quickwit-oss / quickwit-oss/quickwit

More defensive behavior when SourceCheckpoint is missing

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enhancement
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Description

Right now

  • when apply a checkpoint to an existing that does not present any checkpoint in the metastore.
  • when trying to resume a source that does not present any checkpoint in the metastore

We do not emit any error.
Instead we act as if there was an empty checkpoint.

This is not a bug but we could be more defensive.
One problem is that the ingest cli makes it rather difficult to fix.

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Research direction

Start by locating the ingest CLI paths for applying a checkpoint to an existing resource and resuming a source, then trace how missing checkpoints are read from the metastore. Review the surrounding error-handling behavior and the CLI's ability to surface recovery guidance. Done means missing SourceCheckpoint cases are handled defensively rather than treated as empty checkpoints, with a usable way to address the condition.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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