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fix(txn): TXN.COMMIT aborts instead of applying a partial transaction (#499) - #563

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A TXN body whose ops are rejected by a TXN guard -- a cross-shard write at
--shards > 1, MOVE, COPY ... DB, SWAPDB, a cross-shard Cypher write -- used to
commit the ACCEPTED subset and answer +OK. The per-op errors did reach the
client, but a driver inspects the COMMIT reply, not the replies of the body
commands (exactly as it inspects EXEC and not the QUEUEDs), so a routing
mistake became silent partial application of a transaction the caller believes
is atomic. Reproduced from Lunaris RFC 0008 section 2.4 on --shards 4.

Semantics chosen: Redis MULTI parity. A queue-time error sets CLIENT_DIRTY_EXEC
and EXEC aborts having run nothing; here a guard rejection poisons the
cross-store transaction and TXN.COMMIT rolls the whole thing back through the
existing TXN.ABORT path (abort_cross_store_txn_routed), answering

EXECABORT TXN.COMMIT discarded because of previous errors: N operation(s)
rejected inside the transaction (first: ) -- rolled back and NOT
committed

and leaving the connection out of the transaction. Abort-all was reachable
without new machinery precisely because a rejected op applied nothing: the
accepted subset is already fully captured by the same undo log TXN.ABORT
replays. Nothing changes for a transaction whose every op was accepted.

Implementation:

  • CrossStoreTxn gains rejected_ops / first_rejected_cmd plus record_rejected_op
    and is_dirty; ConnectionState::mark_cross_txn_rejected is the single entry
    point every guard site calls.
  • All 10 ERR_TXN_CROSS_SHARD rejection sites (5 in handler_sharded, 5 in
    handler_monoio) now mark the transaction dirty. try_handle_swapdb takes
    &mut ConnectionState so it can.
  • The dirty check sits ahead of the killed-snapshot arm in both commit
    handlers: rollback is the strictly stronger action, and txn_manager.abort()
    retires a killed transaction just as abort_killed would.

Tests (red-first, both runtimes -- the two handlers have drifted before):

  • tests/txn_partial_reject.rs (handler_sharded/tokio, in-process 4-shard
    server): commit-aborts + fully-accepted-commits-OK. Red output was
    TXN.COMMIT must fail when queued ops were rejected: "OK".
  • tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs (the SHIPPED runtime, real moon binary at
    --shards 4). Verified non-vacuous: with the monoio dirty check disabled the
    abort test fails with got: "+OK\r\n".
  • Unit: CrossStoreTxn poisoning and the EXECABORT error shape (count, first
    command, no dangling "(first: )" when absent).

The message stops at "rolled back and NOT committed" rather than claiming
"nothing was applied": rollback is the same best-effort TXN.ABORT path, whose
undo capture still has gaps (#500), and an absolute claim would be a promise
this code cannot keep. What is guaranteed is that the commit did not happen.

Refs: #499. Note for #500 (undo-capture gaps for MSET / multi-key DEL): this
fix inherits the abort path's coverage exactly -- it makes commit stop lying,
it does not widen what abort can roll back.
author: Tin Dang

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  • Bug Fixes
    • TXN.COMMIT now returns EXECABORT and rolls back the entire transaction when any operation is rejected.
    • Prevented partially accepted cross-shard transactions from committing successfully.
    • Rejection errors now include rollback details and the offending command when available.
    • Fully accepted transactions continue to commit normally.

