cloud-fan commented on code in PR #58424:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/58424#discussion_r4015377438


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sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate.scala:
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+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.Rule
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.TreePattern.IN_SUBQUERY
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CharVarcharUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.{HadoopFsRelation, 
LogicalRelation}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetFileFormat
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+
+/**
+ * Rewrites supported uncorrelated IN-subquery inequality self-joins into
+ * `GROUP BY + HAVING MIN(neq) <> MAX(neq)`, avoiding the self-join 
cross-product.
+ *
+ * Supports a direct self-join (Pattern A') and a self-join nested under an 
outer inner join
+ * (Pattern A2, where only the self-join child becomes an Aggregate). 
Unsupported and correlated
+ * shapes fail closed.
+ *
+ * Runs in `extendedOperatorOptimizationRules`, before 
`RewritePredicateSubquery` turns the
+ * predicate subquery into a semi/anti/existence join, so it only sees the 
uncorrelated
+ * `InSubquery` shape.
+ *
+ * Controlled by 
`spark.sql.optimizer.rewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate.enabled`
+ * (default false, opt-in).
+ */
+object RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with 
PredicateHelper {
+
+  private val MinNeqAliasName = "_rewrite_selfjoin_inequality_min"
+  private val MaxNeqAliasName = "_rewrite_selfjoin_inequality_max"
+
+  override def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+    if 
(!conf.getConf(SQLConf.REWRITE_SELF_JOIN_INEQUALITY_TO_AGGREGATE_ENABLED)) {
+      return plan
+    }
+
+    // Fail closed on correlated subqueries: `lq.children` holds the outer 
references this rule
+    // does not remap.
+    plan.transformAllExpressionsWithPruning(_.containsPattern(IN_SUBQUERY)) {
+      case in @ InSubquery(_, lq: ListQuery) if lq.children.isEmpty =>
+        rewriteSubqueryPlan(lq.plan) match {
+          case Some(newSub) => in.copy(query = lq.copy(plan = newSub))
+          case None => in
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Shared helpers
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  /**
+   * Build `Filter(min <> max, Aggregate(equiKeys, child))`, taking MIN and 
MAX over the neq column.
+   * `MIN(neqCol) <> MAX(neqCol)` is true exactly when the group holds two or 
more distinct non-null
+   * values.
+   *
+   * The `IsNotNull(equiKeys)` filter preserves the equi-join's NULL 
semantics: `=` never matches a
+   * NULL key, but GROUP BY would fold all NULL keys into one group that can 
leak NULL into a
+   * `NOT IN`. The neq column needs no filter -- MIN/MAX ignore NULL, and a 
group with fewer than
+   * two non-null values has `min = max` (or both NULL, which makes `<>` 
NULL), so `<>` is never
+   * true for it and the group is dropped.
+   *
+   * Sound only because the rule fires under `InSubquery`: IN / NOT IN 
membership is insensitive to
+   * duplicate rows in the subquery result, and it binds columns by position 
(`equalsStructurally`),
+   * so the A2 branch's column rename is harmless.
+   */
+  private def buildAggregateHavingMultipleDistinct(
+      equiKeys: Seq[Attribute],
+      neqCol: Attribute,
+      child: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+    val minAlias = Alias(Min(neqCol).toAggregateExpression(), 
MinNeqAliasName)()
+    val maxAlias = Alias(Max(neqCol).toAggregateExpression(), 
MaxNeqAliasName)()
+    val aggExprs: Seq[NamedExpression] = equiKeys :+ minAlias :+ maxAlias
+    val nonNullChild = equiKeys
+      .map(a => IsNotNull(a): Expression)
+      .reduceOption(And)
+      .map(Filter(_, child))
+      .getOrElse(child)
+    val agg = Aggregate(equiKeys, aggExprs, nonNullChild)
+    Filter(Not(EqualTo(minAlias.toAttribute, maxAlias.toAttribute)), agg)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Rebuild the wrapper Project so every equi-key reference points at the 
sjLeft attribute with a
+   * fresh output ExprId, returning `oldOutputExprId -> newOutputAttr` for 
downstream references
+   * (outer join condition, top-level Project). Lookup is by ExprId (Catalyst 
attribute identity),
+   * not name. Fails closed when an entry is neither an equi-key Attribute nor 
`Alias(equi-key, _)`.
+   */
+  private def canonicalizeWrapper(
+      projectList: Seq[NamedExpression],
+      equiPairs: Seq[(Attribute, Attribute)],
+      newChild: LogicalPlan): Option[(Project, Map[ExprId, Attribute])] = {
+    val exprIdToLeft: Map[ExprId, Attribute] =
+      equiPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l.exprId -> l, r.exprId -> l) 
}.toMap
+    val oldOutput: Seq[Attribute] = projectList.map(_.toAttribute)
+    val mapped: Seq[Option[NamedExpression]] = projectList.map {
+      case a: Attribute if exprIdToLeft.contains(a.exprId) =>
+        // Fresh exprId, but carry over qualifier / metadata so this branch 
stays consistent with
+        // the Alias branch and a column keeps its metadata.
+        Some(
+          Alias(exprIdToLeft(a.exprId), a.name)(
+            qualifier = a.qualifier,
+            explicitMetadata = Some(a.metadata)): NamedExpression)
+      case al @ Alias(a: Attribute, _) if exprIdToLeft.contains(a.exprId) =>
+        // withNewChild preserves name/qualifier/metadata and exprId; 
newInstance then re-stamps a
+        // fresh exprId, so Alias keeps ownership of its own metadata contract 
instead of us
+        // re-listing its fields (which drift when Alias gains one).
+        Some(al.withNewChild(exprIdToLeft(a.exprId)).newInstance())
+      case _ => None
+    }
+    if (mapped.exists(_.isEmpty)) {
+      None
+    } else {
+      val newProjectList = mapped.flatten
+      val newWrapper = Project(newProjectList, newChild)
+      val remap: Map[ExprId, Attribute] =
+        oldOutput.zip(newWrapper.output).map { case (o, n) => o.exprId -> n 
}.toMap
+      Some((newWrapper, remap))
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replace equi-key references inside a NamedExpression per `remap`, 
preserving Attribute/Alias
+   * shape. Any other expression still referencing a replaced output returns 
None (fail-closed) to
+   * avoid a dangling ExprId.
+   */
+  private def remapNamedExpressionAttributes(
+      ne: NamedExpression,
+      remap: Map[ExprId, Attribute]): Option[NamedExpression] = ne match {
+    case a: Attribute if remap.contains(a.exprId) => Some(remap(a.exprId))
+    case a: Attribute => Some(a)
+    case al: Alias =>
+      val newChild = al.child.transformUp {
+        case a: Attribute if remap.contains(a.exprId) => remap(a.exprId)
+      }
+      // withNewChild preserves the same exprId/qualifier/metadata the manual 
copy did.
+      Some(if (newChild eq al.child) al else al.withNewChild(newChild))
+    case other if other.references.exists(a => remap.contains(a.exprId)) =>
+      None
+    case other => Some(other)
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Pattern A' / A2 dispatch (subquery plans of InSubquery)
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def rewriteSubqueryPlan(plan: LogicalPlan): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+    // Match the candidate shape first -- a top-level Inner Join, optionally 
under one wrapper
+    // Project. This structural match is cheap, so run it before the 
whole-subquery
+    // `isRepeatablePlan` walk and skip that walk entirely for the many 
subqueries that are not
+    // even shaped like a self-join.
+    val (projectListOpt, innerJoin): (Option[Seq[NamedExpression]], Join) = 
plan match {
+      case Project(pl, j: Join) if j.joinType == Inner && 
j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (Some(pl), j)
+      case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (None, j)
+      case _ => return None
+    }
+
+    // Candidate-level guard: reject if any node in the whole subquery is 
non-repeatable, catching
+    // nondeterminism hoisted above the self-join that the per-side 
`isSameBaseRelation` misses.
+    if (!isRepeatablePlan(plan)) return None
+
+    if (isSameBaseRelation(innerJoin.left, innerJoin.right)) {
+      rewriteDirectSelfJoin(projectListOpt, innerJoin)
+    } else {
+      rewriteNestedSelfJoin(projectListOpt, innerJoin)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Pattern A' : direct self-join at subquery top level
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def rewriteDirectSelfJoin(
+      projectListOpt: Option[Seq[NamedExpression]],
+      innerJoin: Join): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+    // Fail closed on an explicit join hint: it is a directive about the join 
this rule deletes.
+    if (!innerJoin.hint.isEmpty) return None
+
+    val innerLeft = innerJoin.left
+    val innerCond = innerJoin.condition.get
+
+    val parsed = parseSelfJoinCondition(innerCond, innerLeft, innerJoin.right)
+    if (parsed.isEmpty) return None
+    val (equiPairs, neqPairs) = parsed.get
+
+    val innerLeftEquiAttrs: Seq[Attribute] = equiPairs.map(_._1)
+    val innerLeftNeqAttr: Attribute = neqPairs.head._1
+    val filtered =
+      buildAggregateHavingMultipleDistinct(innerLeftEquiAttrs, 
innerLeftNeqAttr, innerLeft)
+
+    // Fail closed on a bare-Join subquery: with no wrapper Project, replacing 
the self-join output
+    // with `Project(equiKeys, filtered)` shrinks arity and 
RewritePredicateSubquery's positional
+    // `values.zip(sub.output)` would misbind semi predicates. Q95 subqueries 
always have a Project.
+    projectListOpt match {
+      case None => None
+      case Some(pl) =>
+        canonicalizeWrapper(pl, equiPairs, filtered).map { case (newWrapper, 
_) => newWrapper }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Pattern A2 : self-join nested inside another InnerJoin in the subquery
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def rewriteNestedSelfJoin(
+      projectListOpt: Option[Seq[NamedExpression]],
+      outerJoin: Join): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+    val outerCond = outerJoin.condition.get
+
+    val (selfJoinSide, selfJoinOnRight) =
+      tryExtractSelfJoin(outerJoin.right) match {
+        case Some(_) => (outerJoin.right, true)
+        case None =>
+          tryExtractSelfJoin(outerJoin.left) match {
+            case Some(_) => (outerJoin.left, false)
+            case None => return None
+          }
+      }
+
+    val (selfJoinProjectOpt, selfJoin) = selfJoinSide match {
+      case p @ Project(_, j: Join) if j.joinType == Inner && 
j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (Some(p), j)
+      case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (None, j)
+      case _ => return None
+    }
+
+    val sjLeft = selfJoin.left
+    val sjCond = selfJoin.condition.get
+    if (!isSameBaseRelation(sjLeft, selfJoin.right)) return None
+
+    val parsed = parseSelfJoinCondition(sjCond, sjLeft, selfJoin.right)
+    if (parsed.isEmpty) return None
+    val (equiPairs, neqPairs) = parsed.get
+
+    val sjLeftEquiAttrs: Seq[Attribute] = equiPairs.map(_._1)
+    val sjLeftNeqAttr: Attribute = neqPairs.head._1
+
+    val selfJoinOutputSet = selfJoinSide.outputSet
+    val sjEquiExprIds: Set[ExprId] =
+      equiPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l.exprId, r.exprId) }.toSet
+    // A wrapper Project may reproject equi-keys under fresh alias exprIds; 
include those.
+    val wrapperEquiExprIds: Set[ExprId] = selfJoinProjectOpt.toSeq.flatMap { p 
=>
+      p.projectList.flatMap {
+        case a: Attribute if sjEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId) => Some(a.exprId)
+        case al @ Alias(a: Attribute, _) if sjEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId) 
=> Some(al.exprId)
+        case _ => None
+      }
+    }.toSet
+    val allEquiExprIds = sjEquiExprIds ++ wrapperEquiExprIds
+
+    // The outer join condition and any top-level Project may reference only 
equi-key attrs from the
+    // self-join side (the neq column does not survive the rewrite).
