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Heng Ge f655f62e09 feat(query): add use_lsm to read MemWAL LSM data (#3489)
## What

MemWAL LSM **read** support. When a table has an LSM write spec
(`set_lsm_write_spec`), `merge_insert` upserts live in the MemWAL
active/frozen memtables and flushed SSTables until an external
compaction merges them into the base table, so a normal scan returns
**stale** data. This routes reads through Lance's `LsmScanner` so
queries also surface that in-flight data, deduplicated by primary key
(newest generation wins).

## How

- Adds a **`use_lsm: Option<bool>`** query flag, symmetric with the
`merge_insert` flag:
- **unset** — auto-route through the LSM scanner when the table carries
a write spec
- **`use_lsm(true)`** — force the LSM path; error if there is no spec
    - **`use_lsm(false)`** — read the base table only (the escape hatch)
- Plain scan, single-column full-text search, and single-vector ANN all
run through one `LsmScanner` (assembled from on-disk shard manifests
plus the cached writer's in-memory memtables), so a `where` predicate is
honored as a **prefilter** uniformly — including for vector search.
- **Compaction-aware snapshots:** an SSTable generation is dropped only
once it is both compacted into the base table and covered by the arm's
base-index catch-up (`index_catchup`); plain scans use the compaction
watermark alone.
- Query shapes the scanner cannot honor hard-error with guidance to set
`use_lsm(false)`: hybrid, multi/binary vectors, `with_row_id`,
reranking, `order_by`, dynamic/Substrait projection or filters,
`distance_range`, `use_index(false)`, postfilter, take-by-row-id/offset,
reads from a time-traveled version, and an unmaintained or ambiguous
(multiple) FTS/vector index. Namespace-pushdown queries fall back to
local execution when a spec is present; WAL-only writers are handled.
- Exposed across the Rust core and the Python (`use_lsm`) and TypeScript
(`useLsm`) bindings, including `TakeQuery`.

Rebased from Lance `7.2.0-beta.3` to `10.0.0-beta.3`.
2026-07-25 23:45:27 -07:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
import { Data, Schema, fromDataToBuffer } from "./arrow";
import { MergeResult, NativeMergeInsertBuilder } from "./native";
/** A builder used to create and run a merge insert operation */
export class MergeInsertBuilder {
#native: NativeMergeInsertBuilder;
#schema: Schema | Promise<Schema>;
/** Construct a MergeInsertBuilder. __Internal use only.__ */
constructor(
native: NativeMergeInsertBuilder,
schema: Schema | Promise<Schema>,
) {
this.#native = native;
this.#schema = schema;
}
/**
* Rows that exist in both the source table (new data) and
* the target table (old data) will be updated, replacing
* the old row with the corresponding matching row.
*
* If there are multiple matches then the behavior is undefined.
* Currently this causes multiple copies of the row to be created
* but that behavior is subject to change.
*
* An optional condition may be specified. If it is, then only
* matched rows that satisfy the condtion will be updated. Any
* rows that do not satisfy the condition will be left as they
* are. Failing to satisfy the condition does not cause a
* "matched row" to become a "not matched" row.
*
* The condition should be an SQL string. Use the prefix
* target. to refer to rows in the target table (old data)
* and the prefix source. to refer to rows in the source
* table (new data).
*
* For example, "target.last_update < source.last_update"
*/
whenMatchedUpdateAll(options?: { where: string }): MergeInsertBuilder {
return new MergeInsertBuilder(
this.#native.whenMatchedUpdateAll(options?.where),
this.#schema,
);
}
/**
* Rows that exist only in the source table (new data) should
* be inserted into the target table.
*/
whenNotMatchedInsertAll(): MergeInsertBuilder {
return new MergeInsertBuilder(
this.#native.whenNotMatchedInsertAll(),
this.#schema,
);
}
/**
* Rows that exist only in the target table (old data) will be
* deleted. An optional condition can be provided to limit what
* data is deleted.
*
* @param options.where - An optional condition to limit what data is deleted
*/
whenNotMatchedBySourceDelete(options?: {
where: string;
}): MergeInsertBuilder {
return new MergeInsertBuilder(
this.#native.whenNotMatchedBySourceDelete(options?.where),
this.#schema,
);
}
/**
* Controls whether to use indexes for the merge operation.
*
* When set to `true` (the default), the operation will use an index if available
* on the join key for improved performance. When set to `false`, it forces a full
* table scan even if an index exists. This can be useful for benchmarking or when
* the query optimizer chooses a suboptimal path.
*
* @param useIndex - Whether to use indices for the merge operation. Defaults to `true`.
*/
useIndex(useIndex: boolean): MergeInsertBuilder {
return new MergeInsertBuilder(
this.#native.useIndex(useIndex),
this.#schema,
);
}
/**
* Control MemWAL routing for this merge.
*
* By default (unset), a `mergeInsert` on a table with an LSM write spec is
* routed through Lance's MemWAL shard writer, and a table without one uses the
* standard path.
*
* @param enable - `true` forces MemWAL routing and errors if the table has no
* LSM write spec. `false` forces the standard write path even when a spec is set.
*/
useLsm(enable: boolean): MergeInsertBuilder {
return new MergeInsertBuilder(this.#native.useLsm(enable), this.#schema);
}
/**
* Controls how an LSM merge checks that its input targets a single shard.
*
* When a table has an LSM write spec, every row in a `mergeInsert` call must
* route to the same shard. When `true` (the default), every row is inspected
* to verify this. When `false`, only the first row is inspected and the
* shard it routes to is used for the whole input — a faster path for callers
* that have already pre-sharded their input. Has no effect on tables without
* an LSM write spec.
*
* @param validateSingleShard - Whether to check every row routes to one shard. Defaults to `true`.
*/
validateSingleShard(validateSingleShard: boolean): MergeInsertBuilder {
return new MergeInsertBuilder(
this.#native.validateSingleShard(validateSingleShard),
this.#schema,
);
}
/**
* Executes the merge insert operation
*
* @returns {Promise<MergeResult>} the merge result
*/
async execute(
data: Data,
execOptions?: Partial<WriteExecutionOptions>,
): Promise<MergeResult> {
let schema: Schema;
if (this.#schema instanceof Promise) {
schema = await this.#schema;
this.#schema = schema; // In case of future calls
} else {
schema = this.#schema;
}
if (execOptions?.timeoutMs !== undefined) {
this.#native.setTimeout(execOptions.timeoutMs);
}
const buffer = await fromDataToBuffer(data, undefined, schema);
return await this.#native.execute(buffer);
}
}
export interface WriteExecutionOptions {
/**
* Maximum time to run the operation before cancelling it.
*
* By default, there is a 30-second timeout that is only enforced after the
* first attempt. This is to prevent spending too long retrying to resolve
* conflicts. For example, if a write attempt takes 20 seconds and fails,
* the second attempt will be cancelled after 10 seconds, hitting the
* 30-second timeout. However, a write that takes one hour and succeeds on the
* first attempt will not be cancelled.
*
* When this is set, the timeout is enforced on all attempts, including the first.
*/
timeoutMs?: number;
}