chore(ingestion): enable basedpyright across the codebase via baseline#27755
chore(ingestion): enable basedpyright across the codebase via baseline#27755
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Removes the ~25 paths from `[tool.basedpyright] ignore` (which excluded roughly 90% of the codebase from type checking) and grandfathers the existing violations into a baseline file. New violations in any previously-ignored file now fail CI. Changes: - ingestion/pyproject.toml: drop the entire `ignore = [...]` block - ingestion/setup.py: bump `basedpyright~=1.14` to `~=1.39.0` - ingestion/.basedpyright/baseline.json (new, ~13MB): captures the starting violation set (~18.8K errors + ~37.4K warnings) so the migration is behavior-preserving. Regenerate with `cd ingestion && basedpyright -p pyproject.toml --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json --writebaseline`. basedpyright analysis has minor non-determinism (similar to ruff's), so re-running --writebaseline a few times converges the baseline. - ingestion/noxfile.py: pass `--baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json` to the basedpyright invocation in the `static-checks` session so CI honors the grandfathering. CI already runs the session via `cd ingestion && nox --no-venv -s static-checks` (py-tests.yml). - ingestion/Makefile: `make static-checks` now delegates to `nox -s static-checks` so local invocations match CI exactly. Also drops the dead Python 3.9 / OM_SKIP_SDK_PY39 branch (we require Python >=3.10 since the previous modernization PR). - .gitignore: add `.serena/` (local language-server cache)
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Pull request overview
Enables basedpyright type-checking across the full ingestion/ codebase by removing the large ignore-glob list and instead grandfathering existing violations via a committed baseline file, so newly introduced type issues anywhere will fail CI.
Changes:
- Remove
[tool.basedpyright].ignorepath globs and document the new baseline-based workflow. - Add a basedpyright baseline file and update the nox
static-checkssession to use it. - Align local
make static-checkswith CI by delegating tonox, and bump basedpyright version.
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ingestion/pyproject.toml |
Removes ignore globs and documents baseline-based grandfathering. |
ingestion/.basedpyright/baseline.json |
Adds the committed baseline capturing current type violations. |
ingestion/noxfile.py |
Runs basedpyright with --baselinefile in the static-checks session. |
ingestion/Makefile |
Delegates static-checks to nox to match CI behavior. |
ingestion/setup.py |
Updates dev dependency to basedpyright~=1.39.0. |
.gitignore |
Ignores .serena/ local tooling cache directory. |
The static-checks Makefile target and the py-tests CI job both delegate to `nox -s static-checks`, but nox was being installed as a separate side step (`pip install nox` in `install_dev_env`, `uv pip install nox` in the test-environment composite action). Listing it in dev extras means a plain `pip install ingestion[dev]` brings it in.
Following the basedpyright + multi-Python-version research: - ingestion/pyproject.toml: add `pythonVersion = "3.10"` to [tool.basedpyright] so type-checking always analyzes for the lowest supported Python version. Forward-incompatible code (tomllib usage, PEP 695 generics, etc.) is caught at type-check time regardless of which Python interpreter runs the checker. - .github/workflows/py-tests.yml: gate the "Run Static Checks" step on `matrix.py-version == '3.10'`. With pythonVersion pinned, results are identical across the matrix; running once avoids redundant work and keeps the baseline file deterministic. Unit tests still run on the full 3.10/3.11/3.12 matrix to verify runtime compatibility. - ingestion/.basedpyright/baseline.json: regenerated cleanly with the new pythonVersion config (~18.8K errors / ~37.3K warnings, similar scale to the previous baseline). Aligns with the canonical type-check-on-floor / test-on-matrix pattern used by Pydantic, CPython, and other major Python projects.
