Implement XACKDEL and XDELEX command

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This commit implements XACKDEL and XDELEX. These commands make it easier to delete messages from a stream once all consumer groups have acknowledged the message or can no longer receive it.

For more background on the use case for these commands, see this issue or this article. Prior to these commands (since replicating this behavior is non-trivial in Lua), applications would run a separate "janitor" process that tracks each consumer group's progress and periodically calls XTRIM to reclaim space once all messages up to some high water mark have been ack'd by all groups.

For full Redis compatibility, the command supports the same three deletion modes with the same semantics, command syntax, and reply format:

• KEEPREF (default, implicit) deletes the message, leaving PEL references in other groups
  • For XACKDEL, this also acknowledges the message
• ACKED only deletes once every consumer group has acknowledged or can no longer receive the message, making it safe for fan-out stream topologies
  • In XACKDEL, if the message was ack'd but not deleted, the response is 2
  • In XDELEX, if there are still consumer groups that can receive the message (or have it in pending) the response is 2
• DELREF acks, deletes, and forcibly removes PEL entries from all other groups

XACKDEL and XDELEX return an array of status codes, one for each ID passed in. There are 3 possible values:

• -1: the key is not a stream, stream message does not exist
  • For XACKDEL this also covers when the group does not exist or the message was not in the target group's PEL
• 1: the message was deleted; for XACKDEL this also indicates the message was acknowledged
• 2: the message was acknowledged (for XACKDEL) but not deleted because other groups have it pending or could still receive it
  • There are some nuanced edge cases here around XGROUP SETID and/or the message being deleted vs in PEL

To ensure backwards compatibility, these commands are replicated as the equivalent XACK, XDEL commands so that a pre-9.2 replica can achieve the same effect that the XACKDEL, XDELEX on the primary had.

There are tests covering each mode of each command and many edge cases.

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This change adds XACKDEL and XDELEX, registers their command metadata, centralizes stream ID and mode parsing, refactors XDEL, implements PEL handling and replication propagation, and adds stream and replica tests.

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Stream extended deletion commands

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Command contracts and registration src/commands/xackdel.json, src/commands/xdelex.json, src/commands.def, src/server.h, src/server.c	Defines and registers XACKDEL and XDELEX, declares their handlers, and creates shared XDEL and XACK command objects.
Shared deletion bookkeeping src/t_stream.c	Adds shared ID, argument, and mode parsing, propagation helpers, PEL modes, and shared bookkeeping for XDEL.
XDELEX deletion and reference handling src/t_stream.c, tests/unit/type/stream.tcl	Implements KEEPREF, DELREF, and ACKED behavior with per-ID results, PEL handling, event propagation, and validation tests.
XACKDEL acknowledgement and deletion src/t_stream.c, tests/unit/type/stream.tcl, tests/unit/type/stream-cgroups.tcl	Implements group-aware acknowledgement and deletion, cross-group PEL cleanup, dirty accounting, and replica propagation tests.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Suggested reviewers: zuiderkwast

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant XACKDEL
  participant TargetGroup
  participant OtherGroups
  participant Stream
  Client->>XACKDEL: XACKDEL key group mode IDS numids ids
  XACKDEL->>TargetGroup: acknowledge matching IDs
  XACKDEL->>OtherGroups: inspect or clear PEL references
  XACKDEL->>Stream: delete eligible entries
  XACKDEL-->>Client: return per-ID results

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant XDELEX
  participant ConsumerGroups
  participant Stream
  Client->>XDELEX: XDELEX key mode IDS numids ids
  XDELEX->>ConsumerGroups: inspect or clear PEL references
  XDELEX->>Stream: delete eligible entries
  XDELEX-->>Client: return per-ID results

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 71669

The new stream deletion commands still have an incorrect ACKED result for stale cross-group references, alongside documentation and test-harness inconsistencies. These should be resolved before merging to ensure reliable command semantics and validation behavior.

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src/commands/xdelex.json (1)

20-23: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Both new command specs declare UPDATE where XDEL declares DELETE. Both XDELEX and XACKDEL remove stream entries, but each key spec copies RW/UPDATE. XDEL_Keyspecs in src/commands.def uses CMD_KEY_RW|CMD_KEY_DELETE. The flags feed COMMAND GETKEYSANDFLAGS and ACL key-permission checks, so a client that inspects key flags sees no delete intent for either command.

• src/commands/xdelex.json#L20-L23: confirm the intended flags and use DELETE if the command deletes entries, matching XDEL.
• src/commands/xackdel.json#L20-L23: apply the same flag decision so both new commands agree.

