits kmeans_n_rows_train and pq_n_rows_train to int, while the fields are int64_t. This limit is acceptable for an example.

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Review comment at @examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu around lines 61 - 75:
Update parse_args to catch std::invalid_argument and std::out_of_range from
numeric conversions and call usage on invalid input, preventing an unhandled
exception. Preserve the existing std::stoi conversions for kmeans_n_rows_train
and pq_n_rows_train; their int-range limitation is acceptable for this example.

93-123: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Install the new example target.

SCANN_BUILD_EXAMPLE is not in the install(TARGETS ...) list in examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt. The sibling targets SCANN_EXAMPLE and SCANN_TWO_LEVEL_EXAMPLE are in that list. Add SCANN_BUILD_EXAMPLE so the executable is installed with the other examples.

          SCANN_EXAMPLE
          SCANN_TWO_LEVEL_EXAMPLE
          SCANN_BUILD_EXAMPLE
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Review comment at @examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu around lines 93 - 123:
Add SCANN_BUILD_EXAMPLE to the install(TARGETS ...) list in the examples CMake
configuration, alongside SCANN_EXAMPLE and SCANN_TWO_LEVEL_EXAMPLE, so the build
example executable is installed with the other examples.
cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_ann_bench_param_parser.h: 1

561-578: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value

Add missing kmeans_n_iters and pq_train_iters parsing.

index_params has the fields kmeans_n_iters and pq_train_iters, but parse_build_param does not read them. Benchmark configurations cannot tune these parameters, and the other parameters in this struct are exposed.

♻️ Proposed addition

   if (conf.contains("pq_n_rows_train")) { param.pq_n_rows_train = conf.at("pq_n_rows_train"); }
+  if (conf.contains("kmeans_n_iters")) { param.kmeans_n_iters = conf.at("kmeans_n_iters"); }
+  if (conf.contains("pq_train_iters")) { param.pq_train_iters = conf.at("pq_train_iters"); }
   if (conf.contains("reordering_bf16")) { param.reordering_bf16 = conf.at("reordering_bf16"); }
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Review comment at @cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_ann_bench_param_parser.h around
lines 561 - 578:
Update parse_build_param to read the kmeans_n_iters and pq_train_iters
configuration keys into their corresponding build_param fields when present,
consistent with the existing optional parameter parsing.
cpp/src/neighbors/scann/detail/scann_soar.cuh: 1

49-52: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

Skip the float copy of the dataset when T == float.

compute_soar_labels now always allocates ds_f and runs a map kernel. This happens for float input too. For the batched call at scann_build.cuh Line 353, this adds one batch_size * dim * sizeof(float) allocation and one copy kernel per batch. With 65536 rows and dim = 2048, that is 512 MiB per batch. The PR states that the float build path is unchanged.

Use the input pointer directly for float. Convert only for other types. Then use ds_ptr in the cublasSgemvStridedBatched call and in nc_dataset.

Proposed fix

-  auto ds_f = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, dataset.extent(0), dim);
-  raft::linalg::map(
-    dev_resources, ds_f.view(), cuvs::spatial::knn::detail::utils::mapping<float>{}, dataset);
+  auto ds_f = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(
+    dev_resources, std::is_same_v<T, float> ? 0 : dataset.extent(0), std::is_same_v<T, float> ? 0 : dim);
+  const float* ds_ptr = nullptr;
+  if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, float>) {
+    ds_ptr = dataset.data_handle();
+  } else {
+    raft::linalg::map(
+      dev_resources, ds_f.view(), cuvs::spatial::knn::detail::utils::mapping<float>{}, dataset);
+    ds_ptr = ds_f.data_handle();
+  }

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Review comment at @cpp/src/neighbors/scann/detail/scann_soar.cuh around lines 49
- 52:
Update compute_soar_labels to use the input dataset pointer directly when T is
float, allocating and converting to float only for other types. Use the selected
ds_ptr for both the cublasSgemvStridedBatched call and nc_dataset, preserving
the existing conversion behavior for non-float inputs.

Source: Coding guidelines

cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/scann.hpp: 1

382-422: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Document the new typed build overloads, including the input scaling.

The new half, int8_t, and uint8_t overloads have only a one-line brief. The host overloads have no comment. They have no @param, @return, or type notes.

The build code maps non-float inputs to float with utils::mapping<float>. That mapping applies the standard integer scaling. Centers, PQ codebook, residuals, and the optional bf16 dataset are therefore built in the mapped float space. Consumers of the serialized files need to know this to scale queries the same way. State it in the Doxygen comment.

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Review comment at @cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/scann.hpp around lines 382 - 422:
Expand the Doxygen comments for the half, int8_t, and uint8_t build overloads,
covering both host and device variants. Document the parameters and return
value, and explain that non-float inputs are mapped to float using
utils::mapping<float> with standard integer scaling, so centers, the PQ
codebook, residuals, and any optional bf16 dataset use mapped float space; state
that queries must be scaled consistently. Keep the documentation on each public
overload so the Fern API generator can consume it.

