ailake-query 0.0.8

Query planner and executor for AI-Lake — vector search, compaction, ContextAssembler
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use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
use std::sync::Arc;

use ailake_catalog::{
    encode_centroid_b64, make_data_file_entry, make_data_file_entry_indexing,
    make_multi_column_data_file_entry, new_snapshot_id, CatalogProvider, DataFileEntry,
    ExtraVectorIndex, IcebergSchemaUpdate, IndexStatus, NewSnapshot, SnapshotId, SnapshotOperation,
    TableIdent, TableProperties, VectorIndexInfo,
};
use ailake_core::{AilakeResult, VectorStoragePolicy};
use ailake_file::{AilakeFileReader, AilakeFileWriter, IndexType, VectorColumnBatch};
use ailake_index::IvfPqConfig;
use ailake_store::Store;
use ailake_vec::compute_centroid_and_radius;
use arrow_array::RecordBatch;
use arrow_schema::SchemaRef;
use bytes::Bytes;
use serde_json;

/// One vector column for a multi-column write batch.
pub struct MultiVectorBatch<'a> {
    pub policy: VectorStoragePolicy,
    pub embeddings: &'a [Vec<f32>],
}

pub struct TableWriter {
    catalog: Arc<dyn CatalogProvider>,
    store: Arc<dyn Store>,
    policy: VectorStoragePolicy,
    table: TableIdent,
    part_counter: Arc<AtomicU32>,
    pending_files: Vec<DataFileEntry>,
    parent_snapshot_id: Option<SnapshotId>,
    /// Arrow schema captured from the first write_batch call; used to populate
    /// Iceberg schema fields and schema.name-mapping.default on commit.
    captured_schema: Option<SchemaRef>,
    /// Extra vector column policies from write_batch_multi (columns beyond primary).
    extra_vec_policies: Vec<VectorStoragePolicy>,
}

impl TableWriter {
    pub fn new(
        catalog: Arc<dyn CatalogProvider>,
        store: Arc<dyn Store>,
        policy: VectorStoragePolicy,
        table: TableIdent,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            catalog,
            store,
            policy,
            table,
            part_counter: Arc::new(AtomicU32::new(0)),
            pending_files: Vec::new(),
            parent_snapshot_id: None,
            captured_schema: None,
            extra_vec_policies: Vec::new(),
        }
    }

    pub fn with_parent_snapshot(mut self, id: SnapshotId) -> Self {
        self.parent_snapshot_id = Some(id);
        self
    }

    /// Write batch as Parquet-only immediately, build HNSW in background.
    ///
    /// Returns after the Parquet file is persisted (~LanceDB write speed).
    /// A tokio task runs concurrently to build the HNSW index, rewrite the
    /// file with the AILK section, and update the catalog entry.
    ///
    /// During the build window, `SearchSession` serves this shard via flat scan
    /// (brute-force, exact) instead of HNSW. The transition is automatic once
    /// the background task commits the updated manifest entry.
    pub async fn write_batch_deferred(
        &mut self,
        batch: &RecordBatch,
        embeddings: &[Vec<f32>],
    ) -> AilakeResult<()> {
        if self.captured_schema.is_none() {
            self.captured_schema = Some(batch.schema());
        }
        let part_num = self.part_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
        let file_path = format!("data/part-{:05}.parquet", part_num);

        // Fast path: persist Parquet without HNSW.
        let file_writer = AilakeFileWriter::new(self.policy.clone());
        let parquet_bytes = file_writer.write_parquet_only(batch, embeddings)?;
        let file_size = parquet_bytes.len() as u64;
        self.store.put(&file_path, parquet_bytes).await?;

        // Centroid needed immediately for geometric pruning during the build window.
        let centroid = compute_centroid_and_radius(embeddings, self.policy.metric);
        let entry = make_data_file_entry_indexing(
            &file_path,
            embeddings.len() as u64,
            file_size,
            &centroid,
            &self.policy.column_name,
            self.policy.dim,
        );
        self.pending_files.push(entry);

        // Spawn background HNSW build (fire-and-forget; errors are logged).
        let store = self.store.clone();
        let catalog = self.catalog.clone();
        let policy = self.policy.clone();
        let table = self.table.clone();
        let fp = file_path.clone();
        tokio::spawn(async move {
            if let Err(e) = build_and_patch_index(store, catalog, policy, table, fp).await {
                eprintln!("[ailake] deferred HNSW build failed: {e}");
            }
        });

