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Extend INCREX command with:

  • LBOUND : lower bound constraint. Out-of-bounds results are rejected and reply [current_value, 0] without modifying the key.
  • UBOUND : upper bound constraint. Out-of-bounds results are rejected and reply [current_value, 0] without modifying the key.
  • SATURATE: clamp results to LBOUND/UBOUND when out-of-bounds instead of rejecting.
  • ENX: set the expiration only if the key currently has no TTL.
  • PERSIST: clear the TTL of the key when applying the increment.

Replication

Make INCREX always replicate as SET. This converges double and integer INCREX paths and keeps the replication stream simple.

Error Handling & Replies

1. Option Syntax & Exclusivity Errors

Scenario Return Value / Error Reply Notes
ENX without an expiration option -ERR ENX flag requires an expiration ENX must be paired with EX, PX, EXAT, or PXAT.
PERSIST combined with EX, PX, EXAT, or PXAT -ERR syntax error Mutually exclusive TTL operations.
PERSIST combined with ENX -ERR syntax error Mutually exclusive.
Missing argument value (LBOUND, UBOUND, BYINT, etc.) -ERR syntax error E.g. INCREX k LBOUND.
Unknown option token -ERR syntax error

2. Bound Argument Validation Errors

Scenario Return Value / Error Reply Notes
LBOUND > UBOUND -ERR LBOUND can't be greater than UBOUND Checked in both integer and float modes before execution.
UBOUND -inf without LBOUND -ERR LBOUND can't be greater than UBOUND Default LBOUND is -LDBL_MAX, which is greater than -inf.
LBOUND inf without UBOUND -ERR LBOUND can't be greater than UBOUND Default UBOUND is LDBL_MAX, which is less than +inf.
LBOUND inf UBOUND -inf -ERR LBOUND can't be greater than UBOUND +inf > -inf.
LBOUND not an integer (integer mode) -ERR LBOUND is not an integer or out of range E.g. LBOUND abc, LBOUND 1.5, LBOUND inf.
UBOUND not an integer (integer mode) -ERR UBOUND is not an integer or out of range E.g. UBOUND abc, UBOUND 1.5, UBOUND inf.
LBOUND not a valid float (float mode) -ERR LBOUND is not a valid float E.g. LBOUND abc, LBOUND nan, float overflow (2e4932).
UBOUND not a valid float (float mode) -ERR UBOUND is not a valid float E.g. UBOUND abc, UBOUND nan, float overflow (2e4932).
Note: In BYFLOAT mode, "inf", "+inf", and "-inf" are valid IEEE 754 floats and are accepted by the parser (e.g. UBOUND inf or LBOUND -inf).

3. Runtime Overflow Errors (under SATURATE)

When SATURATE clamps a value to a bound, the applied delta (value - oldvalue) must be representable. If computing the applied increment would overflow the type, an error is returned and the key/TTL are left untouched:

Scenario Return Value / Error Reply Notes
Integer applied delta overflow -ERR applied increment would overflow Occurs if value - oldvalue overflows signed 64-bit int (e.g. k = LLONG_MAX, INCREX k BYINT -5 UBOUND LLONG_MIN SATURATE).
Float applied delta or saturated value is Infinity -ERR applied increment would be Infinity Occurs if value - oldvalue is Infinity or clamping reaches Infinity (e.g. k = -1e4932, INCREX k BYFLOAT 1e4932 LBOUND 1e4932 SATURATE, or UBOUND inf SATURATE).

4. Non-Error Responses for Declined Operations (Semantic Replies)

Unlike the error cases above, out-of-bounds or unsatisfied conditions do not return a RESP error; they return a two-element array indicating the operation was skipped:

Scenario Reply Key & TTL Side Effects
Exceeds UBOUND (without SATURATE) [current_value, 0] Key untouched, existing TTL preserved, no keyspace events.
Falls below LBOUND (without SATURATE) [current_value, 0] Key untouched, existing TTL preserved, no keyspace events.
Integer/float overflow (without SATURATE) [current_value, 0] Key untouched, existing TTL preserved, no keyspace events.
Out-of-bounds on missing key (without SATURATE) [0, 0] Key is not created, TTL not set.
Out-of-bounds on missing key (with SATURATE) [bound, bound] Key is created with the clamped bound, expiration applied.
NX failed (key exists) [current_value, 0] Key untouched, TTL untouched.
XX failed (key absent) [0, 0] Key is not created.

