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This command makes it possible to release stream message(s) for immediate reclaim.

XNACK <key> <group> <SILENT | FAIL | FATAL> IDS <numids> <id…> [RETRYCOUNT <count>] [FORCE]

For one or more entries in the consumer group's PEL, set the delivery time to 0. This allows XCLAIM/XAUTOCLAIM to immediately claim it. The mode option (SILENT, FAIL, FATAL) allows control over the delivery count of the message as follows:

  • SILENT: decrements the count, returning it to the value before claim (min 0)
  • FAIL: does nothing, allowing count to tick up with each claim
  • FATAL: sets count to LLONG_MAX

This PR also clamps each path that increases the delivery count so that it cannot overflow LLONG_MAX, which is the largest RESP integer for replication/aof. (XCLAIM, XAUTOCLAIM, and XREADGROUP)

The trailing options are intended for internal use only, enabling AOF/replication of each message NACK'd specifying the exact delivery count.

For the FORCE option specifically, it introduces a blank consumer name that is used whenever creating a PEL entry that didn't exist before. This isn’t necessary in XCLAIM because it comes with a consumer name. However, there is none here, thus the blank consumer.

This internal consumer is necessary to ensure that state converges. It is excluded in several places (XINFO CONSUMERS, XGROUP DELCONSUMER, XINFO GROUPS, XINFO STREAM ... FULL), but not all places (ex. XPENDING with extended output).

Return value of the command is the number of messages successfully NACK'd. Any messages that did not exist or were not in the groups PEL (except with FORCE) are excluded from the count that’s returned.

This commit also includes test coverage for 1) each mode & option, 2) the additions to other commands (ignoring blank consumer & delivery count incr clamp to LLONG_MAX), and 3) replication/aof using RETRYCOUNT/FORCE.

Closes #4561

This command makes it possible to release stream message(s) for immediate
reclaim.

XNACK <key> <group> <SILENT | FAIL | FATAL> IDS <numids> <id…>
    [RETRYCOUNT <count>] [FORCE]

For one or more entries in the consumer group's PEL, set the delivery time
to 0. This allows XCLAIM/XAUTOCLAIM to immediately claim it. The mode
option (SILENT, FAIL, FATAL) allows control over the delivery count of the
message as follows:

- SILENT: decrements the count, returning it to the value before claim (min 0)
- FAIL: does nothing, allowing count to tick up with each claim
- FATAL: sets count to LLONG_MAX

This PR also clamps each path that increases the delivery count so that it
cannot overflow LLONG_MAX, which is the largest RESP integer for
replication/aof. (XCLAIM, XAUTOCLAIM, and XREADGROUP)

The trailing options are intended for internal use only, enabling
AOF/replication of each message NACK'd specifying the exact delivery count.

For the FORCE option specifically, it introduces a blank consumer name that
is used whenever creating a PEL entry that didn't exist before. This isn't
necessary in XCLAIM because it comes with a consumer name. However, there
is none here, thus the blank consumer.

This internal consumer is necessary to ensure that state converges. It is
excluded in several places (`XINFO CONSUMERS`, `XGROUP DELCONSUMER`,
`XINFO GROUPS`, `XINFO STREAM ... FULL`), but not all places (ex. XPENDING
with extended output).

Return value of the command is the number of messages successfully NACK'd.

This commit also includes test coverage for 1) each mode & option, 2)
the additions to other commands (ignoring blank consumer & incr clamp
to LLONG_MAX), and 3) replication/aof using RETRYCOUNT/FORCE.

Signed-off-by: Nick Iaquinto <git+valkey@iaquinto.io>
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XNACK adds a stream command that releases PEL entries for immediate reclaim. It supports delivery-count modes, retry-count overrides, and FORCE-created dummy consumers. The change also updates replication, AOF restoration, delivery-count clamping, IDS parsing, and consumer metadata.

