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Fixes #1284

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable automatic compaction, enabled by default.
    • Improved iterator skipping and cursor handling for map and spatial queries.
    • Added automatic cleanup of abandoned or exhausted iterators.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserved underlying causes for file-lock errors.
    • Improved database closing and compaction reliability.
    • Prevented stale version usage and unbounded MVStore file growth.

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Walkthrough

The MVStore adapter now supports configurable auto-compaction, shared version tracking for map and R-tree iterators, serialized compacting closes, and expanded lifecycle and file-growth tests.

Changes

MVStore lifecycle management

Layer / File(s) Summary
Auto-compaction configuration and validation
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreModuleBuilder.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreUtils.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/integration/NitriteBuilderTest.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreFileGrowthTest.java
The builder defaults autoCompact to true and passes it to MVStore. Background compaction is disabled only when configured off. Tests cover the setting and file growth.
Map iterator version tracking
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/VersionUsage.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMap.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMapTest.java
Map iterators use shared version tracking, cursor-based entry skipping, and cleaner-backed release on exhaustion, failure, abandonment, or closure.
Spatial cursor version tracking
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVRTreeMap.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVRTreeMapTest.java
R-tree cursors defer lookup until iteration, retain MVStore versions while active, and release them on exhaustion, closure, or drop.
Store close synchronization and validation
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVStore.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVStoreTest.java
Compacting closes synchronize access to h2.compactThreads, restore the prior property, and expose the backing MVStore for tests. Lifecycle and concurrent-close tests validate the behavior.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ea8e8

This change enables automatic compaction and adds version cleanup, but the current head still has iterator and cursor paths that can retain storage versions, a direct construction path that disables compaction, and a process-wide close setting that can race with other users. These issues may delay file reclamation or alter close behavior, so they should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant NitriteMVMap
  participant VersionUsage
  participant MVStore
  Client->>NitriteMVMap: create iterator
  NitriteMVMap->>MVStore: register version usage
  NitriteMVMap->>VersionUsage: register cleanup
  NitriteMVMap-->>Client: return iterator values
  NitriteMVMap->>VersionUsage: release on exhaustion or close
  VersionUsage->>MVStore: deregister version usage
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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant NitriteMVRTreeMap
  participant VersionUsage
  participant MVRTreeMap
  Client->>NitriteMVRTreeMap: request spatial keys
  NitriteMVRTreeMap->>MVRTreeMap: create cursor on iteration
  NitriteMVRTreeMap->>VersionUsage: register version usage
  MVRTreeMap-->>Client: return cursor entries
  NitriteMVRTreeMap->>VersionUsage: release on exhaustion or close
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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning Most changes support issue #1284, but the planner-cost refactor in CollectionSortedFindCostTest is not directly related to MVStore file growth. Formatting-only changes also add unrelated scope. Remove the unrelated CollectionSortedFindCostTest refactor and unnecessary formatting-only changes, or document why they are required for this fix. Keep changes that implement compaction, version usage, iterator and cursor safety, and relat…
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The changes address issue #1284 by enabling configurable automatic compaction, adding synchronized close-time compaction, preserving MVStore versions during iterator and cursor use, and adding regression tests for file growth and cleanup.

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Remove the unrelated CollectionSortedFindCostTest refactor and unnecessary formatting-only changes, or document why they are required for this fix. Keep changes that implement compaction, version usage, iterator and cursor safety, and related regression tests.

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@DarkAtra is it completed or are you waiting for something?

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@DarkAtra is it completed or are you waiting for something?

i havent tested it yet. i'll mark it as ready for review once i tested it in my project

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@anidotnet I did some more manual testing and confirmed that my changes keep the file size in check. I also added a test that ensures the file size remains relatively stable across thousands of updates. The test (MVStoreFileGrowthTest) might be flaky though since mvstore's background compaction is performed asynchronously and i haven't found a good way of waiting for it to complete. Not sure if it's worth keeping or not.

