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This PR adds a new blog post called New command changes every developer needs to know. It covers: XDELEX, XACKDEL, MOVE with REPLACE, MULTIIF, ZRANGE XX, SET IFNE, SISMEMBER XX It also provides examples, an explanation for each command and links to their respective documentation equivalent if available. NOTE: Some of these commands are still not finalized or merged. Signed-off-by: Dragos Andriciuc <andriciucdragos@protonmail.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe draft blog post documents Valkey 9.2 commands for conditional writes and transactions, stream deletion, sharper collection replies, and key movement. It also includes examples, Lua comparisons, command behavior, and instructions for trying the features. ChangesValkey 9.2 command guide
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- Line 10: Reformat the prose in the Valkey 9.2 blog article so every sentence
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including the missing boundary between “shape” and “some of these commands” near
the later command discussion. Preserve all wording and content.
- Line 10: Update the blog post so status notes for MULTIIF, XACKDEL, and XDELEX
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Hi @bandalgomsu, I have written a blog about the MULTIIF command. I know it’s currently being refactored, so I wanted to check whether the way I’ve described its behavior is accurate for the current implementation. If it is, I’ll keep an eye on the refactoring and update the blog as needed before the PR is merged. Do you also have an idea of when you expect the command/API to be stable? Thank you! |
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Pending Entries List (PEL)before using the acronym.As per path instructions, expand acronyms on first use.
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Broadly speaking, I don't like these small little one-off command blogs. We'll basically have one launch launch blog that will propagate up the important commands. Like https://valkey.io/blog/valkey-9-1-delivers-improvements-in-security-performance-and-more/. I don't think we should have a dedicated blog which really is just documentation.
@madolson Hi Madelyn! Thanks for the feedback, let me offer a slightly different angle. Several of the commands covered here (MULTIIF, SET IFNE, XACKDEL, XDELEX) are still unmerged PRs. They don't have a home on valkey.io's docs yet, since docs only cover shipped commands so this isn't duplicating documentation at the moment, it's covering ground docs can't cover until these land. I also built each of these from source and tested them against a live server (including the actual race-condition/fan-out behavior as much as I understood, not just the happy path), which is a level of hands-on verification a docs page or release-notes bullet doesn't really do. I also think there's a real discoverability gap this fills. As a new user, going from "I want to know what's new" to the actual GitHub PRs and release-plan issues takes several hops, and a lot of it is scattered across threads with contested naming and unmerged syntax. A single post that gathers the promising ones with tested examples closes that gap. That said, I completely understand the point about this reading too close to documentation. Would it make sense to keep the flagship 9.2 launch post as the primary announcement (like the 9.1 one you linked), and treat posts like this as a secondary "Community Highlight" track? They can be aimed at readers who want the hands-on detail and status on individual proposals (especially the ones still in review). Happy to adjust framing/scope if that's a better fit. I am also still waiting for replies from the PR owners in regards to them merging their work. 🙏 |
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Hey @Andriciuc! Thanks for putting this together. Not sure where this is going given @madolson's comments. But, I've added my comments below.
Also, a few questions on timing & docs:
- Pending round 2 of review, it sounds like things are lining up for
XACKDELandXDELEXto be included in 9.2; if so, should I push an adjustment to the PR's to change"since": "10.0.0"in the command JSON to"since": "9.2.0"? - For docs, is the norm to send a PR(s) documenting
XACKDELandXDELEXto valkey-io/valkey-doc?
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Hi @Andriciuc! I have updated the proposal to use regular MULTI with conditional EXEC arguments: The conditions are evaluated at EXEC time. Please refer to the PR for the latest details. Thanks! |
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I think this blog post needs a bit of a nudge in another direction. The general bias of our new version coverage tends to lean toward operational aspects of Valkey. So, where I think this should go is directly addressing new items in 9.2 that are useful not to people who run Valkey but those who write software that uses Valkey. Also, at time of review, this seems more like documentation than a blog post.
What I'd like to see is an indication of why these commands are important or useful. Documentation is evergreen a describes what something does where as blog posts are slice-in-time, relevant for time of publishing. We should shift it toward the latter.