+    val outerCondRefs = outerCond.references.filter(selfJoinOutputSet.contains)
+    if (!outerCondRefs.forall(a => allEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId))) return 
None
+    val projectOk = projectListOpt.forall { pl =>
+      val refs = pl.flatMap(_.references).filter(selfJoinOutputSet.contains)
+      refs.forall(a => allEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId))
+    }
+    if (!projectOk) return None
+
+    val filtered = buildAggregateHavingMultipleDistinct(sjLeftEquiAttrs, 
sjLeftNeqAttr, sjLeft)
+
+    val (newSelfJoinSide, outputRemap): (LogicalPlan, Map[ExprId, Attribute]) =
+      selfJoinProjectOpt match {
+        case Some(wp) =>
+          canonicalizeWrapper(wp.projectList, equiPairs, filtered) match {
+            case Some((newWrapper, remap)) => (newWrapper, remap)
+            case None => return None
+          }
+        case None =>
+          // A bare self-join side (no wrapper Project) is not produced for a 
fireable A2 by the
+          // normal optimizer pipeline: only equi keys are referenced above 
the self-join, so
+          // ColumnPruning inserts a wrapper Project to drop the unused neq 
column, leaving
+          // selfJoinProjectOpt = Some. Fail closed on the non-standard bare 
shape.
+          return None
+      }
+
+    val newOuterCond = outerCond.transformUp {
+      case a: Attribute if outputRemap.contains(a.exprId) => 
outputRemap(a.exprId)
+    }
+
+    val newOuterJoin = if (selfJoinOnRight) {
+      outerJoin.copy(right = newSelfJoinSide, condition = Some(newOuterCond))
+    } else {
+      outerJoin.copy(left = newSelfJoinSide, condition = Some(newOuterCond))
+    }
+
+    projectListOpt match {
+      case Some(pl) =>
+        val remapped = pl.map(ne => remapNamedExpressionAttributes(ne, 
outputRemap))
+        if (remapped.exists(_.isEmpty)) return None
+        Some(Project(remapped.flatten, newOuterJoin))
+      case None => Some(newOuterJoin)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def tryExtractSelfJoin(plan: LogicalPlan): Option[Join] = {
+    val join = plan match {
+      case Project(_, j: Join) if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined 
=> j
+      case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined => j
+      case _ => return None
+    }
+    // A hinted self-join is not an extraction candidate; see 
`rewriteDirectSelfJoin`.
+    if (!join.hint.isEmpty) return None
+    if (!isSameBaseRelation(join.left, join.right)) return None
+    if (parseSelfJoinCondition(join.condition.get, join.left, 
join.right).isEmpty) return None
+    Some(join)
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  parseSelfJoinCondition + isSameBaseRelation
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def outputOrdinal(plan: LogicalPlan, attr: Attribute): Int =
+    plan.output.indexWhere(_.exprId == attr.exprId)
+
+  private def sameOutputPosition(
+      leftPlan: LogicalPlan,
+      rightPlan: LogicalPlan,
+      leftAttr: Attribute,
+      rightAttr: Attribute): Boolean = {
+    val leftPos = outputOrdinal(leftPlan, leftAttr)
+    val rightPos = outputOrdinal(rightPlan, rightAttr)
+    leftPos >= 0 && rightPos >= 0 && leftPos == rightPos
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse a join condition into equi-pairs and inequality-pairs. Accepts only 
`EqualTo(attr, attr)`
+   * and `Not(EqualTo(attr, attr))` across opposite sides, and 
`IsNotNull(attr)` on a join column;
+   * anything else fails the whole rewrite closed.
+   */
+  private def parseSelfJoinCondition(
+      condition: Expression,
+      leftPlan: LogicalPlan,
+      rightPlan: LogicalPlan)
+      : Option[(Seq[(Attribute, Attribute)], Seq[(Attribute, Attribute)])] = {
+
+    val leftOutput = leftPlan.outputSet
+    val rightOutput = rightPlan.outputSet
+    val predicates = splitConjunctivePredicates(condition)
+
+    val equiPairs = predicates.collect {
+      case EqualTo(l: Attribute, r: Attribute)
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+      case EqualTo(r: Attribute, l: Attribute)
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+    }
+
+    val neqPairs = predicates.collect {
+      case Not(EqualTo(l: Attribute, r: Attribute))
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+      case Not(EqualTo(r: Attribute, l: Attribute))
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+    }
+
+    // Only IsNotNull on a join column is safe to drop -- redundant with the 
join or auto-added by
+    // InferFiltersFromConstraints. IsNotNull on any other column changes 
semantics; bail out.
+    val joinAttrIds: Set[ExprId] =
+      (equiPairs ++ neqPairs).flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l.exprId, r.exprId) 
}.toSet
+    val isNotNullOnJoinCols = predicates.count {
+      case IsNotNull(a: Attribute) if joinAttrIds.contains(a.exprId) => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
+
+    val totalMatched = equiPairs.size + neqPairs.size + isNotNullOnJoinCols
+    if (totalMatched != predicates.size) return None
+    if (equiPairs.isEmpty || neqPairs.isEmpty) return None
+
+    // A single inequality only: MIN/MAX over one column cannot represent 
multiple neqs.
+    if (neqPairs.size != 1) return None
+
+    // Equi-keys move into grouping equality, the neq column into MIN/MAX 
ordering equality -- two
+    // different gates (below). Check both ends of each pair, since 
canonicalization can drop the
+    // metadata the gate reads. Fail closed on anything not proven.
+    val equiAttrs = equiPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l, r) }
+    val neqAttrs = neqPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l, r) }
+    if (!equiAttrs.forall(isSafeEquiKeyAttribute)) return None
+    if (!neqAttrs.forall(isSafeNeqColumnAttribute)) return None
+
+    // The rewrite expresses "two or more distinct values" as MIN(neq) <> 
MAX(neq), so the neq
+    // column must be orderable. The allowlist above already implies this, but 
assert Spark's own
+    // MIN/MAX input contract (RowOrdering.isOrderable, the same check Min/Max 
run) explicitly, so
+    // the requirement is visible at the rewrite site.
+    if (!RowOrdering.isOrderable(neqPairs.head._1.dataType)) return None
+
+    // Resolve each predicate end by ExprId and require matching output 
ordinals, not name equality
+    // (canonicalization erases cosmetic Alias names).
+    val equiValid =
+      equiPairs.forall { case (l, r) => sameOutputPosition(leftPlan, 
rightPlan, l, r) }
+    val neqValid = neqPairs.forall { case (l, r) => 
sameOutputPosition(leftPlan, rightPlan, l, r) }
+    if (!equiValid || !neqValid) return None
+
+    // Equi-key output positions must be distinct, so swapped/duplicate 
aliases cannot collide.
+    val leftEquiOrdinals = equiPairs.map { case (l, _) => 
outputOrdinal(leftPlan, l) }
+    if (leftEquiOrdinals.exists(_ < 0)) return None
+    if (leftEquiOrdinals.distinct.size != leftEquiOrdinals.size) return None
+
+    // The neq column must map to an output position of the left self-join 
input.
+    val neqLeftOrdinal = outputOrdinal(leftPlan, neqPairs.head._1)
+    if (neqLeftOrdinal < 0) return None
+    Some((equiPairs, neqPairs))
+  }
+
+  // CHAR/VARCHAR reach the optimizer as StringType with the declared type in 
metadata; read it back
+  // (falling back to `dataType`) so they don't slip through the StringType 
branch of the gates.
+  private def rawType(attr: Attribute): DataType =
+    CharVarcharUtils.getRawType(attr.metadata).getOrElse(attr.dataType)
+
+  private def isSafeEquiKeyAttribute(attr: Attribute): Boolean =
+    isSafeEquiKeyType(rawType(attr))
+
+  private def isSafeNeqColumnAttribute(attr: Attribute): Boolean =
+    isSafeNeqColumnType(rawType(attr))
+
+  // Allowlist for equi-keys, which move into GROUP BY: `=` must coincide with 
grouping equality;
+  // fail closed otherwise. Float/Double are excluded conservatively 
(NormalizeFloatingNumbers
+  // already reconciles NaN/signed zero), not out of necessity.
+  private def isSafeEquiKeyType(dt: DataType): Boolean = dt match {
+    case ByteType | ShortType | IntegerType | LongType => true
+    case _: DecimalType => true
+    case BooleanType => true
+    case DateType => true
+    case TimestampType | TimestampNTZType => true
+    case BinaryType => true
+    case _: CharType | _: VarcharType => false
+    case st: StringType if st.supportsBinaryEquality => true
+    case _ => false
+  }
+
+  // Neq column moves into MIN/MAX, which compare by ORDERING, so a collated 
string needs
+  // supportsBinaryOrdering (not the weaker supportsBinaryEquality).
+  private def isSafeNeqColumnType(dt: DataType): Boolean = dt match {
+    case ByteType | ShortType | IntegerType | LongType => true
+    case _: DecimalType => true
+    case BooleanType => true
+    case DateType => true
+    case TimestampType | TimestampNTZType => true
+    case BinaryType => true
+    case _: CharType | _: VarcharType => false
+    case st: StringType if st.supportsBinaryOrdering => true
+    case _ => false
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Primary safety guard: the rewrite folds two occurrences of one subtree 
into a single aggregate,
+   * so a plan qualifies only when its operators, leaves and expressions are 
all allowlisted as
+   * repeatable. `plan.deterministic` alone is insufficient -- 
Aggregate(First), Window row_number
+   * over a non-total order and Limit/Sample are row-bag nondeterministic yet 
report deterministic.
+   * Embedded expression subqueries also fail closed.
+   */
+  private def isRepeatablePlan(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = {
+    plan.deterministic &&
+    !plan.isStreaming &&
+    plan.subqueriesAll.isEmpty &&
+    isRowBagRepeatable(plan) &&
+    hasRepeatableExpressions(plan)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Operator/leaf allowlist for repeatable row bags; everything unknown fails 
closed. Kept narrow:
+   * the target shape needs only a Parquet scan optionally wrapped in Project 
/ Filter /
+   * SubqueryAlias plus the self-join. The exact-`ParquetFileFormat` leaf 
check is deliberate:
+   * other formats (ORC/JSON/CSV) reach the same scan but stay rejected until 
separately validated.
+   */
+  private def isRowBagRepeatable(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = !plan.exists {
+    // Whitelisted operator => false ("does not break repeatability"); 
negating `exists` then means
+    // "every operator is whitelisted".
+    case _: Project => false
+    case _: Filter => false
+    case _: SubqueryAlias => false
+    case _: Join => false
+    case _: Range => false
+    case _: LocalRelation => false
+    case relation: LogicalRelation =>
+      // Trust a Parquet scan only: exact `ParquetFileFormat` (getClass, not 
isInstanceOf, since it
+      // is non-final); any other FileFormat is not provably repeatable.
+      relation.relation match {
+        case h: HadoopFsRelation if h.fileFormat.getClass == 
classOf[ParquetFileFormat] => false
+        case _ => true
+      }
+    case _ => true
+  }
+
+  private def hasRepeatableExpressions(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = {
+    !plan.exists(node => node.expressions.exists(expr => 
!isRepeatableExpression(expr)))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Expression allowlist: repeatable only when the root type is allowlisted 
and all children are,
+   * so `Add(v, Abs(w))` is rejected. Unknown types fail closed (a missed 
optimization, not a bug).
+   * Decimal wrappers such as `PromotePrecision` / `CheckOverflow` are absent 
and may fail closed.
+   */
+  private def isRepeatableExpression(expr: Expression): Boolean = expr match {
+    case _: Attribute | _: Literal =>
+      true
+    // A clock-dependent STRING/VARIANT -> TIMESTAMP_LTZ cast is not 
repeatable at any
+    // nesting level; see castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp. Fail closed.
