fix(collection): improve index creation resilience and add collection integrity checks

changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2026-04-05 - 7.1.4 - fix(collection)
+improve index creation resilience and add collection integrity checks
+
+- Handle MongoDB index creation failures with structured logging instead of failing silently or racing on repeated attempts
+- Log duplicate field values when unique index creation fails due to existing duplicate data
+- Await unique and regular index creation during insert operations to ensure index setup completes predictably
+- Add collection integrity checks for estimated vs actual document counts and duplicate values on tracked unique fields
+- Expose collection integrity checks through the document class API
+
 ## 2026-03-26 - 7.1.3 - fix(deps)
 bump development dependencies for tooling and Node types
 

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartdata',
-  version: '7.1.3',
+  version: '7.1.4',
   description: 'An advanced library for NoSQL data organization and manipulation using TypeScript with support for MongoDB, data validation, collections, and custom data types.'
 }

ts/classes.collection.ts

@@ -216,8 +216,15 @@ export class SmartdataCollection<T> {
         const indexSpec: Record<string, 'text'> = {};
         searchableFields.forEach(f => { indexSpec[f] = 'text'; });
         // Cast to any to satisfy TypeScript IndexSpecification typing
-        await this.mongoDbCollection.createIndex(indexSpec as any, { name: 'smartdata_text_index' });
+        try {
-        this.textIndexCreated = true;
+          await this.mongoDbCollection.createIndex(indexSpec as any, { name: 'smartdata_text_index' });
+          this.textIndexCreated = true;
+        } catch (err: any) {
+          logger.log(
+            'warn',
+            `Failed to create text index on fields [${searchableFields.join(', ')}] in collection "${this.collectionName}": ${err?.message || String(err)}`
+          );
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -228,11 +235,25 @@ export class SmartdataCollection<T> {
   public async markUniqueIndexes(keyArrayArg: string[] = []) {
     for (const key of keyArrayArg) {
       if (!this.uniqueIndexes.includes(key)) {
-        await this.mongoDbCollection.createIndex({ [key]: 1 }, {
+        // Claim the slot immediately to prevent concurrent inserts from retrying
-          unique: true,
-        });
-        // make sure we only call this once and not for every doc we create
         this.uniqueIndexes.push(key);
+        try {
+          await this.mongoDbCollection.createIndex({ [key]: 1 }, {
+            unique: true,
+          });
+        } catch (err: any) {
+          const errorCode = err?.code || err?.codeName || 'unknown';
+          const errorMessage = err?.message || String(err);
+          logger.log(
+            'error',
+            `Failed to create unique index on field "${key}" in collection "${this.collectionName}". ` +
+            `MongoDB error [${errorCode}]: ${errorMessage}. ` +
+            `Uniqueness constraint on "${key}" is NOT enforced.`
+          );
+          if (errorCode === 11000 || errorCode === 'DuplicateKey' || String(errorMessage).includes('E11000')) {
+            await this.logDuplicatesForField(key);
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -245,16 +266,66 @@ export class SmartdataCollection<T> {
       // Check if we've already created this index
       const indexKey = indexDef.field;
       if (!this.regularIndexes.some(i => i.field === indexKey)) {
-        await this.mongoDbCollection.createIndex(
+        // Claim the slot immediately to prevent concurrent retries
-          { [indexDef.field]: 1 }, // Simple single-field index
-          indexDef.options
-        );
-        // Track that we've created this index
         this.regularIndexes.push(indexDef);
+        try {
+          await this.mongoDbCollection.createIndex(
+            { [indexDef.field]: 1 }, // Simple single-field index
+            indexDef.options
+          );
+        } catch (err: any) {
+          const errorCode = err?.code || err?.codeName || 'unknown';
+          const errorMessage = err?.message || String(err);
+          logger.log(
+            'warn',
+            `Failed to create index on field "${indexKey}" in collection "${this.collectionName}". ` +
+            `MongoDB error [${errorCode}]: ${errorMessage}.`
+          );
+          if (
+            indexDef.options?.unique &&
+            (errorCode === 11000 || errorCode === 'DuplicateKey' || String(errorMessage).includes('E11000'))
+          ) {
+            await this.logDuplicatesForField(indexKey);
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Logs duplicate values for a field to help diagnose unique index creation failures.
+   */
+  private async logDuplicatesForField(field: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const pipeline = [
+        { $group: { _id: `$${field}`, count: { $sum: 1 }, ids: { $push: '$_id' } } },
+        { $match: { count: { $gt: 1 } } },
+        { $limit: 5 },
+      ];
+      const duplicates = await this.mongoDbCollection.aggregate(pipeline).toArray();
+      if (duplicates.length > 0) {
+        for (const dup of duplicates) {
+          logger.log(
+            'warn',
+            `Duplicate values for "${field}" in "${this.collectionName}": ` +
+            `value=${JSON.stringify(dup._id)} appears ${dup.count} times ` +
+            `(document _ids: ${JSON.stringify(dup.ids.slice(0, 5))})`
+          );
+        }
+        logger.log(
+          'warn',
+          `Unique index on "${field}" in "${this.collectionName}" was NOT created. ` +
+          `Resolve duplicates and restart to enforce uniqueness.`
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (aggErr: any) {
+      logger.log(
+        'warn',
+        `Could not identify duplicate documents for field "${field}" in "${this.collectionName}": ${aggErr?.message || String(aggErr)}`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * adds a validation function that all newly inserted and updated objects have to pass
    */
@@ -295,6 +366,28 @@ export class SmartdataCollection<T> {
     const cursor = this.mongoDbCollection.find(filterObject, { session: opts?.session });
     const result = await cursor.toArray();
     cursor.close();
+
+    // In-memory check for duplicate _id values (should never happen)
+    if (result.length > 0) {
+      const idSet = new Set<string>();
+      const duplicateIds: string[] = [];
+      for (const doc of result) {
+        const idStr = String(doc._id);
+        if (idSet.has(idStr)) {
+          duplicateIds.push(idStr);
+        } else {
+          idSet.add(idStr);
+        }
+      }
+      if (duplicateIds.length > 0) {
+        logger.log(
+          'error',
+          `Integrity issue in "${this.collectionName}": found ${duplicateIds.length} duplicate _id values ` +
+          `in findAll results: [${duplicateIds.slice(0, 5).join(', ')}]. This should never happen.`
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     return result;
   }
 
