feat: public get_writes_history saver API + delta cadence rework (#7699)

## Summary

- Promotes the private K-channel batched ancestor-walk to a stable
public `get_delta_channel_history` / `aget_delta_channel_history` API on
`BaseCheckpointSaver` (returns `Mapping[str, DeltaChannelHistory]`, a
TypedDict with `writes` always present and `seed` `NotRequired`)
- Removes `DELTA_SENTINEL` / `_DeltaSentinel` entirely — the saver layer
is now delta-agnostic on both write and read paths
- Reworks `DeltaChannel` snapshot cadence from "every Nth superstep" to
"every N updates to this channel," persisted in
`CheckpointMetadata.delta_updates_since_snapshot`
- Adds Postgres optimizations: paged stage-1 with cursor (1024-row
pages) and per-channel UNION ALL stage-2 (no over-fetch when channels
have different chain depths)
- Default `snapshot_frequency` becomes a positive int (default `1000`);
the previous `None` opt-out is removed

## Public API

```python
class DeltaChannelHistory(TypedDict):
    writes: list[PendingWrite]            # always present, possibly empty
    seed: NotRequired[Any]                # absent if walk reached root

def get_delta_channel_history(
    self, *, config: RunnableConfig, channels: Sequence[str]
) -> Mapping[str, DeltaChannelHistory]: ...

async def aget_delta_channel_history(
    self, *, config: RunnableConfig, channels: Sequence[str]
) -> Mapping[str, DeltaChannelHistory]: ...
```

`config` and `channels` are keyword-only so later additions (e.g.
`page_size`) don't shift the positional API.

The TypedDict-with-`NotRequired[seed]` shape matches the existing
checkpoint-package convention (`CheckpointMetadata` is
`TypedDict(total=False)`) — absence-via-key-omission rather than
introducing a new sentinel. Pregel translates `"seed" not in hist` to
`MISSING` on its side at consume time.

The default impl walks `get_tuple` + `parent_config` correctly but is
slow on long chains; savers that care override (`InMemorySaver`,
`PostgresSaver`).

## Sentinel removal

`DELTA_SENTINEL` and `_DeltaSentinel` are deleted entirely. The saver
layer becomes delta-agnostic:

- `DeltaChannel.checkpoint()` returns `MISSING` for non-snapshot steps;
pregel's `create_checkpoint` skips MISSING so delta channels without a
snapshot simply don't appear in `channel_values`
- `InMemorySaver.put` and Postgres `put` no longer filter sentinels
(they have nothing to filter)
- `_needs_replay` becomes `stored is MISSING`
- `DeltaChannel.from_checkpoint` accepts: `MISSING` → empty,
`_DeltaSnapshot(value)` → snapshot value, plain value → pre-migration
legacy

## Snapshot cadence

`DeltaChannel.snapshot_frequency: int` (default `1000`, positive). The
previous `None` opt-out is gone.

```python
def should_snapshot(ch_name, ch):
    if force_delta_snapshot:                                  # durability="exit"
        return True
    return updates_since_snapshot.get(ch_name, 0) >= ch.snapshot_frequency
```

Per-channel update counters are persisted in
`CheckpointMetadata.delta_updates_since_snapshot` (`NotRequired`,
`total=False`). The counter is incremented by `_put_checkpoint` for any
delta channel in `updated_channels` and reset to `0` by
`create_checkpoint` for channels that fire a snapshot this step.
Version-format-independent — works for `int`, `float`, and `str`
versioning schemes alike.

## Postgres optimization

Two improvements internal to the override:

**Stage-1 paged with cursor** (`LIMIT 1024` internal const, `AND
checkpoint_id < ?` for subsequent pages). The previous unpaged form
scanned every checkpoint in `(thread_id, ns)` and was pathological at
high thread depths.

**Stage-2 per-channel UNION ALL**: one `WHERE channel='X' AND
checkpoint_id = ANY(chain_X)` branch per channel plus one seed-blob
branch per channel with a seed. The previous form filtered by `channel =
ANY(channels) AND checkpoint_id = ANY(union_chain_cids)`, over-fetching
writes when channels had different chain depths (`K ×
max(chain_lengths)` vs the correct `sum(chain_lengths)`).

Both improvements stay internal to `PostgresSaver`/`AsyncPostgresSaver`;
the public contract returns a single `Mapping`.

## Benchmarks

`libs/langgraph/tests/test_delta_channel_benchmark.py`. Run via `python
libs/langgraph/tests/test_delta_channel_benchmark.py`. Postgres against
local pg:5441.

Results below trimmed to the high-signal cells. Sub-millisecond /
sub-100-turn rows omitted as warmup-bound; freq=1 omitted (chain depth =
1, nothing to optimize); peak read-time memory and Postgres storage are
flat between branches and omitted. Deep-thread reads and the
cadence-rework storage win are the load-bearing numbers.

