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| Subject: | BUG #19532: Window run-condition optimization can produce wrong results for count() window aggregates |
| Date: | 2026-06-24 14:34:14 |
| Message-ID: | 19532-a8893c9d2a630a30@postgresql.org |
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The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 19532
Logged by: Qifan Liu
Email address: imchifan(at)163(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 18.4
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 x86-64, docker image postgres:18.4
Description:
## PoC
```sql
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t;
CREATE TABLE t (
id int PRIMARY KEY,
k int NOT NULL,
v int
);
INSERT INTO t(id, k, v) VALUES
(1, 1, 1),
(2, 1, NULL),
(3, 1, 1),
(4, 2, 1);
WITH
source_rows AS (
SELECT id
FROM (
SELECT id,
count(v) OVER (
ORDER BY k
RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW
EXCLUDE CURRENT ROW
) AS c
FROM t
) s
WHERE c <= 1
),
reference_rows AS (
SELECT t1.id
FROM t AS t1
WHERE (
SELECT count(t2.v)
FROM t AS t2
WHERE t2.k <= t1.k
AND t2.id <> t1.id
) <= 1
),
metamorphic_rows AS (
SELECT id
FROM (
SELECT id,
count(v) OVER (
ORDER BY k
RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW
EXCLUDE CURRENT ROW
) AS c
FROM t
) s
WHERE c + 0 <= 1
)
SELECT 'source' AS label, coalesce(array_agg(id ORDER BY id), '{}'::int[])
AS ids
FROM source_rows
UNION ALL
SELECT 'reference', coalesce(array_agg(id ORDER BY id), '{}'::int[])
FROM reference_rows
UNION ALL
SELECT 'metamorphic_no_pushdown', coalesce(array_agg(id ORDER BY id),
'{}'::int[])
FROM metamorphic_rows;
EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
SELECT id
FROM (
SELECT id,
count(v) OVER (
ORDER BY k
RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW
EXCLUDE CURRENT ROW
) AS c
FROM t
) s
WHERE c <= 1;
```
## Expected Behavior
The source query should return the same rows as the reference query and the
semantically equivalent metamorphic_no_pushdown query.
## Actual Behavior
The optimized query returns only `{1}`, while the reference and no-pushdown
forms return `{1,3}`. `EXPLAIN` shows a `Run Condition` on the window
aggregate, indicating that the optimization changed query semantics.
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