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Closes #2351.

Motivation
runCompactor currently polls on a hardcoded 50ms ticker, so under low write load it keeps waking up doing nothing; the reporter measured this at roughly 1.1–1.2% continuous CPU. This change makes the polling interval and the initial delay configurable while keeping the defaults identical to today's behavior.

Changes

• New Options fields CompactorCheckInterval and CompactorInitialDelay, with WithCompactorCheckInterval / WithCompactorInitialDelay setters.
• Defaults preserve current behavior: 50ms ticker; an initial delay of 0 keeps the existing random [0, 1s) stagger, positive values are used as an exact delay.
• The Lmax trigger is converted from a fixed 200 ticks to ceil(10s / interval) (minimum 1), preserving the roughly 10-second cadence at any interval.
• Negative values for either option are rejected.

Tests

• New TestCompactorSchedulingOptions covering defaults, custom values, and negative-value rejection.
• Full root-package suite green: go test -count=1 . (about 469s).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Compaction check intervals and initial delays can now be configured. The default check interval is 50 ms; a zero initial delay retains randomized staggering of less than one second, while a positive delay is applied exactly.
  • Lmax-to-Lmax compaction checks now adjust to the configured interval, targeting approximately 10 seconds between checks.
• Bug Fixes
  • Negative compaction intervals and initial delays are rejected with field-specific errors.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds configurable compactor check intervals and initial delays to Options. It rejects negative values and updates compactor scheduling to use the configured interval, including an interval-based Lmax check threshold.

Changes: Compactor scheduling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Timing options and validation options.go, db.go, options_test.go	Options adds compactor timing fields and setters. The default check interval is set, negative values are rejected, and tests cover option values and validation.
Configurable compactor schedule levels.go, options_test.go	runCompactor uses the configured initial delay and check interval. The Lmax threshold is calculated to target approximately ten seconds, with tests for interval calculations.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Options
  participant Open
  participant runCompactor
  participant ticker
  participant Compaction
  Options->>Open: provide compactor timing values
  Open->>Open: reject negative values
  Open->>runCompactor: use validated options
  runCompactor->>runCompactor: apply configured or randomized initial delay
  runCompactor->>ticker: create ticker with configured interval
  ticker-->>runCompactor: deliver check tick
  alt worker 2 reaches the Lmax threshold
    runCompactor->>Compaction: attempt Lmax compaction
  else other check
    runCompactor->>Compaction: run normal compaction
  end

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Suggested reviewers: matthewmcneely

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 5b588

Long check intervals can remove a worker from normal compaction and delay work under load. Preserve normal compaction on that schedule before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: making the compactor check interval and initial delay configurable.
Linked Issues check		Issue #2351 requires configurable compactor scheduling interval and initial delay through badger.Options. The reviewed head adds CompactorCheckInterval and CompactorInitialDelay as time.Duration field…
Out of Scope Changes check		The supplied pull request evidence lists changes in db.go, levels.go, options.go, and options_test.go. These changes implement option validation, compactor scheduling, public setters, and automated te…

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Explanation

Issue #2351 requires configurable compactor scheduling interval and initial delay through badger.Options. The reviewed head adds CompactorCheckInterval and CompactorInitialDelay as time.Duration fields and adds both fluent setters. The compactor uses the configured positive values. Zero retains the 50 ms interval and randomized initial delay behavior. Validation rejects negative values. TestCompactorSchedulingOptions covers defaults, custom values, timing calculations, and negative-value rejection.

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Explanation

The supplied pull request evidence lists changes in db.go, levels.go, options.go, and options_test.go. These changes implement option validation, compactor scheduling, public setters, and automated tests for issue #2351. The evidence does not show unrelated production behavior or unrelated tests. The Lmax timing adjustment supports the configurable interval objective.

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- Line 600: Update the worker 2 compaction flow around the Lmax threshold check
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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Keep normal compaction available when the Lmax threshold is one tick.

If LmaxCompaction is enabled and CompactorCheckInterval is at least 10 seconds, compactorLmaxTicks returns one. Worker 2 then enters this branch on every tick and never calls runOnce(). This permanently removes that worker from normal compaction, which can leave normal compaction work waiting under load. Run normal compaction on Lmax ticks as well, or schedule the two checks independently.

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Review comment at @levels.go at line 600:
Update the worker 2 compaction flow around the Lmax threshold check so reaching
an Lmax tick does not skip normal compaction: ensure runOnce() is also called on
those ticks, or schedule normal and Lmax checks independently. Preserve the
existing LmaxCompaction condition and threshold behavior.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr