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Delete in order to avoid dead tuples - #2869

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Small change to how we do deletions of triples and transactions that should prevent us from slowing down as things get deleted.

The current issue is that as custodian keeps deleting, it spends a little extra time going through the dead tuples in the index to find the next live tuple. If we delete things in order, then we can skip the dead tuples on the next batch by only looking at things after the last batch in the index.

We sort transactions by id and we sort triples by app_id, attr_id, created_at (the triples_created_at index). For each batch, we get the last thing deleted and then pass that to the next batch so it can look at things greater than or equal to it.

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Custodian batch deletion now uses table-specific continuation cursors. Query results return cursor context, and drain! carries that context across batches until deletion completes.

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Custodian Cursor Deletion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Batch query cursor handling
server/src/instant/custodian.clj
Adds the public zero-uuid default. Applies continuation predicates for triples and transactions. Returns cursor context and uses the triples_created_at_idx index hint.
Cursor propagation through draining
server/src/instant/custodian.clj
Updates drain! to pass cursor context into each batch query and continue with the returned context.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 66ee2

The deletion batches can revisit tied triple keys, reducing the intended performance benefit. This is a bounded performance risk, so the PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up to add a stable unique tie-breaker.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant drain!
  participant CustodianBatchQuery
  participant SQLDatabase
  drain!->>CustodianBatchQuery: Pass continuation context
  CustodianBatchQuery->>SQLDatabase: Execute bounded deletion query
  SQLDatabase-->>CustodianBatchQuery: Return deleted rows and next context
  CustodianBatchQuery-->>drain!: Return batch result and context
  drain!->>CustodianBatchQuery: Continue until no rows remain
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In `@server/src/instant/custodian.clj`:
- Around line 364-373: Replace the independent :triples attr_id and created_at
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In `@server/src/instant/custodian.clj`:
- Around line 364-373: Update the triple pagination ordering and cursor
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dwwoelfel marked this pull request as ready for review August 19, 2026 04:11

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LGTM!

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dwwoelfel merged commit 3d2ed5b into main Aug 19, 2026
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dwwoelfel deleted the hint2 branch August 19, 2026 16:30
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