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An aggregate query without groupBy has one group, or one group for each parent inside an include. Before this change, that path dropped every select field that was not an aggregate:

q.from({ issue: issues }).select(({ issue }) => ({
  id: issue.id,
  kids: toArray(
    q
      .from({ c: comments })
      .where(({ c }) => eq(c.k, issue.k))
      .select(({ c }) => ({ n: count(c.id), px: issue.x, label: `comments` })),
  ),
}))
// main: kids is [{ n: 2 }]. px and label are missing.

With groupBy, a field that is not grouped already throws NonAggregateExpressionNotInGroupByError. Without groupBy, the field was undefined, with no error.

Now a field of an aggregate without groupBy has two possible results:

  • A literal or a parent field has one value for the group, so it appears beside the aggregate. A parent field is constant in an include route, and the parent context of the route supplies its value.
  • A field of the query's own sources does not have one value for the group, so it throws NonAggregateExpressionNotInGroupByError, as with groupBy. This applies also when the field is outside the aggregates of a wrapped, conditional or nested value, such as add(count(c.id), c.v).
  • A spread, such as { ...c, n: count(c.id) }, throws too. The parent context of a route holds only the parent fields that the query names, so a parent spread has no value either.

Possible break: a query that selects a source field beside an aggregate without groupBy now throws when it compiles. Before, that field was always undefined. To fix such a query, aggregate the field (for example with max) or add it to groupBy.

The same rule with groupBy

The grouped path now uses the same check. A select value needs one value for each group outside its aggregates: a literal, a group key, or a parent field. Two changes follow from this rule:

  • A literal or a parent field beside the aggregate is now accepted, and it shows its value. Before, it threw.
  • A wrapped aggregate that reads a source field that is not a group key now throws. An example is add(count(c.id), c.v) with groupBy(c.k). Before, the grouped path did not check wrapped aggregates, so c.v was dropped silently.

A nested include beside an aggregate now throws, with or without groupBy. A nested include has one Collection for each row, not one value for each group. Before, it was null without groupBy.

Group keys, aliases and HAVING

The same rule now applies in more places:

  • A group key matches by structure, and literals in it compare by value. A select that repeats inArray(c.k, ['a', 'b']) from its groupBy builds a new array, so it threw before. It now reads the group key. A Date or NaN literal works the same way.
  • The compiler identifies a source ref by its lexical binding, not by its alias name. An include source can use the same alias as its parent. A parent field then stays legal beside the aggregate. Before, it threw.
  • A HAVING condition reads group keys and parent fields as the select does. having(({ c }) => eq(c.k, 'a')) with groupBy(c.k) removed every group before. It now keeps group a. This was also wrong on main.
  • A HAVING condition that reads another source field outside an aggregate now throws NonAggregateExpressionNotInGroupByError. Before, it removed every group with no error.
  • The message of this error no longer says "in SELECT", because the error also applies to HAVING.
  • An aggregate query without groupBy whose select only wraps its aggregate, such as { n: add(count(c.id), 1) }, now accepts HAVING. Before, it threw HavingRequiresGroupByError, but a top-level count was accepted.
  • An aggregate query no longer projects each source row before it groups the rows.
  • After unionAll, a field of the union's rows outside an aggregate now throws. HAVING can still read the select's values through $selected. Before this change it was published as undefined. On main the grouped form threw.
  • A grouped row keeps the select's field order. Before this change, group keys and literals came after the plain aggregates. The grouped path computes every select value from the group, so that projection was unused work.

