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Follow-up to #921. rename now closes and holds both the source and the destination through the move (sorted order, on the blocking pool), replaces the destination directory instead of merging into it, and is a no-op onto the data frame's own path. reindex_preserving_rows cleans up its export inside the connection hold, and restore runs unindex on the blocking pool.

Three rename tests: the rename waits for a held destination, a same-path rename leaves the data frame alone, and a stale destination connection is not served after the rename.

#898 stacks on this.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved reliability when indexing, recovering, and renaming workspace data tables during concurrent operations.
    • Prevented data loss or inconsistent state when renaming a database to the same location.
    • Ensured renamed databases correctly replace existing destinations and remain available through active connections.
    • Improved staged-table restoration by safely removing prior indexing before rebuilding it.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified that unindexing a staged table permanently removes it from staged storage.

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The changes add exclusive locking across staged-table recovery and workspace database renames. Restore separates blocking unindexing from asynchronous reindexing. Rename handles identical paths, ordered locks, destination replacement, and cached-connection invalidation. Regression tests cover concurrent and self-renames.

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Data-frame mutation synchronization

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Staged-table recovery flow
crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs, crates/liboxen/src/repositories/workspaces/data_frames.rs
Recovery keeps export, table replacement, checkpointing, and temporary-file cleanup inside the database lock. restore runs unindex on Tokio’s blocking pool before asynchronous reindexing.
Database rename locking and validation
crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs, crates/liboxen/src/repositories/workspaces/data_frames.rs
Renames no-op for identical paths, lock source and destination paths in sorted order, replace the destination directory, and validate connection blocking, self-renames, and cached-connection replacement.

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The locking and rename changes are mergeable, but a panic during guarded data-frame work may leave an unused lock-registry entry allocated indefinitely.

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In `@crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs`:
- Around line 414-420: Move the recover_path cleanup into the closure guarded by
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crates/liboxen/src/core/data_frame_locks.rs (1)

71-85: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reclaim the registry entry during panic unwinding.

If work() panics, it skips the cleanup at Lines 83-86. Each unique data frame path that does not receive a later successful write remains in REGISTRY. The registry can then grow without bound.

Use a drop guard for the registry reference. Add a catch_unwind test that verifies cleanup after a panic.

Proposed fix
+struct RegistryEntry {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    lock: Arc<Mutex<()>>,
+}
+
+impl Drop for RegistryEntry {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let mut registry = REGISTRY.lock();
+        if Arc::strong_count(&self.lock) == 2 {
+            registry.remove(&self.path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn with_data_frame_write<T>(db_path: &Path, work: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
-    let lock = REGISTRY
+    let lock = REGISTRY
         .lock()
         .entry(db_path.to_path_buf())
         .or_insert_with(|| Arc::new(Mutex::new(())))
         .clone();
 
-    let result = {
-        let _guard = lock.lock();
-        work()
-    };
-
-    let mut registry = REGISTRY.lock();
-    if Arc::strong_count(&lock) == 2 {
-        registry.remove(db_path);
-    }
-
-    result
+    let entry = RegistryEntry {
+        path: db_path.to_path_buf(),
+        lock,
+    };
+    let _guard = entry.lock.lock();
+    work()
 }
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In `@crates/liboxen/src/core/data_frame_locks.rs` around lines 71 - 85, Update the
lock-handling function containing work() and REGISTRY cleanup to reclaim the
registry entry during panic unwinding by using an appropriate drop guard, while
preserving normal cleanup behavior. Add a catch_unwind test that invokes the
work closure with a panic and verifies the corresponding REGISTRY entry is
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- Around line 71-85: Update the lock-handling function containing work() and
REGISTRY cleanup to reclaim the registry entry during panic unwinding by using
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In `@crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs`:
- Around line 562-571: The guarded rename logic around with_data_frame_write
must run inside a single tokio::task::spawn_blocking task, including the
synchronous CHECKPOINT, directory copy, and removal work. Move the entire
sorted-lock section into that task, make move_db own its captured paths, and
preserve the existing lock ordering and first == second self-rename branch.
- Around line 543-549: Before copying into new_db_path, checkpoint and evict the
destination database connection associated with new_db_path, not only the source
connection removed by remove_df_db_from_cache. Ensure the destination CachedConn
is closed or otherwise invalidated before copy_dir_all, while preserving the
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crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs (1)

569-578: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Run the guarded rename on a blocking thread.

with_data_frame_write blocks on a synchronous mutex, and move_db then performs CHECKPOINT, copy_dir_all, and remove_dir_all. This code runs directly in the async rename body, so it blocks the runtime worker that polls it. The new test in crates/liboxen/src/repositories/workspaces/data_frames.rs builds a dedicated runtime for the renamer for exactly this reason, which confirms the call blocks.

