Change prepare_on_all_hosts default to False - #988
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Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR changes statement-preparation defaults and adds a post-connect warm-up path, but the current implementation can end the warm-up before all requested pools are ready and can reinterpret existing positional constructor calls. These issues may cause unexpected preparation behavior or compatibility regressions, so fixes and regression coverage are needed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@cassandra/cluster.py`:
- Line 1199: Update the existing Cluster integration test to instantiate
Cluster() without arguments and assert the new default for prepare_on_all_hosts,
while retaining a separate explicit True case to verify opt-in eager
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Add a regression test for both new defaults.
The existing integration test explicitly passes prepare_on_all_hosts=False, so it cannot detect a regression in the class attribute at Line [989] or the constructor default at Line [1199]. Add a no-argument Cluster() assertion and retain a True case for opt-in eager preparation.
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In `@cassandra/cluster.py` at line 1199, Update the existing Cluster integration
test to instantiate Cluster() without arguments and assert the new default for
prepare_on_all_hosts, while retaining a separate explicit True case to verify
opt-in eager preparation.
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In multi-DC deployments, eager preparation previously ran on every host with an open connection pool, including remote hosts that are rarely or never queried on the happy path. Since an UNPREPARED response always triggers on-demand reprepare and retry, eager preparation is purely a latency optimization and does not affect correctness. Disabling it by default avoids paying for that optimization on rarely-used remote hosts.
prepare_on_all_hosts now defaults to False, so a query against a host that hasn't prepared the statement yet can get UNPREPARED and silently retry. That appends an earlier, incomplete trace to the response future before the one that actually produced the result, so indexing get_query_trace_ids() with [0] picked the wrong (empty) trace. get_query_trace() (singular) already uses the last trace; match that.
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6-16: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winSplit unrelated startup-reporting changes from this patch.
These entries, and the corresponding
cassandra/cluster.pychanges, addSESSION_IDandDRIVER_CONFIG. The stated PR objective is theCluster.prepare_on_all_hostsdefault change and its tracing behavior. Move the startup-reporting feature to a separate logical commit with its own tests and changelog entry.As per coding guidelines, split the patch into logically separate commits.
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- Around line 6-16: Remove the unrelated SESSION_ID and DRIVER_CONFIG
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38-40: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winState the explicit override modes separately.
The wording can imply that both values retain the old eager behavior.
prepare_on_all_hosts=Truepins unconditional eager preparation, whileFalsepins unconditional lazy preparation. Document this mapping explicitly.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cassandra/cluster.py`:
- Around line 3297-3304: Update the prepare_on_all_hosts configuration handling
so assignments made after construction, including both True and False, mark
_prepare_on_all_hosts_explicit. Ensure the warm-up decision returns the
explicitly assigned cluster.prepare_on_all_hosts value before applying the
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In `@CHANGELOG.rst`:
- Around line 38-40: Update the changelog text describing prepare_on_all_hosts
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Broadcasting a PREPARE to every pooled host on every prepare() call is mainly useful right after a Session connects, when hosts are freshly discovered and different callers are likely to hit different hosts in quick succession. In steady state, traffic for a given prepared statement usually concentrates on a stable subset of replicas via token-aware routing, so the broadcast is normally wasted work, and an UNPREPARED response already triggers reprepare-and-retry on demand. Leave prepare_on_all_hosts unset (Cluster's new sentinel default) to get eager broadcast only during prepare_on_all_hosts_warmup_seconds (15s) after Session connects, then fall back to the lazy behavior. Explicitly passing True or False still pins that behavior for the life of the cluster, unaffected by the warm-up window. This is independent of Cluster._prepare_all_queries/reprepare_on_up, which already handles hosts that join after a statement was prepared.
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In `@cassandra/cluster.py`:
- Around line 2695-2697: Move or reset the _connect_time assignment so that when
wait_for_all_pools=True, it occurs after Cluster.connect() finishes waiting for
all initial pool futures, preserving the existing timestamp behavior otherwise.
Add focused test coverage verifying the warm-up window starts after all
requested pools connect.
- Around line 1251-1252: Move the new prepare_on_all_hosts and
prepare_on_all_hosts_warmup_seconds parameters to the end of the relevant
constructor signature so existing positional arguments retain their former
reprepare_on_up mapping and default behavior. Add a regression test that
constructs the object positionally with False in the former reprepare_on_up
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Preserve constructor positional compatibility.