So, in other words, from the perspective of a developer: what can you do that wasn't easy or possible in 9.1 and is possible/easy in 9.2.
Hi @nickiaq ! Thank you for the review! I addressed all of your feedback and will push an update soon. Also let me answer your questions:
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Perfect, great to know! I have updated the description and content properly, thank you too @bandalgomsu ! |
A number of updates to the content have been made, specifically how each command is described. I remade them to frame a real life issue and respond with an answer based on their newly implemented features, compared to the older 9.1< version. Signed-off-by: Dragos Andriciuc <andriciucdragos@protonmail.com>
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Yeah, I think Kyle identified my concern better than I did. As this reads, it's not really a technical deep dive, it's more of announcement. So there are six'ish new commands, and here is where I would place them:
A genuinely more interesting blog to me is "Why you shouldn't use Lua for everything". And highlight how commands innovate. |
This update reframes the post around Valkey 9.2 features that replace WATCH/Lua patterns with native commands. It adds clearer examples for SET IFNE, conditional EXEC, XACKDEL/XDELEX, and the updated ZRANGE/SISMEMBER/MOVE behavior, while tightening the intro and conclusion around fewer round trips and less scripting. Signed-off-by: Dragos Andriciuc <andriciucdragos@protonmail.com>
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sismember.jsonrecordsXXas introduced in Valkey 9.1.0. PR#2972merged intounstableon 2026-09-15. Change “Before 9.2” to “Before 9.1” and “With Valkey 9.2” to “With Valkey 9.1” so the section does not misattribute the feature to Valkey 9.2.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Let's reframe everything to Lua.
Improve the Valkey 9.2 blog post: - reword documentation links and the final CTA - replace redis.call with server.call in Lua examples - expand the XDELEX/XACKDEL section with a full Lua implementation and interactive examples - add links to XDEL/XACK docs; expand atomicity examples for ZRANGE/SISMEMBER and show an EXISTS+SISMEMBER Lua example - add MOVE ... REPLACE database-switching example and links Also reposition the note about Lua usage to the end for clarity. Signed-off-by: Dragos Andriciuc <andriciucdragos@protonmail.com>
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The exact-ID XPENDING check only reports entries already delivered to a group and awaiting acknowledgement. If an existing group's last-delivered ID is before this entry, the check is empty even though that group can still receive the entry through XREADGROUP ... >. The script then reaches XDEL and permanently removes that deliverable message, so it does not replicate XDELEX ... ACKED as claimed. Check each group's last-delivered ID as well, or avoid presenting the Lua example as equivalent to the native command.
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- Python source directly models the published Lua branch and consumer-group delivery cursor scenario; takeaway: an empty PEL probe does not establish that a group cannot still receive the entry.
Before deletion, the existing consumer group receives entry 2-0
- Captured execution of the harness before the Lua branch shows group cursor 1-0, empty XPENDING for 2-0, and XREADGROUP returning 2-0; takeaway: the entry remains deliverable despite not being pending.
After the Lua branch deletes entry 2-0, the group receives nothing
- Captured execution of the modeled Lua branch shows return 1, removal of 2-0, and an empty subsequent XREADGROUP result; takeaway: the published branch loses an entry the group could still receive.
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Check each group’s delivery watermark before deleting.
The Lua equivalent treats an empty XPENDING result as proof that ACKED is safe. A group that has not reached this ID has no pending entry, but it can still deliver the entry later. This script can delete an entry that XDELEX ... ACKED must retain. Read and compare each group’s last-delivered-id from XINFO GROUPS before calling XDEL.
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205, Update the deletion logic around XDELEX ACKED and the Lua XDEL fallback to
inspect every consumer group’s last-delivered-id via XINFO GROUPS before
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This PR adds a new blog post that explores Valkey's new 9.2 commands as well as a couple of other options developers should know, with practical examples of how to use most of them in their deployment.
It covers: XDELEX, XACKDEL, MOVE with REPLACE, MULTIIF, ZRANGE XX, SET IFNE, SISMEMBER XX.
It also provides examples, an explanation for each command and links to their respective documentation equivalent if available.
NOTE: Some of these commands are still not finalized or merged.
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