Firestore: Optimize local cache sync when resuming a query that had d…

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.changeset/swift-eels-change.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@firebase/webchannel-wrapper': minor
+'@firebase/firestore': minor
+'firebase': minor
+---
+
+Implemented an optimization in the local cache synchronization logic that reduces the number of billed document reads when documents were deleted on the server while the client was not actively listening to the query (e.g. while the client was offline).

packages/firestore/package.json

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "dev": "rollup -c -w",
     "lint": "eslint -c .eslintrc.js '**/*.ts' --ignore-path '../../.gitignore'",
     "lint:fix": "eslint --fix -c .eslintrc.js '**/*.ts' --ignore-path '../../.gitignore'",
-    "prettier": "prettier --write '*.js' '@(lite|src|test)/**/*.ts'",
+    "prettier": "prettier --write '*.js' '@(lite|src|test)/**/*.ts' 'test/unit/remote/bloom_filter_golden_test_data/*.json'",
     "test:lite": "ts-node ./scripts/run-tests.ts --emulator --platform node_lite --main=lite/index.ts 'test/lite/**/*.test.ts'",
     "test:lite:prod": "ts-node ./scripts/run-tests.ts --platform node_lite --main=lite/index.ts 'test/lite/**/*.test.ts'",
     "test:lite:browser": "karma start --single-run --lite",

packages/firestore/src/core/sync_engine_impl.ts

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ import { primitiveComparator } from '../util/misc';
 import { ObjectMap } from '../util/obj_map';
 import { Deferred } from '../util/promise';
 import { SortedMap } from '../util/sorted_map';
-import { SortedSet } from '../util/sorted_set';
 import { BATCHID_UNKNOWN } from '../util/types';
 
 import {
@@ -316,9 +315,6 @@ export async function syncEngineListen(
       syncEngineImpl.localStore,
       queryToTarget(query)
     );
-    if (syncEngineImpl.isPrimaryClient) {
-      remoteStoreListen(syncEngineImpl.remoteStore, targetData);
-    }
 
     const status = syncEngineImpl.sharedClientState.addLocalQueryTarget(
       targetData.targetId
@@ -331,6 +327,10 @@ export async function syncEngineListen(
       status === 'current',
       targetData.resumeToken
     );
+
+    if (syncEngineImpl.isPrimaryClient) {
+      remoteStoreListen(syncEngineImpl.remoteStore, targetData);
+    }
   }
 
   return viewSnapshot;
@@ -638,7 +638,9 @@ export async function syncEngineRejectListen(
     const event = new RemoteEvent(
       SnapshotVersion.min(),
       /* targetChanges= */ new Map<TargetId, TargetChange>(),
-      /* targetMismatches= */ new SortedSet<TargetId>(primitiveComparator),
+      /* targetMismatches= */ new SortedMap<TargetId, TargetPurpose>(
+        primitiveComparator
+      ),
       documentUpdates,
       resolvedLimboDocuments
     );

packages/firestore/src/local/local_store_impl.ts

@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export function localStoreApplyRemoteEventToLocalCache(
         let newTargetData = oldTargetData.withSequenceNumber(
           txn.currentSequenceNumber
         );
-        if (remoteEvent.targetMismatches.has(targetId)) {
+        if (remoteEvent.targetMismatches.get(targetId) !== null) {
           newTargetData = newTargetData
             .withResumeToken(
               ByteString.EMPTY_BYTE_STRING,

packages/firestore/src/local/target_data.ts

@@ -26,10 +26,17 @@ export const enum TargetPurpose {
   Listen,
 
   /**
-   * The query target was used to refill a query after an existence filter mismatch.
+   * The query target was used to refill a query after an existence filter
+   * mismatch.
    */
   ExistenceFilterMismatch,
 
+  /**
+   * The query target was used if the query is the result of a false positive in
+   * the bloom filter.
+   */
+  ExistenceFilterMismatchBloom,
+
   /** The query target was used to resolve a limbo document. */
   LimboResolution
 }
@@ -66,7 +73,13 @@ export class TargetData {
      * matches the target. The resume token essentially identifies a point in
      * time from which the server should resume sending results.
      */
-    readonly resumeToken: ByteString = ByteString.EMPTY_BYTE_STRING
+    readonly resumeToken: ByteString = ByteString.EMPTY_BYTE_STRING,
+    /**
+     * The number of documents that last matched the query at the resume token or
+     * read time. Documents are counted only when making a listen request with
+     * resume token or read time, otherwise, keep it null.
+     */
+    readonly expectedCount: number | null = null
   ) {}
 
