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perf: Avoid pandas copy in Spark reads #6878

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ntkathole merged 2 commits into feast-dev:master from Pranjulcr7:perf/spark-arrow-ingestion
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perf: Avoid pandas copy in Spark reads #6878

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perf: Avoid pandas copy in Spark reads
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fix: Complete Spark Arrow ingestion
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9 changes: 1 addition & 8 deletions 9 sdk/python/feast/infra/compute_engines/spark/nodes.py
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import pandas as pd
from pyspark.sql import DataFrame, SparkSession, Window
from pyspark.sql import functions as F
from pyspark.sql.pandas.types import from_arrow_schema
from pyspark.sql.types import (
ArrayType,
BinaryType,
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spark_df = cast(SparkRetrievalJob, retrieval_job).to_spark_df()
else:
arrow_table = retrieval_job.to_arrow()
if arrow_table.num_rows == 0:
spark_schema = from_arrow_schema(arrow_table.schema)
spark_df = self.spark_session.createDataFrame(
self.spark_session.sparkContext.emptyRDD(), schema=spark_schema
)
else:
spark_df = self.spark_session.createDataFrame(arrow_table.to_pandas())
spark_df = self.spark_session.createDataFrame(arrow_table)

return DAGValue(
data=spark_df,
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion 2 sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
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Expand Up @@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ def _register_iceberg_source_as_temp_view(

iceberg_table = _load_pyiceberg_table(data_source)
arrow_table = iceberg_table.scan().to_arrow()
df = spark_session.createDataFrame(arrow_table.to_pandas())
df = spark_session.createDataFrame(arrow_table)
df.createOrReplaceTempView(view_name)


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91 changes: 89 additions & 2 deletions 91 sdk/python/tests/component/spark/test_nodes.py
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from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from unittest.mock import MagicMock
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch

import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from pyspark.sql.pandas.types import from_arrow_schema

from feast.aggregation import Aggregation
from feast.infra.compute_engines.dag.context import ColumnInfo, ExecutionContext
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SparkAggregationNode,
SparkDedupNode,
SparkJoinNode,
SparkReadNode,
SparkTransformationNode,
)
from feast.infra.offline_stores.contrib.spark_offline_store.spark import (
SparkRetrievalJob,
)
from tests.example_repos.example_feature_repo_with_bfvs import (
driver,
)


@pytest.mark.parametrize("empty", [False, True])
@pytest.mark.parametrize("arrow_enabled", [False, True])
def test_spark_read_node_preserves_arrow_values_and_schema(
spark_session, empty, arrow_enabled
):
schema = pa.schema(
[
pa.field("id", pa.int64(), nullable=False),
pa.field("count", pa.int32()),
pa.field("score", pa.float32()),
pa.field("name", pa.string()),
pa.field("active", pa.bool_()),
pa.field("event_timestamp", pa.timestamp("us", tz="UTC")),
]
)
rows = [
{"id": 1, "count": 2, "score": 0.5, "name": "first", "active": True},
{"id": 2, "count": None, "score": None, "name": None, "active": None},
{"id": 3, "count": -1, "score": 1.5, "name": "last", "active": False},
]
for row in rows:
row["event_timestamp"] = datetime(
2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 123456, tzinfo=timezone.utc
)
table = pa.concat_tables(
[pa.Table.from_pylist(rows[:1], schema), pa.Table.from_pylist(rows[1:], schema)]
)
if empty:
table = table.slice(0, 0)
rows = []
job = MagicMock()
job.to_arrow.return_value = table
node = SparkReadNode(
"read",
MagicMock(),
ColumnInfo(["id"], ["count"], "event_timestamp", None),
spark_session,
)
config = {
"spark.sql.execution.arrow.pyspark.enabled": str(arrow_enabled).lower(),
"spark.sql.session.timeZone": "UTC",
}
previous = {key: spark_session.conf.get(key) for key in config}
for key, value in config.items():
spark_session.conf.set(key, value)
try:
with patch(
"feast.infra.compute_engines.spark.nodes.create_offline_store_retrieval_job",
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Spark collects TimestampType as naive datetime in the session timezone — .astimezone(timezone.utc) on a naive datetime assumes the system TZ is correct. Consider setting spark.sql.session.timeZone to UTC in this test for deterministic CI results.

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Set the session timezone to UTC and compare Arrow rows, so the check avoids naive datetime conversion. Confirmed with TZ=UTC and TZ=Pacific/Honolulu in 4f1fcf9.

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return_value=job,
):
result = node.execute(MagicMock())
assert result.format == DAGFormat.SPARK
assert result.data.schema == from_arrow_schema(schema)
actual_rows = result.data.orderBy("id").toArrow().to_pylist()
assert actual_rows == rows
finally:
for key, value in previous.items():
spark_session.conf.set(key, value)


def test_spark_read_node_keeps_native_spark_dataframe(spark_session):
dataframe = spark_session.range(3)
job = MagicMock(spec=SparkRetrievalJob)
job.to_spark_df.return_value = dataframe
node = SparkReadNode(
"read",
MagicMock(),
ColumnInfo(["id"], [], "event_timestamp", None),
spark_session,
)
with patch(
"feast.infra.compute_engines.spark.nodes.create_offline_store_retrieval_job",
return_value=job,
):
result = node.execute(MagicMock())
assert result.data is dataframe
job.to_arrow.assert_not_called()


def test_spark_transformation_node_executes_udf(spark_session):
# Sample Spark input
df = spark_session.createDataFrame(
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37 changes: 37 additions & 0 deletions 37 sdk/python/tests/component/spark/test_spark.py
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import pandas as pd
import pyarrow as pa
import pytest
from pyspark.sql.pandas.types import from_arrow_schema

from feast.entity import Entity
from feast.feature_view import FeatureView, Field
from feast.infra.data_sources.contrib.iceberg_catalog.iceberg_source import (
IcebergSource,
)
from feast.infra.offline_stores.contrib.spark_offline_store import spark as spark_module
from feast.infra.offline_stores.contrib.spark_offline_store.spark import (
SparkOfflineStore,
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from feast.types import Float32, ValueType


@pytest.mark.parametrize("empty", [False, True])
def test_register_iceberg_source_preserves_arrow_values_and_schema(
spark_session, empty
):
schema = pa.schema(
[pa.field("id", pa.int64(), nullable=False), pa.field("count", pa.int32())]
)
rows = [{"id": 1, "count": 2}, {"id": 2, "count": None}]
table = pa.concat_tables(
[pa.Table.from_pylist(rows[:1], schema), pa.Table.from_pylist(rows[1:], schema)]
)
if empty:
table = table.slice(0, 0)
rows = []
source = IcebergSource(warehouse="test", namespace="test", table="arrow_input")
iceberg_table = MagicMock()
iceberg_table.scan.return_value.to_arrow.return_value = table
view_name = "iceberg_tmp_arrow_input"
try:
with patch.object(
spark_module, "_load_pyiceberg_table", return_value=iceberg_table
):
spark_module._register_iceberg_source_as_temp_view(
spark_session, source, MagicMock()
)
result = spark_session.table(view_name)
assert result.schema == from_arrow_schema(schema)
assert [row.asDict() for row in result.orderBy("id").collect()] == rows
finally:
spark_session.catalog.dropTempView(view_name)


@patch(
"feast.infra.offline_stores.contrib.spark_offline_store.spark.get_spark_session_or_start_new_with_repoconfig"
)
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