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Implemented the optional Arrow JSON schema path via parquet.schema_file.

Verification: 16 integration tests passed normally and under strict Valgrind:

/tmp/flb-schema-venv/bin/python /tmp/flb-schema-pytest.py tests/integration/scenarios/out_s3/tests/test_out_s3_001.py -k 'schema or format' -q

VALGRIND=1 VALGRIND_STRICT=1 /tmp/flb-schema-venv/bin/python /tmp/flb-schema-pytest.py tests/integration/scenarios/out_s3/tests/test_out_s3_001.py -k 'schema or format' -q

Core tests passed. One existing S3 runtime test failed intermittently, then passed in isolation.

Closes #12528.


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  • New Features
    • Added optional schema-based output for Arrow and Parquet uploads to S3, with defined column types and nullability.
    • Added support for converting MessagePack events using the configured schema, including nested values represented as JSON.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Schema conversion failures no longer upload buffered data as raw output; pending data is retained for retry.
    • S3 startup now fails when the configured schema file is missing or invalid.

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@cosmo0920 cosmo0920 changed the title out_s3: make an optional arrow schema out_s3: make an optional arrow schema option Oct 8, 2026
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The S3 output can use an Arrow JSON schema to convert MessagePack events to Arrow or Parquet. The change adds typed schema validation and conversion, connects it to columnar compression, and retains buffered data when schema-based conversion fails.

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Schema-driven S3 columnar output

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Arrow schema and typed MessagePack conversion
include/fluent-bit/aws/flb_aws_compress.h, src/aws/compression/arrow/schema.*, tests/internal/aws_compress.c
Adds schema creation and destruction declarations, schema parsing and validation, and conversion of MessagePack records into typed Arrow tables. Internal tests cover schema validation, metadata, value conversion, and empty input.
Columnar compression entry points
src/aws/compression/arrow/CMakeLists.txt, src/aws/compression/arrow/compress.c
Adds schema-aware MessagePack compression while retaining the existing JSON compression API. Empty Parquet tables use a row-group size of one.
S3 schema setup and buffer mode
plugins/out_s3/s3.h, plugins/out_s3/s3.c, plugins/out_s3/s3_store.c, tests/integration/scenarios/out_s3/tests/test_out_s3_001.py
Adds parquet.schema_file, initializes and destroys the Arrow schema, and uses a separate msgpack buffer directory when a schema is configured. Detects other serialization-mode directories and cleans up S3 context resources after initialization failure.
S3 conversion and buffered replay
plugins/out_s3/s3.c, tests/integration/scenarios/out_s3/tests/test_out_s3_001.py
Uses raw MessagePack event chunks for schema-based conversion. Buffered conversion failures retain the data instead of using the raw-data upload fallback. Integration tests cover typed output, conversion failures, and restart replay.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant S3Output as out_s3
  participant Compression as flb_aws_compression_compress_columnar_msgpack
  participant Table as flb_arrow_schema_table
  participant S3 as S3
  S3Output->>Compression: Pass MessagePack chunk and Arrow schema
  Compression->>Table: Build Arrow table from MessagePack records
  Table-->>Compression: Return Arrow table
  Compression-->>S3Output: Return compressed columnar buffer
  S3Output->>S3: Upload converted buffer
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Adding or removing the new schema-file option resets the $INDEX object counter. For deployments whose S3 key names rely only on $INDEX, new uploads can then overwrite objects already stored in S3. Keep the index in a location shared by both modes before merging.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #12528 requests an optional schema-directed MessagePack-to-Arrow/Parquet path and unchanged behavior without a schema. The PR adds parquet.schema_file, creates an Arrow schema, converts Messag…
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Comment thread src/aws/compression/arrow/schema.c Outdated
Comment on lines +173 to +174
const char *schema_keys[] = {"fields"};
const char *field_keys[] = {"name", "type", "nullable", "children"};

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P2 Badge Accept standard Arrow metadata members

When users supply a schema emitted in Arrow's integration JSON format, valid schema-level and field-level metadata members are rejected by keys_valid() because neither whitelist includes metadata; the S3 plugin then fails startup even when every field is a supported flat scalar type. The Arrow integration JSON specification defines these members and permits null or empty metadata, so accept and ignore them rather than rejecting the entire schema.

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- Around line 1231-1237: Update the buffer-directory selection under
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Comment on lines +1267 to +1273
if (ctx->arrow_schema != NULL) {
tmp_sds = flb_sds_cat(ctx->buffer_dir, "/msgpack", 8);
if (tmp_sds == NULL) {
return -1;
}
ctx->buffer_dir = tmp_sds;
}

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rg -n 'buffer_dir|flb_fstore_create|init_seq_index|seq_index_file|metadata_dir|key_fmt_has_seq_index' plugins/out_s3/s3.c plugins/out_s3/s3_store.c
sed -n '840,900p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
sed -n '1255,1300p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- s3_store initialization and filesystem root ---'
sed -n '430,510p' plugins/out_s3/s3_store.c
rg -n -F -- 'create_buffer_path' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
sed -n '1220,1285p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
printf '%s\n' '--- key construction and upload calls around $INDEX handling ---'
sed -n '2080,2175p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
sed -n '2275,2380p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
sed -n '2870,3010p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
sed -n '3480,3550p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
printf '%s\n' '--- all sequence/index path references and mode-related migration evidence ---'
rg -n -F -- 'seq_index_file' plugins/out_s3
rg -n -F -- 'stream_metadata' plugins/out_s3
rg -n -F -- 'index_metadata' plugins/out_s3
rg -n -F -- 'msgpack' plugins/out_s3 tests/integration/scenarios/out_s3

Repository: fluent/fluent-bit

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Keep the $INDEX sequence metadata under the mode-independent buffer root.

When parquet.schema_file is enabled, ctx->buffer_dir changes to <buffer-root>/msgpack before s3_store_init(). init_seq_index() then stores the sequence stream and seq_index_file under that schema-specific root. Without the schema, those paths use <buffer-root>.

Toggling the schema option can therefore make init_seq_index() create a new index at zero. $INDEX sets key_fmt_has_seq_index, which disables the random key suffix. The first new upload can reuse an existing S3 key and overwrite its object.

Store the sequence metadata in a metadata store rooted at the mode-independent buffer path. Use the /msgpack root only for schema-specific data. No existing code migrates or reads the sequence index from the other root.

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Keep the buffer root used by init_seq_index for sequence metadata independent of
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table = flb_arrow_schema_table(schema, json, size);
}
else {
table = parse_json((uint8_t *) json, size);

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nit: is it better to rename this buffer from json -> data? as this can now be msgpack as well.

@cosmo0920 cosmo0920 added this to the Fluent Bit v5.2.0 milestone Oct 9, 2026
!g_utf8_validate(name->via.str.ptr, name->via.str.size, NULL) ||
nullable == NULL || nullable->type != MSGPACK_OBJECT_BOOLEAN ||
(children != NULL && (children->type != MSGPACK_OBJECT_ARRAY ||
children->via.array.size != 0))) {

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Is restricting children to an empty array intentional?

Schemas containing nested struct, list, or map fields will basically get rejected during startup in that case right?

The only workaround I can think of to preserve a nested object seems to be declaring it as utf8, which will result it to be stored as a JSON string.

This prevents Parquet from exposing typed nested columns.

Is nested-type support planned for this PR or a follow-up? ( happy to pick it up if its planned as a follow up).

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