fix(webapp): recover from ClickHouse JSON parse failures on out-of-range integers (#3759)

## Summary

Second class of poisoned-row failure in the runs replication path. PR
#3708 plugged lone UTF-16 surrogates; this one handles bare JSON integer
literals outside ClickHouse's `Int64`..`UInt64` range. Recovery stays
purely reactive — the existing `sanitizeRows` walker just gains an extra
branch, so the hot replication path pays nothing on healthy rows.

Fixes the still-firing customer-facing symptom from
[TRI-9755](https://linear.app/triggerdotdev/issue/TRI-9755):
`scan-social-profiles` runs continued to be stranded in `EXECUTING` on
the Tasks page after #3708 deployed. CloudWatch showed `Dropped batch —
ClickHouse JSON parse error but sanitizer found nothing to fix` firing
**8/8 times** since the previous deploy (zero successful sanitizations).
Root cause: upstream JS Number precision loss on a 21-digit Google Plus
ID (`117039831458782873093` → `117039831458782870000`) — the
precision-lossy value still serialises as a bare integer that exceeds
`UInt64.MAX`, which ClickHouse rejects with `INCORRECT_DATA`.

## How the bug ships

The customer task emits an output containing a Poshmark profile's
`spec_format`:

```json
{"key":"gp_id","proper_key":"Gp Id","value":117039831458782870000,"type":"int"}
```

That value is `1.17e20` — comfortably above `UInt64.MAX` (`1.84e19`) but
comfortably below `1e21`. `Number.prototype.toString` only switches to
exponential form at `|value| >= 1e21`, so `JSON.stringify` emits the
bare token `117039831458782870000` and the ClickHouse
`JSON(max_dynamic_paths)` column fails with:

```
Code: 117. DB::Exception: Cannot parse JSON object here: {…}: (while reading the value of key output): (at row 1)
: While executing ParallelParsingBlockInputFormat. (INCORRECT_DATA) (version 25.12.x)
```

Same error verbatim as prod. The same number quoted
(`"117039831458782870000"`) inserts fine — ClickHouse's dynamic JSON
column accepts a `String` subtype on the same path.

## What changed

`apps/webapp/app/v3/eventRepository/sanitizeRowsOnParseError.server.ts`:

- New private `isUnsafeJsonInteger(value)` helper — true iff `value` is
a finite integer-valued JS Number where `|value| < 1e21` (so
`JSON.stringify` emits integer form, not exponent) **and** `value` falls
outside `[Int64.MIN, UInt64.MAX]`.
- `sanitizeUnknownInPlace` gains a number-branch: when the predicate
holds, replace the Number with `String(value)`. The downstream JSON
column dynamic-types the path as String for that row — fine, since the
value was already precision-lossy upstream (no JS Number above 2^53 is
numerically meaningful anyway).
- Float-valued numbers, large floats (>= 1e21), NaN and Infinity are
left alone — `JSON.stringify` emits them with exponents or as `null`,
both of which ClickHouse accepts.

`apps/webapp/test/sanitizeRowsOnParseError.test.ts`: four new unit tests
+ an extension to `sanitizeRows` covering surrogate + integer fixes
counted together across rows. The unit suite now covers:

- Positive value above `UInt64.MAX` (`117039831458782870000` — the
actual prod value)
- Negative value below `Int64.MIN`
- Boundary values pass through (`42`, `Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`, `2^63`)
- Non-integer numbers untouched (floats, `1e25`, NaN, Infinity)
- The actual `scan-social-profiles` nested shape — finds the offending
`gp_id` deep inside
`output.data.profiles[].spec_format[].platform_variables[].value`

`.server-changes/runs-replication-bigint-recovery.md` — release notes
entry.

## Why reactive, not pre-flight

`#prepareJson` runs millions of times per day on the replication hot
path. Walking every JSON tree to look for oversized integers would add
bounded-but-real CPU on every healthy row. `sanitizeRows` only fires
after a ClickHouse parse-error rejection, which is a few times a day
platform-wide. Extending it costs effectively zero on healthy traffic
and gains us recovery on the rare poisoned row.

## Verification

- Reproduced 1:1 in a throwaway Docker
`clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.12.11.4` (closest available to the prod
`25.12.1.1579` build). Pre-sanitize JSON fails with the exact prod
error; post-sanitize JSON inserts cleanly and the row is readable with
`gp_id` stored as a String subtype.
- `pnpm --filter webapp exec vitest run
test/sanitizeRowsOnParseError.test.ts` — 22/22 passing (18 existing + 4
new).
- `pnpm run typecheck --filter webapp` — clean.

