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This caused H2 corruption.

MVStoreUtils.openOrCreate forced setRetentionTime(0) and setVersionsToKeep(0) on every store since 2020. With both at 0, H2 may reuse a chunk's blocks while the chunk map it writes at close still lists that chunk, and the file then refuses to open, read-only or not, with

MVStoreException: Double mark: 394/5 [...] at FreeSpaceBitSet.markUsed
at RandomAccessStore.readStoreHeader

(h2database/h2database#2752, #4083, both open). Only H2's recovery mode gets past it. A 24-thread soak of a document workload with a close every 20 seconds reproduced it on every run at 0/0, with and without close-time compaction, on h2-mvstore 2.4.240 and on current H2 master, and on none of the runs with either setting at its H2 default (45 s / 5), including a 1 s retention window. H2's own javadoc notes the retention window is what lets readers finish traversing a map.

MVStoreModuleBuilder gains retentionTime(ms) and versionsToKeep(n); both are null by default, which leaves H2's values in place. Passing 0 restores the old behaviour for anyone who depends on the file shrinking immediately, at the cost described above.

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  • New Features

    • Added configuration options for MVStore retention time and the number of versions to keep.
    • When unspecified, MVStore now preserves its standard retention defaults.
    • Explicit retention and version settings are applied when configured.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for default behavior, custom settings, and configuration cloning.

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MVStoreUtils.openOrCreate forced setRetentionTime(0) and setVersionsToKeep(0)
on every store since 2020. With both at 0, H2 may reuse a chunk's blocks while
the chunk map it writes at close still lists that chunk, and the file then
refuses to open, read-only or not, with

  MVStoreException: Double mark: 394/5 [...] at FreeSpaceBitSet.markUsed
    at RandomAccessStore.readStoreHeader

(h2database/h2database#2752, #4083, both open). Only H2's recovery mode gets
past it. A 24-thread soak of a document workload with a close every 20 seconds
reproduced it on every run at 0/0, with and without close-time compaction, on
h2-mvstore 2.4.240 and on current H2 master, and on none of the runs with
either setting at its H2 default (45 s / 5), including a 1 s retention window.
H2's own javadoc notes the retention window is what lets readers finish
traversing a map.

MVStoreModuleBuilder gains retentionTime(ms) and versionsToKeep(n); both are
null by default, which leaves H2's values in place. Passing 0 restores the old
behaviour for anyone who depends on the file shrinking immediately, at the
cost described above.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The MVStore adapter adds nullable retention and version settings. Unset values preserve H2 defaults. Configured values propagate to the store, and tests verify defaults, overrides, and cloning.

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MVStore retention configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Retention configuration contract
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreConfig.java
MVStoreConfig stores nullable retentionTime and versionsToKeep values and copies them during clone().
Builder configuration wiring
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreModuleBuilder.java
The builder exposes both settings and forwards them to MVStoreConfig.
Store application and validation
nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreUtils.java, nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreRetentionDefaultsTest.java
Store initialization applies settings only when configured. Tests verify H2 defaults, explicit values, and cloned configuration.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to abecf

This change makes MVStore retention configurable, but negative versions-to-keep values can compromise chunk retention and risk store corruption. Validate this setting before merging.

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- Around line 128-134: Validate versionsToKeep in MVStoreModuleBuilder before
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Comment on lines +128 to +134
private Integer retentionTime;

/**
* How many old versions MVStore keeps. {@code null} (the default) leaves H2's own default
* of 5. See {@link #retentionTime}.
*/
private Integer versionsToKeep;

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n -A12 -B4 'setRetentionTime|setVersionsToKeep' \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/compat/v1/mvstore/MVStore.java

rg -n -A4 -B4 'retentionTime|versionsToKeep' \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreModuleBuilder.java \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreUtils.java

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- builder setters and build path ---'
sed -n '1,230p' nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreModuleBuilder.java

printf '%s\n' '--- configuration contract ---'
rg -n -A12 -B8 'retentionTime\(|versionsToKeep\(' \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/compat/v1/mvstore/MVStoreConfig.java \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/compat/v1/mvstore/MVStore.java

printf '%s\n' '--- uses of the configured values ---'
rg -n -A10 -B10 'retentionTime|versionsToKeep' \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/compat/v1/mvstore/MVStore.java \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/compat/v1/mvstore/MVStoreConfig.java \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreUtils.java

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printf '%s\n' '--- matching configuration files ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- configuration declarations and consumers ---'
rg -n -A14 -B8 'retentionTime|versionsToKeep' \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java \
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printf '%s\n' '--- versionsToKeep data flow ---'
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  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/compat/v1/mvstore/MVStore.java

printf '%s\n' '--- config application and generated builder API inputs ---'
rg -n -A10 -B10 'retentionTime|versionsToKeep' \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreConfig.java \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreModuleBuilder.java \
  nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreUtils.java

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Reject negative versionsToKeep values before forwarding them to MVStore.

getOldestVersionToKeep() computes v - versionsToKeep. A negative value advances the oldest retained version and can make dropUnusedChunks() consider newer chunks eligible for overwrite. Keep null and 0 valid. Do not reject negative retentionTime; the bundled implementation uses it for direct-overwrite mode.

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In
`@nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/mvstore/MVStoreModuleBuilder.java`
around lines 128 - 134, Validate versionsToKeep in MVStoreModuleBuilder before
passing it to MVStore, rejecting negative values while preserving null and zero
as valid. Leave retentionTime validation unchanged so negative retentionTime
continues to support direct-overwrite mode.

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Superseded by #1303 — same reason, no push access to your fork. Same commits plus a fix: MVStoreUtilsTest still pinned getVersionsToKeep() == 0, the value openOrCreate used to force, and failed. It asserts H2's default of 5 now.

Worth recording: this also turned out to be what was behind the intermittent MigrationTest.cleanUp failure on CI (AssertionError: chunk:5,block:0,len:0 ... at Chunk.accountForRemovedPage), which is the same 0/0 chunk-accounting family as the Double mark you reproduced.

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Landed as #1303 (rebased, plus the MVStoreUtilsTest fix). Thanks — this one was the most consequential of the ten: a store that will not reopen is the worst failure mode in the set, and the 24-thread soak across two H2 versions is what made it actionable rather than a hunch.

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