I made all iterators and cursors in NitriteMVMap and NitriteMVRTreeMap version aware so that the issue described in #41 is not re-introduced by my changes. There's also a new flag autoCompact in MVStoreConfig that defaults to true. Setting autoCompact to false completely disables compaction (i.e. restores the previous behaviour).

While testing, i ran into a pretty nasty concurrency issue in mvstore's compaction job, see: h2database/h2database#4286. The PR uses the suggested workaround of setting h2.compactThreads to 1 to force the compaction to run on a single thread. This is insanely hacky but the upstream bugfix for this issue has not been released yet. I've reached out to clarify why that is the case.

I think it's ready for review now.

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118-118: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add JavaDoc for NitriteMVStore.close().

This public API now has compaction-specific behavior, but it has no JavaDoc. Document the close and compaction contract.

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In
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at line 118, Add JavaDoc to the public NitriteMVStore.close() method describing
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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVRTreeMap.java`:
- Around line 107-110: Document getRecordStream and its deferred cursor
construction: explain that RecordStream.fromIterable creates the cursor only
when iteration begins, and that each new iterator uses VersionedCursor to pin
the relevant MVStore version. Keep the implementation unchanged.
- Line 114: Synchronize cursor registration and map shutdown in
NitriteMVRTreeMap: guard cursor usage registration/insertion and
releaseVersionUsages() in close() and drop() with a shared lifecycle lock, and
track a closed state so registrations racing with shutdown are rejected or
released without remaining in versionUsages. Add a deterministic concurrent test
covering a cursor registering while shutdown executes.

In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/integration/mvstore/MVStoreFileGrowthTest.java`:
- Around line 97-98: Update the finalFileSize assertions in
MVStoreFileGrowthTest so both comparisons allow equality with the file sizes
after the first and second updates, while preserving the preceding 25%
growth-bound assertions.

In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/integration/NitriteBuilderTest.java`:
- Line 126: Add coverage in NitriteBuilderTest for the autoCompact(false)
configuration: build the MVStoreConfig after explicitly disabling
auto-compaction and assert that autoCompact() is false, while preserving the
existing default-enabled assertion.

In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMapTest.java`:
- Around line 127-138: Add an abandoned-iteration test alongside
testAbandonedIteratorReleasesVersionOnClose in
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMapTest.java#L127-L138
that calls NitriteMVMap.drop() with an active iterator, verifies
deregisterVersionUsage(txCounter), and asserts later iterator access throws
NitriteIOException. Add the corresponding active-cursor drop test in
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVRTreeMapTest.java#L93-L105,
asserting version deregistration and NitriteIOException after
NitriteMVRTreeMap.drop().

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVStore.java`:
- Line 118: Add JavaDoc to the public NitriteMVStore.close() method describing
its close behavior and compaction-specific contract, including any relevant
lifecycle expectations. Keep the documentation focused on this API and follow
the surrounding JavaDoc conventions.
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Comment on lines +107 to 110
private RecordStream<NitriteId> getRecordStream(
final Supplier<MVRTreeMap.RTreeCursor<Key>> cursorSupplier) {
return RecordStream.fromIterable(() -> new VersionedCursor(cursorSupplier));
}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Document the deferred cursor lifecycle.

Explain why cursor construction is deferred and why each iterator pins an MVStore version. This behavior is not obvious from RecordStream.fromIterable.

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In
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around lines 107 - 110, Document getRecordStream and its deferred cursor
construction: explain that RecordStream.fromIterable creates the cursor only
when iteration begins, and that each new iterator uses VersionedCursor to pin
the relevant MVStore version. Keep the implementation unchanged.

