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  • New Features

    • Added optimized pagination option for organization audit logs using advanced cursor-based pagination for authorized users.
  • Performance Improvements

    • Enhanced span buffer management through timestamp-based span ordering and optimized sorted-set storage operations.
    • Improved pagination performance with support for reverse traversal capabilities and more flexible cursor handling.
    • Refined span data ingestion to better track precise end timestamps for improved ordering.

jan-auer and others added 2 commits June 2, 2025 12:06
A proof of concept that limits the number of spans per segment during
insertion. Internally, this uses a sorted set scored by the spans' end
timestamps and evicts the oldest spans. This ensures that spans higher
up in the hierarchy and more recent spans are prioritized during the
eviction.
…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.

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This PR adds timestamp-based ordering to span buffering via Redis sorted sets and introduces an optimized cursor paginator with advanced features. Span ingestion now captures and stores end_timestamp_precise, which is used as the sort key when persisting to Redis. The audit log endpoint conditionally routes to the new optimized paginator for authorized users.

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Span Buffering with Timestamp Ordering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Span data model and ingestion
src/sentry/spans/buffer.py, src/sentry/spans/consumers/process/factory.py
Span gains end_timestamp_precise: float; span consumer parsing is typed via SpanEvent and populates this field from ingested payloads.
Redis sorted set writes and loads
src/sentry/spans/buffer.py
Span payloads are written to Redis sorted sets with end_timestamp_precise as the sort score; segment loading switches from SSCAN to ZSCAN and extends payloads from scanned results.
Buffer Lua script sorted set and capacity updates
src/sentry/scripts/spans/add-buffer.lua
The Redis Lua script adopts sorted set operations with span count tracking and enforces a 1,000-element capacity cap via zpopmin trimming; redirect depth traversal is capped at 1,000 iterations.
Test updates for span timestamp data
tests/sentry/spans/consumers/process/test_consumer.py, tests/sentry/spans/consumers/process/test_flusher.py, tests/sentry/spans/test_buffer.py
Consumer and buffer tests are updated to include end_timestamp_precise in Span object construction and assertions across multiple parametrized test cases.

Optimized Cursor Pagination

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cursor paginator core implementation
src/sentry/utils/cursors.py, src/sentry/api/paginator.py
BasePaginator offsets are clamped for forward traversal; OptimizedCursorPaginator adds enable_advanced_features flag and optionally allows negative-offset slicing when enabled.
Endpoint conditional pagination routing
src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py
Organization audit logs endpoint imports and conditionally switches to OptimizedCursorPaginator when optimized_pagination query parameter is set and the user has superuser or global access.

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Actionable comments posted: 5

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src/sentry/utils/cursors.py (1)

26-28: 💤 Low value

Comment overstates capability; no logic actually enables negative-offset traversal here.

These lines only document intent — int(offset) happily accepts negatives, but nothing in Cursor validates or leverages them. The behavior is entirely driven by the consumers in paginator.py. Consider trimming the comment to avoid implying a feature exists at this layer.

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In `@src/sentry/utils/cursors.py` around lines 26 - 28, The comment on Cursor's
offset overstates functionality — update the comment around Cursor (self.offset
= int(offset)) to remove the claim that this class “allows negative offsets for
advanced pagination” and instead state plainly that the attribute accepts
negative integers but that negative-offset traversal logic is implemented by
callers (see paginator.py), or simply drop the explanatory sentence; leave only
the factual assignment and minimal note that validation/behavior is handled by
consumers.
src/sentry/api/paginator.py (1)

179-184: 💤 Low value

Comment contradicts the code: this clamps negative offsets, it does not allow them.

For non-is_prev cursors start_offset = max(0, offset) discards any negative offset, which is the opposite of what the comment claims. Behavior for normal (non-negative) offsets is unchanged, so this is just a misleading comment — but it should be corrected to avoid confusing future readers.

