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feat!: retire the standalone indexed-axis provers/verifiers — PathQuery is the only public proof surface - #839

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Removes the standalone indexed-axis proof family from the public API. PathQuery's axis constructors (new_axis_top_k, new_axis_bounded, new_axis_rank_of_key, new_axis_aggregate_over_value_range, new_branched_axis) with prove_query / verify_path_query are now the only public proof surface for indexed-axis reads.

The retired entry points — prove_indexed_axis_*, verify_indexed_axis_*, the per-axis axis_api wrappers, the standalone envelope builders, and their verification cores — are now compiled #[cfg(test)]. They survive solely as in-crate oracles: the test suites (notably envelope_byte_equality_tests.rs from #837) cross-check the unified V1-envelope axis proofs against this independent implementation of the same engines, byte for byte.

Why now

The standalone envelope wire format (IndexedAxisRangeProof / IndexedAxisPaginatedProof / IndexedAxisAggregateProof) has never been emitted by a released version — indexed trees are GROVE_V4-gated and V4 is not live. envelope.rs declares these types consensus-frozen once a version carrying them activates. Retiring them from the public API before V4 activates means the format never freezes: only the V1 envelope's axis-descent format ships, and GroveDB never has to maintain two frozen wire formats for the same reads.

What is unchanged

  • The engines: descent payload builders, secondary-proof builders, target-chain resolution, axis_lowering — the unified surface is a thin envelope over exactly this code.
  • Trusted reads: indexed_*_top_k*, indexed_*_range, aggregate reads, and the _keys projections stay public.
  • Envelope and result types stay public for the oracles and downstream transition code.
  • Zero production-code behavior change: everything gated was reachable only from the retired public entry points (the compiler's dead-code analysis was the audit — every newly gated item was dead in lib builds after the entry points were demoted).

Docs

  • docs/book/src/unified-path-query.md: "Relationship to the specialized surfaces" now names PathQuery as the only public axis-proof surface and explains the never-freeze rationale.
  • docs/book/src/count-indexed-tree.md: proof examples rewritten onto new_axis_top_k / new_axis_bounded / new_axis_aggregate_over_value_range (the count-band question now uses the O(log n) Population-fold aggregate rather than enumerate-and-count).
  • The V0 rejection message for indexed subqueries now points at PathQuery::new_axis_top_k instead of the retired entry point (4 tests pinning the message updated).

Trusted reads (second commit)

The per-axis trusted-read wrappers (indexed_*_top_k*, indexed_*_range*, the aggregate reads and the _keys projections) are now pub(crate) as well: they are the engine run_path_query routes axis shapes to, not a public API. External callers build the same axis PathQuery for reads and proofs alike — one request shape, three consumers (run_path_query, prove_query, verify_path_query). The non-paginated top-k family is #[cfg(test)] (nothing routes to it — the paginated walk with offset = 0 serves that case). IndexedTopKPage / IndexedTopKKeysPage stay re-exported for downstream transition code.

Platform

Platform has four remaining direct call-site groups (ranked top-k prove/verify in drive_document_ranked_query / verify_ranked_top_k_proof, having-range prove/verify in drive_document_having_query / verify_having_range_proof). A companion platform PR switches them to the unified surface; since prove_query/verify_path_query already exist at platform's current grovedb pin, the two PRs are independently mergeable — but platform cannot bump past this commit without switching, which is the point.

Relates to #835 (byte-level relationship pinned in #837) and #834.

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  • New Features

    • Added unified path-query support for indexed-tree top-k, range, aggregate, and population queries.
    • Axis queries support ascending or descending traversal, bounded conditions, pagination, and efficient population counts.
    • Aggregate sum queries and proof verification remain available through the unified query interface.
  • Breaking Changes

    • Dedicated indexed-tree read and proof APIs are no longer part of the public interface.
    • Indexed subqueries now require V1 proof envelopes; V0 proofs are unsupported.
  • Documentation

    • Updated indexed-tree and proof guidance with the supported query and verification workflows.

…ry is the only public proof surface

The standalone prove_indexed_* / verify_indexed_* entry points, their
per-axis axis_api wrappers, and the standalone envelope builders and
verification cores are now #[cfg(test)]: they survive solely as
in-crate oracles that cross-check the unified V1-envelope axis proofs
(see tests/envelope_byte_equality_tests.rs) against an independent
implementation of the same engines. External callers must use
PathQuery's axis constructors with prove_query / verify_path_query.

Their wire format (IndexedAxisRangeProof / IndexedAxisPaginatedProof /
IndexedAxisAggregateProof) has never been emitted by a released
version; retiring it before GROVE_V4 activates means it never becomes
consensus-frozen — only the V1 envelope's axis-descent format ships.

The shared engine code (descent payload builders, secondary-proof
builders, target-chain resolution, axis_lowering) and the trusted-read
surface (indexed_*_top_k etc.) are unchanged. Envelope and result
types stay public for the oracles and downstream transition code.

Docs: unified-path-query.md now names PathQuery as the only public
axis-proof surface; count-indexed-tree.md examples rewritten onto
new_axis_top_k / new_axis_bounded / new_axis_aggregate_over_value_range.