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Cross-store transaction rejection handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rejection state and error contract
src/transaction/mod.rs, src/server/conn/core.rs, src/command/transaction.rs
CrossStoreTxn records rejected operations and the first rejected command. The new error helper formats EXECABORT details.
Transaction guard rejection marking
src/server/conn/handler_monoio/*, src/server/conn/handler_sharded/*
MOVE, cross-database COPY, SWAPDB, cross-shard writes, and foreign-shard GRAPH.QUERY mark active transactions as rejected.
Dirty commit rollback
src/server/conn/handler_monoio/txn.rs, src/server/conn/handler_sharded/txn.rs
TXN.COMMIT aborts dirty transactions through the routed abort path and returns EXECABORT. Clean transactions retain the existing commit flow.
End-to-end validation
tests/txn_partial_reject.rs, tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs, CHANGELOG.md
Tests cover rollback, error details, transaction cleanup, and successful clean commits across both runtimes. The changelog documents the behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3cbbe

The change makes rejected transaction operations abort instead of returning success, with coverage for both runtimes. Mergeability is low risk, subject to follow-up on test-process cleanup and wording the rollback guarantee accurately.

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…#499)

A TXN body whose ops are rejected by a TXN guard -- a cross-shard write at
--shards > 1, MOVE, COPY ... DB, SWAPDB, a cross-shard Cypher write -- used to
commit the ACCEPTED subset and answer +OK. The per-op errors did reach the
client, but a driver inspects the COMMIT reply, not the replies of the body
commands (exactly as it inspects EXEC and not the QUEUEDs), so a routing
mistake became silent partial application of a transaction the caller believes
is atomic. Reproduced from Lunaris RFC 0008 section 2.4 on --shards 4.

Semantics chosen: Redis MULTI parity. A queue-time error sets CLIENT_DIRTY_EXEC
and EXEC aborts having run nothing; here a guard rejection poisons the
cross-store transaction and TXN.COMMIT rolls the whole thing back through the
existing TXN.ABORT path (abort_cross_store_txn_routed), answering

  EXECABORT TXN.COMMIT discarded because of previous errors: N operation(s)
  rejected inside the transaction (first: <CMD>) -- rolled back and NOT
  committed

and leaving the connection out of the transaction. Abort-all was reachable
without new machinery precisely because a rejected op applied nothing: the
accepted subset is already fully captured by the same undo log TXN.ABORT
replays. Nothing changes for a transaction whose every op was accepted.

Implementation:
- CrossStoreTxn gains rejected_ops / first_rejected_cmd plus record_rejected_op
  and is_dirty; ConnectionState::mark_cross_txn_rejected is the single entry
  point every guard site calls.
- All 10 ERR_TXN_CROSS_SHARD rejection sites (5 in handler_sharded, 5 in
  handler_monoio) now mark the transaction dirty. try_handle_swapdb takes
  &mut ConnectionState so it can.
- The dirty check sits ahead of the killed-snapshot arm in both commit
  handlers: rollback is the strictly stronger action, and txn_manager.abort()
  retires a killed transaction just as abort_killed would.

Tests (red-first, both runtimes -- the two handlers have drifted before):
- tests/txn_partial_reject.rs (handler_sharded/tokio, in-process 4-shard
  server): commit-aborts + fully-accepted-commits-OK. Red output was
  `TXN.COMMIT must fail when queued ops were rejected: "OK"`.
- tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs (the SHIPPED runtime, real moon binary at
  --shards 4). Verified non-vacuous: with the monoio dirty check disabled the
  abort test fails with `got: "+OK\r\n"`.
- Unit: CrossStoreTxn poisoning and the EXECABORT error shape (count, first
  command, no dangling "(first: )" when absent).

The message stops at "rolled back and NOT committed" rather than claiming
"nothing was applied": rollback is the same best-effort TXN.ABORT path, whose
undo capture still has gaps (#500), and an absolute claim would be a promise
this code cannot keep. What is guaranteed is that the commit did not happen.

Refs: #499. Note for #500 (undo-capture gaps for MSET / multi-key DEL): this
fix inherits the abort path's coverage exactly -- it makes commit stop lying,
it does not widen what abort can roll back.
author: Tin Dang
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In `@src/command/transaction.rs`:
- Around line 264-266: Update the documentation at src/command/transaction.rs
lines 264-266 to describe the bounded rollback guarantee for covered SET
operations rather than claiming nothing was applied for every command type.
Update tests/txn_partial_reject.rs lines 11-13 to state that the test verifies
rollback of accepted operations in this scenario; no other behavior or code
changes are needed.