Regenerate src/commands.def with utils/generate-command-code.py after changing either spec.

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In `@src/commands/xdelex.json` around lines 20 - 23, Update the key-spec flags in
src/commands/xdelex.json lines 20-23 and src/commands/xackdel.json lines 20-23
from UPDATE to DELETE, matching XDEL’s XDEL_Keyspecs behavior while retaining
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updating both command specifications.

src/t_stream.c (1)

3835-3841: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Align XACKDEL’s -1 documentation with the target-group PEL check.

xackdelCommand returns -1 when the requested ID is absent from the target group’s PEL, even when the ID still exists in the stream. Update the function comment and both reply_schema descriptions in src/commands/xackdel.json to describe -1 as “no target-group PEL entry,” rather than only “message not found.” Preserve the existing dangling-PEL behavior, where ACKED can return 1 and clear a PEL entry left by XDEL. Regenerate the command definitions from the JSON metadata.

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In `@src/t_stream.c` around lines 3835 - 3841, Update the XACKDEL documentation
comment near xackdelCommand and both reply_schema descriptions in xackdel.json
so result -1 denotes no entry in the target group’s PEL, including when the
stream message still exists; preserve dangling-PEL ACKED behavior and regenerate
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In `@src/commands/xdelex.json`:
- Around line 75-80: Remove the IDS token from the multiple id argument in the
xdelex command specification, matching the sibling xackdel definition so IDs
remain bare strings after numids. Regenerate the XDELEX_Args entry in the
generated command definitions using the existing command-generation workflow.

In `@src/t_stream.c`:
- Line 3699: Update the stream lookups in xdelexCommand and xackdelCommand to
use lookupKeyWrite instead of lookupKeyRead, while preserving their existing
missing-key replies and subsequent modification behavior.

In `@tests/unit/type/stream.tcl`:
- Around line 1306-1325: The ACKED handling in xdelexCommand must not rely
solely on a consumer group’s last_id when XGROUP SETID has moved it backward
while PEL entries remain; update the last_id shortcut to perform the same
PEL-aware validation as XACKDEL, and add regression coverage for XGROUP SETID
followed by XDELEX ... ACKED, including deletion after the outstanding XACK.

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In `@src/commands/xdelex.json`:
- Around line 20-23: Update the key-spec flags in src/commands/xdelex.json lines
20-23 and src/commands/xackdel.json lines 20-23 from UPDATE to DELETE, matching
XDEL’s XDEL_Keyspecs behavior while retaining RW. Regenerate src/commands.def
with utils/generate-command-code.py after updating both command specifications.

In `@src/t_stream.c`:
- Around line 3835-3841: Update the XACKDEL documentation comment near
xackdelCommand and both reply_schema descriptions in xackdel.json so result -1
denotes no entry in the target group’s PEL, including when the stream message
still exists; preserve dangling-PEL ACKED behavior and regenerate command
definitions from the updated JSON metadata.

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The new commands need a cross-version replication path before they can be propagated verbatim.

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This leaves the original XACKDEL/XDELEX command eligible for implicit propagation whenever server.dirty changes. Replication uses one shared byte stream for every replica (replicationFeedReplicas() does not filter by replica_version), so a 9.2 primary with any pre-9.2 replica sends it an unknown command; with propagation-error-behavior panic-on-replicas, afterErrorReply() then panics that replica. Rewrite these operations into commands older replicas understand (for example, the corresponding XACK/XDEL effects, plus an existing mechanism for PEL cleanup), or add an explicit version/capability-gated propagation design. The replication tests currently exercise only same-version peers.

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Addressed in 295a4e1.

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In `@src/t_stream.c`:
- Around line 3783-3792: Update the PELMODE_ACKED handling in the group
iteration to record missing stream-entry existence separately instead of
immediately setting resps[j] to -1; continue checking all consumer groups so any
dangling PEL reference can set the result to 2. Add an exists array using the
same static/dynamic allocation strategy as resps, then after
raxStop(&ri_cgroups) convert only entries still marked 1 with exists[j] false to
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I will submit fixes tomorrow morning for the coderabbit & valkey review bot comments. These are both valid.

For the coderabbit one, XACKDEL already handles this due to the 2 phase setup there. But for XDELEX, we have to track existance as it suggests.

For the issue replicating new commands to older replicas, I'll use preventCommandPropagation and instead emit the equivalent of the new behavior using pre-9.2 commands XACK, XDEL, etc.

