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Description

Fixes #5830.

Postgres now loads pandas DataFrames (Python models, seeds) with COPY ... FROM STDIN (FORMAT csv) into a staging table, instead of batched INSERT ... VALUES. On 500k rows x 5 columns against a local PG18 insert_append, this took 3.1s instead of 56.2s, with identical row counts and sums. This follows the MSSQL bulk-copy pattern: create a staging table, load it, return a SourceQuery that selects _casted_columns from it, and drop it in cleanup_func.

• The staging table is typed from the DataFrame dtypes and cast into the target, matching the VALUES path's results. Floats are staged as unbounded NUMERIC, not DOUBLE PRECISION, because VALUES emits numeric literals. For example, 2.5 into an INT column gives 3 in both paths.
• CSV is streamed in batch_size chunks through cursor.copy_expert with a random per-load NULL marker. _copy_df is the only code that touches the driver API, to keep the psycopg3 move (Migrate from psycopg2 to psycopg(3) for postgres #3451) contained.
• It falls back to the existing VALUES path for:
  • dtypes or values outside the allow-list: dicts, lists, bytes, Decimal, date objects, categoricals, float32, uint64, mixed columns
  • a single-column frame containing \., which ends COPY data on PG <= 17
  • drivers without copy_expert
  • RisingWave
• If the COPY fails inside query_factory, the staging table is dropped there. replace_query calls the factory outside the SourceQuery context, so cleanup_func alone would leak it. During cleanup, a DROP failing with SQLSTATE 25P02 is ignored only inside an active transaction, where the rollback removes the table.
• _get_temp_table now respects MAX_IDENTIFIER_LENGTH. It truncates the middle of the name and keeps the __temp_ prefix and random suffix, so long physical names (over about 47 characters on Postgres) get valid staging names. Names that already fit are unchanged. This also applies to the other adapters that set the limit.

Existing VALUES-path bugs found but not changed here:

• With source_columns in a different order from the target, values land in the wrong columns.
• NaT, +-inf and pd.NA fail to load.

COPY handles all of these correctly. I can file them separately.

Questions for maintainers:

1. Default-on with automatic fallback, like MSSQL. Do you want a connection flag to opt out?
2. Should the _get_temp_table length fix be split into its own PR?

Test Plan

• Unit tests in test_postgres.py, test_base.py and test_risingwave.py cover:
  • the COPY SQL and CSV payload
  • every fallback trigger
  • temp-name truncation and uniqueness
  • cleanup on a failed COPY
  • the 25P02 handling
• Integration tests in test_integration_postgres.py:
  • a COPY-vs-VALUES differential parity matrix covering strings (quotes, newlines, \N, unicode), int bounds, 2^53+1, NaN/inf, bools, naive and tz-aware timestamps, DATE and NUMERIC targets, column reordering, and reserved or mixed-case names
  • staging cleanup after success and failure, for both replace_query and insert_append
  • Python model (with batch_size) and SEED models
  • replace_query, insert_append, merge (native and logical) and insert_overwrite_by_time_partition
  • concurrent tasks, missing CREATE privilege, LATIN1 client_encoding, generated columns, and a 61-character table name
• The full Postgres integration file passed on PG 18.7 (89 passed) and PG 17 (89 passed). A few grants tests in that file fail intermittently under -n 2 on unmodified main as well, because they share the fixed test_schema name. They are unrelated to this change.
• make style and make fast-test: passed (2883 passed, 6 skipped in the main stage).

Checklist

• I have run make style and fixed any issues
• I have added tests for my changes (if applicable)
• All existing tests pass (make fast-test)
• My commits are signed off (git commit -s) per the DCO

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • PostgreSQL DataFrame loads can use bulk loading for supported data, with automatic fallback to the existing insertion method when needed.
• Bug Fixes
  • Temporary table names now respect database identifier-length limits while preserving their identifying prefix and suffix.
• Documentation
  • Added guidance on PostgreSQL DataFrame loading, required schema privileges, fallback cases, and RisingWave behavior.

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Walkthrough

PostgreSQL DataFrame loads now use CSV COPY into temporary staging tables when the driver and column values support it, then cast staged values into target types and clean up. Unsupported cases retain VALUES loading. Temporary table names honor identifier limits. RisingWave retains VALUES loading.

Changes: Postgres DataFrame COPY

Layer / File(s)	Summary
COPY eligibility and loading sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/postgres.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/test_postgres.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py	The PostgreSQL adapter maps supported DataFrame types to staging types, checks driver and value support, and loads eligible frames with chunked CSV COPY. Tests compare COPY results with VALUES loading and cover data types, nulls, column selection, and fallback cases.
Staging-table lifecycle and names sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/base.py, sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/postgres.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/test_base.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/test_postgres.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py	The adapter creates and cleans up staging tables, handles specified cleanup errors, and truncates temporary-table names to identifier limits. Tests cover failures, cleanup, permissions, name limits, and concurrent loads.
Adapter use and documented behavior sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/risingwave.py, tests/core/engine_adapter/test_risingwave.py, docs/integrations/engines/postgres.md, tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py	RisingWave uses the generic VALUES source-query implementation. Integration tests cover COPY-backed operations and models. The PostgreSQL documentation describes the COPY path, fallbacks, cleanup, and schema privileges.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DataFrame
  participant PostgresEngineAdapter
  participant PostgreSQL
  DataFrame->>PostgresEngineAdapter: Build source query
  PostgresEngineAdapter->>PostgreSQL: Create staging table and COPY CSV
  PostgreSQL-->>PostgresEngineAdapter: Staged rows available
  PostgresEngineAdapter->>PostgreSQL: Select staged values cast to target types
  PostgresEngineAdapter->>PostgreSQL: Drop staging table during cleanup

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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 71116

Loading integer DataFrame columns into BOOLEAN columns can now fail where it previously worked, and unusual multibyte table names can collide on staging tables. Fix the cast fallback before merging. The remaining items are test and edge-case cleanup issues.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "feat(postgres): bulk-load DataFrames with COPY" names the main change: Postgres now loads pandas DataFrames through COPY into a staging table instead of batched INSERT ... VALUES. It is con…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has a Description section that explains the COPY-based loading path, fallback conditions, staging-table cleanup, and the temp-name length fix. It has a Test Pl…
Linked Issues check		Issue #5830 requirements, checked against the whole-PR diff (mergeBase to head): 1. COPY-based staging path (requirement from #5830): PostgresEngineAdapter._df_to_source_queries creates a staging t…
Out of Scope Changes check		Changes in the whole PR (mergeBase to head) map to #5830 or to supporting work for it: - postgres.py: COPY path, fallback logic, staging-table cleanup, and imports. Directly implements the issue. - …

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Explanation

The title "feat(postgres): bulk-load DataFrames with COPY" names the main change: Postgres now loads pandas DataFrames through COPY into a staging table instead of batched INSERT ... VALUES. It is concise, specific, and follows a conventional commit style. The title does not mention the secondary _get_temp_table MAX_IDENTIFIER_LENGTH fix, which is an expected omission.

Full details: Description check

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The description follows the template. It has a Description section that explains the COPY-based loading path, fallback conditions, staging-table cleanup, and the temp-name length fix. It has a Test Plan section that lists unit and integration coverage and reports results. The checklist is present with items marked. It also raises open questions for maintainers and records known VALUES-path bugs that this PR leaves unchanged.

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Issue #5830 requirements, checked against the whole-PR diff (mergeBase to head):

1. COPY-based staging path (requirement from #5830): PostgresEngineAdapter._df_to_source_queries creates a staging table, loads it with _copy_df (COPY ... FROM STDIN WITH (FORMAT csv, NULL '<marker>') via cursor.copy_expert), and returns a SourceQuery selecting _casted_columns from it with cleanup_func dropping the table. This follows the MSSQL pattern.
2. Casts matching VALUES behavior (#5830): float64 and integer dtypes are staged as NUMERIC or BIGINT, so the final cast follows the VALUES path. The PR cites 2.5 into INT giving 3 in both paths. This replaces the issue's proposed error-on-1.5 behavior, which the issue itself described as a behavior change. The PR's choice keeps parity.
3. Nullable ints (#5830 item 1): float64 NaN and nullable Int64 values are written as the NULL marker and staged as NUMERIC or BIGINT, so NULLs load without a float-to-int failure.
4. Safe NULL markers (#5830 item 5): the null marker is random per load. Object columns containing the marker, or a single-column \. frame, fall back to VALUES.
5. Valid temp names (#5830 item 3): _get_temp_table in base.py truncates the middle of the name to fit MAX_IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, with tests in test_base.py.
6. RisingWave (#5830 item 4): RisingwaveEngineAdapter assigns EngineAdapter._df_to_source_queries, so it keeps the VALUES path. test_risingwave.py adds a test that copy_expert is not called.
7. Fallbacks for unsupported dtypes and missing copy_expert are present in _get_copy_staging_columns_to_types and _df_to_source_queries.

Tests: the PR describes unit tests (test_postgres.py, test_base.py, test_risingwave.py) and integration parity tests. I did not run them. Their existence is taken from the PR text and the test summaries.

No coding requirement from #5830 is unmet in the reviewed code.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

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Changes in the whole PR (mergeBase to head) map to #5830 or to supporting work for it:

• postgres.py: COPY path, fallback logic, staging-table cleanup, and imports. Directly implements the issue.
• risingwave.py: pins RisingWave to VALUES. Required by #5830 item 4.
• base.py _get_temp_table: middle truncation to MAX_IDENTIFIER_LENGTH. Addresses #5830 item 3 (valid temp names). The change is shared across adapters that set the limit, and the PR states this. It is a related change, not an unrelated one. The PR also raises whether to split it into a separate PR, which is a process question, not a scope violation.
• Tests (test_postgres.py, test_base.py, test_risingwave.py, test_integration_postgres.py): support the implementation.
• docs/integrations/engines/postgres.md: documents the new behavior and fallbacks. Supporting documentation.

