fix(local): reject empty selectors in batch_update_points - #1512
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One precision note on "matching the server", verified against a live v1.19.1 server: For the reported case this PR matches the server exactly: a batch whose operation carries an empty or missing selector is rejected with 400 "Empty update request" and nothing is applied. For multi-operation batches the server is not atomic in general. Sources: |
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLocal batch update validation rejects empty selectors for set-payload, overwrite-payload, delete-payload, and delete-vectors operations. It also rejects clear-payload operations with an empty Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to A failed batch can leave different collection state in local and remote modes when a later operation has a missing selector. Align their behavior before relying on local results to predict server behavior. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The change rejects invalid selectors before updates begin and prevents an empty point list from falling back to a filter. It introduces no identified security risk or additional access to collections. This rejection guarantee should not be interpreted as transactional behavior for every possible batch failure. Retained concerns Security review detailsSecurity Blast Radius
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1145-1171: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThe test does not check that a rejected batch leaves the collection untouched.
The PR states that validation runs before any operation is applied. This test sends one operation per batch. It cannot detect a partial commit of earlier operations in a multi-operation batch.
Add a batch with a valid operation followed by an empty-selector operation. Then call
compare_collectionsafter the rejection, astest_rejected_batch_update_leaves_the_collection_untoucheddoes. Also, the test never uploads points. The collection may be empty, so the remote 400 may not reflect the selector check alone.Based on learnings: a test for a rejected batch must verify that no earlier operation in the batch was applied.
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Review comments at @tests/congruence_tests/test_updates.py:
- Around line 1145-1171: Update test_batch_update_rejects_empty_selector to
upload points and include a valid update before an empty-selector operation in
the same batch; after asserting rejection, use compare_collections to verify the
collection is unchanged, following the pattern in
test_rejected_batch_update_leaves_the_collection_untouched.
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…ion unchanged Upload fixture points first and compare collections after each rejected batch, so the test fails if local mode applies anything before raising.
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Good catch. In 23f3be1 the test now uploads the fixture points first and compares the local and remote collections after every rejected batch, so a partial application in local mode would fail it. |
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- Around line 3217-3245: Move empty-selector validation for SetPayloadOperation,
OverwritePayloadOperation, DeletePayloadOperation, ClearPayloadOperation, and
DeleteVectorsOperation out of the batch preflight and into the corresponding
per-operation execution branches. Keep key-path and vector-name validation in
preflight so each operation is validated as it executes, preserving earlier
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| elif isinstance(update_op, models.SetPayloadOperation): | ||
| _validate_update_selector( | ||
| update_op.set_payload.points, update_op.set_payload.filter | ||
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| if update_op.set_payload.key is not None: | ||
| parse_json_path(update_op.set_payload.key) | ||
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| elif isinstance(update_op, models.OverwritePayloadOperation): | ||
| _validate_update_selector( | ||
| update_op.overwrite_payload.points, update_op.overwrite_payload.filter | ||
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| elif isinstance(update_op, models.DeletePayloadOperation): | ||
| _validate_update_selector( | ||
| update_op.delete_payload.points, update_op.delete_payload.filter | ||
| ) | ||
| for key in update_op.delete_payload.keys: | ||
| parse_json_path(key) | ||
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| elif isinstance(update_op, models.ClearPayloadOperation): | ||
| selector = update_op.clear_payload | ||
| if isinstance(selector, models.PointIdsList) and len(selector.points) == 0: | ||
| raise ValueError("Empty update request") | ||
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| elif isinstance(update_op, models.DeleteVectorsOperation): | ||
| _validate_update_selector( | ||
| update_op.delete_vectors.points, update_op.delete_vectors.filter | ||
| ) | ||
| self._validate_vector_names(update_op.delete_vectors.vector) |
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Qdrant server v1.19.1 source src/common/update.rs do_batch_update_points empty selector Empty update request sequential batch operation error
💡 Result:
In Qdrant **v1.19.1**, `do_batch_update_points` handles an **empty batch** (`operations: Vec::new()`) by returning `Ok((Vec::new(), None))`. For a nonempty batch, it processes operations sequentially and uses `?` on each one; if an operation errors, the function returns that error immediately, so later operations aren’t attempted. The code does **not** roll back earlier operations—so an earlier operation may already have run. ([github.com](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/blob/v1.19.1/src/common/update.rs))
“Empty selector” is a different case: this function itself does not reject one as an “empty update request.” It dispatches each operation to its handler, so the outcome depends on that operation’s selector and validation elsewhere. The source establishes the empty-*batch* behavior, but not a general empty-selector error. ([github.com](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/blob/v1.19.1/src/common/update.rs))
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/blob/v1.19.1/src/common/update.rs
- 2: https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/blob/v1.19.1/src/common/update.rs
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Qdrant server v1.19.1 source exact "Empty update request" selector batch update operation handler
💡 Result:
I couldn’t verify the exact **“Empty update request”** string in Qdrant **v1.19.1** source from the indexed results, so I can’t confirm its file or handler.
