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Issue being fixed or feature implemented

#951 made backward-reference maintenance a batch-level policy: BackwardReferencesPolicy::Maintain (default) or Skip. That shape has three problems a consumer runs into immediately:

  • The caller's knowledge is per operation, not per batch. Drive knows which of its writes could displace a participant; a batch-wide switch forces it to declare for all of them at once.
  • Skip is a permission to leave references dangling, not a claim GroveDB can check. A wrong Skip silently strands registrations.
  • Under Maintain, every batch subtree removal walked the removed subtree looking for participants, even though the batch had already read every element it removed. For a delete-up-tree chain that walk re-read the same nested contents at every level. Platform measured document delete, transfer and purchase processing fees rising 5 to 23 percent from those scans alone (build(platform)!: adopt GroveDB 6.0 with automatic backward references and grovedb-bincode 2.1.0 platform#4635), and switching to Skip gave up feat!: maintain backward references automatically with cached old values #951's own read savings (the insert and delete routers fell back to the older double-read executor).

What was done?

Every operation now declares what it displaces, and V4 keeps one write path.

  • DisplacedValue::{MayBeParticipant, NotParticipant} replaces BackwardReferencesPolicy. It sits on InsertOptions, DeleteOptions, ClearOptions and every QualifiedGroveDbOp (with_displaced_value; every constructor defaults to MayBeParticipant). BatchApplyOptions carries no policy.
  • One prepared write path. The displaced value is read for the write anyway (the batch old-value observer, the Merk retained for a live write), so the declaration costs nothing to check: MayBeParticipant maintains a participant it finds, NotParticipant refuses the operation before anything commits. The live insert router no longer falls back to the v0 body and the delete router no longer to the v1 route, so feat!: maintain backward references automatically with cached old values #951's retained-node savings apply to every write regardless of declaration.
  • Trusted only where nothing reads the contents: flat drop (which now requires the op to declare NotParticipant), a raw clear_subtree, replacing a populated subtree, and a live recursive delete. A live recursive delete trusts the claim because clear_subtree runs one per nested subtree inside the caller's transaction, where a refusal part-way through could not be undone.
  • Batch DeleteTree is never pre-scanned. DontCheckWithNoCleanup declares that the batch's own deletes emptied the subtree (each of them observed individually); Error and Skip verify emptiness at apply time; DeleteChildren checks the declaration on the cleanup walk it makes anyway, refusing a participant the batch does not explicitly delete (derived cascade deletes count as explicit). Removals cannot nest inside one batch, so no deduplication is needed. The nested cleanup fixture returns from 18 seeks / 2,466 loaded bytes to the plain V4 removal, 16 / 1,999.
  • Estimation per op. The estimators charge the displaced-participant fan-out and the delete probe for ops declared MayBeParticipant and nothing extra for NotParticipant; a participant payload is charged from the op regardless. EstimatedLayerInformation::may_contain_backward_references and the *WithBackwardReferences worst-case variants are removed.
  • Tests that used Skip to manufacture dangling registrations now do so through the one trusted route, a raw clear of a nested subtree holding the referrer or target.
  • Docs: ADR, batch-operations chapter, crate overview, GROVE_V4 and slot comments, changelog.

How Has This Been Tested?

  • cargo test -p grovedb (3,469 lib, 3,483 with integration, 3 doctests), cargo test -p grovedb-version -p grovedb-merk (835) all pass; cargo clippy -p grovedb -p grovedb-version -p grovedb-merk --all-targets -- -D warnings is clean; cargo check -p grovedb --no-default-features --features verify builds.
  • New and reworked regressions in automatic_backward_references_tests.rs: a false NotParticipant claim on a live or batch overwrite, and on a live delete, is refused with the root hash unchanged while the default cascades; a delete-up-tree chain costs exactly the same and yields the same root hash under both declarations in full and partial batches; a DeleteChildren removal costs the same under both declarations (the check rides the cleanup walk); a participant under a declared-empty tree still cascades in a full batch and is still refused in a partial one.
  • batch_backward_references_cost_tests.rs: a participant payload estimates identically under both declarations; a plain insert or delete declared MayBeParticipant estimates strictly above NotParticipant in both estimators; the MayBeParticipant worst case covers a real displaced cascade and the NotParticipant apply of the same op is refused.
  • Partial batches still refuse the family in both segments; a full batch plans it by default (backward_references_elements_rejected_in_partial_batches).
  • Platform has not yet been pinned to this revision. Expected on Drive, which declares NotParticipant on every op it builds: the same fees as feat!: maintain backward references automatically with cached old values #951's Maintain with the previous revision of this branch, i.e. the ten scan-driven increases gone and feat!: maintain backward references automatically with cached old values #951's two preparation-reuse decreases kept.