### Postgres reads, 500 turns

| Scenario | main | branch | Δ |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Single-channel deep read | 17.7 ms | **6.1 ms** | **-66%** |
| Single-channel, 1000 turns | 35.0 ms | **14.3 ms** | **-59%** |
| K=3 channels, freq=50 uniform | 70.5 ms | **41.4 ms** | **-41%** |
| K=8 channels, freq=50 uniform | 214.2 ms | **139.4 ms** | **-35%** |
| K=8 channels, mixed freq (25/50/100/.../1000) | 295.6 ms | **214.4
ms** | **-27%** |

K-channel batching + paged stage-1 + per-channel UNION ALL stage-2 doing
exactly what they should at depth.

### InMemory reads, 500 turns

| Scenario | main | branch | Δ |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Single-channel deep read | 7.9 ms | **3.8 ms** | **-52%** |
| Single-channel, 1000 turns | 15.6 ms | **7.2 ms** | **-54%** |
| K=8 channels, freq=50 uniform | 112.3 ms | 94.6 ms | -16% |
| K=8 channels, mixed freq | 184.9 ms | **134.5 ms** | **-27%** |

### InMemory storage, 500 turns (cadence-rework win)

| Scenario | main | branch | Δ |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| K=3, freq=50 uniform | 8.7 MB | **3.3 MB** | **-62%** |
| K=3 mixed freq | 3.8 MB | **1.3 MB** | **-66%** |
| K=8, freq=50 uniform | 23.1 MB | **8.7 MB** | **-62%** |
| K=8 mixed freq | 11.5 MB | **4.2 MB** | **-64%** |

Snapshot frequency now counts **channel updates** instead of
**supersteps**. On graphs where supersteps outpace per-channel updates
(e.g., input/end steps that don't write to channels), branch stores ~3×
fewer snapshot blobs.

### Tradeoff worth flagging

InMemory K=3 with mixed frequencies (50/200/1000) at 500 turns: **+64%
read latency** (46.6 → 76.5 ms). The mixed scenario has a channel with
`freq=1000` that goes the entire 500-turn run with no snapshot. On main,
the old superstep-counted cadence happened to fire at step=500 anyway.
New cadence gives users explicit control over walk depth via
`snapshot_frequency`. The K=8 mixed case still wins overall (-27%); this
regression is specific to the K=3 mixed shape.

Default `snapshot_frequency=1000` is the upper bound on walk depth —
it's a tunable knob.

## Tests

- New sqlite smoke test (`test_get_delta_channel_history.py`) exercises
the inherited default `BaseCheckpointSaver` impl via `SqliteSaver` /
`AsyncSqliteSaver` end-to-end with a real `DeltaChannel`-backed graph.
Sqlite uses the default unchanged — this validates the default path
actually works on a real second saver, not just on the optimized
override.
- Module-level `pytest.importorskip("langgraph.channels.delta")` guards
the test for sqlite's standalone CI environment (matches the postgres
pattern).

## Test plan

- [x] `libs/checkpoint`: 150 passed, 16 skipped
- [x] `libs/langgraph` (channels + delta migration): 41/41 (post-merge)
- [x] `libs/langgraph` (full pregel suite): 1784 passing — 6 "failures"
verified via `env -i` clean shell are local LangSmith env vars + `git
describe revision_id` polluting LangChain metadata fixtures; CI is
unaffected
- [x] `libs/checkpoint-postgres`: 40/40 saver tests + 3/3 delta channel
reconstruction tests against local Postgres
- [x] `libs/checkpoint-sqlite`: 105/105 (incl. retry-passed flake
`test_ttl_refresh`, unrelated to this PR)
- [x] Lint clean across all four libs (`ruff format`, `ruff check`,
`mypy`)
- [x] Branch-vs-main benchmarks — see results above

