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Dan RammerandClaude Opus 5.5 92825f6f13 refactor!: rename MemWAL APIs to RTE (realtime engine) (#4598)
## What

Renames the user-facing MemWAL surface to **RTE** (realtime engine)
across Rust, Python, TypeScript, and Java, including the REST wire
format. This follows the LSM → MemWAL rename in #4075.

| Before | After |
|---|---|
| `MemWalWriteSpec` / `MemWalStats` | `RTEWriteSpec` / `RTEStats` |
| `enable_memwal` / `disable_memwal` / `get_memwal_spec` | `enable_rte`
/ `disable_rte` / `get_rte_spec` |
| `flush_memwal` / `compact_memwal` / `checkpoint_memwal` | `flush_rte`
/ `compact_rte` / `checkpoint_rte` |
| `get_memwal_stats` / `close_memwal_writers` | `get_rte_stats` /
`close_rte_writers` |
| `use_memwal` (query, merge insert) | `use_rte` |
| TS/Java `enableMemWal`, `useMemWal`, ... | `enableRTE`, `useRTE`, ...
(napi `js_name` set explicitly) |
| Java `LanceDbTableMemWal` | `LanceDbTableRTE` |
| `table/memwal_stats.rs` | `table/rte_stats.rs` |

Docs and comments now say "realtime engine (RTE)". Text about Lance's
underlying mechanism keeps "MemWAL" ("Lance's MemWAL", "MemWAL index").

**Left alone:** Lance-owned names (`MemWalIndexDetails`,
`DatasetMemWalExt`, `InitializeMemWal*`, `mem_wal` paths), internal
`Lsm*` names and modules, and the `does not support with_row_id` refusal
text that the hybrid fallback matches on.

## Compatibility

Breaking, for an experimental API. The wire format changes, so this must
roll out together with the matching sophon change (lancedb/sophon#8870):

- Routes: `/enable_memwal/` → `/enable_rte/`, `/disable_memwal/` →
`/disable_rte/`, `/get_memwal_spec/` → `/get_rte_spec/`,
`/get_memwal_stats/` → `/get_rte_stats/`, `/flush_memwal/` →
`/flush_rte/`, `/compact_memwal/` → `/compact_rte/`
- Response keys: `memwal_spec` → `rte_spec`, `memwal_stats` →
`rte_stats`
- Request field: `use_memwal` → `use_rte` on query and merge-insert
bodies

The SQL keyword becomes `ALTER TABLE ... SET RTE` server-side. The
guides under `docs/web` will be updated separately.

## Validation

- Rust: `cargo clippy --features remote --tests --examples` clean;
`cargo test --features remote -p lancedb --lib`: 1533 passed
- Java: `mvn test`: 37 passed (Spotless applied with JDK 11)
- Python: `ruff format` / `ruff check` clean; targeted tests
(`test_rte_spec`, `test_merge_insert_lsm`, `test_remote_db`,
`test_wal_hybrid`, `test_query`, `test_permutation`, `test_table`): 708
passed
- TypeScript: `pnpm build`; `table`, `query` tests: 606 passed; `biome
check` clean; `docs/src/js` regenerated with `pnpm run docs`

