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GS: ClickHouse 26.8+ commit-cursor append refresh

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TypeScript
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Description

Parent: #398
Depends on: #400, #401, #402

Design:

  • docs/design/google-sheets/append-refresh.md
  • docs/design/google-sheets/decisions.md

Scope

Implement capability-gated append-only refresh for eligible direct MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTree sources using per-partition persistent _block_number and _block_offset checkpoints and finite bounded SELECT queries.

Acceptance criteria

  • Append UI requires configured minimum version (initially 26.8) and successful runtime capability probes.
  • Eligible query validation permits one deterministic direct source and rejects joins, views, FINAL, aggregation, DISTINCT, window functions, UNION, table functions, and business LIMIT.
  • Binding pins table UUID, query hash, schema hash, source-subset parameters, and initialization mode.
  • Initial modes support history export and future-only checkpoints.
  • Refresh captures finite per-partition upper boundaries.
  • Pages are ordered and filtered by _block_number / _block_offset and use decimal-string UInt64 values.
  • Each Google commit copies exact staged rows and advances only the corresponding partition checkpoint in the same publication batch.
  • A closed tab resumes from the last committed page without duplicates.
  • Invalid capability, UUID, query, schema, parameter, row-count, or checkpoint state requires explicit full refresh.
  • SELECT ... STREAM, updates, deletes, and silent fallback are absent.

Concurrency

Use advisory lease metadata and generation rechecks. Strict distributed locking is out of scope.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading docs/design/google-sheets/append-refresh.md and docs/design/google-sheets/decisions.md, then review dependencies #400, #401, and #402. Use the listed acceptance criteria to define completion, including capability-gated validation, persistent partition checkpoints, bounded refresh pages, exact Google commits, resume behavior, and explicit full-refresh handling for invalid state.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
clickhouse, typescript
Domain
backend, database, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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