---------

Co-authored-by: Quanzheng Long <long@langchain.dev>
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
This commit is contained in:
Sydney Runkle
2026-05-04 15:18:43 -04:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Quanzheng Long Cursor
parent 35cea28707
commit 0a53c385b2
16 changed files with 1352 additions and 901 deletions
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@ from __future__ import annotations
import threading
from collections import defaultdict
from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
from contextlib import contextmanager
from typing import Any, cast
from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig
from langgraph.checkpoint.base import (
DELTA_SENTINEL,
WRITES_IDX_MAP,
ChannelVersions,
Checkpoint,
CheckpointMetadata,
CheckpointTuple,
_ChannelWritesHistory,
DeltaChannelHistory,
get_checkpoint_id,
get_serializable_checkpoint_metadata,
)
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ from psycopg_pool import ConnectionPool
from langgraph.checkpoint.postgres import _internal
from langgraph.checkpoint.postgres.base import (
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE1_SQL,
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE2_SQL,
_DELTA_PAGE_SIZE,
BasePostgresSaver,
_DeltaStage1Row,
_build_delta_stage1_sql,
_build_delta_stage2_sql,
_DeltaStage2Row,
)
from langgraph.checkpoint.postgres.shallow import ShallowPostgresSaver
@@ -311,9 +310,7 @@ class PostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
# others are stored in blobs table
blob_values = {}
for k, v in checkpoint["channel_values"].items():
if v is DELTA_SENTINEL:
copy["channel_values"].pop(k)
elif isinstance(v, _DeltaSnapshot):
if isinstance(v, _DeltaSnapshot):
blob_values[k] = copy["channel_values"].pop(k)
copy["channel_values"][k] = True
elif v is None or isinstance(v, (str, int, float, bool)):
@@ -444,53 +441,111 @@ class PostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
with conn.cursor(binary=True, row_factory=dict_row) as cur:
yield cur
def _get_channel_writes_history(
self, config: RunnableConfig, channel: str
) -> _ChannelWritesHistory:
"""Fast-path override of `BaseCheckpointSaver._get_channel_writes_history`.
def get_delta_channel_history(
self, *, config: RunnableConfig, channels: Sequence[str]
) -> Mapping[str, DeltaChannelHistory]:
"""Fast-path override of `BaseCheckpointSaver.get_delta_channel_history`.
Two-stage query: stage 1 scans checkpoint metadata to walk the parent
chain and locate the nearest snapshot; stage 2 fetches only the
chain-limited writes and single seed blob.
Two-stage query, both stages cover ALL requested channels:
* Stage 1 (paged): dynamic SELECT over `checkpoints` with K parallel
JSONB key lookups (one column pair per channel) — no subquery, no
aggregation. Pages newest-first by `checkpoint_id` with a cursor;
page size is `_DELTA_PAGE_SIZE`. Stops paging when every channel
has found its seed or the chain is exhausted.
* Stage 2 (per-channel UNION ALL): one branch per channel reading
`checkpoint_writes` filtered to that channel's specific
`chain_cids`, plus one branch per channel that has a seed reading
`checkpoint_blobs` for that channel + version. Avoids the
over-fetch of a single `channel = ANY(channels)` filter when
channels have different chain depths.
"""
if not channels:
return {}
channels = list(channels)
thread_id = config["configurable"]["thread_id"]
checkpoint_ns = config["configurable"].get("checkpoint_ns", "")
checkpoint_id = get_checkpoint_id(config)
if checkpoint_id is None:
target = self.get_tuple(config)
if target is None:
return _ChannelWritesHistory(seed=DELTA_SENTINEL, writes=[])
return {ch: {"writes": []} for ch in channels}
checkpoint_id = target.config["configurable"]["checkpoint_id"]
# Stage 1: paged K-JSONB-lookup scan, walking the parent chain in
# Python after each page. Stops as soon as every channel has its seed.
stage1_sql = _build_delta_stage1_sql(channels, paged=True)
parent_of: dict[str, str | None] = {}
ver_by_i_by_cid: list[dict[str, str | None]] = [{} for _ in channels]
hs_by_i_by_cid: list[dict[str, bool]] = [{} for _ in channels]
chain_by_ch: dict[str, list[str]] = {ch: [] for ch in channels}
seed_ver_by_ch: dict[str, str | None] = {ch: None for ch in channels}
walk_cursor_by_ch: dict[str, str | None] = {}
seeded: set[str] = set()
cursor: str | None = None
with self._cursor() as cur:
cur.execute(
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE1_SQL,
(channel, channel, thread_id, checkpoint_ns),
)
stage1_rows = cur.fetchall()
chain_cids, seed_version = self._walk_stage1(
cast("list[_DeltaStage1Row]", stage1_rows), checkpoint_id
while True:
stage1_params: list[Any] = []
for ch in channels:
stage1_params.extend([ch, ch])
stage1_params.extend(
[thread_id, checkpoint_ns, cursor, cursor, _DELTA_PAGE_SIZE]
)
cur.execute(stage1_sql, stage1_params)
page = cur.fetchall()
if not page:
break
oldest = self._ingest_stage1_page(
cast("list[Mapping[str, Any]]", page),
channels,
parent_of,
ver_by_i_by_cid,
hs_by_i_by_cid,
)
self._try_advance_walks(
checkpoint_id,
channels,
parent_of,
ver_by_i_by_cid,
hs_by_i_by_cid,
chain_by_ch,
seed_ver_by_ch,
walk_cursor_by_ch,
seeded,
)
# Stop if every channel is seeded, or the page was short
# (chain exhausted — no more rows to fetch).
if len(seeded) == len(channels) or len(page) < _DELTA_PAGE_SIZE:
break
cursor = oldest
# Stage 2: per-channel UNION ALL — one writes branch per channel
# with non-empty chain, plus one blob branch per seeded channel.
channels_with_chain = [ch for ch in channels if chain_by_ch[ch]]
channels_with_seed = [ch for ch in channels if seed_ver_by_ch[ch] is not None]
stage2_sql = _build_delta_stage2_sql(
channels_with_chain=channels_with_chain,
channels_with_seed=channels_with_seed,
)
seed_versions = [seed_version] if seed_version else []
with self._cursor() as cur:
cur.execute(
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE2_SQL,
(
thread_id,
checkpoint_ns,
channel,
chain_cids,
thread_id,
checkpoint_ns,
channel,
seed_versions,
),
)
stage2_rows = cur.fetchall()
return self._build_delta_channel_writes_history(
channel=channel,
chain_cids=chain_cids,
seed_version=seed_version,
if stage2_sql:
stage2_params: list[Any] = []
for ch in channels_with_chain:
stage2_params.extend([thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, chain_by_ch[ch]])
for ch in channels_with_seed:
stage2_params.extend([thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, seed_ver_by_ch[ch]])
with self._cursor() as cur:
cur.execute(stage2_sql, stage2_params)
stage2_rows = cur.fetchall()
else:
stage2_rows = []
return self._build_delta_channels_writes_history(
channels=channels,
chain_by_ch=chain_by_ch,
seed_ver_by_ch=seed_ver_by_ch,
stage2_rows=cast("list[_DeltaStage2Row]", stage2_rows),
)
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@ from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
from collections import defaultdict
from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator, Sequence
from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
from typing import Any, cast
from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig
from langgraph.checkpoint.base import (
DELTA_SENTINEL,
WRITES_IDX_MAP,
ChannelVersions,
Checkpoint,
CheckpointMetadata,
CheckpointTuple,
_ChannelWritesHistory,
DeltaChannelHistory,
get_checkpoint_id,
get_serializable_checkpoint_metadata,
)
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ from psycopg_pool import AsyncConnectionPool
from langgraph.checkpoint.postgres import _ainternal
from langgraph.checkpoint.postgres.base import (
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE1_SQL,
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE2_SQL,
_DELTA_PAGE_SIZE,
BasePostgresSaver,
_DeltaStage1Row,
_build_delta_stage1_sql,
_build_delta_stage2_sql,
_DeltaStage2Row,
)
from langgraph.checkpoint.postgres.shallow import AsyncShallowPostgresSaver
@@ -270,9 +269,7 @@ class AsyncPostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
# others are stored in blobs table
blob_values = {}
for k, v in checkpoint["channel_values"].items():
if v is DELTA_SENTINEL:
copy["channel_values"].pop(k)
elif isinstance(v, _DeltaSnapshot):
if isinstance(v, _DeltaSnapshot):
blob_values[k] = copy["channel_values"].pop(k)
copy["channel_values"][k] = True
elif v is None or isinstance(v, (str, int, float, bool)):
@@ -405,53 +402,94 @@ class AsyncPostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
async with conn.cursor(binary=True, row_factory=dict_row) as cur:
yield cur
async def _aget_channel_writes_history(
self, config: RunnableConfig, channel: str
) -> _ChannelWritesHistory:
"""Fast-path override of `BaseCheckpointSaver._aget_channel_writes_history`.
async def aget_delta_channel_history(
