JanusGraph / JanusGraph/janusgraph

Rolling back at the beginning of every request cause huge overhead

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Description

In reference of http://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#transactions and https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/issues/500.

Adding a `rollback()` at the beginning of every request adds a large overhead of about 30s for retrieving only 4000~ vertices with indices enabled. Removing `rollback()` speeds up all requests to be in the range of milliseconds. However, removing `rollback()` causes inconsistencies with deleting edges.

We follow https://docs.janusgraph.org/latest/tx.html pretty closely for adding and updating vertices and edges and haven't encountered inconsistency issues without `rollback()`.

Are there no way to refresh the graph cache when deleting objects? Can there be more docs regarding this issue?

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Research direction

The issue names no source file or test. Start by reviewing the referenced TinkerPop transaction documentation and JanusGraph issue #500, then reproduce the rollback overhead and deletion inconsistency. Done means establishing supported transaction behavior and documenting or resolving how requests can avoid the costly rollback safely.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
databases, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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