From a2d43780d0393a6081737bd42ff6a65f4e56be4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Angel <john.angel@lern-fair.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:54:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Remove special needs/experience constraint from
 matching algo

---
 common/match/matching.spec.ts | 9 ---------
 common/match/matching.ts      | 9 ---------
 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/match/matching.spec.ts b/common/match/matching.spec.ts
index 5c1c9848d..719d5f63d 100644
--- a/common/match/matching.spec.ts
+++ b/common/match/matching.spec.ts
@@ -276,15 +276,6 @@ describe('Gender Constraint', () => {
     test('', [requestSix], [offerFive], [{ request: requestSix, offer: offerFive }]);
 });
 
-describe('Special Needs Constraint', () => {
-    // Unknown offer experience -> No Match
-    test('', [requestSeven], [offerOne], []);
-    // No offer experience -> No Match
-    test('', [requestSeven], [offerFour], []);
-    // Offer experience -> Match
-    test('', [requestSeven], [offerFive], [{ request: requestSeven, offer: offerFive }]);
-});
-
 describe('Weekly Availability Constraint', () => {
     // For now if only one has availability set, then it's not a constraint to create the match
     test('', [requestFive], [offerFive], [{ request: requestFive, offer: offerFive }]);
diff --git a/common/match/matching.ts b/common/match/matching.ts
index 6f2e36417..f5c1b66e5 100644
--- a/common/match/matching.ts
+++ b/common/match/matching.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export type MatchRequest = Readonly<{
     state: pupil_state_enum;
     requestAt: Date;
     onlyMatchWith?: gender_enum;
-    hasSpecialNeeds?: boolean;
     calendarPreferences?: CalendarPreferences;
 }>;
 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ export function pupilsToRequests(pupils: Pupil[]): MatchRequest[] {
             subjects: parseSubjectString(pupil.subjects),
             requestAt: pupil.firstMatchRequest,
             onlyMatchWith: pupil.onlyMatchWith,
-            hasSpecialNeeds: pupil.hasSpecialNeeds,
             calendarPreferences: pupil.calendarPreferences as Record<string, any> as CalendarPreferences,
             languages: pupil.languages,
         };
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ export type MatchOffer = Readonly<{
     state: student_state_enum;
     requestAt: Date;
     gender?: gender_enum;
-    hasSpecialExperience?: boolean;
     calendarPreferences?: CalendarPreferences;
 }>;
 
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ export function studentsToOffers(students: Student[]): MatchOffer[] {
             subjects: parseSubjectString(student.subjects),
             requestAt: student.firstMatchRequest,
             gender: student.gender,
-            hasSpecialExperience: student.hasSpecialExperience,
             calendarPreferences: student.calendarPreferences as Record<string, any> as CalendarPreferences,
             languages: student.languages,
         };
@@ -133,11 +129,6 @@ export function matchScore(request: MatchRequest, offer: MatchOffer, currentDate
         return NO_MATCH;
     }
 
-    // Only match "special needs" with "special experience"
-    if (request.hasSpecialNeeds && !offer.hasSpecialExperience) {
-        return NO_MATCH;
-    }
-
     // Only match two calendar preferences set if they have at least one hour in common
     let overlappingHoursCount = 0;
     if (!!request.calendarPreferences && !!offer.calendarPreferences) {