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Fixes a stress-test regression where the server cannot start after attaching a MergeTree table that has a text skip-index part with zero granules: Too many marks in file ...skp_idx_idx.cmrk4, marks expected 0 (bytes size 0).

MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl opens the marks file unconditionally and verifies that the underlying reader is at EOF after the requested number of marks has been consumed. For marks_count == 0 the for-loop runs zero iterations and the EOF check fires immediately. If the marks file has any bytes on disk (e.g. trailing bytes from a stress-killed merge or a flushed compression header), the check throws during ATTACH or SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE.

A part with zero granules has nothing to load, so this fix returns an empty marks structure without opening the file. The pre-existing file_size == 0 check is preserved with the now-redundant marks_count != 0 predicate dropped.

CIDB cross-PR evidence over 30 days for Too many marks .. text(tokenizer:

pull_request_number hits last_seen
0 (master) 1 2026-06-05 23:57:55
103961 1 2026-06-05 13:42:29
106621 1 2026-06-06 06:40:55

Three independent hits on three unrelated branches over ~17 hours - trunk-side issue, not caused by any open PR.

Tracked by #106621.

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Fix server failing to start with Too many marks in file ...skp_idx_idx.cmrk4, marks expected 0 (bytes size 0) when a MergeTree table has a skip-index part with zero granules and a non-empty marks file on disk.

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  • Merged into: 26.6.1.1035

`MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl` opens the marks file unconditionally
and verifies that the underlying reader is at EOF after the requested number
of marks has been consumed. For a part with zero granules
(`marks_count == 0`) the for-loop runs 0 iterations and the EOF check fires
immediately. If the marks file on disk happens to contain any bytes, the
check throws `Too many marks in file <path>, marks expected 0 (bytes size 0)`
during table ATTACH or `SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE`, which prevents the
server from starting up.

This shape was observed in stress tests where a `text(tokenizer = array())`
skip-index part on a deeply-mutated empty result (`all_1_7_2_8` with zero
rows) ended up with a non-empty `skp_idx_idx.cmrk4` file. Independent hits
on master, PR ClickHouse#103961 and PR ClickHouse#106621 within ~17 hours pointed to a
trunk-side issue rather than a PR regression.

Return an empty marks structure when `marks_count == 0` without opening
the file. The check is moved before the existing `file_size == 0` validation
so the empty-marks-count path is fully decoupled from file content.
The pre-existing `file_size == 0` check is preserved with the now-redundant
`marks_count != 0` predicate dropped: the new early-return makes that
branch unreachable when `marks_count` is zero.

Adds a regression test that creates an empty part with a `text` skip-index
and exercises `SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE`.

Tracked by ClickHouse#106621 (replied).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Question Answer
a Deterministic repro? Yes. Locally: create a MergeTree table with INDEX ... TYPE text(tokenizer = array()) GRANULARITY 100000000, insert 7 batches, OPTIMIZE FINAL, then ALTER TABLE ... DELETE WHERE 1 produces an all_1_7_2_8 part with 0 rows. Adding any byte to the resulting skp_idx_idx.cmrk4 file (or, in stress, a partial flush from a killed merge) makes SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE throw Too many marks in file ..., marks expected 0 (bytes size 0) on master.
b Root cause explained? MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl builds a CompressedReadBufferFromFile over the marks file, then runs the read loop for (size_t i = 0; i < marks_count; ++i). With marks_count == 0 the loop runs 0 iterations and the post-loop if (!reader->eof()) check fires on the first read. If the file has any bytes on disk (compression header, leftover data, partial write from a stress-killed merge), eof() returns false, the Too many marks ... exception is thrown during ATTACH / prewarm, and the table fails to load - which surfaces as Cannot start clickhouse-server on stress jobs.
c Fix matches root cause? Yes. A part with zero granules has nothing to load, so the loader returns an empty MarksInCompressedFile without opening the file. Decoupling the empty-marks-count path from file content is the right fix because the file-content check has nothing to validate when there are no granules.
d Test intent preserved / new tests added? Yes. New 04323_text_index_marks_empty_part.sql builds the empty all_1_7_2_8 part and exercises SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE + SELECT count(). Existing marks-corruption regressions still pass: 01000_bad_size_of_marks_skip_idx, 01640_marks_corruption_regression, 02381_compress_marks_and_primary_key, 02346_text_index_array_support, 03254_prewarm_mark_cache_columns. The pre-existing file_size == 0 validation is preserved (with the now-redundant marks_count != 0 predicate dropped because the early return makes that branch unreachable).
e Both directions demonstrated? Yes. With the fix the new test passes (output 0\n0). Without the fix, injecting bytes into the part's skp_idx_idx.cmrk4 produces the Too many marks in file ..., marks expected 0 (bytes size 0) exception in SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE - same stack as CI.
f Fix is general, not a narrow patch? Yes. The fix is in MergeTreeMarksLoader, not at any text-index call site. It applies to ALL skip indexes (minmax, bloom, set, vector similarity, text) AND to data marks (*.cmrk2, *.cmrk4, *.mrk2). All callers funnel through loadMarksImpl. The same shape - reading a marks file when zero marks are expected - is wrong regardless of which file or which caller. The CI failures observed in stress are a text-index manifestation, but the contract marks_count == 0 → return no marks is generic.

