Add Boolean param kind that is always present true/false (ticket 018)

MetricPrimitiveKind gains Boolean, serialized as "boolean". A param
declared with kind Boolean skips capture-group validation and, instead
of being omitted when message_match_regex doesn't match, is present on
every log line as true/false based purely on whether the regex matches
(case-insensitively or per the regex's own flags). Params.tsx lets you
pick boolean as a kind and disables the now-unused capture group input.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XFUNZwCvz3kcod3352ZR2o

src/data_value.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ pub enum MetricPrimitiveKind {
     Timestamp,
     /// On a Value-role param this is derived as elapsed time since the previous event (not parsed from text); otherwise it's a literal i64 millisecond count.
     Duration,
+    /// A standalone param declared with this kind doesn't require (or use) a capture group: its value is
+    /// simply whether `message_match_regex` matches the line, case-insensitively or per the regex's own
+    /// flags — see `crate::engine::derive_log_params`. Unlike other kinds it's present as `true`/`false`
+    /// on every line rather than omitted when unmatched.
+    Boolean,
 }
 
 /// Value type paired with [`crate::index_key::IndexKey`] in the engine's primary index.

src/engine.rs

@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ fn declare_param(
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
     let re = Regex::new(&request.message_match_regex)
         .map_err(|err| format!("invalid regex: {err}"))?;
-    if !re.capture_names().flatten().any(|name| name == request.capture_group) {
+    // A Boolean-kind param never uses a capture group — its value is just whether the regex matched.
+    if request.kind != MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean
+        && !re.capture_names().flatten().any(|name| name == request.capture_group)
+    {
         return Err(format!(
             "regex has no capture group named '{}'",
             request.capture_group
@@ -294,6 +297,10 @@ fn parse_metric_primitive(raw: &str, kind: MetricPrimitiveKind) -> Option<Metric
         }
         // A Value-role param never reaches this branch (see apply_metric_to_log); reached only for a Label-role param or standalone ParamDeclaration, parsed as a literal millisecond count.
         MetricPrimitiveKind::Duration => raw.parse::<i64>().ok().map(MetricPrimitive::Duration),
+        // A standalone Boolean param never reaches this branch (see derive_log_params, which derives its
+        // value from whether the regex matched rather than parsing captured text); reached only if a metric
+        // matcher references a Boolean-kind param, where it's parsed as a literal "true"/"false" capture.
+        MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean => raw.parse::<bool>().ok().map(MetricPrimitive::Boolean),
     }
 }
 
@@ -616,6 +623,13 @@ fn compare_metric_primitive(
                 .map_err(|_| format!("expected a numeric value, got {raw:?}"))?;
             (*ms as f64).partial_cmp(&v)
         }
+        (MetricPrimitive::Boolean(b), FilterValue::Raw(raw)) => {
+            let v: bool = raw
+                .parse()
+                .map_err(|_| format!("expected true or false, got {raw:?}"))?;
+            b.partial_cmp(&v)
+        }
+        (MetricPrimitive::Boolean(_), FilterValue::Number(_)) => None,
     };
     Ok(ordering.is_some_and(|ordering| apply_compare_op(ordering, op)))
 }
@@ -707,13 +721,20 @@ fn compiled_param_declarations(
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// A param is omitted (not included as null/empty) when its regex/capture group doesn't match or the captured text fails to parse — see `LogEntryDto::params`.
+/// A param is omitted (not included as null/empty) when its regex/capture group doesn't match or the
+/// captured text fails to parse — see `LogEntryDto::params`. The one exception is a `Boolean`-kind param,
+/// which never uses a capture group and is instead present as `true`/`false` on every line based purely on
+/// whether `message_match_regex` matches (case-insensitively or per the regex's own flags).
 fn derive_log_params(
     text: &str,
     declarations: &[(String, Regex, String, MetricPrimitiveKind)],
 ) -> BTreeMap<String, MetricPrimitive> {
     let mut params = BTreeMap::new();
     for (name, regex, capture_group, kind) in declarations {
+        if *kind == MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean {
+            params.insert(name.clone(), MetricPrimitive::Boolean(regex.is_match(text)));
+            continue;
+        }
         let Some(captures) = regex.captures(text) else {
             continue;
         };
@@ -939,6 +960,13 @@ fn coerce_to_f64(value: &MetricPrimitive) -> f64 {
         MetricPrimitive::Timestamp(ts) => ts.as_millis() as f64,
         MetricPrimitive::Duration(ms) => *ms as f64,
         MetricPrimitive::String(_) => 1.0,
+        MetricPrimitive::Boolean(b) => {
+            if *b {
+                1.0
+            } else {
+                0.0
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1978,6 +2006,25 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(entries[1].params.get("level").is_none());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn boolean_param_declares_without_capture_group_and_is_always_present() {
+        let mut index = BTreeMap::new();
+        let mut req = request("IsError", r"(?i)error", "");
+        req.kind = MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean;
+        assert!(declare_param(&mut index, req).is_ok());
+
+        ingest_log(&mut index, 0, "an ERROR occurred");
+        ingest_log(&mut index, 1, "everything is fine");
+
+        let EngineResponse::Logs(entries) = handle_query(&index, logs_query(None), 0) else {
+            panic!("expected Logs response");
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(entries.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(entries[0].params.get("IsError"), Some(&MetricPrimitive::Boolean(true)));
+        assert_eq!(entries[1].params.get("IsError"), Some(&MetricPrimitive::Boolean(false)));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn timeline_query_applies_filter_before_bucketing() {
         let mut index = BTreeMap::new();

