2188: fix(scheduler): preserve null-aware anti joins during planning

.cursor/rules.md

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ballista/scheduler/src/physical_optimizer/join_selection.rs

@@ -305,11 +305,11 @@ pub(crate) fn try_collect_left(
         (false, false) => Ok(None),
     }
 }
-/// Creates a partitioned hash join execution plan, swapping inputs if beneficial.
+/// Creates a hash join for inputs that were not selected for collection by size.
 ///
-/// Checks if the join order should be swapped based on the join type and input statistics.
-/// If swapping is optimal and supported, creates a swapped partitioned hash join; otherwise,
-/// creates a standard partitioned hash join.
+/// If swapping is beneficial and supported, creates a swapped partitioned join.
+/// Otherwise, it preserves the input order and uses `Partitioned`, except for a
+/// null-aware anti join, whose semantics require `CollectLeft`.
 pub(crate) fn partitioned_hash_join(
     hash_join: &HashJoinExec,
 ) -> Result<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
@@ -368,7 +368,12 @@ fn statistical_join_selection_subrule(
             PartitionMode::Partitioned => {
                 let left = hash_join.left();
                 let right = hash_join.right();
-                if hash_join.join_type().supports_swap()
+                if hash_join.null_aware {
+                    // A null-aware anti join requires global build-side state.
+                    // Correct an already-partitioned plan to CollectLeft instead
+                    // of leaving it partitioned or swapping it to RightAnti.
+                    Some(partitioned_hash_join(hash_join)?)
+                } else if hash_join.join_type().supports_swap()
                     && should_swap_join_order(&**left, &**right)?
                 {
                     hash_join
@@ -583,6 +588,7 @@ pub fn hash_join_swap_subrule(
     if let Some(hash_join) = input.downcast_ref::<HashJoinExec>()
         && hash_join.left.boundedness().is_unbounded()
         && !hash_join.right.boundedness().is_unbounded()
+        && !hash_join.null_aware
         && matches!(
             *hash_join.join_type(),
             JoinType::Inner | JoinType::Left | JoinType::LeftSemi | JoinType::LeftAnti
@@ -772,6 +778,121 @@ mod test {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn partitioned_null_aware_anti_join_is_corrected_to_collect_left() {
+        use datafusion::{
+            common::NullEquality,
+            physical_optimizer::PhysicalOptimizerRule,
+            physical_plan::joins::{HashJoinExec, PartitionMode},
+        };
+
+        use crate::physical_optimizer::join_selection::JoinSelection;
+
+        // The large left and small right sides would normally be swapped by
+        // statistical join selection. A null-aware anti join must instead keep
+        // its LeftAnti orientation and use CollectLeft.
+        let (big, small) = create_big_and_small();
+        let join = Arc::new(
+            HashJoinExec::try_new(
+                Arc::clone(&big),
+                Arc::clone(&small),
+                vec![(
+                    Arc::new(Column::new("big_col", 0)) as _,
+                    Arc::new(Column::new("small_col", 0)) as _,
+                )],
+                None,
+                &JoinType::LeftAnti,
+                None,
+                PartitionMode::Partitioned,
+                NullEquality::NullEqualsNothing,
+                true,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        ) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+
+        let optimized = JoinSelection::new()
+            .optimize(join, &ConfigOptions::new())
+            .unwrap();
+        let hash_join = optimized
+            .downcast_ref::<HashJoinExec>()
+            .expect("null-aware join should remain a HashJoinExec");
+
+        assert_eq!(*hash_join.join_type(), JoinType::LeftAnti);
+        assert_eq!(*hash_join.partition_mode(), PartitionMode::CollectLeft);
+        assert!(hash_join.null_aware);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unbounded_input_rule_does_not_swap_null_aware_anti_join() {
+        use datafusion::{
+            arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef,
+            common::NullEquality,
+            execution::{SendableRecordBatchStream, TaskContext},
+            physical_plan::{
+                EmptyRecordBatchStream,
+                joins::{HashJoinExec, PartitionMode},
+                streaming::{PartitionStream, StreamingTableExec},
+            },
+        };
+
+        use crate::physical_optimizer::join_selection::hash_join_swap_subrule;
+
+        #[derive(Debug)]
+        struct EmptyPartitionStream(SchemaRef);
+
+        impl PartitionStream for EmptyPartitionStream {
+            fn schema(&self) -> &SchemaRef {
+                &self.0
+            }
+
+            fn execute(&self, _ctx: Arc<TaskContext>) -> SendableRecordBatchStream {
+                Box::pin(EmptyRecordBatchStream::new(Arc::clone(&self.0)))
+            }
+        }
+
+        let schema =
+            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("key", DataType::Int32, false)]));
+        let left = Arc::new(
+            StreamingTableExec::try_new(
+                Arc::clone(&schema),
+                vec![Arc::new(EmptyPartitionStream(Arc::clone(&schema)))],
+                None,
+                vec![],
+                true,
+                None,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        ) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+        let right = Arc::new(StatisticsExec::new(
+            Statistics::new_unknown(&schema),
+            schema.as_ref().clone(),
+        )) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+        let join = Arc::new(
+            HashJoinExec::try_new(
+                Arc::clone(&left),
+                Arc::clone(&right),
+                vec![(
+                    Arc::new(Column::new("key", 0)) as _,
+                    Arc::new(Column::new("key", 0)) as _,
+                )],
+                None,
+                &JoinType::LeftAnti,
+                None,
+                PartitionMode::Partitioned,
+                NullEquality::NullEqualsNothing,
+                true,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        ) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+
+        let optimized = hash_join_swap_subrule(Arc::clone(&join), &ConfigOptions::new())
+            .expect(
+                "the unbounded-input rule must not try to create a null-aware RightAnti",
+            );
+
+        assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(&optimized, &join));
+    }
+
     fn create_big_and_small() -> (Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>, Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>) {
         let big = Arc::new(StatisticsExec::new(
             big_statistics(),