Source: Path instructions

cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_scann/test_half_int64_t.cu: 1

16-18: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Reduce the parameter matrix for the new half, int8_t, and uint8_t suites.

Each new suite runs the full list (defaults + small_dims_all_pq_bits + big_dims_all_pq_bits + bf16 + bf16_avq + avq + soar + two_level). Each case runs three build variants. Each run also serializes the index to disk. This adds roughly 36 cases × 3 variants per type, with one full index build each. test_int8_t_int64_t.cu and test_uint8_t_int64_t.cu have the same shape.

The non-float path differs from float only in the float conversion of the training set, residuals, SOAR dataset, and bf16 quantization. Parameter axes such as 18 dimensions × 2 PQ bit widths do not exercise other code for these types. Use a small set for the non-float types. For example, use defaults(), one 4-bit small-dim case, one 8-bit big-dim case, bf16_avq(), soar(), and two_level(). Keep the host-input variants only where they cover distinct data movement.

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Review comment at @cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_scann/test_half_int64_t.cu around
lines 16 - 18:
Reduce the parameter matrix passed to INSTANTIATE for f16_i64 and the
corresponding int8_t and uint8_t suites. Replace the exhaustive combination with
representative cases covering defaults, one 4-bit small-dimension case, one
8-bit big-dimension case, bf16_avq(), soar(), and two_level(); retain host-input
variants only where they cover distinct data movement.

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Review comments at @cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_scann_wrapper.h:
- Line 60: Add a null check for index_ in cuvs_scann::save before dereferencing
it, and report an appropriate error if no built index is available. Preserve the
existing save behavior when index_ is valid.
- Around line 105-110: Document cuvs_scann as build-only so default benchmark
runs do not imply search support: update the relevant benchmark configuration or
documentation to state that only --build mode is supported. Keep the
unconditional search and load exceptions unchanged unless the existing
configuration provides a supported way to register the algorithm as build-only;
in that case, use it.

Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/scann/detail/scann_build.cuh:
- Around line 90-94: Update the training-set conversion around trainset_f to
reuse trainset directly when T is float, avoiding a redundant allocation and
copy. For other input types, allocate the float-converted matrix through
trainset_mr and ensure the allocation-size check accounts for float storage;
preserve the existing mapping into the converted matrix.

Review comments at @examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu:
- Around line 113-117: Update the includes in the file containing the
`scann::build` timing code to include the standard `<chrono>` header directly,
so the uses of `std::chrono::system_clock` and `std::chrono::duration` do not
rely on transitive includes.

---

Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @fern/pages/neighbors/scann.md:
- Line 41: Update the SCaNN documentation’s stale input-type statement to
accurately describe the supported build and serialize types, device and host
build input, and integer scaling behavior. Regenerate the C++ API page so it
includes the new overloads alongside the existing float signatures; preserve the
statement about language bindings.

---

Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_ann_bench_param_parser.h:
- Around line 561-578: Update parse_build_param to read the kmeans_n_iters and
pq_train_iters configuration keys into their corresponding build_param fields
when present, consistent with the existing optional parameter parsing.

Review comments at @cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/scann.hpp:
- Around line 382-422: Expand the Doxygen comments for the half, int8_t, and
uint8_t build overloads, covering both host and device variants. Document the
parameters and return value, and explain that non-float inputs are mapped to
float using utils::mapping<float> with standard integer scaling, so centers, the
PQ codebook, residuals, and any optional bf16 dataset use mapped float space;
state that queries must be scaled consistently. Keep the documentation on each
public overload so the Fern API generator can consume it.

Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/scann/detail/scann_soar.cuh:
- Around line 49-52: Update compute_soar_labels to use the input dataset pointer
directly when T is float, allocating and converting to float only for other
types. Use the selected ds_ptr for both the cublasSgemvStridedBatched call and
nc_dataset, preserving the existing conversion behavior for non-float inputs.

Review comments at @cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_scann/test_half_int64_t.cu:
- Around line 16-18: Reduce the parameter matrix passed to INSTANTIATE for
f16_i64 and the corresponding int8_t and uint8_t suites. Replace the exhaustive
combination with representative cases covering defaults, one 4-bit
small-dimension case, one 8-bit big-dimension case, bf16_avq(), soar(), and
two_level(); retain host-input variants only where they cover distinct data
movement.

Review comments at @examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu:
- Around line 61-75: Update parse_args to catch std::invalid_argument and
std::out_of_range from numeric conversions and call usage on invalid input,
preventing an unhandled exception. Preserve the existing std::stoi conversions
for kmeans_n_rows_train and pq_n_rows_train; their int-range limitation is
acceptable for this example.
- Around line 93-123: Add SCANN_BUILD_EXAMPLE to the install(TARGETS ...) list
in the examples CMake configuration, alongside SCANN_EXAMPLE and
SCANN_TWO_LEVEL_EXAMPLE, so the build example executable is installed with the
other examples.

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property.query_memory_type = MemoryType::kHost;
return property;
}
void save(const std::string& file) const override;

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Build-only wrapper never publishes a built index through load, so save can dereference a null index_.

save dereferences *index_ without a check. If the harness calls save before build succeeds, or after a failed build, index_ is null. This causes undefined behavior. Add a guard.