        Ok(())
    }

    /// Write a batch to a new AI-Lake file and stage it for commit.
    pub async fn write_batch(
        &mut self,
        batch: &RecordBatch,
        embeddings: &[Vec<f32>],
    ) -> AilakeResult<()> {
        if self.captured_schema.is_none() {
            self.captured_schema = Some(batch.schema());
        }
        let part_num = self.part_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
        let file_path = format!("data/part-{:05}.parquet", part_num);

        // Write AI-Lake file
        let file_writer = AilakeFileWriter::new(self.policy.clone());
        let file_bytes: Bytes = file_writer.write(batch, embeddings)?;
        let file_size = file_bytes.len() as u64;

        // Store the file
        self.store.put(&file_path, file_bytes.clone()).await?;

        // Compute centroid for catalog entry
        let centroid = compute_centroid_and_radius(embeddings, self.policy.metric);

        // Read back the HNSW offsets from the written file
        let reader = ailake_file::AilakeFileReader::new(
            file_bytes,
            &self.policy.column_name,
            self.policy.dim,
        );
        let header = reader.read_header()?;
        let ailk_start = reader.ailk_offset()?;
        let hnsw_abs_offset = ailk_start + header.hnsw_offset;
        let hnsw_len = header.hnsw_len;

        let entry = make_data_file_entry(
            &file_path,
            embeddings.len() as u64,
            file_size,
            &centroid,
            VectorIndexInfo {
                column: &self.policy.column_name,
                dim: self.policy.dim,
                hnsw_offset: hnsw_abs_offset,
                hnsw_len,
            },
        );
        self.pending_files.push(entry);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Write batch, auto-selecting the index based on detected hardware.
    ///
    /// Picks IVF-PQ when a CUDA GPU or ≥8 CPU cores are present AND the batch
    /// has ≥5 000 vectors. Falls back to HNSW for weaker / local hardware.
    /// Uses `IvfPqConfig::for_dataset` to scale nlist with dataset size.
    pub async fn write_batch_auto(
        &mut self,
        batch: &RecordBatch,
        embeddings: &[Vec<f32>],
    ) -> AilakeResult<()> {
        let profile = ailake_index::HardwareProfile::detect();
        if profile.recommend_ivf_pq(embeddings.len()) {
            let ivf_config =
                ailake_index::IvfPqConfig::for_dataset(self.policy.dim as usize, embeddings.len());
            self.write_batch_ivf_pq(batch, embeddings, ivf_config).await
        } else {
            self.write_batch(batch, embeddings).await
        }
    }

    /// Write batch with IVF-PQ index built synchronously (no background task).
    ///
    /// Smaller index than HNSW; better for S3 sequential-scan workloads.
    pub async fn write_batch_ivf_pq(
        &mut self,
        batch: &RecordBatch,
        embeddings: &[Vec<f32>],
        ivf_config: IvfPqConfig,
    ) -> AilakeResult<()> {
        if self.captured_schema.is_none() {
            self.captured_schema = Some(batch.schema());
        }
        let part_num = self.part_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
        let file_path = format!("data/part-{:05}.parquet", part_num);

        let file_writer = AilakeFileWriter::new(self.policy.clone())
            .with_index_type(IndexType::IvfPq(ivf_config));
        let file_bytes: Bytes = file_writer.write(batch, embeddings)?;
        let file_size = file_bytes.len() as u64;

        self.store.put(&file_path, file_bytes.clone()).await?;

        let centroid = compute_centroid_and_radius(embeddings, self.policy.metric);

        let reader = ailake_file::AilakeFileReader::new(
            file_bytes,
            &self.policy.column_name,
            self.policy.dim,
        );
        let header = reader.read_header()?;
        let ailk_start = reader.ailk_offset()?;
        let index_abs_offset = ailk_start + header.hnsw_offset;
        let index_len = header.hnsw_len;

