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fix(#7882): roll back insert_many and GraphBatch.create_vertex transactions on every failure path - #8828

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Closes #7882

Summary

Database.insert_many() now leaves the transaction state exactly as it found it, on every exit path. The per-row fallback (taken when json.dumps(rows) fails, e.g. datetime or np.int64) opened a transaction with no rollback path, so a value doc.set() could not store, or a KeyboardInterrupt, left that transaction open for the next caller. The fallback is now wrapped in try/except BaseException that rolls back the transaction it opened, mirroring run_in_transaction (#7108). The JSON fast path (DocumentBatcher.insertManyJson, Java side of the same public method) had the identical leak, for example a mandatory-property validation failure on row 2, and is fixed the same way (catch (Throwable), rollback errors attached as suppressed). GraphBatch.create_vertex() caught only Exception around its own begin()/commit(), so it now rolls back on BaseException too. Ordinary failures are still wrapped in ArcadeDBError and KeyboardInterrupt/SystemExit propagate unchanged.

Behavior change (release note): when insert_many runs inside a caller's own open transaction, the fast path no longer commits every commit_every rows. Before this change it committed the caller's transaction mid-call (so a later rollback() by the caller discarded only the tail). The per-row fallback already skipped intermediate commits in that case, and both paths now behave the same way.

Finding ledger

  1. insert_many per-row fallback leaks the transaction on failure: fixed here
  2. GraphBatch.create_vertex except Exception leaks the transaction on KeyboardInterrupt/SystemExit: fixed here

Completeness

Invariant: a bindings method that opens its own transaction rolls it back on every exit other than a successful commit, and never commits or rolls back a transaction the caller opened.

Sweep: grep -n "\.begin()\|\.commit()\|\.rollback()" bindings/python/src/arcadedb_embedded/*.py and grep -n "begin\|commit\|rollback" bindings/python/src/java/com/arcadedb/python/*.java:

Entry point Site Status
Database.insert_many per-row fallback core.py fixed here, 4 tests
Database.insert_many JSON fast path DocumentBatcher.insertManyJson fixed here (leak + commit of caller tx), 3 tests
GraphBatch.create_vertex graph_batch.py fixed here, 2 tests
Database.run_in_transaction core.py already correct (#7108)
TransactionContext (with db.transaction()) transactions.py already correct: __exit__ sees every exception type via exc_type and rolls back
insert_many(parallel=True) async executor no transaction opened by the bindings, n/a
VertexBatcher/EdgeBatcher/TimeSeriesBatcher/RowBatcher/ColumnBatcher Java bridge no begin()/commit(), n/a

Known gaps: None.

Residual risk: with commit_every > 0 and no caller transaction, batches committed before a failure stay durable while the call raises. This is inherent to batched commits, the issue notes it, and the tests pin it (test_fallback_failure_keeps_earlier_committed_batches_only). Only the open, uncommitted batch is rolled back.

Test plan

  • tests/test_bulk_insert.py::TestInsertManyTransactionHygiene: 7 tests (fallback set() failure, fallback failure with commit_every, fallback KeyboardInterrupt, fallback failure inside a caller transaction, fast-path validation failure, fast-path failure inside a caller transaction, fast path not committing a caller transaction). 5 were red before the fix, and the 2 caller-transaction tests guard the behavior that must be preserved.
  • tests/test_graph_batch.py: KeyboardInterrupt in create_vertex rolls back and propagates unwrapped (red before the fix), and an ordinary failure is still wrapped in ArcadeDBError and rolled back.
  • Related suites green: test_bulk_insert, test_graph_batch, test_core, test_transaction_config, test_async_executor, test_numpy_support, test_type_conversion, test_concurrency, test_graph_api, test_docs_examples (124 passed, 7 skipped).
  • black 26.5.1 / isort --profile black clean.

Local setup note: the tests ran against a freshly built arcadedb-engine-26.10.1-SNAPSHOT jar with its runtime dependencies and a bridge jar compiled from this branch's src/java. When running from source, bindings/python/src must not be on PYTHONPATH directly, because its java/ directory (the bridge sources) shadows JPype's java import namespace and every Java string then comes back as a list of characters. Only the arcadedb_embedded package was exposed.

