[CASSANDRA-17154] Guardrail to disable read-before-write list operations

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.1-alpha1, 4.1
• Component/s: Feature/Guardrails
• Epic Link: CEP-3: Guardrails
• Change Category: Operability
• Complexity: Normal
• Platform: All

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/95522f85d5e14734f9af3096953974a4f48a884f

Test and Documentation Plan

The PR includes new unit tests for the new guardrail

• Assignee: Andres de la Peña
• Reporter: Andres de la Peña

Authors

Andres de la Peña

Reviewers

Ekaterina Dimitrova

• Created: 15/Nov/21 18:42
• Updated: 27/May/22 19:25
• Resolved: 17/Dec/21 17:02

Description

Add guardrail to disable list operations implying read-before-write. For example:

# Whether read-before-write operation is allowed, eg. setting list element by index, removing list element.
# Defaults to true to allow read before write operations
read_before_write_list_operations_enabled: true

Issue Links

• requires: CASSANDRA-17147 Guardrails prototype
• links to: PR trunk