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JVM columnar shuffle writers use Comet defaults in map stages of jobs outside a SQL execution #7303

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Describe the bug

Follow-up to #7301. In a job that runs outside a SQL execution (QueryExecution.toRdd with AQE on or off, Dataset.rdd with AQE off), the JVM columnar shuffle writers read every spark.comet.* setting at its default in map stages. #7302 fixes native plans and Comet shuffle reads, but not these writers.

They read their settings on the executor, from SQLConf.get, in their constructors and while they write:

  • CometDiskBlockWriter: batch size, codec, zstd level, offsets as lengths, spill threshold, dictionary ratio
  • CometShuffleExternalSorter: the same settings
  • CometUnsafeShuffleWriter, CometBypassMergeSortShuffleWriter: tracing
  • SpillWriter, SpillSorter: spark.comet.shuffle.jvm.batchSize
  • CometShuffleManager.shouldBypassMergeSort: spark.comet.shuffle.jvm.maxWritersPerExecutor

Steps to reproduce

Spark 4.1.1, local[2], with the #7302 head (04cdf52d63). spark.comet.shuffle.compression.codec=bogus fails its value check when an executor reads it, so a job fails only if the writer sees the session's value.

spark.range(0, 1000, 1, 4).selectExpr("id % 10 as k", "id as v").write.mode("overwrite").parquet("/tmp/t")
spark.conf.set("spark.sql.adaptive.enabled", "false")
spark.conf.set("spark.comet.shuffle.mode", "jvm")
spark.conf.set("spark.comet.shuffle.compression.codec", "bogus")
val df = spark.read.parquet("/tmp/t").repartition(2, col("k"))  // CometColumnarExchange over CometNativeScan

df.collect()
// fails: IllegalArgumentException: The value of spark.comet.shuffle.compression.codec should be one of zstd, lz4, snappy, but was bogus

df.queryExecution.toRdd.foreach(_ => ())
// succeeds: the map stage's writer used the default codec

Expected behavior

The JVM columnar shuffle writers use the session's Comet settings however the job is launched.

Additional context

A possible fix: capture the configs on CometShuffleDependency with CapturedSQLConf from #7302, and in CometShuffleManager.getWriter build the JVM writers inside withConf and return a writer that also applies it around write and stop.

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  1. dajiaohuang commented on Nov 1, 2026

    @dajiaohuang
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  2. added
    priority:mediumFunctional bugs, performance regressions, broken features
    area:shuffleShuffle (JVM and native)
    and removed on Nov 2, 2026
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