The release page identifies v1.19.1 as tag `6ab21ca`; the closest relevant API reference describes `POST /collections/:collection_name/points/batch` as accepting an `operations` list, but it doesn’t establish how an empty list is handled. ([github.com](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases?utm_source=openai))
**Unresolved:** whether that exact error is raised in the batch-update handler, selector parsing, or another validation layer. The official tagged source is the relevant place to check: [Qdrant v1.19.1 on GitHub](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/tree/v1.19.1).
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- 1: https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases?utm_source=openai
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Validate empty selectors during batch execution, not during preflight.
When a valid operation precedes a selector-less payload operation, Qdrant applies the first operation and then returns "Empty update request" for the later operation. The local preflight rejects the batch before applying the first operation, so local and remote collections can diverge.
Suggested fix
elif isinstance(update_op, models.SetPayloadOperation):
- _validate_update_selector(
- update_op.set_payload.points, update_op.set_payload.filter
- )
if update_op.set_payload.key is not None:
parse_json_path(update_op.set_payload.key)
elif isinstance(update_op, models.OverwritePayloadOperation):
- _validate_update_selector(
- update_op.overwrite_payload.points, update_op.overwrite_payload.filter
- )
+ pass
elif isinstance(update_op, models.DeletePayloadOperation):
- _validate_update_selector(
- update_op.delete_payload.points, update_op.delete_payload.filter
- )
for key in update_op.delete_payload.keys:
parse_json_path(key)
elif isinstance(update_op, models.ClearPayloadOperation):
- selector = update_op.clear_payload
- if isinstance(selector, models.PointIdsList) and len(selector.points) == 0:
- raise ValueError("Empty update request")
+ pass
elif isinstance(update_op, models.DeleteVectorsOperation):
- _validate_update_selector(
- update_op.delete_vectors.points, update_op.delete_vectors.filter
- )
self._validate_vector_names(update_op.delete_vectors.vector)
@@
elif isinstance(update_op, models.SetPayloadOperation):
+ _validate_update_selector(
+ update_op.set_payload.points, update_op.set_payload.filter
+ )
points_selector = update_op.set_payload.points or update_op.set_payload.filter
self.set_payload(
update_op.set_payload.payload, points_selector, update_op.set_payload.key
)
elif isinstance(update_op, models.OverwritePayloadOperation):
+ _validate_update_selector(
+ update_op.overwrite_payload.points, update_op.overwrite_payload.filter
+ )
points_selector = (
update_op.overwrite_payload.points or update_op.overwrite_payload.filter
)
self.overwrite_payload(update_op.overwrite_payload.payload, points_selector)
elif isinstance(update_op, models.DeletePayloadOperation):
+ _validate_update_selector(
+ update_op.delete_payload.points, update_op.delete_payload.filter
+ )
points_selector = (
update_op.delete_payload.points or update_op.delete_payload.filter
)
self.delete_payload(update_op.delete_payload.keys, points_selector)
elif isinstance(update_op, models.ClearPayloadOperation):
+ selector = update_op.clear_payload
+ if isinstance(selector, models.PointIdsList) and len(selector.points) == 0:
+ raise ValueError("Empty update request")
self.clear_payload(update_op.clear_payload)
@@
elif isinstance(update_op, models.DeleteVectorsOperation):
+ _validate_update_selector(
+ update_op.delete_vectors.points, update_op.delete_vectors.filter
+ )
points_selector = (
update_op.delete_vectors.points or update_op.delete_vectors.filter
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Review comment at @qdrant_client/local/local_collection.py around lines 3217 -
3245:
Move empty-selector validation for SetPayloadOperation,
OverwritePayloadOperation, DeletePayloadOperation, ClearPayloadOperation, and
DeleteVectorsOperation out of the batch preflight and into the corresponding
per-operation execution branches. Keep key-path and vector-name validation in
preflight so each operation is validated as it executes, preserving earlier
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Fixes #1511
What
Local mode crashed on selector-less or empty-selector batch update operations with
ValueError: Unsupported selector type: <class 'NoneType'>, raised from deep inside the selector dispatch. The batch dispatch builds the selector withpoints or filter, which discards an explicit empty list and handsNonedown. AClearPayloadOperationwith an empty points list silently applied nothing. The server rejects all of these with400 Bad request: Empty update request.How
Extend
_validate_update_operationso the four operations carrying apoints/filterpair (set_payload,overwrite_payload,delete_payload,delete_vectors) andclear_payloadare rejected up front withValueError("Empty update request")when the points list is empty or no selector is given at all. Validation already runs before any operation is applied, so a rejected batch still leaves the collection untouched, matching the server. Valid operations, includingpoints=[]together with a filter being an error (the server rejects that too), are covered by the new congruence test.Standalone local calls that accept empty selectors as silent no-ops are untouched; noted in #1511 as a separate decision.
Tests
test_batch_update_rejects_empty_selectorruns all seven rejected variants against local and a live server (v1.19.1) and asserts local raisesValueError("Empty update request")while the server answers 400. Fails on currentdev(red) with the reportedUnsupported selector type: <class 'NoneType'>, passes with this patch (green), run twice.test_rejected_batch_update_leaves_the_collection_untouched,test_upsert_operation,test_delete_operation,test_delete_and_clear_payload_operation(8 tests).ruff checkclean on both changed files.clear_payloadby filter and by ids re-verified manually after the change.