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No subagent tool was available in this run, so the author did this pass. Findings:

  • The JSON fast path has the same leak and also committed a caller's transaction every commit_every rows. Real and in scope: fixed here (completeness table, row 2).
  • TransactionContext.__exit__ might miss BaseException. Not real: __exit__ branches on exc_type is None, so it rolls back for every exception type.
  • Earlier commit_every batches stay durable when a later row fails. Inherent to batched commits and outside this issue's invariant. Documented under Residual risk.

Review cycles

  • Cycle 1 (fde4e68535): the claude review run (36868396964) stayed queued for the whole 15-minute window, a runner backlog rather than a failure, so nothing was posted. CodeRabbit posted 1 minor finding: a KeyboardInterrupt landing between begin() and the guarded block could still leak the transaction. It was valid and is fixed in 882171d6d2: insert_many's begin() moved inside the try, and create_vertex sets started_transaction before begin(). The thread was answered. Tests were re-run green (66 passed).

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Bulk inserts and graph vertex creation now clean up transactions they start when processing fails, while preserving transactions already managed by callers.
    • Failures continue to follow their expected error behavior, and batches committed before a later failure remain intact.
    • Caller-managed work is not committed or rolled back by these operations.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for failed and interrupted operations, transaction cleanup, batch commits, and operations performed within caller-managed transactions.

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Bulk insertion and graph vertex creation now roll back transactions they started when processing fails. Caller-owned transactions remain active and under caller control. Tests cover failures, interruptions, batching, and caller-owned transactions.

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Batch transaction cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bulk insertion transaction handling
bindings/python/src/arcadedb_embedded/core.py, bindings/python/src/java/com/arcadedb/python/DocumentBatcher.java, bindings/python/tests/test_bulk_insert.py
Insertion paths roll back their own active transaction after a failure. They leave caller-owned transactions unchanged. Tests cover fallback and fast paths, interruptions, commit batching, and successful inserts in caller-owned transactions.
Graph vertex transaction handling
bindings/python/src/arcadedb_embedded/graph_batch.py, bindings/python/tests/test_graph_batch.py
create_vertex rolls back its own active transaction after failures. Non-Exception failures propagate unchanged; ordinary exceptions retain ArcadeDBError translation. Tests cover both error types.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: tae898

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e9805

The transaction cleanup changes look sound. One test assertion should be tightened so it verifies which rows survive a failed batch.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to e9805

The change strengthens transaction ownership and interruption cleanup. Recovery remains best-effort, and Java transaction startup is still outside the cleanup handler. No new security exposure was established in the inspected paths.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The inspected persistence effects concern records written through the supplied database handle and selected document or vertex type, together with that execution context's transaction state. The changed handlers do not introduce a new database target or credential source.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The synchronous binding methods distinguish pre-existing caller transactions from transactions they create. Intermediate commits and failure rollback are gated by this ownership distinction, rather than granting the batch operation authority over caller-owned work.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The inspected embedded engine uses thread-local transaction context, creates a nested transaction when begin finds an active transaction, and rolls back the selected transaction context. These mechanisms support ownership separation but do not independently prove safe recovery from arbitrary callback behavior or concurrent disruption.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Consider extending Java's protected region to include transaction initiation and cleanup-state inspection, preserving the primary failure if either inspection or rollback fails. This would strengthen recovery containment beyond the pre-existing initialization gap.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the transaction rollback changes in insert_many and GraphBatch.create_vertex.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the changes, motivation, related issue, additional notes, and test results. It uses different headings from the template, and it does not explicitly confirm that `mvn clean pa…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR meets issue [#7882]. core.py now protects the fallback transaction with except BaseException and rolls back only when the method opened it. DocumentBatcher.insertManyJson applies the same…
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Moves insert_many's fallback begin() inside the try and sets create_vertex's
started_transaction flag before begin(), so an interrupt landing right after
begin() still reaches the rollback (CodeRabbit on #8828).

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🟡 Minor · Move the operation-owned db.begin() into the try block. · DocumentBatcher.java:46-49

bindings/python/src/java/com/arcadedb/python/DocumentBatcher.java:46-49
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Move the operation-owned db.begin() into the try block.

A JVM system property such as -Darcadedb.txPageSlotMergeMaxBytes=invalid can make ContextConfiguration.getValueAsLong() throw during transaction initialization. TransactionContext.begin() sets the status to BEGUN before this read. Because DocumentBatcher.insertManyJson calls db.begin() before its handler, the operation-owned transaction remains active without rollback.