Breaking Changes

BackwardReferencesPolicy, BatchApplyOptions::backward_references_policy and the per-layer estimator declarations are gone. Consumers set displaced_value on InsertOptions, DeleteOptions and ClearOptions, declare ops through QualifiedGroveDbOp::with_displaced_value, pass the declaration to drop_flat_subtree, and drop may_contain_backward_references from EstimatedLayerInformation. A DeleteTree with DropFlat must declare NotParticipant. On GROVE_V4, plain writes that declare NotParticipant over a stored participant are now refused instead of leaving stale hashes; V1 to V3 are untouched.

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  • Changed
    • Backward-reference handling now uses per-operation displacement declarations: MayBeParticipant (default) or NotParticipant.
    • Incorrect NotParticipant declarations are rejected before commit.
    • Flat subtree drops require NotParticipant; subtree clears and replacements validate participant contents according to their declaration.
    • DeleteTree operations avoid pre-scanning descendants, while applicable deletes and replacements continue to inspect them.
    • Cost estimates now charge participant fan-out and delete probes per operation declaration.
    • Partial batches continue refusing mutations involving unaccounted participants.

Under BackwardReferencesPolicy::Maintain, a DeleteTree whose behavior
declares the subtree empty (DontCheckWithNoCleanup) or verifies emptiness
at apply time (Error, Skip) removes nothing the batch's own deletes have
not already read as an old value, so the full-batch planner and the
partial-batch post-apply gate no longer walk those subtrees for
backward-reference participants. DeleteChildren removals and tree
replacements keep their scan, and the partial-batch observer no longer
queues empty trees for scanning. A delete-up-tree chain now costs exactly
what it costs under Skip, in full and partial batches alike.

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The change replaces batch-wide backward-reference policies with per-operation DisplacedValue declarations. Runtime paths validate declarations, subtree cleanup checks participants, cost estimators use operation declarations, and tests update API, cost, cascade, and partial-batch behavior.

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Per-operation displaced-value model

Layer / File(s) Summary
Declaration contract and public API
grovedb/src/bidirectional_references/mod.rs, grovedb/src/operations/insert/mod.rs, grovedb/src/operations/delete/mod.rs, grovedb/src/batch/mod.rs, grovedb/src/batch/options.rs, grovedb/src/lib.rs
DisplacedValue replaces BackwardReferencesPolicy. Insert, delete, clear, and qualified batch operations carry the declaration. BatchApplyOptions no longer carries the policy.
Runtime validation and subtree maintenance
grovedb/src/batch/backward_references.rs, grovedb/src/operations/auxiliary/*, grovedb/src/operations/delete/*, grovedb/src/operations/insert/*
NotParticipant claims are rejected when stored values participate. Participant scans depend on the declaration. Recursive cleanup can account for explicitly deleted paths. Flat drops require NotParticipant.
Cost estimation and regression coverage
grovedb/src/batch/estimated_costs/*, merk/src/estimated_costs/*, grovedb/src/tests/*
Average-case and worst-case estimators charge displaced-state costs per operation. Layer-level backward-reference metadata is removed. Tests cover declaration-dependent costs, cascades, stale registrations, partial batches, and API migration.
Documentation and version compatibility
CHANGELOG.md, adr/bidirectional_references.md, docs/book/src/batch-operations.md, docs/crates/grovedb.md, grovedb-version/src/version/*
Documentation describes automatic V4 maintenance, declaration validation, DeleteTree cleanup behavior, flat-drop requirements, and operation-level cost estimation.

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In `@adr/bidirectional_references.md`:
- Around line 125-126: The ADR statement about DeleteTree removal read costs is
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participant-scan reads, while Error and Skip may still read storage to check
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In `@grovedb/src/tests/automatic_backward_references_tests.rs`:
- Line 914: Add exact-cost test coverage for the automatic backward-reference
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this API does not promise a no-scan recursive removal, only that declared-empty
and apply-time-checked `DeleteTree` removals add no reads of their own.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the read-cost statement.

Error and Skip in scan_delete_tree_ops read storage to check emptiness. They avoid participant-scan reads only. State that these behaviors add no participant-scan reads, not that they add no reads of their own.

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In `@adr/bidirectional_references.md` around lines 125 - 126, The ADR statement
about DeleteTree removal read costs is too broad: clarify that declared-empty
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vec![TEST_LEAF.to_vec(), b"a".to_vec()],
b"b".to_vec(),
TreeType::NormalTree,
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add exact-cost cases for Error and Skip.