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| # Existing violations are grandfathered via .basedpyright/baseline.json | ||
| # (regenerate with `basedpyright -p ingestion/pyproject.toml --writebaseline` |
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The baseline regeneration instructions are incorrect: when running from the ingestion/ directory, -p ingestion/pyproject.toml resolves to a non-existent path (ingestion/ingestion/pyproject.toml), and the command also doesn’t specify the baseline file to update. Please update the comment to use the correct -p pyproject.toml (or clarify it’s meant to run from repo root) and include --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json so it actually rewrites the committed baseline.
| # (regenerate with `basedpyright -p ingestion/pyproject.toml --writebaseline` | |
| # (regenerate with `basedpyright -p pyproject.toml --writebaseline --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json` |
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CI's previous run still surfaced ~9 issues (2 errors + 7 warnings) that
weren't in the baseline. Root cause: my local environment differs from
CI's in three ways that affect type inference — Python interpreter
(3.11 vs 3.10), platform (Darwin vs Linux), and pip-resolved package
versions (couchbase, avro, trino, sqlalchemy stubs all differ slightly).
This commit closes the platform gap and regenerates the baseline from a
fresh CI-equivalent environment:
- ingestion/pyproject.toml: add `pythonPlatform = "Linux"` to
[tool.basedpyright] so type-checking uses the Linux subset of stdlib /
third-party stubs regardless of where the analyzer runs.
- ingestion/.basedpyright/baseline.json: regenerated against a fresh
Python 3.10 venv installed via `uv pip install ingestion[test]` (the
same install path CI's setup-openmetadata-test-environment composite
action uses). New scale: ~18.7K errors / ~37.5K warnings — same
ballpark as the previous baseline, with column positions now matching
CI's environment.
Local-developer note: when running `make static-checks` from a venv
that doesn't mirror CI exactly (e.g. macOS, Python 3.11, different
package versions), you may see drift errors. The supported workflow for
regenerating the baseline is to mirror CI:
python3.10 -m venv /tmp/ci-mirror
source /tmp/ci-mirror/bin/activate
uv pip install --upgrade pip "setuptools<81"
uv pip install --no-build-isolation "cx_Oracle>=8.3.0,<9"
uv pip install -e "ingestion[test]"
uv pip install "basedpyright~=1.39.0" nox
cd ingestion && basedpyright -p pyproject.toml \
--baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json --writebaseline
…mirror The previous attempt added `pythonPlatform = "Linux"` thinking it would make the local-generated baseline match CI. It did the opposite — Linux platform stubs activate additional conditional code paths that weren't analyzed before, so CI saw 101 errors instead of the prior 2 errors. Reverting: - Drop `pythonPlatform = "Linux"` from [tool.basedpyright]. Without it, basedpyright analyzes for the host platform; on CI's ubuntu-latest runner that's Linux automatically, but type-stub coverage stays the same as before (matching the d9196df baseline). - Regenerate ingestion/.basedpyright/baseline.json against a fresh Python 3.10 venv installed via `uv pip install ingestion[test]` (mirroring CI's setup-openmetadata-test-environment composite action). ~18.8K errors / 37.7K warnings captured — same scale as the working d9196df version. Local-developer note: any baseline regeneration done on macOS will drift from CI's Linux env (different transitive package versions, different stubs). The supported local mirror procedure: python3.10 -m venv /tmp/ci-mirror source /tmp/ci-mirror/bin/activate uv pip install --upgrade pip "setuptools<81" uv pip install --no-build-isolation "cx_Oracle>=8.3.0,<9" uv pip install -e "ingestion[test]" uv pip install "basedpyright~=1.39.0" nox cd ingestion && basedpyright -p pyproject.toml \\ --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json --writebaseline
Prior CI-mirror only installed [test], skipping [all] and the four
--no-deps SA pins (sqlalchemy-redshift/databricks/ibmi, pydoris-custom).
That left ~75 connector packages out of the analysis env, so basedpyright
couldn't resolve types from databricks.sqlalchemy, GE 0.18 Batch,
sklearn BaseEstimator, airflow SQLAlchemy models, pandas/numpy stubs,
etc. CI saw 129 errors absent from the baseline.
Regenerated against a fresh py3.10 venv that mirrors
.github/actions/setup-openmetadata-test-environment exactly:
uv pip install ./ingestion[dev]
make generate
uv pip install "setuptools<81"
uv pip install --no-build-isolation "cx_Oracle>=8.3.0,<9"
uv pip install --no-deps sqlalchemy-redshift==0.8.14 \
sqlalchemy-databricks==0.2.0 \
sqlalchemy-ibmi==0.9.3 \
pydoris-custom==1.1.0
uv pip install ./ingestion[all]
uv pip install ./ingestion[test]
uv pip install nox
First run: 128 errors, 272 warnings — within 1 error of CI's 129/272.
