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Keep the differing rows of a diff on disk, not in client memory - #200
Diff comparisons now stream results to disk and use an approximate row limit across node pairs. The change adds stored-result HTML report generation, HTML value truncation, and CLI support for rebuilding reports without a database connection. It also updates Merkle-tree range handling, error reporting, and primary-key type checks.
Changes: Diff comparison and stored results
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Stored result format and HTML rendering pkg/common/diff_result.go, pkg/common/diff_result_store.go, pkg/common/html_reporter.go, pkg/common/templates/*
Diff results are stored in a manifest and per-pair block files. HTML reports read stored results, sort displayed rows, apply row and value-length limits, and omit editable row JSON when values are truncated.
Compare now sends classified entries to a sink and returns counts instead of retaining row slices. Key discovery no longer stops at a maximum-key count.
Table-diff streaming and shared limit internal/consistency/diff/table_diff.go, internal/consistency/diff/repset_diff.go, internal/consistency/diff/schema_diff.go, pkg/types/types.go
Table-diff streams differing rows to result blocks and counts rows against one run-wide limit. Task context records diff-pair counts and the result directory. Repset and schema diff classification now uses summary counts.
Merkle-tree range comparison internal/consistency/mtree/merkle.go
Merkle-tree comparison uses ordered, single-range work items, shared row-limit tracking, streamed results, and explicit comparison errors. It records column types per node and rejects primary-key type mismatches.
CLI, configuration, and documentation internal/cli/cli.go, cmd/ace/*, ace.sample.yaml, internal/cli/default_config.yaml, docs/*
The CLI adds diff-report and HTML value-length flags. Configuration and documentation describe stored results, report regeneration, truncation, and the approximate cross-pair row limit.
Integration and unit test updates internal/consistency/*/*_test.go, pkg/common/*_test.go, tests/integration/*
Tests use stored-result helpers, verify streaming and row-limit behavior, check report truncation and permissions, and remove diff-result directories during cleanup.
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 09bf3
The repair-plan export from the HTML report can act on the wrong row when composite keys contain the "|" character, which should be fixed before merge. Integration-test cleanup and report discovery can still reuse retained results, and the docs promise report files for matching tables that are never written. Several known limitations, such as HTML memory use and ordering under non-C collations, are tracked as follow-ups.
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A rabbit checks each stored row, Then watches diff reports grow. Keys stay whole; long values shrink, Blocks stream by the burrow’s brink. “Run diff-report,” the rabbit sings, And hops through rows on quiet springs.
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Actionable comments posted: 15
Nitpick comments: 6
tests/integration/report_format_test.go: 2
88-91: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value
Assert the summary when the report path is empty.
If a regression counts differences but leaves DiffFilePath empty, assertNoTableDiff can pass. Check the summary before returning the empty result.
Suggested fix
if path == "" {
+ require.Zero(t, summary.DiffPairs(), "diff report path is empty but differences were counted")
return types.DiffOutput{NodeDiffs: map[string]types.DiffByNodePair{}, Summary: summary}
}
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Review comment at @tests/integration/report_format_test.go around lines 88 - 91:
Update the empty-path branch in the helper containing `readDiffReport` to assert
that `summary.DiffPairs()` is zero before returning the empty
`types.DiffOutput`. Preserve the existing return behavior when the summary has
no differences.
The row assertions read only the JSON report, so they do not check the finalized directory. Reopen DiffResultDir for both task types and compare its manifest and block rows with the expected results.
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Review comment at @tests/integration/report_format_test.go around lines 90 - 91:
Update the integration tests for both task types to reopen DiffResultDir and
compare its manifest and block rows with the expected results, in addition to
the existing JSON report assertions. Reuse the established directory-reading and
comparison helpers where available.
A regression can report two node-only entries and still satisfy this count. Read the report with diffResultOf and assert that key 50.5 appears on both nodes with different values, while key 7 appears only on n1.
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Review comment at @tests/integration/mtree_numeric_pkey_test.go around lines 85
- 90:
Replace the aggregate DiffRowsCount assertion in this test with assertions on
the report obtained through diffResultOf: verify key 50.5 appears on both nodes
with different values, and key 7 appears only on n1.
