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Most transactions that exceed the mutation limit for an atomic transaction will fail with the error "The transaction contains too many mutations.". However, it is also possible that the transaction fails with the more generic error message "Transaction resource limits exceeded". This error did not trigger a retry of the statement using a PDML transaction.

Fixes #4253

Most transactions that exceed the mutation limit for an atomic transaction will
fail with the error "The transaction contains too many mutations.". However, it
is also possible that the transaction fails with the more generic error message
"Transaction resource limits exceeded". This error did not trigger a retry of the
statement using a PDML transaction.

Fixes #4253
@olavloite olavloite requested review from a team as code owners December 10, 2025 15:21
@product-auto-label product-auto-label bot added size: m Pull request size is medium. api: spanner Issues related to the googleapis/java-spanner API. labels Dec 10, 2025
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This pull request addresses a critical issue where transactions failing due to a generic 'Transaction resource limits exceeded' error were not being retried using Partitioned DML (PDML). By extending the TransactionMutationLimitExceededException to recognize this broader error message, the system can now correctly identify and retry these transactions, improving the robustness of operations that might exceed resource limits.

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  • Expanded Exception Recognition: The TransactionMutationLimitExceededException now correctly identifies transactions failing with the generic 'Transaction resource limits exceeded' error message, in addition to the more specific 'The transaction contains too many mutations' error.
  • Enabled PDML Retries: This change ensures that transactions encountering the 'Transaction resource limits exceeded' error will now correctly trigger a retry using Partitioned DML (PDML), improving resilience.
  • Parameterized Tests: Existing test cases for PDML retry logic have been updated to be parameterized, allowing them to validate the behavior for both the specific mutation limit exceeded error and the newly recognized generic resource limit exceeded error.
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This pull request introduces a new error message, "Transaction resource limits exceeded," to the TransactionMutationLimitExceededException class, allowing it to recognize this message in addition to the existing "The transaction contains too many mutations" message. The isTransactionMutationLimitException methods were updated to check for both error strings. Correspondingly, the RetryDmlAsPartitionedDmlMockServerTest test suite was refactored to be parameterized, enabling existing tests to run against both the original mutation limit exceeded exception and the newly recognized resource limit exceeded exception, ensuring consistent behavior for both scenarios.

@olavloite olavloite added the automerge Merge the pull request once unit tests and other checks pass. label Dec 10, 2025
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diegomarquezp pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 10, 2025
Most transactions that exceed the mutation limit for an atomic transaction will fail with the error "The transaction contains too many mutations.". However, it is also possible that the transaction fails with the more generic error message "Transaction resource limits exceeded". This error did not trigger a retry of the statement using a PDML transaction.

Fixes #4253
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Fallback to PDML should also retry on "Transaction resource limits exceeded" errors

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