   /** Creates a new target data instance with an updated sequence number. */
@@ -78,7 +91,8 @@ export class TargetData {
       sequenceNumber,
       this.snapshotVersion,
       this.lastLimboFreeSnapshotVersion,
-      this.resumeToken
+      this.resumeToken,
+      this.expectedCount
     );
   }
 
@@ -97,7 +111,24 @@ export class TargetData {
       this.sequenceNumber,
       snapshotVersion,
       this.lastLimboFreeSnapshotVersion,
-      resumeToken
+      resumeToken,
+      /* expectedCount= */ null
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new target data instance with an updated expected count.
+   */
+  withExpectedCount(expectedCount: number): TargetData {
+    return new TargetData(
+      this.target,
+      this.targetId,
+      this.purpose,
+      this.sequenceNumber,
+      this.snapshotVersion,
+      this.lastLimboFreeSnapshotVersion,
+      this.resumeToken,
+      expectedCount
     );
   }
 
@@ -115,7 +146,8 @@ export class TargetData {
       this.sequenceNumber,
       this.snapshotVersion,
       lastLimboFreeSnapshotVersion,
-      this.resumeToken
+      this.resumeToken,
+      this.expectedCount
     );
   }
 }

packages/firestore/src/protos/firestore_proto_api.ts

@@ -224,6 +224,15 @@ export declare namespace firestoreV1ApiClientInterfaces {
   interface ExistenceFilter {
     targetId?: number;
     count?: number;
+    unchangedNames?: BloomFilter;
+  }
+  interface BloomFilter {
+    bits?: BitSequence;
+    hashCount?: number;
+  }
+  interface BitSequence {
+    bitmap?: string | Uint8Array;
+    padding?: number;
   }
   interface FieldFilter {
     field?: FieldReference;
@@ -390,6 +399,7 @@ export declare namespace firestoreV1ApiClientInterfaces {
     readTime?: Timestamp;
     targetId?: number;
     once?: boolean;
+    expectedCount?: number | { value: number };
   }
   interface TargetChange {
     targetChangeType?: TargetChangeTargetChangeType;
@@ -454,6 +464,7 @@ export declare type BeginTransactionRequest =
   firestoreV1ApiClientInterfaces.BeginTransactionRequest;
 export declare type BeginTransactionResponse =
   firestoreV1ApiClientInterfaces.BeginTransactionResponse;
+export declare type BloomFilter = firestoreV1ApiClientInterfaces.BloomFilter;
 export declare type CollectionSelector =
   firestoreV1ApiClientInterfaces.CollectionSelector;
 export declare type CommitRequest =

packages/firestore/src/protos/google/firestore/v1/bloom_filter.proto

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package google.firestore.v1;
+
+option csharp_namespace = "Google.Cloud.Firestore.V1";
+option go_package = "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/firestore/v1;firestore";
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+option java_outer_classname = "BloomFilterProto";
+option java_package = "com.google.firestore.v1";
+option objc_class_prefix = "GCFS";
+option php_namespace = "Google\\Cloud\\Firestore\\V1";
+option ruby_package = "Google::Cloud::Firestore::V1";
+
+// A sequence of bits, encoded in a byte array.
+//
+// Each byte in the `bitmap` byte array stores 8 bits of the sequence. The only
+// exception is the last byte, which may store 8 _or fewer_ bits. The `padding`
+// defines the number of bits of the last byte to be ignored as "padding". The
+// values of these "padding" bits are unspecified and must be ignored.
+//
+// To retrieve the first bit, bit 0, calculate: (bitmap[0] & 0x01) != 0.
+// To retrieve the second bit, bit 1, calculate: (bitmap[0] & 0x02) != 0.
+// To retrieve the third bit, bit 2, calculate: (bitmap[0] & 0x04) != 0.
+// To retrieve the fourth bit, bit 3, calculate: (bitmap[0] & 0x08) != 0.
+// To retrieve bit n, calculate: (bitmap[n / 8] & (0x01 << (n % 8))) != 0.
+//
+// The "size" of a `BitSequence` (the number of bits it contains) is calculated
+// by this formula: (bitmap.length * 8) - padding.
+message BitSequence {
+  // The bytes that encode the bit sequence.
+  // May have a length of zero.
+  bytes bitmap = 1;
+
+  // The number of bits of the last byte in `bitmap` to ignore as "padding".
+  // If the length of `bitmap` is zero, then this value must be 0.
+  // Otherwise, this value must be between 0 and 7, inclusive.
+  int32 padding = 2;
+}
+
+// A bloom filter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter).
+//
+// The bloom filter hashes the entries with MD5 and treats the resulting 128-bit
+// hash as 2 distinct 64-bit hash values, interpreted as unsigned integers
+// using 2's complement encoding.
+//
+// These two hash values, named h1 and h2, are then used to compute the
+// `hash_count` hash values using the formula, starting at i=0:
+//
+//   h(i) = h1 + (i * h2)
+//
+// These resulting values are then taken modulo the number of bits in the bloom
+// filter to get the bits of the bloom filter to test for the given entry.
+message BloomFilter {
+  // The bloom filter data.
+  BitSequence bits = 1;
+
+  // The number of hashes used by the algorithm.
+  int32 hash_count = 2;
+}