Wrote baseline with 56,100 entries across 1,035 files. Verify run with
the new baseline reports 0/0/0.
macOS arm64 vs Linux x86_64 wheel resolution may leave a small residual
(~3-7 errors per the d9196df precedent). Re-run --writebaseline 2-3x
if any show up in CI.
CI's Linux fastavro stub returns Schema as `str | List[Any]`, while the macOS arm64 wheel narrows to `str` — the only error not absorbed by the regenerated baseline. Add a targeted pyright: ignore on the parse_avro_schema call instead of broadening behavior.
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.github/workflows/py-tests.yml:110
- To make the new
if: matrix.py-version == '3.10'gate actually eliminate redundant nox runs, consider settingPYTHON_VERSIONS=${{ matrix.py-version }}(or similar) for this step.ingestion/noxfile.pydefaults toSUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]unlessPYTHON_VERSIONSis set, which can cause thestatic-checkssession to run once per listed version even inside the single 3.10 job.
- name: Run Static Checks
# basedpyright is configured with `pythonVersion = "3.10"` (the lowest
# supported version) so type-checking results are identical across the
# 3.10/3.11/3.12 matrix. Run on the lowest version only to avoid
# redundant work and keep the baseline file deterministic.
if: matrix.py-version == '3.10'
run: |
source env/bin/activate
cd ingestion
nox --no-venv -s static-checks
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| return parse_avro_schema(schema=writer_schema, cls=Column) | ||
| return parse_avro_schema(schema=writer_schema, cls=Column) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType] |
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Avoid relying on pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType] here. parse_avro_schema is typed to accept schema: str, but writer_schema can still be non-string after the isinstance(..., dict) branch (e.g., if fastavro returns other schema representations). Normalize writer_schema to a str (or explicitly cast after proving it’s a str) before calling parse_avro_schema so the type check reflects the runtime contract and you don’t accidentally pass a non-string at runtime.
CI's `--baselinemode=lock` (default) requires the baseline to match exactly — neither up nor down. Two related issues: 1. The avro.py noqa silenced not just the surfaced error but 10 cascading entries at line 95 (sub-errors propagating from the unresolved `schema` arg type). Baseline went `down by 10` → lock violated → exit 3 even with `0 errors` reported. Regenerate baseline so the 10 stale entries are dropped. 2. The macOS arm64 fastavro stub doesn't surface that error in the first place, so basedpyright treats the noqa as `reportUnnecessaryTypeIgnoreComment` locally — causing the opposite lock mismatch on CI (a warning entry that doesn't exist there). Disable the rule so platform-specific residuals can land without flapping between local and CI.
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CI's implicit default is `lock`, which fails on any baseline change in
either direction (errors going up *or* down) via console.error → exit 3.
That cannot accommodate macOS arm64 vs Linux x86_64 stub drift: a
baseline regenerated locally always carries some entries that don't fire
on CI (and vice versa).
`auto` would tolerate the drift but silently overwrites the baseline
file — unacceptable in CI, where unreviewed changes never get committed
back.
`discard` is the right balance:
- New errors not in the baseline still fail the run (early-return path
in BaselineHandler.write before the lock/discard branch).
- Stale baseline entries (errors that no longer fire on the current
platform) print an info message and exit 0.
- The baseline file is never modified.
