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fix(indexes): fail unique index creation over duplicate rows
HarshMN2345 Oct 6, 2026
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fix(indexes): report unique violations from index creation as Unique
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions src/Database/Adapter/MariaDB.php
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Expand Up @@ -779,6 +779,12 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array
->prepare($sql)
->execute();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
// Existing rows violate the new unique index. Classified here because
// processException() can't parse the key from a localized message.
if ($e->getCode() === '23000' && isset($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 1062) {
throw new UniqueException('Unique index violation', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

throw $this->processException($e);
}
}
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return new DuplicateException('Index already exists', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

// Index key too long
if ($e->getCode() === '42000' && isset($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 1071) {
return new LimitException('Index key length exceeds the maximum', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

// Duplicate row
if ($e->getCode() === '23000' && isset($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 1062) {
$key = $this->getViolatedKey($e->getMessage());
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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions src/Database/Adapter/Memory.php
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Expand Up @@ -1005,10 +1005,8 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array
$hashTable = [];
if ($type === Database::INDEX_UNIQUE && ! empty($attributes)) {
// MariaDB rejects CREATE UNIQUE INDEX with errno 1062 when existing
// rows contain duplicates; Database::createIndex catches the resulting
// DuplicateException and treats it as an "orphan index" (the metadata
// is registered but the physical index is absent). Mirror that contract:
// throw DuplicateException so callers see identical end-state behavior.
// rows contain duplicates, which surfaces as UniqueException. Mirror
// that contract so Database::createIndex fails the same way.
// Build the hash table while we scan so we can reuse it for fast
// probes after the index lands — no second pass over the rows.
foreach ($this->data[$key]['documents'] as $docKey => $row) {
Expand All @@ -1026,7 +1024,7 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array
}
$hash = \serialize($signature);
if (isset($hashTable[$hash])) {
throw new DuplicateException('Cannot create unique index: existing rows already contain duplicate values');
throw new UniqueException('Cannot create unique index: existing rows already contain duplicate values');
}
$hashTable[$hash] = $docKey;
}
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions src/Database/Adapter/Mongo.php
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Expand Up @@ -1146,6 +1146,11 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array

return $result;
} catch (\Exception $e) {
// Existing documents violate the new unique index, whatever index the message names
if ($e->getCode() === 11000 || $e->getCode() === 11001) {
throw new UniqueException('Unique index violation', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

throw $this->processException($e);
}
}
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions src/Database/Adapter/Postgres.php
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Expand Up @@ -925,6 +925,12 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array
try {
return $this->getPDO()->prepare($sql)->execute();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
// Existing rows violate the new unique index. Classified here because an
// expression key (nested object path) has no columns for processException() to parse.
if ($e->getCode() === '23505' && isset($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 7) {
throw new UniqueException('Unique index violation', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

throw $this->processException($e);
}
}
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return new LimitException('Datetime field overflow', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

// Index row too large
if ($e->getCode() === '54000' && isset($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 7 && \str_contains($e->getMessage(), 'index row')) {
return new LimitException('Index row size exceeds the maximum', $e->getCode(), $e);
}

// Unknown table
if ($e->getCode() === '42P01' && isset($e->errorInfo[1]) && $e->errorInfo[1] === 7) {
return new NotFoundException('Collection not found', $e->getCode(), $e);
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/Database/Adapter/Redis.php
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Expand Up @@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ public function createIndex(string $collection, string $id, string $type, array
}
$hash = \serialize($signature);
if (isset($seen[$hash])) {
throw new DuplicateException('Cannot create unique index: existing rows already contain duplicate values');
throw new UniqueException('Cannot create unique index: existing rows already contain duplicate values');
}
$seen[$hash] = true;
}
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/Database/Database.php
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use Utopia\Database\Exception\Structure as StructureException;
use Utopia\Database\Exception\Timeout as TimeoutException;
use Utopia\Database\Exception\Type as TypeException;
use Utopia\Database\Exception\Unique as UniqueException;
use Utopia\Database\Helpers\ID;
use Utopia\Database\Helpers\Permission;
use Utopia\Database\Helpers\Role;
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if (!$created) {
throw new DatabaseException('Failed to create index');
}
} catch (UniqueException $e) {
// Existing rows violate the unique constraint, so no index was built.
throw $e;
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not accept an unclassified unique-index creation failure.

If a Postgres unique index uses a nested object path, its 23505 error can have an expression-based Key (...) detail. Postgres::getViolatedColumns() then returns null, and Postgres::processException() returns DuplicateException rather than UniqueException. The following catch treats that failure as an existing index and persists metadata for an index that was not created. Distinguish an existing-index error from a uniqueness violation at the adapter boundary before accepting DuplicateException here. This is also identified as a remaining case in the PR objectives.

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Review comment at @src/Database/Database.php around lines 4834 - 4836:
Update the unique-index creation error handling around the `UniqueException`
catch to distinguish an existing-index error from a uniqueness violation before
accepting the failure and persisting index metadata. Ensure expression-based
`23505` errors that `Postgres::getViolatedColumns()` cannot classify do not
proceed as though the index already exists.

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} catch (DuplicateException) {
// Metadata check (lines above) already verified index is absent
// from metadata. A DuplicateException from the adapter means the
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