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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Haystack] SentenceWindowRetriever.run(window_size=0) now raises "The window_size parameter must be greater than 0."

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Previously 0 silently fell back to the constructor window_size; now it is rejected.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepset-ai/haystack/8a5406eea71a0fc19e94c4b9a5cd96df2158a45a/releasenotes/notes/fix-sentence-window-runtime-window-size-zero-774d768cefcde325.yaml (release_notes, unknown, documented_behavior): Upgrade note: window_size=0 at runtime now ValueError; omit or pass None.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepset-ai/haystack/8a5406eea71a0fc19e94c4b9a5cd96df2158a45a/haystack/components/retrievers/sentence_window_retriever.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Source raises the ValueError.
    
    Search phrasings: haystack window_size parameter must be greater than 0; SentenceWindowRetriever window_size 0 error
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Pipeline passing window_size=0 at runtime (directly or from an upstream component) raises ValueError.",
      "context": "Product: Haystack\nComponent: SentenceWindowRetriever\nOperation: run / run_async with window_size=0\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError\nPackages: haystack-ai recent 2.x/3.x (see reno note)\nTrigger: Relying on 0 meaning \"use constructor value\".",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "The window_size parameter must be greater than 0."
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