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XY Zhan 723a2394e5 feat: maintain every index a table has, including ones created later (#4342)
**The maintained set is an intent, not a snapshot.** An unnamed set is
stored as
the intent to maintain every index, which lance re-resolves whenever it
builds a
MemTable, so an index created after the spec installs is maintained too.
A named
set is checked here, where the caller can be told which names exist; an
index of
a kind the MemWAL cannot mirror fails a named set and is skipped by an
unnamed
one.

**A newly created index reaches a writer that is already open.** lancedb
caches a
`ShardWriter` per shard and reuses it, so `create_index` installs the
current set
on the cached writer. A failure there is reported rather than
propagated: the
index is committed durably by then, and the writer this process holds
may be
fenced or poisoned, which is no reason to fail creating an index.

**A table carries one spec.** `set_lsm_write_spec` fails while one is
installed
and names `unset_lsm_write_spec` in the error, because the generations
already
written were homed under that spec. Accepting a repeat that changed only
the
maintained set would hand a caller who also passed a different sharding
a success
that changed nothing they asked for.

**The read path asks what is actually carried.** An unnamed set leaves
the stored
list empty, so the list alone cannot decide whether an index is
maintained. The
read asks the spec *and* every resident MemTable whether it carries the
index, so
a MemTable built before the index joined the set refuses the read rather
than
answering without its rows. Both spec routes report an unnamed set as
`null`
rather than `[]`: maintain whatever the table gains, and maintain
nothing, are
different settings.

## Known gap

The guard above covers resident MemTables. Once a writer flushes and
closes none
is resident, so a retained generation written before the index existed
still gets
an indexed read that omits its rows.

This window is **wider than on main**: a set resolved at install time
excluded an
index created later, so the read was refused; an intent includes it, and
the
refusal only holds while a MemTable is resident. Closing it needs the
generation's
own coverage, which this layer cannot see — its snapshot carries a
generation and
a path — so it belongs in lance's scanner or flush path.

## Testing

`cargo nextest run -p lancedb --lib --features remote` — **1479 passed,
3
skipped**. `cargo fmt --all --check`, and `cargo clippy --features
remote --lib
--tests --examples -- -D warnings`, both clean.

Covered: the round trip of an unnamed set, a set over an installed spec
refused,
a spec replaced through unset, a read refused while a resident MemTable
predates
the index, and an index created mid-write reaching the open writer.

Two Python binding tests move with the semantics: an unnamed set now
reads back
as `None` rather than the list it resolves to, and the refusal is
matched on
`already set`. Neither was run locally — no Python build here — so CI is
the
check on them.
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
"""Tests for installing and clearing an LsmWriteSpec via
`Table.set_lsm_write_spec` / `Table.unset_lsm_write_spec`.
"""
from datetime import timedelta
import lancedb
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from lancedb._lancedb import LsmWriteSpec
from lancedb.index import BTree
SCHEMA = pa.schema(
[
pa.field("id", pa.utf8(), nullable=False),
pa.field("v", pa.int32(), nullable=False),
]
)
def test_lsm_write_spec_module_metadata():
assert lancedb.LsmWriteSpec is LsmWriteSpec
assert LsmWriteSpec.__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_set_lsm_write_spec_validates(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
# Out-of-range num_buckets.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 0))
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 1025))
# Happy path, then a set over the installed spec is refused.
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="already set"):
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8))
def test_unset_lsm_write_spec(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
# unset errors when no spec is set.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no LSM write spec"):
table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
# Install a spec, then remove it; afterwards a fresh spec can be set.
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
# A second unset errors — there is no spec left to remove.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no LSM write spec"):
table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8))
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.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.unsharded())
table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
def test_lsm_write_spec_repr():
s = LsmWriteSpec.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 = LsmWriteSpec.unsharded()
assert u.spec_type == "unsharded"
assert u.column is None
assert u.num_buckets is None
assert "unsharded" in repr(u)
def test_lsm_write_spec_with_maintained_indexes():
s = LsmWriteSpec.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_unset_lsm_write_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])]),
)
await table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
await table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
await table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
# A second unset errors.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no LSM write spec"):
await table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
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.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.identity("v"))
table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
def test_lsm_write_spec_identity_and_writer_config_defaults():
s = LsmWriteSpec.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_lsm_write_spec(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
# None when nothing is installed.
assert table.get_lsm_write_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.set_lsm_write_spec(
LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4)
.with_maintained_indexes([idx_name])
.with_writer_config_defaults({"durable_write": "false"})
)
spec = table.get_lsm_write_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.unset_lsm_write_spec()
assert table.get_lsm_write_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.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.identity("id"))
spec = table.get_lsm_write_spec()
assert spec.spec_type == "identity"
assert spec.column == "id"
assert spec.maintained_indexes is None
table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
# Unsharded round-trips (no routing column). Opting out is distinct from
# the unnamed default.
table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.unsharded().with_maintained_indexes([]))
spec = table.get_lsm_write_spec()
assert spec.spec_type == "unsharded"
assert spec.column is None
assert spec.maintained_indexes == []
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_get_lsm_write_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_lsm_write_spec() is None
# 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.set_lsm_write_spec(
LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8).with_maintained_indexes([idx_name])
)
spec = await table.get_lsm_write_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.unset_lsm_write_spec()
assert await table.get_lsm_write_spec() is None