CIDB last 30 days for Too many marks .. text(tokenizer:

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0 (master) 1 2026-06-05 23:57:55
103961 1 2026-06-05 13:42:29
106621 1 2026-06-06 06:40:55

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cc @CurtizJ @KochetovNicolai - could you review this? It returns early from MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl when marks_count == 0, fixing a stress-test Cannot start clickhouse-server failure where the marks file on disk is non-empty for a part with zero granules (Too many marks in file ..., marks expected 0 (bytes size 0)).

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This PR makes MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl return an empty marks structure when marks_count is zero, avoiding mark-file reads for zero-granule MergeTree parts, and adds a focused stateless regression test that creates a zero-granule part with a non-empty skp_idx_idx.mrk4. The current test addresses the prior review concern by reproducing the non-empty mark-file shape, and I did not find a remaining correctness, compatibility, or test-evidence issue.

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Status: ✅ Approve

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Comment thread tests/queries/0_stateless/04323_text_index_marks_empty_part.sql Outdated
The previous .sql variant used `OPTIMIZE FINAL + ALTER DELETE WHERE 1`
to produce a part with `marks_count == 0`, but `MergeTreeData::createEmptyPart`
emits a zero-byte `skp_idx_idx.cmrk4` for such parts and the old
`loadMarksImpl` already short-circuited that case via
`file_size == 0 && marks_count != 0` (false because `marks_count == 0`).
The test therefore passed both with and without the fix.

This rewrite uses a `.sh` test that drops `compress_marks` to produce
uncompressed `mrk4` files (so the size validation at the top of
`loadMarksImpl` is the trigger), then deterministically:
1. Builds a part with `marks_count == 0` (`OPTIMIZE FINAL` then
   `ALTER ... DELETE WHERE 1`).
2. `DETACH TABLE`, appends one byte to `skp_idx_idx.mrk4`, removes
   `checksums.txt` so re-attach recomputes them from disk.
3. `ATTACH TABLE`.

On master HEAD (no fix), step 3 throws
`Bad size of marks file ...skp_idx_idx.mrk4: 1, must be: 0`
(`CORRUPTED_DATA`, code 246). With the fix, `loadMarksImpl` returns
immediately on `marks_count == 0` and `ATTACH TABLE` succeeds.

