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116 changes: 103 additions & 13 deletions src/Database/Database.php
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Expand Up @@ -2357,13 +2357,12 @@ public function createAttribute(string $collection, string $id, string $type, in
}
}

$collection->setAttribute('attributes', $attribute, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);

$this->updateMetadata(
collection: $collection,
rollbackOperation: fn () => $this->cleanupAttribute($collection->getId(), $id),
shouldRollback: $created,
operationDescription: "attribute creation '{$id}'"
operationDescription: "attribute creation '{$id}'",
apply: fn (Document $metadata) => $this->appendMetadataAttribute($metadata, $attribute)
);

$this->withRetries(fn () => $this->purgeCachedCollection($collection->getId()));
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2560,16 +2559,17 @@ public function createAttributes(string $collection, array $attributes): bool
}
}

foreach ($attributeDocuments as $attributeDocument) {
$collection->setAttribute('attributes', $attributeDocument, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);
}

$this->updateMetadata(
collection: $collection,
rollbackOperation: fn () => $this->cleanupAttributes($collection->getId(), $attributeDocuments),
shouldRollback: $created,
operationDescription: 'attributes creation',
rollbackReturnsErrors: true
rollbackReturnsErrors: true,
apply: function (Document $metadata) use ($attributeDocuments) {
foreach ($attributeDocuments as $attributeDocument) {
$this->appendMetadataAttribute($metadata, $attributeDocument);
}
}
);

$this->withRetries(fn () => $this->purgeCachedCollection($collection->getId()));
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4787,13 +4787,12 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array
}
}

$collection->setAttribute('indexes', $index, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);

$this->updateMetadata(
collection: $collection,
rollbackOperation: fn () => $this->cleanupIndex($collection->getId(), $id),
shouldRollback: $created,
operationDescription: "index creation '{$id}'"
operationDescription: "index creation '{$id}'",
apply: fn (Document $metadata) => $this->appendMetadataIndex($metadata, $index)
);

$this->trigger(self::EVENT_INDEX_CREATE, $index);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -10922,6 +10921,7 @@ private function cleanupIndex(
* @param string $operationDescription Description of the operation for error messages
* @param bool $rollbackReturnsErrors Whether rollback operation returns error array (true) or throws (false)
* @param bool $silentRollback Whether rollback errors should be silently caught (true) or thrown (false)
* @param callable(Document): void|null $apply Applies the change to a fresh, locked copy of the metadata row
* @return void
* @throws DatabaseException If metadata persistence fails after all retries
*/
Expand All @@ -10931,12 +10931,15 @@ private function updateMetadata(
bool $shouldRollback,
string $operationDescription = 'operation',
bool $rollbackReturnsErrors = false,
bool $silentRollback = false
bool $silentRollback = false,
?callable $apply = null
): void {
try {
if ($collection->getId() !== self::METADATA) {
$this->withRetries(
fn () => $this->silent(fn () => $this->updateDocument(self::METADATA, $collection->getId(), $collection))
fn () => $apply === null
? $this->silent(fn () => $this->updateDocument(self::METADATA, $collection->getId(), $collection))
: $this->rebaseMetadata($collection->getId(), $apply)
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P1 Stale Schema Writes Remain

The new delta-based rebase applies only to creation paths. Other schema mutations, such as attribute updates and index deletions, still pass a previously loaded collection document through the null-apply branch. If one of these operations reads metadata before a concurrent create commits but persists afterward, updateDocument() merges its stale attributes or indexes array over the fresh row. Both operations can succeed while the newly created schema entry disappears from metadata.

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Path: src/Database/Database.php
Line: 10948-10950

Comment:
**Stale Schema Writes Remain**

The new delta-based rebase applies only to creation paths. Other schema mutations, such as attribute updates and index deletions, still pass a previously loaded collection document through the null-`apply` branch. If one of these operations reads metadata before a concurrent create commits but persists afterward, `updateDocument()` merges its stale attributes or indexes array over the fresh row. Both operations can succeed while the newly created schema entry disappears from metadata.

**Knowledge Base Used:**
- [Database orchestration](https://app.greptile.com/appwrite/-/custom-context/knowledge-base/utopia-php/database/-/docs/database-orchestration.md)
- [Collection schema management](https://app.greptile.com/appwrite/-/custom-context/knowledge-base/utopia-php/database/-/docs/collection-schema-management.md)
- [Transactions, retries, and caching](https://app.greptile.com/appwrite/-/custom-context/knowledge-base/utopia-php/database/-/docs/transactions-and-cache.md)

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Correct, and intentional scope here. Still on the old path: updateAttribute, updateAttributeMeta, updateIndexMeta, deleteAttribute, renameAttribute, renameIndex, deleteIndex plus updateCollection, which writes _metadata directly and never goes through updateMetadata(), and createRelationship/deleteRelationship, which need a two-row rebase. Follow-up PR.

