Developing Materialize

Compiling

Check compilation with cargo check. Do not use cargo build or cargo run to build or run Materialize. Use bin/environmentd --build-only to build without running.

Running locally

Start Materialize using bin/environmentd --optimized. Pass --reset to delete data from prior runs (clears the mzdata directory and resets Postgres schemas), useful when testing catalog changes or starting fresh.

Access Materialize using psql:

• psql -p 6875 -h localhost -U materialize for regular access.
• psql -p 6877 -h localhost -U mz_system for system access.

If it fails because CockroachDB is not running, start it:

docker run --name=cockroach -d -p 26257:26257 -p 26258:8080 \
  cockroachdb/cockroach:latest start-single-node --insecure --store=type=mem,size=2G

If the container already exists, use docker start cockroach instead.

Other useful flags:

• --tokio-console — activate the Tokio console for debugging async tasks.
• --coverage — build with coverage instrumentation.
• --sanitizer address|memory|thread — build with the specified sanitizer.

Formatting and linting

Format Rust, Python, and Protobuf files with bin/fmt. Run bin/lint to check for lint errors. Run cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings to check for Rust-specific warnings.

Log filters

Set MZ_LOG_FILTER to a tracing-compatible filter expression. For example, mz_adapter::catalog::apply=trace,warn would enable trace logging for the mz-adapter crate's catalog::apply module, and warn for the rest of the system.

jemalloc

On Linux, we link against jemalloc by default. Compile with --no-default-features to use the system allocator.