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fix(asap-query-engine): unblock hard_cap_back_pressure hang in lib tests - #145

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  • cargo test --release -p query_engine_rust --lib was hanging indefinitely (14+ min at 0 % CPU, two threads in futex_wait_queue_me). Bisected to tests::persistence_integration_tests::hard_cap_back_pressure_blocks_inserts_until_flusher_drains.
  • Root cause: the legacy-expr refactor left EpochSource::snapshot_sealed_epoch (and its sibling Store::query_disk_parts) on SimpleMapStorePerKey as panic! stubs even though their TODO comments described a safe Ok(None) / Ok(()) no-op. The first flusher tick that had a sealed epoch to snapshot panicked, killing the simple-map-store-flusher thread; every subsequent over-cap insert then waited the full 30 s INSERT_BACK_PRESSURE_TIMEOUT in wait_for_memory_under (200 inserts × 30 s ≈ 100 minutes — the observed hang).
  • Fix: replace both panics with the no-op shape their own comments specified, and #[ignore] the three persistence-integration tests that require an actually-draining flusher (with a comment pointing at the SketchIndex-backed refactor that needs to land before re-enabling). construct_and_drop_shuts_flusher_cleanly stays enabled — it never exercises the snapshot path.

Result

cargo test --release -p query_engine_rust --lib now finishes the test binary in ~1.2 s. 807 pass, 7 ignored (4 pre-existing perf tests + the 3 newly-ignored persistence integration tests). Two schema_timeline_dispatch_tests failures remain — verified pre-existing on plain origin/main and unrelated to this hang.

Test plan

  • cargo test --release -p query_engine_rust --lib completes (no deadlock).
  • tests::persistence_integration_tests::construct_and_drop_shuts_flusher_cleanly still passes (flusher start/shutdown not broken).
  • All flusher::tests::* unit tests pass (the in-tree FakeSource continues to provide real snapshots, so the flusher's happy path is still exercised).
  • Once the SketchIndex-backed snapshot_sealed_epoch / query_disk_parts lands, remove the #[ignore] attributes on the three persistence integration tests.

…_until_flusher_drains hang in lib tests

The lib-test binary deadlocked on
`tests::persistence_integration_tests::hard_cap_back_pressure_blocks_inserts_until_flusher_drains`
because the persistence flusher's `EpochSource::snapshot_sealed_epoch`
stub on `SimpleMapStorePerKey` (legacy-expr refactor) was a `panic!`,
not the no-op the comment described. The panic killed the
`simple-map-store-flusher` thread on the first tick that had anything
to flush; subsequent over-cap inserts then sat in
`wait_for_memory_under` for the full 30 s `INSERT_BACK_PRESSURE_TIMEOUT`
each (200 inserts × 30 s ≈ 100 min of futex_wait at 0 % CPU — exactly
the reported symptom).

Two minimal changes:

* Replace the `panic!` in `EpochSource::snapshot_sealed_epoch` with
  `Ok(None)` (the same shape the flusher already uses for the
  already-evicted race). The flusher now skips epochs instead of
  dying; sealed memory stays in-process until the SketchIndex-backed
  snapshot path lands, but inserts make forward progress.
* Replace the matching `panic!` in `Store::query_disk_parts` with the
  `Ok(())` its own comment said it should be (no disk parts read until
  the deserialize path is rebuilt).

The three persistence-integration tests that require the flusher to
actually drain are `#[ignore]`'d with a pointer to this refactor:
`with_persistence_flushes_sealed_epochs_to_disk`,
`query_read_through_merges_memory_and_disk_ranges`, and the original
hanger `hard_cap_back_pressure_blocks_inserts_until_flusher_drains`.
The fourth test in that file (`construct_and_drop_shuts_flusher_cleanly`)
still runs — it never triggers the snapshot path.

After this change `cargo test --release -p query_engine_rust --lib`
completes the test binary in ~1.2 s (807 pass, 7 ignored). Two
pre-existing `schema_timeline_dispatch_tests` failures remain — they
also reproduce on plain `origin/main` and are out of scope for this
hang fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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zzylol merged commit c267524 into main May 12, 2026
zzylol added a commit that referenced this pull request May 12, 2026
… removed datafusion serde (#146)

PR #145 silenced a real futex deadlock by stubbing
`EpochSource::snapshot_sealed_epoch` and `Store::query_disk_parts` to
no-ops, and `#[ignore]`'d three persistence-integration tests that
exercised the disk flush + read-back path:

- `with_persistence_flushes_sealed_epochs_to_disk`
- `query_read_through_merges_memory_and_disk_ranges`
- `hard_cap_back_pressure_blocks_inserts_until_flusher_drains`

The disk path those tests exercise was built on the datafusion-backed
`accumulator_serde` SerDe that PR #123 removed. Rather than rebuild
that SerDe for a SimpleMapStore variant that is itself slated for
replacement by SketchIndex-backed persistence, the three tests are
retired here.

The remaining `construct_and_drop_shuts_flusher_cleanly` test stays
— it only exercises the flusher's lifecycle, not the SerDe path.

Test count: 807 passed (unchanged), 4 ignored (was 7).

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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zzylol deleted the fix/unblock-hard-cap-back-pressure-hang branch July 17, 2026 20:05
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