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For the issue replicating new commands to older replicas, I'll use preventCommandPropagation and instead emit the equivalent of the new behavior using pre-9.2 commands XACK, XDEL, etc.

This was a nice catch.

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Thanks for combining the two PRs and avoiding some code duplication.

Pulling common code to helper functions is a good approach, but there is still some duplication in xackdelCommand / xdelexCommand, and the helper functions streamDeleteItemAndTrackFirstLast and streamTrackFirstEntryAndPropagate are slightly unintuitive, pieces of code pulled out of their context.

I have another idea, which is used in many places for related commands: Use a common function to implement all three commands. Idea:

/* Shared implementation of XDEL/DELEX/ACKDEL commands.
 *
 * XDEL key [id...]
 * XDELEX key [pelmode] IDS numids [id...]
 * XACKDEL key group [pelmode] IDS numids [id...]
 */
void xdelGenericCommand(client *c, bool has_group_arg, bool has_pelmode_arg) {
    streamCG *group = NULL;
    streamPELMode mode = PELMODE_KEEPREF;
    robj *o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db, c->argv[1]);
    int argi = 2;

    if (o && checkType(c, o, OBJ_STREAM)) return; /* Type error. */

    if (o && has_group_arg) {
        group = streamLookupCG(objectGetVal(o), objectGetVal(c->argv[argi]));
        argi++;
    }

    if (has_pelmode_arg) {
        if (strcasecmp(objectGetVal(c->argv[argi]), "KEEPREF") == 0) {
            argi += 1;
        } else if (strcasecmp(objectGetVal(c->argv[argi]), "DELREF") == 0) {
            argi += 1;
            mode = PELMODE_DELREF;
        } else if (strcasecmp(objectGetVal(c->argv[argi]), "ACKED") == 0) {
            argi += 1;
            mode = PELMODE_ACKED;
        }

        /* Expect IDS token. */
        if (strcasecmp(objectGetVal(c->argv[argi]), "IDS") != 0) {
            addReplyErrorObject(c, shared.syntaxerr);
            return;
        }
        argi++; /* past IDS */

        /* Parse and validate numids: must be a positive integer. */
        long long id_count = 0;
        if (getLongLongFromObject(c->argv[argi], &id_count) != C_OK || id_count <= 0) {
            addReplyError(c, "Number of IDs must be a positive integer");
            return;
        }
        argi++; /* past numids */

        /* Validate numids matches remaining arg count. */
        if (id_count != c->argc - argi) {
            addReplyErrorObject(c, shared.syntaxerr);
            return;
        }
    }

    ...
}

void xdelCommand(client *c) {
    xdelGenericCommand(c, false, false);
}
void xdelexCommand(client *c) {
    xdelGenericCommand(c, false, true);
}
void xackdelCommand(client *c) {
    xdelGenericCommand(c, true, true);
}

In this way, all three are basically the same command. The code can be read from top to bottom. Would it work?

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4165-4169: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Guard the cross-group block with an existence check, matching xdelexCommand.

This elif blocks deletion (resps[j] = 2) whenever a non-target group's last_id has not advanced past id, without checking that the message still exists in the stream. xdelexCommand has the same logic at Lines 3872-3878 and explicitly guards it with exists[j] &&, with the comment that entries that no longer exist can't be re-delivered.

Trace the gap:

1. Group G1 reads entry A. G1's PEL now has A; G1.last_id = A.
2. Group G2 never reads anything. G2.last_id = 0.
3. Plain XDEL key A removes A from the stream. XDEL never touches PEL, so G1's PEL reference to A stays dangling.
4. XACKDEL key G1 ACKED IDS 1 A:
   • Phase 1 finds A in G1's PEL, removes it, and keeps resps[0] = 1.
   • Phase 2 visits G2. raxFind(G2->pel, A) misses, but streamCompareID(A, &G2->last_id) > 0 is true, so resps[0] becomes 2.

The reply says "acked, but blocked because another group may still need it," even though A no longer exists and can never be delivered to G2. The correct reply is 1 (acked, nothing left to delete), not 2.

Add an existence check, computed once per candidate ID before the group loop for efficiency (the same pattern xdelexCommand uses for exists[]), and use it in the condition.