The 0.01% round now only logs durations. A tenfold mtree slowdown can pass if both counts remain correct. Consider a controlled benchmark or a calibrated performance gate to detect large regressions without restoring the unstable faster-than assertion.
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Review comment at @tests/integration/mtree_perf_test.go around lines 258 - 261:
The 0.01% round only logs relative durations, so large mtree slowdowns do not
fail the test. Update the scattered-divergence timing check in the benchmark
flow to use a controlled benchmark or calibrated gate that catches substantial
regressions while avoiding an unstable assertion that mtree must be faster; keep
the existing correctness checks intact.
tests/integration/test_env_test.go: 1
330-330: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Check storage after a clean integration diff.
A report with an empty diffs map passes this assertion even if the run creates a report and result directory. Add checks for empty output paths and for artifacts created by the clean run. The writer unit test covers the empty case, but this integration assertion does not.
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Review comment at @tests/integration/test_env_test.go at line 330:
Extend the clean-run assertion around diffPairs in the integration test to
verify that the run leaves output paths empty and creates no report or result
artifacts, in addition to returning no diffs. Reuse the test’s existing
output-path and artifact inspection helpers rather than relying on the diffs map
alone.
tests/integration/table_diff_test.go: 1
1344-1348: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Test that limited runs finish each reported block.
A partial block can leave a total of 14 and still pass these assertions. The unlimited run does not check the limited run’s block contents. Add a regression test that compares each reported block with its complete expected rows.
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Review comment at @tests/integration/table_diff_test.go around lines 1344 -
1348:
Extend the limited-run regression test around DiffRowLimitReached to verify that
every reported block contains its complete expected rows; the aggregate count
bounds alone allow a partial block to pass. Compare the limited run’s block
contents against the corresponding complete expected rows, while preserving the
existing row-limit and total-count assertions.
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Review comments at @docs/commands/diff/table-diff.md:
- Line 23: Update the `--max-html-rows` description in the diff table
documentation to say JSON contains every collected row, not every row, and
direct readers to `diff_row_limit_reached` for the case where `max_diff_rows`
prevents examining all blocks. Apply the same clarification to the HTML-limit
description on the mtree page.
Review comments at @internal/cli/cli.go:
- Around line 654-659: Update the `diff-report` command setup so it can start
when no configuration file exists, while still loading configuration when
available so configured report limits apply. Locate the command by its `Name:
"diff-report"` entry and adjust only its configuration-loading behavior,
preserving the existing report flow.
Review comments at @internal/consistency/keydiff/query.go:
- Around line 113-124: Update the key-list alias generation around keyColAlias
and keysAlias so aliases for key columns, including the positional column,
cannot collide with columns in colTypes. Preserve the existing join behavior
while choosing names that are unique against the table columns.
Review comments at @internal/consistency/mtree/merkle.go:
- Around line 577-586: Validate that every node’s key column types match the
reference key types before constructing the keydiff sides or comparing rows;
reject mismatches rather than allowing casts that can truncate keys. Apply this
in the comparison flow that builds `refTypes` and the `keydiff.Side` values,
preserving the existing comparison behavior for matching types.
- Around line 2626-2632: Update the processing loop over pairKeys and
allNodePairBatches so that, when max_diff_rows is enabled, all ranges for one
pair finish before work starts for the next pair. Preserve the existing ordering
by pair name and leave behavior unchanged when the limit is disabled.
- Around line 2993-2998: Update the work-item creation logic around
compareBoundaries to canonicalize adjacent SQL-equal bounds before creating work
items, so differently scaled spellings of the shared key use one boundary and
cannot report or count a differing row twice. Preserve the existing boundary
ordering and exclusivity behavior.
Review comments at @pkg/common/diff_result_store.go:
- Around line 113-119: Sort node names before collecting columns in the
StoreDiffOutput flow, then traverse each node’s rows in that order. Preserve the
existing column filtering and deduplication behavior so repeated calls produce a
stable column order.