        let entry = make_data_file_entry(
            &file_path,
            embeddings.len() as u64,
            file_size,
            &centroid,
            VectorIndexInfo {
                column: &self.policy.column_name,
                dim: self.policy.dim,
                hnsw_offset: index_abs_offset,
                hnsw_len: index_len,
            },
        );
        self.pending_files.push(entry);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Write a batch with multiple vector columns into a single AI-Lake file.
    ///
    /// The first entry in `columns` is treated as the primary column (used for
    /// geometric pruning). Additional columns each get their own HNSW section.
    pub async fn write_batch_multi(
        &mut self,
        batch: &RecordBatch,
        columns: &[MultiVectorBatch<'_>],
    ) -> AilakeResult<()> {
        use ailake_core::AilakeError;
        if self.captured_schema.is_none() {
            self.captured_schema = Some(batch.schema());
        }
        if self.extra_vec_policies.is_empty() && columns.len() > 1 {
            self.extra_vec_policies = columns[1..].iter().map(|c| c.policy.clone()).collect();
        }

        if columns.is_empty() {
            return Err(AilakeError::InvalidArgument(
                "write_batch_multi requires at least one column".into(),
            ));
        }

        let part_num = self.part_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
        let file_path = format!("data/part-{:05}.parquet", part_num);

        let col_batches: Vec<VectorColumnBatch<'_>> = columns
            .iter()
            .map(|c| VectorColumnBatch {
                policy: &c.policy,
                embeddings: c.embeddings,
            })
            .collect();

        let primary_policy = &columns[0].policy;
        let file_writer = AilakeFileWriter::new(primary_policy.clone());
        let file_bytes: Bytes = file_writer.write_multi(batch, &col_batches)?;
        let file_size = file_bytes.len() as u64;

        self.store.put(&file_path, file_bytes.clone()).await?;

        // Primary centroid for pruning
        let primary_centroid =
            compute_centroid_and_radius(columns[0].embeddings, primary_policy.metric);

        // Read primary AILK header for offsets
        let reader = ailake_file::AilakeFileReader::new(
            file_bytes.clone(),
            &primary_policy.column_name,
            primary_policy.dim,
        );
        let primary_ailk_start = reader.ailk_offset()?;
        let primary_header = {
            use ailake_file::HEADER_SIZE;
            let start = primary_ailk_start as usize;
            let hdr_bytes: &[u8; HEADER_SIZE] = file_bytes[start..start + HEADER_SIZE]
                .try_into()
                .map_err(|_| AilakeError::NotAnAilakeFile)?;
            ailake_file::AilakeHeader::from_bytes(hdr_bytes)?
        };
        let primary_hnsw_abs = primary_ailk_start + primary_header.hnsw_offset;

        // Extra column index metadata
        let mut extra: Vec<ExtraVectorIndex> = Vec::new();
        for col in columns.iter().skip(1) {
            let col_ailk_start = reader.ailk_offset_for_column(&col.policy.column_name)?;
            let col_header = {
                use ailake_file::HEADER_SIZE;
                let start = col_ailk_start as usize;
                let hdr_bytes: &[u8; HEADER_SIZE] = file_bytes[start..start + HEADER_SIZE]
                    .try_into()
                    .map_err(|_| AilakeError::NotAnAilakeFile)?;
                ailake_file::AilakeHeader::from_bytes(hdr_bytes)?
            };
            let col_centroid = compute_centroid_and_radius(col.embeddings, col.policy.metric);
            extra.push(ExtraVectorIndex {
                column: col.policy.column_name.clone(),
                dim: col.policy.dim,
                hnsw_offset: col_ailk_start + col_header.hnsw_offset,
                hnsw_len: col_header.hnsw_len,
                centroid_b64: Some(encode_centroid_b64(&col_centroid)),
                radius: Some(col_centroid.radius),
            });
        }

        let entry = make_multi_column_data_file_entry(
            &file_path,
            columns[0].embeddings.len() as u64,
            file_size,
            &primary_centroid,
            VectorIndexInfo {
                column: &primary_policy.column_name,
                dim: primary_policy.dim,
                hnsw_offset: primary_hnsw_abs,
                hnsw_len: primary_header.hnsw_len,
            },
            &extra,
        );
        self.pending_files.push(entry);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Commit all staged files as a new Iceberg snapshot.
    pub async fn commit(mut self) -> AilakeResult<SnapshotId> {
        let iceberg_schema = self
            .captured_schema
            .as_deref()
            .map(|s| arrow_schema_to_iceberg_update(s, &self.policy, &self.extra_vec_policies));
        let snapshot = NewSnapshot {
            snapshot_id: new_snapshot_id(),
            parent_snapshot_id: self.parent_snapshot_id,
            files: std::mem::take(&mut self.pending_files),
            operation: SnapshotOperation::Append,
            iceberg_schema,
        };
        self.catalog.commit_snapshot(&self.table, snapshot).await
    }