5. Infinite Bounds & SATURATE Interaction

In BYFLOAT mode, "inf", "+inf", and "-inf" are valid IEEE 754 floats and are accepted as bounds by the parser (UBOUND inf, UBOUND +inf, LBOUND -inf). However, Valkey string objects cannot store Infinity:

  • Without SATURATE:
    • Increments that remain finite succeed normally within the infinite bound (e.g., SET k 10; INCREX k BYFLOAT 1.0 UBOUND +inf -> [11, 1]).
    • Increments that would overflow to Infinity without SATURATE are safely declined: [current_value, 0] (leaving key and TTL untouched).
  • With SATURATE:
    • If clamping would reach an infinite bound (e.g., INCREX k BYFLOAT 1e4932 UBOUND +inf SATURATE or INCREX k BYFLOAT -1e4932 LBOUND -inf SATURATE), the resulting target value and applied delta would be Infinity.
    • In this case, the command safely returns an error and does not mutate the key or TTL:
      -ERR applied increment would be Infinity
      

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INCREX now supports bounds, saturation, conditional expiration with ENX, and TTL removal with PERSIST. Parser contracts, execution logic, replication behavior, CLI hints, notifications, and tests were updated.

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INCREX controls

Layer / File(s) Summary
Argument contracts and parsing
src/commands.def, src/commands/increx.json, src/server.h, src/server.c, src/t_hash.c, src/t_string.c
Command metadata and shared parsing recognize PERSIST, ENX, LBOUND, UBOUND, and SATURATE. The parser returns bound values. Existing call sites pass the expanded parameter list.
INCREX computation and expiration
src/t_string.c
increxCommand validates numeric values and bounds, declines or saturates out-of-range results, handles overflow errors, and applies expiration according to ENX and PERSIST.
INCREX behavior validation
tests/unit/type/incr.tcl, tests/integration/replication.tcl, tests/assets/test_cli_hint_suite.txt
Tests cover bounds, saturation, overflow, TTL behavior, notifications, replication, option validation, and the expanded CLI hint.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant parseExtendedCommandArgumentsOrReply
  participant increxCommand
  participant KeyState
  Client->>parseExtendedCommandArgumentsOrReply: Send INCREX options
  parseExtendedCommandArgumentsOrReply->>increxCommand: Return flags, bounds, increment, and expiration
  increxCommand->>KeyState: Validate and compute the result
  increxCommand->>KeyState: Apply, preserve, or remove TTL
  increxCommand-->>Client: Return applied or declined result
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@GavinDmello please also take a look! Hoping we can close the gap before 9.2 😄

Extend INCREX command with:
- LBOUND <lowerbound>: lower bound constraint. Out-of-bounds results
  are rejected and reply [current_value, 0] without modifying the key.
- UBOUND <upperbound>: upper bound constraint. Out-of-bounds results
  are rejected and reply [current_value, 0] without modifying the key.
- SATURATE: clamp results to LBOUND/UBOUND when out-of-bounds instead
  of rejecting.
- ENX: set the expiration only if the key currently has no TTL.
- PERSIST: clear the TTL of the key when applying the increment.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Murphy <jkmurphy@google.com>

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The core implementation builds cleanly, but the new tests have a platform-dependent failure.

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Replace hardcoded 1e4932 constants with ldbl_overflow_operand so tests
run reliably across platforms where long double size differs (e.g. macOS
Apple Silicon vs Linux x86_64).

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Verify that INCREX ... PERSIST emits both keyspace and keyevent
persist notifications when removing an existing key expiration.