self, *, config: RunnableConfig, channels: Sequence[str]
) -> Mapping[str, DeltaChannelHistory]:
"""Fast-path override of `BaseCheckpointSaver.aget_delta_channel_history`.
Two-stage query: stage 1 scans checkpoint metadata to walk the parent
chain and locate the nearest snapshot; stage 2 fetches only the
chain-limited writes and single seed blob.
See `PostgresSaver.get_delta_channel_history` for design notes; this is
the async equivalent with internal stage-1 paging and per-channel
UNION ALL stage-2.
"""
if not channels:
return {}
channels = list(channels)
thread_id = config["configurable"]["thread_id"]
checkpoint_ns = config["configurable"].get("checkpoint_ns", "")
checkpoint_id = get_checkpoint_id(config)
if checkpoint_id is None:
target = await self.aget_tuple(config)
if target is None:
return _ChannelWritesHistory(seed=DELTA_SENTINEL, writes=[])
return {ch: {"writes": []} for ch in channels}
checkpoint_id = target.config["configurable"]["checkpoint_id"]
stage1_sql = _build_delta_stage1_sql(channels, paged=True)
parent_of: dict[str, str | None] = {}
ver_by_i_by_cid: list[dict[str, str | None]] = [{} for _ in channels]
hs_by_i_by_cid: list[dict[str, bool]] = [{} for _ in channels]
chain_by_ch: dict[str, list[str]] = {ch: [] for ch in channels}
seed_ver_by_ch: dict[str, str | None] = {ch: None for ch in channels}
walk_cursor_by_ch: dict[str, str | None] = {}
seeded: set[str] = set()
cursor: str | None = None
async with self._cursor() as cur:
await cur.execute(
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE1_SQL,
(channel, channel, thread_id, checkpoint_ns),
)
stage1_rows = await cur.fetchall()
chain_cids, seed_version = self._walk_stage1(
cast("list[_DeltaStage1Row]", stage1_rows), checkpoint_id
while True:
stage1_params: list[Any] = []
for ch in channels:
stage1_params.extend([ch, ch])
stage1_params.extend(
[thread_id, checkpoint_ns, cursor, cursor, _DELTA_PAGE_SIZE]
)
await cur.execute(stage1_sql, stage1_params)
page = await cur.fetchall()
if not page:
break
oldest = self._ingest_stage1_page(
cast("list[Mapping[str, Any]]", page),
channels,
parent_of,
ver_by_i_by_cid,
hs_by_i_by_cid,
)
self._try_advance_walks(
checkpoint_id,
channels,
parent_of,
ver_by_i_by_cid,
hs_by_i_by_cid,
chain_by_ch,
seed_ver_by_ch,
walk_cursor_by_ch,
seeded,
)
if len(seeded) == len(channels) or len(page) < _DELTA_PAGE_SIZE:
break
cursor = oldest
channels_with_chain = [ch for ch in channels if chain_by_ch[ch]]
channels_with_seed = [ch for ch in channels if seed_ver_by_ch[ch] is not None]
stage2_sql = _build_delta_stage2_sql(
channels_with_chain=channels_with_chain,
channels_with_seed=channels_with_seed,
)
seed_versions = [seed_version] if seed_version else []
async with self._cursor() as cur:
await cur.execute(
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE2_SQL,
(
thread_id,
checkpoint_ns,
channel,
chain_cids,
thread_id,
checkpoint_ns,
channel,
seed_versions,
),
)
stage2_rows = await cur.fetchall()
return self._build_delta_channel_writes_history(
channel=channel,
chain_cids=chain_cids,
seed_version=seed_version,
if stage2_sql:
stage2_params: list[Any] = []
for ch in channels_with_chain:
stage2_params.extend([thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, chain_by_ch[ch]])
for ch in channels_with_seed:
stage2_params.extend([thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, seed_ver_by_ch[ch]])
async with self._cursor() as cur:
await cur.execute(stage2_sql, stage2_params)
stage2_rows = await cur.fetchall()
else:
stage2_rows = []
return self._build_delta_channels_writes_history(
channels=channels,
chain_by_ch=chain_by_ch,
seed_ver_by_ch=seed_ver_by_ch,
stage2_rows=cast("list[_DeltaStage2Row]", stage2_rows),
)
@@ -2,23 +2,26 @@ from __future__ import annotations
import random
import warnings
from collections.abc import Sequence
from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
from typing import Any, TypedDict, cast
from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig
from langgraph.checkpoint.base import (
DELTA_SENTINEL,
WRITES_IDX_MAP,
BaseCheckpointSaver,
ChannelVersions,
DeltaChannelHistory,
PendingWrite,
_ChannelWritesHistory,
get_checkpoint_id,
)
from langgraph.checkpoint.serde.types import TASKS
from psycopg.types.json import Jsonb
# Page size for stage-1 paged scan in `get_delta_channel_history`. Internal
# constant — exposing this as a kwarg is left as a follow-up.
_DELTA_PAGE_SIZE = 1024
MetadataInput = dict[str, Any] | None