    /// Create a table if it doesn't exist, then return a writer for it.
    pub async fn create_or_open(
        catalog: Arc<dyn CatalogProvider>,
        store: Arc<dyn Store>,
        policy: VectorStoragePolicy,
        table: TableIdent,
    ) -> AilakeResult<Self> {
        // Try to load; if not found, create
        if catalog.load_table(&table).await.is_err() {
            catalog
                .create_table(
                    &table,
                    &TableProperties {
                        policy: policy.clone(),
                        extra: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
                    },
                )
                .await?;
        }
        Ok(Self::new(catalog, store, policy, table))
    }
}

/// Convert an Arrow schema to an Iceberg schema update for catalog commits.
///
/// Top-level field IDs are assigned sequentially (1-based) and match the
/// `PARQUET:field_id` stamps written by `ParquetVectorWriter`. Nested element
/// IDs (inside List/Struct/Map) are assigned after all top-level IDs are
/// pre-reserved, so they never collide with Parquet column field IDs.
fn arrow_schema_to_iceberg_update(
    schema: &arrow_schema::Schema,
    policy: &VectorStoragePolicy,
    extra_vec_policies: &[VectorStoragePolicy],
) -> IcebergSchemaUpdate {
    let bytes_per_dim = policy.precision.bytes_per_element() as u32;
    let vec_fixed_len = policy.dim * bytes_per_dim;

    // Collect all vector column names that will appear in the final schema.
    let has_primary_in_batch = schema
        .fields()
        .iter()
        .any(|f| f.name() == &policy.column_name);
    let vec_cols: Vec<(String, u32)> = {
        let mut v = Vec::new();
        if !has_primary_in_batch {
            v.push((policy.column_name.clone(), vec_fixed_len));
        }
        for ep in extra_vec_policies {
            let ep_fixed_len = ep.dim * ep.precision.bytes_per_element() as u32;
            if !schema.fields().iter().any(|f| f.name() == &ep.column_name) {
                v.push((ep.column_name.clone(), ep_fixed_len));
            }
        }
        v
    };

    // Total top-level columns = batch fields + appended vec columns.
    let top_level_count = schema.fields().len() + vec_cols.len();
    // Nested element IDs start after all top-level IDs are pre-reserved.
    let mut nested_id = top_level_count as i32;

    let mut fields: Vec<serde_json::Value> = Vec::new();
    let mut name_mapping: Vec<serde_json::Value> = Vec::new();

    for (idx, field) in schema.fields().iter().enumerate() {
        let field_id = (idx + 1) as i32;
        let iceberg_type = arrow_type_to_iceberg(field.data_type(), &mut nested_id);
        fields.push(serde_json::json!({
            "id": field_id,
            "name": field.name(),
            "required": false,
            "type": iceberg_type,
        }));
        name_mapping.push(serde_json::json!({
            "field-id": field_id,
            "names": [field.name()],
        }));
    }

    // Append vector columns that live outside the RecordBatch schema.
    for (i, (col_name, fixed_len)) in vec_cols.iter().enumerate() {
        let field_id = (schema.fields().len() + 1 + i) as i32;
        fields.push(serde_json::json!({
            "id": field_id,
            "name": col_name,
            "required": false,
            "type": format!("fixed[{fixed_len}]"),
        }));
        name_mapping.push(serde_json::json!({
            "field-id": field_id,
            "names": [col_name],
        }));
    }

    let last_column_id = nested_id;
    let name_mapping_json = serde_json::to_string(&name_mapping).unwrap_or_else(|_| "[]".into());

    IcebergSchemaUpdate {
        fields,
        last_column_id,
        name_mapping_json,
    }
}

