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Dan RammerandClaude Opus 5 fe34eb3549 refactor!: rename LSM APIs to MemWAL and align SSTable/table shard naming (#4075)
## What

Renames the MemWAL surface in two passes, across Rust, Python,
TypeScript, and Java, including the wire format.

### 1. MemWAL APIs drop "LSM"

The write path these APIs drive is Lance's MemWAL; "LSM" described its
shape rather than naming it. Turning it on and off now reads as enabling
a feature rather than installing a spec.

| Before | After |
|---|---|
| `set_lsm_write_spec` | `enable_memwal` |
| `unset_lsm_write_spec` | `disable_memwal` |
| `get_lsm_write_spec` | `get_memwal_spec` |
| `flush_lsm` / `compact_lsm` / `checkpoint_lsm` | `flush_memwal` /
`compact_memwal` / `checkpoint_memwal` |
| `get_lsm_stats` | `get_memwal_stats` |
| `close_lsm_writers` | `close_memwal_writers` |
| `use_lsm` (query, merge insert) | `use_memwal` |
| `LsmWriteSpec` / `LsmStats` | `MemWalWriteSpec` / `MemWalStats` |
| Java `LanceDbTableLsm` | `LanceDbTableMemWal` |

TypeScript and Java use camelCase (`enableMemWal`, `getMemWalStats`,
...); the napi methods set `js_name` so the generated names keep the
`MemWal` casing. flush/compact/checkpoint keep a `_memwal` suffix so
`compact_memwal` is not confused with `compact_files` / `optimize`,
which compact the base table.

Internal names (`LsmMode`, `LsmScanner`, the `merge::lsm` / `query::lsm`
modules) are unchanged.

### 2. Stats use SSTable and table shard

Aligns the stats surface with the MemWAL naming settled upstream in
lance-format/lance#7943 and #7957, where the persisted unit became an
**SSTable**.

**Generation → SSTable.** A `GenerationStats` describes one flushed
MemTable, which is an SSTable. The generation *number* is kept — an
SSTable is identified by its generation — so only the noun moved.

**Bucket → table shard.** Each entry is one MemWAL shard. "Bucket" names
only the hash sharding *transform*, so it was already wrong for
`identity` and `year` sharding, which produce shards and no buckets at
all.

| Before | After |
|---|---|
| `GenerationStats` | `SsTableStats` |
| `BucketStats` | `TableShardStats` |
| `stats.buckets` | `stats.table_shards` |
| `BucketStats.generations` | `TableShardStats.sstables` |
| `include_generation_rows` | `include_sstable_rows` |
| `newest_generation` | `newest_sstable_generation` |
| `outstanding_generations` | `outstanding_sstables` |

Docs and comments follow suit: "seal" → "freeze", "L0" / "flushed
generations" → SSTables, "bucket" (meaning a shard) → table shard.

`MemWalWriteSpec::bucket`, `num_buckets`, and the `"Sealed"` shard
status value are **unchanged** — those name the sharding transform or a
server value, not the shard.

## Compatibility

Breaking, for an experimental API. The wire format changes with the
SDKs, so this must roll out together with the matching server change:

- Routes: `/set_lsm_write_spec/` → `/enable_memwal/`,
`/unset_lsm_write_spec/` → `/disable_memwal/`, `/get_lsm_write_spec/` →
`/get_memwal_spec/`, `/flush_lsm/` → `/flush_memwal/`, `/compact_lsm/` →
`/compact_memwal/`, `/get_lsm_stats/` → `/get_memwal_stats/`
- Response keys: `lsm_write_spec` → `memwal_spec`, `lsm_stats` →
`memwal_stats`, `buckets` → `table_shards`, `generations` → `sstables`
- Request fields: `include_generation_rows` → `include_sstable_rows`;
`use_lsm` → `use_memwal` on query and merge-insert bodies

## Validation

- Rust: `cargo test --features remote -p lancedb --lib --tests` — 1467
lib tests and all integration test targets pass; `cargo clippy` clean
- Python: rebuilt the extension; `test_remote_db`, `test_memwal_spec`,
`test_merge_insert_lsm`, `test_query`, `test_permutation`, `test_table`
— 655 passed; `ruff format` / `ruff check` clean
- TypeScript: `pnpm build`; `table`, `merge`, `query` tests — 593
passed; `biome check` clean; `docs/src/js` regenerated with `npm run
docs`
- Java: `mvn test` — 37 passed (Spotless applied with JDK 11; the pinned
google-java-format does not run on JDK 21)

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-16 13:33:57 -05:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
"""Tests for installing and clearing an MemWalWriteSpec via
`Table.enable_memwal` / `Table.disable_memwal`.
"""
from datetime import timedelta
import lancedb
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from lancedb._lancedb import MemWalWriteSpec
from lancedb.index import BTree
SCHEMA = pa.schema(
[
pa.field("id", pa.utf8(), nullable=False),
pa.field("v", pa.int32(), nullable=False),
]
)
def test_memwal_spec_module_metadata():
assert lancedb.MemWalWriteSpec is MemWalWriteSpec
assert MemWalWriteSpec.__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_memwal_validates(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
# Out-of-range num_buckets.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 0))
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 1025))
# Happy path, then a set over the installed spec is refused.
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="already set"):
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8))
def test_disable_memwal(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
# unset errors when no spec is set.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no MemWAL write spec"):
table.disable_memwal()
# Install a spec, then remove it; afterwards a fresh spec can be set.
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
table.disable_memwal()
# A second unset errors — there is no spec left to remove.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no MemWAL write spec"):
table.disable_memwal()
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.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.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.unsharded())
table.disable_memwal()
def test_memwal_spec_repr():
s = MemWalWriteSpec.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 = MemWalWriteSpec.unsharded()
assert u.spec_type == "unsharded"
assert u.column is None
assert u.num_buckets is None
assert "unsharded" in repr(u)
def test_memwal_spec_with_maintained_indexes():
s = MemWalWriteSpec.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_memwal(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_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
await table.disable_memwal()
# A second unset errors.
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="no MemWAL write spec"):
await table.disable_memwal()
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_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.identity("v"))
table.disable_memwal()
def test_memwal_spec_identity_and_writer_config_defaults():
s = MemWalWriteSpec.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_memwal_spec(tmp_path):
_db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
# None when nothing is installed.
assert table.get_memwal_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_memwal(
MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4)
.with_maintained_indexes([idx_name])
.with_writer_config_defaults({"durable_write": "false"})
)
spec = table.get_memwal_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_memwal()
assert table.get_memwal_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_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.identity("id"))
spec = table.get_memwal_spec()
assert spec.spec_type == "identity"
assert spec.column == "id"
assert spec.maintained_indexes is None
table.disable_memwal()
# Unsharded round-trips (no routing column). Opting out is distinct from
# the unnamed default.
table.enable_memwal(MemWalWriteSpec.unsharded().with_maintained_indexes([]))
spec = table.get_memwal_spec()
assert spec.spec_type == "unsharded"
assert spec.column is None
assert spec.maintained_indexes == []
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_get_memwal_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_memwal_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.enable_memwal(
MemWalWriteSpec.bucket("id", 8).with_maintained_indexes([idx_name])
)
spec = await table.get_memwal_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_memwal()
assert await table.get_memwal_spec() is None