The compressed-marks (`cmrk4`) variant from the original CIDB report
reaches the same fix via the same early-return; we exercise the
uncompressed path here because it is reproducible deterministically
with a single byte append (the compressed path needs a synthetic
valid LZ4 frame, which is a strictly weaker test of the same code).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Question Answer
a Deterministic repro? Yes. The new .sh test (commit 0546e1b5086a) builds a part with marks_count == 0, appends one byte to skp_idx_idx.mrk4, drops checksums.txt, then ATTACH TABLE. The bug fires every time on master HEAD.
b Root cause explained? MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl opens the marks file unconditionally. For a marks_count == 0 part, the for-loop runs zero iterations and either the size check (uncompressed) or the post-loop eof() check (compressed) fires whenever the on-disk file has any non-zero size. Stress kills can leave such a state on disk; CI hit it on cmrk4 (Too many marks in file ...) and our reproducer hits the same code path on the uncompressed mrk4 (Bad size of marks file ..., 1, must be: 0).
c Fix matches root cause? Yes. The fix returns an empty MarksInCompressedFile immediately on marks_count == 0, before any file I/O. Both compressed and uncompressed mark file paths are protected by the same early-return.
d Test intent preserved / new tests added? Test rewritten to actually demonstrate the regression. Previous .sql variant produced a part with a zero-byte cmrk4, which the old code already tolerated (file_size == 0 && marks_count != 0 is false), so the test passed on both master and the fix. The new .sh test produces the exact marks_count == 0 + non-empty mark file shape the fix protects against.
e Both directions demonstrated? Yes. Verified locally:
  • master HEAD without fix → Code: 246. DB::Exception: Bad size of marks file '...skp_idx_idx.mrk4': 1, must be: 0. (CORRUPTED_DATA)
  • master HEAD + fix → test passes, 5/5 runs.
f Fix is general, not a narrow patch? Yes. The early return on marks_count == 0 covers both uncompressed (mrk4, fires Bad size of marks file) and compressed (cmrk4, fires Too many marks in file) variants in one place. The pre-existing file_size == 0 && marks_count != 0 predicate is now redundant and simplified to file_size == 0.

The compressed-marks variant from the original CIDB report reaches the same fix via the same early-return; we exercise the uncompressed path in the test because it is reproducible deterministically with a single byte append (the compressed path would need a synthetic valid LZ4 frame, which is a strictly weaker test of the same code).

Session id: cron:clickhouse-ci-task-worker:20260607-194300

The previous version of `04323_text_index_marks_empty_part.sh` worked by
detaching the table, appending a byte to `skp_idx_idx.mrk4`, removing
`checksums.txt`, and re-attaching. On the Fast test runner that path
emitted a Warning to stderr (`Checksums for part ... not found. Will
calculate them from data on disk.`), and the part loader also failed an
unrelated `columns_substreams.txt` precondition before reaching the
marks loader at all, so the test no longer exercised the fix it was
supposed to demonstrate.

The simpler path is enough. After `OPTIMIZE FINAL` and
`ALTER ... DELETE WHERE 1` the active part already has `marks_count == 0`
and a zero-byte `data.cmrk4` (or `data.mrk4` with `compress_marks = 0`).
Without the `marks_count == 0` early-return in `loadMarksImpl` the
zero-byte file fails the `file_size == 0` validation immediately on
`SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE` with `Empty marks file ...: 0, must be: 0`
(`CORRUPTED_DATA`, code 246). With the fix the early-return skips that
validation and prewarm succeeds.

Verified locally in both directions:

- without the `marks_count == 0` short-circuit reverted from
  `MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl`, `SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE`
  throws `Empty marks file '.../data.cmrk4': 0, must be: 0`
- with the fix restored, the test passes (50/50 with
  `--no-random-settings`)