No change was found that lacks a connection to #5830.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/base.py:
- Around line 2928-2929: Update the staging-name generation path in the visible
`keep` and `len(name)` logic to budget PostgreSQL identifiers by encoded byte
length, truncate only at character boundaries, and preserve the full random
suffix. Apply this byte-based behavior only for PostgreSQL; leave the shared
helper’s character-based behavior unchanged for other adapters.

Review comments at @sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/postgres.py:
- Line 38: Update the PostgreSQL dtype mapping and COPY-selection logic so
integer columns staged as BIGINT are not sent through COPY when the target type
is BOOLEAN; check staging-to-target compatibility before selecting COPY and keep
incompatible combinations on the existing VALUES path, which preserves
integer-to-boolean casting for small literals.
- Around line 176-177: Wrap the staging-table creation and load sequence in one
adapter-managed transaction so `create_table` and `_copy_df` commit or roll back
together; preserve existing transaction behavior when an adapter transaction is
already active.

Review comments at
@tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py:
- Line 1914: Use a distinct table name for each iteration in the loop over
engine_adapter.server_version and (14, 0). Update the loop to expose an
iteration index and include it with version[0] when constructing merged, so the
second iteration does not reuse the first iteration’s table.

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• tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py
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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Budget PostgreSQL staging names in bytes, not characters.

len(name) counts characters, but PostgreSQL truncates identifiers at 63 bytes. For a target name of 20 界 characters, the check does not truncate, yet the staging name is about 76 bytes. PostgreSQL then cuts it at 63 bytes and removes the random suffix.

The truncated name is then the same for every load of that target. If a staging table with that name already exists, table_exists at postgres.py:174 returns true. The load skips CREATE and COPY, and selects the other table's rows. A staging table left by a failed drop (postgres.py:181-184) produces the same result on the next load.

Compute the budget in encoded bytes. Cut the name at character boundaries, and keep the full random suffix. Apply the byte budget to PostgreSQL only. The shared helper also serves adapters whose limits count characters, so changing it there would change their names.

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Review comment at @sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/base.py around lines 2928 - 2929:
Update the staging-name generation path in the visible `keep` and `len(name)` logic to budget PostgreSQL identifiers by encoded byte length, truncate only at character boundaries, and preserve the full random suffix. Apply this byte-based behavior only for PostgreSQL; leave the shared helper’s character-based behavior unchanged for other adapters.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve integer-to-boolean casts.

For pd.DataFrame({"flag": [0, 1]}) with a BOOLEAN target, this mapping stages flag as BIGINT. The final SELECT then fails because PostgreSQL has no BIGINT-to-BOOLEAN cast. PostgreSQL supports the INTEGER-to-BOOLEAN cast used by the previous VALUES path for these small integer literals. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Check target-type compatibility before selecting COPY. Keep incompatible staging-to-target combinations on VALUES.

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Review comment at @sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/postgres.py at line 38:
Update the PostgreSQL dtype mapping and COPY-selection logic so integer columns staged as BIGINT are not sent through COPY when the target type is BOOLEAN; check staging-to-target compatibility before selecting COPY and keep incompatible combinations on the existing VALUES path, which preserves integer-to-boolean casting for small literals.

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Create and load the staging table in one managed transaction.

When no adapter transaction is active, create_table commits before _copy_df runs. With pre_ping=False, a COPY error then leaves psycopg2's implicit transaction aborted. The cleanup DROP fails before its transaction wrapper rolls back; the factory logs that failure without retrying the DROP. The committed staging table remains. Psycopg2 starts transactions implicitly, while the connection pool tracks adapter-managed transactions separately. (psycopg.org)

Wrap staging-table creation and COPY in the same adapter transaction so a COPY failure also rolls back creation.

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Review comment at @sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/postgres.py around lines 176 - 177:
Wrap the staging-table creation and load sequence in one adapter-managed transaction so `create_table` and `_copy_df` commit or roll back together; preserve existing transaction behavior when an adapter transaction is already active.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Use a distinct table name for each merge iteration.

On PostgreSQL 14, both tuples in (engine_adapter.server_version, (14, 0)) yield version[0] == 14, so both iterations target merged_14. The second create_table uses the default exists=True and does not recreate the table. Its rows from the first iteration remain. The second insert_append adds another id=1 row, which the merge of IDs 2 and 3 does not remove. The final assertion then fails.

Include the iteration index in the table name:

Suggested fix

--- "a/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py"
+++ "b/tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py"
@@ -1910,8 +1910,8 @@
     ]
 
     # merge: native (PG >= 15) and the logical implementation used for PG < 15
-    for version in (engine_adapter.server_version, (14, 0)):
-        merged = ctx.table(f"merged_{version[0]}")
+    for index, version in enumerate((engine_adapter.server_version, (14, 0))):
+        merged = ctx.table(f"merged_{index}_{version[0]}")
         engine_adapter.create_table(merged, types)
         engine_adapter.insert_append(
             merged,

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Review comment at @tests/core/engine_adapter/integration/test_integration_postgres.py at line 1914:
Use a distinct table name for each iteration in the loop over engine_adapter.server_version and (14, 0). Update the loop to expose an iteration index and include it with version[0] when constructing merged, so the second iteration does not reuse the first iteration’s table.

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