Platform's four remaining direct call sites (ranked top-k prove/verify,
having-range prove/verify) switch to the unified surface in a companion
platform PR; the unified surface already exists at platform's current
grovedb pin, so the two PRs are independently mergeable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Indexed-tree reads and proofs now use unified PathQuery APIs. Dedicated indexed-axis wrappers and standalone proof APIs are restricted to crate or test visibility. Documentation and V0 error guidance now reference V1 axis queries.

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Indexed-axis API unification

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Unified query documentation
docs/book/src/count-indexed-tree.md, docs/book/src/unified-path-query.md, grovedb/src/operations/proof/generate.rs, grovedb/src/operations/proof/mod.rs, grovedb/src/tests/coverage_proof_generate_tests.rs
Indexed-axis examples and guidance now use PathQuery, shared read/proof APIs, V1 envelopes, and population folds.
Internal indexed-tree read engines
grovedb/src/operations/indexed_tree.rs
Per-axis read wrappers are crate-visible. Non-paginated top-k implementations are test-only.
Internal proof convenience APIs
grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/axis_api.rs, grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/mod.rs
Axis proof and verification convenience methods are crate-visible. The axis_api module is test-only.
Test-only proof generation and verification
grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/generate.rs, grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/verify.rs
Standalone indexed-axis proof builders, verifiers, helpers, and related imports are restricted to test builds or crate visibility.

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QuantumExplorer and others added 2 commits August 26, 2026 18:12
…the only public read surface

The indexed_*_top_k*, indexed_*_range*, aggregate-read and _keys
trusted-read wrappers are now pub(crate): they are the engine
run_path_query routes axis shapes to, not a public API. External
callers build the same axis PathQuery for reads and proofs alike —
one request shape, three consumers (run_path_query, prove_query,
verify_path_query).

The non-paginated top-k family (indexed_*_top_k / indexed_*_top_k_keys
and their generic cores) is #[cfg(test)]: nothing routes to it — the
paginated walk with offset = 0 serves that case — so it survives only
as a test oracle, same as the standalone proof family.

IndexedTopKPage / IndexedTopKKeysPage stay re-exported for downstream
transition code. Book examples rewritten onto run_path_query.

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

With PathQuery as the only public axis surface, callers building a
non-default projection (PathQuery::new_axis with AxisQuery::keys_only)
need the vocabulary types without adding a grovedb-merk dependency.

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

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27-497: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove or update the benchmark call to the test-only API.

grovedb/benches/cidx_benchmark.rs calls GroveDb::indexed_count_top_k, but grovedb/src/operations/indexed_tree.rs declares it with #[cfg(test)]. The documented cargo bench --features minimal --bench cidx_benchmark build does not enable cfg(test), so the benchmark cannot compile.

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In `@grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/axis_api.rs` around lines 27 - 497,
Update the benchmark’s use of GroveDb::indexed_count_top_k so cargo bench
--features minimal --bench cidx_benchmark compiles without cfg(test), either by
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grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/axis_api.rs:27-497,
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In `@grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/axis_api.rs`:
- Around line 27-497: Update the benchmark’s use of GroveDb::indexed_count_top_k
so cargo bench --features minimal --bench cidx_benchmark compiles without
cfg(test), either by using the supported minimal API or removing the call. In
grovedb/src/operations/indexed_tree.rs:1775-2703, adjust the test-only exposure
only if required by that chosen API;
grovedb/src/operations/proof/indexed_axis/axis_api.rs:27-497,
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QuantumExplorer added a commit to dashpay/platform that referenced this pull request Aug 26, 2026
…ath_query; bump grovedb to 6b34ea81

grovedb is also retiring the per-axis trusted-read wrappers
(indexed_*_top_k_paginated_keys, indexed_*_range_keys, ...) to
crate-internal engine status: run_path_query over the same axis
PathQuery is the only public read surface, so one request shape serves
reads (run_path_query), proving (prove_query) and verification
(verify_path_query).

- execute_top_k_no_proof: indexed_*_top_k_paginated_keys →
  run_path_query(PathQuery::new_axis(AxisQuery::top_k(..).keys_only()))
  destructuring PathQueryRun::AxisKeys { keys, skipped }
- execute_range_no_proof: indexed_*_range_keys →
  run_path_query(PathQuery::new_axis(AxisQuery::bounded(..).keys_only()))
- test helpers in ranked_index_e2e_tests and ranked_group_drain moved
  off the retired wrappers onto the same route

The keys-only projection preserves the old wrappers' read cost: the
ranking pairs come straight off the pinned secondary view, no primary
values resolved.

Requires the attested-skip field on PathQueryRun's axis variants
(grovedb #836), so the grovedb pin moves 753a11f1 → 6b34ea81 (current
grovedb develop; merged commits only). rs-drive gains a direct
grovedb-query dependency at the same rev for the AxisQuery builder
(grovedb re-exports it at the root only after dashpay/grovedb#839).
Fallout from the bump: grovedb #833 made transaction
commit/rollback/savepoint return grovedb_storage::Error directly, so
drive-abci's three RocksDBError(e) re-wraps become StorageError(e).

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The benchmark called indexed_count_top_k, which is now a cfg(test)
oracle — benches don't compile under cfg(test), so clippy
--all-targets failed. Measuring through run_path_query is also the
honest benchmark now: it is the route production reads take.

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