- Around line 74-79: Update comparePKKey, used by StoreDiffOutput, to compare
numeric primary keys without converting them to float64, preserving exact
numeric ascending order for values beyond float64 precision; use the id
tie-breaker only when the primary keys are truly equal.
Review comments at @pkg/common/diff_result.go:
- Around line 765-769: Update writePairJSON to check the context during
ReadDiffBlock processing and again immediately before publishing the result;
propagate cancellation instead of publishing or returning success when the
context is cancelled.
- Line 508: Update the result publication flow around the directory rename and
JSON link so interruption cannot leave an accepted incomplete result: recovery
must either complete the adjacent JSON report publication or remove the orphaned
final directory before consumers proceed. Ensure OpenDiffResult rejects results
whose publication is incomplete, without weakening existing completion checks.
Review comments at @pkg/common/html_reporter.go:
- Line 345: Update buildHTMLPairPlan’s row-counting flow so it does not scan an
entire JSONL block before enforcing the HTML row limit; avoid the uncancellable
countLines read on the capped path, and preserve prompt cancellation and
existing row-limit behavior.
- Around line 631-633: Update the HTML report write flow around CreateFileSecure
to use a unique, invocation-specific temporary path instead of the shared
“.html.tmp” path. Preserve secure file creation and the existing rename to the
final report path, and ensure cleanup removes only the current invocation’s
temporary file.
- Around line 707-713: Update the report-generation flow around
buildHTMLPairPlan so it does not retain every pair’s row data in the plans slice
before writing begins. Count the plans separately, then build and consume pair
plans in bounded passes, preserving the existing per-pair row limit and output
behavior.
Review comments at @pkg/common/templates/diff_report.js:
- Around line 300-301: Update the truncated-report regeneration hint emitted by
the lines.push calls to include the required --diff-file argument and tell users
to replace its placeholder with the Full diff path; preserve the existing
max-html-rows guidance.
Review comments at @tests/integration/test_env_test.go:
- Around line 303-305: Isolate outputs created by runTableDiff and update both
it and suite teardown to clean only test-owned paths, rather than matching every
*_diffs-* result in the shared integration directory. Preserve the tests’
ability to discover their own results.
---
Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @tests/integration/mtree_numeric_pkey_test.go:
- Around line 85-90: Replace the aggregate DiffRowsCount assertion in this test
with assertions on the report obtained through diffResultOf: verify key 50.5
appears on both nodes with different values, and key 7 appears only on n1.
Review comments at @tests/integration/mtree_perf_test.go:
- Around line 258-261: The 0.01% round only logs relative durations, so large
mtree slowdowns do not fail the test. Update the scattered-divergence timing
check in the benchmark flow to use a controlled benchmark or calibrated gate
that catches substantial regressions while avoiding an unstable assertion that
mtree must be faster; keep the existing correctness checks intact.
Review comments at @tests/integration/report_format_test.go:
- Around line 88-91: Update the empty-path branch in the helper containing
`readDiffReport` to assert that `summary.DiffPairs()` is zero before returning
the empty `types.DiffOutput`. Preserve the existing return behavior when the
summary has no differences.
- Around line 90-91: Update the integration tests for both task types to reopen
DiffResultDir and compare its manifest and block rows with the expected results,
in addition to the existing JSON report assertions. Reuse the established
directory-reading and comparison helpers where available.
Review comments at @tests/integration/table_diff_test.go:
- Around line 1344-1348: Extend the limited-run regression test around
DiffRowLimitReached to verify that every reported block contains its complete
expected rows; the aggregate count bounds alone allow a partial block to pass.
Compare the limited run’s block contents against the corresponding complete
expected rows, while preserving the existing row-limit and total-count
assertions.
Review comments at @tests/integration/test_env_test.go:
- Line 330: Extend the clean-run assertion around diffPairs in the integration
test to verify that the run leaves output paths empty and creates no report or
result artifacts, in addition to returning no diffs. Reuse the test’s existing
output-path and artifact inspection helpers rather than relying on the diffs map
alone.