/// Map an Arrow DataType to an Iceberg schema type value (string or JSON object).
///
/// `nested_id` is a shared counter for generating unique element/field IDs inside
/// List, Struct, and Map types. It must start beyond all pre-reserved top-level IDs.
fn arrow_type_to_iceberg(dt: &arrow_schema::DataType, nested_id: &mut i32) -> serde_json::Value {
    use arrow_schema::DataType;
    match dt {
        DataType::Boolean => serde_json::json!("boolean"),
        DataType::Int8 | DataType::Int16 | DataType::Int32 | DataType::UInt8 | DataType::UInt16 => {
            serde_json::json!("int")
        }
        DataType::Int64 | DataType::UInt32 | DataType::UInt64 => serde_json::json!("long"),
        DataType::Float16 | DataType::Float32 => serde_json::json!("float"),
        DataType::Float64 => serde_json::json!("double"),
        DataType::Utf8 | DataType::LargeUtf8 | DataType::Utf8View => serde_json::json!("string"),
        DataType::Binary | DataType::LargeBinary | DataType::BinaryView => {
            serde_json::json!("binary")
        }
        DataType::Date32 | DataType::Date64 => serde_json::json!("date"),
        // Timestamp with timezone → timestamptz; without → timestamp.
        DataType::Timestamp(_, Some(_)) => serde_json::json!("timestamptz"),
        DataType::Timestamp(_, None) => serde_json::json!("timestamp"),
        DataType::Time32(_) | DataType::Time64(_) => serde_json::json!("time"),
        DataType::FixedSizeBinary(n) => serde_json::json!(format!("fixed[{n}]")),
        DataType::Decimal128(p, s) | DataType::Decimal256(p, s) => {
            serde_json::json!(format!("decimal({p}, {s})"))
        }
        DataType::List(inner)
        | DataType::LargeList(inner)
        | DataType::ListView(inner)
        | DataType::FixedSizeList(inner, _) => {
            *nested_id += 1;
            let element_id = *nested_id;
            let element_type = arrow_type_to_iceberg(inner.data_type(), nested_id);
            serde_json::json!({
                "type": "list",
                "element-id": element_id,
                "element": element_type,
                "element-required": !inner.is_nullable(),
            })
        }
        DataType::Struct(arrow_fields) => {
            let struct_fields: Vec<serde_json::Value> = arrow_fields
                .iter()
                .map(|f| {
                    *nested_id += 1;
                    let fid = *nested_id;
                    let ftype = arrow_type_to_iceberg(f.data_type(), nested_id);
                    serde_json::json!({
                        "id": fid,
                        "name": f.name(),
                        "required": !f.is_nullable(),
                        "type": ftype,
                    })
                })
                .collect();
            serde_json::json!({ "type": "struct", "fields": struct_fields })
        }
        DataType::Map(entries, _) => {
            // Arrow Map is List<Struct<key: K, value: V>>.
            *nested_id += 1;
            let key_id = *nested_id;
            *nested_id += 1;
            let val_id = *nested_id;
            if let DataType::Struct(kv_fields) = entries.data_type() {
                let key_f = kv_fields
                    .iter()
                    .find(|f| f.name() == "key" || f.name() == "keys");
                let val_f = kv_fields
                    .iter()
                    .find(|f| f.name() == "value" || f.name() == "values");
                let key_type = key_f
                    .map(|f| arrow_type_to_iceberg(f.data_type(), nested_id))
                    .unwrap_or(serde_json::json!("binary"));
                let val_type = val_f
                    .map(|f| arrow_type_to_iceberg(f.data_type(), nested_id))
                    .unwrap_or(serde_json::json!("binary"));
                let val_required = val_f.map(|f| !f.is_nullable()).unwrap_or(false);
                serde_json::json!({
                    "type": "map",
                    "key-id": key_id,
                    "key": key_type,
                    "value-id": val_id,
                    "value": val_type,
                    "value-required": val_required,
                })
            } else {
                serde_json::json!("binary")
            }
        }
        _ => serde_json::json!("binary"),
    }
}

/// Background task: reads a Parquet-only shard, builds full AILK file, patches catalog.
async fn build_and_patch_index(
    store: Arc<dyn Store>,
    catalog: Arc<dyn CatalogProvider>,
    policy: VectorStoragePolicy,
    table: TableIdent,
    file_path: String,
) -> AilakeResult<()> {
    // Read the Parquet-only bytes already stored.
    let parquet_bytes = store.get(&file_path).await?;
    let reader = AilakeFileReader::new(parquet_bytes, &policy.column_name, policy.dim);
    let (batch, embeddings) = reader.read_parquet()?;

