Sort by "randVal" is not random

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Works as Designed
    • Priority: Major - P3
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      MongoDB Enterprise > db.randval.insert([{a: 1}, {a: 2}, {a: 3}, {a: 4}, {a: 5}])
MongoDB Enterprise > db.randval.aggregate([{$sort: {rand: {$meta: "randVal"}}}])
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc7302867"), "a" : 1 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc7302868"), "a" : 2 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc7302869"), "a" : 3 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc730286a"), "a" : 4 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc730286b"), "a" : 5 }
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      MongoDB Enterprise > db.randval.insert([{a: 1}, {a: 2}, {a: 3}, {a: 4}, {a: 5}]) MongoDB Enterprise > db.randval.aggregate([{$sort: {rand: {$meta: "randVal"}}}]) { "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc7302867"), "a" : 1 } { "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc7302868"), "a" : 2 } { "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc7302869"), "a" : 3 } { "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc730286a"), "a" : 4 } { "_id" : ObjectId("5d8d449cb417f08bc730286b"), "a" : 5 }
    • Query 2019-11-04
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      The SortKeyGenerator::extractKeyPart() function gets a "randVal" from the Document metadata (by way of Expression::evaluate()) when the key pattern has {$meta: ""randVal"}. However, nowhere in the code base ever sets a random value for this piece of metadata, so the return value is always eoo. The sort deals with this lack of randomness by returning the documents in their natural order.

      I discovered this problem when I attempted to add an invariant after this line to ensure that:

      invariant(!plainKey.missing());

      Currently, this invariant always fails, but when we figure out a way to ensure that documents have "randVal" metadata, we should be able to add that invariant in.

            Assignee:
            David Storch
            Reporter:
            Justin Seyster
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