refactor!: rename LSM APIs to MemWAL and align SSTable/table shard naming (#4075)

## What

Renames the MemWAL surface in two passes, across Rust, Python,
TypeScript, and Java, including the wire format.

### 1. MemWAL APIs drop "LSM"

The write path these APIs drive is Lance's MemWAL; "LSM" described its
shape rather than naming it. Turning it on and off now reads as enabling
a feature rather than installing a spec.

| Before | After |
|---|---|
| `set_lsm_write_spec` | `enable_memwal` |
| `unset_lsm_write_spec` | `disable_memwal` |
| `get_lsm_write_spec` | `get_memwal_spec` |
| `flush_lsm` / `compact_lsm` / `checkpoint_lsm` | `flush_memwal` /
`compact_memwal` / `checkpoint_memwal` |
| `get_lsm_stats` | `get_memwal_stats` |
| `close_lsm_writers` | `close_memwal_writers` |
| `use_lsm` (query, merge insert) | `use_memwal` |
| `LsmWriteSpec` / `LsmStats` | `MemWalWriteSpec` / `MemWalStats` |
| Java `LanceDbTableLsm` | `LanceDbTableMemWal` |

TypeScript and Java use camelCase (`enableMemWal`, `getMemWalStats`,
...); the napi methods set `js_name` so the generated names keep the
`MemWal` casing. flush/compact/checkpoint keep a `_memwal` suffix so
`compact_memwal` is not confused with `compact_files` / `optimize`,
which compact the base table.

Internal names (`LsmMode`, `LsmScanner`, the `merge::lsm` / `query::lsm`
modules) are unchanged.

### 2. Stats use SSTable and table shard

Aligns the stats surface with the MemWAL naming settled upstream in
lance-format/lance#7943 and #7957, where the persisted unit became an
**SSTable**.

**Generation → SSTable.** A `GenerationStats` describes one flushed
MemTable, which is an SSTable. The generation *number* is kept — an
SSTable is identified by its generation — so only the noun moved.

**Bucket → table shard.** Each entry is one MemWAL shard. "Bucket" names
only the hash sharding *transform*, so it was already wrong for
`identity` and `year` sharding, which produce shards and no buckets at
all.

| Before | After |
|---|---|
| `GenerationStats` | `SsTableStats` |
| `BucketStats` | `TableShardStats` |
| `stats.buckets` | `stats.table_shards` |
| `BucketStats.generations` | `TableShardStats.sstables` |
| `include_generation_rows` | `include_sstable_rows` |
| `newest_generation` | `newest_sstable_generation` |
| `outstanding_generations` | `outstanding_sstables` |

Docs and comments follow suit: "seal" → "freeze", "L0" / "flushed
generations" → SSTables, "bucket" (meaning a shard) → table shard.

`MemWalWriteSpec::bucket`, `num_buckets`, and the `"Sealed"` shard
status value are **unchanged** — those name the sharding transform or a
server value, not the shard.

## Compatibility

Breaking, for an experimental API. The wire format changes with the
SDKs, so this must roll out together with the matching server change:

- Routes: `/set_lsm_write_spec/` → `/enable_memwal/`,
`/unset_lsm_write_spec/` → `/disable_memwal/`, `/get_lsm_write_spec/` →
`/get_memwal_spec/`, `/flush_lsm/` → `/flush_memwal/`, `/compact_lsm/` →
`/compact_memwal/`, `/get_lsm_stats/` → `/get_memwal_stats/`
- Response keys: `lsm_write_spec` → `memwal_spec`, `lsm_stats` →
`memwal_stats`, `buckets` → `table_shards`, `generations` → `sstables`
- Request fields: `include_generation_rows` → `include_sstable_rows`;
`use_lsm` → `use_memwal` on query and merge-insert bodies

## Validation

- Rust: `cargo test --features remote -p lancedb --lib --tests` — 1467
lib tests and all integration test targets pass; `cargo clippy` clean
- Python: rebuilt the extension; `test_remote_db`, `test_memwal_spec`,
`test_merge_insert_lsm`, `test_query`, `test_permutation`, `test_table`
— 655 passed; `ruff format` / `ruff check` clean
- TypeScript: `pnpm build`; `table`, `merge`, `query` tests — 593
passed; `biome check` clean; `docs/src/js` regenerated with `npm run
docs`
- Java: `mvn test` — 37 passed (Spotless applied with JDK 11; the pinned
google-java-format does not run on JDK 21)