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@Override
public void close() {
releaseVersionUsages();

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H2 MVStore registerVersionUsage deregisterVersionUsage TxCounter source contract

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In the H2 database MVStore, registerVersionUsage and deregisterVersionUsage are critical methods used to manage the lifecycle of database versions and prevent premature garbage collection of data needed by active operations [1][2]. 1. Purpose and Mechanism MVStore is a multi-versioned storage engine [2]. When data is updated, new versions of the store are created, and older versions are periodically removed (garbage collected) to reclaim disk space [2]. If an operation, such as an iterator or a long-running read, is accessing an older version of the store that gets garbage collected, the database will throw an IllegalStateException or a "Chunk not found" error [3][2]. The registerVersionUsage method registers that an operation (e.g., a transaction or a long read) is currently using a specific store version [1][2]. It returns a TxCounter object, which acts as a reference to the store's current version and tracks the usage count [1][4]. As long as the TxCounter is held, that version (and all versions subsequent to it) are protected from being dropped by the garbage collector [1][5][2]. The deregisterVersionUsage(TxCounter) method is called to signal that the operation is finished [1]. It decrements the usage count for the associated version [1]. When the count reaches zero, the version becomes eligible for reclamation, allowing the store to safely drop it and recover disk space [1][2]. 2. TxCounter TxCounter is a simple data structure within MVStore that holds the store version along with a counter of open transactions or operations currently using that version [4]. It is the handle passed between registerVersionUsage and deregisterVersionUsage to manage the life of a specific version [1][4]. 3. Usage Pattern Developers using MVStore directly (outside of standard SQL statements) must wrap long-running operations—such as iterating over a map—in these calls to ensure data stability [5][6][2]: TxCounter version = mvStore.registerVersionUsage; try { // Perform operations (e.g., iterations, reads) } finally { mvStore.deregisterVersionUsage(version); } Failing to properly pair these calls can lead to either "Chunk not found" exceptions (if deregistered too early or not registered) or unbounded file growth (if never deregistered) [5][2]. Internal components of H2, such as the Transaction class, use this mechanism automatically to manage snapshot consistency during SQL statement execution [7][3].

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Synchronize cursor creation with map shutdown.

close() and drop() release only usages already in versionUsages. A cursor can register its usage at line 146 while shutdown runs, then add it at line 147 after releaseVersionUsages() completes. The usage can remain registered and retain MVStore pages. Protect registration, insertion, and shutdown release with one lifecycle lock and a closed state. Add a deterministic concurrent test.

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In
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at line 114, Synchronize cursor registration and map shutdown in
NitriteMVRTreeMap: guard cursor usage registration/insertion and
releaseVersionUsages() in close() and drop() with a shared lifecycle lock, and
track a closed state so registrations racing with shutdown are rejected or
released without remaining in versionUsages. Add a deterministic concurrent test
covering a cursor registering while shutdown executes.

Comment on lines +97 to +98
assertTrue(finalFileSize < fileSizeAfterFirstUpdates);
assertTrue(finalFileSize < fileSizeAfterSecondUpdates);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Permit a converged file size after close.

commitAndWaitForHousekeeping can finish compaction before Line 97. db.close() can then leave the file size unchanged. Both strict checks fail although the file has reached the intended stable size. Change &lt; to &lt;=. The preceding 25% assertions already enforce the growth bound.

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around lines 97 - 98, Update the finalFileSize assertions in
MVStoreFileGrowthTest so both comparisons allow equality with the file sizes
after the first and second updates, while preserving the preceding 25%
growth-bound assertions.

assertEquals(config.findIndexer("Custom").getClass(), CustomIndexer.class);
assertFalse(storeConfig.autoCommit());
assertFalse(storeConfig.autoCompact());
assertTrue(storeConfig.autoCompact());

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Test the autoCompact(false) contract.

Line 126 covers only the enabled default. Add a test that configures autoCompact(false) and asserts that the built MVStoreConfig remains disabled. This protects the supported opt-out path from silently reverting to forced compaction.

As per coding guidelines, “**/*Test.java: Write unit tests for new features.”