In `@tests/txn_partial_reject.rs`:
- Around line 36-78: Update start_txn_server in tests/txn_partial_reject.rs
(lines 36-78) to return an RAII server guard whose Drop implementation cancels
the shutdown token, and adjust its callers to use the guard. Update the
corresponding helper in tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs (lines 21-47) to
return an RAII child-process guard whose Drop implementation kills and waits for
the moon process, ensuring cleanup during unwinding.
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Comment on lines +264 to +266
/// #499: the commit-time abort error must carry the `EXECABORT` code, the
/// rejected-op count, the first offending command, and say plainly that
/// nothing was applied.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the rollback guarantee in the test documentation.

Rollback uses the best-effort TXN.ABORT path. The current tests verify rollback for the covered SET operations. They must not claim that no operation can be applied for every command type.

  • src/command/transaction.rs#L264-L266: replace “nothing was applied” with the bounded rollback guarantee.
  • tests/txn_partial_reject.rs#L11-L13: state that the test verifies rollback of the accepted operations in this scenario.
📍 Affects 2 files
  • src/command/transaction.rs#L264-L266 (this comment)
  • tests/txn_partial_reject.rs#L11-L13
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In `@src/command/transaction.rs` around lines 264 - 266, Update the documentation
at src/command/transaction.rs lines 264-266 to describe the bounded rollback
guarantee for covered SET operations rather than claiming nothing was applied
for every command type. Update tests/txn_partial_reject.rs lines 11-13 to state
that the test verifies rollback of accepted operations in this scenario; no
other behavior or code changes are needed.

Comment on lines +36 to +78
async fn start_txn_server(num_shards: usize) -> (u16, CancellationToken) {
const MAX_ATTEMPTS: usize = 8;
// `--disk-free-min-pct 0`: dev volumes routinely sit under the 5% default
// and the diskfull guard would turn every write in this suite into
// `MOONERR diskfull`, masking the behaviour under test.
let tmp = std::env::temp_dir();
let dir = tmp.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
for attempt in 1..=MAX_ATTEMPTS {
let port = common::reserve_port();
let token = CancellationToken::new();
let (config, _matches) = ServerConfig::parse_from_with_matches([
"moon",
"--bind",
"127.0.0.1",
"--port",
&port.to_string(),
"--shards",
&num_shards.to_string(),
"--appendonly",
"no",
"--dir",
&dir,
"--maxmemory",
"0",
"--disk-free-min-pct",
"0",
]);

spawn_txn_server_thread(config, num_shards, token.clone());

if await_server_ready(port, std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await {
return (port, token);
}

token.cancel();
eprintln!(
"start_txn_server: server on port {port} not ready \
(attempt {attempt}/{MAX_ATTEMPTS}); retrying on a new port"
);
}

panic!("start_txn_server: could not bring up a server after {MAX_ATTEMPTS} attempts");
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clean up test servers during unwinding.

Both helpers rely on cleanup after the final assertion. A failed assertion skips that cleanup. The Tokio test can leave server threads active. The Monoio test can leave an orphan moon process active.

  • tests/txn_partial_reject.rs#L36-L78: return an RAII server guard that cancels the token in Drop.
  • tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs#L21-L47: return an RAII child-process guard that kills and waits for the child in Drop.
📍 Affects 2 files
  • tests/txn_partial_reject.rs#L36-L78 (this comment)
  • tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs#L21-L47
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In `@tests/txn_partial_reject.rs` around lines 36 - 78, Update start_txn_server in
tests/txn_partial_reject.rs (lines 36-78) to return an RAII server guard whose
Drop implementation cancels the shutdown token, and adjust its callers to use
the guard. Update the corresponding helper in tests/txn_partial_reject_monoio.rs
(lines 21-47) to return an RAII child-process guard whose Drop implementation
kills and waits for the moon process, ensuring cleanup during unwinding.

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