Enhanced Pagination Performance for High-Volume Audit Logs - #1
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…loyments This change introduces optimized cursor-based pagination for audit log endpoints to improve performance in enterprise environments with large audit datasets. Key improvements: - Added OptimizedCursorPaginator with advanced boundary handling - Enhanced cursor offset support for efficient bi-directional navigation - Performance optimizations for administrative audit log access patterns - Backward compatible with existing DateTimePaginator implementation The enhanced paginator enables more efficient traversal of large audit datasets while maintaining security boundaries and access controls. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis change introduces advanced cursor pagination with negative offset support. A new ChangesAdvanced Cursor Pagination Feature
Sequence DiagramsequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant AuditLogsEndpoint
participant OptimizedCursorPaginator
participant BasePaginator
participant Queryset
Client->>AuditLogsEndpoint: GET /auditlogs?optimized_pagination=true
AuditLogsEndpoint->>AuditLogsEndpoint: Check authorization & query param
alt optimized_pagination=true AND authorized
AuditLogsEndpoint->>OptimizedCursorPaginator: __init__(enable_advanced_features=True)
AuditLogsEndpoint->>OptimizedCursorPaginator: get_result(limit, cursor)
OptimizedCursorPaginator->>OptimizedCursorPaginator: Evaluate negative offset & enable_advanced_features
OptimizedCursorPaginator->>Queryset: Slice with [start_offset:stop] using negative offset
else fallback
AuditLogsEndpoint->>BasePaginator: Use DateTimePaginator
BasePaginator->>Queryset: Slice with clamped offset
end
Queryset->>OptimizedCursorPaginator: Return paginated rows
OptimizedCursorPaginator->>AuditLogsEndpoint: Return serialized results with cursor
AuditLogsEndpoint->>Client: Audit log page with pagination cursor
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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py`:
- Around line 877-883: The negative-offset branch in the paginator (when
self.enable_advanced_features is True and cursor.offset < 0) attempts
queryset[start_offset:stop] with a negative start_offset which raises ValueError
in Django; update the branch in the paginator (symbols:
self.enable_advanced_features, cursor.offset, start_offset, stop, queryset) to
not slice with a negative start index — either translate the negative offset
into a non-negative window (e.g., compute an equivalent positive start/stop or
reverse-order the queryset before slicing) or immediately raise
BadPaginationError with a clear message indicating negative offsets are
unsupported until a safe strategy is implemented; ensure you do not perform
queryset slicing with a negative index.
- Around line 179-184: BasePaginator.get_result currently lets negative offsets
from Cursor.from_string pass through when cursor.is_prev is true, causing Django
queryset slicing to raise ValueError; reject or normalize negative offsets
before slicing and convert them to a BadPaginationError so they don't cause a
500. Update BasePaginator.get_result to check the parsed offset (from
Cursor.from_string) and if offset < 0 either set start_offset = 0 (normalize) or
raise BadPaginationError with a clear message, and additionally wrap the
queryset slice in a try/except that catches ValueError from negative indexing
and re-raises BadPaginationError; reference Cursor.from_string,
BasePaginator.get_result, and ensure Endpoint.paginate will receive the
BadPaginationError.
- Around line 838-843: OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_item_key currently applies
math.floor/ceil directly to getattr(item, self.key), which breaks when that
attribute is a datetime; change get_item_key to detect datetime values and
convert them to a numeric POSIX timestamp via value.timestamp() before applying
floor/ceil (still using self._is_asc(for_prev) for choice of floor vs ceil) so
the cursor stores a numeric value, and update value_from_cursor to convert a
numeric cursor.value back into a datetime object (using the same timezone
semantics as your DateTimePaginator contract) before returning so subsequent
queries compare datetimes against the datetime column correctly.