packages/firestore/src/protos/google/firestore/v1/firestore.proto

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import "google/firestore/v1/query.proto";
 import "google/firestore/v1/write.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/empty.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/wrappers.proto";
 import "google/rpc/status.proto";
 
 option csharp_namespace = "Google.Cloud.Firestore.V1";
@@ -857,6 +858,15 @@ message Target {
 
   // If the target should be removed once it is current and consistent.
   bool once = 6;
+
+  // The number of documents that last matched the query at the resume token or
+  // read time.
+  //
+  // This value is only relevant when a `resume_type` is provided. This value
+  // being present and greater than zero signals that the client wants
+  // `ExistenceFilter.unchanged_names` to be included in the response.
+  //
+  google.protobuf.Int32Value expected_count = 12;
 }
 
 // Targets being watched have changed.

packages/firestore/src/protos/google/firestore/v1/write.proto

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package google.firestore.v1;
 
+import "google/firestore/v1/bloom_filter.proto";
 import "google/firestore/v1/common.proto";
 import "google/firestore/v1/document.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
@@ -261,4 +262,18 @@ message ExistenceFilter {
   // If different from the count of documents in the client that match, the
   // client must manually determine which documents no longer match the target.
   int32 count = 2;
+
+  // A bloom filter that contains the UTF-8 byte encodings of the resource names
+  // of the documents that match [target_id][google.firestore.v1.ExistenceFilter.target_id], in the
+  // form `projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents/{document_path}`
+  // that have NOT changed since the query results indicated by the resume token
+  // or timestamp given in `Target.resume_type`.
+  //
+  // This bloom filter may be omitted at the server's discretion, such as if it
+  // is deemed that the client will not make use of it or if it is too
+  // computationally expensive to calculate or transmit. Clients must gracefully
+  // handle this field being absent by falling back to the logic used before
+  // this field existed; that is, re-add the target without a resume token to
+  // figure out which documents in the client's cache are out of sync.
+  BloomFilter unchanged_names = 3;
 }

packages/firestore/src/protos/protos.json

@@ -928,6 +928,30 @@
                     }
                   }
                 },
+                "BitSequence": {
+                  "fields": {
+                    "bitmap": {
+                      "type": "bytes",
+                      "id": 1
+                    },
+                    "padding": {
+                      "type": "int32",
+                      "id": 2
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "BloomFilter": {
+                  "fields": {
+                    "bits": {
+                      "type": "BitSequence",
+                      "id": 1
+                    },
+                    "hashCount": {
+                      "type": "int32",
+                      "id": 2
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
                 "DocumentMask": {
                   "fields": {
                     "fieldPaths": {
@@ -2052,6 +2076,10 @@
                     "once": {
                       "type": "bool",
                       "id": 6
+                    },
+                    "expectedCount": {
+                      "type": "google.protobuf.Int32Value",
+                      "id": 12
                     }
                   },
                   "nested": {
@@ -2660,6 +2688,10 @@
                     "count": {
                       "type": "int32",
                       "id": 2
+                    },
+                    "unchangedNames": {
+                      "type": "BloomFilter",
+                      "id": 3
                     }
                   }
                 }