+    case c: Cast if castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(c.child.dataType, 
c.dataType) =>
+      false
+    case _: Alias | _: Cast | _: Add | _: Subtract | _: Multiply | _: Divide | 
_: Remainder |
+        _: And | _: Or | _: Not | _: EqualTo | _: EqualNullSafe | _: LessThan |
+        _: LessThanOrEqual | _: GreaterThan | _: GreaterThanOrEqual | _: 
IsNull | _: IsNotNull =>
+      expr.children.forall(isRepeatableExpression)
+    case _ =>
+      false
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * True when casting `from` to `to` does a clock-dependent STRING -> 
TIMESTAMP_LTZ conversion at
+   * any nesting level (directly or inside array/map/struct casts). A 
time-only string's missing
+   * date comes from the runtime clock, so two folded scans can disagree; 
TIMESTAMP_NTZ is clock-
+   * free. The scalar decision is delegated to `Cast.needsTimeZone`. A 
VariantType source is handled
+   * separately: `Cast.needsTimeZone(VariantType, _)` is unconditionally true, 
but a Variant cast
+   * may parse a runtime String.
+   */
+  private def castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(from: DataType, to: 
DataType): Boolean =
+    (from, to) match {
+      case (s: StringType, t) => Cast.needsTimeZone(s, t)
+      case (_: VariantType, t) => 
variantTargetHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(t)
+      case (ArrayType(fromEl, _), ArrayType(toEl, _)) =>
+        castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(fromEl, toEl)
+      case (MapType(fromKey, fromVal, _), MapType(toKey, toVal, _)) =>
+        castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(fromKey, toKey) ||
+          castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(fromVal, toVal)
+      case (StructType(fromFields), StructType(toFields))
+          if fromFields.length == toFields.length =>
+        fromFields.zip(toFields).exists { case (f, t) =>
+          castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp(f.dataType, t.dataType)
+        }
+      case _ => false

Review Comment:
   **Non-blocking (P2):** This recursive check misses `TimeType` leaves. 
`Cast.needsTimeZone` treats TIME-to-TIMESTAMP_NTZ/LTZ as current-date 
dependent, while `ComputeCurrentTime` only stabilizes a direct timestamp-target 
cast; for an outer array/map/struct cast the two original scans can therefore 
evaluate on opposite sides of midnight, but the rewrite keeps one evaluation. 
Please reject these residual nested TIME-to-timestamp paths and add paired 
firing controls plus scalar/nested coverage.



##########
sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregateSuite.scala:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkThrowable
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Attribute, EqualTo, 
InSubquery, ListQuery, Not}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.ReorderJoin
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.{Inner, LeftOuter}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{Aggregate, Filter, 
GlobalLimit, Join, LocalLimit, LogicalPlan}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StructField, StructType}
+
+/**
+ * Correctness tests for [[RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate]].
+ *
+ * Positive A' / A2 cases assert both result equivalence and that the rewrite 
actually fired.
+ *
+ * `assert(!ruleFired(plan))` on its own only proves the rewrite did not 
happen -- not that it was
+ * the guard under test that stopped it. A fixture whose two self-join sides 
are not structurally
+ * identical is rejected by `isSameBaseRelation` before any predicate is 
parsed, so such a test
+ * passes while covering nothing. Rejection paths are therefore tested as 
single-variable pairs:
+ * the same fixture and query shape, one control that must fire and one 
variant changing only the
+ * tested feature that must not. A firing control does not pin the rejection 
to a line, but rules
+ * out an unrelated fixture mismatch as why its partner was rejected. (The 
`LIMIT` case is such a
+ * pair: a Limit's expressions are all allowlisted, so the operator whitelist 
alone can reject it.)
+ *
+ * Self-joined fixtures are real tables, not temp views over VALUES. Spark 
deduplicates a self-join
+ * over a [[org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.MultiInstanceRelation]] via 
`newInstance()`,
+ * which refreshes one side's ExprIds without inserting a rename-only Project, 
so both sides stay
+ * structurally identical. A temp view over VALUES cannot, and Spark renames 
one side with a Project

Review Comment:
   **Nit (P3):** This explanation does not match Catalyst behavior. 
`LocalRelation` implements `MultiInstanceRelation.newInstance`; although a temp 
view over VALUES adds View/Project wrappers, the two sides canonicalize to 
identical LocalRelations and `sameResult` remains true. Please remove or 
correct this rationale; the existing fixtures do not need to be rewritten 
solely to use VALUES.



##########
sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate.scala:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.Rule
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.TreePattern.IN_SUBQUERY
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CharVarcharUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.{HadoopFsRelation, 
LogicalRelation}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetFileFormat
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+
+/**
+ * Rewrites supported uncorrelated IN-subquery inequality self-joins into
+ * `GROUP BY + HAVING MIN(neq) <> MAX(neq)`, avoiding the self-join 
cross-product.
+ *
+ * Supports a direct self-join (Pattern A') and a self-join nested under an 
outer inner join
+ * (Pattern A2, where only the self-join child becomes an Aggregate). 
Unsupported and correlated
+ * shapes fail closed.
+ *
+ * Runs in `extendedOperatorOptimizationRules`, before 
`RewritePredicateSubquery` turns the
+ * predicate subquery into a semi/anti/existence join, so it only sees the 
uncorrelated
+ * `InSubquery` shape.
+ *
+ * Controlled by 
`spark.sql.optimizer.rewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate.enabled`
+ * (default false, opt-in).
+ */
+object RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with 
PredicateHelper {
+
+  private val MinNeqAliasName = "_rewrite_selfjoin_inequality_min"
+  private val MaxNeqAliasName = "_rewrite_selfjoin_inequality_max"
+
+  override def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+    if 
(!conf.getConf(SQLConf.REWRITE_SELF_JOIN_INEQUALITY_TO_AGGREGATE_ENABLED)) {
+      return plan
+    }
+
+    // Fail closed on correlated subqueries: `lq.children` holds the outer 
references this rule
+    // does not remap.
+    plan.transformAllExpressionsWithPruning(_.containsPattern(IN_SUBQUERY)) {
+      case in @ InSubquery(_, lq: ListQuery) if lq.children.isEmpty =>
+        rewriteSubqueryPlan(lq.plan) match {
+          case Some(newSub) => in.copy(query = lq.copy(plan = newSub))
+          case None => in
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Shared helpers
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  /**
+   * Build `Filter(min <> max, Aggregate(equiKeys, child))`, taking MIN and 
MAX over the neq column.
+   * `MIN(neqCol) <> MAX(neqCol)` is true exactly when the group holds two or 
more distinct non-null
+   * values.
+   *
+   * The `IsNotNull(equiKeys)` filter preserves the equi-join's NULL 
semantics: `=` never matches a
+   * NULL key, but GROUP BY would fold all NULL keys into one group that can 
leak NULL into a
+   * `NOT IN`. The neq column needs no filter -- MIN/MAX ignore NULL, and a 
group with fewer than
+   * two non-null values has `min = max` (or both NULL, which makes `<>` 
NULL), so `<>` is never
+   * true for it and the group is dropped.
+   *
+   * Sound only because the rule fires under `InSubquery`: IN / NOT IN 
membership is insensitive to
+   * duplicate rows in the subquery result, and it binds columns by position 
(`equalsStructurally`),
+   * so the A2 branch's column rename is harmless.
+   */
+  private def buildAggregateHavingMultipleDistinct(
+      equiKeys: Seq[Attribute],
+      neqCol: Attribute,
+      child: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+    val minAlias = Alias(Min(neqCol).toAggregateExpression(), 
MinNeqAliasName)()
+    val maxAlias = Alias(Max(neqCol).toAggregateExpression(), 
MaxNeqAliasName)()
+    val aggExprs: Seq[NamedExpression] = equiKeys :+ minAlias :+ maxAlias
+    val nonNullChild = equiKeys
+      .map(a => IsNotNull(a): Expression)
+      .reduceOption(And)
+      .map(Filter(_, child))
+      .getOrElse(child)
+    val agg = Aggregate(equiKeys, aggExprs, nonNullChild)
+    Filter(Not(EqualTo(minAlias.toAttribute, maxAlias.toAttribute)), agg)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Rebuild the wrapper Project so every equi-key reference points at the 
sjLeft attribute with a
+   * fresh output ExprId, returning `oldOutputExprId -> newOutputAttr` for 
downstream references
+   * (outer join condition, top-level Project). Lookup is by ExprId (Catalyst 
attribute identity),
+   * not name. Fails closed when an entry is neither an equi-key Attribute nor 
`Alias(equi-key, _)`.
+   */
+  private def canonicalizeWrapper(
+      projectList: Seq[NamedExpression],
+      equiPairs: Seq[(Attribute, Attribute)],
+      newChild: LogicalPlan): Option[(Project, Map[ExprId, Attribute])] = {
+    val exprIdToLeft: Map[ExprId, Attribute] =
+      equiPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l.exprId -> l, r.exprId -> l) 
}.toMap
+    val oldOutput: Seq[Attribute] = projectList.map(_.toAttribute)
+    val mapped: Seq[Option[NamedExpression]] = projectList.map {
+      case a: Attribute if exprIdToLeft.contains(a.exprId) =>
+        // Fresh exprId, but carry over qualifier / metadata so this branch 
stays consistent with
+        // the Alias branch and a column keeps its metadata.
+        Some(
+          Alias(exprIdToLeft(a.exprId), a.name)(
+            qualifier = a.qualifier,
+            explicitMetadata = Some(a.metadata)): NamedExpression)
+      case al @ Alias(a: Attribute, _) if exprIdToLeft.contains(a.exprId) =>
+        // withNewChild preserves name/qualifier/metadata and exprId; 
newInstance then re-stamps a
+        // fresh exprId, so Alias keeps ownership of its own metadata contract 
instead of us
+        // re-listing its fields (which drift when Alias gains one).
+        Some(al.withNewChild(exprIdToLeft(a.exprId)).newInstance())
+      case _ => None
+    }
+    if (mapped.exists(_.isEmpty)) {
+      None
+    } else {
+      val newProjectList = mapped.flatten
+      val newWrapper = Project(newProjectList, newChild)
+      val remap: Map[ExprId, Attribute] =
+        oldOutput.zip(newWrapper.output).map { case (o, n) => o.exprId -> n 
}.toMap
+      Some((newWrapper, remap))
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replace equi-key references inside a NamedExpression per `remap`, 
preserving Attribute/Alias
+   * shape. Any other expression still referencing a replaced output returns 
None (fail-closed) to
+   * avoid a dangling ExprId.
+   */
+  private def remapNamedExpressionAttributes(
+      ne: NamedExpression,
+      remap: Map[ExprId, Attribute]): Option[NamedExpression] = ne match {
+    case a: Attribute if remap.contains(a.exprId) => Some(remap(a.exprId))
+    case a: Attribute => Some(a)
+    case al: Alias =>
+      val newChild = al.child.transformUp {
+        case a: Attribute if remap.contains(a.exprId) => remap(a.exprId)
+      }
+      // withNewChild preserves the same exprId/qualifier/metadata the manual 
copy did.
+      Some(if (newChild eq al.child) al else al.withNewChild(newChild))
+    case other if other.references.exists(a => remap.contains(a.exprId)) =>
+      None
+    case other => Some(other)
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Pattern A' / A2 dispatch (subquery plans of InSubquery)
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def rewriteSubqueryPlan(plan: LogicalPlan): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+    // Match the candidate shape first -- a top-level Inner Join, optionally 
under one wrapper
+    // Project. This structural match is cheap, so run it before the 
whole-subquery
+    // `isRepeatablePlan` walk and skip that walk entirely for the many 
subqueries that are not
+    // even shaped like a self-join.
