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diff --git a/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md b/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md index bee0b8a8c0..67d92acfa1 100644 --- a/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md +++ b/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md @@ -51,17 +51,24 @@ will be inserted with that ID. For any given stream reader (including writers themselves), we may define a per-writer current stream ID: -> The current stream ID _for a writer W_ is the largest stream ID such that +> A current stream ID _for a writer W_ is the largest stream ID such that > all transactions added by W with equal or smaller ID have completed. Similarly, there is a "linear" notion of current stream ID: -> The "linear" current stream ID is the largest stream ID such that +> A "linear" current stream ID is the largest stream ID such that > all facts (added by any writer) with equal or smaller ID have completed. Because different stream readers A and B learn about new facts at different times, A and B may disagree about current stream IDs. Put differently: we should think of stream readers as being independent of each other, proceeding through a stream of facts at different rates. +The above definition does not give a unique current stream ID, in fact there can +be a range of current stream IDs. Synapse uses both the minimum and maximum IDs +for different purposes. Most often the maximum is used, as its generally +beneficial for workers to advance their IDs as soon as possible. However, the +minimum is used in situations where e.g. another worker is going to wait until +the stream advances past a position. + **NB.** For both senses of "current", that if a writer opens a transaction that never completes, the current stream ID will never advance beyond that writer's last written stream ID. For single-writer streams, the per-writer current ID and the linear current ID are the same. @@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ Writers need to track: - track their current position (i.e. its own per-writer stream ID). - their facts currently awaiting completion. -At startup, +At startup, - the current position of that writer can be found by querying the database (which suggests that facts need to be written to the database atomically, in a transaction); and - there are no facts awaiting completion. |