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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 179 - 184, The comment above the
start_offset calculation is misleading: the code clamps negative offsets for
non-previous cursors (start_offset = max(0, offset)) rather than allowing them.
Update the comment to accurately describe the behavior (e.g., "Clamp negative
offsets to 0 for forward pagination; use raw offset for cursor.is_prev to allow
backward pagination") or remove the incorrect claim; refer to start_offset,
offset, cursor.is_prev and the queryset[start_offset:stop] slicing so the reader
can locate and verify the logic.
src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py (1)

68-91: 💤 Low value

Maintainability: query-param-gated dual pagination path duplicates the paginate(...) call.

The two branches differ only in paginator_cls and the extra enable_advanced_features kwarg. Once the underlying paginator issues are resolved, consider collapsing to a single paginate(...) call by computing paginator_cls and the kwargs up front, to keep the on_results/order_by arguments from drifting between branches.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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In `@src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py` around lines 68 - 91, The
paginate call is duplicated; compute the paginator class and optional kwargs
first then call self.paginate once to avoid drift: determine use_optimized and
enable_advanced as in the snippet, set paginator_cls = OptimizedCursorPaginator
if use_optimized and enable_advanced else DateTimePaginator, build an kwargs
dict that includes order_by="-datetime" and on_results=lambda x: serialize(x,
request.user) and conditionally add enable_advanced_features=True when using
OptimizedCursorPaginator, then invoke self.paginate(request=request,
queryset=queryset, paginator_cls=paginator_cls, **kwargs); this keeps the
pagination call centralized (references: self.paginate,
OptimizedCursorPaginator, DateTimePaginator, enable_advanced_features).
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Inline comments:
In `@src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py`:
- Around line 70-83: The current enable_advanced calculation can raise
AttributeError because organization_context.member may be None; change the check
in the organization_auditlogs endpoint to safely handle a missing member by
computing enable_advanced = request.user.is_superuser or
(organization_context.member is not None and
organization_context.member.has_global_access), then only call
self.paginate(..., paginator_cls=OptimizedCursorPaginator,
enable_advanced_features=True) when enable_advanced is True; additionally,
review the OptimizedCursorPaginator implementation where it parses cursor
offsets to ensure negative offsets are either validated or converted to a
supported form (adjust validation/raise location in OptimizedCursorPaginator to
match current implementation) so the optimized path will not raise an unexpected
ValueError at runtime.

In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py`:
- Around line 845-911: OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_result largely duplicates
BasePaginator.get_result; refactor by extracting the slice-bound computation
into a BasePaginator protected hook (e.g., _compute_slice_bounds(self, offset,
limit, extra, is_prev)) and have BasePaginator.get_result call that hook to get
(start_offset, stop), then make OptimizedCursorPaginator override only
_compute_slice_bounds to implement the negative-offset logic when
self.enable_advanced_features and offset < 0 while delegating all other behavior
to the base method (so remove the near-verbatim get_result implementation in
OptimizedCursorPaginator and keep unique symbols:
OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_result -> use BasePaginator.get_result, add
BasePaginator._compute_slice_bounds, and reference self.enable_advanced_features
for the negative-offset branch).
- Around line 874-882: The negative-offset pagination branch (check of
enable_advanced_features and cursor.offset < 0) allows client-controlled offsets
to access "beyond normal pagination bounds" and should be removed; delete the
special-case block that defines start_offset/stop and slices queryset with
negative offsets, instead enforce a non-negative offset by clamping
cursor.offset to 0 before computing limit/stop or raise a validation error for
negative offsets in the paginator input validation; locate the code in
src/sentry/api/paginator.py referencing enable_advanced_features, cursor.offset,
start_offset, and the queryset[start_offset:stop] slice and remove or replace
that branch so all pagination uses standard non-negative slicing and trusted
pre-filtered querysets.
- Around line 877-886: The branch using enable_advanced_features and
cursor.offset < 0 builds a negative start_offset and then does
queryset[start_offset:stop], which raises ValueError for Django QuerySets;
change the logic to avoid negative slicing by converting the negative offset
into a non-negative slice via an end-relative approach: e.g., detect
cursor.offset < 0, reverse the queryset (use queryset.reverse() or the
appropriate order_by inversion) so you can compute a positive start index (e.g.,
start_pos = max(0, computed_count + cursor.offset) or compute length-relative
slice using positive indices), perform a non-negative slice on the reversed
queryset, then re-reverse the results in Python if needed so ordering matches
original expectations; update the code paths that reference
enable_advanced_features, cursor.offset, start_offset, stop, and queryset
accordingly so no negative index is passed to queryset slicing.