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at line 126, Add coverage in NitriteBuilderTest for the autoCompact(false)
configuration: build the MVStoreConfig after explicitly disabling
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Comment on lines +127 to +138
@Test
public void testAbandonedIteratorReleasesVersionOnClose() {
when(mvMap.values()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList("first", "second"));
Iterator<Object> iterator = nitriteMVMap.values().iterator();

assertEquals("first", iterator.next());
verify(mvStore, never()).deregisterVersionUsage(txCounter);

nitriteMVMap.close();
verify(mvStore).deregisterVersionUsage(txCounter);
assertThrows(NitriteIOException.class, iterator::hasNext);
}

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Cover version release when drop() terminates active iteration.

Both tests verify close(), but the new lifecycle also releases active version usages on drop(). Add one abandoned-iteration test for each map type. Assert deregistration and NitriteIOException on later iterator access.

  • nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMapTest.java#L127-L138: add a test that calls NitriteMVMap.drop() while an iterator is active.
  • nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVRTreeMapTest.java#L93-L105: add a test that calls NitriteMVRTreeMap.drop() while a cursor is active.

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMapTest.java`
around lines 127 - 138, Add an abandoned-iteration test alongside
testAbandonedIteratorReleasesVersionOnClose in
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMapTest.java#L127-L138
that calls NitriteMVMap.drop() with an active iterator, verifies
deregisterVersionUsage(txCounter), and asserts later iterator access throws
NitriteIOException. Add the corresponding active-cursor drop test in
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVRTreeMapTest.java#L93-L105,
asserting version deregistration and NitriteIOException after
NitriteMVRTreeMap.drop().

Source: Coding guidelines

anidotnet and others added 3 commits August 31, 2026 11:20
…cy test

Three things the fix needed on top of the merge with main:

- NitriteMVStore locked on System.getProperties() while compacting on close.
  Properties is a Hashtable, so that monitor gates every System.getProperty
  call in the JVM - a compacting close of a large store would stall unrelated
  code for its whole duration. A private lock serializes nitrite's own closes,
  which is all the property save/restore actually needs.

- main's EntryIterator is a SkippableIterator, and wrapping it for version
  tracking hid that from BoundedStream, quietly turning indexed paging back
  into a walk. VersionedIterator now carries skip through.

- MVStoreFileGrowthTest compared file sizes round to round with a 25%
  tolerance after a fixed sleep, which is what failed on the macOS runner
  (376832 against 212992). Growth is steppy and the housekeeping thread is not
  on a schedule the test controls, so it now asserts the chunk fill rate the
  issue itself reports - 37% reclaimed against 14-18% unreclaimed - and that
  close() compacts the file back to its live size. No sleeps, 2.3s instead of
  12.3s, and each half fails on its own when the corresponding fix is reverted.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…no stable ratio

The two version-tracking maps each created their own Cleaner, so the adapter
started two daemon threads to do one job. VersionUsage owns the one they share.

CollectionSortedFindCostTest kept a wall-clock half alongside the clock-free
one. It is failing on main's own HEAD (33330631456, Ubuntu): the indexed sort
measured 2.596ms against the unindexed control's 2.139ms - slower than the
thing it is supposed to beat by 2x, with the optimisation present and working.
Its predecessor failed the same way on macOS. A shared runner does not hold a
millisecond ratio still and no threshold fixes a measurement that inverts, so
what is left is the FindPlan assertion that records the same decision directly
and cannot be made to flake by a loaded machine.

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Reproduced, reviewed and updated. The diagnosis is right and the VersionUsage machinery is the correct answer to why #41 disabled compaction in the first place — that issue was a cursor reading a chunk compaction had already reclaimed, and registering the version for the life of the iterator is exactly what prevents it.

Reproduced on main (25 live documents, 100k updates): 69,632 → 299,008 bytes, and close() reclaimed nothing. Chunk fill rate decayed 38% → 18% → 16% → 14% across rounds. With this branch the file holds at ~213 KB, fill rate settles at 37%, and close leaves 57,344 bytes. Over 400k updates the file plateaus instead of climbing.

