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  • Exposes Parquet column-chunk statistics in pylibcudf (min/max, null_count, distinct_count)
  • Adds a libcudf/pylibcudf helper to decode Parquet column-chunk min/max statistics for selected leaf columns
    • This feature is needed by cudf-polars to construct Ordering metadata for a Parquet dataset
    • Output includes file and row-group indices plus one (min, max) table per requested column

Closes #23661

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  • New Features

    • Added access to Parquet column-chunk statistics, including encoded minimum and maximum values, null counts, distinct counts, and exactness indicators.
    • Added APIs to retrieve decoded per-column minimum and maximum bounds across files and row groups.
    • Included file and row-group locations in bounds results; missing statistics are represented as null values.
    • Invalid, unsupported, compound, or inconsistent statistics are rejected.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for multiple files, data types, missing statistics, null handling, and invalid inputs.

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The change adds Parquet column-chunk statistics access and min/max bounds decoding in libcudf and pylibcudf. It supports row-group indices, multiple files, nullable or missing statistics, timestamp conversion, CUDA streams, and device memory resources.

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Parquet statistics APIs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Statistics decoding and shared helpers
cpp/src/io/parquet/row_group_stats_helpers.hpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/predicate_pushdown.cpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp
row_group_stats_caster converts Parquet statistics to device columns. It handles missing chunks, null counts, timestamp scales, legacy fields, and unsupported types.
C++ bounds API and aggregation
cpp/include/cudf/io/parquet_metadata.hpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.*, cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp
The new API aggregates row-group statistics, validates column paths and dtypes, and returns file indices, row-group indices, and per-column min/max tables.
pylibcudf statistics and bounds bindings
python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.*, python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/parquet_*.pxd, python/pylibcudf/tests/io/test_parquet.py
pylibcudf exposes ColumnChunkStatistics, ColumnChunkMetaData.statistics, and column_chunk_bounds. Tests cover values, missing statistics, nulls, multiple files, timestamps, and invalid inputs.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 996ab

The Parquet statistics path can mishandle scalar dotted column names, fail on legacy INT96 statistics, and return invalid INTERVAL bounds, causing exceptions or incorrect ordering metadata. The PR is not merge-ready until these correctness issues are fixed or explicitly accepted.

Suggested reviewers: mroeschke, kingcrimsontianyu, pointkernel

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: exposing Parquet column-chunk statistics through pylibcudf.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately explains the exposed statistics, bounds-decoding helper, output, and cuDF-Polars use case.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement issue #23661 by exposing Parquet row-group min/max statistics and decoded ordering boundaries through pylibcudf.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The C++ APIs, internal helpers, Python bindings, validation, and tests directly support the linked issue objectives.
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cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp (1)

105-121: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Consider building a path-to-index map once per source.

find_leaf_schema_index scans the whole schema tree and calls column_path_from_index for every leaf. column_chunk_bounds calls it once per requested column and per source, so the cost is O(num_columns * num_sources * schema_size) with a string allocation for each leaf visit. For wide schemas with many requested columns this becomes the dominant host cost.

Build one map from dotted leaf path to schema index per source, then look up each requested column. This also keeps the ambiguity check with no extra scans.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp` around lines 105 - 121, Replace
repeated per-column scans through find_leaf_schema_index with a per-source map
of dotted leaf paths to schema indices, constructed once from the schema tree
and reused by column_chunk_bounds for all requested columns. Preserve
missing-path errors and detect duplicate leaf paths while building the map,
reporting ambiguity consistently.
cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp (1)

3649-3687: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add edge-case coverage for the new bounds API.

This test covers one file, one non-nullable int64 column, and statistics present. The API also handles multiple sources, column chunks without statistics (nulls in the output), and all-null columns. Consider adding cases for a source written with statistics disabled and for two sources, so the C++ layer verifies the index columns and null bounds directly.

As per coding guidelines: "Tests missing edge cases: empty input, null values, sliced columns, boundary sizes, multi-block sizes".

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In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp` around lines 3649 - 3687, Add edge-case
coverage to the ColumnChunkBounds test around column_chunk_bounds: include
multiple source files and a source written with statistics disabled, then verify
file_indices and row_group_indices for every result and assert null bounds where
chunk statistics are unavailable. Also cover an all-null column if supported by
the existing test helpers, while preserving the current single-file non-nullable
int64 assertions.

Source: Coding guidelines

python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pxd (1)

80-85: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Expose column_chunk_bounds to Cython callers.

If another Cython module must cimport this function, add its matching cpdef declaration to parquet_metadata.pxd and import DeviceMemoryResource there. Python callers do not require this declaration.

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In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pxd` around lines 80 - 85, Add
the matching cpdef declaration for column_chunk_bounds to parquet_metadata.pxd
so Cython modules can cimport it, and add the required DeviceMemoryResource
import there. Keep the declaration aligned with the existing implementation
signature; no Python-facing changes are needed.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf/io/parquet_metadata.hpp`:
- Around line 320-338: Update the column_chunk_bounds documentation to add
`@throw` entries for std::invalid_argument covering missing or ambiguous leaf
paths, unsupported or compound statistics dtypes, and dtype mismatches across
sources. Add default arguments to stream and mr using cudf::get_default_stream()
and cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(), respectively, while preserving the
existing API behavior.

In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp`:
- Around line 1463-1486: Guard the statistics dispatch in the loop over
column_names against an empty per_file_metadata collection: add a CUDF_EXPECTS
precondition that rejects this input before dtype remains type_id::EMPTY and
type_dispatcher is called. Add a regression test covering non-empty column_names
with no source metadata and verify the expected exception.