🛡️ Proposed fix

 void cuvs_scann<T, IdxT>::save(const std::string& file) const
 {
+  if (!index_) { throw std::runtime_error("ScaNN index is not built; cannot save"); }
   std::filesystem::create_directories(file);
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Review comment at @cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_scann_wrapper.h at line 60:
Add a null check for index_ in cuvs_scann::save before dereferencing it, and
report an appropriate error if no built index is available. Preserve the
existing save behavior when index_ is valid.

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Comment on lines +105 to +110
template <typename T, typename IdxT>
void cuvs_scann<T, IdxT>::search(
const T*, int, int, algo_base::index_type*, float*) const
{
throw std::runtime_error("ScaNN benchmark supports build only; search is not implemented");
}

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Search throws, so benchmark search runs fail with a runtime error.

search and load throw unconditionally. The Python config in cuvs_scann.yaml and algorithms.yaml registers cuvs_scann as a normal algorithm. A default benchmark run (build and search) therefore fails at the search phase. Document that only --build mode is supported, or mark the algorithm build-only in the config.

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Review comment at @cpp/bench/ann/src/cuvs/cuvs_scann_wrapper.h around lines 105
- 110:
Document cuvs_scann as build-only so default benchmark runs do not imply search
support: update the relevant benchmark configuration or documentation to state
that only --build mode is supported. Keep the unconditional search and load
exceptions unchanged unless the existing configuration provides a supported way
to register the algorithm as build-only; in that case, use it.

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Comment on lines +90 to +94
// kmeans is trained on a float trainset (with the standard integer scaling).
auto trainset_f =
raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(res, trainset.extent(0), trainset.extent(1));
raft::linalg::map(
res, trainset_f.view(), utils::mapping<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(trainset.view()));

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Avoid the unconditional float copy of the training set. Allocate it with the fallback memory resource.

trainset is allocated with trainset_mr. Lines 74-76 switch trainset_mr to the large workspace when the set does not fit in free workspace memory. trainset_f is then allocated with the default resource. It also doubles peak device memory for T == float, where the copy is redundant.

For float input, the existing OOM fallback no longer protects the training set. A build that fit before can now fail with a larger kmeans_n_rows_train * dim. The size check at Line 74 also ignores this second allocation.

Reuse trainset for float. For other types, allocate trainset_f with trainset_mr and size it with sizeof(float).

Proposed fix

-  auto trainset_f =
-    raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(res, trainset.extent(0), trainset.extent(1));
-  raft::linalg::map(
-    res, trainset_f.view(), utils::mapping<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(trainset.view()));
+  auto trainset_f = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(res, 0, 0);
+  if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, float>) {
+    trainset_f = std::move(trainset);
+  } else {
+    trainset_f = raft::make_device_mdarray<float, int64_t>(
+      res, trainset_mr, raft::make_extents<int64_t>(trainset.extent(0), trainset.extent(1)));
+    raft::linalg::map(
+      res, trainset_f.view(), utils::mapping<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(trainset.view()));
+  }

As per coding guidelines: "Resource exhaustion (GPU memory)" and "Excessive memory allocations in hot paths".

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// kmeans is trained on a float trainset (with the standard integer scaling).
auto trainset_f =
raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(res, trainset.extent(0), trainset.extent(1));
raft::linalg::map(
res, trainset_f.view(), utils::mapping<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(trainset.view()));
// kmeans is trained on a float trainset (with the standard integer scaling).
auto trainset_f = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(res, 0, 0);
if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, float>) {
trainset_f = std::move(trainset);
} else {
trainset_f = raft::make_device_mdarray<float, int64_t>(
res, trainset_mr, raft::make_extents<int64_t>(trainset.extent(0), trainset.extent(1)));
raft::linalg::map(
res, trainset_f.view(), utils::mapping<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(trainset.view()));
}
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Review comment at @cpp/src/neighbors/scann/detail/scann_build.cuh around lines
90 - 94:
Update the training-set conversion around trainset_f to reuse trainset directly
when T is float, avoiding a redundant allocation and copy. For other input
types, allocate the float-converted matrix through trainset_mr and ensure the
allocation-size check accounts for float storage; preserve the existing mapping
into the converted matrix.

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Comment on lines +113 to +117
auto start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
auto index =
scann::build(dev_resources, index_params, raft::make_const_mdspan(dataset.view()));
auto end = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
std::chrono::duration<double> elapsed_seconds = end - start;

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add the missing <chrono> include.

Lines 113 to 117 use std::chrono::system_clock and std::chrono::duration. The file does not include <chrono>. The build relies on a transitive include from other headers. This is fragile and can fail to compile.

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+#include <chrono>
 #include <cstdint>
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Review comment at @examples/cpp/src/scann_build.cu around lines 113 - 117:
Update the includes in the file containing the `scann::build` timing code to
include the standard `<chrono>` header directly, so the uses of
`std::chrono::system_clock` and `std::chrono::duration` do not rely on
transitive includes.

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