Four things changed on top of the branch:

Merged main. The conflict was real, not textual: main gained an EntryIterator implementing SkippableIterator so that find(filter, skipBy(n)) descends the B-tree by index instead of walking it. Wrapping it in VersionedIterator hid that interface from BoundedStream and silently turned indexed paging back into a linear walk. VersionedIterator now carries skip through to a skippable delegate and falls back to the loop otherwise.

NitriteMVStore no longer locks on System.getProperties(). The h2#4286 workaround is necessary — MVStore reads h2.compactThreads on each compacting close, so setting it per-call does work. But Properties is a Hashtable, so holding its monitor across the compaction gates every System.getProperty call in the JVM for as long as that compaction runs. A private lock gives the save/restore the serialization it actually needs without the global stall. testCompactingClosesAreSerialized lost the assertion that a concurrent System.setProperty blocks, since that was asserting the stall as a feature.

MVStoreFileGrowthTest rewritten. The round-to-round 25% comparison after a fixed sleep is what failed on the macOS runner (376,832 against 212,992). Growth is steppy and the housekeeping thread is not on a schedule the test controls. It now asserts the chunk fill rate the issue itself reports, plus that close() compacts the file back to its live size — no sleeps, 2.3s instead of 12.3s. Each assertion fails on its own when the corresponding half of the fix is reverted (verified: reverting autoCompactFillRate gives "chunks are only 18% live"; reverting the close path gives "file is 212992 bytes after close against 69632").

One Cleaner instead of two. Both maps created their own, so the adapter started two daemon threads to do one job.

Two things I looked at and deliberately left alone:

  • The lifecycle race CodeRabbit flagged is real but bounded — an iterator constructed concurrently with close() can register after releaseVersionUsages() drained the set, and its version then lives until the iterator is drained or GC'd. The Cleaner is the backstop, release() is idempotent, and it takes iterating a map you are concurrently closing to hit. Not worth a guard.
  • The import reordering and final-everywhere reformatting in MVStoreModuleBuilder, MVStoreUtils and NitriteBuilderTest is churn against the repo's existing convention, but it is harmless and reverting it is more churn.

One unrelated change rides along: CollectionSortedFindCostTest's wall-clock half is failing on main's own HEAD (run 33330631456, Ubuntu) — the indexed sort measured 2.596ms against its unindexed control's 2.139ms, i.e. slower than the thing it must beat by 2x, with the optimisation present and working. Its predecessor failed the same way on macOS. No threshold rescues a measurement that inverts, so what remains is the FindPlan assertion that records the same decision and has no clock in it. It is a separate commit if you want it reverted.

Full local build green: 11 modules, 9,850 tests, 0 failures.

Thanks @DarkAtra — good report and a well-aimed fix.

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- Around line 356-365: Update VersionedIterator.skip so both the
EntryIterator.skip delegation and the fallback loop mark the iterator exhausted
and invoke cleanable.clean() when skipping consumes all remaining records,
including an exact skip to the end; preserve the existing skipped-count behavior
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`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMap.java`
at line 175: Covers negative-count validation and the same exhaustion-release
behavior at the related iterator implementation site.

In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVStore.java`:
- Line 234: Update the compact-thread property handling around
COMPACT_THREADS_LOCK and the close/restore flow so concurrent JVM-property
writers cannot be overwritten by restoring originalCompactThreads; synchronize
the entire temporary set, close, and restore interval with all property writers,
or remove the temporary h2.compactThreads mutation while preserving close
behavior.
- Line 134: Update the direct MVStoreModule(String) construction path to
initialize MVStoreConfig.autoCompact to true before getStore() passes the
configuration to NitriteMVStore, preserving background compaction and
compactAndClose() behavior.