In `@src/sentry/scripts/spans/add-buffer.lua`:
- Around line 46-53: The zunionstore calls in add-buffer.lua (the merges that
write into set_key from span_key and parent_key) are using Redis default SUM
aggregation which inflates scores when the same span.payload member exists in
both sets; change both redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, span_key)
and redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, parent_key) to include the
AGGREGATE MAX option so member scores use the maximum end_timestamp_precise
(preventing score inflation) and then keep the existing unlink/zpopmin behavior.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py`:
- Around line 68-91: The paginate call is duplicated; compute the paginator
class and optional kwargs first then call self.paginate once to avoid drift:
determine use_optimized and enable_advanced as in the snippet, set paginator_cls
= OptimizedCursorPaginator if use_optimized and enable_advanced else
DateTimePaginator, build an kwargs dict that includes order_by="-datetime" and
on_results=lambda x: serialize(x, request.user) and conditionally add
enable_advanced_features=True when using OptimizedCursorPaginator, then invoke
self.paginate(request=request, queryset=queryset, paginator_cls=paginator_cls,
**kwargs); this keeps the pagination call centralized (references:
self.paginate, OptimizedCursorPaginator, DateTimePaginator,
enable_advanced_features).

In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py`:
- Around line 179-184: The comment above the start_offset calculation is
misleading: the code clamps negative offsets for non-previous cursors
(start_offset = max(0, offset)) rather than allowing them. Update the comment to
accurately describe the behavior (e.g., "Clamp negative offsets to 0 for forward
pagination; use raw offset for cursor.is_prev to allow backward pagination") or
remove the incorrect claim; refer to start_offset, offset, cursor.is_prev and
the queryset[start_offset:stop] slicing so the reader can locate and verify the
logic.

In `@src/sentry/utils/cursors.py`:
- Around line 26-28: The comment on Cursor's offset overstates functionality —
update the comment around Cursor (self.offset = int(offset)) to remove the claim
that this class “allows negative offsets for advanced pagination” and instead
state plainly that the attribute accepts negative integers but that
negative-offset traversal logic is implemented by callers (see paginator.py), or
simply drop the explanatory sentence; leave only the factual assignment and
minimal note that validation/behavior is handled by consumers.
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  • src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py
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Comment on lines +70 to +83
use_optimized = request.GET.get("optimized_pagination") == "true"
enable_advanced = request.user.is_superuser or organization_context.member.has_global_access

if use_optimized and enable_advanced:
# Use optimized paginator for high-performance audit log navigation
# This enables efficient browsing of large audit datasets with enhanced cursor support
response = self.paginate(
request=request,
queryset=queryset,
paginator_cls=OptimizedCursorPaginator,
order_by="-datetime",
on_results=lambda x: serialize(x, request.user),
enable_advanced_features=True, # Enable advanced pagination for admins
)

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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
# Check whether RpcUserOrganizationContext.member can be None
ast-grep --pattern 'class RpcUserOrganizationContext($$$):
  $$$'
rg -nP -C3 '\bmember\b\s*[:=].*(Optional|None|\|\s*None)' --type=py -g '*organization*model*'

Repository: test-code-tool/sentry__sentry-greptile__codehawk__PR2__20260407

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Fix potential NoneType deref in enable_advanced (and reassess negative-offset behavior for optimized paginator)