The cost-accounting policy requires coverage for state-modifying behavior. The scan predicate excludes DeleteTree operations with Error and Skip, but this test covers only DontCheckWithNoCleanup. Add full- and partial-batch cases for both variants. Assert equal Maintain and Skip costs and root hashes.

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In `@grovedb/src/tests/automatic_backward_references_tests.rs` at line 914, Add
exact-cost test coverage for the automatic backward-reference deletion cases
using SubelementsDeletionBehavior::Error and SubelementsDeletionBehavior::Skip,
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…kward-reference participant

Replace the batch-level BackwardReferencesPolicy (Maintain / Skip) with a
per-operation declaration, DisplacedValue::{MayBeParticipant,
NotParticipant}, carried by InsertOptions, DeleteOptions, ClearOptions and
every QualifiedGroveDbOp (with_displaced_value, MayBeParticipant by
default). BatchApplyOptions carries no policy any more.

V4 keeps one prepared write path for both declarations: the displaced
value is read for the write anyway, so MayBeParticipant maintains a
participant it finds and NotParticipant refuses the operation before
anything commits. Skip's permission to leave references dangling is gone;
only routes that read nothing trust the claim (flat drop, raw
clear_subtree, replacing a populated subtree, a live recursive delete).

A batch DeleteTree is never pre-scanned: DontCheckWithNoCleanup declares
that the batch's own deletes emptied the subtree, Error and Skip verify it
at apply time, and DeleteChildren checks the declaration on the cleanup
walk it makes anyway, refusing a participant the batch does not explicitly
delete. Batch recursive removals therefore cost the plain removal on V4
(the nested cleanup fixture returns to 16 seeks / 1,999 loaded bytes).

The estimators charge the displaced-participant fan-out per op declared
MayBeParticipant; EstimatedLayerInformation::may_contain_backward_references
and the WithBackwardReferences worst-case variants are removed.

Regressions that relied on Skip to produce dangling registrations now do
so through the trusted raw clear of a nested subtree.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@QuantumExplorer QuantumExplorer changed the title fix: skip the participant scan for declared-empty batch subtree removals feat!: declare per operation whether the displaced value may be a backward-reference participant Sep 11, 2026

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53-53: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Retain deprecated public variants or make this a semver-major change.

merk/src/lib.rs publicly exports estimated_costs, and WorstCaseLayerInformation is public. Removing the two variants can break downstream callers that construct them with the minimal feature enabled.

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In `@grovedb/src/batch/backward_references.rs`:
- Line 708: Update the validation condition around previous_participates and
op.displaced_value.may_be_participant() to exclude InsertIfNotExists operations
that are no-ops when the key already exists and error_if_exists is false. Ensure
these discarded operations bypass the NotSupported validation while preserving
validation for all operations that can write or displace a value.

In `@grovedb/src/lib.rs`:
- Line 178: Restore a compatibility surface for the removed public
grovedb::BackwardReferencesPolicy type and the changed public ClearOptions and
DeleteOptions fields, preserving existing downstream imports and access patterns
where feasible. If compatibility cannot be maintained, explicitly classify the
change as a breaking API release and add the required migration guidance.

In `@grovedb/src/operations/delete/mod.rs`:
- Line 237: Update the documentation references in the delete operation module:
replace obsolete “Maintain”/“Skip” policy terminology with `MayBeParticipant`
and `NotParticipant`, and describe `DisplacedValue` as the operation’s
declaration rather than a batch-level value. Apply the changes to the
documentation associated with `DisplacedValue` and the affected policy
references.

In `@grovedb/src/tests/ordinary_replacement_cost_tests.rs`:
- Line 71: Update the batch operation constructed for the replacement cost test,
using its QualifiedGroveDbOp builder, to explicitly set
DisplacedValue::NotParticipant via with_displaced_value. Keep the batch and
direct replace_cost branches aligned under the same displacement contract.

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  • merk/src/estimated_costs/average_case_costs/add_average_case_merk_propagate/v0.rs
  • grovedb/src/estimated_costs/average_case_costs.rs
  • merk/src/estimated_costs/average_case_costs/add_average_case_merk_propagate/v2.rs
  • grovedb/src/tests/append_family_cost_bound_tests.rs
  • grovedb/src/tests/append_storage_accounting_tests.rs
  • grovedb/src/tests/estimated_costs_average_case_tests.rs
  • grovedb/src/tests/delete_cost_estimation_tests.rs
  • grovedb/src/tests/commitment_tree_cost_bound_tests.rs
  • grovedb/src/tests/coverage_misc_tests.rs
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let previous_participates = previous
.as_ref()
.is_some_and(Element::supports_backward_references);
if previous_participates && !op.displaced_value.may_be_participant() {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Skip validation for InsertIfNotExists no-ops.

