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What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #6253

What is changed and how it works?

  • Add lossless string encoding for Debezium JSON DECIMAL and BIGINT UNSIGNED, and configurable binary handling modes.
  • Keep existing defaults and update schemas, encoding/decoding, and CLI/API configuration accordingly.
  • Add unit tests and Kafka integration coverage for Debezium JSON and Debezium Avro.

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Tests

  • Unit test

  • Integration test
    The debezium01/02/03 integration tests compare TiCDC's Debezium JSON output with native Debezium, checking both message schemas and payloads under
    matching configurations:

    • debezium01: binary.handling.mode=bytes
    • debezium02: binary.handling.mode=base64-url-safe
    • debezium03: binary.handling.mode=hex

    All three use decimal.handling.mode=string and bigint.unsigned.handling.mode=long, covering binary encoding, string-encoded decimals, and unsigned BIGINT compatibility. All three tests have passed.

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Will it cause performance regression or break compatibility?
Do you need to update user documentation, design documentation or monitoring documentation?

Release note

  Add lossless string encoding options for Debezium JSON decimal and unsigned bigint columns, and support configurable binary encoding.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable Debezium handling for decimal values, unsigned BIGINT values, and binary data.
    • Supported binary output formats include Base64, URL-safe Base64, hexadecimal, and raw bytes.
    • Handling modes can be set through changefeed configuration or URI parameters, with URI settings taking precedence.
    • Added Avro message decoding to the Kafka dump utility through Schema Registry integration.
    • Kafka dump now recognizes Debezium event table names and decodes message keys.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of large unsigned integers and high-precision decimal values without loss of accuracy.

Signed-off-by: wk989898 <nhsmwk@gmail.com>
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  • pkg/sink/codec/common/config.go
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The change adds configurable Debezium decimal, unsigned BIGINT, and binary handling modes. It propagates these settings through API and codec configuration, updates encoding and decoding, adds integration coverage, and enables Avro decoding in kafka_dump.

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Debezium handling modes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration contracts and conversion
api/v2/*, pkg/config/sink.go, pkg/sink/codec/common/*
API and internal configuration carry three optional handling modes. Defaults, URL parsing, merging, precedence, validation, TOML conversion, and round-trip tests cover the new fields.
Debezium numeric and binary encoding
pkg/sink/codec/debezium/codec.go, pkg/sink/codec/debezium/helper.go, pkg/sink/codec/debezium/*_test.go
Decimal and unsigned BIGINT values support string handling. Binary values support bytes, Base64, URL-safe Base64, and hexadecimal representations. Defaults and schemas preserve large values.
Configurable binary decoding
pkg/sink/codec/debezium/decoder.go
Binary decoding selects the configured representation and wraps invalid-message errors.
End-to-end handling-mode validation
tests/integration_tests/debezium_basic/*, tests/integration_tests/debezium_avro/*
Integration workloads exercise handling modes and validate emitted rows, keys, schemas, downstream tables, and synchronization results.
Avro decoding in kafka_dump
tests/utils/kafka_dump/*
kafka_dump decodes Confluent Avro values and keys through Schema Registry, caches schemas, and recognizes Debezium row-event tables.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Changefeed
  participant DebeziumCodec
  participant Kafka
  participant Validator
  Changefeed->>DebeziumCodec: apply handling-mode configuration
  DebeziumCodec->>Kafka: emit encoded row event
  Kafka->>Validator: provide row event and schema
  Validator->>Validator: verify values and field types
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Suggested reviewers: 3aceshowhand, ekexium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2dc05

Avro inspection can stop on normal Kafka tombstones, and invalid empty numeric URI overrides can silently retain file configuration. These behaviors should be corrected before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The numeric codec and Avro dump support are connected to issue #6253. The binary handling feature is not connected to that issue. This includes BinaryHandlingMode configuration, binary encode/decode… Move the binary handling configuration, codec changes, decoder changes, and binary-only tests to a separate pull request with a linked binary-handling issue. Keep the numeric changes and numeric test support in this pull request.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 14.71% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 34 functions across 20 files. (2 skipped:… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #6253 requires lossless Debezium numeric values. The codec now supports string handling for DECIMAL and unsigned BIGINT values. The configuration supports URI, TOML, API, validation, and def…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: adding Debezium numeric and binary handling modes.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the issue number, change summary, unit and integration test coverage, and release note. The compatibility and documentation questions remain unanswered.
Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

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The numeric codec and Avro dump support are connected to issue #6253. The binary handling feature is not connected to that issue. This includes BinaryHandlingMode configuration, binary encode/decode behavior, binary-specific unit tests, and binary integration scenarios.

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Docstring coverage is 14.71% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 34 functions across 20 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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In `@pkg/sink/codec/common/config.go`:
- Around line 355-359: Update the assignments in the configuration Apply logic
for DebeziumDecimalHandlingMode and DebeziumBigintUnsignedHandlingMode to use
the corresponding values from rawURLParameter, matching the existing
DebeziumBinaryHandlingMode handling and preserving explicit empty URI values.

In `@tests/utils/kafka_dump/main.go`:
- Around line 150-151: Update the value-decoding branch guarded by registryURL
so AvroDecoder.decode is called only when r.value is non-nil; preserve the
existing nil/tombstone flow so tableOf can ignore valid tombstones without
terminating kafka_dump.

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  • api/v2/changefeed_toml_test.go
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  • pkg/sink/codec/common/config.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/common/config_test.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/debezium/binary_test.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/debezium/codec.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/debezium/codec_test.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/debezium/debezium_test.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/debezium/decoder.go
  • pkg/sink/codec/debezium/helper.go
  • tests/integration_tests/debezium_avro/check_handling_modes.py
  • tests/integration_tests/debezium_avro/data/handling_modes.sql
  • tests/integration_tests/debezium_avro/run.sh
  • tests/integration_tests/debezium_basic/check_handling_modes.py
  • tests/integration_tests/debezium_basic/data/handling_modes.sql
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  • tests/utils/kafka_dump/avro.go
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Comment thread pkg/sink/codec/common/config.go Outdated
Comment on lines +150 to +151
if *registryURL != "" {
value, err := avroDecoder.decode(ctx, r.value)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not decode Kafka tombstone values as Avro.

When r.value is nil, decode rejects the missing Confluent header. Line 153 then terminates kafka_dump. This prevents tableOf from ignoring a valid tombstone.

Preserve the existing tombstone behavior by bypassing Avro value decoding when r.value == nil.

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-			if *registryURL != "" {
+			if *registryURL != "" && r.value != nil {
 				value, err := avroDecoder.decode(ctx, r.value)
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if *registryURL != "" {
value, err := avroDecoder.decode(ctx, r.value)
if *registryURL != "" && r.value != nil {
value, err := avroDecoder.decode(ctx, r.value)
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In `@tests/utils/kafka_dump/main.go` around lines 150 - 151, Update the
value-decoding branch guarded by registryURL so AvroDecoder.decode is called
only when r.value is non-nil; preserve the existing nil/tombstone flow so
tableOf can ignore valid tombstones without terminating kafka_dump.

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In response to a cherrypick label: new pull request created to branch release-8.5: #6281.
But this PR has conflicts, please resolve them!

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In response to a cherrypick label: new pull request created to branch release-nextgen-202603: #6282.
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Debezium lost precision when data type is bigint or decimal

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