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Fixed in e93f99f: the JSON completeness wording in the docs, diff-report without a config file, the stable column order in StoreDiffOutput, the context check before publication, a unique temporary file for the HTML report, the full regeneration command in the plan comment, and the test cleanup that now removes only results of the current run.
Nitpicks fixed in e93f99f: diffResultOf now fails when a run counted differences but has no report path, and the numeric-key mtree test checks the rows of each node (50.5 on both nodes, 7 on n1 only).
Planned for a follow-up change: the HTML report memory and the full block scan (a per-pair index of block counts and two passes), the exact numeric key order, and writing the manifest last.
Under consideration for follow-up changes: the key-list alias names and the key type check in mtree (key-map code), the deterministic result under max_diff_rows, and ordering the mtree bounds in SQL.
Not planned: reopening DiffResultDir in the integration tests (the JSON report is built from the block files, and the unit tests cover the directory itself), a timing gate in the mtree performance test (it would be unstable in CI), and the extra block check in the limited-run test.
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Review comments at @pkg/common/diff_result.go:
- Around line 526-531: Update the report publication in finish around os.Link to
fall back to a no-clobber copy when hard links are unsupported. Preserve
owner-only permissions, leave any existing jsonPath untouched, and remove a
partially written report if the fallback fails.
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Review comments at @internal/consistency/mtree/merkle.go:
- Around line 1485-1494: Keep reference column types separate from the per-node
entries in m.ColTypes so processing a later node cannot overwrite the types used
for validation, hashing, or row comparison. Update the reference-type assignment
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pkg/common/html_reporter_test.go: 1
739-742: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Test cancellation during a block scan.
TestHTMLReportStopsOnCancel cancels before rendering, so the pre-block check satisfies it even if the per-entry check is removed. Add a test that cancels after block reading starts and asserts context.Canceled.
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Review comment at @pkg/common/html_reporter_test.go around lines 739 - 742:
TestHTMLReportStopsOnCancel only covers cancellation before rendering begins.
Add a case that cancels after block reading starts and verify
renderHTMLDiffReport returns context.Canceled, ensuring the per-entry
cancellation check is exercised.
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Review comments at @pkg/common/html_reporter_test.go:
- Around line 756-765: Update the block-decoding test around readBlock and
renderStoredTestReport to add a malformed entry immediately after the
visible-row limit, then verify reading and rendering still succeed with the
expected rows. Ensure the test detects decoding beyond that limit, while
preserving the existing row-count and truncation assertions.
Review comments at @pkg/common/html_reporter.go:
- Around line 356-357: Update the entry-reading callback in ReadDiffBlock to
check the row limit immediately after appending each entry; when reached, return
ctx.Err() if canceled, otherwise return errStopBlock so no additional entry is
read or decoded.
- Around line 405-409: Update the sort in the entry-ordering logic using
comparePKKey so composite primary keys are compared column by column with their
original boundaries, rather than by splitting or comparing the flattened display
key. Preserve the existing ID tie-breaker for equal keys.
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Review comments at @pkg/common/html_reporter_test.go:
- Around line 739-742: TestHTMLReportStopsOnCancel only covers cancellation
before rendering begins. Add a case that cancels after block reading starts and
verify renderHTMLDiffReport returns context.Canceled, ensuring the per-entry
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pkg/common/diff_result_test.go: 1
205-208: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Test each completeness predicate independently.
Moving the JSON report to report.json.tmp activates both checks. The error assertion passes if either check is removed. Add cases with only the adjacent JSON missing and with both reports present.
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Review comment at @pkg/common/diff_result_test.go around lines 205 - 208:
Update the completeness tests around OpenDiffResult to exercise each predicate
independently: add a case where only the adjacent JSON report is missing and a
case where both reports are present. Keep the temporary-JSON case, but ensure
each test setup isolates the predicate it intends to verify so the shared error
assertion cannot pass because of the other check.
internal/consistency/mtree/merkle_test.go: 1
58-64: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Add an overlapping range to the fixture.
The input already matches the expected batches. An implementation that returns the input ranges with shared-bound exclusivity can pass without sorting or splitting overlaps.