ballista/scheduler/src/planner.rs

@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ impl DefaultDistributedPlanner {
         if let Some(hash_join) = plan.downcast_ref::<HashJoinExec>()
             && *hash_join.partition_mode() == PartitionMode::CollectLeft
         {
+            // Null-aware anti joins must stay `CollectLeft`: they track
+            // probe-side state that a partitioned join cannot reconstruct, so
+            // never demote them regardless of join type or threshold. This
+            // exception must precede the generic broadcast-safety check because
+            // a normal LeftAnti join is not broadcast-safe.
+            if hash_join.null_aware {
+                return Ok(plan);
+            }
             // Broadcasting is only correct for probe-driven join types. If the
             // join type is not broadcast-safe, demote it back to a partitioned
             // (shuffle) join. Correctness guard, independent of the threshold.
@@ -313,12 +321,6 @@ impl DefaultDistributedPlanner {
                 );
                 return Self::demote_collect_left_to_partitioned(hash_join, config);
             }
-            // Null-aware anti joins must stay `CollectLeft`: they track
-            // probe-side state that a partitioned join cannot reconstruct, so
-            // never demote them regardless of the threshold.
-            if hash_join.null_aware {
-                return Ok(plan);
-            }
             // Safe join type: honor the Ballista broadcast threshold. DataFusion
             // decided `CollectLeft` using its own session threshold, which can
             // exceed a user's runtime `broadcast_join_threshold_bytes` override.
@@ -1087,6 +1089,56 @@ order by
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn null_aware_collect_left_join_is_never_demoted() {
+        use datafusion::{
+            arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema},
+            common::{JoinType, NullEquality, Statistics},
+            physical_plan::{joins::PartitionMode, test::exec::StatisticsExec},
+        };
+
+        let schema =
+            Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("key", DataType::Int32, true)]));
+        let left = Arc::new(StatisticsExec::new(
+            Statistics::new_unknown(&schema),
+            schema.as_ref().clone(),
+        )) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+        let right = Arc::new(StatisticsExec::new(
+            Statistics::new_unknown(&schema),
+            schema.as_ref().clone(),
+        )) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+        let plan = Arc::new(
+            HashJoinExec::try_new(
+                left,
+                right,
+                vec![(
+                    Arc::new(Column::new("key", 0)) as _,
+                    Arc::new(Column::new("key", 0)) as _,
+                )],
+                None,
+                &JoinType::LeftAnti,
+                None,
+                PartitionMode::CollectLeft,
+                NullEquality::NullEqualsNothing,
+                true,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+        ) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+
+        let planned = DefaultDistributedPlanner::maybe_promote_to_broadcast(
+            plan,
+            &datafusion::config::ConfigOptions::new(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let hash_join = planned
+            .downcast_ref::<HashJoinExec>()
+            .expect("null-aware join should remain a HashJoinExec");
+
+        assert_eq!(*hash_join.join_type(), JoinType::LeftAnti);
+        assert_eq!(*hash_join.partition_mode(), PartitionMode::CollectLeft);
+        assert!(hash_join.null_aware);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn distributed_broadcast_join_plan() -> Result<(), BallistaError> {
         use datafusion::physical_plan::joins::PartitionMode;

ballista/scheduler/src/state/aqe/execution_plan/dynamic_join.rs

@@ -248,10 +248,13 @@ impl DynamicJoinSelectionExec {
         // actually builds from rather than `self.left` unconditionally.
         // `supports_swap_join_order` is true when the *left* is the larger side,
         // so a swap moves the build onto `self.right`.
-        let swap_inputs = SelectJoinRule::supports_swap_join_order(
-            self.left.as_ref(),
-            self.right.as_ref(),
-        )?;
+        // Null-aware anti joins are only valid as LeftAnti and therefore cannot
+        // participate in the size-driven input swap.
+        let swap_inputs = !self.null_aware
+            && SelectJoinRule::supports_swap_join_order(
+                self.left.as_ref(),
+                self.right.as_ref(),
+            )?;
         let build_side = if swap_inputs { &self.right } else { &self.left };
 
         let build_max_partition_bytes = max_per_partition_build_bytes(build_side);
@@ -284,12 +287,16 @@ impl DynamicJoinSelectionExec {
             self.join_type
         };
 
-        let partition_mode =
-            if under_threshold && collect_left_broadcast_safe(build_side_join_type) {
-                PartitionMode::CollectLeft
-            } else {
-                PartitionMode::Partitioned
-            };
+        // Unlike ordinary LeftAnti joins, null-aware anti joins require
+        // CollectLeft so each probe partition observes the build side's global
+        // NULL state. This semantic requirement overrides broadcast thresholds.
+        let partition_mode = if self.null_aware
+            || (under_threshold && collect_left_broadcast_safe(build_side_join_type))
+        {
+            PartitionMode::CollectLeft
+        } else {
+            PartitionMode::Partitioned
+        };
 
         let stats_left = self.left.partition_statistics(None)?;
         let stats_right = self.right.partition_statistics(None)?;