src/metric_primitive.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ pub enum MetricPrimitive {
     Timestamp(Timestamp),
     /// Milliseconds elapsed; distinct from `Number` so it reads unambiguously in JSON/label form.
     Duration(i64),
+    /// A `Boolean`-kind param's value: whether `message_match_regex` matched the line. See `MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean`.
+    Boolean(bool),
 }
 
 impl PartialEq for MetricPrimitive {
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ impl Ord for MetricPrimitive {
                 MetricPrimitive::Number(_) => 1,
                 MetricPrimitive::Timestamp(_) => 2,
                 MetricPrimitive::Duration(_) => 3,
+                MetricPrimitive::Boolean(_) => 4,
             }
         }
         match (self, other) {
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ impl Ord for MetricPrimitive {
             (MetricPrimitive::Number(a), MetricPrimitive::Number(b)) => a.cmp(b),
             (MetricPrimitive::Timestamp(a), MetricPrimitive::Timestamp(b)) => a.cmp(b),
             (MetricPrimitive::Duration(a), MetricPrimitive::Duration(b)) => a.cmp(b),
+            (MetricPrimitive::Boolean(a), MetricPrimitive::Boolean(b)) => a.cmp(b),
             (a, b) => rank(a).cmp(&rank(b)),
         }
     }
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for MetricPrimitive {
             MetricPrimitive::Number(Number::Float(n)) => write!(f, "{n}"),
             MetricPrimitive::Timestamp(ts) => write!(f, "{}", ts.as_millis()),
             MetricPrimitive::Duration(ms) => write!(f, "{ms}"),
+            MetricPrimitive::Boolean(b) => write!(f, "{b}"),
         }
     }
 }

src/profile.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ pub enum ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind {
     Timestamp,
     /// Mirrors `MetricPrimitiveKind::Duration`.
     Duration,
+    /// Mirrors `MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean`.
+    Boolean,
 }
 
 impl From<MetricPrimitiveKind> for ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ impl From<MetricPrimitiveKind> for ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind {
             MetricPrimitiveKind::Number => ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Number,
             MetricPrimitiveKind::Timestamp => ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Timestamp,
             MetricPrimitiveKind::Duration => ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Duration,
+            MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean => ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ impl From<ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind> for MetricPrimitiveKind {
             ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Number => MetricPrimitiveKind::Number,
             ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Timestamp => MetricPrimitiveKind::Timestamp,
             ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Duration => MetricPrimitiveKind::Duration,
+            ProfileMetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean => MetricPrimitiveKind::Boolean,
         }
     }
 }