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siftlode/backend/tests/test_shuffle_walk.py
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peter 26ed8855c9 fix(feed): an out-of-range seed or cursor is refused, not a 500
A seed past a float overflowed the shuffle's start point, and a cursor holding Infinity or a 400-digit
key overflowed its int/float read: both answered 500. The routes bound the seed (422), the start
point folds it to 32 bits, and the cursor read counts an overflow as a bad cursor (400). A plan test
holds that the walk reads ix_videos_shuffle_key with no sort over a realistic scope.
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"""A seeded shuffle walks a stored random key instead of sorting the whole scope. DB lane.
Every video carries a random number drawn once (`Video.shuffle_key`). A seed picks a point on that
ring; the feed's Shuffle sort pages along the ring from there and wraps, and the Home surprise reads
a window of it and shuffles that window by the seed (`discover.queries.yt_surprise`). Ordering the
scope by md5(id || seed) cost ~350 ms per call on prod and grew with every Shuffle page.
"""
import base64
import random
from contextlib import contextmanager
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from sqlalchemy import event, insert, text
from app import feedquery
from app.catalog.models import Channel, Subscription, Video
from app.discover import queries
from app.discover.queries import _FEED_BASE
NOW = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
KEYS = {"k05": 0.05, "k20": 0.20, "k40": 0.40, "k60": 0.60, "k80": 0.80, "k95": 0.95}
def _seed(db, make_user, keys=KEYS):
user = make_user()
db.add(Channel(id="UCring", title="Ring"))
db.flush()
db.add(Subscription(user_id=user.id, channel_id="UCring"))
db.add_all(
[
Video(
id=vid,
channel_id="UCring",
title=vid,
duration_seconds=20 * 60,
published_at=NOW - timedelta(days=i + 1),
shuffle_key=key,
)
for i, (vid, key) in enumerate(keys.items())
]
)
db.commit()
return user
def _ring(seed, keys=KEYS):
"""The ring order from the seed's point: the keys at or after it ascending, then the rest."""
r = feedquery.shuffle_start(seed)
return sorted(keys, key=lambda v: (keys[v] < r, keys[v]))
def _seed_landing_between(lo, hi):
return next(s for s in range(1000) if lo < feedquery.shuffle_start(s) < hi)
def test_the_walk_starts_at_the_seeds_point_and_wraps(db, make_user):
user = _seed(db, make_user)
query, _ = feedquery.filtered_query(db, user, **_FEED_BASE)
seed = _seed_landing_between(0.45, 0.55) # starts at k60, wraps to k05 after k95
got = [r.id for r in feedquery.shuffle_walk(db, query, seed, 6)]
assert got == ["k60", "k80", "k95", "k05", "k20", "k40"]
assert [r.id for r in feedquery.shuffle_walk(db, query, seed, 4)] == got[:4]
def test_the_feed_shuffle_pages_along_the_ring(db, make_user, as_user):
user = _seed(db, make_user)
client = as_user(user)
for seed in (_seed_landing_between(0.1, 0.15), _seed_landing_between(0.85, 0.9)):
walked, cursor = [], None
for _ in range(5):
url = f"/api/feed?sort=shuffle&seed={seed}&limit=2" + (
f"&cursor={cursor}" if cursor else ""
)
body = client.get(url).json()
walked += [it["id"] for it in body["items"]]
cursor = body["next_cursor"]
if not body["has_more"]:
break
assert walked == _ring(seed), seed
def test_a_new_seed_opens_the_shuffle_elsewhere(db, make_user, as_user):
user = _seed(db, make_user)
client = as_user(user)
first = {
seed: client.get(f"/api/feed?sort=shuffle&seed={seed}&limit=2").json()["items"][0]["id"]
for seed in (_seed_landing_between(0.1, 0.15), _seed_landing_between(0.65, 0.7))
}
assert sorted(first.values()) == ["k20", "k80"]
@contextmanager
def _statements(db):
seen: list[str] = []
def grab(conn, cursor, statement, *args):
seen.append(statement)
engine = db.get_bind()
event.listen(engine, "before_cursor_execute", grab)
try:
yield seen
finally:
event.remove(engine, "before_cursor_execute", grab)
def _draws_of_videos(seen):
return [s for s in seen if "FROM videos" in s and "LIMIT" in s]
def test_neither_draw_orders_the_scope_by_a_hash(db, make_user):
