ESQL: Disable pushdown of WHERE past STATS (#115308) (#115419)

Fix #115281

Let's disable the faulty optimization for now and re-introduce it later,
correctly.

docs/changelog/115308.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 115308
+summary: "ESQL: Disable pushdown of WHERE past STATS"
+area: ES|QL
+type: bug
+issues:
+ - 115281

x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/stats.csv-spec

@@ -2291,6 +2291,33 @@ m:integer |a:double |x:integer
 74999     |48249.0  |0
 ;
 
+statsWithFilterOnGroups
+required_capability: fix_filter_pushdown_past_stats
+FROM employees
+| STATS v = VALUES(emp_no) by job_positions | WHERE job_positions == "Accountant" | MV_EXPAND v | SORT v
+;
+
+v:integer | job_positions:keyword
+    10001 | Accountant
+    10012 | Accountant
+    10016 | Accountant
+    10023 | Accountant
+    10025 | Accountant
+    10028 | Accountant
+    10034 | Accountant
+    10037 | Accountant
+    10044 | Accountant
+    10045 | Accountant
+    10050 | Accountant
+    10051 | Accountant
+    10066 | Accountant
+    10081 | Accountant
+    10085 | Accountant
+    10089 | Accountant
+    10092 | Accountant
+    10094 | Accountant
+;
+
 
 statsWithFiltering
 required_capability: per_agg_filtering

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/EsqlCapabilities.java

@@ -405,7 +405,12 @@ public enum Cap {
         /**
          * Support for semantic_text field mapping
          */
-        SEMANTIC_TEXT_TYPE(EsqlCorePlugin.SEMANTIC_TEXT_FEATURE_FLAG);
+        SEMANTIC_TEXT_TYPE(EsqlCorePlugin.SEMANTIC_TEXT_FEATURE_FLAG),
+        /**
+         * Fix for an optimization that caused wrong results
+         * https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115281
+         */
+        FIX_FILTER_PUSHDOWN_PAST_STATS;
 
         private final boolean enabled;
 

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/rules/logical/PushDownAndCombineFilters.java

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.Expressions;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.ReferenceAttribute;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.predicate.Predicates;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.aggregate.AggregateFunction;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plan.logical.Aggregate;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plan.logical.Enrich;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plan.logical.Eval;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plan.logical.Filter;
@@ -38,18 +36,13 @@ protected LogicalPlan rule(Filter filter) {
         LogicalPlan child = filter.child();
         Expression condition = filter.condition();
 
+        // TODO: Push down past STATS if the filter is only on the groups; but take into account how `STATS ... BY field` handles
+        // multi-values: It seems to be equivalent to `EVAL field = MV_DEDUPE(field) | MV_EXPAND(field) | STATS ... BY field`, where the
+        // last `STATS ... BY field` can assume that `field` is single-valued (to be checked more thoroughly).
+        // https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115311
         if (child instanceof Filter f) {
             // combine nodes into a single Filter with updated ANDed condition
             plan = f.with(Predicates.combineAnd(List.of(f.condition(), condition)));
-        } else if (child instanceof Aggregate agg) { // TODO: re-evaluate along with multi-value support
-            // Only push [parts of] a filter past an agg if these/it operates on agg's grouping[s], not output.
-            plan = maybePushDownPastUnary(
-                filter,
-                agg,
-                e -> e instanceof Attribute && agg.output().contains(e) && agg.groupings().contains(e) == false
-                    || e instanceof AggregateFunction,
-                NO_OP
-            );
         } else if (child instanceof Eval eval) {
             // Don't push if Filter (still) contains references to Eval's fields.
             // Account for simple aliases in the Eval, though - these shouldn't stop us.

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/LogicalPlanOptimizerTests.java

@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ public void testMultipleCombineLimits() {
         );
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115311")
     public void testSelectivelyPushDownFilterPastRefAgg() {
         // expected plan: "from test | where emp_no > 1 and emp_no < 3 | stats x = count(1) by emp_no | where x > 7"
         LogicalPlan plan = optimizedPlan("""
@@ -790,6 +791,7 @@ public void testNoPushDownOrFilterPastAgg() {
         assertTrue(stats.child() instanceof EsRelation);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115311")
     public void testSelectivePushDownComplexFilterPastAgg() {
         // expected plan: from test | emp_no > 0 | stats x = count(1) by emp_no | where emp_no < 3 or x > 9
         LogicalPlan plan = optimizedPlan("""
@@ -1393,13 +1395,15 @@ public void testPushDownLimitThroughMultipleSort_AfterMvExpand2() {
     }
 
