apache / apache/iceberg-python
fix(streaming-write): use rolling ParquetWriter + OutputStream.tell() for spec-correct file sizes and bounded memory
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## Background
PR #3335 added `pa.RecordBatchReader` as a valid input to `Table.append`/`Table.overwrite` using a buffered bin-pack approach (`bin_pack_record_batches`). That implementation has two acknowledged caveats called out in its docstrings:
1. **Memory bound**: peak memory is `N_workers × write.target-file-size-bytes` (~4 GiB at defaults) — better than materialising everything, but not constant.
2. **Byte semantics**: `write.target-file-size-bytes` is interpreted as uncompressed in-memory Arrow bytes, not on-disk compressed Parquet bytes. Resulting files are typically 3–10× smaller than the property suggests — diverging from the Java/Spark/Flink writers.
## Proposed fix
Replace the bin-pack approach with a rolling `pq.ParquetWriter` driven by `OutputStream.tell()` (added in #2998 specifically for this purpose):
```python
with output_file.create(overwrite=True) as fos:
with pq.ParquetWriter(fos, schema=..., ...) as writer:
writer.write_batch(first_batch)
while fos.tell() < target_file_size: # ← compressed on-disk bytes
batch = next(batches)
writer.write_batch(batch)
```
This delivers:
- **Spec-correct file sizes**: `tell()` reports compressed on-disk bytes, so `write.target-file-size-bytes` finally means what the Iceberg spec intends — consistent with the Java/Spark/Flink writers.
- **Truly bounded memory**: peak RSS is bounded by one input batch + Parquet page buffer (~1 MiB × columns) + S3 multipart pool (~5 MiB × ~8 parts), regardless of `target_file_size`, dataset size, or number of files produced.
- **No public API change**: same `tbl.append(reader)` / `tbl.overwrite(reader)` interface.
## Fix
#3336
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Beginne bei Table.append/Table.overwrite für RecordBatchReader-Eingaben und verfolge den bin_pack_record_batches-Pfad; lies dann die vorgeschlagene Verwendung von pq.ParquetWriter und OutputStream.tell(). Als erledigt gilt die Aufgabe, wenn target_file_size_bytes die komprimierte Größe auf der Festplatte widerspiegelt und der Speicher begrenzt bleibt, ohne die öffentliche API zu ändern; im Issue wird keine Testdatei genannt.
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