try:
@@ -157,10 +160,11 @@ INSERT_CHECKPOINT_WRITES_SQL = """
class _DeltaStage2Row(TypedDict, total=False):
"""One row from `SELECT_DELTA_STAGE2_SQL` (a UNION ALL of writes and blobs)."""
"""One row from `_build_delta_stage2_sql` (a UNION ALL of writes and blobs)."""
_kind: str # "w" or "b"
checkpoint_id: str | None # "w" rows only
channel: str | None # set on both "w" and "b" rows
type: str | None
blob: bytes | None
task_id: str | None # "w" rows only
@@ -168,48 +172,126 @@ class _DeltaStage2Row(TypedDict, total=False):
version: str | None # "b" rows only
# Two-stage DeltaChannel reconstruction. Stage 1 scans checkpoint
# metadata (no blob bytes) to walk the parent chain and locate the
# nearest snapshot marker. Stage 2 fetches only the chain-limited
# writes and the single seed snapshot blob.
# Multi-channel two-stage DeltaChannel reconstruction.
#
# Parameter order:
# stage1: (channel, channel, thread_id, checkpoint_ns)
# stage2: (thread_id, checkpoint_ns, channel, chain_cids[],
# thread_id, checkpoint_ns, channel, seed_versions[])
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE1_SQL = """
SELECT checkpoint_id,
parent_checkpoint_id,
checkpoint -> 'channel_versions' ->> %s AS ver,
(checkpoint -> 'channel_values' -> %s) IS NOT NULL AS has_snapshot
FROM checkpoints
WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s
"""
SELECT_DELTA_STAGE2_SQL = """
SELECT 'w'::text AS _kind,
checkpoint_id,
type, blob, task_id, idx, NULL::text AS version
FROM checkpoint_writes
WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s AND channel = %s
AND checkpoint_id = ANY(%s)
UNION ALL
SELECT 'b', NULL,
type, blob, NULL, NULL, version
FROM checkpoint_blobs
WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s AND channel = %s
AND version = ANY(%s)
"""
# Stage 1 scans checkpoint metadata (no blob bytes) and emits one row per
# checkpoint with K parallel JSONB key lookups (one column pair per
# requested delta channel: ver_i / hs_i). No subqueries, no aggregation.
# Python walks the parent chain once across all channels.
#
# Stage 2 fetches all writes and the seed blobs for ALL channels in a
# single roundtrip via `channel = ANY(%s)` and chain/seed-version
# filtering.
#
# Empirical comparison vs an alternative "ship full channel_versions /
# channel_values JSONB and let Python pick" form (1000 checkpoints,
# 8 total channels in graph, 3 delta channels requested):
#
# Postgres execution: A=0.24ms vs B=0.38ms (both negligible)
# End-to-end latency: A=6.83ms vs B=2.28ms (B is 3.0x faster)
# Wire payload: A=836KB vs B=330KB (61% smaller)
# Buffer hits: identical (167 blocks)
#
# B (this dynamic-columns design) wins because it avoids JSONB
# serialization on the wire and JSONB-to-dict deserialization in
# psycopg. Even at K=8 (8 delta channels = 16 dynamic columns), B
# still beats A end-to-end (4.2ms vs 6.8ms).
class _DeltaStage1Row(TypedDict):
"""One row from `SELECT_DELTA_STAGE1_SQL`."""
def _build_delta_stage1_sql(channels: Sequence[str], *, paged: bool) -> str:
"""Build stage 1 SQL with 2K parallel JSONB key lookups.
checkpoint_id: str
parent_checkpoint_id: str | None
ver: str | None
has_snapshot: bool
For channels=["messages", "files"] (with `paged=True`) the result is::
SELECT checkpoint_id, parent_checkpoint_id,
checkpoint -> 'channel_versions' ->> %s AS ver_0,
(checkpoint -> 'channel_values' -> %s) IS NOT NULL AS hs_0,
checkpoint -> 'channel_versions' ->> %s AS ver_1,
(checkpoint -> 'channel_values' -> %s) IS NOT NULL AS hs_1
FROM checkpoints
WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s
AND (%s::text IS NULL OR checkpoint_id < %s)
ORDER BY checkpoint_id DESC
LIMIT %s
Channel names are passed as `%s` parameters (safe from SQL injection).
Only the column aliases `ver_i` / `hs_i` are interpolated into the
SQL string (i is bounded by len(channels) and uses safe identifiers).
Caller must extend params with `[ch_0, ch_0, ch_1, ch_1, ...,
thread_id, ns, cursor, cursor, page_size]` when `paged=True`.
When `paged=False`, the WHERE has no cursor predicate and there's no
LIMIT/ORDER BY — kept as a non-public helper for tests/diagnostics.
"""
cols = []
for i in range(len(channels)):
cols.append(
f"checkpoint -> 'channel_versions' ->> %s AS ver_{i}, "
f"(checkpoint -> 'channel_values' -> %s) IS NOT NULL AS hs_{i}"
)
sql = (
"SELECT checkpoint_id, parent_checkpoint_id, "
+ ", ".join(cols)
