Implement write.parquet.row-group-size-bytes in the pyarrow writer

pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py

@@ -2404,15 +2404,30 @@ def data_file_statistics_from_parquet_metadata(
     )
 
 
+def _resolve_row_group_size(arrow_table: pa.Table, row_group_limit: int | None, row_group_size_bytes: int | None) -> int | None:
+    if not row_group_size_bytes or arrow_table.num_rows == 0:
+        return row_group_limit
+    bytes_per_row = max(1, arrow_table.nbytes // arrow_table.num_rows)
+    rows_for_byte_budget = max(1, row_group_size_bytes // bytes_per_row)
+    if row_group_limit is None:
+        return rows_for_byte_budget
+    return min(row_group_limit, rows_for_byte_budget)
+
+
 def write_file(io: FileIO, table_metadata: TableMetadata, tasks: Iterator[WriteTask]) -> Iterator[DataFile]:
     from pyiceberg.table import DOWNCAST_NS_TIMESTAMP_TO_US_ON_WRITE, TableProperties
 
     parquet_writer_kwargs = _get_parquet_writer_kwargs(table_metadata.properties)
-    row_group_size = property_as_int(
+    row_group_limit = property_as_int(
         properties=table_metadata.properties,
         property_name=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT,
         default=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT_DEFAULT,
     )
+    row_group_size_bytes = property_as_int(
+        properties=table_metadata.properties,
+        property_name=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES,
+        default=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+    )
     location_provider = load_location_provider(table_location=table_metadata.location, table_properties=table_metadata.properties)
 
     def write_parquet(task: WriteTask) -> DataFile:
@@ -2436,6 +2451,7 @@ def write_parquet(task: WriteTask) -> DataFile:
             for batch in task.record_batches
         ]
         arrow_table = pa.Table.from_batches(batches)
+        row_group_size = _resolve_row_group_size(arrow_table, row_group_limit, row_group_size_bytes)
         file_path = location_provider.new_data_location(
             data_file_name=task.generate_data_file_filename("parquet"),
             partition_key=task.partition_key,
@@ -2564,7 +2580,6 @@ def _get_parquet_writer_kwargs(table_properties: Properties) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     from pyiceberg.table import TableProperties
 
     for key_pattern in [
-        TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES,
         TableProperties.PARQUET_BLOOM_FILTER_MAX_BYTES,
         f"{TableProperties.PARQUET_BLOOM_FILTER_COLUMN_ENABLED_PREFIX}.*",
     ]:

tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py

@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@ def test_write_parquet_other_properties(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "properties",
     [
-        {"write.parquet.row-group-size-bytes": "42"},
         {"write.parquet.bloom-filter-enabled.column.bool": "42"},
         {"write.parquet.bloom-filter-max-bytes": "42"},
     ],

tests/io/test_pyarrow.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import uuid
 from datetime import date
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from uuid import uuid4
@@ -67,13 +68,15 @@
     _determine_partitions,
     _primitive_to_physical,
     _read_deletes,
+    _resolve_row_group_size,
     _to_requested_schema,
     bin_pack_arrow_table,
     compute_statistics_plan,
     data_file_statistics_from_parquet_metadata,
     expression_to_pyarrow,
     parquet_path_to_id_mapping,
     schema_to_pyarrow,
+    write_file,
 )
 from pyiceberg.manifest import DataFile, DataFileContent, FileFormat
 from pyiceberg.partitioning import PartitionField, PartitionSpec
@@ -2319,3 +2322,86 @@ def test_pyarrow_io_multi_fs() -> None:
 
         # Same PyArrowFileIO instance resolves local file input to LocalFileSystem
         assert isinstance(pyarrow_file_io.new_input("file:///path/to/file")._filesystem, LocalFileSystem)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "arrow_table,row_group_limit,row_group_size_bytes,expected",
+    [
+        # Byte limit tighter than row limit — 2 int64 cols => 16 bytes/row,
+        # 1024-byte budget => 64 rows/group.
+        (pa.table({"a": list(range(1000)), "b": list(range(1000))}), 10_000, 1024, 64),
+        # Row limit tighter than byte limit.
+        (pa.table({"a": list(range(1000))}), 10, 10**9, 10),
+        # Byte limit disabled (0) falls back to the row limit.
+        (pa.table({"a": list(range(1000))}), 500, 0, 500),
+        # Empty input falls back to the row limit.
+        (pa.table({"a": pa.array([], type=pa.int64())}), 500, 1024, 500),
+    ],
+)
+def test__resolve_row_group_size(arrow_table: pa.Table, row_group_limit: int, row_group_size_bytes: int, expected: int) -> None:
+    """Pick min(row_group_limit, bytes/(bytes_per_row)) when byte limit is set."""
+    assert _resolve_row_group_size(arrow_table, row_group_limit, row_group_size_bytes) == expected
+
+
+def test_write_file_byte_limit_produces_more_row_groups_than_row_limit_alone(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """A tight byte limit splits a single arrow table across multiple row groups."""
+    from pyiceberg.table import WriteTask
+
+    table_schema = Schema(
+        NestedField(1, "a", LongType(), required=False),
+        NestedField(2, "b", LongType(), required=False),
+    )
+    arrow_data = pa.table({"a": list(range(10_000)), "b": list(range(10_000))})
+
+    def _write(properties: dict[str, str], subdir: str) -> Path:
+        table_metadata = TableMetadataV2(
+            location=f"file://{tmp_path}/{subdir}",
+            last_column_id=2,
+            format_version=2,
+            schemas=[table_schema],
+            partition_specs=[PartitionSpec()],
+            properties=properties,
+        )
+        task = WriteTask(
+            write_uuid=uuid.uuid4(),
+            task_id=0,
+            record_batches=arrow_data.to_batches(),
+            schema=table_schema,
+        )
+        data_files = list(write_file(io=PyArrowFileIO(), table_metadata=table_metadata, tasks=iter([task])))
+        return Path(data_files[0].file_path.removeprefix("file://"))
+
+    default_groups = pq.ParquetFile(_write({}, "default")).num_row_groups
+    constrained_groups = pq.ParquetFile(
+        _write({TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES: "1024"}, "constrained")
+    ).num_row_groups
+    assert default_groups == 1
+    assert constrained_groups > 1
+
+
+def test_write_file_byte_limit_respects_row_limit_upper_bound(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """With an effectively infinite byte target, the row limit caps row groups."""
+    from pyiceberg.table import WriteTask
+
+    table_schema = Schema(NestedField(1, "a", LongType(), required=False))
+    arrow_data = pa.table({"a": list(range(10_000))})
+    table_metadata = TableMetadataV2(
+        location=f"file://{tmp_path}",
+        last_column_id=1,
+        format_version=2,
+        schemas=[table_schema],
+        partition_specs=[PartitionSpec()],
+        properties={
+            TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT: "1000",
+            TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES: str(10**12),
+        },
+    )
+    task = WriteTask(
+        write_uuid=uuid.uuid4(),
+        task_id=0,
+        record_batches=arrow_data.to_batches(),
+        schema=table_schema,
+    )
+    data_files = list(write_file(io=PyArrowFileIO(), table_metadata=table_metadata, tasks=iter([task])))
+    pf = pq.ParquetFile(data_files[0].file_path.removeprefix("file://"))
+    assert pf.num_row_groups == 10