feat(core): Enable ripgrep by default. (#7427)

packages/core/src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -490,21 +490,12 @@ describe('Server Config (config.ts)', () => {
   });
 
   describe('UseRipgrep Configuration', () => {
-    it('should default useRipgrep to false when not provided', () => {
+    it('should default useRipgrep to true when not provided', () => {
       const config = new Config(baseParams);
-      expect(config.getUseRipgrep()).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('should set useRipgrep to true when provided as true', () => {
-      const paramsWithRipgrep: ConfigParameters = {
-        ...baseParams,
-        useRipgrep: true,
-      };
-      const config = new Config(paramsWithRipgrep);
       expect(config.getUseRipgrep()).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should set useRipgrep to false when explicitly provided as false', () => {
+    it('should set useRipgrep to false when provided as false', () => {
       const paramsWithRipgrep: ConfigParameters = {
         ...baseParams,
         useRipgrep: false,
@@ -513,13 +504,22 @@ describe('Server Config (config.ts)', () => {
       expect(config.getUseRipgrep()).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('should default useRipgrep to false when undefined', () => {
+    it('should set useRipgrep to true when explicitly provided as true', () => {
+      const paramsWithRipgrep: ConfigParameters = {
+        ...baseParams,
+        useRipgrep: true,
+      };
+      const config = new Config(paramsWithRipgrep);
+      expect(config.getUseRipgrep()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should default useRipgrep to true when undefined', () => {
       const paramsWithUndefinedRipgrep: ConfigParameters = {
         ...baseParams,
         useRipgrep: undefined,
       };
       const config = new Config(paramsWithUndefinedRipgrep);
-      expect(config.getUseRipgrep()).toBe(false);
+      expect(config.getUseRipgrep()).toBe(true);
     });
   });
 

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class Config {
     this.chatCompression = params.chatCompression;
     this.interactive = params.interactive ?? false;
     this.trustedFolder = params.trustedFolder;
-    this.useRipgrep = params.useRipgrep ?? false;
+    this.useRipgrep = params.useRipgrep ?? true;
     this.shouldUseNodePtyShell = params.shouldUseNodePtyShell ?? false;
     this.skipNextSpeakerCheck = params.skipNextSpeakerCheck ?? true;
     this.shellExecutionConfig = {

packages/core/src/core/subagent.test.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ vi.mock('../ide/ide-client.js');
 
 async function createMockConfig(
   toolRegistryMocks = {},
+  configParameters: Partial<ConfigParameters> = {},
 ): Promise<{ config: Config; toolRegistry: ToolRegistry }> {
   const configParams: ConfigParameters = {
     sessionId: 'test-session',
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ async function createMockConfig(
     targetDir: '.',
     debugMode: false,
     cwd: process.cwd(),
+    ...configParameters,
   };
   const config = new Config(configParams);
   await config.initialize();
@@ -767,7 +769,7 @@ describe('subagent.ts', () => {
         // Use fake timers to reliably test timeouts
         vi.useFakeTimers();
 
-        const { config } = await createMockConfig();
+        const { config } = await createMockConfig({}, { useRipgrep: false });
         const runConfig: RunConfig = { max_time_minutes: 5, max_turns: 100 };
 
         // We need to control the resolution of the sendMessageStream promise to advance the timer during execution.
@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@ describe('subagent.ts', () => {
       });
 
       it('should terminate with ERROR if the model call throws', async () => {
-        const { config } = await createMockConfig();
+        const { config } = await createMockConfig({}, { useRipgrep: false });
         mockSendMessageStream.mockRejectedValue(new Error('API Failure'));
 
         const scope = await SubAgentScope.create(