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Dan Rammer
2026-10-16 13:33:57 -05:00
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent 0968c21f4c
commit fe34eb3549
73 changed files with 1853 additions and 1856 deletions
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@@ -580,64 +580,60 @@ impl Table {
.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn set_lsm_write_spec(&self, spec: LsmWriteSpec) -> napi::Result<()> {
let native_spec = lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec::try_from(spec)?;
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "enableMemWal")]
pub async fn enable_memwal(&self, spec: MemWalWriteSpec) -> napi::Result<()> {
let native_spec = lancedb::table::MemWalWriteSpec::try_from(spec)?;
self.inner_ref()?
.set_lsm_write_spec(native_spec)
.enable_memwal(native_spec)
.await
.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn unset_lsm_write_spec(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "disableMemWal")]
pub async fn disable_memwal(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.disable_memwal().await.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "getMemWalSpec")]
pub async fn get_memwal_spec(&self) -> napi::Result<Option<MemWalWriteSpec>> {
let spec = self.inner_ref()?.get_memwal_spec().await.default_error()?;
Ok(spec.map(MemWalWriteSpec::from))
}
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "closeMemWalWriters")]
pub async fn close_memwal_writers(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?
.unset_lsm_write_spec()
.close_memwal_writers()
.await
.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn get_lsm_write_spec(&self) -> napi::Result<Option<LsmWriteSpec>> {
let spec = self
.inner_ref()?
.get_lsm_write_spec()
.await
.default_error()?;
Ok(spec.map(LsmWriteSpec::from))
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "flushMemWal")]
pub async fn flush_memwal(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.flush_memwal().await.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn close_lsm_writers(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.close_lsm_writers().await.default_error()
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "compactMemWal")]
pub async fn compact_memwal(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.compact_memwal().await.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn flush_lsm(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.flush_lsm().await.default_error()
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "checkpointMemWal")]
pub async fn checkpoint_memwal(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.checkpoint_memwal().await.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn compact_lsm(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.compact_lsm().await.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn checkpoint_lsm(&self) -> napi::Result<()> {
self.inner_ref()?.checkpoint_lsm().await.default_error()
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
pub async fn get_lsm_stats(
#[napi(catch_unwind, js_name = "getMemWalStats")]
pub async fn get_memwal_stats(
&self,
include_generation_rows: bool,
) -> napi::Result<Option<LsmStats>> {
include_sstable_rows: bool,
) -> napi::Result<Option<MemWalStats>> {
let stats = self
.inner_ref()?
.get_lsm_stats(include_generation_rows)
.get_memwal_stats(include_sstable_rows)
.await
.default_error()?;
Ok(stats.map(LsmStats::from))
Ok(stats.map(MemWalStats::from))
}
#[napi(catch_unwind)]
@@ -958,7 +954,7 @@ impl From<LanceDbFtsToken> for FtsToken {
/// `column` is required.
#[napi(object)]
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct LsmWriteSpec {
pub struct MemWalWriteSpec {
/// One of `"bucket"`, `"identity"`, or `"unsharded"`.
pub spec_type: String,
/// Bucket and identity variants: the sharding column.
@@ -972,31 +968,31 @@ pub struct LsmWriteSpec {
pub writer_config_defaults: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
}
impl TryFrom<LsmWriteSpec> for lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec {
impl TryFrom<MemWalWriteSpec> for lancedb::table::MemWalWriteSpec {
type Error = napi::Error;
fn try_from(value: LsmWriteSpec) -> napi::Result<Self> {
fn try_from(value: MemWalWriteSpec) -> napi::Result<Self> {
let writer_config_defaults = value.writer_config_defaults.unwrap_or_default();
let spec = match value.spec_type.as_str() {
"bucket" => {
let column = value.column.ok_or_else(|| {
napi::Error::from_reason("LsmWriteSpec bucket requires `column`")
napi::Error::from_reason("MemWalWriteSpec bucket requires `column`")
})?;
let num_buckets = value.num_buckets.ok_or_else(|| {
napi::Error::from_reason("LsmWriteSpec bucket requires `numBuckets`")
napi::Error::from_reason("MemWalWriteSpec bucket requires `numBuckets`")
})?;
Self::bucket(column, num_buckets)
}
"identity" => {
let column = value.column.ok_or_else(|| {
napi::Error::from_reason("LsmWriteSpec identity requires `column`")
napi::Error::from_reason("MemWalWriteSpec identity requires `column`")
})?;
Self::identity(column)
}
"unsharded" => Self::unsharded(),
other => {
return Err(napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
"LsmWriteSpec `specType` must be 'bucket', 'identity', or 'unsharded', got '{}'",
"MemWalWriteSpec `specType` must be 'bucket', 'identity', or 'unsharded', got '{}'",
other
)));
}
@@ -1007,9 +1003,9 @@ impl TryFrom<LsmWriteSpec> for lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec {
}
}