+    val (projectListOpt, innerJoin): (Option[Seq[NamedExpression]], Join) = 
plan match {
+      case Project(pl, j: Join) if j.joinType == Inner && 
j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (Some(pl), j)
+      case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (None, j)
+      case _ => return None
+    }
+
+    // Candidate-level guard: reject if any node in the whole subquery is 
non-repeatable, catching
+    // nondeterminism hoisted above the self-join that the per-side 
`isSameBaseRelation` misses.
+    if (!isRepeatablePlan(plan)) return None
+
+    if (isSameBaseRelation(innerJoin.left, innerJoin.right)) {
+      rewriteDirectSelfJoin(projectListOpt, innerJoin)
+    } else {
+      rewriteNestedSelfJoin(projectListOpt, innerJoin)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Pattern A' : direct self-join at subquery top level
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def rewriteDirectSelfJoin(
+      projectListOpt: Option[Seq[NamedExpression]],
+      innerJoin: Join): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+    // Fail closed on an explicit join hint: it is a directive about the join 
this rule deletes.
+    if (!innerJoin.hint.isEmpty) return None
+
+    val innerLeft = innerJoin.left
+    val innerCond = innerJoin.condition.get
+
+    val parsed = parseSelfJoinCondition(innerCond, innerLeft, innerJoin.right)
+    if (parsed.isEmpty) return None
+    val (equiPairs, neqPairs) = parsed.get
+
+    val innerLeftEquiAttrs: Seq[Attribute] = equiPairs.map(_._1)
+    val innerLeftNeqAttr: Attribute = neqPairs.head._1
+    val filtered =
+      buildAggregateHavingMultipleDistinct(innerLeftEquiAttrs, 
innerLeftNeqAttr, innerLeft)
+
+    // Fail closed on a bare-Join subquery: with no wrapper Project, replacing 
the self-join output
+    // with `Project(equiKeys, filtered)` shrinks arity and 
RewritePredicateSubquery's positional
+    // `values.zip(sub.output)` would misbind semi predicates. Q95 subqueries 
always have a Project.
+    projectListOpt match {
+      case None => None
+      case Some(pl) =>
+        canonicalizeWrapper(pl, equiPairs, filtered).map { case (newWrapper, 
_) => newWrapper }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  Pattern A2 : self-join nested inside another InnerJoin in the subquery
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def rewriteNestedSelfJoin(
+      projectListOpt: Option[Seq[NamedExpression]],
+      outerJoin: Join): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+    val outerCond = outerJoin.condition.get
+
+    val (selfJoinSide, selfJoinOnRight) =
+      tryExtractSelfJoin(outerJoin.right) match {
+        case Some(_) => (outerJoin.right, true)
+        case None =>
+          tryExtractSelfJoin(outerJoin.left) match {
+            case Some(_) => (outerJoin.left, false)
+            case None => return None
+          }
+      }
+
+    val (selfJoinProjectOpt, selfJoin) = selfJoinSide match {
+      case p @ Project(_, j: Join) if j.joinType == Inner && 
j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (Some(p), j)
+      case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined =>
+        (None, j)
+      case _ => return None
+    }
+
+    val sjLeft = selfJoin.left
+    val sjCond = selfJoin.condition.get
+    if (!isSameBaseRelation(sjLeft, selfJoin.right)) return None
+
+    val parsed = parseSelfJoinCondition(sjCond, sjLeft, selfJoin.right)
+    if (parsed.isEmpty) return None
+    val (equiPairs, neqPairs) = parsed.get
+
+    val sjLeftEquiAttrs: Seq[Attribute] = equiPairs.map(_._1)
+    val sjLeftNeqAttr: Attribute = neqPairs.head._1
+
+    val selfJoinOutputSet = selfJoinSide.outputSet
+    val sjEquiExprIds: Set[ExprId] =
+      equiPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l.exprId, r.exprId) }.toSet
+    // A wrapper Project may reproject equi-keys under fresh alias exprIds; 
include those.
+    val wrapperEquiExprIds: Set[ExprId] = selfJoinProjectOpt.toSeq.flatMap { p 
=>
+      p.projectList.flatMap {
+        case a: Attribute if sjEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId) => Some(a.exprId)
+        case al @ Alias(a: Attribute, _) if sjEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId) 
=> Some(al.exprId)
+        case _ => None
+      }
+    }.toSet
+    val allEquiExprIds = sjEquiExprIds ++ wrapperEquiExprIds
+
+    // The outer join condition and any top-level Project may reference only 
equi-key attrs from the
+    // self-join side (the neq column does not survive the rewrite).
+    val outerCondRefs = outerCond.references.filter(selfJoinOutputSet.contains)
+    if (!outerCondRefs.forall(a => allEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId))) return 
None
+    val projectOk = projectListOpt.forall { pl =>
+      val refs = pl.flatMap(_.references).filter(selfJoinOutputSet.contains)
+      refs.forall(a => allEquiExprIds.contains(a.exprId))
+    }
+    if (!projectOk) return None
+
+    val filtered = buildAggregateHavingMultipleDistinct(sjLeftEquiAttrs, 
sjLeftNeqAttr, sjLeft)
+
+    val (newSelfJoinSide, outputRemap): (LogicalPlan, Map[ExprId, Attribute]) =
+      selfJoinProjectOpt match {
+        case Some(wp) =>
+          canonicalizeWrapper(wp.projectList, equiPairs, filtered) match {
+            case Some((newWrapper, remap)) => (newWrapper, remap)
+            case None => return None
+          }
+        case None =>
+          // A bare self-join side (no wrapper Project) is not produced for a 
fireable A2 by the
+          // normal optimizer pipeline: only equi keys are referenced above 
the self-join, so
+          // ColumnPruning inserts a wrapper Project to drop the unused neq 
column, leaving
+          // selfJoinProjectOpt = Some. Fail closed on the non-standard bare 
shape.
+          return None
+      }
+
+    val newOuterCond = outerCond.transformUp {
+      case a: Attribute if outputRemap.contains(a.exprId) => 
outputRemap(a.exprId)
+    }
+
+    val newOuterJoin = if (selfJoinOnRight) {
+      outerJoin.copy(right = newSelfJoinSide, condition = Some(newOuterCond))
+    } else {
+      outerJoin.copy(left = newSelfJoinSide, condition = Some(newOuterCond))
+    }
+
+    projectListOpt match {
+      case Some(pl) =>
+        val remapped = pl.map(ne => remapNamedExpressionAttributes(ne, 
outputRemap))
+        if (remapped.exists(_.isEmpty)) return None
+        Some(Project(remapped.flatten, newOuterJoin))
+      case None => Some(newOuterJoin)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def tryExtractSelfJoin(plan: LogicalPlan): Option[Join] = {
+    val join = plan match {
+      case Project(_, j: Join) if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined 
=> j
+      case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.condition.isDefined => j
+      case _ => return None
+    }
+    // A hinted self-join is not an extraction candidate; see 
`rewriteDirectSelfJoin`.
+    if (!join.hint.isEmpty) return None
+    if (!isSameBaseRelation(join.left, join.right)) return None
+    if (parseSelfJoinCondition(join.condition.get, join.left, 
join.right).isEmpty) return None
+    Some(join)
+  }
+
+  // 
============================================================================
+  //  parseSelfJoinCondition + isSameBaseRelation
+  // 
============================================================================
+
+  private def outputOrdinal(plan: LogicalPlan, attr: Attribute): Int =
+    plan.output.indexWhere(_.exprId == attr.exprId)
+
+  private def sameOutputPosition(
+      leftPlan: LogicalPlan,
+      rightPlan: LogicalPlan,
+      leftAttr: Attribute,
+      rightAttr: Attribute): Boolean = {
+    val leftPos = outputOrdinal(leftPlan, leftAttr)
+    val rightPos = outputOrdinal(rightPlan, rightAttr)
+    leftPos >= 0 && rightPos >= 0 && leftPos == rightPos
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse a join condition into equi-pairs and inequality-pairs. Accepts only 
`EqualTo(attr, attr)`
+   * and `Not(EqualTo(attr, attr))` across opposite sides, and 
`IsNotNull(attr)` on a join column;
+   * anything else fails the whole rewrite closed.
+   */
+  private def parseSelfJoinCondition(
+      condition: Expression,
+      leftPlan: LogicalPlan,
+      rightPlan: LogicalPlan)
+      : Option[(Seq[(Attribute, Attribute)], Seq[(Attribute, Attribute)])] = {
+
+    val leftOutput = leftPlan.outputSet
+    val rightOutput = rightPlan.outputSet
+    val predicates = splitConjunctivePredicates(condition)
+
+    val equiPairs = predicates.collect {
+      case EqualTo(l: Attribute, r: Attribute)
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+      case EqualTo(r: Attribute, l: Attribute)
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+    }
+
+    val neqPairs = predicates.collect {
+      case Not(EqualTo(l: Attribute, r: Attribute))
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+      case Not(EqualTo(r: Attribute, l: Attribute))
+          if leftOutput.contains(l) && rightOutput.contains(r) =>
+        (l, r)
+    }
+
+    // Only IsNotNull on a join column is safe to drop -- redundant with the 
join or auto-added by
+    // InferFiltersFromConstraints. IsNotNull on any other column changes 
semantics; bail out.
+    val joinAttrIds: Set[ExprId] =
+      (equiPairs ++ neqPairs).flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l.exprId, r.exprId) 
}.toSet
+    val isNotNullOnJoinCols = predicates.count {
+      case IsNotNull(a: Attribute) if joinAttrIds.contains(a.exprId) => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
+
+    val totalMatched = equiPairs.size + neqPairs.size + isNotNullOnJoinCols
+    if (totalMatched != predicates.size) return None
+    if (equiPairs.isEmpty || neqPairs.isEmpty) return None
+
+    // A single inequality only: MIN/MAX over one column cannot represent 
multiple neqs.
+    if (neqPairs.size != 1) return None
+
+    // Equi-keys move into grouping equality, the neq column into MIN/MAX 
ordering equality -- two
+    // different gates (below). Check both ends of each pair, since 
canonicalization can drop the
+    // metadata the gate reads. Fail closed on anything not proven.
+    val equiAttrs = equiPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l, r) }
+    val neqAttrs = neqPairs.flatMap { case (l, r) => Seq(l, r) }
+    if (!equiAttrs.forall(isSafeEquiKeyAttribute)) return None
+    if (!neqAttrs.forall(isSafeNeqColumnAttribute)) return None
+
+    // The rewrite expresses "two or more distinct values" as MIN(neq) <> 
MAX(neq), so the neq
+    // column must be orderable. The allowlist above already implies this, but 
assert Spark's own
+    // MIN/MAX input contract (RowOrdering.isOrderable, the same check Min/Max 
run) explicitly, so
+    // the requirement is visible at the rewrite site.
+    if (!RowOrdering.isOrderable(neqPairs.head._1.dataType)) return None
+
+    // Resolve each predicate end by ExprId and require matching output 
ordinals, not name equality
+    // (canonicalization erases cosmetic Alias names).
+    val equiValid =
+      equiPairs.forall { case (l, r) => sameOutputPosition(leftPlan, 
rightPlan, l, r) }
+    val neqValid = neqPairs.forall { case (l, r) => 
sameOutputPosition(leftPlan, rightPlan, l, r) }
+    if (!equiValid || !neqValid) return None
+
+    // Equi-key output positions must be distinct, so swapped/duplicate 
aliases cannot collide.
+    val leftEquiOrdinals = equiPairs.map { case (l, _) => 
outputOrdinal(leftPlan, l) }
+    if (leftEquiOrdinals.exists(_ < 0)) return None
+    if (leftEquiOrdinals.distinct.size != leftEquiOrdinals.size) return None
+
+    // The neq column must map to an output position of the left self-join 
input.
+    val neqLeftOrdinal = outputOrdinal(leftPlan, neqPairs.head._1)
+    if (neqLeftOrdinal < 0) return None
+    Some((equiPairs, neqPairs))
+  }
+
+  // CHAR/VARCHAR reach the optimizer as StringType with the declared type in 
metadata; read it back
+  // (falling back to `dataType`) so they don't slip through the StringType 
branch of the gates.