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XNACK stream command

Layer / File(s) Summary
Command contract and registration
src/commands.def, src/commands/xnack.json, src/server.c, src/server.h
Defines and registers XNACK, its arguments, reply schema, permissions, key metadata, shared strings, and handler declaration.
Stream parsing and delivery accounting
src/t_stream.c
Adds shared IDS parsing and clamps delivery-count increments at LLONG_MAX across redelivery paths.
XNACK execution and PEL state
src/t_stream.c
Implements delivery-time reset, mode handling, retry-count overrides, FORCE dummy consumers, propagation, and public consumer filtering.
Replication, persistence, and command tests
tests/unit/type/stream.tcl, tests/unit/type/stream-cgroups.tcl
Validates command errors, modes, retry counts, reclaim behavior, dummy consumers, replication, and AOF reload restoration.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant xnackCommand
  participant StreamPEL
  participant Replica
  Client->>xnackCommand: XNACK key group mode IDS ids
  xnackCommand->>StreamPEL: Update PEL delivery state
  xnackCommand->>Replica: Propagate per-ID XNACK commands
  Replica->>StreamPEL: Restore replicated PEL state
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A client can create an empty-named consumer whose pending entries become hidden from consumer metadata and cannot be removed through DELCONSUMER, so this should be fixed before merging.

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: implementing the XNACK command.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately explains XNACK, its options, delivery-count behavior, FORCE handling, related changes, and test coverage.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed For #4561, the PR adds and registers XNACK with SILENT, FAIL, and FATAL modes, IDS, RETRYCOUNT, and FORCE. xnackCommand sets matching PEL delivery time to zero, applies retry-count rul…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within #4561. Delivery-count clamping, dummy-consumer filtering, propagation, AOF support, and related command tests support XNACK behavior and state convergence. No unrelated change …
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 88.24% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 3 files. (3 skipped: 3 …

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In `@src/commands/xnack.json`:
- Line 3: Update the XNACK command’s summary and reply_schema description to
describe releasing entries for immediate reclaim rather than removing them from
the PEL; make the wording consistent with entries remaining in the PEL, and
apply the change in the XNACK definition alongside the existing summary and
reply_schema fields.

In `@src/t_stream.c`:
- Around line 3352-3357: Introduce an explicit FORCE-sentinel representation for
stream consumers, distinct from legitimate empty-name consumers, and propagate
it through stream creation, RDB loading, AOF rewrite/replay, and consumer
copying. Update count, XINFO, and DELCONSUMER filtering/deletion to check the
sentinel state rather than consumer-name length, while preserving existing
empty-name consumers and their persistence behavior.

In `@tests/unit/type/stream-cgroups.tcl`:
- Around line 1972-1973: Update the XPENDING assertion in the stream
consumer-group replication test to request all pending entries instead of one.
Using the existing pend result, assert that both entries are returned and verify
IDs 1-0 and 2-0 each have delivery count 1.

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XNACK's propagation path needs to preserve mixed-version replication compatibility.

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argv[8] = createStringObjectFromLongLong(nack->delivery_count);
argv[9] = shared.force;

alsoPropagate(c->db->id, argv, 10, PROPAGATE_AOF | PROPAGATE_REPL, c->slot);

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This sends the new XNACK command to every replica unconditionally. A pre-9.2 replica does not know this command, so applying the stream fails (and panics when propagation-error-behavior is panic/panic-on-replicas). The neighboring XACKDEL/XDELEX path explicitly emits only older primitives for the same compatibility boundary (src/t_stream.c:1634-1655), and the cross-version suite verifies that behavior. Encode the effect with commands understood by pre-9.2 replicas, or add an explicit compatibility gate/fallback and a current-primary → pre-9.2-replica test.

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This is unfortunately unavoidable. XNACK cannot be replicated in pre-9.2 commands. See discussion here

Signed-off-by: Nick Iaquinto <git+valkey@iaquinto.io>
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[NEW] XNACK - Release an entry back to the Pending Entries List (PEL)

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