+ " FROM checkpoints WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s"
)
if paged:
sql += (
" AND (%s::text IS NULL OR checkpoint_id < %s)"
" ORDER BY checkpoint_id DESC LIMIT %s"
)
return sql
def _build_delta_stage2_sql(
*,
channels_with_chain: Sequence[str],
channels_with_seed: Sequence[str],
) -> str:
"""Build stage 2 SQL as a per-channel UNION ALL.
For each channel with a non-empty chain, emit one branch reading
`checkpoint_writes` for that specific channel + chain_cids. For each
channel with a seed_version, emit one branch reading `checkpoint_blobs`
for that channel + version. This avoids the over-fetch of the prior
`channel = ANY(channels) AND checkpoint_id = ANY(union)` form when
channels have different chain depths.
The caller must pass parameters in matching order:
for ch in channels_with_chain:
params += [thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, chain_cids[ch]]
for ch in channels_with_seed:
params += [thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, seed_version[ch]]
Returns an empty SQL string if both channel lists are empty (caller
must skip executing in that case).
"""
branches: list[str] = []
for _ in channels_with_chain:
branches.append(
"SELECT 'w'::text AS _kind, "
"checkpoint_id, channel, "
"type, blob, task_id, idx, NULL::text AS version "
"FROM checkpoint_writes "
"WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s AND channel = %s "
"AND checkpoint_id = ANY(%s)"
)
for _ in channels_with_seed:
branches.append(
"SELECT 'b'::text, NULL, channel, "
"type, blob, NULL, NULL, version "
"FROM checkpoint_blobs "
"WHERE thread_id = %s AND checkpoint_ns = %s AND channel = %s "
"AND version = %s"
)
return " UNION ALL ".join(branches)
# Stage 1 rows are dynamic-shape dicts: {checkpoint_id, parent_checkpoint_id,
# ver_0, hs_0, ver_1, hs_1, ...}. Walking is parameterized by the channel
# list to map indices back to channel names — no static TypedDict here.
# `dict[str, Any]` is the practical signature.
class BasePostgresSaver(BaseCheckpointSaver[str]):
@@ -255,86 +337,144 @@ class BasePostgresSaver(BaseCheckpointSaver[str]):
}
@staticmethod
def _walk_stage1(
stage1_rows: Sequence[_DeltaStage1Row],
target_id: str,
) -> tuple[list[str], str | None]:
"""Walk the parent chain from stage 1 metadata rows.
def _ingest_stage1_page(
stage1_rows: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]],
channels: Sequence[str],
parent_of: dict[str, str | None],
ver_by_i_by_cid: list[dict[str, str | None]],
hs_by_i_by_cid: list[dict[str, bool]],
) -> str | None:
"""Fold one stage-1 page into the running walk-state mappings.
Returns (chain_cids, seed_version):
chain_cids: ancestor checkpoint IDs from target's parent down to
the seed (or root), in newest-first order.
seed_version: the channel blob version at the nearest ancestor
with has_snapshot=True, or None if pure delta.
Returns the oldest checkpoint_id seen on this page (smallest, since
pages come back DESC). Caller uses it as the cursor for the next
page (`AND checkpoint_id < cursor`).
"""
parent_of: dict[str, str | None] = {}
ver_of: dict[str, str | None] = {}
snapshot_of: dict[str, bool] = {}
oldest: str | None = None
for r in stage1_rows:
cid = r["checkpoint_id"]
parent_of[cid] = r["parent_checkpoint_id"]
ver_of[cid] = r["ver"]
snapshot_of[cid] = r["has_snapshot"]
cid = cast(str, r["checkpoint_id"])
parent_of[cid] = cast("str | None", r["parent_checkpoint_id"])
for i in range(len(channels)):
ver_by_i_by_cid[i][cid] = cast("str | None", r.get(f"ver_{i}"))
hs_by_i_by_cid[i][cid] = bool(r.get(f"hs_{i}"))
# Rows are DESC; the last one is the smallest cid in the page.
oldest = cid
return oldest
chain_cids: list[str] = []
seed_version: str | None = None
cur_cid: str | None = parent_of.get(target_id)
while cur_cid is not None:
chain_cids.append(cur_cid)
if snapshot_of.get(cur_cid, False):
seed_version = ver_of.get(cur_cid)
break
cur_cid = parent_of.get(cur_cid)
return chain_cids, seed_version
@staticmethod
def _try_advance_walks(
target_id: str,
channels: Sequence[str],
parent_of: Mapping[str, str | None],
ver_by_i_by_cid: Sequence[Mapping[str, str | None]],
hs_by_i_by_cid: Sequence[Mapping[str, bool]],
chain_by_ch: dict[str, list[str]],
seed_ver_by_ch: dict[str, str | None],
walk_cursor_by_ch: dict[str, str | None],
seeded: set[str],
) -> None:
"""Advance each not-yet-seeded channel's walk as far as possible.
def _build_delta_channel_writes_history(