     /**
+     * TODO: Push down the filter correctly https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115311
+     *
      * Expected
      * Limit[5[INTEGER]]
-     *  \_Aggregate[[first_name{f}#232],[MAX(salary{f}#233) AS max_s, first_name{f}#232]]
-     *    \_Filter[ISNOTNULL(first_name{f}#232)]
-     *      \_MvExpand[first_name{f}#232]
-     *        \_TopN[[Order[emp_no{f}#231,ASC,LAST]],50[INTEGER]]
-     *          \_EsRelation[employees][emp_no{f}#231, first_name{f}#232, salary{f}#233]
+     * \_Filter[ISNOTNULL(first_name{r}#23)]
+     *   \_Aggregate[STANDARD,[first_name{r}#23],[MAX(salary{f}#18,true[BOOLEAN]) AS max_s, first_name{r}#23]]
+     *     \_MvExpand[first_name{f}#14,first_name{r}#23]
+     *       \_TopN[[Order[emp_no{f}#13,ASC,LAST]],50[INTEGER]]
+     *         \_EsRelation[test][_meta_field{f}#19, emp_no{f}#13, first_name{f}#14, ..]
      */
     public void testDontPushDownLimitPastAggregate_AndMvExpand() {
         LogicalPlan plan = optimizedPlan("""
@@ -1413,25 +1417,27 @@ public void testDontPushDownLimitPastAggregate_AndMvExpand() {
             | limit 5""");
 
         var limit = as(plan, Limit.class);
+        var filter = as(limit.child(), Filter.class);
         assertThat(limit.limit().fold(), equalTo(5));
-        var agg = as(limit.child(), Aggregate.class);
-        var filter = as(agg.child(), Filter.class);
-        var mvExp = as(filter.child(), MvExpand.class);
+        var agg = as(filter.child(), Aggregate.class);
+        var mvExp = as(agg.child(), MvExpand.class);
         var topN = as(mvExp.child(), TopN.class);
         assertThat(topN.limit().fold(), equalTo(50));
         assertThat(orderNames(topN), contains("emp_no"));
         as(topN.child(), EsRelation.class);
     }
 
     /**
+     * TODO: Push down the filter correctly https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115311
+     *
      * Expected
      * Limit[5[INTEGER]]
-     *  \_Aggregate[[first_name{f}#262],[MAX(salary{f}#263) AS max_s, first_name{f}#262]]
-     *    \_Filter[ISNOTNULL(first_name{f}#262)]
-     *      \_Limit[50[INTEGER]]
-     *        \_MvExpand[first_name{f}#262]
-     *          \_Limit[50[INTEGER]]
-     *            \_EsRelation[employees][emp_no{f}#261, first_name{f}#262, salary{f}#263]
+     * \_Filter[ISNOTNULL(first_name{r}#22)]
+     *   \_Aggregate[STANDARD,[first_name{r}#22],[MAX(salary{f}#17,true[BOOLEAN]) AS max_s, first_name{r}#22]]
+     *     \_Limit[50[INTEGER]]
+     *       \_MvExpand[first_name{f}#13,first_name{r}#22]
+     *         \_Limit[50[INTEGER]]
+     *           \_EsRelation[test][_meta_field{f}#18, emp_no{f}#12, first_name{f}#13, ..]
      */
     public void testPushDown_TheRightLimit_PastMvExpand() {
         LogicalPlan plan = optimizedPlan("""
@@ -1445,9 +1451,9 @@ public void testPushDown_TheRightLimit_PastMvExpand() {
 
         var limit = as(plan, Limit.class);
         assertThat(limit.limit().fold(), equalTo(5));
-        var agg = as(limit.child(), Aggregate.class);
-        var filter = as(agg.child(), Filter.class);
-        limit = as(filter.child(), Limit.class);
+        var filter = as(limit.child(), Filter.class);
+        var agg = as(filter.child(), Aggregate.class);
+        limit = as(agg.child(), Limit.class);
         assertThat(limit.limit().fold(), equalTo(50));
         var mvExp = as(limit.child(), MvExpand.class);
         limit = as(mvExp.child(), Limit.class);

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/optimizer/rules/logical/PushDownAndCombineFiltersTests.java

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public void testPushDownLikeRlikeFilter() {
 
     // from ... | where a > 1 | stats count(1) by b | where count(1) >= 3 and b < 2
     // => ... | where a > 1 and b < 2 | stats count(1) by b | where count(1) >= 3
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115311")
     public void testSelectivelyPushDownFilterPastFunctionAgg() {
         EsRelation relation = relation();
         GreaterThan conditionA = greaterThanOf(getFieldAttribute("a"), ONE);