impl From<lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec> for LsmWriteSpec {
fn from(spec: lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec) -> Self {
use lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec as Native;
impl From<lancedb::table::MemWalWriteSpec> for MemWalWriteSpec {
fn from(spec: lancedb::table::MemWalWriteSpec) -> Self {
use lancedb::table::MemWalWriteSpec as Native;
match spec {
Native::Bucket {
column,
@@ -1048,21 +1044,21 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::LsmWriteSpec> for LsmWriteSpec {
}
}
/// One flushed L0 generation.
/// One SSTable.
#[napi(object)]
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct GenerationStats {
/// The generation number. Increases as memtables are sealed into L0.
pub struct SsTableStats {
/// The generation number. Increases as memtables are frozen into SSTables.
pub generation: i64,
/// On-disk size of the generation.
/// On-disk size of the SSTable.
pub bytes: i64,
/// Present only when `includeGenerationRows` was requested. Off by default
/// Present only when `includeSstableRows` was requested. Off by default
/// because each count opens an uncached Lance dataset.
pub rows: Option<i64>,
}
impl From<lancedb::table::GenerationStats> for GenerationStats {
fn from(g: lancedb::table::GenerationStats) -> Self {
impl From<lancedb::table::SsTableStats> for SsTableStats {
fn from(g: lancedb::table::SsTableStats) -> Self {
Self {
generation: g.generation as i64,
bytes: g.bytes as i64,
@@ -1075,7 +1071,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::GenerationStats> for GenerationStats {
#[napi(object)]
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct MemtableStats {
/// The generation this memtable will become once sealed.
/// The generation this memtable will become once frozen.
pub generation: i64,
/// Rows currently buffered.
pub rows: i64,
@@ -1100,13 +1096,13 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::MemtableStats> for MemtableStats {
}
}
/// Live state of one bucket. A table is N buckets on one node; flattening to a
/// single number hides the one hot bucket that is usually why someone opened
/// Live state of one table shard. A table is N table shards on one node; flattening to a
/// single number hides the one hot table shard that is usually why someone opened
/// this endpoint.
#[napi(object)]
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct BucketStats {
/// The shard this bucket writes.
pub struct TableShardStats {
/// The id of this table shard.
pub shard_id: String,
/// `"Active"` or `"Sealed"` (drop-table 2PC in flight).
pub status: String,
@@ -1121,20 +1117,20 @@ pub struct BucketStats {
/// Highest WAL position the writer has seen. The difference against
/// `replayAfterWalEntryPosition` is the WAL lag.
pub wal_entry_position_last_seen: i64,
/// Flushed L0 generations not yet merged into the base table.
pub generations: Vec<GenerationStats>,
/// Whether a pass owns this bucket's compaction latch right now. Says *a*
/// SSTables not yet merged into the base table.
pub sstables: Vec<SsTableStats>,
/// Whether a pass owns this table shard's compaction latch right now. Says *a*
/// driver is running, not *whose*, and the latch is held from dispatch —
/// including while the pass queues for a pod-wide compactor permit. Read it
/// as "do not pile on", never as "mine is progressing".
pub compacting: bool,
/// Oldest first, active last. Absent for a `"Sealed"` bucket, whose
/// Oldest first, active last. Absent for a `"Sealed"` table shard, whose
/// in-memory state is torn down.
pub memtables: Option<Vec<MemtableStats>>,
}
impl From<lancedb::table::BucketStats> for BucketStats {
fn from(b: lancedb::table::BucketStats) -> Self {
impl From<lancedb::table::TableShardStats> for TableShardStats {
fn from(b: lancedb::table::TableShardStats) -> Self {
Self {
shard_id: b.shard_id,
status: b.status,
@@ -1143,7 +1139,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::BucketStats> for BucketStats {
current_generation: b.current_generation as i64,
replay_after_wal_entry_position: b.replay_after_wal_entry_position as i64,
wal_entry_position_last_seen: b.wal_entry_position_last_seen as i64,
generations: b.generations.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
sstables: b.sstables.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
compacting: b.compacting,
memtables: b
.memtables
@@ -1152,21 +1148,21 @@ impl From<lancedb::table::BucketStats> for BucketStats {
}
}
/// Live per-bucket LSM state, as returned by `Table#getLsmStats`.
/// Live per-table-shard MemWAL state, as returned by `Table#getMemWalStats`.
///
/// Nothing here is derived: sums and differences (total L0 bytes, WAL lag) are
/// Nothing here is derived: sums and differences (total SSTable bytes, WAL lag) are
/// the caller's to compute.
#[napi(object)]
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct LsmStats {
/// One entry per bucket backing this table.
pub buckets: Vec<BucketStats>,
pub struct MemWalStats {
/// One entry per table shard backing this table.
pub table_shards: Vec<TableShardStats>,
}
impl From<lancedb::table::LsmStats> for LsmStats {
fn from(stats: lancedb::table::LsmStats) -> Self {
impl From<lancedb::table::MemWalStats> for MemWalStats {
fn from(stats: lancedb::table::MemWalStats) -> Self {
Self {
buckets: stats.buckets.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
table_shards: stats.table_shards.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
}
}
}