** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  Originally, Nova archives deleted rows in batches consisting of a maximum 
number of parent rows (max_rows) plus their child rows, all within a single 
database transaction.
  This approach limits the maximum value of max_rows that can be specified by 
the caller due to the potential size of the database transaction it could 
generate.
  Additionally, this behavior can cause the cleanup process to frequently 
encounter the following error:
  oslo_db.exception.DBError: (pymysql.err.InternalError) (3100, "Error on 
observer while running replication hook 'before_commit'.")
  
  The error arises when the transaction exceeds the group replication 
transaction size limit, a safeguard implemented to prevent potential MySQL 
crashes [1].
  The default value for this limit is approximately 143MB.
  
  [Fix]
  An upstream commit has changed the logic to archive one parent row and its 
related child rows in a single database transaction.
  This change allows operators to choose more predictable values for max_rows 
and achieve more progress with each invocation of archive_deleted_rows.
  Additionally, this commit reduces the chances of encountering the issue where 
the transaction size exceeds the group replication transaction size limit.
  
  commit 697fa3c000696da559e52b664c04cbd8d261c037
  Author:     melanie witt <melwi...@gmail.com>
  CommitDate: Tue Jun 20 20:04:46 2023 +0000
  
-     database: Archive parent and child rows "trees" one at a time
+     database: Archive parent and child rows "trees" one at a time
  
  [Test Plan]
  1. Create an instance and delete it in OpenStack.
  2. Log in to the Nova database and confirm that there is an entry with a 
deleted_at value that is not NULL.
  select display_name, deleted_at from instances where deleted_at <> 0;
  3. Execute the following command, ensuring that the timestamp specified in 
--before is later than the deleted_at value:
  nova-manage db archive_deleted_rows --before "XXX-XX-XX XX:XX:XX" --verbose 
--until-complete
  4. Log in to the Nova database again and confirm that the entry has been 
archived and removed.
  select display_name, deleted_at from instances where deleted_at <> 0;
  
  [Where problems could occur]
  The commit changes the logic for archiving deleted entries to reduce the size 
of transactions generated during the operation.
  If the patch contains errors, it will only impact the archiving of deleted 
entries and will not affect other functionalities.
  
  [1] https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=84785
+ 
+ [Original Bug Description]
+ 
+ Observed downstream in a large scale cluster with constant create/delete
+ server activity and hundreds of thousands of deleted instances rows.
+ 
+ Currently, we archive deleted rows in batches of max_rows parents +
+ their child rows in a single database transaction. Doing it that way
+ limits how high a value of max_rows can be specified by the caller
+ because of the size of the database transaction it could generate.
+ 
+ For example, in a large scale deployment with hundreds of thousands of
+ deleted rows and constant server creation and deletion activity, a
+ value of max_rows=1000 might exceed the database's configured maximum
+ packet size or timeout due to a database deadlock, forcing the operator
+ to use a much lower max_rows value like 100 or 50.
+ 
+ And when the operator has e.g. 500,000 deleted instances rows (and
+ millions of deleted rows total) they are trying to archive, being
+ forced to use a max_rows value several orders of magnitude lower than
+ the number of rows they need to archive is a poor user experience and
+ makes it unclear if archive progress is actually being made.

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  Performance degradation archiving DB with large numbers of FK related
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