# Each draw reads the videos as an ascending range of the key (what ix_videos_shuffle_key serves),
# never ordered by a hash or by the ring's CASE (which no index can serve).
user = _seed(db, make_user)
with _statements(db) as surprise:
queries.yt_surprise(db, user, "any", 7, 3)
with _statements(db) as page:
feedquery.feed_page(
db, user, dict(_FEED_BASE), sort="shuffle", seed=7, limit=2, cursor=None, lang="en"
)
for seen in (surprise, page):
draws = _draws_of_videos(seen)
assert draws
for s in draws:
assert "md5(" not in s.lower()
assert "ORDER BY videos.shuffle_key, videos.id" in s.replace("\n", " "), s
def test_the_walk_reads_the_ring_index_and_sorts_nothing(db, make_user):
# The text of the query is not the plan: each arc must be served by ix_videos_shuffle_key in key
# order (an index on another shape, or none, leaves a Sort of the whole scope). A scope of a few
# thousand videos, analysed, so the planner weighs it as it does a real one.
user = _seed(db, make_user)
rng = random.Random(7)
db.execute(
insert(Video),
[
{
"id": f"bulk{i:05}",
"channel_id": "UCring",
"title": "b",
"duration_seconds": 600,
"published_at": NOW - timedelta(minutes=i),
"shuffle_key": rng.random(),
}
for i in range(4000)
],
)
db.commit()
db.execute(text("ANALYZE videos"))
query, _ = feedquery.filtered_query(db, user, **_FEED_BASE)
captured: list[tuple[str, object]] = []
def grab(conn, cursor, statement, params, *args):
if "FROM videos" in statement and "LIMIT" in statement:
captured.append((statement, params))
engine = db.get_bind()
event.listen(engine, "before_cursor_execute", grab)
try:
seed = _seed_landing_between(0.45, 0.55)
feedquery.shuffle_walk(db, query, seed, 6) # the first arc, from the seed's point
feedquery.shuffle_walk(db, query, seed, 6, (1, 0.3, "bulk00001")) # the wrap, resumed
finally:
event.remove(engine, "before_cursor_execute", grab)
assert len(captured) == 2
conn = db.connection()
for statement, params in captured:
plan = "\n".join(r[0] for r in conn.exec_driver_sql("EXPLAIN " + statement, params))
assert "ix_videos_shuffle_key" in plan, plan
assert "Sort Key: videos.shuffle_key" not in plan, plan
def test_the_surprise_reads_a_window_of_the_ring(db, make_user, monkeypatch):
user = _seed(db, make_user)
monkeypatch.setattr(queries, "SURPRISE_WINDOW", 3)
for seed in range(20):
drawn = {r["id"] for r in queries.yt_surprise(db, user, "any", seed, 3)}
assert drawn == set(_ring(seed)[:3]), seed
def test_a_wide_gap_on_the_ring_does_not_make_a_favourite(db, make_user):
# One video after an empty half of the ring, twenty packed into the other half. Taking the first
# video after the seed's point would deal the lonely one about half the time; the window is
# shuffled by the seed, so it leads about as often as any other.
keys = {"lonely": 0.5} | {f"p{i:02}": 0.51 + i * 0.02 for i in range(20)}
user = _seed(db, make_user, keys)
leads = [queries.yt_surprise(db, user, "any", s, 1)[0]["id"] for s in range(90)]
assert leads.count("lonely") < 15, leads.count("lonely")
def test_any_seed_lands_on_the_ring():
# An int too large for a float overflowed the multiplication: a 500 for a hand-typed seed.
for seed in (10**400, -(10**400), 2**53 + 1, -7):
assert 0 <= feedquery.shuffle_start(seed) < 1, seed
def test_a_seed_out_of_range_is_refused_not_a_500(db, make_user, as_user):
client = as_user(_seed(db, make_user))
huge = "9" * 400
for url in (
f"/api/feed?sort=shuffle&seed={huge}",
f"/api/discover?seed={huge}",
f"/api/discover/pick?seed={huge}",
):
assert client.get(url).status_code == 422, url
def test_a_shuffle_cursor_past_a_float_is_a_bad_cursor(db, make_user, as_user):
client = as_user(_seed(db, make_user))
for k in ("[Infinity, 0.5]", f"[0, {'9' * 400}]"):
raw = '{"k": %s, "id": "k20"}' % k
cursor = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(raw.encode()).decode()
assert client.get(f"/api/feed?sort=shuffle&seed=1&cursor={cursor}").status_code == 400, k
def test_a_new_video_gets_its_own_key(db, make_user):
_seed(db, make_user, {})
db.add_all([Video(id=f"n{i}", channel_id="UCring", title="n") for i in range(3)])
db.commit()
keys = [db.get(Video, f"n{i}").shuffle_key for i in range(3)]
assert len(set(keys)) == 3 and all(0 <= k < 1 for k in keys)