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Reapplies #1171 and stabilizes zero-length vector save/restore coverage.
Wait for initial backfill and KNN indexing to complete before saving.

This reverts commit cae4fd2.

Signed-off-by: Su Ko <rhtn1128@gmail.com>
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The change allows empty-key documents in indexing metadata. Integration tests cover full-text, JSON, vector, and RDB v2 save/restore behavior, including updates and stale-result removal.

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Empty-key indexing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Allow empty keys in indexing paths
src/index_schema.cc, src/indexes/vector_base.cc
Null key handling is separated from empty-key handling. Vector tracking and metadata updates no longer reject empty keys.
Validate full-text and JSON indexing
integration/test_fulltext.py, integration/test_non_vector.py
Tests verify empty-key HASH and JSON documents through backfill, live updates, text searches, tag queries, and numeric queries.
Validate vector indexing and save/restore
integration/test_vss_basic.py, integration/test_saverestore.py
Tests cover empty-key HNSW and FLAT vector indexes before and after RDB v2 save/restore. The BGSAVE mutation-queue test now joins its worker thread.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: reapplying indexing for zero-length keys. It is concise and directly related to the changeset.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly covers the zero-length key indexing changes and the stabilization of vector save/restore tests through backfill and KNN completion waits.
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In `@integration/test_fulltext.py`:
- Around line 1269-1270: Update both zip() calls in the affected assertions to
pass strict=True, ensuring odd-length response sequences raise instead of being
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Comment on lines +1269 to +1270
assert dict(zip(result[2][::2], result[2][1::2])) == {
b"content": b"backfilltoken"

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Use strict=True in both zip() calls.

The integration environment uses Python 3.12. Without strict=True, an odd-length response can be silently truncated.

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[warning] 1269-1269: zip() without an explicit strict= parameter

Add explicit value for parameter strict=

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In `@integration/test_fulltext.py` around lines 1269 - 1270, Update both zip()
calls in the affected assertions to pass strict=True, ensuring odd-length
response sequences raise instead of being silently truncated while preserving
the existing dictionary comparisons.

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Greptile Summary

The PR restores indexing support for valid zero-length Valkey keys and expands regression coverage across text, numeric/tag, JSON, Flat vector, HNSW vector, and RDB restore paths.

  • Replaces the empty-string rejection in the keyspace mutation path with a null-pointer check.
  • Allows vector metadata tracking, updating, and removal for zero-length keys.
  • Adds live-ingestion, backfill, KNN, and save/restore integration coverage.

Confidence Score: 5/5

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Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/index_schema.cc Replaces the zero-length-string rejection with a null-pointer guard so valid empty keys enter the normal mutation pipeline.
src/indexes/vector_base.cc Removes empty-key restrictions from vector metadata tracking, modification, and removal while retaining normal map and internal-ID handling.
integration/test_saverestore.py Adds Flat and HNSW persistence coverage for a zero-length vector key, including pre-save indexing waits and post-restart verification.
integration/test_fulltext.py Adds backfill and live-update coverage for a zero-length hash key in a text index.
integration/test_non_vector.py Adds backfill and live-update coverage for a zero-length JSON key with tag and numeric fields.
integration/test_vss_basic.py Adds Flat and HNSW backfill coverage proving KNN responses preserve a zero-length key.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
  K["Zero-length Valkey key"] --> E["Keyspace notification or backfill"]
  E --> S["IndexSchema mutation processing"]
  S --> N["Text / Numeric / Tag indexes"]
  S --> V["Vector metadata and Flat / HNSW index"]
  V --> Q["KNN search returns empty key"]
  V --> R["RDB save and restore"]
  R --> Q
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Signed-off-by: Su Ko <rhtn1128@gmail.com>
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LGTM. ASAN Integration tests failed but does not seem to be related to the changes. Try rebasing with the latest main branch and it should be solved.

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441-458: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject malformed restored vectors before tracking.

LoadTrackedKeys passes the normalized payload to VectorRegistry::Track, which accepts any non-null payload and stores its raw size. Later search reads GetVectorDataSize() bytes. A wrong-sized restored payload can therefore cause an out-of-bounds read. Check IsValidSizeVector after normalization and return absl::DataLossError before tracking.

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In `@src/indexes/vector_base.cc` around lines 441 - 458, The LoadTrackedKeys
restoration flow must validate the normalized record before calling
VectorRegistry::Track. After NormalizeStringRecord and the existing null check,
call IsValidSizeVector on the payload and return an absl::DataLossError for
invalid-sized vectors; only pass validated records to Track.
src/index_schema.cc (1)

1819-1820: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Synchronize vector registry scopes after SWAPDB.

IndexSchema::OnSwapDB updates the schema database number, but existing VectorBase instances retain the old db_num_. Subsequent notifications track records under the new scope, while vector lookup and cleanup use the old scope. Migrate existing registry entries and update every VectorBase to prevent duplicate or stale entries.

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In `@src/index_schema.cc` around lines 1819 - 1820, Update IndexSchema::OnSwapDB
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the new one, and update each VectorBase instance’s db_num_ accordingly. Ensure
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In `@src/index_schema.cc`:
- Around line 1819-1820: Update IndexSchema::OnSwapDB to migrate all existing
vector registry entries from the old database scope to the new one, and update
each VectorBase instance’s db_num_ accordingly. Ensure subsequent notification,
lookup, and cleanup operations consistently use the new scope without leaving
duplicate or stale entries.

In `@src/indexes/vector_base.cc`:
- Around line 441-458: The LoadTrackedKeys restoration flow must validate the
normalized record before calling VectorRegistry::Track. After
NormalizeStringRecord and the existing null check, call IsValidSizeVector on the
payload and return an absl::DataLossError for invalid-sized vectors; only pass
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Signed-off-by: Su Ko <rhtn1128@gmail.com>
self.client.hset("", mapping={"v": query_vector})
# Keep the HNSW graph large enough to avoid an unrelated load-validator
# bug that rejects a valid single-element graph when its random
# max_level is greater than the element count.

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This is fixed in #1349 fyi

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Were there any other failures seen besides this? I don't see any of the other changes in this test actually making a difference

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Hi @bandalgomsu 👋 — flagging this as a P1 launch blocker for valkey-search 1.3 RC1. We're cutting the release branch the morning of Sept 14 (RC1 lands Sept 15), so all P1s need to be merged before then.

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If anything is blocking merge (open changes, CI, design questions), drop a note here so we can unblock quickly. Board: #1346. Thanks so much! 🙏

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