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705-705: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert a nonzero applied delta for saturation.

ldbl_overflow_operand returns a finite value whose doubling overflows. A declined operation can return {oldvalue 0}, so the current equality check can pass without saturation. Compare the applied delta to 0; a raw comparison of the formatted result with $big is less reliable.

         set res [r increx k byfloat $big saturate]
+        assert_not_equal 0 [lindex $res 1]
         assert_equal [r get k] [lindex $res 0]
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Update INCREX BYINT replication test to assert SET with KEEPTTL
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🟡 Minor · Add replica-level coverage for ENX with an existing TTL. · src/t_string.c:1017-1071

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Add replica-level coverage for ENX with an existing TTL. INCREX ... EX ... ENX sets apply_expire to false when the key already has a TTL, then emits SET ... KEEPTTL. Existing replica tests cover INCREX without an expiration and INCREX ... EX without ENX, but not this conditional path. Add a focused test that checks the replicated value and preserves the existing expiration deadline instead of replacing it with the new EX interval.

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if (flags & ARGS_SATURATE) {
value_ld = upper_violation ? ubound_ld : lbound_ld;
applied_ld = value_ld - oldvalue_ld;
if (isinf(value_ld) || isinf(applied_ld)) {

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Found by AI & confirmed by human

It's possible that oldvalue_ld == ubound_ld or that oldvalue_ld == lbound_ld

So here the applied_ld = 0, IMO it would be a good idea to return early here before hitting the server.dirty++ what do you think?

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When SATURATE is specified, an out-of-bounds increment is logically "accepted and clamped" rather than "declined", so it still needs to execute normal write side effects even if applied == 0. Some reaonsing:

  1. Missing keys: e.g. if k does not exist and we call INCREX k BYINT 5 UBOUND 0 SATURATE, it has oldvalue = 0 and applied = 0, but we must create k with value "0".
  2. Expiration / PERSIST updates: e.g. if k exists at value 10 but has no expiration -> INCREX k BYINT 5 UBOUND 10 SATURATE EX 500 (or PERSIST) must update the TTL to 500 (or -1), even though the clamped value remains 10.
  3. Float formatting normalization: e.g. if k exists at value "10.00" -> INCREX k BYFLOAT 5 UBOUND 10 SATURATE rewrites the stored string to "10".
  4. Consistency with INCRBY k 0 / Redis 8.8: Matches INCRBY k 0 / INCRBYFLOAT k 0 (and Redis 8.8 INCREX), which still update server.dirty, emit keyspace notifications, and propagate when the command succeeds with a 0 delta.

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I agree on this in general but I think we need a better definition for the out_of_bounds errors,

Let's use an edge case

INCREX k BYINT 0 UBOUND -1
INCREX k BYINT 0

Both requests will result in a response of [0, 0] when the k is not defined

As a user I can't really know if this operation was rejected or succeeded as both cases will return [0, 0], I will need to link the response to the original request & do cross checks

What do you think?

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Calling INCREX k BYINT 0 is really an anti-pattern since requesting a 0 increment doesn't do anything. In any practical case where a non-zero increment is requested, receiving 0 for <applied_increment> in [val, 0] tells the caller that the operation was rejected (or clamped to the existing bound). We had the same conversation in the last PR since INCREX k XX BYINT 0 also returns [0, 0], and the pass and fail both return [0, 0] with different results.

More importantly, the [value, applied_increment] return format and behavior are already set by the existing INCREX spec (Redis compatibility), so this isn't something we want to change here.

getLongDoubleFromObjectOrReply already rejects NaN via string2ld, and
adding two finite operands cannot produce NaN.

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Comment thread tests/unit/type/incr.tcl
Add byfloat test cases for INCREX PERSIST option and verify that
key values remain unmodified on applied delta overflow errors.

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Changes look good to me 👍

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INCREX BYFLOAT replies as a RESP3 double (t_string.c:959-960), but long-double commands stay bulk strings in RESP3. INCRBYFLOAT and HINCRBYFLOAT do, both here and in Redis 7.4 and 8.0. Only the double-backed commands use ,.

RESP3's Double is a float64, so ,1.00000000000000001 parses to 1.0 where RESP2 returns it exactly. Can the BYFLOAT path reply bulk and match INCRBYFLOAT? The type is frozen once it ships.