+  private def rawType(attr: Attribute): DataType =
+    CharVarcharUtils.getRawType(attr.metadata).getOrElse(attr.dataType)
+
+  private def isSafeEquiKeyAttribute(attr: Attribute): Boolean =
+    isSafeEquiKeyType(rawType(attr))
+
+  private def isSafeNeqColumnAttribute(attr: Attribute): Boolean =
+    isSafeNeqColumnType(rawType(attr))
+
+  // Allowlist for equi-keys, which move into GROUP BY: `=` must coincide with 
grouping equality;
+  // fail closed otherwise. Float/Double are excluded conservatively 
(NormalizeFloatingNumbers
+  // already reconciles NaN/signed zero), not out of necessity.
+  private def isSafeEquiKeyType(dt: DataType): Boolean = dt match {
+    case ByteType | ShortType | IntegerType | LongType => true
+    case _: DecimalType => true
+    case BooleanType => true
+    case DateType => true
+    case TimestampType | TimestampNTZType => true
+    case BinaryType => true
+    case _: CharType | _: VarcharType => false
+    case st: StringType if st.supportsBinaryEquality => true
+    case _ => false
+  }
+
+  // Neq column moves into MIN/MAX, which compare by ORDERING, so a collated 
string needs
+  // supportsBinaryOrdering (not the weaker supportsBinaryEquality).
+  private def isSafeNeqColumnType(dt: DataType): Boolean = dt match {
+    case ByteType | ShortType | IntegerType | LongType => true
+    case _: DecimalType => true
+    case BooleanType => true
+    case DateType => true
+    case TimestampType | TimestampNTZType => true
+    case BinaryType => true
+    case _: CharType | _: VarcharType => false
+    case st: StringType if st.supportsBinaryOrdering => true
+    case _ => false
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Primary safety guard: the rewrite folds two occurrences of one subtree 
into a single aggregate,
+   * so a plan qualifies only when its operators, leaves and expressions are 
all allowlisted as
+   * repeatable. `plan.deterministic` alone is insufficient -- 
Aggregate(First), Window row_number
+   * over a non-total order and Limit/Sample are row-bag nondeterministic yet 
report deterministic.
+   * Embedded expression subqueries also fail closed.
+   */
+  private def isRepeatablePlan(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = {
+    plan.deterministic &&
+    !plan.isStreaming &&
+    plan.subqueriesAll.isEmpty &&
+    isRowBagRepeatable(plan) &&
+    hasRepeatableExpressions(plan)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Operator/leaf allowlist for repeatable row bags; everything unknown fails 
closed. Kept narrow:
+   * the target shape needs only a Parquet scan optionally wrapped in Project 
/ Filter /
+   * SubqueryAlias plus the self-join. The exact-`ParquetFileFormat` leaf 
check is deliberate:
+   * other formats (ORC/JSON/CSV) reach the same scan but stay rejected until 
separately validated.
+   */
+  private def isRowBagRepeatable(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = !plan.exists {
+    // Whitelisted operator => false ("does not break repeatability"); 
negating `exists` then means
+    // "every operator is whitelisted".
+    case _: Project => false
+    case _: Filter => false
+    case _: SubqueryAlias => false
+    case _: Join => false
+    case _: Range => false
+    case _: LocalRelation => false
+    case relation: LogicalRelation =>
+      // Trust a Parquet scan only: exact `ParquetFileFormat` (getClass, not 
isInstanceOf, since it
+      // is non-final); any other FileFormat is not provably repeatable.
+      relation.relation match {
+        case h: HadoopFsRelation if h.fileFormat.getClass == 
classOf[ParquetFileFormat] => false

Review Comment:
   **Non-blocking (P2):** `sameResult` is not sufficient to prove the same 
Parquet snapshot here: `InMemoryFileIndex.equals` compares root paths but not 
the cached file list. A view captured before an append and another captured 
afterward can therefore pass this check even though the original join reads 
different row bags; aggregating only the first side can remove an IN match. 
Please additionally require the two Parquet leaves to share the same analyzed 
scan/FileIndex snapshot identity, with a same-root different-snapshot 
regression and an ordinary self-join positive control.



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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkThrowable
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Attribute, EqualTo, 
InSubquery, ListQuery, Not}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.ReorderJoin
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.{Inner, LeftOuter}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{Aggregate, Filter, 
GlobalLimit, Join, LocalLimit, LogicalPlan}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StructField, StructType}
+
+/**
+ * Correctness tests for [[RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate]].
+ *
+ * Positive A' / A2 cases assert both result equivalence and that the rewrite 
actually fired.
+ *
+ * `assert(!ruleFired(plan))` on its own only proves the rewrite did not 
happen -- not that it was
+ * the guard under test that stopped it. A fixture whose two self-join sides 
are not structurally
+ * identical is rejected by `isSameBaseRelation` before any predicate is 
parsed, so such a test
+ * passes while covering nothing. Rejection paths are therefore tested as 
single-variable pairs:
+ * the same fixture and query shape, one control that must fire and one 
variant changing only the
+ * tested feature that must not. A firing control does not pin the rejection 
to a line, but rules
+ * out an unrelated fixture mismatch as why its partner was rejected. (The 
`LIMIT` case is such a
+ * pair: a Limit's expressions are all allowlisted, so the operator whitelist 
alone can reject it.)
+ *
+ * Self-joined fixtures are real tables, not temp views over VALUES. Spark 
deduplicates a self-join
+ * over a [[org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.MultiInstanceRelation]] via 
`newInstance()`,
+ * which refreshes one side's ExprIds without inserting a rename-only Project, 
so both sides stay
+ * structurally identical. A temp view over VALUES cannot, and Spark renames 
one side with a Project
+ * instead, which would make `isSameBaseRelation` false for every self-join 
below. `range()` needs
+ * no such treatment -- Range is a MultiInstanceRelation already.
+ */
+class RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregateSuite extends QueryTest with 
SharedSparkSession {
+
+  private val rewriteConf = 
SQLConf.REWRITE_SELF_JOIN_INEQUALITY_TO_AGGREGATE_ENABLED.key
+
+  /** Signature aliases produced by the rewrite; presence of both => rule 
definitely fired. */
+  private val MinNeqAlias = "_rewrite_selfjoin_inequality_min"
+  private val MaxNeqAlias = "_rewrite_selfjoin_inequality_max"
+
+  // Descends into subqueries: `QueryPlan.exists` does not, and the rewrite's 
signature alias lives
+  // inside the IN-subquery when the rule runs on an analyzed 
(not-yet-rewritten) plan.
+  private def hasAlias(plan: LogicalPlan, name: String): Boolean =
+    plan.collectFirstWithSubqueries {
+      case p if p.expressions.exists(_.exists {
+        case a: Alias if a.name == name => true
+        case _ => false
+      }) => ()
+    }.isDefined
+
+  /** Require BOTH aliases: a rewrite that emitted MIN but dropped MAX is 
still a bug. */
+  private def ruleFired(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean =
+    hasAlias(plan, MinNeqAlias) && hasAlias(plan, MaxNeqAlias)
+
+  /** Total count of a signature alias across the plan and its subqueries: one 
per rewrite. */
+  private def countAlias(plan: LogicalPlan, name: String): Int =
+    plan.collectWithSubqueries {
+      case p => p.expressions.map(_.collect { case a: Alias if a.name == name 
=> a }.size).sum
+    }.sum
+
+  private def assertRuleFired(sql: String): Unit = {
+    withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> "true") {
+      val plan = spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.optimizedPlan
+      assert(ruleFired(plan), s"self-join inequality rewrite should 
fire:\n$plan")
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def assertRuleNotFired(sql: String): Unit = {
+    withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> "true") {
+      val plan = spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.optimizedPlan
+      assert(!ruleFired(plan), s"self-join inequality rewrite must not 
fire:\n$plan")
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Optimize just the IN-subquery plan (rewrite left at its default-off) and 
return the result, so
+   * a test can prove what shape the subquery reaches the rule as -- e.g. a 
bare Join with no
+   * wrapper Project -- before asserting the rule declines it. Without this, 
`assertRuleNotFired`
+   * alone can pass merely because the fixture never produced the shape the 
guard means to reject.
+   */
+  private def optimizedInSubqueryPlan(sql: String): LogicalPlan = {
+    val analyzed = spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.analyzed
+    val subqueries = analyzed.subqueriesAll
+    assert(
+      subqueries.length == 1,
+      s"expected exactly one subquery in analyzed plan, got 
${subqueries.length}:\n$analyzed")
+    spark.sessionState.optimizer.execute(subqueries.head)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A real table, so that a self-join of it dedups into two structurally 
identical sides. See the
+   * class comment for why a temp view over VALUES cannot be used for a 
self-joined fixture.
+   */
+  private def createTable(name: String, schema: String, values: String): Unit 
= {
+    spark.sql(s"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $name")
+    spark.sql(s"CREATE TABLE $name($schema) USING parquet")
+    spark.sql(s"INSERT INTO $name SELECT * FROM VALUES $values")
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Run `sql` twice, first with rewrite ON then OFF. The rewrite must not 
change the outer query's
+   * row multiplicity, so assert ON and OFF agree as MULTISETS (a `.toSet` 
here would hide a
+   * duplicated or dropped row) before handing callers the row sets their 
fixed-value assertions
+   * compare against. `QueryTest.sameRows` is Spark's own multiset comparison 
(order-insensitive,
+   * duplicate-sensitive) and formats the offending rows on mismatch.
+   */
+  private def runBoth(sql: String): (Set[Row], Set[Row]) = {
+    val on = withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> "true") {
+      spark.sql(sql).collect().toSeq
+    }
+    val off = withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> "false") {
+      spark.sql(sql).collect().toSeq
+    }
+    QueryTest.sameRows(on, off).foreach { error =>
+      fail(s"rewrite changed row multiplicity between ON and OFF:\n$error")
+    }
+    (on.toSet, off.toSet)
+  }
+
+  private def setupTable(): Unit = {
+    // k=1: distinct v={10,20}      -> matches (has 2 non-null distinct)
+    // k=2: distinct v={30}         -> no match (only 1)
+    // k=3: distinct v={40,50,60}   -> matches
+    // k=4: v={70, NULL}            -> no match (only 1 non-null)
+    // k=5: v={NULL, NULL}          -> no match (0 non-null)
+    // k=6: v={80, 90, NULL}        -> matches
+    // k=7: v={100,100}             -> no match: duplicate-only, 
min(v)==max(v)==100 so min<>max is
+    //                                false. A plain COUNT(v) > 1 would 
wrongly match this group.
+    createTable(
+      "T",
+      "k INT, v INT",
+      """  (1, 10), (1, 10), (1, 20),
+        |  (2, 30),
+        |  (3, 40), (3, 50), (3, 60),
+        |  (4, 70), (4, CAST(NULL AS INT)),
+        |  (5, CAST(NULL AS INT)), (5, CAST(NULL AS INT)),
+        |  (6, 80), (6, 90), (6, CAST(NULL AS INT)),
+        |  (7, 100), (7, 100)""".stripMargin
+    )
+  }
+
+  // ==================== Positive: rewrite fires and is semantically 
equivalent ===============
+
+  test("Pattern A': direct InSubquery self-join is rewritten") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      setupTable()
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+
+      assertRuleFired(sql)
+      assertMinMaxRewriteShape(optimizedPlanWith(sql, rewrite = true))
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"rewrite ON $on != OFF $off")
+      // `setupTable()` seeds duplicate-only groups and NULL neq values, so 
this also pins the neq
+      // 3VL: k=4 (v={70,NULL}) and k=5 (v={NULL,NULL}) do not satisfy SQL 
`<>`, leaving {1,3,6}.