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Review comment at @internal/consistency/mtree/merkle_test.go around lines 58 -
64:
Update the ranges fixture passed to pkeyBatchesFromRanges with an overlapping
range, such as one spanning nil to b(20), so the test verifies that overlapping
inputs are correctly sorted and split into the expected batches.
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Review comments at @docs/commands/diff/diff-report.md:
- Line 28: Update the diff report’s documented key ordering to explain that `|`
in a key value is treated as a column separator during sorting, and include the
observed ordering of `("a|z", "a")` before `("a", "zz")`. Keep the documentation
focused on the ordering users should expect.
Review comments at @internal/consistency/mtree/merkle.go:
- Around line 598-600: Deduplicate differing keys across overlapping ranges for
each node pair before they reach m.writeEntries and consume the run-wide row
limit. Update the range-processing flow around the entries callback to track
keys already handled for the current node pair and write and count each key only
once, preserving the existing behavior for distinct keys.
Review comments at @pkg/common/diff_result.go:
- Around line 166-167: Update the pair lookup using w.pairs and pairKey so each
block’s node order matches the stored pair orientation before its rows are
written; alternatively, reject a conflicting orientation before writing. Ensure
rows cannot be published under the wrong node.
- Line 552: Resolve the result directory path before deriving the adjacent JSON
report path in the completeness check. Ensure inputs such as "." and paths
ending in "/." locate the report beside the resolved result directory, while
preserving the existing behavior for other paths.
- Around line 589-599: Update the block-file discovery flow around os.ReadDir to
compare the discovered JSONL file count with p.Blocks and return an error when
they differ, before generating the report. Preserve the existing filtering and
sorting of files when the counts match.
Review comments at @pkg/common/html_reporter.go:
- Around line 645-647: Update the HTML diff report flow around the
temporary-file rename to check the context during rendering and again before
publishing with os.Rename. If canceled, return the context cancellation error so
the existing report remains untouched and the temporary file is cleaned up;
preserve the current rename error handling.
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Review comments at @internal/consistency/mtree/merkle_test.go:
- Around line 58-64: Update the ranges fixture passed to pkeyBatchesFromRanges
with an overlapping range, such as one spanning nil to b(20), so the test
verifies that overlapping inputs are correctly sorted and split into the
expected batches.
Review comments at @pkg/common/diff_result_test.go:
- Around line 205-208: Update the completeness tests around OpenDiffResult to
exercise each predicate independently: add a case where only the adjacent JSON
report is missing and a case where both reports are present. Keep the
temporary-JSON case, but ensure each test setup isolates the predicate it
intends to verify so the shared error assertion cannot pass because of the other
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Keep the differing rows of a diff on disk, not in client memory
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- Line 1592: Update the comparison path around `runCompares` to populate
`Summary.MismatchedRangesCount` from the `mismatchedTasks` worklist before task
finalization, so runs with mismatched blocks retain the correct count in task
metadata and HTML.
- Around line 1971-1972: Update the row-location map handling in readRows and
its use by keydiff.Compare so table-OID/ctid entries are accounted for or
separately bounded by the configured key-memory budget, including across
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Each work item of the row comparison now holds one key range and the
position of that range in the list of its node pair. The range without a
lower bound is now first in the list, so the list is in key order.
Neighbour ranges share a bound. The later range now leaves out that bound,
so the rows of the bound are compared only once. Before, both ranges read
these rows, and a map of the keys already reported removed the second
copy. That map grew with the number of differences.
keydiff.Compare returned all differing rows of a block at once. Now it
gives the differing rows of each batch of the row read to a function of
the caller, and returns only the counts. Each row comes as an entry with
its kind (only on the first node, only on the second node, or changed) and
the row hash of each node, which the key query already reads. Compare does
not keep the entries after the call, so a caller that writes them out holds
only one batch at a time.
table-diff and mtree table-diff still collect the entries of a block in
memory and add them to the diff result as before.
table-diff and mtree table-diff applied max_diff_rows to each node pair,
and they stopped the row search inside a block when a pair reached the
limit. Now the differing rows of all node pairs of a run count against one
limit, and a block is compared completely or not at all. After a block,
its rows are counted. When the count reaches the limit, the blocks that are
not compared yet are skipped. So the result can have more rows than the
limit: at most the rows of the blocks that were in work at that moment.
keydiff no longer needs Options.MaxKeys, Result.Truncated and the read of
the rest of the probe query after an early stop, so they are removed.
mtree table-diff queues the node pairs in the order of their names, so the
first pairs are compared first. It does not refresh stale blocks after it
skipped ranges at the limit: a pair with skipped ranges can show no
differences although its tree hashes are not stale.
repset-diff and schema-diff still apply the limit to each table.