Evidence

  • group-by.test.ts has four new laws:
    • An include publishes a parent field and a literal beside count, and the field follows an update of the parent.
    • A source field throws, at the top level and in an include.
    • A source field outside an aggregate throws in a spread, a wrapped value, a conditional value and a nested object.
    • A parent spread throws.
  • On main, the first two laws fail. On the first head of this PR, a spread crashed compilation with RangeError: Invalid string length, and a wrapped source field was dropped.
  • Mutants that ignore refs inside function arguments, or accept spreads, fail the laws.
  • A generated oracle, aggregate-select-oracle.property.test.ts, generates select shapes at the top level and in an include. It groups by nothing, c.k, upper(c.k), inArray(c.k, ['a', 'b']), a Date-valued coalesce, or a NaN-valued add. The top-level query reads its source directly or through unionAll, and every published row must keep the select's field order. It also generates these dimensions:
    • a HAVING condition, which can compare an aggregate that the select names or does not name, or read a select value through $selected
    • the raw field c.k beside a computed group key
    • an include source that uses the parent alias
    • parent updates, and source inserts, updates and removals, where an update can move a row to another group
  • Its model predicts a throw, or the value of each group. These versions fail it:
    • main, and the first head of this PR
    • mutants that skip refs in functions, accept spreads, or skip conditional selects
    • mutants that restore the grouped rejection of main, skip wrapped aggregates when grouped, or accept a nested include
    • the previous head, for a shadowed parent alias and for a list literal in a group key
    • the previous head, for HAVING on a group key or on a source field
    • a mutant that accepts a part of a computed group key as the key
    • a mutant that does not give HAVING the group key values
    • a mutant that does not replace HAVING aggregates with their selected values
    • the previous head, for HAVING beside a wrapped aggregate without groupBy (a pinned replay keeps that case)
  • A strict === comparison of literals in group keys fails the generated campaigns, not only the pinned witness.
  • The optimizer semantics oracle selected k: b.k beside sum(b.v) and used the undefined value of k in its outer predicates. Its prose called this "the current global aggregate projection", so it described the behavior and did not cite an authority. The oracle now selects k: max(b.k). A predicate on k that moved to the source rows would still filter them and change the total, so the oracle still detects that error.
  • The optimizer semantics oracle now filters on a literal field of an aggregate subquery under a left join, with and without groupBy. Each total must stay whole. A mutant that pushes predicates past every subquery guard fails it.
  • A pinned witness checks array, Date and NaN literals in a group key. It fails with strict literal equality.
  • Unreachable aggregate, spread and include branches in the select and grouped compilers are removed.
  • @tanstack/db: 11,601 tests pass, with no type errors.
  • Production code: +177/−205 in group-by.ts, compiler/index.ts, select.ts and errors.ts.

Limits

The oracle does not generate several group keys.

Two parents can be equal under query equality but differ exactly, such as x: 0 and x: -0. These parents share one include route. So a parent field can show the exact value of the other parent. That value is equal under query equality. So this PR records the behavior as a limit in ARCHITECTURE.md, and does not add a route for each exact parent.

✅ Checklist

  • I have tested this code locally with pnpm test.

🚀 Release Impact

  • This change affects published code, and I have generated a changeset.
  • This change is docs/CI/dev-only (no release).

This pull request and its description were written by Isaac.

An aggregate without groupBy dropped every non-aggregate select field.
A literal or a parent field, which is constant within an include route,
now appears beside the aggregate. A field of the query's own sources
throws NonAggregateExpressionNotInGroupByError, as with groupBy. The
optimizer oracle's global aggregate selected b.k and relied on it being
undefined; it now selects max(b.k), so a pushed-down predicate would
still change the total. The architecture records that query-equal
parents share a route as a limit.

Co-authored-by: Isaac <no-reply@databricks.com>
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Incremental update benchmark

Comparing 21dd63e0 (this PR) against fd13e3cc (base). Write times are per-write medians over 100 iterations (20 warmup writes). Cold hydrate is one timed first load of each query.

Overall median write time vs base: 0.97× · cold hydrate time: 0.98× (geometric mean of per-case ratios; lower is faster).

Writes: 1 regression(s), 5 improvement(s) (threshold: ±20% and >0.05ms).

Cold hydrate: 2 regression(s), 1 improvement(s) (threshold: ±50% and >5ms).

Per-case flags are noisy on shared runners. Read the geometric means first.

