Fixes #25491: Fix table constraint storage duplication causing data inconsistency

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Describe your changes:

Table constraints with referredColumns (FOREIGN_KEY relationships) were stored in both table_entity JSON and the relationship table. When a referenced table was deleted, the relationship was removed but the constraint data persisted in JSON, creating orphaned references.

Changes:

• TableRepository.storeEntity(): Filter constraints with referredColumns before JSON storage

  • Only constraints without table references (PRIMARY_KEY, UNIQUE, SORT_KEY, DIST_KEY, CLUSTER_KEY) are stored in JSON
  • Table-to-table relationship constraints are managed exclusively via relationship table
  • Added filterConstraintsWithoutReferredColumns() helper method with JavaDoc

• Migration v1912: Cleanup existing data

  • Removes constraints with referredColumns from table_entity JSON for all existing tables
  • Batch processing (1000 tables per batch) for MySQL and PostgreSQL
  • Added comprehensive JavaDoc explaining the migration purpose

Example:

// Before storage
table.setTableConstraints([primaryKey, unique, foreignKey]);

// After filtering, only stored in JSON:
// [primaryKey, unique]

// Foreign key managed via relationship table only
addConstraintRelationship(table, [foreignKey]);

Type of change:

• Bug fix

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• My PR title is Fixes <issue-number>: <short explanation>
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Note: Tests have not been added as this is a migration and repository-level change that would require complex integration testing setup. The changes follow existing patterns in the codebase and all CI checks pass.

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Issue in TableRepository.java</issue_title>
<issue_description>- We are storing table constraints against table_entity json , even when we are doing addConstraintRelationship(table, table.getTableConstraints()); so even though when a table is deleted that relation is removed , we have a table that might be containing those tableConstraints. So in that case if a table is deleted we might run into issues.

• In TableRepostiory.java befor calling addConstraintRelationship(table, table.getTableConstraints()); we should be calling table.setConstraint() and refor table relations not to be stored in table_entity json
  But do note this needs to happen only for referred columns coming that has table to table relations. other things can be stored in the tableContraints in table_entity.json
• We need to write migrations for removing table to table relation referred columns from table , since they might already be stored in relationship table</issue_description>

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• Fixes Issue in TableRepository.java #25491

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Code Review ⚠️ Changes requested 0 resolved / 2 findings

Well-structured fix for constraint storage duplication, but the migration has a pagination bug that will skip some rows.

⚠️ Bug: Migration pagination always increments offset, missing updated rows

📄 openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/migration/utils/v1912/MigrationUtil.java:61

The migration uses OFFSET :offset pagination but always increments the offset after processing each batch (offset += batchSize). However, when rows are updated (constraints removed), they will no longer match the WHERE clause in subsequent queries. This causes the pagination to skip rows.

Scenario: Batch 1 fetches rows 1-1000. If 500 of them get updated (constraints removed), those rows no longer match the query. Batch 2 with OFFSET 1000 will start from what was originally row 2001 (now row 1501 after 500 rows stopped matching), effectively skipping 500 rows that should have been processed in batch 2.

Fix: Since updated rows fall out of the result set, use OFFSET 0 for all batches (cursor pagination based on results) or use keyset pagination with a stable cursor (e.g., WHERE id > :lastId ORDER BY id).

// Option 1: Don't increment offset since updated rows disappear from query
// Simply keep offset = 0
// Only break when tables.isEmpty()

// Option 2: Keyset pagination
String fetchQuery = "SELECT id, json FROM table_entity "
    + "WHERE id > :lastId AND JSON_LENGTH(JSON_EXTRACT(json, '$.tableConstraints')) > 0 "
    + "ORDER BY id LIMIT :limit";

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💡 Quality: Duplicate filtering logic between TableRepository and MigrationUtil

📄 openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TableRepository.java:76-84

The constraint filtering logic is duplicated between TableRepository.filterConstraintsWithoutReferredColumns() and the inline logic in MigrationUtil.removeConstraintsWithReferredColumnsFromTableJson().

While the migration code cannot easily depend on TableRepository (to avoid circular dependencies in migration context), consider extracting a shared utility method or at minimum adding a comment to both locations indicating they must be kept in sync.

If the filtering logic ever needs to change (e.g., additional constraint types to exclude), both locations must be updated together, which is error-prone.

Suggestion: Add a comment in both places referencing the other to ensure future maintainers know about the duplication:

// NOTE: This filtering logic is duplicated in MigrationUtil.v1912
// for the data migration. Keep both in sync.

What Works Well

Clear separation of concerns with filtering in repository and dedicated migration utility. Proper batch processing approach with logging for observability. The fix correctly addresses the root cause by filtering constraints before JSON storage while maintaining them for relationship table operations.

Recommendations

Consider wrapping the migration in a transaction per batch to ensure atomicity. The current implementation updates rows individually without explicit transaction boundaries, which could leave partial state on failure.

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⚠️ Bug: Migration pagination always increments offset, missing updated rows

Details

The migration uses OFFSET :offset pagination but always increments the offset after processing each batch (offset += batchSize). However, when rows are updated (constraints removed), they will no longer match the WHERE clause in subsequent queries. This causes the pagination to skip rows.

Scenario: Batch 1 fetches rows 1-1000. If 500 of them get updated (constraints removed), those rows no longer match the query. Batch 2 with OFFSET 1000 will start from what was originally row 2001 (now row 1501 after 500 rows stopped matching), effectively skipping 500 rows that should have been processed in batch 2.

Fix: Since updated rows fall out of the result set, use OFFSET 0 for all batches (cursor pagination based on results) or use keyset pagination with a stable cursor (e.g., WHERE id > :lastId ORDER BY id).

// Option 1: Don't increment offset since updated rows disappear from query
// Simply keep offset = 0
// Only break when tables.isEmpty()

// Option 2: Keyset pagination
String fetchQuery = "SELECT id, json FROM table_entity "
    + "WHERE id > :lastId AND JSON_LENGTH(JSON_EXTRACT(json, '$.tableConstraints')) > 0 "
    + "ORDER BY id LIMIT :limit";

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