## Test plan

- [x] `pnpm run typecheck --filter webapp`
- [x] Unit tests pass against new + existing cases
- [x] End-to-end Docker ClickHouse repro confirms recovery
- [ ] Post-deploy: confirm `Sanitizing batch after ClickHouse JSON parse
error` warns fire instead of `Dropped batch …` errors when
`scan-social-profiles` outputs trip CH again
- [ ] Post-deploy: confirm `permanentlyDroppedBatches` counter stops
climbing in
`/stp/trigger-app-prod/ecs/replication/service-container/process-logs`

## What this does NOT do

- Doesn't backfill the ~120k+ existing stranded `EXECUTING` rows in
production. Same as #3708 — that needs a reconciliation/backfill sweep
(separate ticket — TRI-9755 fix #3).
- Doesn't address the upstream root cause (the customer task emitting a
JS-Number-precision-lossy big int). That's a customer-task concern; our
replication path needs to be robust to whatever shape arrives.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Matt Aitken
2026-05-27 09:00:53 -07:00
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
---
area: webapp
type: fix
---
Extend the runs-replication sanitizer (`sanitizeUnknownInPlace`) to detect
JS Numbers that JSON-serialise as bare integer tokens outside the
Int64..UInt64 range and replace them with their string form, so a
following retry insert no longer trips ClickHouse's
`INCORRECT_DATA` parser failure on `JSON(max_dynamic_paths)` columns.
This is the second class of poisoned-row failure that was stranding
`scan-social-profiles` runs in `EXECUTING` on the Tasks page even after
the UTF-16 surrogate fix (#3708 / TRI-9755). Root cause: upstream JS
Number precision loss on a 21-digit Google Plus ID
(`117039831458782873093``117039831458782870000`) — the precision-lossy
value still serialises as a bare integer that exceeds UInt64.MAX,
which CH's JSON column rejects with `Cannot parse JSON object here`.
Recovery stays purely reactive (no extra cost on the hot replication
path); the sanitizer only runs after a ClickHouse parse-error rejection.
@@ -7,6 +7,48 @@ import { detectBadJsonStrings } from "~/utils/detectBadJsonStrings";
*/
export const INVALID_UTF16_SENTINEL = "[invalid-utf16]";
/**
* ClickHouse's `JSON(max_dynamic_paths)` column fits each bare-integer
* JSON token into Int64 (signed) or UInt64 (unsigned). Bare integers
* outside `[-2^63, 2^64 - 1]` are rejected with `INCORRECT_DATA` (no
* silent fallback to Float64). `JSON.stringify` emits any integer-valued
* Number with `|value| < 1e21` as a bare integer (no exponent), so any
* JS Number above ~9.2e18 that *happens* to be integer-valued lands on
* the wire as a token CH cannot accept.
*
* The fix: replace such Numbers with their string form. CH's dynamic
* JSON column accepts a `String` subtype on the same path, so the row
* inserts cleanly on retry. The numeric value was already
* precision-lossy upstream (JS Number can't represent integers above
* 2^53 faithfully), so type-flipping to string is information-preserving
* relative to what arrived.
*
* Float-valued numbers (including very large ones like `1e25`) serialise
* with an exponent and are accepted by CH at any magnitude, so they're
* left alone.
*/
const UINT64_MAX = 18446744073709551615n;
const INT64_MIN = -9223372036854775808n;
function isUnsafeJsonInteger(value: number): boolean {
if (!Number.isFinite(value)) return false;
if (!Number.isInteger(value)) return false;
// JSON.stringify emits integer-valued Numbers as bare integer tokens
// (no exponent) only while `|value| < 1e21`; at or above that
// threshold `Number.prototype.toString` switches to exponential form,
// which CH accepts as Float64 at any magnitude. So the dangerous band
// is strictly between the Int64/UInt64 boundary and 1e21.
if (Math.abs(value) >= 1e21) return false;
// Compare via BigInt for exactness. The Number literal 18446744073709551615
// is rounded to 2**64 in float64 (the float spacing near 2^64 is 2048), so a
// direct `value > 18446744073709551615` would miss a Number whose float64
// value is exactly 2**64 — `JSON.stringify` of that emits
// "18446744073709552000", which exceeds UInt64.MAX and ClickHouse rejects.
// `BigInt(value)` is safe here because we already gated on Number.isInteger.
const asBigInt = BigInt(value);
return asBigInt > UINT64_MAX || asBigInt < INT64_MIN;
}
export type SanitizeResult = {
/** How many rows had at least one string field replaced. */
rowsTouched: number;
@@ -62,6 +104,10 @@ export function sanitizeUnknownInPlace(value: unknown): { value: unknown; fixed:
return { value, fixed: 0 };
}
if (typeof value === "number" && isUnsafeJsonInteger(value)) {
return { value: String(value), fixed: 1 };
}
if (Array.isArray(value)) {
let fixed = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
@@ -105,6 +105,104 @@ describe("sanitizeUnknownInPlace", () => {
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(null)).toEqual({ value: null, fixed: 0 });
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(undefined)).toEqual({ value: undefined, fixed: 0 });
