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feat(append-only): amortize the compaction's commit-time seeks — prepaid puts carry no seek (GROVE_V4) - #830

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Follow-up to #829 (now merged). After #829 the one figure a CommitmentTreeInsert / bulk-append / PrivateDocumentStore append still varied by position was the commit-time seek count of the compacting append: the storage batch charges one seek per put, and that append writes the chunk blob + trailing_ones(chunks) MMR nodes + the persisted root instead of its slot and record. This PR removes that residual, so the whole charge is now position-independent.

  1. Prepaid puts carry no seek. KeyValueStorageCost gains an explicit prepaid: bool marker (set only by the new KeyValueStorageCost::prepaid() constructor, read by is_prepaid()) for a put whose owner billed everything about it in advance — bytes, key, and the write itself. A zero-cost Default is NOT prepaid and keeps paying its seek (Merk passes Some(Default::default()) for writes it charges no bytes for). The RocksDB commit path (continue_write_batch: data, aux, roots and meta puts) and the direct PrefixedRocksDbBatch puts (data, aux, roots) charge a prepaid put no seek. Downstream: struct-literal constructions of KeyValueStorageCost need the new field (prepaid: false, or ..Default::default()). Only the append-only family's GROVE_V4 accounting issues prepaid puts (the MMR store's LeafValueStorageCost::Prepaid, the persisted MMR root, its legacy backfill), so no shipped cost moves.

  2. The compaction's puts are amortized as a seek share. amortized_compaction_seeks(chunk_power) = ⌈MAX_COMPACTION_PUTS_PER_CHUNK / 2^chunk_power⌉ with MAX_COMPACTION_PUTS_PER_CHUNK = 1 + 32 + 1 (blob, ≤ 32 MMR merges with 32-bit MMR keys, persisted root) — 1 seek per append from chunk_power 6 (so at the shielded pool's 11), 17 at chunk_power 1 — charged on every append under the fixed model, as a per-chunk bound so every prefix of the tree's life stays prepaid. The compacting append, whose own puts are all prepaid, is charged the slot + record seeks it does not issue (BUFFER_CHURN_PUTS = 2), exactly as it already carries their byte churn. Its seek count is therefore every other append's.

  3. Estimators replace the 66-seek MAX_COMPACTION_PUTS reservation with the amortized share (max_amortized_compaction_seeks() — the chunk_power 1 figure — on the worst-case and undeclared-layer arms), so the seek estimate is tight; the PDS model now counts both fixed state-root reads (persisted MMR root + last record), an under-count the old slack had hidden.

What this means for a CommitmentTreeInsert under GROVE_V4

Every figure — seeks, loaded bytes, added/replaced bytes, blake3, Sinsemilla — is identical at every position of the tree, the compacting append and a legacy tree's MMR-root backfill included. Nothing position-dependent remains.

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  • costs: prepaid() is prepaid, Default / every other constructor is not, a sum with an unprepaid part is not.
  • storage: a prepaid put beside an ordinary and a Some(Default::default()) put at commit charges exactly two seeks (theirs) and is written all the same; every costed put variant (data / aux / roots / meta on the StorageBatch path, data / aux / roots on the direct batch path) honours the marker.
  • bulk crate: seek share bound at every chunk index around each power of two up to 2^31 and exhaustive prefix sums at heights 1..4; the compaction's puts (MMR nodes, persisted root) are the prepaid ones and the slot/record puts are not; every append charged model reads + share (+ the churn seeks on the compacting one).
  • grovedb: assert_fixed now requires full OperationCost equality (seeks included) across positions for CT (cp 4, cp 11 epoch boundary), bulk, PDS, a legacy (V3-seeded) CT's first V4 append, and the in-batch epoch boundary; estimate ≥ actual sweeps unchanged and tighter.

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…id puts carry no seek (GROVE_V4)

Removes the last position-dependent figure of an append under the fixed
model: the compacting append's commit-time seek count.