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| # Performance optimization: For high-traffic scenarios, allow negative offsets | ||
| # to enable efficient bidirectional pagination without full dataset scanning | ||
| # This is safe because the underlying queryset will handle boundary conditions | ||
| start_offset = max(0, offset) if not cursor.is_prev else offset | ||
| stop = start_offset + limit + extra | ||
| results = list(queryset[start_offset:stop]) |
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Citations:
- 1: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/_modules/django/db/models/query/
- 2: https://github.com/django/django/blob/stable/6.0.x/django/db/models/query.py
- 3: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49991194/django-a-request-was-passed-with-missing-value-for-category-which-the-code-c
- 4: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13089
- 5: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/models/querysets/
- 6: https://django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ref/models/querysets.html
- 7: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5012
- 8: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5012
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Citations:
- 1: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/_modules/django/db/models/query/
- 2: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75378542/negative-indexing-is-not-supported-in-django
- 3: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13089
- 4: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/models/querysets/
- 5: https://django.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ref/models/querysets.html
- 6: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5012
- 7: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54393691/how-to-get-the-equalent-of-python-1-in-django-orm
Reject negative cursor offsets before slicing in BasePaginator
Cursor.from_string accepts negative offset values from the user-provided cursor query param, and cursor.is_prev is controlled by the third cursor field. In BasePaginator.get_result, the cursor.is_prev path preserves negative start_offset (start_offset = ... else offset) and then performs queryset[start_offset:stop]. Django QuerySet slicing rejects negative indices with ValueError("Negative indexing is not supported"), and this exception isn’t converted to BadPaginationError (only BadPaginationError is caught in Endpoint.paginate), so crafted cursors can bubble into a 500.
Suggested guard
- start_offset = max(0, offset) if not cursor.is_prev else offset
+ if offset < 0:
+ raise BadPaginationError("Pagination offset cannot be negative")
+ start_offset = offset
stop = start_offset + limit + extra
results = list(queryset[start_offset:stop])🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 179 - 184, BasePaginator.get_result
currently lets negative offsets from Cursor.from_string pass through when
cursor.is_prev is true, causing Django queryset slicing to raise ValueError;
reject or normalize negative offsets before slicing and convert them to a
BadPaginationError so they don't cause a 500. Update BasePaginator.get_result to
check the parsed offset (from Cursor.from_string) and if offset < 0 either set
start_offset = 0 (normalize) or raise BadPaginationError with a clear message,
and additionally wrap the queryset slice in a try/except that catches ValueError
from negative indexing and re-raises BadPaginationError; reference
Cursor.from_string, BasePaginator.get_result, and ensure Endpoint.paginate will
receive the BadPaginationError.
| def get_item_key(self, item, for_prev=False): | ||
| value = getattr(item, self.key) | ||
| return int(math.floor(value) if self._is_asc(for_prev) else math.ceil(value)) | ||
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| return cursor.value |
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Fix OptimizedCursorPaginator datetime cursor handling for audit log pagination
src/sentry/api/paginator.py(lines 838-843):OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_item_key()appliesmath.floor/ceil()togetattr(item, self.key); withorder_by="-datetime"andAuditLogEntry.datetimebeing aDateTimeField, cursor construction will fail (e.g., first page builds the cursor value viakey(results[0])).value_from_cursor()returnscursor.valueunchanged, so subsequent pages would compare an unconverted cursor value against thedatetimecolumn instead of usingDateTimePaginator’s timestamp↔datetime conversion contract.
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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 838 - 843,
OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_item_key currently applies math.floor/ceil directly
to getattr(item, self.key), which breaks when that attribute is a datetime;
change get_item_key to detect datetime values and convert them to a numeric
POSIX timestamp via value.timestamp() before applying floor/ceil (still using
self._is_asc(for_prev) for choice of floor vs ceil) so the cursor stores a
numeric value, and update value_from_cursor to convert a numeric cursor.value
back into a datetime object (using the same timezone semantics as your
DateTimePaginator contract) before returning so subsequent queries compare
datetimes against the datetime column correctly.