Uses the partial `parent_of` map accumulated so far. A walk stops
either because:
(a) it found a snapshot for its channel (channel becomes seeded),
(b) it reached a real root (parent_of[cid] is None — fully
materialized at this point), or
(c) the next ancestor cid isn't in `parent_of` yet (waiting for
a later page; the cursor stays put).
Mutates `chain_by_ch`, `seed_ver_by_ch`, `walk_cursor_by_ch`, and
`seeded` in place.
"""
for i, ch in enumerate(channels):
if ch in seeded:
continue
# First-time entry: cursor starts at the target's parent.
if ch not in walk_cursor_by_ch:
walk_cursor_by_ch[ch] = parent_of.get(target_id)
cur_cid = walk_cursor_by_ch[ch]
ch_chain = chain_by_ch[ch]
hs_i = hs_by_i_by_cid[i]
ver_i = ver_by_i_by_cid[i]
while cur_cid is not None:
if cur_cid not in parent_of:
# Need more pages to continue this walk.
break
ch_chain.append(cur_cid)
if hs_i.get(cur_cid, False):
seed_ver_by_ch[ch] = ver_i.get(cur_cid)
seeded.add(ch)
cur_cid = None
break
cur_cid = parent_of[cur_cid]
walk_cursor_by_ch[ch] = cur_cid
def _build_delta_channels_writes_history(
self,
*,
channel: str,
chain_cids: list[str],
seed_version: str | None,
channels: Sequence[str],
chain_by_ch: Mapping[str, list[str]],
seed_ver_by_ch: Mapping[str, str | None],
stage2_rows: Sequence[_DeltaStage2Row],
) -> _ChannelWritesHistory:
"""Reconstruct delta channel history from two-stage query results.
) -> dict[str, DeltaChannelHistory]:
"""Demux stage 2 rows per channel; produce per-channel histories.
chain_cids are in newest-first order (target's parent first).
stage2_rows contain only writes for chain_cids and the single
seed blob at seed_version.
stage2_rows carry `channel` on every row. We build per-channel
`writes_by_cid` and per-channel `seed_blob` dicts, then assemble
a `DeltaChannelHistory` per requested channel. The `seed` key is omitted
when the walk reached root with no snapshot found, or when the
seed blob is sentinel "empty" — in both cases the consumer treats
absence as "start empty".
"""
writes_by_cid: dict[str, list[tuple[str, bytes, str, int]]] = {}
seed_blob: tuple[str, bytes] | None = None
# writes_by_ch_by_cid[channel][cid] = list of (type, blob, task_id, idx)
writes_by_ch_by_cid: dict[str, dict[str, list[tuple[str, bytes, str, int]]]] = {
ch: {} for ch in channels
}
# seed_blob_by_ver[(channel, version)] = (type, blob)
seed_blob_by_ver: dict[tuple[str, str], tuple[str, bytes]] = {}
for r in stage2_rows:
ch = cast(str, r["channel"])
kind = r["_kind"]
if kind == "w":
cid = cast(str, r["checkpoint_id"])
writes_by_cid.setdefault(cid, []).append(
writes_by_ch_by_cid.setdefault(ch, {}).setdefault(cid, []).append(
cast(
"tuple[str, bytes, str, int]",
(r["type"], r["blob"], r["task_id"], r["idx"]),
)
)
else: # kind == "b"
seed_blob = cast("tuple[str, bytes]", (r["type"], r["blob"]))
ver = cast(str, r["version"])
seed_blob_by_ver[(ch, ver)] = cast(
"tuple[str, bytes]", (r["type"], r["blob"])
)
for ws in writes_by_cid.values():
ws.sort(key=lambda w: (w[2], w[3]), reverse=True)
# Sort writes per (channel, cid) newest-first by (task_id, idx)
for cid_map in writes_by_ch_by_cid.values():
for ws in cid_map.values():
ws.sort(key=lambda w: (w[2], w[3]), reverse=True)
if not chain_cids:
return _ChannelWritesHistory(seed=DELTA_SENTINEL, writes=[])
result: dict[str, DeltaChannelHistory] = {}
for ch in channels:
chain_cids = chain_by_ch.get(ch, [])
seed_version = seed_ver_by_ch.get(ch)
collected: list[PendingWrite] = []
for cid in chain_cids:
for type_tag, write_blob, task_id, _idx in writes_by_cid.get(cid, []):
val = self.serde.loads_typed((type_tag, write_blob))
collected.append((task_id, channel, val))
collected: list[PendingWrite] = []
cid_writes = writes_by_ch_by_cid.get(ch, {})
for cid in chain_cids:
for type_tag, write_blob, task_id, _idx in cid_writes.get(cid, []):
val = self.serde.loads_typed((type_tag, write_blob))
collected.append((task_id, ch, val))
collected.reverse()
seed: Any = DELTA_SENTINEL
if seed_blob is not None and seed_blob[0] != "empty":
seed = self.serde.loads_typed(seed_blob)
collected.reverse()
return _ChannelWritesHistory(seed=seed, writes=collected)
entry: DeltaChannelHistory = {"writes": collected}
if seed_version is not None:
blob = seed_blob_by_ver.get((ch, seed_version))
if blob is not None and blob[0] != "empty":
entry["seed"] = self.serde.loads_typed(blob)
result[ch] = entry
return result
def _dump_blobs(
self,