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| # (regenerate with `basedpyright -p ingestion/pyproject.toml --writebaseline` | ||
| # from the ingestion/ directory). New violations in any file fail CI. |
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The guidance for regenerating the basedpyright baseline looks incorrect: from within the ingestion/ directory, -p ingestion/pyproject.toml will point to a non-existent path. Update the comment to use -p pyproject.toml (or drop -p entirely when running from ingestion/) and include the --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json flag so the command matches how CI runs basedpyright.
| # (regenerate with `basedpyright -p ingestion/pyproject.toml --writebaseline` | |
| # from the ingestion/ directory). New violations in any file fail CI. | |
| # (regenerate with `basedpyright -p pyproject.toml --baselinefile | |
| # .basedpyright/baseline.json --writebaseline` from the ingestion/ directory). | |
| # New violations in any file fail CI. |
| writer_schema = reader.writer_schema | ||
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| writer_schema = json.dumps(reader.writer_schema) | ||
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| return parse_avro_schema(schema=writer_schema, cls=Column) | ||
| return parse_avro_schema(schema=writer_schema, cls=Column) # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType] |
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Instead of suppressing reportArgumentType here, consider narrowing/normalizing writer_schema to a str before calling parse_avro_schema (which is typed as schema: str). For example, if reader.writer_schema can be a dict, convert it to JSON; if it’s already a string, keep it as-is. This avoids permanently masking genuine type issues in this path.
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Summary
Removes the ~25 path globs from
[tool.basedpyright] ignore(which excluded roughly 90% of the codebase from type checking) and grandfathers the existing violations into a baseline file. New type errors in any previously-ignored file now fail CI, while existing debt is captured for incremental cleanup.Why
After PR #27739 set up ruff and got the basic tooling story sane, basedpyright was still effectively neutered: the
ignorelist excludedmetadata/ingestion/*,metadata/profiler/*,metadata/utils/*,metadata/data_quality/*,metadata/clients/*and ~20 other paths — i.e. nearly everything. Type-check coverage wassdk/plus a couple of small modules.Rather than fix all violations up-front (~18.8K errors, ~37.4K warnings), we use basedpyright's baseline feature to freeze the current state. The codebase remains green; any new type error introduced anywhere fails CI. Per-module cleanup follows incrementally by deleting baseline entries.
Strategy: pin analysis to the lowest supported Python, run once
After investigating multi-version baseline behavior, this PR follows the standard
pattern: type-check on the floor, run unit tests on the matrix.
Concretely:
[tool.basedpyright] pythonVersion = "3.10"— basedpyright analyzes code as if the runtime were Python 3.10 (the lowest supported version), independent of which interpreter actually invokes it. Forward-incompatible features (tomllib usage, PEP 695 generics,typing.Self, etc.) are caught at type-check time.py-tests.yml"Run Static Checks" step gated onmatrix.py-version == '3.10'— type-checking is deterministic across the matrix once pythonVersion is pinned, so running it three times wastes CI minutes. Unit tests still run on 3.10/3.11/3.12 to verify runtime compatibility.What's in this PR
ingestion/pyproject.tomlignore = [...]block under[tool.basedpyright]; addpythonVersion = "3.10"ingestion/setup.pybasedpyright~=1.14→~=1.39.0; addnoxto dev depsingestion/.basedpyright/baseline.jsoningestion/noxfile.pystatic-checkssession passes--baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.jsoningestion/Makefilemake static-checksdelegates tonox -s static-checks(single source of truth between local and CI).github/workflows/py-tests.ymlmatrix.py-version == '3.10'(avoids redundant runs since pythonVersion pin makes results identical across matrix).gitignore.serena/(local language-server cache)How CI will run it
.github/workflows/py-tests.ymlalready runs:The nox session now resolves to
basedpyright -p pyproject.toml --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json. With cwd =ingestion/, the baseline path resolves correctly. No workflow changes needed.Verifying locally
Both
make static-checksfrom repo root and fromingestion/produce identical results (the Makefile targetcds into ingestion/ before invoking nox).Cleanup workflow (follow-up PRs)
To fix violations in a module:
cd ingestion && basedpyright -p pyproject.toml --baselinefile .basedpyright/baseline.json --writebaseline--writebaseline2-3 more times to absorb non-determinism (rare 0–80 errors flake between runs)The baseline JSON is keyed by file path → list of error ranges. Deletions in the JSON correspond to actual fixes.
What's intentionally not in scope
reportDeprecated,reportAny,reportExplicitAny,reportImplicitOverridestill= false. Tackling each would surface large new error sets — separate phases per the post-modernize roadmap