🐛 Proposed fix: guard the cross-group block with existence

+    unsigned char static_exists[STREAMID_STATIC_VECTOR_LEN];
+    unsigned char *exists = static_exists;
@@
     if (id_count > STREAMID_STATIC_VECTOR_LEN) {
         ids = zmalloc(sizeof(streamID) * id_count);
         resps = zmalloc(sizeof(int) * id_count);
         acked_flags = zmalloc(sizeof(unsigned char) * id_count);
         cleared = zmalloc(sizeof(unsigned char) * id_count);
         ack_ids = zmalloc(sizeof(streamID) * id_count);
         del_ids = zmalloc(sizeof(streamID) * id_count);
+        exists = zmalloc(sizeof(unsigned char) * id_count);
     }
@@
     if (s->cgroups != NULL) {
         /* Tracks which PEL entries were cleared for this group so we can
          * propagate XACK's. Reset in loop after propagating each group. */
         memset(cleared, 0, id_count);
+        for (long long j = 0; j < id_count; j++) {
+            if (resps[j] == 1) exists[j] = streamEntryExists(s, &ids[j]);
+        }
@@
                 } else if (mode == PELMODE_ACKED &&
+                           exists[j] &&
                            streamCompareID(id, &cg->last_id) > 0) {
-                    /* Non-target hasn't claimed it yet; may still need to
-                     * deliver it, so block deletion. */
+                    /* Message exists and non-target hasn't claimed it yet;
+                     * may still need to deliver it, so block deletion.
+                     * Entries that no longer exist can't be re-delivered. */
                     resps[j] = 2;
                 }
@@
 cleanup:
     if (ids != static_ids) zfree(ids);
     if (resps != static_resps) zfree(resps);
     if (acked_flags != static_acked_flags) zfree(acked_flags);
     if (cleared != static_cleared) zfree(cleared);
     if (ack_ids != static_ack_ids) zfree(ack_ids);
     if (del_ids != static_del_ids) zfree(del_ids);
+    if (exists != static_exists) zfree(exists);
 }

As per coding guidelines: "src/**/*.{c,h,cpp,hpp}: Place data-structure and low-level logic tests in src/unit/ as C++ GoogleTest tests" and "**/*: Code changes should include relevant tests when the repository has a matching test location." Add a test covering multiple consumer groups where one group's dangling PEL reference is acked via XACKDEL ACKED after the underlying entry was removed by a plain XDEL, and assert the reply is 1, not 2.

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In `@src/t_stream.c` around lines 4165 - 4169, Update the XACKDEL processing
around the PEL group loop to compute each candidate entry’s stream existence
once and require that existence check before the non-target group’s last_id
condition assigns resps[j] = 2, matching the guarded logic in xdelexCommand. Add
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removed with plain XDEL, then acknowledged via XACKDEL ACKED, and assert the
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In `@src/t_stream.c`:
- Around line 4165-4169: Update the XACKDEL processing around the PEL group loop
to compute each candidate entry’s stream existence once and require that
existence check before the non-target group’s last_id condition assigns resps[j]
= 2, matching the guarded logic in xdelexCommand. Add a unit test covering
multiple consumer groups where a dangling PEL entry is removed with plain XDEL,
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[nickiaq]

Thanks @zuiderkwast and @hpatro for continued comments. To summarize the changes since last night, I've got corrections up for both the bot comments:

• 295a4e1: Addresses the Valkey Review Bot comments about backwards compatibility, switching propagation to use XDEL, XACK to replicate the equivalent effect of the XACKDEL and XDELEX command's mutations. (Also adds tests to stream-cgroups.tcl checking what's replicated)
• 71e9dbd: Addressing the CodeRabbit comments about improperly handling dangling PEL entries for previously deleted stream messages (and adding tests covering this)

And towards removing duplicated code, I have added 2 helper functions and removed the 2 other clunky ones that were too situation-specific:

• 5d2bd88: Implements genericXDelCommand for parsing across XDEL, XDELEX, and XDELEX
  • Named slightly different than how @zuiderkwast suggested to align with similarly named parsers for sorted set, hash, and kv commands
  • I stopped at parsing the count of ID's (and not actually parsing the IDs themselves into an array), becase of 2 reasons:
    1. Some commands need to reply (with varying response shapes) in between the initial parsing step and the individual IDs array parsing step
    2. Keeping the allocations in each function makes the memory management simpler, so all allocations are in the same spot in the commands and you don't have to think about whether the helper allocated or not.
• b814bcf: Adds streamDeletePELEntry centralizing 5 call sites across XACK, XACKDEL and XDELEX
• 98c4c30: Remove clunky XDELEX/XACKDEL helpers (streamTrackFirstEntryAndPropagate and streamDeleteItemAndTrackFirstLast)

I'm looking for other opportunities for deduplication and not seeing anything jump out. But if there's something I'm missing, happy to add. And if streamDeletePELEntry is also too situation specific or not widely shared enough, I'm happy to revert/adjust. Same for the balance struck for allocation / ID array parsing in xdelGenericCommand.