Writes

Query Δ median write time (geomean) Best case Worst case Flags
list: newest 50 open +2.4% -62.7% +76.9% 2 🟢
list + author -3.7% -45.9% +52.5% 1 🟢
list + comment count -7.2% -27.4% +60.0% 1 🔴 1 🟢
list + 3 recent comments -5.4% -19.4% +8.4% —
issue detail + comments -8.5% -47.9% +50.7% 1 🟢

Cold hydrate

Query Δ cold hydrate time (geomean) Best case Worst case Flags
list: newest 50 open -4.8% -76.3% +165.1% 1 🔴
list + author +2.1% -13.4% +44.2% —
list + comment count +6.8% -42.3% +391.6% 1 🔴
list + 3 recent comments -17.2% -71.4% +71.5% 1 🟢
issue detail + comments +5.8% -32.9% +115.5% —

Each row aggregates the 14.4 scale/index/write-mode configurations of that query; per-configuration tables below.

100 rows/collection | source indexes: none | synced writes — geomean 0.96×, cold 1.07×, 1 change(s)
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.133ms 0.142ms +6.3% 0.241ms 0.219ms -9.0% 10.130ms 9.453ms -6.7%
list: newest 50 open 0.352ms 0.335ms -4.9% 0.486ms 0.624ms +28.4% 2.530ms 2.293ms -9.4%
list + author 0.144ms 0.142ms -1.2% 0.258ms 0.225ms -12.8% 6.624ms 6.652ms +0.4%
list + comment count 0.347ms 0.252ms -27.4% 0.512ms 0.445ms -13.2% 🟢 11.214ms 10.163ms -9.4%
list + 3 recent comments 0.155ms 0.162ms +4.8% 0.254ms 0.269ms +5.8% 8.960ms 8.277ms -7.6%
issue detail + comments 0.110ms 0.111ms +0.8% 0.218ms 0.201ms -7.8% 1.048ms 2.258ms +115.5%
100 rows/collection | source indexes: none | optimistic writes — geomean 0.95×, cold 1.13×
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.085ms 0.088ms +3.4% 0.166ms 0.149ms -10.3% 1.308ms 2.214ms +69.3%
list: newest 50 open 0.240ms 0.243ms +1.0% 0.430ms 0.426ms -0.9% 1.474ms 1.175ms -20.3%
list + author 0.108ms 0.103ms -4.5% 0.197ms 0.208ms +5.9% 3.618ms 3.481ms -3.8%
list + comment count 0.160ms 0.158ms -1.6% 0.270ms 0.270ms -0.2% 4.247ms 4.287ms +0.9%
list + 3 recent comments 0.082ms 0.089ms +8.4% 0.184ms 0.167ms -9.0% 4.539ms 5.993ms +32.0%
issue detail + comments 0.116ms 0.082ms -29.2% 0.173ms 0.163ms -5.8% 0.614ms 0.724ms +17.9%
100 rows/collection | source indexes: manual | synced writes — geomean 1.04×, cold 0.97×, 1 change(s)
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.052ms 0.092ms +76.9% 0.130ms 0.155ms +19.0% 2.609ms 2.182ms -16.3%
list: newest 50 open 0.285ms 0.220ms -22.8% 0.484ms 0.397ms -18.0% 🟢 1.319ms 1.636ms +24.0%
list + author 0.069ms 0.072ms +4.4% 0.145ms 0.150ms +3.1% 1.877ms 2.707ms +44.2%
list + comment count 0.165ms 0.162ms -2.0% 0.248ms 0.209ms -15.7% 2.922ms 3.405ms +16.5%
list + 3 recent comments 0.103ms 0.103ms -0.3% 0.148ms 0.164ms +11.3% 5.317ms 3.370ms -36.6%
issue detail + comments 0.080ms 0.073ms -8.0% 0.166ms 0.140ms -15.6% 0.466ms 0.356ms -23.6%
100 rows/collection | source indexes: manual | optimistic writes — geomean 1.05×, cold 0.80×
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.054ms 0.088ms +62.7% 0.125ms 0.129ms +3.7% 2.814ms 0.666ms -76.3%