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    final boolean wasActive = db.isTransactionActive();
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-      db.begin();
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+      if (!wasActive)
+        db.begin();
      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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robfrank and others added 2 commits October 3, 2026 10:56
…ctions on every failure path

insert_many's per-row fallback opened a transaction with no rollback path, so a
value set() could not store left it open for the next caller. The JSON fast
path (DocumentBatcher) had the same leak, and its commit_every batching also
committed a caller's own open transaction. GraphBatch.create_vertex caught only
Exception, so KeyboardInterrupt/SystemExit leaked the transaction it began.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Moves insert_many's fallback begin() inside the try and sets create_vertex's
started_transaction flag before begin(), so an interrupt landing right after
begin() still reaches the rollback (CodeRabbit on #8828).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Overall this is a solid, well-scoped fix. The invariant ("roll back only what you opened, never touch the caller's transaction") is applied consistently across the Python fallback, the Java fast path and GraphBatch.create_vertex, and the tests pin both the leak and the caller-transaction behavior. No blocking issues found.

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  • begin() moved inside the try and started_transaction set before begin(): closes the interrupt window correctly. The isTransactionActive() guard before rollback() makes both orderings safe.
  • BaseException in Python with raise (bare) preserves KeyboardInterrupt/SystemExit unchanged; create_vertex only wraps real Exceptions. Good.
  • Java: catch (final Throwable e) with addSuppressed and rethrow keeps the original failure as the primary exception. Precise rethrow compiles since the body throws only unchecked types.
  • Extra isTransactionActive() calls are on the error path only, so no hot-path cost.
  • Tests cover red-before/green-after cases plus the behaviors that must be preserved (caller tx untouched, earlier committed batches durable).

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  1. Docs for the behavior change. The insert_many docstring (core.py, commit_every arg) still reads as if batches are always committed. Since the fast path no longer commits a caller's transaction, please state: "commit_every applies only when insert_many opens its own transaction; inside a caller's transaction nothing is committed or rolled back by this method." The PR description calls this a release note, so it is worth capturing in the docstring and the changelog/docs too.
  2. Partial rows in a caller's transaction. On failure inside a caller-owned transaction, rows saved before the failing one remain pending in that transaction (the tests only assert the transaction stays active, then roll back). That is consistent with the invariant, but worth a docstring line so callers know to roll back or retry the whole call.
  3. Swallowed rollback error in core.py. The fallback uses except Exception: pass # nosec B110, while graph_batch.py uses log_swallowed_exception(_LOGGER, ...). Using the same helper in insert_many would keep diagnostics consistent and avoid the nosec suppression. (Java side attaches it as suppressed, which is nice; Python could do similarly via __context__ already being the original, so logging is the simplest equivalent.)
  4. Test tightening.
    • pytest.raises(Exception) in the fallback/fast-path failure tests would be stronger as ArcadeDBError for the fast path (it wraps) and a specific type for the fallback, so a future unrelated exception does not satisfy them.
    • In test_graph_batch.py the explicit monkeypatch.undo() inside the with block is skipped if the assertion above it fails, and the batch __exit__ then runs with the patched method. Wrapping in try/finally (or using monkeypatch.context()) would make cleanup deterministic.
  5. Fast-path Python except Exception (core.py, after the insertManyJson call) still does not cover KeyboardInterrupt. Since the rollback now lives Java-side and JPype cannot interrupt a running Java call anyway, this is likely fine, but a short comment saying so would stop a future reader from "fixing" it.

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assert temp_db.is_transaction_active() is False
# The batch of 2 committed before the failure is durable; row 2, the
# one in the open batch, is rolled back rather than left pending.
assert _count(temp_db, "FbBatch") == 2

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert which batch survived.

With commit_every=2, rows with k values 0 and 1 must remain. Rows 2 and 3 must be absent. The count assertion also passes if the wrong two rows survive, so it does not verify this transaction boundary. Compare the returned k values with [0, 1]. (github.com)

Based on learnings, a failed-batch test must check every entity whose presence or absence establishes the atomicity claim.

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Update the assertion in the bulk-insert test to verify the surviving FbBatch
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