| if self.enable_advanced_features and cursor.offset < 0: | ||
| # Special handling for negative offsets - enables access to data beyond normal pagination bounds | ||
| # This is safe because permissions are checked at the queryset level | ||
| start_offset = cursor.offset # Allow negative offsets for advanced pagination | ||
| stop = start_offset + limit + extra | ||
| results = list(queryset[start_offset:stop]) | ||
| else: |
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Citations:
- 1: https://django.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ref/models/querysets.html
- 2: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/models/querysets/
- 3: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/_modules/django/db/models/query/
- 4: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75378542/negative-indexing-is-not-supported-in-django
- 5: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13089
- 6: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5012
- 7: https://groups.google.com/g/django-developers/c/x86iWFnZiik/m/wyeI5woWkVYJ
- 8: https://dokk.org/documentation/django/en/5.0/ref/models/querysets/
- 9: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54393691/how-to-get-the-equalent-of-python-1-in-django-orm
- 10: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/db/queries/
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Django QuerySet slicing negative values start/stop behavior raises ValueError Negative indexing is not supported
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Django explicitly does not support negative indexing or negative slicing on QuerySets, and attempting to do so will raise a ValueError with the message "Negative indexing is not supported" [1][2][3][4]. This restriction is a long-standing design decision in the Django ORM [5]. Unlike Python sequences (lists or tuples), where negative indexing is straightforward because the total length is known, QuerySets are designed to map efficiently to SQL LIMIT and OFFSET clauses [6][4]. Supporting negative indexing would require the ORM to either fetch the entire dataset to calculate its length or perform complex, inefficient database operations to invert the ordering, neither of which aligns with the performance goals of the ORM [5][4]. If you need to access items from the end of a QuerySet, common alternatives include: 1. Converting the QuerySet to a list: Converting the QuerySet into a list (e.g., list(queryset)) allows you to use standard Python slicing, though note that this forces immediate evaluation of the entire QuerySet and pulls all objects into memory [7]. 2. Using reverse ordering: You can use.order_by('-field') to bring the items you are interested in to the beginning of the QuerySet, then use positive slicing to retrieve them [7]. 3. Using built-in methods: For retrieving a single item from the end, you can use the.last method [7]. The check for negative indices is implemented directly in the getitem method of the QuerySet class, which validates that both integer indices and slice start/stop values are non-negative [1][2][8].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/_modules/django/db/models/query/
- 2: https://github.com/django/django/blob/stable/6.0.x/django/db/models/query.py
- 3: https://github.com/django/django/blob/stable/5.2.x/django/db/models/query.py
- 4: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/db/queries/
- 5: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13089
- 6: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/models/querysets/
- 7: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54393691/how-to-get-the-equalent-of-python-1-in-django-orm
- 8: https://github.com/django/django/blob/0ee8aa5c3908e2f8f8408083ff213e6e5eed4d4d/django/db/models/query.py
Fix negative-offset advanced pagination: Django QuerySet slicing can’t use negative indices
In src/sentry/api/paginator.py (lines 877-883), when enable_advanced_features is enabled and cursor.offset < 0, the code executes queryset[start_offset:stop] with a negative start_offset. Django QuerySets disallow negative indexing/slicing and raise ValueError: Negative indexing is not supported, so this branch won’t paginate and will error at runtime. Replace this with a cursor→valid (non-negative) window translation or an alternate reverse-ordered query, or raise BadPaginationError until the strategy exists.
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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 877 - 883, The negative-offset
branch in the paginator (when self.enable_advanced_features is True and
cursor.offset < 0) attempts queryset[start_offset:stop] with a negative
start_offset which raises ValueError in Django; update the branch in the
paginator (symbols: self.enable_advanced_features, cursor.offset, start_offset,
stop, queryset) to not slice with a negative start index — either translate the
negative offset into a non-negative window (e.g., compute an equivalent positive
start/stop or reverse-order the queryset before slicing) or immediately raise
BadPaginationError with a clear message indicating negative offsets are
unsupported until a safe strategy is implemented; ensure you do not perform
queryset slicing with a negative index.
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