In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreFileGrowthTest.java`:
- Line 92: Move the complete MVStore test lifecycle—including setup, updates,
Nitrite.close(), and chunk inspection—inside the try/finally structure
surrounding deleteDb(dbPath), ensuring cleanup runs for every failure path
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Comment on lines +356 to +365
if (iterator instanceof SkippableIterator) {
return ((SkippableIterator) iterator).skip(count);
}
// The wrapper is uniformly skippable so BoundedStream never has to unwrap it; a
// delegate that cannot seek pays the same loop BoundedStream would have run itself.
long skipped = 0;
while (skipped < count && hasNext()) {
next();
skipped++;
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate skip counts and release exhausted iterators.

Reject negative counts before delegating to EntryIterator, because getKey(-1) can return null and cause a non-empty map to return its full size. Also mark the iterator exhausted and release its VersionUsage whenever skip consumes all remaining records, including both the delegate and fallback paths.

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMap.java`
around lines 356 - 365, Update VersionedIterator.skip so both the
EntryIterator.skip delegation and the fallback loop mark the iterator exhausted
and invoke cleanable.clean() when skipping consumes all remaining records,
including an exact skip to the end; preserve the existing skipped-count behavior
for partially consumed iterators.

Apply the same fix in
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVMap.java`
at line 175: Covers negative-count validation and the same exhaustion-release
behavior at the related iterator implementation site.


if (getStoreConfig().autoCompact()) {
mvStore.close(-1);
compactAndClose();

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Initialize MVStoreConfig.autoCompact for the direct module constructor.

MVStoreModule(String) creates MVStoreConfig directly, leaving autoCompact as false. getStore() passes this config to NitriteMVStore, which then disables background compaction and skips compactAndClose(). Initialize MVStoreConfig.autoCompact to true, or set it in the constructor.

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVStore.java`
at line 134, Update the direct MVStoreModule(String) construction path to
initialize MVStoreConfig.autoCompact to true before getStore() passes the
configuration to NitriteMVStore, preserving background compaction and
compactAndClose() behavior.

if (originalCompactThreads == null) {
System.clearProperty(COMPACT_THREADS_PROPERTY);
} else {
System.setProperty(COMPACT_THREADS_PROPERTY, originalCompactThreads);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve concurrent JVM-property updates.

COMPACT_THREADS_LOCK only serializes NitriteMVStore instances. If another component sets h2.compactThreads while this close is in progress, Line 234 overwrites that newer value with originalCompactThreads. Use a synchronization mechanism that also covers JVM-property writers for the full set/close/restore interval, or remove this temporary process-wide property mutation.

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/NitriteMVStore.java`
at line 234, Update the compact-thread property handling around
COMPACT_THREADS_LOCK and the close/restore flow so concurrent JVM-property
writers cannot be overwritten by restoring originalCompactThreads; synchronize
the entire temporary set, close, and restore interval with all property writers,
or remove the temporary h2.compactThreads mutation while preserving close
behavior.

// getting scheduled - the file is back to its live size by the time close() returns.
final long finalFileSize = dbFile.length();

try {

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Always delete the temporary database file.

If setup, an update, Nitrite.close(), or chunk inspection throws before Line 92, execution never reaches this try block. The test then leaves its MVStore file in the temporary directory. Put the complete test lifecycle inside the finally that calls deleteDb(dbPath).

As per coding guidelines, “Be careful with file I/O operations in storage adapters.”

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreFileGrowthTest.java`
at line 92, Move the complete MVStore test lifecycle—including setup, updates,
Nitrite.close(), and chunk inspection—inside the try/finally structure
surrounding deleteDb(dbPath), ensuring cleanup runs for every failure path
rather than only after reaching the current try block.

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anidotnet merged commit 2c65442 into nitrite:main Aug 31, 2026
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DarkAtra deleted the fix/mvstore-backend-can-grow-uncontrollably branch September 6, 2026 14:37
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