When the key exists and error_if_exists == false, preprocessing discards GroveOp::InsertIfNotExists without writing or displacing a value. The validation at line 708 runs first and can return Error::NotSupported for an existing backward-reference participant declared as DisplacedValue::NotParticipant. Exclude this conditional no-op branch from the validation.

Proposed fix
         let previous_participates = previous
             .as_ref()
             .is_some_and(Element::supports_backward_references);
-        if previous_participates && !op.displaced_value.may_be_participant() {
+        let is_skipped_conditional_insert = matches!(
+            &op.op,
+            GroveOp::InsertIfNotExists {
+                error_if_exists: false,
+                ..
+            }
+        );
+        if !is_skipped_conditional_insert
+            && previous_participates
+            && !op.displaced_value.may_be_participant()
+        {
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if previous_participates && !op.displaced_value.may_be_participant() {
let is_skipped_conditional_insert = matches!(
&op.op,
GroveOp::InsertIfNotExists {
error_if_exists: false,
..
}
);
if !is_skipped_conditional_insert
&& previous_participates
&& !op.displaced_value.may_be_participant()
{
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In `@grovedb/src/batch/backward_references.rs` at line 708, Update the validation
condition around previous_participates and
op.displaced_value.may_be_participant() to exclude InsertIfNotExists operations
that are no-ops when the key already exists and error_if_exists is false. Ensure
these discarded operations bypass the NotSupported validation while preserving
validation for all operations that can write or displace a value.

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Comment thread grovedb/src/lib.rs

#[cfg(feature = "minimal")]
pub use bidirectional_references::{BackwardReferencesPolicy, BidirectionalReference};
pub use bidirectional_references::{BidirectionalReference, DisplacedValue};

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

Treat this migration as a public API break.

Line 178 removes grovedb::BackwardReferencesPolicy. Existing downstream imports will not compile. The public ClearOptions and DeleteOptions fields also changed in this cohort.

Retain a compatibility surface, or publish this change with an explicit breaking-version and migration plan.

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In `@grovedb/src/lib.rs` at line 178, Restore a compatibility surface for the
removed public grovedb::BackwardReferencesPolicy type and the changed public
ClearOptions and DeleteOptions fields, preserving existing downstream imports
and access patterns where feasible. If compatibility cannot be maintained,
explicitly classify the change as a breaking API release and add the required
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/// tracked: any that point to the deleted element become dangling, and
/// callers must manage their lifecycle. Under the default
/// [`Maintain`](crate::BackwardReferencesPolicy::Maintain) policy
/// [`Maintain`](crate::DisplacedValue::MayBeParticipant) policy

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the obsolete policy terminology.

Lines 237 and 327 display Maintain, while the surrounding text still refers to Skip. Line 456 describes DisplacedValue as a batch-level value. These descriptions contradict the per-operation declaration model.

Use MayBeParticipant, NotParticipant, and “the operation's declaration.”

Proposed documentation update
-    /// [`Maintain`](crate::DisplacedValue::MayBeParticipant) policy
+    /// [`MayBeParticipant`](crate::DisplacedValue::MayBeParticipant) declaration
...
-    /// explicit `Skip` leaves them dangling too.
+    /// explicit `NotParticipant` leaves them dangling too.
...
-    /// [`DisplacedValue`] of the
-    /// batch that applies the operation.
+    /// operation's [`DisplacedValue`] declaration.

Also applies to: 327-327, 456-456

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@grovedb/src/operations/delete/mod.rs` at line 237, Update the documentation
references in the delete operation module: replace obsolete “Maintain”/“Skip”
policy terminology with `MayBeParticipant` and `NotParticipant`, and describe
`DisplacedValue` as the operation’s declaration rather than a batch-level value.
Apply the changes to the documentation associated with `DisplacedValue` and the
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validate_insertion_does_not_override_tree: false,
base_root_storage_is_free: true,
backward_references_policy: BackwardReferencesPolicy::Skip,
displaced_value: DisplacedValue::NotParticipant,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Declare the batch operation as NotParticipant.

QualifiedGroveDbOp::insert_or_replace_op defaults to DisplacedValue::MayBeParticipant, while the direct path uses DisplacedValue::NotParticipant. The two replace_cost branches therefore use different cost contracts. Add .with_displaced_value(DisplacedValue::NotParticipant) to the batch operation, or assert the intended cost difference explicitly.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@grovedb/src/tests/ordinary_replacement_cost_tests.rs` at line 71, Update the
batch operation constructed for the replacement cost test, using its
QualifiedGroveDbOp builder, to explicitly set DisplacedValue::NotParticipant via
with_displaced_value. Keep the batch and direct replace_cost branches aligned
under the same displacement contract.

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