);
}
} catch (\Throwable $e) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -10978,6 +10981,93 @@ private function updateMetadata(
}
}

/**
* Apply a change to a collection's metadata row inside the transaction that
* locks it, rather than writing back a copy read earlier.
*
* The caller's copy is read before the schema change and can come from
* cache, so writing it whole drops any entry another writer added in
* between — leaving a column whose metadata never mentions it. Re-reading
* under `FOR UPDATE` here serializes the change against every other writer
* of the row, in this process or another, with no distributed lock. It
* cannot wrap the schema change too: MySQL implicitly commits at DDL, which
* would release the lock mid-call.
*
* On an adapter reporting no update-lock support (Redis, Memory, Mongo) the
* read emits no lock and the transaction gives no cross-process isolation,
* so this narrows the window to the read-write pair rather than closing it.
* That is still strictly better than writing back a copy taken before the
* schema change: the read cannot be served from cache. Serializing those
* adapters would need an advisory lock, which this class does not own.
*
* $apply must be idempotent — withTransaction() and withRetries() can both
* run it again on a fresh copy.
*
* @param callable(Document): void $apply
* @throws DatabaseException
*/
private function rebaseMetadata(string $collectionId, callable $apply): void
{
$this->withTransaction(function () use ($collectionId, $apply) {
$collection = $this->authorization->skip(fn () => $this->silent(
fn () => $this->getDocument(self::METADATA, $collectionId, forUpdate: true)

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P1 Locking Is Adapter-Dependent

On Redis and non-replica-set MongoDB, forUpdate: true provides no lock and the transaction wrapper provides no write isolation. Concurrent attribute or index creations can therefore read the same metadata row and overwrite one another. Both operations can report success while the last metadata write removes the other operation's entry, leaving document validation out of sync with the adapter schema.

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Path: src/Database/Database.php
Line: 11014

Comment:
**Locking Is Adapter-Dependent**

On Redis and non-replica-set MongoDB, `forUpdate: true` provides no lock and the transaction wrapper provides no write isolation. Concurrent attribute or index creations can therefore read the same metadata row and overwrite one another. Both operations can report success while the last metadata write removes the other operation's entry, leaving document validation out of sync with the adapter schema.

**Knowledge Base Used:**
- [Transactions, retries, and caching](https://app.greptile.com/appwrite/-/custom-context/knowledge-base/utopia-php/database/-/docs/transactions-and-cache.md)
- [Collection schema management](https://app.greptile.com/appwrite/-/custom-context/knowledge-base/utopia-php/database/-/docs/collection-schema-management.md)

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Correct, getSupportForUpdateLock() returns false on Redis/Memory/Mongo, so there's no lock there. Not a regression.
Closing it on lock-less adapters needs an advisory lock, which this class doesn't own. And the transaction can't wrap the DDL

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That’s fair. This change is intended to prevent stale cached metadata from overwriting concurrent updates on adapters that support FOR UPDATE; it does not claim to provide cross-process serialization on Redis, Memory, or Mongo. Since advisory locking is outside this class and DDL cannot be enclosed in the transaction, this is not a regression. Closing the comment.

));

if ($collection->isEmpty()) {
throw new NotFoundException('Collection not found');
}

$apply($collection);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Revalidate collection limits before the rebased append.

Line 11021 applies the addition after the schema DDL has completed, but it does not validate the fresh locked metadata row. If a collection is at its attribute, width, or index limit minus one, two writers can both pass the earlier stale validation. Both physical changes then succeed, and both rebased appends persist. The collection exceeds its configured limit.

Validate the candidate locked metadata before the append. If it exceeds a limit, throw so updateMetadata() rolls back this writer’s physical change.

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In `@src/Database/Database.php` at line 11021, Before invoking $apply($collection)
in the rebased append path, revalidate the candidate metadata from the fresh
locked row against the collection’s attribute, width, and index limits. Throw
when any limit would be exceeded so updateMetadata() rolls back this writer’s
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$this->silent(fn () => $this->updateDocument(self::METADATA, $collectionId, $collection));
});
}

/**
* Append an attribute to a collection's metadata list, leaving the list
* alone when it already holds the key (keys are case-insensitive).
*
* Converging rather than throwing keeps createAttribute()'s existing policy
* for a key another writer got to first — it already suppresses the
* adapter's DuplicateException for a column that exists in the schema only
* — and keeps the entry describing that column instead of replacing it with
* this caller's spec.
*/
private function appendMetadataAttribute(Document $collection, Document $attribute): void
{
$key = \strtolower($attribute->getAttribute('key', $attribute->getId()));

/** @var array<Document> $attributes */
$attributes = $collection->getAttribute('attributes', []);

foreach ($attributes as $existing) {
if (\strtolower($existing->getAttribute('key', $existing->getId())) === $key) {
return;
}
}