list: newest 50 open 0.179ms 0.178ms -0.9% 0.322ms 0.312ms -3.1% 0.769ms 0.789ms +2.6%
list + author 0.084ms 0.078ms -6.8% 0.158ms 0.126ms -20.8% 2.243ms 2.123ms -5.3%
list + comment count 0.138ms 0.130ms -6.3% 0.222ms 0.215ms -3.3% 2.037ms 2.014ms -1.1%
list + 3 recent comments 0.074ms 0.072ms -3.1% 0.146ms 0.137ms -6.2% 3.064ms 5.255ms +71.5%
issue detail + comments 0.063ms 0.062ms -1.2% 0.095ms 0.094ms -1.7% 0.438ms 0.294ms -32.9%
1,000 rows/collection | source indexes: none | synced writes — geomean 0.99×, cold 0.99×, 2 change(s)
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.071ms 0.067ms -5.4% 0.095ms 0.093ms -2.0% 7.617ms 9.496ms +24.7%
list: newest 50 open 0.797ms 0.745ms -6.6% 1.791ms 1.410ms -21.3% 5.424ms 4.825ms -11.0%
list + author 0.116ms 0.063ms -45.9% 0.197ms 0.113ms -42.7% 🟢 18.000ms 19.512ms +8.4%
list + comment count 0.169ms 0.270ms +60.0% 0.303ms 0.452ms +49.1% 🔴 33.585ms 34.827ms +3.7%
list + 3 recent comments 0.113ms 0.091ms -19.4% 0.185ms 0.182ms -1.5% 20.364ms 17.093ms -16.1%
issue detail + comments 0.077ms 0.116ms +50.7% 0.148ms 0.145ms -2.2% 1.253ms 1.138ms -9.2%
1,000 rows/collection | source indexes: none | optimistic writes — geomean 1.01×, cold 1.11×, 1 change(s)
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.087ms 0.121ms +39.4% 0.142ms 0.167ms +18.1% 4.410ms 7.627ms +73.0%
list: newest 50 open 0.806ms 0.870ms +7.9% 1.016ms 1.341ms +32.0% 3.849ms 10.204ms +165.1% 🔴
list + author 0.077ms 0.076ms -1.1% 0.097ms 0.110ms +13.2% 16.273ms 14.966ms -8.0%
list + comment count 0.138ms 0.117ms -15.1% 0.162ms 0.143ms -12.1% 27.647ms 15.956ms -42.3%
list + 3 recent comments 0.073ms 0.067ms -7.6% 0.128ms 0.092ms -28.3% 15.187ms 13.931ms -8.3%
issue detail + comments 0.063ms 0.058ms -7.0% 0.122ms 0.076ms -37.8% 0.912ms 0.746ms -18.3%
1,000 rows/collection | source indexes: manual | synced writes — geomean 0.94×, cold 0.88×
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.038ms 0.037ms -3.0% 0.050ms 0.043ms -14.3% 0.741ms 0.785ms +5.8%
list: newest 50 open 0.161ms 0.177ms +9.8% 0.329ms 0.291ms -11.7% 1.075ms 0.980ms -8.8%
list + author 0.059ms 0.059ms -0.8% 0.096ms 0.115ms +19.7% 1.410ms 1.475ms +4.6%
list + comment count 0.179ms 0.136ms -24.1% 0.303ms 0.245ms -18.9% 2.400ms 1.993ms -17.0%
list + 3 recent comments 0.092ms 0.085ms -7.8% 0.122ms 0.114ms -6.7% 5.814ms 3.714ms -36.1%
issue detail + comments 0.068ms 0.062ms -8.2% 0.087ms 0.102ms +17.5% 0.349ms 0.306ms -12.1%
1,000 rows/collection | source indexes: manual | optimistic writes — geomean 1.01×, cold 0.78×, 1 change(s)
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.047ms 0.044ms -5.7% 0.064ms 0.058ms -9.5% 0.620ms 0.589ms -5.1%
list: newest 50 open 0.165ms 0.166ms +0.8% 0.301ms 0.217ms -27.6% 0.583ms 0.584ms +0.0%
list + author 0.070ms 0.107ms +52.5% 0.093ms 0.143ms +54.1% 1.403ms 1.361ms -3.0%
list + comment count 0.135ms 0.114ms -15.3% 0.219ms 0.171ms -21.9% 2.213ms 1.900ms -14.1%