});
// ─── Out-of-range integers (TRI-9755) ──────────────────────────────────────
// ClickHouse's JSON(max_dynamic_paths) column rejects bare integer tokens
// outside [Int64.MIN, UInt64.MAX]. Such Numbers serialise as bare integer
// form via JSON.stringify (no exponent, since |value| < 1e21) so they reach
// ClickHouse as unquoted oversized ints. Sanitizer replaces them with the
// string form, which ClickHouse's dynamic JSON column accepts as a String
// subtype on that path.
it("replaces an integer-valued Number above UInt64.MAX with its string form", () => {
// 117039831458782870000 is the actual prod value (Google Plus ID after
// upstream JS-Number precision loss from 117039831458782873093).
const result = sanitizeUnknownInPlace(117039831458782870000);
expect(result.value).toBe("117039831458782870000");
expect(result.fixed).toBe(1);
});
it("catches the float64 boundary at exactly 2**64 (UInt64.MAX + 1)", () => {
// float64 cannot represent UInt64.MAX (2^64 - 1) exactly — the literal
// 18446744073709551615 in JS source rounds to 2^64. JSON.stringify
// emits this Number as "18446744073709552000", which exceeds UInt64.MAX
// and trips ClickHouse. Regression for the BigInt-based comparison;
// a naïve `value > 18446744073709551615` would let this pass.
const result = sanitizeUnknownInPlace(2 ** 64);
expect(result.value).toBe("18446744073709552000");
expect(result.fixed).toBe(1);
});
it("replaces an integer-valued Number below Int64.MIN with its string form", () => {
// -9223372036854775809 is the first failing negative; in float64 it
// rounds to the same representation as Int64.MIN (-9223372036854775808),
// but for completeness we check a clearly-out-of-range negative.
const result = sanitizeUnknownInPlace(-1e20);
expect(result.value).toBe("-100000000000000000000");
expect(result.fixed).toBe(1);
});
it("leaves safe integers and boundary values untouched", () => {
// 42 — safe integer
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(42)).toEqual({ value: 42, fixed: 0 });
// Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER (2^53 - 1) — JSON.stringify still emits as integer
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)).toEqual({
value: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
fixed: 0,
});
// 2^63 (Int64.MAX + 1) — still fits in UInt64, CH accepts it
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(2 ** 63)).toEqual({ value: 2 ** 63, fixed: 0 });
});
it("leaves non-integer numbers untouched (floats, NaN, Infinity)", () => {
// Numbers with a fractional part — emitted with `.` in JSON
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(3.14)).toEqual({ value: 3.14, fixed: 0 });
// Very large float-form (>= 1e21) — JSON.stringify uses exponent form,
// CH parses as Float64 successfully
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(1e25)).toEqual({ value: 1e25, fixed: 0 });
// NaN / Infinity — JSON.stringify emits `null`, so harmless on the wire
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(Number.NaN)).toEqual({ value: Number.NaN, fixed: 0 });
expect(sanitizeUnknownInPlace(Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)).toEqual({
value: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
fixed: 0,
});
});
it("finds an oversized integer nested deep inside the actual scan-social-profiles shape", () => {
const row = {
output: {
data: {
profiles: [
{ module: "linktree", query: "x@example.com" },
{
module: "poshmark",
spec_format: [
{
platform_variables: [
{
key: "gp_id",
proper_key: "Gp Id",
// The actual prod value — bare JSON integer > UInt64.MAX
value: 117039831458782870000,
type: "int",
},
],
},
],
},
],
},
},
};
const result = sanitizeUnknownInPlace(row);
expect(result.fixed).toBe(1);
expect(
(row.output.data.profiles[1].spec_format![0].platform_variables[0] as any).value
).toBe("117039831458782870000");
// Untouched neighbours
expect(row.output.data.profiles[0].module).toBe("linktree");
expect(row.output.data.profiles[1].spec_format![0].platform_variables[0].type).toBe("int");
});
});
describe("sanitizeRows", () => {
@@ -158,4 +256,36 @@ describe("sanitizeRows", () => {
expect(result.rowsTouched).toBe(1);
expect(result.fieldsSanitized).toBe(2);
});
it("counts surrogate fixes and out-of-range integer fixes together (TRI-9755)", () => {
const rows = [
{
id: "r0",
attributes: {
surrogate: `bad ${HIGH_SURROGATE}`,
bigint: 117039831458782870000,
clean: "fine",
safe: 42,
},
},
{
id: "r1",
attributes: {
bigint: -1e20,
clean: "still fine",
},
},
{
id: "r2",
attributes: { clean: "no fixes needed" },
},
];
const result = sanitizeRows(rows);
expect(result.rowsTouched).toBe(2);
expect(result.fieldsSanitized).toBe(3);
expect(rows[0].attributes.surrogate).toBe(INVALID_UTF16_SENTINEL);
expect(rows[0].attributes.bigint).toBe("117039831458782870000");
expect(rows[0].attributes.safe).toBe(42);
expect(rows[1].attributes.bigint).toBe("-100000000000000000000");
});
});