A prior review raised this on the same lines and it is still present.

Wrap the sorted-lock section in tokio::task::spawn_blocking and make move_db own its captured paths.

♻️ Proposed shape
-    let (first, second) = if og_db_path <= new_db_path {
-        (&og_db_path, &new_db_path)
-    } else {
-        (&new_db_path, &og_db_path)
-    };
-    if first == second {
-        with_data_frame_write(first, move_db)?;
-    } else {
-        with_data_frame_write(first, || with_data_frame_write(second, move_db))?;
-    }
+    {
+        let og_db_path = og_db_path.clone();
+        let new_db_path = new_db_path.clone();
+        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> Result<(), OxenError> {
+            let move_db = || move_db_inner(&og_db_path, &new_db_path);
+            let (first, second) = if og_db_path <= new_db_path {
+                (&og_db_path, &new_db_path)
+            } else {
+                (&new_db_path, &og_db_path)
+            };
+            if first == second {
+                with_data_frame_write(first, move_db)
+            } else {
+                with_data_frame_write(first, || with_data_frame_write(second, move_db))
+            }
+        })
+        .await??;
+    }
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In `@crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs` around lines 569
- 578, Update the rename flow around the sorted-lock section and
with_data_frame_write calls to execute the synchronous mutex and move_db work
inside tokio::task::spawn_blocking, awaiting its result from the async rename
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In `@crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs`:
- Around line 574-575: Update the first == second branch to return immediately
without calling with_data_frame_write or move_db, preserving the staged table
when the source and destination data frames are identical.

In `@crates/liboxen/src/repositories/workspaces/data_frames.rs`:
- Line 112: Update the comment near the awaited operation in the workspace
data-frame write flow to refer to the actual error variant
DataFrameError::NotIndexed instead of DatasetNotIndexed.

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- Around line 569-578: Update the rename flow around the sorted-lock section and
with_data_frame_write calls to execute the synchronous mutex and move_db work
inside tokio::task::spawn_blocking, awaiting its result from the async rename
path. Ensure move_db owns the captured database paths so the blocking closure
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In `@crates/liboxen/src/core/v_latest/workspaces/data_frames.rs`:
- Line 585: Update the workspace database replacement flow around copy_dir_all
to remove new_db_path_parent after cache eviction, recreate the destination
directory, and only then copy the original database into it. Preserve the
existing path and error-propagation behavior while ensuring no stale
destination-only db.wal remains.

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- Line 94: Update the restore boundary to run the complete synchronous unindex
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…callers (#921)

Folds the per-data-frame write lock from #896 into the DuckDB connection
cache. The hazard is two DuckDB instances over one file, an identity
property the cache already owns; it only broke because eviction could
drop an entry a caller still held. The cache now never evicts a held
entry, `with_db_closed` covers `rename`'s filesystem work, and
`core::data_frame_locks` is deleted along with the wrappers around the
row writes. Readers never took the lock, so this also closes that gap.

`test_concurrent_row_appends_all_land` now uses LRU pressure with
back-to-back writers. Reverting the holder check fails it with a DuckDB
checkpoint error. Rust and Python suites green.

#897 and #898 will be rebased onto this and drop their wrappers.
`rename` only closed the source's cached connection before copying its
DuckDB directory over the destination's. A connection the destination
already had open kept serving the pre-rename database, and a write to
either data frame could land while the copy was in flight. Both databases
are now closed and held through the move, in sorted path order so two
renames between the same pair cannot deadlock, and the move runs on the
blocking pool along with the waits for those holds.

The destination directory is replaced rather than merged into. A file the
destination's own database left behind, its WAL in particular, would
otherwise sit beside the moved database and be replayed against it on the
next open. Replacing and then renaming the directory also retires the
copy-then-remove pair.

A rename onto the data frame's own path is a no-op. It used to remove the
data frame's directory as the destination and then delete its staged
entry.

`reindex_preserving_rows` removes its intermediate export inside the
connection hold. Every recovery of a data frame in this process exports
to the same path, so removing it after the hold was released could delete
an export a second recovery had just written.

`restore` runs `unindex` on the blocking pool: it waits for the data
frame's connection, which a rebuild can hold for a whole file parse.
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@jcelliott jcelliott changed the title Guard every staged-table writer, not just the row writes Rename a workspace data frame with both databases closed and held Sep 8, 2026
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