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Alex Chi Z. c4fc602115 feat(pageserver): support synthetic size calculation for invisible branches (#11335)
## Problem

ref https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/11279


Imagine we have a branch with 3 snapshots A, B, and C:
```
base---+---+---+---main
        \-A \-B \-C
base=100G, base-A=1G, A-B=1G, B-C=1G, C-main=1G
```
at this point, the synthetic size should be 100+1+1+1+1=104G.

after the deletion, the structure looks like:
```
base---+---+---+
       \-A \-B \-C
```
If we simply assume main never exists, the size will be calculated as
size(A) + size(B) + size(C)=300GB, which obviously is not what the user
would expect.

The correct way to do this is to assume part of main still exists, that
is to say, set C-main=1G:
```
base---+---+---+main
       \-A \-B \-C
```
And we will get the correct synthetic size of 100G+1+1+1=103G.


## Summary of changes

* Do not generate gc cutoff point for invisible branches.
* Use the same LSN as the last branchpoint for branch end.
* Remove test_api_handler for mark_invisible.

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Signed-off-by: Alex Chi Z <chi@neon.tech>
2025-04-01 18:50:58 +00:00
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