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38 changes: 19 additions & 19 deletions src/Database/Database.php
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Expand Up @@ -9347,6 +9347,14 @@ public function decode(Document $collection, Document $document, array $selectio
$attributes[] = $attribute;
}

$hasRelationshipSelections = false;
foreach ($selections as $selection) {
if (\str_contains($selection, '.')) {
$hasRelationshipSelections = true;
break;
}
}

foreach ($attributes as $attribute) {
$key = $attribute['$id'] ?? '';
$type = $attribute['type'] ?? '';
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$value = ($array) ? $value : [$value];
$value = (is_null($value)) ? [] : $value;

foreach ($value as $index => $node) {
foreach (\array_reverse($filters) as $filter) {
$node = $this->decodeAttribute($filter, $node, $document, $key);
$selected = empty($selections)
|| \in_array($key, $selections)
|| \in_array('*', $selections);

if ($selected || $hasRelationshipSelections) {

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P2 Dotted selects disable filter pruning

When a query selects a nested relationship field such as children.name, $hasRelationshipSelections makes every attribute pass this condition, so unrelated unselected query-producing filters still execute once per returned document and retain the fan-out cost this change is intended to remove.

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Path: src/Database/Database.php
Line: 9394

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**Dotted selects disable filter pruning**

When a query selects a nested relationship field such as `children.name`, `$hasRelationshipSelections` makes every attribute pass this condition, so unrelated unselected query-producing filters still execute once per returned document and retain the fan-out cost this change is intended to remove.

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Correct that filters still run when a dotted selection is present, but that's the pre-existing behaviour preserved deliberately, not a leftover.

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Fair point — if the intent is to preserve the pre-existing behaviour for relationship queries rather than optimize it, the current logic makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

foreach ($value as $index => $node) {
foreach (\array_reverse($filters) as $filter) {
$node = $this->decodeAttribute($filter, $node, $document, $key);
}
$value[$index] = $node;
}
$value[$index] = $node;
}

$filteredValue[$key] = ($array) ? $value : $value[0];

if (
empty($selections)
|| \in_array($key, $selections)
|| \in_array('*', $selections)
) {
if ($selected) {
Comment on lines +9390 to +9405

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Skip filters for unrelated attributes during relationship selections.

A dotted selection sets $hasRelationshipSelections, so Line 9394 runs every attribute filter. An unselected query-backed attribute can therefore execute once per document when the caller selects only a relationship.

  • src/Database/Database.php#L9390-L9405: apply decode filters only when $selected; preserve the raw-value restoration path if relationship population requires it.
  • tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/AttributeTests.php#L1299-L1332: add a relationship selection case with an unselected subQueryProbe attribute and assert that $calls remains 0.
📍 Affects 2 files
  • src/Database/Database.php#L9390-L9405 (this comment)
  • tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/AttributeTests.php#L1299-L1332
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In `@src/Database/Database.php` around lines 9390 - 9405, Update the attribute
processing in Database.php lines 9390-9405 so decodeAttribute filters run only
when $selected, while preserving raw-value restoration when relationship
population requires it; add the relationship-selection regression case in
tests/e2e/Adapter/Scopes/AttributeTests.php lines 1299-1332 using subQueryProbe
and assert $calls remains 0.

$document->setAttribute($key, ($array) ? $value : $value[0]);
}
}

$hasRelationshipSelections = false;
if (!empty($selections)) {
foreach ($selections as $selection) {
if (\str_contains($selection, '.')) {
$hasRelationshipSelections = true;
break;
}
}
}

if ($hasRelationshipSelections && !empty($selections) && !\in_array('*', $selections)) {
foreach ($collection->getAttribute('attributes', []) as $attribute) {
$key = $attribute['$id'] ?? '';
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}
}

/**
* A filter can build its value by querying rather than transforming the stored one — that is
* what the subQuery filters in Appwrite do, listing a child collection per document. Reading a
* document without selecting such an attribute must not run it: the value is dropped anyway,
* and it is the filter, not the value, that costs the query.
*/
public function testFilterNotAppliedWhenAttributeNotSelected(): void
{
/** @var Database $database */
$database = $this->getDatabase();

$calls = 0;

$database->addFilter(
'subQueryProbe',
fn (mixed $value) => null, // stores nothing, like a subQuery filter
function (mixed $value) use (&$calls) {
$calls++;
return ['fanned', 'out'];
}
);

$database->createCollection('filterSelect');
$database->createAttribute('filterSelect', 'plain', Database::VAR_STRING, 128, false);
$database->createAttribute('filterSelect', 'kids', Database::VAR_STRING, 128, false, filters: ['subQueryProbe']);

$database->createDocument('filterSelect', new Document([
'$id' => 'doc1',
'$permissions' => [
Permission::read(Role::any()),
Permission::update(Role::any()),
Permission::delete(Role::any()),
],
'plain' => 'x',
]));

$calls = 0;
$document = $database->getDocument('filterSelect', 'doc1');
$this->assertEquals(1, $calls);
$this->assertEquals(['fanned', 'out'], $document->getAttribute('kids'));

$calls = 0;
$document = $database->getDocument('filterSelect', 'doc1', [Query::select(['$id', 'plain'])]);
$this->assertEquals(0, $calls);
$this->assertNull($document->getAttribute('kids'));
$this->assertEquals('x', $document->getAttribute('plain'));

// Selecting it explicitly, and selecting everything, both still decode it.
$calls = 0;
$document = $database->getDocument('filterSelect', 'doc1', [Query::select(['$id', 'kids'])]);
$this->assertEquals(1, $calls);
$this->assertEquals(['fanned', 'out'], $document->getAttribute('kids'));

$calls = 0;
$document = $database->getDocument('filterSelect', 'doc1', [Query::select(['*'])]);
$this->assertEquals(1, $calls);
$this->assertEquals(['fanned', 'out'], $document->getAttribute('kids'));

// find() decodes through the same path, once per document returned.
$calls = 0;
$documents = $database->find('filterSelect', [Query::select(['$id', 'plain'])]);
$this->assertCount(1, $documents);
$this->assertEquals(0, $calls);
$this->assertNull($documents[0]->getAttribute('kids'));

$calls = 0;
$documents = $database->find('filterSelect');
$this->assertCount(1, $documents);
$this->assertEquals(1, $calls);
$this->assertEquals(['fanned', 'out'], $documents[0]->getAttribute('kids'));
}

public function updateStringAttributeSize(int $size, Document $document): Document
{
/** @var Database $database */
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