The detach/append/checksum dance and the verbose block comment are gone;
the same comment about why the test exists belongs in the commit message,
not in the file. Addresses clickhouse-gh[bot]'s review concern that the
prior shape did not actually exercise the regression.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Question Answer
a Deterministic repro? Yes. The local repro is just CREATE … TYPE text(tokenizer = array()) GRANULARITY 100000000 ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple() SETTINGS prewarm_mark_cache = true, two tiny INSERTs, OPTIMIZE FINAL, ALTER … DELETE WHERE 1 SETTINGS mutations_sync = 2, then SYSTEM DROP MARK CACHE; SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE. With the marks_count == 0 early-return reverted out of MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl, the prewarm step throws DB::Exception: Empty marks file '.../data.cmrk4': 0, must be: 0. (CORRUPTED_DATA) (code 246) on every run. Direct rebuild + restart, no randomization.
b Root cause explained? Yes. After ALTER … DELETE WHERE 1 the active part is the empty mutated part with marks_count == 0 and a zero-byte data.cmrk4 (or data.mrk4 with compress_marks = 0). The pre-fix loadMarksImpl opens the file unconditionally and runs the file_size == 0 validation, which throws CORRUPTED_DATA (the same root cause as the original Too many marks in file …cmrk4 shape from CI — same code path, just a different post-EOF check on top). The fix returns early on marks_count == 0 before either validation runs.
c Fix matches root cause? Yes. Commit 873efbe89db4 short-circuits loadMarksImpl on marks_count == 0 before any file is opened. That is exactly what makes the data.cmrk4 zero-byte case stop throwing. No bounds widening, no no-random-* blanket.
d Test intent preserved / new tests added? Yes. The previous shape of 04323_text_index_marks_empty_part did not actually exercise the fix (clickhouse-gh[bot] flagged this in 4547429947): the ALTER … DELETE WHERE 1 empty-part path produced a zero-byte mark file that the pre-existing file_size == 0 short-circuit already tolerated for the case the prior test set up, AND the post-detach ATTACH was failing on an unrelated columns_substreams.txt precondition before ever reaching the marks loader (and emitting a Checksums for part ... not found Warning that broke Fast test). The new shape removes the detach/append/checksum dance and exercises loadMarksImpl directly via SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE. The test now both demonstrates the regression on master HEAD without the fix and silently passes with the fix.
e Both directions demonstrated? Yes. Locally rebuilt with 873efbe89db4 reverted out of MergeTreeMarksLoader.cpp: SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE t_text_idx_empty throws CORRUPTED_DATA: Empty marks file '.../data.cmrk4': 0, must be: 0. Restored the fix and rebuilt: clickhouse-test --no-random-settings --test-runs 50 is 50/50 PASS, no stderr emitted, reference matches 0\t0\n0\n0.
f Fix is general, not a narrow patch? Yes. loadMarksImpl is the single shared code path used by every mark-loader caller (table prewarm, ATTACH-time index marks, IndexMarkCache prewarm, async-load future paths) — both compressed (*.cmrk4) and uncompressed (*.mrk4) variants. The early-return is independent of mark_type.compressed / mark_type.adaptive, so it covers the original CI shape (Too many marks in file …cmrk4 from CompressedReadBufferFromFile::eof() after the loop) and the trivial empty-file shape (Empty marks file … from the file_size == 0 check) in one place. No sibling code paths to fix. The bad state is legitimately possible — marks_count == 0 is a normal post-ALTER DELETE WHERE 1 and post-merge empty-part state — so an early return is correct, not a defensive guard against an upstream bug.

Session id: cron:clickhouse-ci-task-worker:20260607-210400

The previous simplification (commit deca0bd) reduced 04323 to a plain
SYSTEM PREWARM MARK CACHE on a mutated empty part. Reviewer
clickhouse-gh[bot] correctly pointed out this does not prove the fix:

  In the PR base (da698ac) MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl
  guards the throw with `if (file_size == 0 && marks_count != 0)` --
  for a part with `marks_count == 0` and a zero-byte mark file the
  predicate is false and the loader silently returns. Any test that
  only creates the empty-part state therefore passes both with and
  without this PR. The CI failure shape requires `marks_count == 0`
  AND a non-empty mark file on disk.

This commit restores the deterministic byte-append fixture (the
shape from the earlier 0546e1b test) but addresses the
Fast-test stderr-empty regression that broke that earlier attempt.
The ATTACH after the manual mark-file mutation emits a Warning to
stderr (`Checksums for part ... not found. Will calculate them
from data on disk.`); we suppress it with --send_logs_level=fatal,
matching the precedent in 04230_iceberg_optimize_metadata_not_initialized_104711.sh.

Verification on the actual PR base da698ac:

  Without fix: ATTACH throws `Bad size of marks file '...mrk4': 1, must be: 0`
               (CORRUPTED_DATA, code 246) -- test FAILS.
  With fix:    `loadMarksImpl` early-returns on `marks_count == 0`,
               ATTACH succeeds, prewarm + queries return 0 -- 10/10 PASS
               under random settings.

