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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
"""WAL-PK-FUSION: delete this file with `lancedb/_wal_hybrid.py`."""
from unittest import mock
import lancedb
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from lancedb._wal_hybrid import WAL_ROW_ID_UNSUPPORTED, with_pk_fallback
from lancedb.query import LanceHybridQueryBuilder
from lancedb.rerankers import RRFReranker
def _wal_table(schema: pa.Schema) -> mock.Mock:
"""An RTE-backed table a previous query has already been refused
`_rowid` on, so the fusion goes straight to the primary key."""
table = mock.Mock()
table._hybrid_pk_fusion_learned.return_value = True
table.schema = schema
return table
_PK_SCHEMA = pa.schema(
[
pa.field(
"id",
pa.string(),
metadata={b"lance-schema:unenforced-primary-key:position": b"1"},
),
pa.field("text", pa.string()),
]
)
def _wal_hybrid(**select):
builder = (
LanceHybridQueryBuilder(_wal_table(_PK_SCHEMA)).vector([0.1, 0.2]).text("puppy")
)
if "columns" in select:
builder = builder.select(select["columns"])
return builder
def test_wal_hybrid_projects_the_key_instead_of_asking_for_row_ids():
builder = _wal_hybrid(columns=["text"])
builder._create_query_builders()
assert builder._pk_fusion.pk_columns == ["id"]
assert builder._pk_fusion.injected == ["id"]
for leg in (builder._vector_query, builder._fts_query):
assert leg._columns == ["text", "id"]
# An RTE table rejects with_row_id before it plans.
assert leg._with_row_id is not True
def test_wal_hybrid_selecting_the_key_injects_nothing():
builder = _wal_hybrid(columns=["text", "id"])
builder._create_query_builders()
assert builder._pk_fusion.injected == []
def test_wal_hybrid_without_a_projection_leaves_it_alone():
builder = _wal_hybrid()
builder._create_query_builders()
# Select-all already returns the key.
assert builder._pk_fusion.injected == []
assert builder._vector_query._columns is None
def test_base_table_hybrid_still_joins_on_row_ids():
table = mock.Mock()
table._hybrid_pk_fusion_learned.return_value = False
builder = LanceHybridQueryBuilder(table).vector([0.1, 0.2]).text("puppy")
builder._create_query_builders()
# `to_arrow` is what turns row ids on for this path; all that matters here
# is that no key was resolved and no projection was touched.
assert builder._pk_fusion is None
assert builder._vector_query._columns is None
def test_wal_hybrid_with_use_rte_false_joins_on_row_ids():
builder = _wal_hybrid().use_rte(False)
builder._create_query_builders()
assert builder._pk_fusion is None
def test_wal_hybrid_refuses_an_explicit_with_row_id():
builder = _wal_hybrid().with_row_id(True)
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="use_rte"):
builder._create_query_builders()
def test_wal_hybrid_return_score_all_is_not_refused():
"""`return_score="all"` turns row ids on for the reranker, not the caller."""
builder = _wal_hybrid().rerank(RRFReranker(return_score="all"))
builder._create_query_builders()
assert builder._pk_fusion.pk_columns == ["id"]
def test_wal_hybrid_fuses_on_the_key_and_drops_it_again():
builder = _wal_hybrid(columns=["text"])
builder._create_query_builders()
vector_results = pa.table(
{"text": ["a", "b"], "id": ["a", "b"], "_distance": [0.1, 0.2]}
)
fts_results = pa.table({"text": ["b", "c"], "id": ["b", "c"], "_score": [1.0, 2.0]})
vector_results, fts_results = builder._pk_fusion.stamp(vector_results, fts_results)
combined = LanceHybridQueryBuilder._combine_hybrid_results(
fts_results=fts_results,
vector_results=vector_results,
norm="score",
fts_query="puppy",
reranker=RRFReranker(),
limit=10,
with_row_ids=True,
)
results = builder._finish_hybrid_results(
combined, blob_mode="lazy", blob_sources={}
)
assert "_rowid" not in results.column_names, "the surrogate is internal"
assert "id" not in results.column_names, "the caller selected only `text`"
assert sorted(results.column("text").to_pylist()) == ["a", "b", "c"]
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"row_id_first", [True, False], ids=["row_id_first", "rerank_first"]
)
def test_wal_hybrid_refuses_row_id_even_with_return_score_all(row_id_first: bool):
"""`return_score="all"` sets the same flag the caller's request does, so
asking for both must still be refused — in either call order."""
builder = _wal_hybrid()
reranker = RRFReranker(return_score="all")
if row_id_first:
builder = builder.with_row_id(True).rerank(reranker)
else:
builder = builder.rerank(reranker).with_row_id(True)
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="use_rte"):
builder._create_query_builders()
def test_wal_hybrid_refuses_a_blob_projection_with_return_score_all():
"""A projected blob needs a real row id to fetch through, which the
reranker turning `_with_row_id` on does not provide."""
schema = pa.schema(
[
pa.field(
"id",
pa.string(),
metadata={b"lance-schema:unenforced-primary-key:position": b"1"},
),
pa.field("text", pa.string()),
lancedb.blob("blob"),
]
)
builder = (
LanceHybridQueryBuilder(_wal_table(schema))
.vector([0.1, 0.2])
.text("puppy")
.select(["blob"])
.rerank(RRFReranker(return_score="all"))
)
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="blob"):
builder._create_query_builders()
_REFUSAL = RuntimeError(
"Bad request: the MemWAL LSM scanner does not support with_row_id"
)
def test_fallback_retries_on_the_key_and_remembers_it():
table = mock.Mock()
attempts = []
def run():
attempts.append(len(attempts))
if len(attempts) == 1:
raise _REFUSAL
return "fused"
result = with_pk_fallback(
run, table, fused=lambda: False, caller_requested_row_id=False
)
assert result == "fused"
assert len(attempts) == 2
table._note_hybrid_pk_fusion.assert_called_once()
def test_fallback_explains_the_refusal_to_a_caller_who_asked_for_row_ids():
def run():
raise _REFUSAL
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="use_rte") as info:
with_pk_fallback(
run, mock.Mock(), fused=lambda: False, caller_requested_row_id=True
)
assert str(info.value) == WAL_ROW_ID_UNSUPPORTED
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"error, fused",
[(ValueError("unrelated"), False), (_REFUSAL, True)],
ids=["other_error", "already_fused"],
)
def test_fallback_reraises_what_it_cannot_retry(error, fused):
def run():
raise error
table = mock.Mock()
with pytest.raises(type(error)):
with_pk_fallback(run, table, fused=lambda: fused, caller_requested_row_id=False)
table._note_hybrid_pk_fusion.assert_not_called()