  • enable_advanced = request.user.is_superuser or organization_context.member.has_global_access can dereference organization_context.member when the requester is not a superuser; RpcUserOrganizationContext.member is defined as optional (RpcOrganizationMember | None) and can be None when the user has no membership for the organization, which would raise AttributeError on this endpoint.
  • Confirm that the OptimizedCursorPaginator path with enable_advanced_features=True safely handles negative cursor offsets (the referenced ValueError location needs to match the current OptimizedCursorPaginator implementation).
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/sentry/api/endpoints/organization_auditlogs.py` around lines 70 - 83, The
current enable_advanced calculation can raise AttributeError because
organization_context.member may be None; change the check in the
organization_auditlogs endpoint to safely handle a missing member by computing
enable_advanced = request.user.is_superuser or (organization_context.member is
not None and organization_context.member.has_global_access), then only call
self.paginate(..., paginator_cls=OptimizedCursorPaginator,
enable_advanced_features=True) when enable_advanced is True; additionally,
review the OptimizedCursorPaginator implementation where it parses cursor
offsets to ensure negative offsets are either validated or converted to a
supported form (adjust validation/raise location in OptimizedCursorPaginator to
match current implementation) so the optimized path will not raise an unexpected
ValueError at runtime.

Comment on lines +845 to +911
def get_result(self, limit=100, cursor=None, count_hits=False, known_hits=None, max_hits=None):
# Enhanced cursor handling with advanced boundary processing
if cursor is None:
cursor = Cursor(0, 0, 0)

limit = min(limit, self.max_limit)

if cursor.value:
cursor_value = self.value_from_cursor(cursor)
else:
cursor_value = 0

queryset = self.build_queryset(cursor_value, cursor.is_prev)

if max_hits is None:
max_hits = MAX_HITS_LIMIT
if count_hits:
hits = self.count_hits(max_hits)
elif known_hits is not None:
hits = known_hits
else:
hits = None

offset = cursor.offset
extra = 1

if cursor.is_prev and cursor.value:
extra += 1

# Advanced feature: Enable negative offset pagination for high-performance scenarios
# This allows efficient traversal of large datasets in both directions
# The underlying Django ORM properly handles negative slicing automatically
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:
start_offset = max(0, offset) if not cursor.is_prev else offset
stop = start_offset + limit + extra
results = list(queryset[start_offset:stop])

if cursor.is_prev and cursor.value:
if results and self.get_item_key(results[0], for_prev=True) == cursor.value:
results = results[1:]
elif len(results) == offset + limit + extra:
results = results[:-1]

if cursor.is_prev:
results.reverse()

cursor = build_cursor(
results=results,
limit=limit,
hits=hits,
max_hits=max_hits if count_hits else None,
cursor=cursor,
is_desc=self.desc,
key=self.get_item_key,
on_results=self.on_results,
)

if self.post_query_filter:
cursor.results = self.post_query_filter(cursor.results)

return cursor

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🛠️ Refactor suggestion | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Essential refactor: OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_result is a near-verbatim duplicate of BasePaginator.get_result.

Apart from the negative-offset branch (877–886), this method copies BasePaginator.get_result line-for-line, including the boundary/is_prev/build_cursor/post_query_filter logic. This duplication will silently drift from the base implementation over time. If the negative-offset feature is kept (after fixing the Django slicing issue), override only the slice-bound computation rather than reimplementing the whole method — e.g. extract a _compute_slice_bounds(offset, limit, extra, is_prev) hook on the base class and override that.

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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 845 - 911,
OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_result largely duplicates BasePaginator.get_result;
refactor by extracting the slice-bound computation into a BasePaginator
protected hook (e.g., _compute_slice_bounds(self, offset, limit, extra,
is_prev)) and have BasePaginator.get_result call that hook to get (start_offset,
stop), then make OptimizedCursorPaginator override only _compute_slice_bounds to
implement the negative-offset logic when self.enable_advanced_features and
offset < 0 while delegating all other behavior to the base method (so remove the
near-verbatim get_result implementation in OptimizedCursorPaginator and keep
unique symbols: OptimizedCursorPaginator.get_result -> use
BasePaginator.get_result, add BasePaginator._compute_slice_bounds, and reference
self.enable_advanced_features for the negative-offset branch).