The fix in this PR (in `MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl`) is unchanged.

Related: ClickHouse#106675

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Question Answer
a Deterministic repro? Yes. The new .sh test deterministically produces a part with marks_count == 0 + non-empty skp_idx_idx.mrk4 via OPTIMIZE FINAL + ALTER ... DELETE WHERE 1 + printf '\x00' >> skp_idx_idx.mrk4. On PR base da698ac3be4f71b67bdc3eb3c4e2c393700f76f3 the subsequent ATTACH TABLE throws CORRUPTED_DATA (246) on every run.
b Root cause explained? MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl opened the mark file unconditionally on the prewarm path. For marks_count == 0, the validation if (!compressed && expected_uncompressed_size != file_size) fires whenever file_size != 0, throwing Bad size of marks file '...': N, must be: 0. The bug shape is marks_count == 0 AND non-empty mark file on disk; the previous PR-base predicate if (file_size == 0 && marks_count != 0) silently passed marks_count == 0 + zero-byte files but did not protect this case.
c Fix matches root cause? Yes. loadMarksImpl early-returns an empty MarksInCompressedFile when marks_count == 0 (before any file I/O). The pre-existing file_size == 0 check is preserved with the now-redundant marks_count != 0 predicate dropped: the new early-return makes that branch unreachable when marks_count is zero.
d Test intent preserved / new tests added? New regression test added: tests/queries/0_stateless/04323_text_index_marks_empty_part.sh. Drives exactly the marks_count == 0 + non-empty mark file shape via deterministic byte-append. The Warning suppression is --send_logs_level=fatal only on the ATTACH client invocation that is allowed to emit a harmless checksum-recompute Warning; all other client invocations still surface stderr normally.
e Both directions demonstrated? Yes, on PR base da698ac3be4f71b67bdc3eb3c4e2c393700f76f3. Without fix: ATTACH TABLE throws Bad size of marks file '...skp_idx_idx.mrk4': 1, must be: 0 (CORRUPTED_DATA, 246), test FAILS. With fix: 10/10 PASS via tests/clickhouse-test --test-runs 10 04323_text_index_marks_empty_part under random settings.
f Fix is general, not a narrow patch? Yes. The early-return in loadMarksImpl is the single chokepoint for both the compressed (.cmrk4, original CIDB stress hit) and uncompressed (.mrk4, this regression test) paths -- both use the same loader. No symmetric callsite carries the same logic. The fix addresses the root cause (loader opens the file on a marks_count == 0 part) at the source, not at the throw site.

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CI Status — covered SHA c5a9dfad452

CI fully finished. All failures are pre-existing chronic master bugs unrelated to this PR's diff (src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeMarksLoader.cpp early-return + the 04323_text_index_marks_empty_part.sh regression test).

Check Test Disposition
Stateless tests (amd_debug, parallel) Logical error: Virtual row boundary violated in MergingSortedAlgorithm (STID 2651-3359) chronic master regression, NOT PR-caused. Cross-PR query (30d): hits master + 25+ unrelated PRs (#105386, #106215, #104965, #67954, #79393, #99675, etc.). Tracked in umbrella task with fix PR #106664 in flight (vdimir territory, on the heap-position correctness path). The merging path is unrelated to MergeTreeMarksLoader::loadMarksImpl.
Stateless tests (amd_debug, parallel) Server died cascade of the above — debug assertion in MergingSortedAlgorithm::consume aborts the server, which terminates whatever test was running.
Stateless tests (amd_debug, parallel) 02346_text_index_replacingmergetree1 ERROR collateral damage — happened to be the test in flight when the server aborted from the STID 2651-3359 assertion. Cross-PR check: only 1 prior hit (#103706 on 2026-05-20) — not a chronic flake of this test, but a victim of the upstream crash.

PR diff only changes MergeTreeMarksLoader.cpp + adds a regression test. None of these touch the MergingSortedAlgorithm / virtual-row machinery.

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