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-20 11:58:57 -05:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
"""Tests for installing and clearing an RTEWriteSpec via
`Table.enable_rte` / `Table.disable_rte`.
"""
from datetime import timedelta
import lancedb
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from lancedb._lancedb import RTEWriteSpec
from lancedb.index import BTree
SCHEMA = pa.schema(
[
pa.field("id", pa.utf8(), nullable=False),
pa.field("v", pa.int32(), nullable=False),
]
)
def test_rte_spec_module_metadata():
assert lancedb.RTEWriteSpec is RTEWriteSpec
assert RTEWriteSpec.__module__ == "lancedb._lancedb"
def _batch(ids, vs):
return pa.RecordBatch.from_arrays(
[pa.array(ids, type=pa.utf8()), pa.array(vs, type=pa.int32())],
schema=SCHEMA,
)
def _reader(ids, vs):
return pa.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(SCHEMA, [_batch(ids, vs)])
def _make_table(tmp_path):
db = lancedb.connect(tmp_path, read_consistency_interval=timedelta(seconds=0))
table = db.create_table("t", _reader(["seed"], [0]))
return db, table
def test_enable_rte_validates(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
# Out-of-range num_buckets.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 0))
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 1025))
# Happy path, then a set over the installed spec is refused.
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="already set"):
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8))
def test_disable_rte(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
# unset errors when no spec is set.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no RTE write spec"):
table.disable_rte()
# Install a spec, then remove it; afterwards a fresh spec can be set.
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
table.disable_rte()
# A second unset errors — there is no spec left to remove.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no RTE write spec"):
table.disable_rte()
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8))
def test_enable_rte_requires_primary_key(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
for spec in (
RTEWriteSpec.unsharded(),
RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4),
RTEWriteSpec.identity("id"),
):
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="primary key"):
table.enable_rte(spec)
assert table.get_rte_spec() is None
def test_set_unsharded_spec(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
# Lance MemWAL still requires a primary key on the dataset; Unsharded
# just skips per-row hashing.
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.unsharded())
table.disable_rte()
def test_rte_spec_repr():
s = RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4)
assert s.spec_type == "bucket"
assert s.column == "id"
assert s.num_buckets == 4
# A fresh spec defers its maintained set to install time.
assert s.maintained_indexes is None
assert s.with_maintained_indexes([]).maintained_indexes == []
assert "bucket" in repr(s)
assert "id" in repr(s)
assert "4" in repr(s)
u = RTEWriteSpec.unsharded()
assert u.spec_type == "unsharded"
assert u.column is None
assert u.num_buckets is None
assert "unsharded" in repr(u)
def test_rte_spec_with_maintained_indexes():
s = RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4).with_maintained_indexes(["idx_a", "idx_b"])
assert s.maintained_indexes == ["idx_a", "idx_b"]
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_set_disable_rte(tmp_path):
db = await lancedb.connect_async(
tmp_path, read_consistency_interval=timedelta(seconds=0)
)
table = await db.create_table(
"t",
pa.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(SCHEMA, [_batch(["seed"], [0])]),
)
await table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
await table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
await table.disable_rte()
# A second unset errors.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no RTE write spec"):
await table.disable_rte()
def test_set_identity_spec(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
# Identity sharding still requires an unenforced primary key on the
# table; it shards by the raw value of the given column.
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.identity("v"))
table.disable_rte()
def test_rte_spec_identity_and_writer_config_defaults():
s = RTEWriteSpec.identity("v")
assert s.spec_type == "identity"
assert s.column == "v"
assert s.num_buckets is None
assert "identity" in repr(s)
s = s.with_writer_config_defaults({"durable_write": "false"})
assert s.writer_config_defaults == {"durable_write": "false"}
assert "durable_write" in repr(s)
def test_get_rte_spec(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
# None when nothing is installed.
assert table.get_rte_spec() is None
# A real scalar index is needed to name it as a maintained index.
table.create_index("id", config=BTree())
idx_name = table.list_indices()[0].name
# Bucket spec round-trips, including maintained indexes and writer config
# defaults.
table.enable_rte(
RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4)
.with_maintained_indexes([idx_name])
.with_writer_config_defaults({"durable_write": "false"})
)
spec = table.get_rte_spec()
assert spec is not None
assert spec.spec_type == "bucket"
assert spec.column == "id"
assert spec.num_buckets == 4
assert spec.maintained_indexes == [idx_name]
assert spec.writer_config_defaults == {"durable_write": "false"}
# After unset, None again.
table.disable_rte()
assert table.get_rte_spec() is None
# Identity round-trips (column recovered from the schema). An unnamed
# maintained set reads back as None: what is stored is the intent to
# maintain every index, not the set it resolves to now.
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.identity("id"))
spec = table.get_rte_spec()
assert spec.spec_type == "identity"
assert spec.column == "id"
assert spec.maintained_indexes is None
table.disable_rte()
# Unsharded round-trips (no routing column). Opting out is distinct from
# the unnamed default.
table.enable_rte(RTEWriteSpec.unsharded().with_maintained_indexes([]))
spec = table.get_rte_spec()
assert spec.spec_type == "unsharded"
assert spec.column is None
assert spec.maintained_indexes == []
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_get_rte_spec(tmp_path):
db = await lancedb.connect_async(
tmp_path, read_consistency_interval=timedelta(seconds=0)
)
table = await db.create_table(
"t",
pa.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(SCHEMA, [_batch(["seed"], [0])]),
)
assert await table.get_rte_spec() is None
await table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
# A real scalar index is needed to name it as a maintained index.
await table.create_index("id", config=BTree())
idx_name = (await table.list_indices())[0].name
await table.enable_rte(
RTEWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8).with_maintained_indexes([idx_name])
)
spec = await table.get_rte_spec()
assert spec is not None
assert spec.spec_type == "bucket"
assert spec.column == "id"
assert spec.num_buckets == 8
assert spec.maintained_indexes == [idx_name]
await table.disable_rte()
assert await table.get_rte_spec() is None