When a work item of the row comparison failed, mtree table-diff went on
with the other work items, wrote a report, listed the node pair in the
summary field incomplete_pairs, and then failed. Now the first error stops
the workers, and the diff fails before it writes anything, as table-diff
does. The field incomplete_pairs, its line in the HTML report and the
"COMPARISON INCOMPLETE" warning are removed. Old reports with this field
still load.
table-diff and mtree table-diff kept every differing row in client memory
until the end of the run, and then built the whole JSON report in memory.
On a wide table this took about 35 KB of client memory per differing row,
so a diff with a few million differing rows was killed by the OOM killer
while it wrote the report.
Now the diff writes its result into a directory next to the JSON report,
<schema>_<table>_diffs-<timestamp>/, while it compares the blocks:
- one directory for each node pair, with one JSONL file for each compared
block that has differences. The file name is <part>-<seq>.jsonl, the part
of the cut and the number of the block in it, padded with zeros, so the
names sort in block order. In mtree the part is 0 and the number is the
position of the key range;
- each line is one differing row: its kind, the row of each node and the
row hash of each node;
- manifest.json: table, key, columns and types, nodes, format versions,
hash version, counts of each pair and the summary.
The directory is created under a temporary name. At the end it gets its
final name, and then the JSON report is moved next to it with a rename. A
directory without its JSON report is not a complete result. If two runs get
the same name, the later one adds a number. A run that fails, times out or
is stopped leaves nothing on disk. With no differences there is no
directory.
A worker writes the rows of each batch of the row read to the file of its
block as soon as keydiff gives them, so it holds one batch of rows. The
rows of a block are written in the order of the key list; they are not
sorted.
The JSON report is built from the block files at the end of the run. Its
content and format_version do not change, so table-repair and table-rerun
read it as before. It is compact, with every row on a line of its own, and
has the new optional field row_hashes.
The HTML report is built from the result directory by the new command
ace diff-report --diff-file <dir or JSON report>, without a database
connection and also without a config file; --output html runs it at the
end of a diff. It shows the blocks of each pair in block order and the rows
of a block sorted by the text of the key, with all kinds of differences
together, and at most max_html_rows rows per pair. A block file is read
only up to that limit, so the last block shown can be cut. Each shown value
is cut to 1024 characters; key values are never cut, and the custom row
editor of a row with a cut value starts empty. A failure of the HTML report
after the result is written is a warning.
repset-diff, schema-diff, the task context and mtree count the pairs with
differences from the summary. The task context has the path of the result
directory as diff_result_dir. Tests read the rows from the result.
The HTML report cuts each value that it shows to 1024 characters. The new
flag --max-html-value-length of table-diff, mtree table-diff and
diff-report, and the settings table_diff.max_html_value_length and
mtree.diff.max_html_value_length in ace.yaml, change this number. 0 means
the setting from ace.yaml, and then the default. Key values are never cut.
The checks of an mtree task compared the names of the columns and of the
primary key on all nodes, but not their types, and the diff used the column
types of the first node for both nodes. When a key column had a shorter
type on that node, for example varchar(3) against text, the cast of a key
such as 'abcd' cut it to 'abc' when the row was looked up. The row was then
found on neither node and dropped from the diff without an error.
Now the checks stop with an error when a primary key column has another
type on a node, and the error names the column, both types and both nodes.
The key gives the bounds of the blocks of the tree, so it must mean the same
value on every node. Other columns may still have other types: the row read
of each node uses the column types of that node, for the key casts and the
select list. The row hash still uses the types of the first node on both
nodes, so that equal rows get equal hashes.