Reply types, checked against redis:7.4 and redis:8.0 containers
RESP3           INCRBYFLOAT  HINCRBYFLOAT  ZINCRBY  ZSCORE  INCREX BYFLOAT
redis 7.4.11    bulk         bulk          ,double  ,double  n/a
redis 8.0.6     bulk         bulk          ,double  ,double  n/a
valkey unstable bulk         bulk          ,double  ,double  ,double

RESP2 is identical everywhere, all bulk strings, so this is only the RESP3 path.

Exact bytes for the precision case on valkey unstable:

RESP2  SET y 1.00000000000000001 ; INCREX y BYFLOAT 0  ->  *2 $19 1.00000000000000001 $1 0
RESP3  SET y 1.00000000000000001 ; INCREX y BYFLOAT 0  ->  *2 ,1.00000000000000001 ,0

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# Clamps to bound even when moving opposite to requested increment!
r set k 10
assert_equal {5 -5} [r increx k byint 5 ubound 5 saturate]

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SATURATE behaves differently depending on where the value started, and I want to check the second case is intended.

If the value is inside the bounds, it clips your increment and the applied delta always has the sign you asked for. But if the value is already outside the bounds, it moves the value to the bound and the increment stops mattering:

SET k 10
INCREX k BYINT -5 LBOUND 20 SATURATE   ->   {20 10}

A request to subtract 5 added 10, and the size is just the distance to the bound, which the caller doesn't know.

Is that intended? Or should SATURATE only clip an increment that would cross a bound, and reply [current, 0] when the value is already out of range?

If it is intended, could the SATURATE summary in increx.json say so? A caller using this for a quota would not expect a positive increment to decrease the counter.

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Is that intended? Or should SATURATE only clip an increment that would cross a bound, and reply [current, 0] when the value is already out of range?

Yes that is intended and matches behavior of Redis 8.8 INCREX

If it is intended, could the SATURATE summary in increx.json say so? A caller using this for a quota would not expect a positive increment to decrease the counter.

I mean if you turn on SATURATE and use a LBOUND, it explicitly states: "Saturate the result to LBOUND/UBOUND (or the type limits when no explicit bound is given) when out of bounds." Since it was out of bounds, it was saturated to the bound. We can add more details in the docs but I think the command JSON documents this well.

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Fair call. Thanks for the clarification.

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INCREX BYFLOAT replies as a RESP3 double (t_string.c:959-960), but long-double commands stay bulk strings in RESP3. INCRBYFLOAT and HINCRBYFLOAT do, both here and in Redis 7.4 and 8.0. Only the double-backed commands use ,.

RESP3's Double is a float64, so ,1.00000000000000001 parses to 1.0 where RESP2 returns it exactly. Can the BYFLOAT path reply bulk and match INCRBYFLOAT? The type is frozen once it ships.
Reply types, checked against redis:7.4 and redis:8.0 containers

Agreed. There is a second place the same thing is declared, so the fix probably needs both.

increx.json's reply_schema says "type": "number" for both items, while incrbyfloat.json and hincrbyfloat.json say "string" and zscore.json uses a oneOf noting "In RESP2, this is returned as string". So right now the schema matches the RESP3 double and contradicts the RESP2 bulk string. Switching BYFLOAT to bulk would make it contradict both — the schema needs to become string (or a oneOf) in the same commit, otherwise the daily RESP3 reply-schema job should start failing.

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INCREX BYFLOAT replies as a RESP3 double (t_string.c:959-960), but long-double commands stay bulk strings in RESP3. INCRBYFLOAT and HINCRBYFLOAT do, both here and in Redis 7.4 and 8.0. Only the double-backed commands use

@madolson Yeah Redis INCREX BYFLOAT uses Resp3 doubles, so that is why we use it here

Quote from Redis INCREX docs:

Both elements are Integer replies in integer mode (default or BYINT), or Double replies in BYFLOAT mode.

Changing BYFLOAT to reply with bulk strings in RESP3 would break wire compatibility with Redis 8.8 clients expecting RESP3 doubles.

Assert that INCREX ... PERSIST on a key without an active TTL emits
only the incrby notification and does not emit a persist notification.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Murphy <jkmurphy@google.com>
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Changing BYFLOAT to reply with bulk strings in RESP3 would break wire compatibility with Redis 8.8 clients expecting RESP3 doubles.

AI was hallucinating some stuff. I think what you suggested is fine.

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