Fix BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK silently failing under server cursor mode - #10321
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WalkthroughThe change fixes transaction-control execution with cached server cursors. It clears stale cursor metadata and prevents polling from passing an empty query to ChangesServer cursor transaction flow
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Transaction messages and polling are corrected, but non-transaction void operations can now detach an active server-cursor result, potentially disrupting pagination or downloads. Cursor replacement should be limited to transaction-control statements before merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Found following issue while testing:
get_explain_query_length crashes with AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'query' on repeated Commit under server-cursor mode
Reproducible on current master.
Steps to reproduce:
- Open a Query Tool.
- In the Execute Options (▾ next to Execute): turn "Use server cursor?" ON and "Auto commit?" OFF.
- Run any SELECT (e.g. SELECT 1;) — status bar shows "executed with server cursor".
- Click execute.
- Click execute again
- Or try running any other query again
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Result: 500 error — AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'query'; the Query Tool becomes unusable (Execute Options dropdown greyed out).
…mode (pgadmin-org#8991) execute_void() blindly reused whatever cursor was cached for the connection, which under "server cursor" mode is the named/server-side AsyncDictServerCursor left over from the last SELECT. A named cursor's execute() always wraps the statement as `DECLARE ... CURSOR FOR <query>`, which cannot express a transaction-control statement, so BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK silently failed (failing one step earlier still, on a `prepare` keyword the server-side cursor's execute() doesn't accept at all) and the exception was swallowed by the background query thread. The transaction was therefore never actually committed or rolled back, and the next poll() picked up the previous query's leftover column info, which is what made the result grid appear instead of the Messages tab. Run the statement through a throwaway plain cursor instead, leaving the cached server-side cursor untouched, and clear the stale column info so poll() correctly reports no result set.
… yet Under server cursor mode, execute_void() running BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK on a throwaway plain cursor can leave the cached async cursor pointing at a cursor that has not executed a real statement yet, so its _query attribute is still None. poll()'s error path called get_explain_query_length() on that None unconditionally, crashing with AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'query' on the next query error and leaving the Query Tool unusable, instead of returning the intended JSON error response.
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@hiteshjambhale Confirmed, thanks for the clear repro. Root cause: Fix: also require 'explain_query_length':
get_explain_query_length(conn._Connection__async_cursor._query)
if conn._Connection__async_cursor and
conn._Connection__async_cursor._query else 0Added a regression test ( |
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Carrying a CodeRabbit finding over from #10330, where it was raised against an unrebased branch that still had this work stacked on it, so it landed on the wrong PR:
I have checked it against the current head (e70c698) and it holds. The obvious fix does not quite work, which is why I have not simply pushed one. Assigning the throwaway cursor to @hiteshjambhale, since you are already on this one, do you have a preference? I did not want to reshape the cursor lifecycle underneath your review without asking. |
Clearing column_info and row_count when execute_void() diverts BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK onto a throwaway plain cursor was not enough on its own, because poll() rebuilds both from self.__async_cursor, and that was still the cached server-side cursor from the previous SELECT. It reports itself open, so poll() walked past its "not cur or cur.closed" guard and restored the previous query's column metadata and row count over the "no result set" the transaction-control statement had just left behind, which is the same stale state that made the result grid appear in place of the Messages tab. Make the throwaway cursor the async cursor as well. The connection's cursor_factory is AsyncDictCursor, so it carries ordered_description(), get_rowcount() and the rest of the API poll() calls, and it describes the statement that actually ran: poll() therefore reports no columns and no rows, and status_message() reports COMMIT or ROLLBACK rather than the previous query's message. The cursor cached for the connection is left alone, so the next query still reuses it.
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@hiteshjambhale I have gone ahead and fixed the stale cursor point myself rather than leave you holding the question, because the objection I raised against the obvious fix turned out not to hold: pushed as 251eb43. I had assumed a plain So the throwaway cursor now becomes the async cursor as well. One thing to be aware of if you re-test by hand: a server-cursor SELECT on this branch still fails with |
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web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/connection.py (1)
1184-1184: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueConsider closing the throwaway cursor after the statement runs.
self.conn.cursor()creates a cursor that is never closed in this method. The reference survives inself.__async_cursoruntil the nextexecute_asyncorexecute_voidcall replaces it. A client-side cursor holds no server-side resource, so the impact is small, butrelease_async_cursor()remains the only path that closes it.If you keep the takeover, document that ownership moves to
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In `@web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/connection.py`:
- Line 1177: The execute_void() handling for AsyncDictServerCursor must not
replace self.__async_cursor for non-transaction statements such as
cancel_transaction()’s cancellation query. Restrict cursor replacement to
transaction-control statements, or add and use an explicit flag from those
callers, while preserving the active server cursor for later pagination and
download operations.
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In `@web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/connection.py`:
- Line 1184: Ensure the cursor created in the execute_async flow is explicitly
closed after the statement completes, unless ownership is intentionally
transferred to self.__async_cursor for subsequent poll() use; if retaining that
takeover, document the ownership clearly and preserve release_async_cursor()
cleanup.
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Preserve the server cursor for non-transaction statements.
When execute_void() receives an AsyncDictServerCursor, it stores the throwaway cursor in self.__async_cursor. A non-transaction statement such as cancel_transaction()’s SELECT pg_cancel_backend(...) can therefore detach the active result cursor. Later pagination and download calls read the throwaway cursor and may return no rows. Restrict this replacement to transaction-control statements or pass an explicit flag for those callers.
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In `@web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/connection.py` at line 1177, The
execute_void() handling for AsyncDictServerCursor must not replace
self.__async_cursor for non-transaction statements such as
cancel_transaction()’s cancellation query. Restrict cursor replacement to
transaction-control statements, or add and use an explicit flag from those
callers, while preserving the active server cursor for later pagination and
download operations.
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Summary
Reported as a UI glitch (the result grid stays visible instead of
switching to the Messages tab after Commit/Rollback with "server
cursor" mode on), but the root cause is more serious: under server
cursor mode, BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK never actually reached the database.
execute_void()reuses whatever cursor is cached on the connection,which under server cursor mode is the named/server-side cursor left
over from the last
SELECT. A named cursor'sexecute()always wrapsthe statement as
DECLARE ... CURSOR FOR <query>, which can't expressa transaction-control statement (
DECLARE ... CURSOR FOR COMMITis asyntax error) — and it actually failed one step earlier still, on a
prepare=keyword the server-side cursor'sexecute()doesn't acceptat all (
TypeError: keyword not supported: prepare). That exceptionwas swallowed by a blanket
except Exceptionin the background querythread, so the statement silently never ran, leaving the transaction
open with no error shown to the user. The empty grid was just the
visible fallout: the next
/pollpicked up the previous query'sleftover column info instead of reporting "no result set".
This routes BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK through a throwaway plain cursor
instead of the cached server-side one when server cursor mode is
active, and clears the stale column info so
poll()correctly reportsno result set afterwards.
Fixes #8991.
Test plan
connection (both the
prepareTypeErrorand the underlyingDECLARE ... CURSOR FOR COMMITsyntax error), and confirmed the fix'sapproach (a plain
connection.cursor()alongside an open namedcursor) commits correctly and reports
description is Noneafterwards.
test_execute_void_server_cursor.py, covering COMMIT andROLLBACK with a cached server-side cursor: asserts the statement runs
on a plain cursor (not the cached server one) and that stale column
info/row count are cleared. Confirmed it fails without the fix and
passes with it.
python regression/runtests.py --pkg utils.driver.psycopg3.tests.test_execute_void_server_cursorpasses.
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