Labels

New engine/adapter API surface

Commit pipeline, fsync, recovery

Freelist, reclaim, MVCC pinning

mmap, madvise, io_uring, syscalls

Gets, cursors, descent, validation

check, dump/load, compaction, benches

Puts, COW, dirty store, splits

Changes public API shape or observable semantics

Changes the on-disk format

Something isn't working

Needs a change on the Meilisearch/milli side to pay off

Critical: must-track gap vs LMDB parity

Sanctioned behavior divergence vs LMDB (docs/DIVERGENCES.md)

Improvements or additions to documentation

This issue or pull request already exists

New feature or request

Good for newcomers

Extra attention is needed

This doesn't seem right

Requires a short approved design doc (ADR in docs/adr/) before implementation

Performance improvement

Further information is requested

Large: a week-plus milestone

Medium: a few days

Small: hours to a day

Extra large: multi-week, ADR-gated

Adds or extends an unsafe/UB-risk surface

This will not be worked on