list + 3 recent comments 0.075ms 0.070ms -6.2% 0.134ms 0.127ms -5.8% 10.338ms 2.955ms -71.4% 🟢
issue detail + comments 0.066ms 0.060ms -8.4% 0.105ms 0.091ms -13.3% 0.314ms 0.304ms -3.3%
10,000 rows/collection | source indexes: none | synced writes — geomean 1.05×, cold 1.09×
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.044ms 0.074ms +69.9% 0.049ms 0.094ms +91.3% 52.162ms 51.354ms -1.5%
list: newest 50 open 7.282ms 7.542ms +3.6% 7.772ms 8.059ms +3.7% 62.939ms 51.459ms -18.2%
list + author 0.067ms 0.061ms -8.9% 0.143ms 0.091ms -36.3% 166.421ms 158.332ms -4.9%
list + comment count 0.149ms 0.135ms -9.7% 0.176ms 0.174ms -1.3% 211.780ms 225.706ms +6.6%
list + 3 recent comments 0.096ms 0.086ms -10.5% 0.181ms 0.127ms -29.7% 155.928ms 180.586ms +15.8%
issue detail + comments 0.060ms 0.060ms +1.2% 0.090ms 0.076ms -15.7% 4.223ms 7.331ms +73.6%
10,000 rows/collection | source indexes: none | optimistic writes — geomean 0.97×, cold 0.97×
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.056ms 0.055ms -2.2% 0.083ms 0.122ms +46.0% 72.935ms 52.926ms -27.4%
list: newest 50 open 8.144ms 8.217ms +0.9% 8.745ms 8.886ms +1.6% 55.313ms 52.592ms -4.9%
list + author 0.079ms 0.079ms +0.0% 0.160ms 0.100ms -37.2% 155.065ms 151.932ms -2.0%
list + comment count 0.164ms 0.149ms -9.5% 0.218ms 0.192ms -12.3% 208.641ms 204.913ms -1.8%
list + 3 recent comments 0.075ms 0.075ms -0.9% 0.098ms 0.095ms -3.0% 147.100ms 169.251ms +15.1%
issue detail + comments 0.069ms 0.065ms -6.5% 0.098ms 0.087ms -10.9% 4.095ms 4.565ms +11.5%
10,000 rows/collection | source indexes: manual | synced writes — geomean 0.94×, cold 0.81×
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.043ms 0.036ms -17.5% 0.063ms 0.043ms -31.6% 2.770ms 1.407ms -49.2%
list: newest 50 open 0.542ms 0.557ms +2.8% 0.717ms 0.636ms -11.3% 1.169ms 1.108ms -5.2%
list + author 0.061ms 0.063ms +3.8% 0.142ms 0.149ms +5.4% 2.801ms 3.316ms +18.4%
list + comment count 0.166ms 0.154ms -7.1% 0.199ms 0.281ms +41.2% 3.095ms 2.952ms -4.6%
list + 3 recent comments 0.098ms 0.089ms -9.4% 0.129ms 0.172ms +33.8% 7.877ms 3.528ms -55.2%
issue detail + comments 0.074ms 0.068ms -8.2% 0.106ms 0.104ms -1.6% 0.543ms 0.628ms +15.7%
10,000 rows/collection | source indexes: manual | optimistic writes — geomean 0.73×, cold 1.24×, 3 change(s)
Query Base median PR median Δ median Base p95 PR p95 Δ p95 Base cold PR cold Δ cold
list: newest 50 open 0.118ms 0.044ms -62.7% 0.145ms 0.096ms -33.5% 🟢 1.172ms 1.118ms -4.6%
list: newest 50 open 0.541ms 0.552ms +2.0% 0.609ms 0.877ms +43.9% 1.217ms 1.100ms -9.6%
list + author 0.075ms 0.068ms -9.6% 0.100ms 0.091ms -8.8% 2.460ms 2.130ms -13.4%
list + comment count 0.176ms 0.165ms -6.2% 0.203ms 0.193ms -4.7% 3.172ms 15.596ms +391.6% 🔴
list + 3 recent comments 0.092ms 0.083ms -9.4% 0.114ms 0.101ms -11.2% 3.501ms 3.266ms -6.7%
issue detail + comments 0.151ms 0.079ms -47.9% 0.184ms 0.101ms -45.2% 🟢 0.493ms 0.525ms +6.5%