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,6}, got $on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("InSubquery in a SELECT-list CASE WHEN is rewritten, not only in a 
WHERE predicate") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      // `apply` rewrites via transformAllExpressionsWithPruning, so an 
InSubquery anywhere in the
+      // plan is a candidate -- not just a WHERE filter. A Project is a valid 
host (see
+      // ValidateSubqueryExpression), so pin that the rewrite fires with the 
same self-join subquery
+      // inside a projected CASE WHEN. Moving it out of WHERE is the only 
change from Pattern A'.
+      setupTable()
+      val subquery =
+        """SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v""".stripMargin
+      val sql =
+        s"""SELECT k, CASE WHEN k IN ($subquery) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS flag
+           |FROM T outer_t""".stripMargin
+
+      assertRuleFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"SELECT-list InSubquery rewrite ON $on != OFF $off")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Rewrite is idempotent: a second application on the rewritten plan is a 
no-op") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      // After the rewrite the outer `k IN (...)` is still an InSubquery, now 
over the aggregate, so
+      // the rule revisits it on later passes. Its output must be a no-op: the 
aggregate no longer
+      // matches the self-join shape, so the second pass returns the plan 
unchanged.
+      setupTable()
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> "true") {
+        val analyzed = spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.analyzed
+        val once = RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate(analyzed)
+        assert(ruleFired(once), s"precondition: first pass should 
fire:\n$once")
+        val twice = RewriteSelfJoinInequalityToAggregate(once)
+        assert(twice == once, s"rule is not idempotent:\n$once\n-- second pass 
-->\n$twice")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Pattern A2: nested self-join is rewritten") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("D") {
+        setupTable()
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW D AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (3), (6) AS D(k)""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT d.k
+            |  FROM D d, (SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |             ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v) sj
+            |  WHERE d.k = sj.k)""".stripMargin
+
+        assertRuleFired(sql)
+        assertMinMaxRewriteShape(optimizedPlanWith(sql, rewrite = true))
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"Pattern A2 rewrite ON $on != OFF $off")
+        assert(on == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Pattern A2: self-join on the LEFT of the outer join is rewritten") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("D") {
+        // Mirror of the Pattern A2 test above. There the self-join is the 
RIGHT child of the outer
+        // join (`selfJoinOnRight = true`); here it is the LEFT child 
(`selfJoinOnRight = false`).
+        // The rule has an explicit branch for each side, so both are covered.
+        setupTable()
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW D AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (3), (6) AS D(k)""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT d.k
+            |  FROM (SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |        ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v) sj, D d
+            |  WHERE sj.k = d.k)""".stripMargin
+
+        assertRuleFired(sql)
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"Pattern A2 (self-join on left) rewrite ON $on != 
OFF $off")
+        assert(on == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Q95-shaped query: both IN subqueries (Pattern A' and A2) are 
rewritten") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("D") {
+        // TPC-DS Q95 feeds a self-join-inequality CTE into two IN subqueries: 
one selects the CTE
+        // directly (Pattern A') and one joins it with another relation 
(Pattern A2). Like real Q95,
+        // the CTE also projects the two neq-side columns (wh1/wh2) that both 
INs never consume, so
+        // the rewrite fires only if OptimizeSubqueries first drops them 
(ColumnPruning) and merges
+        // the projections (CollapseProject). Asserting two MIN and two MAX 
aliases pins both that
+        // upstream chain and that both subqueries rewrite.
+        setupTable()
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW D AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (3), (6) AS D(k)""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """WITH ws_wh AS (
+            |  SELECT s1.k AS ordn, s1.v AS wh1, s2.v AS wh2 FROM T s1 JOIN T 
s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)
+            |SELECT o.k FROM T o
+            |WHERE o.k IN (SELECT ordn FROM ws_wh)
+            |  AND o.k IN (SELECT d.k FROM D d, ws_wh WHERE d.k = 
ws_wh.ordn)""".stripMargin
+
+        val plan = optimizedPlanWith(sql, rewrite = true)
+        assert(
+          countAlias(plan, MinNeqAlias) == 2 && countAlias(plan, MaxNeqAlias) 
== 2,
+          s"expected both IN subqueries rewritten (2 MIN + 2 MAX signature 
aliases):\n$plan")
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"Q95-shaped rewrite ON $on != OFF $off")
+        assert(on == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,6}, got $on")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Pattern A2: nondeterminism in the outer join condition must not be 
rewritten") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("D") {
+        // Both self-join sides are still repeatable here, so the per-side 
`isSameBaseRelation`
+        // check would pass; the `rand()` conjunct lives on the outer join 
ABOVE the self-join. Only
+        // the candidate-level `isRepeatablePlan` walk over the whole subquery 
catches it, so the
+        // rule must fail closed. This is the case the candidate-level guard 
exists for.
+        setupTable()
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW D AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (3), (6) AS D(k)""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT d.k
+            |  FROM D d, (SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |             ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v) sj
+            |  WHERE d.k = sj.k AND rand() < 0.5)""".stripMargin
+
+        assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Clock-dependent STRING -> TIMESTAMP cast in the subquery is 
fail-closed") {
+    withTable("TTs") {
+      // A time-only STRING cast to TIMESTAMP takes its missing date from the 
runtime clock
+      // (LocalDate.now), so two self-join scans that straddle midnight can 
disagree while the
+      // rewrite folds them into one evaluation. The neq column here is 
derived by such a cast, so
+      // the rewrite must not fire. Isolate the cast as the sole cause with a 
same-shape control
+      // whose derived neq column uses a benign INT -> BIGINT cast (which does 
fire).
+      createTable(
+        "TTs",
+        "k INT, v INT, t STRING",
+        """  (1, 10, '01:00:00'), (1, 20, '02:00:00'),
+          |  (2, 30, '03:00:00')""".stripMargin)
+
+      def wrapped(neqExpr: String): String =
+        s"""SELECT k FROM TTs outer_t WHERE k IN (
+           |  SELECT s1.k FROM
+           |    (SELECT k, $neqExpr AS nc FROM TTs) s1
+           |    JOIN (SELECT k, $neqExpr AS nc FROM TTs) s2
+           |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.nc <> s2.nc)""".stripMargin
+
+      // Same wrapper shape with a repeatable cast fires, proving the shape 
itself is supported.
+      assertRuleFired(wrapped("CAST(v AS BIGINT)"))
+
+      // A direct STRING -> TIMESTAMP cast is fail-closed.
+      assertRuleNotFired(wrapped("CAST(t AS TIMESTAMP)"))
+
+      // STRING -> TIMESTAMP_NTZ stays supported: it does not consult the 
session time zone and a
+      // time-only string parses to NULL deterministically rather than 
borrowing the runtime date,
+      // so the guard only rejects the clock-dependent LTZ conversion, not all 
string-to-timestamp.
+      assertRuleFired(wrapped("CAST(t AS TIMESTAMP_NTZ)"))
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Clock-dependent nested STRING -> TIMESTAMP casts (array/map/struct) 
are fail-closed") {
+    withTable("TNest") {
+      // castHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp recurses into ARRAY/MAP/STRUCT 
casts, so a
+      // clock-dependent STRING -> TIMESTAMP_LTZ hidden at any nesting level 
must fail closed. The
+      // cast rides in a WHERE filter as `CAST(nested AS <ts>) IS NOT NULL` 
(tree IsNotNull -> Cast
+      // -> Attribute, all allowlisted) rather than the neq column, which the 
neq-column type gate
+      // would reject wholesale and mask the recursion. So only the 
clock-dependent-cast guard can
+      // decline it. For each shape the TIMESTAMP_NTZ control must fire before 
the LTZ variant is
+      // required not to, so deleting a recursion arm turns the matching 
negative red.
+      createTable(
+        "TNest",
+        "k INT, v INT, arr ARRAY<STRING>, mp MAP<STRING, STRING>, st STRUCT<x: 
STRING>",
+        """  (1, 10, ARRAY('01:00:00'), MAP('a', '01:00:00'), 
NAMED_STRUCT('x', '01:00:00')),
+          |  (1, 20, ARRAY('02:00:00'), MAP('a', '02:00:00'), 
NAMED_STRUCT('x', '02:00:00')),
+          |  (2, 30, ARRAY('03:00:00'), MAP('a', '03:00:00'), 
NAMED_STRUCT('x', '03:00:00'))"""
+          .stripMargin)
+
+      def wrapped(filterExpr: String): String =
+        s"""SELECT k FROM TNest outer_t WHERE k IN (
+           |  SELECT s1.k FROM
+           |    (SELECT k, v FROM TNest WHERE $filterExpr) s1
+           |    JOIN (SELECT k, v FROM TNest WHERE $filterExpr) s2
+           |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+
+      Seq(
+        "CAST(arr AS ARRAY<TIMESTAMP>)" -> "CAST(arr AS ARRAY<TIMESTAMP_NTZ>)",
+        "CAST(mp AS MAP<STRING, TIMESTAMP>)" -> "CAST(mp AS MAP<STRING, 
TIMESTAMP_NTZ>)",
+        "CAST(st AS STRUCT<x: TIMESTAMP>)" -> "CAST(st AS STRUCT<x: 
TIMESTAMP_NTZ>)"
+      ).foreach { case (ltz, ntz) =>
+        assertRuleFired(wrapped(s"$ntz IS NOT NULL"))
+        assertRuleNotFired(wrapped(s"$ltz IS NOT NULL"))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("VARIANT casts to LTZ-containing targets are fail-closed") {
+    // Same WHERE-filter shape and NTZ-control-fires-first setup as the nested 
STRING-cast test
+    // above (guard coverage at plan level, not a runtime nested-Variant 
conversion). Variant
+    // specifics: a Variant cast parses a runtime string, so a target with a 
TIMESTAMP_LTZ leaf at
+    // any nesting level is clock-dependent and must fail closed, while 
TIMESTAMP_NTZ stays allowed.
+    // `Cast.needsTimeZone(VariantType, _)` is unconditionally true, so the 
guard uses
+    // variantTargetHasClockDependentStringToTimestamp, which recurses the 
TARGET type only.
+    // pushVariantIntoScan is disabled so the Cast reaches the rule rather 
than being folded into a
+    // scan-level struct-field extraction.
+    withSQLConf("spark.sql.variant.pushVariantIntoScan" -> "false") {
+      withTable("TVar") {
+        createTable(
+          "TVar",
+          "k INT, v INT, vt VARIANT",
+          """  (1, 10, parse_json('"01:00:00"')), (1, 20, 
parse_json('"02:00:00"')),
+            |  (2, 30, parse_json('"03:00:00"'))""".stripMargin)
+
+        def wrapped(filterExpr: String): String =
+          s"""SELECT k FROM TVar outer_t WHERE k IN (
+             |  SELECT s1.k FROM
+             |    (SELECT k, v FROM TVar WHERE $filterExpr) s1
+             |    JOIN (SELECT k, v FROM TVar WHERE $filterExpr) s2
+             |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+
+        Seq(
+          "CAST(vt AS TIMESTAMP)" -> "CAST(vt AS TIMESTAMP_NTZ)",
+          "CAST(vt AS ARRAY<TIMESTAMP>)" -> "CAST(vt AS ARRAY<TIMESTAMP_NTZ>)",
+          "CAST(vt AS MAP<STRING, TIMESTAMP>)" -> "CAST(vt AS MAP<STRING, 
TIMESTAMP_NTZ>)",
+          "CAST(vt AS STRUCT<x: TIMESTAMP>)" -> "CAST(vt AS STRUCT<x: 
TIMESTAMP_NTZ>)"
+        ).foreach { case (ltz, ntz) =>
+          assertRuleFired(wrapped(s"$ntz IS NOT NULL"))
+          assertRuleNotFired(wrapped(s"$ltz IS NOT NULL"))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Pattern A': multi-equi tuple IN with sjRight key remap is rewritten") {
+    withTable("TM") {
+      // Exercises the multi-equi-key path: two equi keys (k1, k2) drive the 
GROUP BY, and the tuple
+      // IN projects `s1.k1, s2.k2` -- so the second output column comes from 
the RIGHT self-join
+      // side and must be remapped to its sjLeft counterpart by 
`canonicalizeWrapper`. Covers
+      // multiple equi keys, tuple IN arity, the two injected 
IsNotNull(equiKey) filters, and the
+      // sjRight remap at once.