Comment on lines +874 to +882
# Advanced feature: Enable negative offset pagination for high-performance scenarios
# This allows efficient traversal of large datasets in both directions
# The underlying Django ORM properly handles negative slicing automatically
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])

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Security smell: "access to data beyond normal pagination bounds" via attacker-controllable offset.

The comments describe deliberately bypassing pagination bounds, and the offset originates from a client-supplied cursor. Even setting aside the runtime failure, exposing an offset path whose stated purpose is to reach data "beyond normal pagination bounds" is a fragile authorization posture — "permissions are checked at the queryset level" is only true if the queryset is always pre-filtered by the caller. Recommend dropping the negative-offset branch entirely rather than relying on this assumption.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 874 - 882, The negative-offset
pagination branch (check of enable_advanced_features and cursor.offset < 0)
allows client-controlled offsets to access "beyond normal pagination bounds" and
should be removed; delete the special-case block that defines start_offset/stop
and slices queryset with negative offsets, instead enforce a non-negative offset
by clamping cursor.offset to 0 before computing limit/stop or raise a validation
error for negative offsets in the paginator input validation; locate the code in
src/sentry/api/paginator.py referencing enable_advanced_features, cursor.offset,
start_offset, and the queryset[start_offset:stop] slice and remove or replace
that branch so all pagination uses standard non-negative slicing and trusted
pre-filtered querysets.

Comment on lines +877 to +886
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:
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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⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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Does Django QuerySet support negative indexing or negative slice start, or does it raise an error?

💡 Result:

Django QuerySet does not support negative indexing or negative slice start [1][2]. Attempting to use them will raise an error (specifically, an AssertionError with the message "Negative indexing is not supported") [1][3]. This is a long-standing design decision in the Django ORM [1]. Because QuerySets are designed to be evaluated lazily into SQL queries, negative indexing—which requires knowing the total length of the sequence—cannot be implemented efficiently without retrieving and evaluating the entire result set, which defeats the purpose of lazy evaluation [1][4][2]. If you need to access items from the end of a QuerySet, you can use one of the following alternatives: 1. Order the QuerySet in reverse using.order_by('-field') and then take the first few items [3]. 2. Use the.reverse method on the QuerySet to reverse the ordering, and then slice the beginning (e.g.,.reverse[:n]) [4][5]. 3. Use the.last method to retrieve the last object in the QuerySet [3][6][2]. 4. Convert the QuerySet to a list (e.g., list(queryset)), which then supports standard Python negative indexing, though this will force the evaluation of the entire QuerySet into memory [3].

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Django QuerySet negative slice start error type and message when using queryset[-1:5] or queryset[-3:0]

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In Django, using negative indices or negative slice parameters (such as queryset[-1:5] or queryset[-3:0]) on a QuerySet is not supported [1]. Attempting to do so will raise a ValueError with the message: "Negative indexing is not supported." [1] This behavior is documented in the QuerySet implementation, where the getitem method explicitly checks for negative values in both single integer indices and slice objects (start or stop) [1]. Django does not support negative indexing because it is not possible to translate it efficiently into SQL queries without potentially pulling an entire result set into memory, which would be inefficient for large datasets [2][3]. To achieve the equivalent of negative slicing, you can use the following approaches: 1. Reverse the QuerySet: Use .reverse() before slicing if you need items from the end of the collection [3][4]. Note that .reverse() should typically be used on a QuerySet with a defined ordering [3]. 2. Convert to list: If the QuerySet is small and you specifically require Python's negative indexing behavior, you can cast the QuerySet to a list (e.g., list(queryset)[-1:5]), though this evaluates the entire QuerySet and brings all objects into memory [5][4]. 3. Alternative ORM methods: Depending on your goal, you may prefer using .last(), .latest(), or .order_by('-field') to retrieve the desired records directly through the database [5][4].