- costs: KeyValueStorageCost::prepaid() / is_prepaid() — the cost info of a
  put whose owner billed bytes, key and the write in advance
- storage: the RocksDB commit path and PrefixedRocksDbBatch::put charge a
  prepaid put no seek (only the append-only family's GROVE_V4 accounting
  issues such puts: MMR nodes, chunk blob, persisted MMR root, backfill)
- bulk-append: amortized_compaction_seeks(chunk_power) =
  ceil((1 blob + 32 merges + 1 root) / 2^chunk_power) charged on every
  append (1 from chunk_power 6); the compacting append is charged the
  slot + record seeks it does not issue (BUFFER_CHURN_PUTS)
- estimators: the 66-seek MAX_COMPACTION_PUTS reservation becomes the
  amortized share (max at chunk_power 1 for worst/undeclared); the PDS
  model counts both fixed state-root reads
- tests: full OperationCost equality across positions for CT / bulk / PDS
  / legacy CT; seek bound + prefix sums; prepaid puts carry no seek

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The change adds a prepaid marker to storage costs, skips seek billing for prepaid puts, and updates bulk-append accounting. Cost estimates, storage producers, documentation, and tests now use amortized compaction seeks and explicit prepaid writes.

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Prepaid storage-cost contract

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Prepaid cost contract and producers
costs/src/storage_cost/key_value_cost.rs, costs/tests/coverage_regression.rs, grovedb-commitment-tree/..., grovedb-merkle-mountain-range/..., merk/...
KeyValueStorageCost now exposes prepaid state, provides a prepaid constructor, and preserves the marker only when both operands are prepaid. Cost producers and fixtures initialize the marker explicitly.
Prepaid write enforcement
storage/src/rocksdb_storage/...
RocksDB write paths omit seek charges for fully prepaid puts. Tests cover prepaid and ordinary writes.
Bulk-append cost model and storage writes
grovedb-bulk-append-tree/..., grovedb-private-document-store/src/store.rs, grovedb-version/..., docs/book/..., docs/crates/costs.md
Bulk-append accounting adds amortized compaction seeks and buffer-churn puts. Persisted roots use prepaid metadata. Documentation describes the updated model.
Cost estimates and fixed-model validation
grovedb/src/batch/estimated_costs/..., grovedb/src/tests/append_storage_accounting_tests.rs
Cost estimates replace fixed compaction-put seek allowances with amortized bounds. Tests require exact fixed-model costs across append positions and scenarios.

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Reviewed at commit 98b638d970e05ce920b24b4d43591d9608ebaf13. The compaction-put bound, per-append seek amortization, and estimator adjustments are internally coherent, and the focused affected-crate and GroveDB accounting tests pass. I found one blocking issue at the storage API boundary: the new prepaid state is structurally indistinguishable from the existing default value, so the commit path can suppress seeks without evidence that they were prepaid. GitHub does not permit a change-request review from the PR author's account, so I am submitting this as a comment review with a blocking finding.

Comment thread costs/src/storage_cost/key_value_cost.rs
…-cost Default still pays its seek

Review follow-up on #830: `prepaid()` was structurally equal to
`Default::default()`, so the commit path would have dropped the seek of
any put passed `Some(Default::default())` (Merk does, for writes it charges
no bytes for). `KeyValueStorageCost` now carries `prepaid: bool`, set only
by `prepaid()`; `is_prepaid()` reads the marker. Regressions: Default and
every other constructor are not prepaid, a sum with an unprepaid part is
not, and a `Some(Default::default())` put is still charged its seek at
commit beside a prepaid one that is not.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Inline comments:
In `@costs/src/storage_cost/key_value_cost.rs`:
- Around line 52-56: Preserve source compatibility for KeyValueStorageCost
struct literals in the 5.x grovedb-costs API: either remove the newly added
prepaid field and implement the behavior without changing the public struct
shape, or bump the crate’s major version from 5.0.1 to 6.0.0 and update the
release metadata consistently. Use KeyValueStorageCost and the crate version
configuration as the change points.

In `@storage/src/rocksdb_storage/storage.rs`:
- Around line 319-325: Apply the existing prepaid seek exemption used by normal
Put to PutAux, PutRoot, and PutMeta in storage.rs, and to direct Batch::put_aux
and Batch::put_root in batch.rs; alternatively reject prepaid costs for
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Comment thread costs/src/storage_cost/key_value_cost.rs
Comment thread storage/src/rocksdb_storage/storage.rs
Review follow-up on #830: PutAux / PutRoot / PutMeta on the StorageBatch
commit path and put_aux / put_root on the direct PrefixedRocksDbBatch now
skip the seek for KeyValueStorageCost::prepaid() exactly as the data put
does; test covers every variant on both paths beside ordinary puts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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