The types of the first node are kept in a field of their own, apart from
the map of the types of each node by node name, so that no node name can
replace them.
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- Line 22: Update the `--output` option description to say ACE writes the result
directory and reports when it collects differences, rather than promising those
files unconditionally. Preserve the default JSON format and the behavior that
`html` adds an HTML report.
Review comments at @pkg/common/html_reporter.go:
- Line 854: Replace e.display as the repair-row identity in the embedded Key and
matching HTML controls with a collision-free identity derived from the composite
key; keep e.display only for labels. Ensure uniqueTargetRows and selectionForKey
use that identity so distinct composite keys remain independently selectable.
Review comments at @tests/integration/test_env_test.go:
- Line 303: Update runTableDiff to return the report path produced by the
current tdTask rather than calling getLatestDiffFile, which may select a
retained report when no new report was generated. Keep the missing-report
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| `--compare-unit-size <int>` | `-u` | Deprecated: no longer used. ACE accepts it and writes a warning. |
| `--output <json\|html>` | `-o` | Report format. Default `json`. When `html`, both JSON and HTML files share the same timestamped prefix. |
| `--max-html-rows <int>` | | Maximum number of rows for each node pair in the HTML report. Default `0`, which means `table_diff.max_html_rows` from `ace.yaml`, or `10000` when that is not set either. There is no setting for "no limit"; set a large number instead. The JSON report always contains every row. |
| `--output <json\|html>` | `-o` | Report format. Default `json`. The result directory and the JSON report are always written; with `html` the HTML report is added. All of them share the same timestamped prefix. |
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Do not promise report files for matching tables.
When the tables match, DiffResultWriter.Finish returns empty paths and removes the temporary directory. Update this description to say that ACE writes the result directory and reports when it collects differences.
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Review comment at @docs/commands/diff/table-diff.md at line 22:
Update the `--output` option description to say ACE writes the result directory and reports when it collects differences, rather than promising those files unconditionally. Preserve the default JSON format and the behavior that `html` adds an HTML report.
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Use a collision-free identity for repair rows.
Composite keys ("a|b", "c") and ("a", "b|c") both produce e.display == "a|b|c". The HTML controls also use this display string as data-pk. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
In pkg/common/templates/diff_report.js, uniqueTargetRows discards repeated r.key values, and selectionForKey reads the first matching control. Selecting the second row can therefore export an action for the first row. The distinct PK literals do not prevent this. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Use a collision-free identity in the embedded Key and matching HTML controls. Keep e.display only for labels.
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Review comment at @pkg/common/html_reporter.go at line 854:
Replace e.display as the repair-row identity in the embedded Key and matching HTML controls with a collision-free identity derived from the composite key; keep e.display only for labels. Ensure uniqueTargetRows and selectionForKey use that identity so distinct composite keys remain independently selectable.
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cat -n pkg/common/diff_result.go | sed -n '120,175p;420,510p'
cat -n internal/consistency/diff/table_diff.go | sed -n '1310,1345p'
cat -n tests/integration/table_repair_test.go | sed -n '168,190p'
Repository: pgEdge/ace
Length of output: 8716
Return the current task’s report path.
If the comparison finds no differences, it writes no report. getLatestDiffFile can then return a retained report, so a test can use stale results instead of detecting the missing output.
Suggested fix
-// runTableDiff executes a table-diff and returns the path to the latest diff file.+// runTableDiff executes a table-diff and returns its report path.
@@
- latestDiffFile := getLatestDiffFile(t)- require.NotEmpty(t, latestDiffFile, "No diff file was generated")- return latestDiffFile+ require.NotEmpty(t, tdTask.DiffFilePath, "No diff file was generated")+ return tdTask.DiffFilePath
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Review comment at @tests/integration/test_env_test.go at line 303:
Update runTableDiff to return the report path produced by the current tdTask rather than calling getLatestDiffFile, which may select a retained report when no new report was generated. Keep the missing-report assertion, checking tdTask.DiffFilePath before returning it.
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