+      createTable(
+        "TM",
+        "k1 INT, k2 INT, v INT",
+        """  (1, 1, 10), (1, 1, 20),
+          |  (1, 2, 30), (1, 2, 30),
+          |  (2, 1, 40), (2, 1, 50),
+          |  (CAST(NULL AS INT), 1, 60), (CAST(NULL AS INT), 1, 70),
+          |  (3, CAST(NULL AS INT), 80), (3, CAST(NULL AS INT), 
90)""".stripMargin)
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k1, k2 FROM TM outer_t WHERE (k1, k2) IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k1, s2.k2 FROM TM s1 JOIN TM s2
+          |    ON s1.k1 = s2.k1 AND s1.k2 = s2.k2 AND s1.v <> 
s2.v)""".stripMargin
+
+      assertRuleFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"multi-equi tuple IN rewrite ON $on != OFF $off")
+      // (1,1): distinct v={10,20} -> matches; (1,2): v={30} -> no; (2,1): 
v={40,50} -> matches;
+      // (NULL,1) and (3,NULL): NULL equi key filtered out by the injected 
IsNotNull. ->
+      // {(1,1),(2,1)}
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1, 1), Row(2, 1)), s"expected {(1,1),(2,1)}, got 
$on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("NULL equi-key is filtered before aggregation for NOT IN") {
+    withTable("TN") {
+      withTempView("OuterKeys") {
+        createTable(
+          "TN",
+          "k INT, v INT",
+          """  (CAST(NULL AS INT), 10),
+            |  (CAST(NULL AS INT), 20),
+            |  (1, 10), (1, 20),
+            |  (2, 30)""".stripMargin
+        )
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW OuterKeys AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (2), (3) AS OuterKeys(k)""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM OuterKeys o WHERE k NOT IN (
+            |  SELECT s1.k FROM TN s1 JOIN TN s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+
+        assertRuleFired(sql)
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"NULL equi-key NOT IN semantics diverge: ON=$on 
OFF=$off")
+        assert(on == Set(Row(2), Row(3)), s"expected {2,3}, got $on")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Swapped aliases must not be treated as the same self-join columns") {
+    withTable("AliasBase") {
+      // The guard under test is `sameOutputPosition`. Both queries alias the 
same two base columns
+      // to the names `k` and `v` on both sides, so a rule that compares 
attribute names would fire
+      // on both; only the output ordinal tells them apart.
+      createTable("AliasBase", "a INT, b INT", "  (1, 10), (1, 20), (2, 30)")
+
+      val alignedSql =
+        """SELECT a FROM AliasBase outer_t WHERE a IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k
+          |  FROM (SELECT a AS k, b AS v FROM AliasBase) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT a AS k, b AS v FROM AliasBase) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(alignedSql)
+      val (alignedOn, alignedOff) = runBoth(alignedSql)
+      assert(
+        alignedOn == alignedOff,
+        s"aligned-alias control diverges: ON=$alignedOn OFF=$alignedOff")
+      assert(alignedOn == Set(Row(1)), s"aligned-alias control expected {1}, 
got $alignedOn")
+
+      // s1.k is `a` (output position 0) but s2.k is `b` (output position 1): 
same name, different
+      // column. Rewriting this would count distinct `b` per `a`, which is a 
different query.
+      val swappedSql =
+        """SELECT a FROM AliasBase outer_t WHERE a IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k
+          |  FROM (SELECT a AS k, b AS v FROM AliasBase) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT a AS v, b AS k FROM AliasBase) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(swappedSql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(swappedSql)
+      assert(on == off, s"swapped-alias semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+      assert(on.isEmpty, s"swapped-alias baseline should be empty, got $on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Two different relations with the same schema must not be treated as a 
self-join") {
+    withTable("TLeft", "TRight") {
+      // The guard under test is `isSameBaseRelation`: it must reject a join 
between two DIFFERENT
+      // base tables even when they share a schema and column names. Distinct 
Parquet tables
+      // canonicalize to distinct `rootPaths`, so `left.canonicalized == 
right.canonicalized` is
+      // false and the rewrite must not fire. This is a correctness boundary, 
not a missed
+      // optimization: rewriting `TLeft JOIN TRight` as MIN(v) <> MAX(v) over 
TLeft alone would drop
+      // TRight's rows and change the answer.
+      createTable("TLeft", "k INT, v INT", "  (1, 10), (1, 10), (2, 30)")
+      createTable("TRight", "k INT, v INT", "  (1, 20), (1, 20), (2, 30)")
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TLeft outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TLeft s1 JOIN TRight s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"different-relation join semantics diverge: ON=$on 
OFF=$off")
+      // k=1: TLeft v={10} vs TRight v={20} -> 10<>20 true -> qualifies; k=2: 
30<>30 false -> no.
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1)), s"expected {1}, got $on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ==================== Positive: rewritten plan is structurally the 
aggregate ================
+  //
+  // Result parity (ON == OFF) does not prove the rewrite produced the GROUP 
BY + HAVING
+  // MIN(v) <> MAX(v) shape rather than leaving the self-join and happening to 
agree, so these
+  // controls assert the shape directly. A full plan comparison against 
hand-written aggregate SQL
+  // would be wrong: InferFiltersFromConstraints adds 
isnotnull(min)/isnotnull(max) to a
+  // hand-written HAVING but not to the rule's filter (a later batch), so it 
would fail on redundant
+  // null predicates.
+
+  private def optimizedPlanWith(sql: String, rewrite: Boolean): LogicalPlan =
+    withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> rewrite.toString) {
+      spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.optimizedPlan
+    }
+
+  // The rewrite shape: an Aggregate emitting both signature aliases, with a 
Filter on top whose
+  // condition includes Not(EqualTo(min, max)). Match the two operands by 
ExprId, not by name, so a
+  // same-named attribute from elsewhere cannot satisfy it. `exists` on the 
condition (not exact
+  // match) because InferFiltersFromConstraints may fold redundant 
isnotnull(min/max) into it.
+  private def assertMinMaxRewriteShape(plan: LogicalPlan): Unit = {
+    val found = plan.collectFirstWithSubqueries {
+      case Filter(cond, agg: Aggregate)
+          if {
+            // Key by alias name so the shape requires exactly one MIN alias 
AND one MAX alias: two
+            // same-named aliases collapse to a single map key and fail the 
keySet check, which a
+            // bare `size == 2` on exprIds would not catch.
+            val signatureAttrs = agg.aggregateExpressions.collect {
+              case a: Alias if a.name == MinNeqAlias || a.name == MaxNeqAlias 
=>
+                a.name -> a.toAttribute
+            }.toMap
+            signatureAttrs.keySet == Set(MinNeqAlias, MaxNeqAlias) && 
cond.exists {
+              case Not(EqualTo(l: Attribute, r: Attribute)) =>
+                Set(l.exprId, r.exprId) == 
signatureAttrs.values.map(_.exprId).toSet
+              case _ => false
+            }
+          } => ()
+    }
+    assert(found.isDefined, s"expected a MIN(v) <> MAX(v) aggregate rewrite 
shape:\n$plan")
+  }
+
+  // ==================== Negative: rewrite must produce equivalent results 
(or bail) ==========
+
+  test("Bare-Join subquery (no wrapper Project) fails closed: Pattern A' arity 
guard") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      // The guard under test is the `projectListOpt match { case None => None 
}` bail in
+      // `rewriteDirectSelfJoin`. With no wrapper Project the self-join output 
is `left ++ right`;
+      // replacing it with `Project(equiKeys, aggregate)` would shrink the 
arity that
+      // RewritePredicateSubquery later positionally zips against, misbinding 
the semi predicates. A
+      // `SELECT *` over the self-join whose tuple IN references every output 
column lets
+      // RemoveNoopOperators strip the identity Project, so the subquery 
reaches the rule as a bare
+      // Join -- proven below before asserting the rule declines it.
+      setupTable()
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE (k, v, k, v) IN (
+          |  SELECT * FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      optimizedInSubqueryPlan(sql) match {
+        case _: Join =>
+        case other => fail(s"expected a bare Join subquery, got:\n$other")
+      }
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"bare-Join A' arity guard semantics diverge: ON=$on 
OFF=$off")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Bare-Join nested self-join (no Project anywhere) fails closed: Pattern 
A2 arity guard") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("D") {
+        // The guard under test is the `case None => return None` bail in 
`rewriteNestedSelfJoin`:
+        // with no wrapper Project over the self-join, changing its output 
arity would misbind the
+        // positional semi-predicate zip, so the rule fails closed. `SELECT *` 
plus a
+        // tuple IN over every column lets RemoveNoopOperators expose the bare 
nested self-join.
+        // ReorderJoin is excluded (a valid config) so the bare nested 
self-join deterministically
+        // reaches this rule rather than being reshaped away; the shape is 
then asserted so the test
+        // fails loudly if it stops reaching the guard. The two sides use 
renaming subqueries (ka/va
+        // vs kb/vb) so `SELECT *` yields distinct names -- a plain `T s1 JOIN 
T s2` would emit two
+        // columns named `k` and fail analysis; the renames are children of 
the self-join, so the
+        // identity `SELECT *` is still stripped.
+        setupTable()
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW D AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (3), (6) AS D(k)""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE (k, v, k, k, v) IN (
+            |  SELECT * FROM D d JOIN (
+            |    SELECT * FROM (SELECT k AS ka, v AS va FROM T) s1
+            |    JOIN (SELECT k AS kb, v AS vb FROM T) s2
+            |      ON s1.ka = s2.kb AND s1.va <> s2.vb) sj
+            |  ON d.k = sj.ka)""".stripMargin
+        withSQLConf(SQLConf.OPTIMIZER_EXCLUDED_RULES.key -> 
ReorderJoin.ruleName) {
+          // A child that is a `sameResult` Inner Join carrying an inequality 
is exactly the
+          // self-join rewriteNestedSelfJoin extracts; asserting it proves 
execution reaches the
+          // arity guard.
+          def isTargetSelfJoin(p: LogicalPlan): Boolean = p match {
+            case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner =>
+              j.left.sameResult(j.right) &&
+                j.condition.exists(_.exists { case _: Not => true; case _ => 
false })
+            case _ => false
+          }
+          optimizedInSubqueryPlan(sql) match {
+            case j: Join if isTargetSelfJoin(j.left) || 
isTargetSelfJoin(j.right) =>
+            case other => fail(s"expected a bare nested self-join child, 
got:\n$other")
+          }
+          assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+          val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+          assert(on == off, s"bare-Join A2 arity guard semantics diverge: 
ON=$on OFF=$off")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("IS DISTINCT FROM is rejected by the self-join condition parser") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      setupTable()
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v IS DISTINCT FROM s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"IS DISTINCT FROM semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+      // Assert the full result, not just contains(4): unlike `<>`, `IS 
DISTINCT FROM` treats NULL
+      // as a value, so k=4 (v={70,NULL}) qualifies alongside k=1, k=3 and k=6.
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(4), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,4,6}, 
got $on")
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("IsNotNull on a non-join column is rejected") {
+    withTable("T3") {
+      // The guard under test is the predicate parser: it accepts IsNotNull 
only on a column the
+      // join condition already references, because such a predicate is 
implied by the equi-key or
+      // the inequality and can be dropped, while IsNotNull(w) filters rows 
the aggregate would
+      // otherwise count. The control is the same query without that one 
conjunct.
