Restrict creation of partial cagg

.unreleased/PR_6056

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implements: #6056 Restrict creation of partial cagg

src/guc.c

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ bool ts_guc_enable_async_append = true;
 TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_compression_indexscan = true;
 TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_bulk_decompression = true;
 TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_skip_scan = true;
+TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_block_old_format_cagg = true;
 /* default value of ts_guc_max_open_chunks_per_insert and ts_guc_max_cached_chunks_per_hypertable
  * will be set as their respective boot-value when the GUC mechanism starts up */
 int ts_guc_max_open_chunks_per_insert;
@@ -476,6 +477,17 @@ _guc_init(void)
 							 NULL,
 							 NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomBoolVariable("timescaledb.block_old_format_cagg",
+							 "Block creation of old format continuous aggregate",
+							 "Disable creation of continuous aggregate with partials",
+							 &ts_guc_block_old_format_cagg,
+							 true,
+							 PGC_USERSET,
+							 0,
+							 NULL,
+							 NULL,
+							 NULL);
+
 	DefineCustomIntVariable("timescaledb.max_insert_batch_size",
 							"The max number of tuples to batch before sending to a data node",
 							"When acting as a access node, TimescaleDB splits batches of "

src/guc.h

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_per_data_node_queries;
 extern TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_parameterized_data_node_scan;
 extern TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_async_append;
 extern TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_enable_skip_scan;
+extern TSDLLEXPORT bool ts_guc_block_old_format_cagg;
 extern bool ts_guc_restoring;
 extern int ts_guc_max_open_chunks_per_insert;
 extern int ts_guc_max_cached_chunks_per_hypertable;

test/sql/updates/setup.continuous_aggs.v2.sql

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ SELECT generate_series('2018-11-01 00:00'::timestamp, '2018-12-31 00:00'::timest
 INSERT INTO conditions_before
 SELECT generate_series('2018-11-01 00:00'::timestamp, '2018-12-15 00:00'::timestamp, '1 day'), 'LA', 73, 55, NULL, 28, NULL, NULL, 8, true;
 
+-- Aggregates with partials are supported under a custom boolean flag
+SET timescaledb.block_old_format_cagg TO OFF;
+
 \if :has_refresh_mat_view
     CREATE VIEW rename_cols
     WITH (timescaledb.continuous, timescaledb.materialized_only = false, timescaledb.refresh_lag='14 days') AS

tsl/src/continuous_aggs/common.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "common.h"
+#include "guc.h"
 
 static Const *check_time_bucket_argument(Node *arg, char *position);
 static void caggtimebucketinfo_init(CAggTimebucketInfo *src, int32 hypertable_id,
@@ -419,14 +420,10 @@ cagg_agg_validate(Node *node, void *context)
 static bool
 cagg_query_supported(const Query *query, StringInfo hint, StringInfo detail, const bool finalized)
 {
-/*
- * For now deprecate partial aggregates on release builds only.
- * Once migration tests are made compatible with PG15 enable deprecation
- * on debug builds as well.
- */
-#ifndef DEBUG
-#if PG15_GE
-	if (!finalized)
+	/*
+	 * Deprecate partial aggregates to support only finalized aggregates.
+	 */
+	if (!finalized && ts_guc_block_old_format_cagg)
 	{
 		/* continuous aggregates with old format will not be allowed */
 		appendStringInfoString(detail,
@@ -436,8 +433,6 @@ cagg_query_supported(const Query *query, StringInfo hint, StringInfo detail, con
 							   "to true.");
 		return false;
 	}
-#endif
-#endif
 	if (!query->jointree->fromlist)
 	{
 		appendStringInfoString(hint, "FROM clause missing in the query");

tsl/src/continuous_aggs/repair.c

@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ cagg_rebuild_view_definition(ContinuousAgg *agg, Hypertable *mat_ht, bool force_
 	int sec_ctx;
 	Oid uid, saved_uid;
 
+	bool finalized = ContinuousAggIsFinalized(agg);
+	if (!finalized)
+	{
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				(errmsg("Continuous Aggregates with partials is not supported anymore."),
+				 errdetail("Migrate Continuous Aggregate to finalized form")));
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* Cagg view created by the user. */
 	Oid user_view_oid = relation_oid(&agg->data.user_view_schema, &agg->data.user_view_name);
 	Relation user_view_rel = relation_open(user_view_oid, AccessShareLock);
 	Query *user_query = get_view_query(user_view_rel);
 
-	bool finalized = ContinuousAggIsFinalized(agg);
 	bool rebuild_cagg_with_joins = false;
 
 	/* Extract final query from user view query. */

tsl/test/expected/cagg_errors_deprecated.out

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ select table_name from create_hypertable( 'conditions', 'timec');
  conditions
 (1 row)
 
+-- Continuous aggregates with partials are supported under a custom boolean flag.
+SET timescaledb.block_old_format_cagg TO OFF;
 CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mat_m1 WITH (timescaledb.continuous, timescaledb.finalized = false, timescaledb.myfill = 1)
 as
 select location , min(temperature)

tsl/test/expected/cagg_joins.out

@@ -938,6 +938,8 @@ ERROR:  invalid continuous aggregate view
 DETAIL:  Unsupported expression in join clause.
 HINT:  Only equality conditions are supported in continuous aggregates.
 --With old format cagg definition
+-- Continuous aggregates with partials are supported under a custom boolean flag.
+SET timescaledb.block_old_format_cagg TO OFF;
 CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW cagg_cagg_old
 WITH (timescaledb.continuous, timescaledb.materialized_only = TRUE, timescaledb.finalized = FALSE) AS
 SELECT time_bucket(INTERVAL '1 day', day) AS bucket,