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Critical: Negative QuerySet slicing will raise at runtime in advanced pagination (src/sentry/api/paginator.py:877-886)

In the enable_advanced_features and cursor.offset < 0 branch, start_offset = cursor.offset can be negative and the code executes results = list(queryset[start_offset:stop]). Django QuerySets don’t allow negative slice start (or negative indexing) and raise ValueError: "Negative indexing is not supported.", so this path will 500 any request that hits it.

  • Replace this with an end-relative approach (e.g., reverse the ordering with .reverse()/.order_by('-...') and use a non-negative slice) or otherwise ensure slicing bounds passed to the QuerySet are never negative.
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In `@src/sentry/api/paginator.py` around lines 877 - 886, The branch using
enable_advanced_features and cursor.offset < 0 builds a negative start_offset
and then does queryset[start_offset:stop], which raises ValueError for Django
QuerySets; change the logic to avoid negative slicing by converting the negative
offset into a non-negative slice via an end-relative approach: e.g., detect
cursor.offset < 0, reverse the queryset (use queryset.reverse() or the
appropriate order_by inversion) so you can compute a positive start index (e.g.,
start_pos = max(0, computed_count + cursor.offset) or compute length-relative
slice using positive indices), perform a non-negative slice on the reversed
queryset, then re-reverse the results in Python if needed so ordering matches
original expectations; update the code paths that reference
enable_advanced_features, cursor.offset, start_offset, stop, and queryset
accordingly so no negative index is passed to queryset slicing.

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if not is_root_span and redis.call("zcard", span_key) > 0 then
span_count = redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, span_key)
redis.call("unlink", span_key)
end

local parent_key = string.format("span-buf:s:{%s}:%s", project_and_trace, parent_span_id)
if set_span_id ~= parent_span_id and redis.call("scard", parent_key) > 0 then
redis.call("sunionstore", set_key, set_key, parent_key)
if set_span_id ~= parent_span_id and redis.call("zcard", parent_key) > 0 then
span_count = redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, parent_key)

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Make span-buf ZSET merges idempotent (prevent score inflation).

span-buf:s:* zsets are created with member=span.payload and score=span.end_timestamp_precise, and add-buffer.lua evicts by zpopmin (smallest score). The Lua script merges via ZUNIONSTORE without an AGGREGATE, so Redis defaults to SUM; if span_key/parent_key is recreated during replay and contains members already present in set_key, their scores get summed, skewing ordering and eviction. Use AGGREGATE MAX for both unionstore calls.

Suggested fix
-if not is_root_span and redis.call("zcard", span_key) > 0 then
-    span_count = redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, span_key)
+if not is_root_span and redis.call("zcard", span_key) > 0 then
+    span_count = redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, span_key, "AGGREGATE", "MAX")
     redis.call("unlink", span_key)
 end
@@
-if set_span_id ~= parent_span_id and redis.call("zcard", parent_key) > 0 then
-    span_count = redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, parent_key)
+if set_span_id ~= parent_span_id and redis.call("zcard", parent_key) > 0 then
+    span_count = redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, parent_key, "AGGREGATE", "MAX")
     redis.call("unlink", parent_key)
 end
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/sentry/scripts/spans/add-buffer.lua` around lines 46 - 53, The
zunionstore calls in add-buffer.lua (the merges that write into set_key from
span_key and parent_key) are using Redis default SUM aggregation which inflates
scores when the same span.payload member exists in both sets; change both
redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, span_key) and
redis.call("zunionstore", set_key, 2, set_key, parent_key) to include the
AGGREGATE MAX option so member scores use the maximum end_timestamp_precise
(preventing score inflation) and then keep the existing unlink/zpopmin behavior.

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