Existing calls that pass False in the former reprepare_on_up position now set prepare_on_all_hosts=False and leave reprepare_on_up=True. Move both new parameters to the end of the signature. Add a positional regression test.
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In `@cassandra/cluster.py` around lines 1251 - 1252, Move the new
prepare_on_all_hosts and prepare_on_all_hosts_warmup_seconds parameters to the
end of the relevant constructor signature so existing positional arguments
retain their former reprepare_on_up mapping and default behavior. Add a
regression test that constructs the object positionally with False in the former
reprepare_on_up position and verifies both settings.
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| # marks when this session finished its initial pool setup; used to gauge whether we're | ||
| # still in the post-connect warm-up window for prepare_on_all_hosts (see _should_prepare_on_all_hosts) | ||
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Start the warm-up after all requested pools connect.
When wait_for_all_pools=True, Line 2697 runs before Cluster.connect() waits for all initial pool futures. Slow pool creation can consume the full warm-up window before connect() returns. Reset _connect_time after that wait completes. Add coverage for this path.
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Cluster.connect() finishes waiting for all initial pool futures, preserving the
existing timestamp behavior otherwise. Add focused test coverage verifying the
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Based on the discussion in #976 (comment), we can change the default so statements are prepared only on local nodes.
Motivation
scylla-drivers#127asks whyprepare_on_all_hostseagerly prepares statements on every host with an open connection pool, including hosts kept connected only as cross-DC fallback (HostDistance.REMOTE). Neither correctness path depends on this setting: anUNPREPAREDresponse from the server always triggers on-demand reprepare-and-retry regardless of this flag, so eager preparation is purely a latency optimization. On large, multi-DC clusters that optimization currently gets paid for unconditionally on remote hosts that are rarely or never queried on the happy path.Change
Flips the default of
Cluster.prepare_on_all_hostsfromTruetoFalse(both the class attribute and the constructor keyword argument). With the new default, statements are prepared lazily, on first use, on all hosts; users who relied on eager preparation across all hosts can opt back in by settingprepare_on_all_hosts=True.Design update: post-connect warm-up window
CI on this branch surfaced a real side effect of the plain
Falsedefault: switching every statement to lazy preparation means many moreUNPREPARED→ reprepare → retry round trips happen right after aSessionconnects, when hosts have just been discovered and different callers commonly prepare/execute against many different hosts in quick succession (this is exactly the shape of our integration test suite's setup). Under CI resource contention, that extra churn measurably increased the odds of a spuriousConnection defunct by heartbeattimeout — not a driver bug or a cluster crash, but a real cost worth designing around rather than dismissing.Rather than reverting to the old blanket
Truedefault (paying the eager-broadcast cost forever, including on remote/rarely-queried hosts, which is what motivated this PR in the first place),prepare_on_all_hostsnow has three states instead of two:Session.prepare()behaves as ifprepare_on_all_hosts=Truefor a short warm-up window right after the session connects (Cluster.prepare_on_all_hosts_warmup_seconds, default 15s), then falls back to the lazy (False) behavior for the rest of the session's life.TrueorFalse: pins that behavior for the lifetime of theCluster, unaffected by the warm-up window — an explicit choice always wins.prepare_on_all_hosts_warmup_seconds=0(or any falsy value): disables the warm-up window entirely, equivalent to a plainFalsedefault.The window is anchored to when the
Sessionfinished establishing its initial connection pools, not to the firstprepare()call — an application that callsprepare()well after connecting (lazy-first-use) gets plain lazy behavior, since by then hosts are no longer "freshly discovered" and the thundering-herd risk this is meant to cover has already passed.This is independent of
Cluster._prepare_all_queries/reprepare_on_up, which already and separately handles the case of a new host joining after a statement was prepared — that mechanism is unaffected by any of this and continues to work regardless ofprepare_on_all_hosts/warm-up state.Covered by 7 new unit tests in
tests/unit/test_cluster.py(PrepareOnAllHostsWarmupTest): eager-within-window, lazy-after-window, explicitTrue/Falseoverride in both directions, zero-warmup disabling the window,Session.prepare()actually consulting the new decision method, and_prepare_all_queriesfiring independently of flag/warmup state.Changelog
Added a CHANGELOG entry under Unreleased -> Others.