Runner: node v24.8.0, linux 6.17.0-1022-azure, AMD EPYC 9V74 80-Core Processor. Timings on shared CI runners are noisy; treat small deltas as indicative only.

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Aggregate query compilation now validates non-aggregate selections against group values and parent context. It evaluates eligible literals and parent fields, and raises NonAggregateExpressionNotInGroupByError for unsupported selections. Tests cover direct cases and generated query shapes.

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Single-Group Aggregate Selections

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate and evaluate aggregate selections
packages/db/src/query/compiler/group-by.ts, packages/db/src/query/compiler/index.ts, packages/db/src/query/live/ARCHITECTURE.md, .changeset/fix-single-group-select-fields.md
The compiler passes source aliases to group processing. It accepts literals, group keys, and parent-context fields, evaluates eligible values in the group context, and rejects other source-field selections and nested includes beside aggregates. The architecture documentation and changeset describe these rules.
Test aggregate selection behavior
packages/db/tests/query/group-by.test.ts, packages/db/tests/query/compiler/group-by-pipeline.test.ts, packages/db/tests/query/optimizer-semantics-oracle.test.ts
Tests cover single-group selections, source-field errors across select shapes, parent-field updates, and aggregate projections in optimizer-semantics checks.
Model generated aggregate selections
packages/db/tests/query/aggregate-select-oracle.property.test.ts, packages/db/tests/oracle-config.ts, packages/db/package.json, docs/contributing/oracle-coverage.md
A property test generates selection shapes and mutation histories, then compares compilation outcomes and published rows with a reference model. The oracle registry, test command, and coverage inventory include the property test.

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Selecting a computed expression over a group key beside an aggregate is accepted at compile time but can produce wrong values. Fix the substitution of group-key references before merging.

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Comment thread packages/db/src/query/compiler/group-by.ts Outdated
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The validator walked any object with Object.values, so a spread's ref
proxy recursed without end and crashed compilation, and it skipped every
expression that contained an aggregate, so a source field outside the
aggregates of a wrapped, conditional or nested value was still dropped.
It now walks only select and expression nodes and stops at aggregates. A
spread beside an aggregate throws, because a route's parent context
holds only the parent fields the query names. The single-group fields
are evaluated once per row, and the architecture states the law in its
own paragraph with its limits.

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A default empty set silently turned off the single-group source-field
check. The aliases are now a required argument after the value
identity. The pipeline test that pinned the old unvalidated single
group now expects the throw.

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A new oracle generates select shapes of an aggregate without groupBy at
the top level and in an include, through parent and source changes. Its
model predicts a throw exactly when a source field appears outside an
aggregate or the shape spreads a row, and otherwise every group's
values. It fails on main, on this PR's first head (the wrapped source
field the review found), and on mutants that ignore refs inside
functions, accept spreads, or treat aggregate arguments as source
fields.