Additionally, clang-format is failing in CI due to an issue with packages. I can attest that (at least locally for me), clang-format is passing. I also edited my .vimrc to avoid noise like 71669bb & e9149a5.

[nickiaq]

One last folllowup here (37e6690), adding the fix to XACKDEL for the edge case called out by coderabbit earlier for XDELEX.

I'm looking for other opportunities for deduplication and not seeing anything jump out.

I guess below is an example, where like with streamTrackFirstEntryAndPropagate and streamDeleteItemAndTrackFirstLast, there are a few snippets that are the same, but not sure if these are good candidates for helpers, as they are pretty specific to certain points in the logic as you mentioned.

// Appears in both XACKDEL & XDELEX

/* ACKED: check the PEL before consulting cg->last_id:
 * XGROUP SETID can move last_id backward below IDs that
 * are still pending (or were pending and later acked),
 * so last_id alone cannot prove this group never claimed
 * the message. */
unsigned char buf[sizeof(streamID)];
streamEncodeID(buf, id);
void *result;
if (raxFind(cg->pel, buf, sizeof(buf), &result)) {
    /* Still pending in this group, cannot delete. */
    resps[j] = 2;
} else if (exists[j] &&
           streamCompareID(id, &cg->last_id) > 0) {
    /* Message exists and may still be delivered to this
     * group, so block deletion (same as XACKDEL). Entries
     * that no longer exist can't be re-delivered. */
    resps[j] = 2;
}

[zuiderkwast]

Regarding cross-version-replication testing, there is already tests to verify what gets propagated. According to my AI tools:

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Propagation is tested — there are 6 tests in stream-cgroups.tcl that verify the rewritten commands on replicas:

• XACKDEL replication: ack-only propagates PEL removal to replica
• XACKDEL replication: ACKED mode deletion propagates stream removal to replica
• XACKDEL replication: DELREF clears other groups' PELs on replica
• XDELEX replication: KEEPREF deletes stream entry but keeps dangling PEL ref on replica
• XDELEX replication: DELREF deletes stream entry and clears PEL on replica
• XDELEX replication: ACKED skips pending entries, deletes only after all groups ack

And 6 more tests verify the shape of what gets propagated (checking that XACKDEL/XDELEX never appear in the propagation log, only XACK/XDEL):

• XACKDEL ack-only propagates XACK but never XACKDEL or XDEL
• XACKDEL KEEPREF propagates XACK + XDEL but never XACKDEL
• XACKDEL DELREF propagates per-group XACK + XDEL but never XACKDEL
• XDELEX KEEPREF propagates XDEL only but never XDELEX
• XDELEX DELREF propagates XDEL + XACK but never XDELEX
• XDELEX ACKED with nothing deleted propagates nothing

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So I guess this is enough. @hpatro WDYT?

[nickiaq]

tests/integration/cross-version-replication.tcl is pretty cool. I wasn't aware of that spot to test this circumstance specifically.

Like @zuiderkwast mentioned, I had tests setup in tests/unit/type/stream-cgroups.tcl because that's where I saw XCLAIM tests covering a similar setup, ex. Replication tests of XCLAIM with deleted entries.

If tests/integration/cross-version-replication.tcl is a better spot, happy to move more cases there. cffdf2e sets up a single test for XACKDEL and XDELEX using DELREF for both because that should exercise both the XACK and XDEL downgraded propagation portions.

[zuiderkwast]

happy to move more cases there

Yeah, if you want, you can move some, but we don't need to check everything in both places. Or we can keep it as-is. It's good you added some case, but the cross-version-replication requires some special setup so it doesn't run by default when someone just runs make test locally, so I guess we can keep the ones that verify the propagation log too.

[nickiaq]

Or we can keep it as-is.

Ok, if the stream-cgroups.tcl tests run in a more typical setup, it seems like that's a safer spot to have an initial check on the effects. And, then the integration tests cover in a real-world server.

@hpatro I've updated the PR description, if that serves as a good commit message.

@zuiderkwast The compact version you posted is very elegant. I think I was too hesitant to mess with XDEL and wasn't seeing them as a tiered extensions of each other where XACKDEL is XDELEX++ and XDELEX is XDEL++.

Still outstanding, I have to create an issue in valkey-io/valkey-doc as requested in valkey-io.github.io PR659

[hpatro]

Some cross version compatibility tests are good to have. LGTM overall.

[zuiderkwast]

LGTM, thanks!