    // Build the full AILK file (Parquet + HNSW) — CPU-intensive; run on blocking pool
    // so the tokio async threads aren't starved when many shards build concurrently.
    let full_bytes = tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
        let policy = policy.clone();
        move || {
            let file_writer = AilakeFileWriter::new(policy);
            file_writer.write(&batch, &embeddings)
        }
    })
    .await
    .map_err(|e| ailake_core::AilakeError::Store(format!("spawn_blocking panic: {e}")))??;

    // Extract HNSW offsets from the newly written file.
    let full_reader = AilakeFileReader::new(full_bytes.clone(), &policy.column_name, policy.dim);
    let header = full_reader.read_header()?;
    let ailk_start = full_reader.ailk_offset()?;
    let hnsw_abs_offset = ailk_start + header.hnsw_offset;
    let hnsw_len = header.hnsw_len;

    // Overwrite the Parquet-only file with the full AILK version.
    store.put(&file_path, full_bytes).await?;

    // Wait for the initial writer commit to appear (HNSW builds can finish before
    // the main write loop calls commit_snapshot, so the catalog has no snapshot yet).
    for _ in 0..120u32 {
        match catalog.load_table(&table).await {
            Ok(meta) if meta.current_snapshot_id.is_some() => break,
            _ => tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await,
        }
    }

    // Update the catalog with CAS-like retry to handle concurrent background tasks.
    // Multiple tasks can race on commit_snapshot(Replace): the last writer wins and
    // may overwrite a sibling task's Ready status. Retry until we confirm our file
    // is marked Ready in the current snapshot.
    for attempt in 0..50u32 {
        let table_meta = catalog.load_table(&table).await?;
        let parent_snapshot_id = table_meta.current_snapshot_id;
        let mut files = catalog.list_files(&table, None).await?;

        // Already marked Ready by a previous successful attempt.
        if files
            .iter()
            .any(|f| f.path == file_path && f.index_status == IndexStatus::Ready)
        {
            break;
        }

        for f in &mut files {
            if f.path == file_path {
                f.hnsw_offset = Some(hnsw_abs_offset);
                f.hnsw_len = Some(hnsw_len);
                f.index_status = IndexStatus::Ready;
                break;
            }
        }
        catalog
            .commit_snapshot(
                &table,
                NewSnapshot {
                    snapshot_id: new_snapshot_id(),
                    parent_snapshot_id,
                    files,
                    operation: SnapshotOperation::Replace,
                    iceberg_schema: None,
                },
            )
            .await?;

        // Brief yield so sibling tasks can commit, then verify our change survived.
        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10 + attempt as u64 * 5)).await;

        let verify = catalog.list_files(&table, None).await?;
        if verify
            .iter()
            .any(|f| f.path == file_path && f.index_status == IndexStatus::Ready)
        {
            break;
        }
        // Another task overwrote us — retry.
    }

    eprintln!(
        "[ailake] deferred HNSW built for {file_path} (offset={hnsw_abs_offset}, len={hnsw_len})"
    );
    Ok(())
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use ailake_core::{VectorMetric, VectorPrecision};
    use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema, TimeUnit};

    fn policy(col: &str, dim: u32) -> VectorStoragePolicy {
        VectorStoragePolicy {
            column_name: col.to_string(),
            dim,
            metric: VectorMetric::Cosine,
            precision: VectorPrecision::F16,
            pq: None,
            keep_raw_for_reranking: false,
        }
    }

    fn update_for(schema: &Schema, pol: &VectorStoragePolicy) -> IcebergSchemaUpdate {
        arrow_schema_to_iceberg_update(schema, pol, &[])
    }

    #[test]
    fn simple_schema_produces_correct_fields() {
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![
            Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false),
            Field::new("text", DataType::Utf8, false),
        ]);
        let pol = policy("embedding", 8);
        let upd = update_for(&schema, &pol);

        assert_eq!(upd.fields.len(), 3);
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[0]["id"], 1);
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[0]["type"], "int");
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[1]["id"], 2);
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[1]["type"], "string");
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[2]["id"], 3);
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[2]["type"], "fixed[16]"); // dim=8, F16=2 bytes

        let nm: Vec<serde_json::Value> = serde_json::from_str(&upd.name_mapping_json).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(nm.len(), 3);
        assert_eq!(nm[2]["field-id"], 3);
        assert_eq!(nm[2]["names"][0], "embedding");
        assert_eq!(upd.last_column_id, 3);
    }

