@recurse query not fetching entire subgraph from root node

[danielmai]

Bug report

This issue comes from https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/modeling-a-tree-and-getting-a-subtree-from-a-node/3087.

Desktop:

• OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (Running Dgraph via Docker)
• Browser: Chrome
• Dgraph Version: v1.0.7
• Dgraph Client: Ratel/curl HTTP

Containerization:

• Main Container Software: Docker v18.06.0-ce
• Integration (if applicable): Docker for Mac
• Dgraph TAG Version: v1.0.7

Describe the bug:

Running a query with @recurse doesn't return the expected subgraph results.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start a new Dgraph (1 Zero, 1 Server) running with default ports accessible via localhost.

2. Run the following mutation:

   curl -i -XPOST -H 'X-Dgraph-CommitNow: true' -H 'X-Dgraph-MutationType: json' http://localhost:8080/mutate -d '{
     "set": [
       {
         "jungle": {
           "animals": {
             "lion": {
               "name": "Simba"
             },
             "elephant": {
               "name": "Ele"
             }
           },
           "birds":{
             "parrot": {
               "name": "Zuzu"
             },
             "chicken": {
               "name": "Chica"
             }
           }
         }
       }
     ]
   }'
   

   Response:

   {
     "data": {
       "code": "Success",
       "message": "Done",
       "uids": {
         "blank-0": "0x40",
         "blank-1": "0x39",
         "blank-2": "0x3a",
         "blank-3": "0x3b",
         "blank-4": "0x3c",
         "blank-5": "0x3d",
         "blank-6": "0x3e",
         "blank-7": "0x3f"
       }
     },
     "extensions": {
       "server_latency": {
         "parsing_ns": 21640,
         "processing_ns": 10257181
       },
       "txn": {
         "start_ts": 47,
         "commit_ts": 48,
         "lin_read": {
           "ids": {
             "1": 71
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }

3. Run this query to double-check that the data mutation inserted the data as we expected:

   $ curl -s -XPOST http://localhost:8080/query -d '{
     parent as p(func: has(jungle)) {}
   
     me(func: uid(parent)) {
       uid
       expand(_all_) {
         uid
         expand(_all_) {
           uid
           expand(_all_) {
             uid
             name
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }' | jq '.'
   

   Response:

   {
     "data": {
       "p": [],
       "me": [
         {
           "uid": "0x40",
           "jungle": [
             {
               "uid": "0x39",
               "animals": [
                 {
                   "uid": "0x3a",
                   "lion": [
                     {
                       "uid": "0x3b",
                       "name": "Simba"
                     }
                   ],
                   "elephant": [
                     {
                       "uid": "0x3c",
                       "name": "Ele"
                     }
                   ]
                 }
               ],
               "birds": [
                 {
                   "uid": "0x3d",
                   "parrot": [
                     {
                       "uid": "0x3e",
                       "name": "Zuzu"
                     }
                   ],
                   "chicken": [
                     {
                       "uid": "0x3f",
                       "name": "Chica"
                     }
                   ]
                 }
               ]
             }
           ]
         }
       ]
     },
     "extensions": {
       "server_latency": {
         "parsing_ns": 34528,
         "processing_ns": 2238479,
         "encoding_ns": 750501
       },
       "txn": {
         "start_ts": 57,
         "lin_read": {
           "ids": {
             "1": 81
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }
   

4. Add @recurse to the me query from Step 4 and see that the query isn't the same.

   $ curl -s -XPOST http://localhost:8080/query -d '{
     parent as p(func: has(jungle)) {}
   
     me(func: uid(parent)) @recurse {
       uid
       expand(_all_) {
         uid
         expand(_all_) {
           uid
           expand(_all_) {
             uid
             name
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }' | jq '.'
   

   Response:

   {
     "data": {
       "p": [],
       "me": [
         {
           "uid": "0x40",
           "jungle": [
             {
               "uid": "0x39"
             }
           ]
         }
       ]
     },
     "extensions": {
       "server_latency": {
         "parsing_ns": 45068,
         "processing_ns": 2554408,
         "encoding_ns": 456431
       },
       "txn": {
         "start_ts": 58,
         "lin_read": {
           "ids": {
             "1": 82
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }
   

Expected behavior:

The @recurse keyword recursively get the subgraph from the root node.

[jpacik]

@danielmai @manishrjain I propose we close this issue and (perhaps) turn this into a feature request. But I don't believe it is a bug. The current implementation of expandRecurse

https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/blob/788354f89d14c55a1ac63970ec3d1c72a3ad92bc/query/recurse.go#L21

does not support multi-level predicates. Because of this, the following query:

  me(func: uid(parent)) @recurse {
      uid
      expand(_all_) {
          uid
          expand(_all_) {
              uid
              expand(_all_) {
                  uid
                  name
              }
          }
      }
  }

is equivalent to

  me(func: uid(parent)) @recurse {
      uid
      jungle
  }

The expected result of this query is exactly the final result shown in the above comment.

[danielmai]

@srfrog can you update this issue report with the changes you're planning to make?

[srfrog]

i agree with @manishrjain (from video chat) and @jlapacik this is a new feature.

[danielmai]

Discussed with @manishrjain. expand(_all_) with @recurse should really be equivalent to expand(_all_) at every depth. So a query like this gets all the predicates:

{
  me(func: uid(parent)) @recurse {
    uid
    expand(_all_)
  }
}

Should get the jungle predicate for the first uid, animals in the second uid, and so on.

Will keep this issue open as a bug.

---

Query:

{
  parent as p(func: has(jungle)) {}

  me(func: uid(parent)) @recurse {
    uid
    expand(_all_)
  }
}

Actual Response:

{
  "data": {
    "p": [],
    "me": [
      {
        "uid": "0x40",
        "jungle": [
          {
            "uid": "0x39"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Expected Response:

{
  "data": {
    "p": [],
    "me": [
      {
        "uid": "0x40",
        "jungle": [
          {
            "uid": "0x39",
            "animals": [
              {
                "uid": "0x3a",
                "lion": [
                  {
                    "uid": "0x3b",
                    "name": "Simba"
                  }
                ],
                "elephant": [
                  {
                    "uid": "0x3c",
                    "name": "Ele"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "birds": [
              {
                "uid": "0x3d",
                "parrot": [
                  {
                    "uid": "0x3e",
                    "name": "Zuzu"
                  }
                ],
                "chicken": [
                  {
                    "uid": "0x3f",
                    "name": "Chica"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }

[asadm]

OP of the original issue here. Thanks for this!
So I can play with this in the next release I guess?

[srfrog]

That hasn't been decided yet, but it's likely. Thanks for submitting the issue!