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A caseWhen whose branches are select objects compiles to a conditional
select, not a function call, so it has its own validation path. The
oracle review found that mutants skipping that path survived because
the grammar never built one. The grammar now does, and both mutants
fail.

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main removed collectScopeAliases with the lexical alias shadowing
change, so the merged tree failed to build. The single-group check now
takes the aliases from getAllSources.

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pipeline,
[], // Empty group by means single group
valueIdentity,
new Set(getAllSources(query).map((source) => source.alias)),

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Match single-group source fields by binding identity.

When an include reuses its parent alias, extractCorrelation distinguishes parent and child references by bindingId. The child compiler passes only aliases to processGroupBy, while lacksGroupValue checks only the reference alias. A parent field can therefore be classified as a child source field and throw NonAggregateExpressionNotInGroupByError.

This breaks the supported include case that selects issue.x beside count(c.id). Pass the current source bindings and use them for bound references. Keep alias fallback for unbound references used by the existing direct processGroupBy callers.

Suggested fix
diff --git a/packages/db/src/query/compiler/group-by.ts b/packages/db/src/query/compiler/group-by.ts
@@
   groupByClause: GroupBy,
   valueIdentity: ValueIdentity,
   /** The query's own source aliases; a single group rejects their fields. */
   sourceAliases: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  /** The query's own source bindings; aliases can be shadowed by ancestors. */
+  sourceBindings: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(),
@@
-      if (lacksGroupValue(alias, expr, sourceAliases))
+      if (lacksGroupValue(alias, expr, sourceAliases, sourceBindings))
@@
 function lacksGroupValue(
   key: string,
   value: unknown,
   sources: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  bindings: ReadonlySet<string>,
 ): boolean {
@@
-          lacksGroupValue(``, branch.condition, sources) ||
-          lacksGroupValue(``, branch.value, sources),
-      ) || lacksGroupValue(``, value.defaultValue, sources)
+          lacksGroupValue(``, branch.condition, sources, bindings) ||
+          lacksGroupValue(``, branch.value, sources, bindings),
+      ) || lacksGroupValue(``, value.defaultValue, sources, bindings)
     )
   if (isExpressionLike(value)) {
     const node = value as BasicExpression
-    if (node.type === `ref`) return sources.has(node.path[0]!)
+    if (node.type === `ref`) {
+      return node.bindingId !== undefined
+        ? bindings.has(node.bindingId)
+        : sources.has(node.path[0]!)
+    }
     if (node.type === `func`)
-      return node.args.some((arg) => lacksGroupValue(``, arg, sources))
+      return node.args.some((arg) =>
+        lacksGroupValue(``, arg, sources, bindings),
+      )
     return false
   }
   if (!isNestedSelectObject(value)) return false
   return Object.entries(value).some(([childKey, child]) =>
-    lacksGroupValue(childKey, child, sources),
+    lacksGroupValue(childKey, child, sources, bindings),
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/db/src/query/compiler/index.ts b/packages/db/src/query/compiler/index.ts
@@
       valueIdentity,
       new Set(getAllSources(query).map((source) => source.alias)),
+      new Set(getAllSources(query).map((source) => source.bindingId)),
       query.having,
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       valueIdentity,
       new Set(getAllSources(query).map((source) => source.alias)),
+      new Set(getAllSources(query).map((source) => source.bindingId)),
       query.having,
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Review comment at @packages/db/src/query/compiler/index.ts at line 1067:
Update the `processGroupBy` call sites in the query compiler to pass the current
query’s source binding IDs alongside its aliases, and update `processGroupBy`
and `lacksGroupValue` to classify bound references by `bindingId`, retaining
alias-based matching for unbound references. Propagate the bindings through
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A select value of an aggregate query needs one value per group outside
its aggregates: a literal, a group key, or a parent field. The grouped
path rejected literals and parent fields, and skipped the parts of a
wrapped aggregate outside its aggregates, so add(count(c.id), c.v) with
groupBy(c.k) dropped c.v silently. Both paths now use one group-key
aware check. A nested include beside an aggregate throws, with or
without groupBy; without it, it was null.