$collection->setAttribute('attributes', $attribute, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);
}

/**
* Append an index to a collection's metadata list, leaving the list alone
* when it already holds the ID (IDs are case-insensitive). Converges for
* the same reason as appendMetadataAttribute().
*/
private function appendMetadataIndex(Document $collection, Document $index): void
{
/** @var array<Document> $indexes */
$indexes = $collection->getAttribute('indexes', []);

foreach ($indexes as $existing) {
if (\strtolower($existing->getId()) === \strtolower($index->getId())) {
return;
}
}

$collection->setAttribute('indexes', $index, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);
}

/**
* Rollback metadata state by removing specified attributes from collection
*
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Expand Up @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@

use Exception;
use Throwable;
use Utopia\Cache\Adapter\None as NoneCache;
use Utopia\Cache\Cache;
use Utopia\Database\Database;
use Utopia\Database\DateTime;
use Utopia\Database\Document;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -31,6 +33,19 @@ private function createRandomString(int $length = 10): string
return \substr(\bin2hex(\random_bytes(\max(1, \intval(($length + 1) / 2)))), 0, $length);
}

/**
* Attribute keys as the collection's metadata row lists them.
*
* @return array<string>
*/
private function metadataAttributeKeys(Database $database, string $collection): array
{
return \array_map(
fn (Document $attribute) => $attribute->getAttribute('key', $attribute->getId()),
$database->getCollection($collection)->getAttribute('attributes', [])
);
}

/**
* Using phpunit dataProviders to check that all these combinations of types/defaults throw exceptions
* https://phpunit.de/manual/3.7/en/writing-tests-for-phpunit.html#writing-tests-for-phpunit.data-providers
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2608,4 +2623,63 @@ public function testStringTypeAttributes(): void
$updatedDoc = $database->getDocument('stringTypes', 'doc1');
$this->assertEquals('Updated varchar value', $updatedDoc->getAttribute('varchar_field'));
}

/**
* A peer process adds an attribute while this process still holds the
* collection as it was before that write — the copy it would otherwise
* write back whole. The peer's attribute has to survive in the metadata
* list, not only as a column in the physical schema.
*/
public function testCreateAttributeConcurrentlyKeepsPeerAttribute(): void
{
/** @var Database $database */
$database = $this->getDatabase();

$collection = 'concurrentAttribute';

// A peer process: same database, its own cache, so its writes do not
// purge the copy this process is about to read.
$peer = (new Database($database->getAdapter(), new Cache(new NoneCache())))
->setAuthorization(self::$authorization);

$database->createCollection($collection, [
new Document([
'$id' => ID::custom('first'),
'type' => Database::VAR_STRING,
'size' => 32,
'required' => false,
]),
], permissions: [
Permission::read(Role::any()),
Permission::create(Role::any()),
]);

// Read it once, so this process's copy predates the peer's write.
$before = $this->metadataAttributeKeys($database, $collection);
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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  echo "--- $f"
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Make the stale-read precondition deterministic.

tests/e2e/Adapter/RedisTest.php creates the primary $database with new Cache(new NoneCacheAdapter()). NoneCache::load() always returns false, so metadataAttributeKeys() does not retain a collection snapshot before $database->createAttribute() runs. This fixture does not exercise the stale-read lost-update path.

Use a retaining cache for the primary instance, or assert that the second writer uses the pre-peer metadata snapshot.

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In `@tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/AttributeTests.php` around lines 2657 - 2658, Update
the stale-read setup around metadataAttributeKeys() so the primary $database
retains the collection snapshot before createAttribute() runs, using a retaining
cache instead of NoneCacheAdapter; alternatively, explicitly assert that the
second writer uses the pre-peer metadata snapshot. Preserve the test’s intended
stale-read lost-update scenario.

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$this->assertContains('first', $before);

$this->assertTrue($peer->createAttribute($collection, 'peer', Database::VAR_STRING, 32, false));
$this->assertTrue($database->createAttribute($collection, 'mine', Database::VAR_STRING, 32, false));

$this->assertEqualsCanonicalizing(
[...$before, 'peer', 'mine'],
$this->metadataAttributeKeys($peer, $collection),
'Peer attribute is missing from the collection metadata'
);

// The list has to match the schema, so a write naming every attribute
// must keep every value: an attribute absent from metadata is dropped.
$document = $database->createDocument($collection, new Document([
'$id' => ID::custom('row'),
'$permissions' => [Permission::read(Role::any())],
'first' => 'a',
'peer' => 'b',
'mine' => 'c',
]));

$this->assertSame('b', $document->getAttribute('peer'));
$this->assertSame('c', $document->getAttribute('mine'));

$this->assertTrue($database->deleteCollection($collection));
}
}
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