Apply the same fix in `@python/pylibcudf/tests/io/test_parquet.py` around lines
645 - 677: Adds the regression test for empty metadata and requested columns.

In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp`:
- Around line 3676-3686: Change the bounds.bounds size assertion in this test
from EXPECT_EQ to ASSERT_EQ so execution stops before bounds.bounds.front() is
accessed when the collection is empty; leave the subsequent expected-column
checks unchanged.

In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pyx`:
- Around line 806-814: In the metadata conversion flow, update the validation
loop in the function containing metadata_ptrs to copy each FileMetaData.c_obj
directly into c_metadatas while the GIL is held, rather than storing raw
pointers for later dereferencing. Remove metadata_ptrs and the now-unused
dereference import, while preserving the type validation and eliminating the
second traversal.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp`:
- Around line 105-121: Replace repeated per-column scans through
find_leaf_schema_index with a per-source map of dotted leaf paths to schema
indices, constructed once from the schema tree and reused by column_chunk_bounds
for all requested columns. Preserve missing-path errors and detect duplicate
leaf paths while building the map, reporting ambiguity consistently.

In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp`:
- Around line 3649-3687: Add edge-case coverage to the ColumnChunkBounds test
around column_chunk_bounds: include multiple source files and a source written
with statistics disabled, then verify file_indices and row_group_indices for
every result and assert null bounds where chunk statistics are unavailable. Also
cover an all-null column if supported by the existing test helpers, while
preserving the current single-file non-nullable int64 assertions.

In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pxd`:
- Around line 80-85: Add the matching cpdef declaration for column_chunk_bounds
to parquet_metadata.pxd so Cython modules can cimport it, and add the required
DeviceMemoryResource import there. Keep the declaration aligned with the
existing implementation signature; no Python-facing changes are needed.
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python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pyx (1)

808-811: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject a scalar string for columns.

If columns is a single str, the loop iterates over characters. Each character passes the string type check. For example, "event_time" is sent as separate one-character paths instead of one column path. Reject scalar text before the loop or normalize it to a one-element sequence.

Proposed fix
     mr = _get_memory_resource(mr)
 
+    if isinstance(columns, str):
+        raise TypeError("columns must be a sequence of strings")
+
     for metadata_obj in file_metadatas:
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In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pyx` around lines 808 - 811,
Update the columns handling before the loop over columns to reject a scalar str,
or normalize it to a one-element sequence, so a column name is never split into
characters; preserve the existing validation for sequence elements and c_columns
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In `@python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet_metadata.pyx`:
- Around line 808-811: Update the columns handling before the loop over columns
to reject a scalar str, or normalize it to a one-element sequence, so a column
name is never split into characters; preserve the existing validation for
sequence elements and c_columns population.

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cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp (3)

123-137: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle 12-byte INT96 statistics.

The Type::INT96 branch passes the 12-byte payload to decode_fixed_width_value<int64_t>, which requires stats_size == sizeof(int64_t) and throws before decoding the remaining 4 bytes. Decode the 8-byte nanoseconds and 4-byte Julian-day components with their respective sizes, and add a regression test for row-group bounds on a legacy INT96 column.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp` around lines 123 - 137, Update
the INT96 statistics decoding path to decode its 8-byte nanoseconds component
and 4-byte Julian-day component separately, rather than passing the full 12-byte
payload to decode_fixed_width_value<int64_t>. Preserve the resulting timestamp
conversion and add a regression test covering row-group lower and upper bounds
for a legacy INT96 column.

123-137: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject ConvertedType::INTERVAL before statistics dispatch.

INTERVAL falls back to type_id::STRING, so its raw 12-byte FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY bounds are returned as strings. Parquet requires readers to ignore these statistics. Raise std::invalid_argument for this annotation and add a regression test with populated interval statistics.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp` around lines 123 - 137, Update
statistics_dtype to detect SchemaElement fields annotated with
ConvertedType::INTERVAL before type conversion and throw std::invalid_argument,
preventing interval statistics from being dispatched as strings. Add a
regression test that provides populated interval statistics and verifies they
are rejected.

2419-2439: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document or support mixed schemas in column_chunk_bounds().

The wrapper rejects differing schemas because it passes has_cols_from_mismatched_srcs = false. Passing true alone is insufficient because schema maps are populated by select_columns(), which this API does not call. If mixed schemas are supported, add dedicated per-source mapping. Otherwise, document the same-schema restriction and add a rejection test.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp` around lines 2419 - 2439,
Document that column_chunk_bounds() only supports metadata with identical
schemas, and add a test that rejects differing schemas. Keep
has_cols_from_mismatched_srcs set to false unless implementing the required
per-source schema mappings populated by select_columns().
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Outside diff comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp`:
- Around line 123-137: Update the INT96 statistics decoding path to decode its
8-byte nanoseconds component and 4-byte Julian-day component separately, rather
than passing the full 12-byte payload to decode_fixed_width_value<int64_t>.
Preserve the resulting timestamp conversion and add a regression test covering
row-group lower and upper bounds for a legacy INT96 column.
- Around line 123-137: Update statistics_dtype to detect SchemaElement fields
annotated with ConvertedType::INTERVAL before type conversion and throw
std::invalid_argument, preventing interval statistics from being dispatched as
strings. Add a regression test that provides populated interval statistics and
verifies they are rejected.
- Around line 2419-2439: Document that column_chunk_bounds() only supports
metadata with identical schemas, and add a test that rejects differing schemas.
Keep has_cols_from_mismatched_srcs set to false unless implementing the required
per-source schema mappings populated by select_columns().

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