The select oracle, renamed aggregate-select-oracle, now also generates
groupBy(c.k), the group-key leaf, and a nested include. Mutants that
restore main's grouped rejection, skip wrapped aggregates when grouped,
or accept a nested include each fail it.

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@KyleAMathews KyleAMathews changed the title fix(db): keep or reject non-aggregate fields of an aggregate without groupBy fix(db): one select rule for aggregate queries, with and without groupBy Oct 9, 2026

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- Around line 386-388: Update the `constantFields` compilation path in
`compileGroupedSelectObject` to replace group-key reads with references to
retained group values before compiling `fieldsOnly`, including group-key
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Comment thread packages/db/src/query/compiler/group-by.ts Outdated
Isaac and others added 9 commits October 10, 2026 09:16
The review found that a select value holding the group key inside a
function, nested object or conditional passed validation but was
evaluated without the key, so groupBy queries published undefined or
wrong values; a computed group key such as upper(c.k) was not
substituted at all; and a grouped select with a nested include and no
aggregate published null. Every non-aggregate value now goes through the
same group-key substitution as a wrapped aggregate, which also matches
computed group expressions, and the separate exact-key mapping and
constant-field paths are gone. A nested include throws in any grouped
or aggregate select.

The aggregate oracle missed these at CI scale: grouped shapes that
compile were rare, conditions could not equal a key, and no history
grouped by a computed expression. It now chooses the grouping first,
favours the group key in grouped histories, compares conditions with key
values, groups by upper(c.k), generates grouped shapes without
aggregates, and pins the review's counterexample. It fails on the
previous head at the default run count; mutants that substitute only
ref keys or check includes only beside aggregates fail too.

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Co-authored-by: Isaac <no-reply@databricks.com>
…ue rule to HAVING

The aggregate select oracle now generates an include source that shadows the
parent alias, the raw field c.k beside computed group keys, a group key
holding a list literal, key-changing source updates, and an aggregate-free
HAVING condition. Each was RED: a shadowed parent field threw, a rebuilt list
literal did not match its group key, and HAVING neither read group keys nor
rejected other source fields. Aggregate queries no longer project rows before
grouping, and the error message no longer names only SELECT.

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The aggregate select oracle now generates HAVING conditions that compare an
aggregate, selected as a field or not, and group keys holding a Date or NaN
literal. It found that an aggregate query without groupBy whose select only
wraps its aggregate rejected HAVING; the check now uses the same aggregate
predicate as the rest of the compiler.

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A literal beside an aggregate is now published, so the optimizer semantics
oracle checks that an outer predicate on it, under a left join, leaves each
aggregate whole, with and without groupBy. A mutant that pushes predicates
past every subquery guard fails it.

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…order

An ungrouped field of a unionAll aggregate query compiled and published
undefined, because the source check knew only aliased sources. Refs are now
classified by binding, and after a unionAll an unbound ref names a field of
the union's rows. A grouped row now keeps the select's field order. The
aggregate oracle generates a unionAll source and checks field order; both
failed on the previous head. Unreachable aggregate, spread and include
branches in the select and grouped compilers are removed, the evaluation row
is built once per group, and HAVING copies the selected row only when it
adds group keys.

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Co-authored-by: Isaac <no-reply@databricks.com>
After a unionAll, refs without a binding count as fields of the union's
rows, and that wrongly included $selected, so HAVING on a select alias
threw. The aggregate oracle now generates HAVING on $selected, applying
HAVING after the select; it failed on the previous head. The grouped
compiler's two non-aggregate branches are one, and a rejected nested include
names the user's field path.

Co-authored-by: Isaac <no-reply@databricks.com>
Co-authored-by: Isaac <no-reply@databricks.com>
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KyleAMathews merged commit bbe9327 into main Oct 12, 2026
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