    #[test]
    fn timestamp_without_tz_maps_to_timestamp_not_timestamptz() {
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![
            Field::new(
                "created_at",
                DataType::Timestamp(TimeUnit::Microsecond, None),
                true,
            ),
            Field::new(
                "updated_at",
                DataType::Timestamp(TimeUnit::Microsecond, Some("UTC".into())),
                true,
            ),
        ]);
        let pol = policy("vec", 4);
        let upd = update_for(&schema, &pol);

        assert_eq!(upd.fields[0]["type"], "timestamp");
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[1]["type"], "timestamptz");
    }

    #[test]
    fn list_type_produces_iceberg_list_object() {
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new(
            "tags",
            DataType::List(std::sync::Arc::new(Field::new(
                "item",
                DataType::Utf8,
                true,
            ))),
            true,
        )]);
        let pol = policy("vec", 4);
        let upd = update_for(&schema, &pol);

        let t = &upd.fields[0]["type"];
        assert_eq!(t["type"], "list");
        assert_eq!(t["element"], "string");
        // element-id must be > top-level field count (2: tags + vec)
        assert!(t["element-id"].as_i64().unwrap() > 2);
    }

    #[test]
    fn struct_type_produces_nested_fields() {
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new(
            "meta",
            DataType::Struct(
                vec![
                    Field::new("key", DataType::Utf8, false),
                    Field::new("val", DataType::Int64, false),
                ]
                .into(),
            ),
            true,
        )]);
        let pol = policy("vec", 4);
        let upd = update_for(&schema, &pol);

        let t = &upd.fields[0]["type"];
        assert_eq!(t["type"], "struct");
        let nested = t["fields"].as_array().unwrap();
        assert_eq!(nested.len(), 2);
        assert_eq!(nested[0]["name"], "key");
        assert_eq!(nested[0]["type"], "string");
        assert_eq!(nested[1]["name"], "val");
        assert_eq!(nested[1]["type"], "long");
        // Nested IDs must be > top-level count (2: meta + vec)
        assert!(nested[0]["id"].as_i64().unwrap() > 2);
    }

    #[test]
    fn no_duplicate_vec_column_when_already_in_batch() {
        // If for some reason the vec column is in the batch schema, don't add it twice.
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![
            Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false),
            Field::new("embedding", DataType::FixedSizeBinary(16), false),
        ]);
        let pol = policy("embedding", 8);
        let upd = update_for(&schema, &pol);

        assert_eq!(upd.fields.len(), 2, "should not add embedding twice");
        let names: Vec<&str> = upd
            .fields
            .iter()
            .map(|f| f["name"].as_str().unwrap())
            .collect();
        assert_eq!(names.iter().filter(|&&n| n == "embedding").count(), 1);
    }

    #[test]
    fn multi_vec_policies_all_appended() {
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]);
        let primary = policy("embedding", 4);
        let extra = vec![policy("context_embedding", 4)];
        let upd = arrow_schema_to_iceberg_update(&schema, &primary, &extra);

        assert_eq!(upd.fields.len(), 3); // id + embedding + context_embedding
        let names: Vec<&str> = upd
            .fields
            .iter()
            .map(|f| f["name"].as_str().unwrap())
            .collect();
        assert!(names.contains(&"embedding"));
        assert!(names.contains(&"context_embedding"));
    }

    #[test]
    fn top_level_field_ids_match_parquet_stamp_sequence() {
        // Top-level IDs must be 1, 2, ..., N regardless of nested element IDs.
        let schema = Schema::new(vec![
            Field::new("id", DataType::Int64, false),
            Field::new(
                "tags",
                DataType::List(std::sync::Arc::new(Field::new(
                    "item",
                    DataType::Utf8,
                    true,
                ))),
                true,
            ),
        ]);
        let pol = policy("vec", 4);
        let upd = update_for(&schema, &pol);

        // Top-level: id=1, tags=2, vec=3
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[0]["id"], 1);
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[1]["id"], 2);
        assert_eq!(upd.fields[2]["id"], 3);

        // Nested element ID must be > 3
        assert!(upd.fields[1]["type"]["element-id"].as_i64().unwrap() > 3);
    }
}