Daniel RammerandClaude Opus 5 dd197ad0ff feat: infer maintained indexes when an LsmWriteSpec omits them
`LsmWriteSpec::maintained_indexes` becomes `Option<Vec<String>>`. `None` —
now the default for a freshly constructed spec — maintains every index the
MemWAL supports, resolved when the spec is installed. `Some([])` maintains
none, and an explicit list is still taken verbatim.

Resolution filters on `IndexConfig::is_memwal_maintainable`, which delegates
to lance's `is_maintainable_index_type`. Sweeping up an index the memtable
cannot build (a bitmap, say) would fail every memtable claim and leave the
table unwritable, so the inferred set excludes them and an explicit list
naming one is now rejected up front rather than at claim time.

The resolved set is a snapshot, not a subscription: an index created after
the spec is installed is not maintained until the spec is unset and set
again. That is why the default flipped from "maintain nothing" — an
unwanted maintained index costs memory, while a silently unmaintained one
degrades FTS to an unscored scan.

Note this needs a lance release carrying `is_maintainable_index_type`
before it builds against the pinned tag.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-31 11:17:14 -05:00
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