HA: the late-sample record of a continuous aggregate is shipped right after the append commits, so a leader lost in between drops it · Issue #10673 · ArcadeData/arcadedb · GitHub
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HA: the late-sample record of a continuous aggregate is shipped right after the append commits, so a leader lost in between drops it #10673
Follow-up of #10634 (derived from reading the code, not reproduced on a cluster).
Since #10634 a sample appended behind the watermark of a continuous aggregate ships its late-sample record (#10502) to the followers in a schema recording session of its own (TimeSeriesShard.invalidateContinuousAggregatesBehindWatermark -> LocalSchema.recordContinuousAggregateChange). That session runs right after the append's own transaction committed, not inside it: the append commits through a nested, self-owned transaction under the shard's append lock (#7410/#7657), and the record must not be written before the commit (a refresh reading the source before it would clear it).
Remaining gap: a leader lost between the append's TX_ENTRY and the schema entry carrying the record leaves the followers with the samples and without the record. A follower promoted then never aggregates those late samples into their buckets (until a delete or a TRUNCATE invalidates them again).
Other related, non-gaps (for the record):
The refresh's own state (watermark advance, clearing of the record) is still saved with a plain schema save: the refresh runs from after-commit callbacks, under the database read lock, where a schema session cannot be opened. An unset watermark beside existing backing rows is now reconciled from the backing type at the next refresh (HA: the late-sample record and the watermark of a continuous aggregate are saved outside a schema session, so a promoted follower refreshes without them #10634); a stale set watermark or a stale record only causes extra recompute, and every compaction/retention session ships the leader's current schema.
Options: carry the record inside the append's replication unit (e.g. an optional section of the TX_ENTRY, which needs a capability per ha-raft/CLAUDE.md), or have a newly elected leader treat the buckets of the samples appended in the last N entries as invalidated.
Fixed in #10858, with one narrow race left. Under HA, the late-sample record of a continuous aggregate used to reach the followers after the samples committed, so a leader lost in between left followers with the samples and no record. The record is now shipped in a schema session before the samples commit; Raft applies entries in order, so a follower that holds the samples also holds their record. There is no wire-format change. If the pre-commit session fails or the record changed in between, a second session ships after the commit as before. A new two-node HA test fails on the old ordering and passes now.
Still open: #10857, a refresh that starts after the pre-commit check and finishes before the commit can make the samples late only at commit time. Their record then ships after the commit, as it did before this PR.
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fix(#10673): the late-sample record of a continuous aggregate ships t…
robfrank commentedon Oct 28, 2026
Fixed in #10858, with one narrow race left. Under HA, the late-sample record of a continuous aggregate used to reach the followers after the samples committed, so a leader lost in between left followers with the samples and no record. The record is now shipped in a schema session before the samples commit; Raft applies entries in order, so a follower that holds the samples also holds their record. There is no wire-format change. If the pre-commit session fails or the record changed in between, a second session ships after the commit as before. A new two-node HA test fails on the old ordering and passes now.
Still open: #10857, a refresh that starts after the pre-commit check and finishes before the commit can make the samples late only at commit time. Their record then ships after the commit, as it did before this PR.
❤️ Thanks for helping make ArcadeDB better! ArcadeDB is free and open source, sustained by its community. If it's useful to you or your company, please consider becoming a sponsor to keep development going.
fix(#10673): the late-sample record of a continuous aggregate ships t…