@@ -346,11 +439,11 @@ export class SmartdataCollection<T> {
   ): Promise<any> {
     await this.init();
     await this.checkDoc(dbDocArg);
-    this.markUniqueIndexes(dbDocArg.uniqueIndexes);
+    await this.markUniqueIndexes(dbDocArg.uniqueIndexes);
-    
+
     // Create regular indexes if available
     if (dbDocArg.regularIndexes && dbDocArg.regularIndexes.length > 0) {
-      this.createRegularIndexes(dbDocArg.regularIndexes);
+      await this.createRegularIndexes(dbDocArg.regularIndexes);
     }
     
     const saveableObject = await dbDocArg.createSavableObject() as any;
@@ -402,6 +495,74 @@ export class SmartdataCollection<T> {
     return this.mongoDbCollection.countDocuments(filterObject, { session: opts?.session });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Runs an integrity check on the collection.
+   * Compares estimated vs actual document count and checks for duplicates on unique index fields.
+   */
+  public async checkCollectionIntegrity(): Promise<{
+    ok: boolean;
+    estimatedCount: number;
+    actualCount: number;
+    duplicateFields: Array<{ field: string; duplicateValues: number }>;
+  }> {
+    await this.init();
+    const result = {
+      ok: true,
+      estimatedCount: 0,
+      actualCount: 0,
+      duplicateFields: [] as Array<{ field: string; duplicateValues: number }>,
+    };
+
+    try {
+      result.estimatedCount = await this.mongoDbCollection.estimatedDocumentCount();
+      result.actualCount = await this.mongoDbCollection.countDocuments({});
+
+      if (result.estimatedCount !== result.actualCount) {
+        result.ok = false;
+        logger.log(
+          'warn',
+          `Integrity check on "${this.collectionName}": estimatedDocumentCount=${result.estimatedCount} ` +
+          `but countDocuments=${result.actualCount}. Possible data inconsistency.`
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Check for duplicates on each tracked unique index field
+      for (const field of this.uniqueIndexes) {
+        try {
+          const pipeline = [
+            { $group: { _id: `$${field}`, count: { $sum: 1 } } },
+            { $match: { count: { $gt: 1 } } },
+            { $count: 'total' },
+          ];
+          const countResult = await this.mongoDbCollection.aggregate(pipeline).toArray();
+          const dupCount = countResult[0]?.total || 0;
+          if (dupCount > 0) {
+            result.ok = false;
+            result.duplicateFields.push({ field, duplicateValues: dupCount });
+            logger.log(
+              'warn',
+              `Integrity check on "${this.collectionName}": field "${field}" has ${dupCount} values with duplicates ` +
+              `despite being marked as unique.`
+            );
+          }
+        } catch (fieldErr: any) {
+          logger.log(
+            'warn',
+            `Integrity check: could not verify uniqueness of "${field}" in "${this.collectionName}": ${fieldErr?.message || String(fieldErr)}`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      result.ok = false;
+      logger.log(
+        'error',
+        `Integrity check failed for "${this.collectionName}": ${err?.message || String(err)}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
   /**
    * checks a Doc for constraints
    * if this.objectValidation is not set it passes.

ts/classes.doc.ts

@@ -597,6 +597,17 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
     return await collection.getCount(filterArg);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Runs an integrity check on this collection.
+   * Returns a summary with estimated vs actual counts and any duplicate unique fields.
+   */
+  public static async checkCollectionIntegrity<T>(
+    this: plugins.tsclass.typeFest.Class<T>,
+  ) {
+    const collection: SmartdataCollection<T> = (this as any).collection;
+    return await collection.checkCollectionIntegrity();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a MongoDB filter from a Lucene query string
    * @param luceneQuery Lucene query string