+      createTable(
+        "T3",
+        "k INT, v INT, w INT",
+        """  (1, 10, 100), (1, 20, 200),
+          |  (2, 30, CAST(NULL AS INT)), (2, 40, CAST(NULL AS 
INT))""".stripMargin)
+
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T3 outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T3 s1 JOIN T3 s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"T3 control diverges: ON=$controlOn 
OFF=$controlOff")
+      assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1), Row(2)), s"T3 control expected {1,2}, 
got $controlOn")
+
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T3 outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T3 s1 JOIN T3 s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v AND s1.w IS NOT 
NULL)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"IsNotNull(non-join-col) semantics diverge: ON=$on 
OFF=$off")
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1)), s"expected {1}, got $on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Multiple inequality columns are rejected") {
+    withTable("T2") {
+      // The guard under test is `neqPairs.size != 1`. Two inequalities need 
"at least two rows
+      // differing in v AND in w", which no MIN/MAX over a single column can 
express. The control is
+      // the same query with only the first inequality.
+      createTable(
+        "T2",
+        "k INT, v INT, w INT",
+        """  (1, 10, 100), (1, 20, 200),
+          |  (2, 30, 300),
+          |  (3, 40, 100), (3, 50, 100)""".stripMargin)
+
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T2 outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T2 s1 JOIN T2 s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"T2 control diverges: ON=$controlOn 
OFF=$controlOff")
+      assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3)), s"T2 control expected {1,3}, 
got $controlOn")
+
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T2 outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T2 s1 JOIN T2 s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v AND s1.w <> s2.w)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"multi-column neq semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1)), s"expected {1}, got $on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("LeftOuter self-join inside the IN subquery is rejected by the 
join-type guard") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      // The guard under test is `joinType == Inner`. The MIN(v) <> MAX(v) 
collapse is valid only
+      // for the INNER shape: a LEFT OUTER self-join preserves unmatched left 
rows, so its subquery
+      // returns every left key; rewriting it to a per-key aggregate drops 
keys and changes IN
+      // membership. The INNER control and LEFT OUTER variant differ only in 
join type.
+      setupTable()
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+
+      val leftOuterSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 LEFT OUTER JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      // Confirm the optimizer keeps it LEFT OUTER, so the join-type guard is 
what declines it and
+      // not some rule having reshaped the join away.
+      assert(
+        optimizedInSubqueryPlan(leftOuterSql).exists {
+          case j: Join if j.joinType == LeftOuter => true
+          case _ => false
+        },
+        "expected the subquery to still contain a LEFT OUTER join")
+      assertRuleNotFired(leftOuterSql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(leftOuterSql)
+      assert(on == off, s"LeftOuter-in-IN semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Join hint on the self-join is fail-closed (direct and nested)") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("D") {
+        // The guard is `hint.isEmpty`, checked in two places: 
rewriteDirectSelfJoin for a top-level
+        // self-join (Pattern A') and tryExtractSelfJoin for a self-join 
nested under an outer join
+        // (Pattern A2). The rewrite deletes the self-join, so a hint on it is 
a directive about a
+        // join that would vanish -- fail closed in both. A hint never changes 
rows, so results are
+        // identical.
+        setupTable()
+        spark.sql(
+          """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW D AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+            |  (1), (3), (6) AS D(k)""".stripMargin)
+
+        // Pattern A': hint on the top-level self-join (rewriteDirectSelfJoin).
+        val directControl =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+        assertRuleFired(directControl)
+        val directHinted =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT /*+ BROADCAST(s2) */ s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+        assertRuleNotFired(directHinted)
+        val (dOn, dOff) = runBoth(directHinted)
+        assert(dOn == dOff, s"direct-hint semantics diverge: ON=$dOn 
OFF=$dOff")
+        assert(dOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,6}, got 
$dOn")
+
+        // Pattern A2: hint on the nested self-join (tryExtractSelfJoin).
+        val nestedControl =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT d.k
+            |  FROM D d, (SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |             ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v) sj
+            |  WHERE d.k = sj.k)""".stripMargin
+        assertRuleFired(nestedControl)
+        val nestedHinted =
+          """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT d.k
+            |  FROM D d, (SELECT /*+ BROADCAST(s2) */ s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |             ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v) sj
+            |  WHERE d.k = sj.k)""".stripMargin
+        // Confirm a hinted self-join actually survives into the subquery the 
rule inspects, so the
+        // decline is attributable to the `hint.isEmpty` guard and not to the 
hint reshaping the
+        // plan so that tryExtractSelfJoin never sees a candidate.
+        assert(
+          optimizedInSubqueryPlan(nestedHinted).exists {
+            case j: Join if j.left.sameResult(j.right) && !j.hint.isEmpty => 
true
+            case _ => false
+          },
+          "expected a hinted nested self-join to survive into the optimized 
subquery")
+        assertRuleNotFired(nestedHinted)
+        val (nOn, nOff) = runBoth(nestedHinted)
+        assert(nOn == nOff, s"nested-hint semantics diverge: ON=$nOn 
OFF=$nOff")
+        assert(nOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,6}, got 
$nOn")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Config gate: rewrite disabled leaves a valid A' candidate untouched") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      setupTable()
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      withSQLConf(rewriteConf -> "false") {
+        val plan = spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.optimizedPlan
+        assert(!ruleFired(plan), s"config off must not fire rewrite:\n$plan")
+        val res = spark.sql(sql).collect().toSet
+        assert(res == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"config off correctness 
broken: $res")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ==================== Correlated subquery: rule must fail-closed 
====================
+
+  private def setupOuterT(): Unit = {
+    spark.sql(
+      """CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP VIEW OuterT AS SELECT * FROM VALUES
+        |  (1), (3), (6) AS OuterT(k)""".stripMargin)
+  }
+
+  test("Correlated InSubquery is fail-closed") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      withTempView("OuterT") {
+        setupTable()
+        setupOuterT()
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT o.k FROM OuterT o WHERE o.k IN (
+            |  SELECT s1.k FROM T s1 JOIN T s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v
+            |  WHERE s2.k = o.k)""".stripMargin
+        // Precondition: the InSubquery is genuinely correlated (its ListQuery 
carries outer
+        // references), so the not-fired result exercises the 
`lq.children.isEmpty` guard in `apply`
+        // rather than an unrelated shape mismatch.
+        val analyzed = spark.sql(sql).queryExecution.analyzed
+        var sawCorrelated = false
+        analyzed.foreach { node =>
+          node.expressions.foreach(_.foreach {
+            case InSubquery(_, lq: ListQuery) => sawCorrelated ||= 
lq.children.nonEmpty
+            case _ =>
+          })
+        }
+        assert(sawCorrelated, s"expected a correlated InSubquery in analyzed 
plan:\n$analyzed")
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"correlated IN parity: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+        assert(on == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,6}, got $on")
+        assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ==================== Repeatability whitelist: unknown operators 
fail-closed ==============
+
+  test("LIMIT inside the self-join subtrees breaks row-bag repeatability: rule 
bails out") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      // The guard under test is the operator whitelist in 
`isRowBagRepeatable`: a `LIMIT` without a
+      // total order returns an arbitrary row subset that two scans need not 
agree on, so it is not
+      // row-bag repeatable. A `LIMIT` node carries only a `Literal`, so every 
expression is
+      // allowlisted and `hasRepeatableExpressions` passes; with the 
precondition below proving the
+      // two self-join inputs are still `sameResult`, the operator whitelist 
(which does not list
+      // Limit) is the relevant remaining rejection point. A control without 
`LIMIT` fires on the
+      // same shape.
+      setupTable()
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM (SELECT k, v FROM T) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT k, v FROM T) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"LIMIT control diverges: ON=$controlOn 
OFF=$controlOff")
+      assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)), s"expected {1,3,6}, got 
$controlOn")
+
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM (SELECT k, v FROM T LIMIT 2) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT k, v FROM T LIMIT 2) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      // Precondition: both self-join inputs stay `sameResult`, ruling out a 
structural mismatch,
+      // and both still contain a Limit. Since Limit carries only an 
allowlisted Literal expression,
+      // the non-firing result pins the row-bag operator whitelist.
+      def containsLimit(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean =
+        plan.exists {
+          case _: GlobalLimit | _: LocalLimit => true
+          case _ => false
+        }
+      val before = optimizedInSubqueryPlan(sql)
+      assert(
+        before.exists {
+          case j: Join if j.joinType == Inner && j.left.sameResult(j.right) &&
+              containsLimit(j.left) && containsLimit(j.right) => true
+          case _ => false
+        },
+        s"expected a sameResult self-join whose inputs both contain a 
Limit:\n$before")
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Nondeterministic self-join input is rejected") {
+    // The guard under test is `plan.deterministic` inside `isRepeatablePlan`. 
Both sides use the
+    // same explicit seed, so the subplans share a canonical shape and the 
rejection is not from
+    // `isSameBaseRelation`. The control replaces `rand(41) < 0.5` with a 
deterministic filter,
+    // proving this Range/Filter/Project shape reaches the rewrite.
+    val controlSql =
+      """SELECT k FROM (SELECT CAST(id AS INT) AS k, CAST(id AS INT) AS v FROM 
range(100)) t
+        |WHERE k IN (
+        |  SELECT s1.k FROM (
+        |      SELECT CAST(id % 10 AS INT) AS k, CAST(id AS INT) AS v
+        |      FROM range(1000) WHERE id % 2 = 0
+        |    ) s1
+        |  JOIN (
+        |      SELECT CAST(id % 10 AS INT) AS k, CAST(id AS INT) AS v
+        |      FROM range(1000) WHERE id % 2 = 0
+        |    ) s2
+        |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+    assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+    val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+    assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"range control diverges: ON=$controlOn 
OFF=$controlOff")
+    assert(
+      controlOn == Set(Row(0), Row(2), Row(4), Row(6), Row(8)),
+      s"range control expected the even keys, got $controlOn")
+
+    val sql =
+      """SELECT k FROM (SELECT CAST(id AS INT) AS k, CAST(id AS INT) AS v FROM 
range(100)) t
+        |WHERE k IN (
+        |  SELECT s1.k FROM (
+        |      SELECT CAST(id % 10 AS INT) AS k, CAST(id AS INT) AS v
+        |      FROM range(1000) WHERE rand(41) < 0.5
+        |    ) s1
+        |  JOIN (
+        |      SELECT CAST(id % 10 AS INT) AS k, CAST(id AS INT) AS v
+        |      FROM range(1000) WHERE rand(41) < 0.5
+        |    ) s2
+        |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+    assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+  }
+
+  test("LogicalRDD leaf is not a trusted repeatable source: rule bails out") {
+    withTable("RddCtl") {
+      withTempView("RddT") {
+        // The guard under test is the leaf allowlist in `isRowBagRepeatable`: 
a Parquet
+        // `LogicalRelation` is trusted, but a `LogicalRDD` (createDataFrame 
over an RDD) wraps an
+        // arbitrary RDD lineage whose runtime row bag Catalyst cannot prove 
repeatable, so it must
+        // fail closed even though `plan.deterministic` is true. The Parquet 
control uses the same
+        // schema, data and query shape and fires, pinning the rejection to 
the leaf allowlist.
+        createTable("RddCtl", "k INT, v INT", "  (1, 10), (1, 20), (2, 30)")
+        val controlSql =
+          """SELECT k FROM RddCtl outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT s1.k FROM RddCtl s1 JOIN RddCtl s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+        assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+        val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+        assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"Parquet control diverges: 
ON=$controlOn OFF=$controlOff")
+        assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1)), s"Parquet control expected {1}, got 
$controlOn")
+
+        val schema = StructType(Seq(StructField("k", IntegerType), 
StructField("v", IntegerType)))
+        val rows = spark.sparkContext.parallelize(Seq(Row(1, 10), Row(1, 20), 
Row(2, 30)))
+        spark.createDataFrame(rows, schema).createOrReplaceTempView("RddT")
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM RddT outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT s1.k FROM RddT s1 JOIN RddT s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+        assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"LogicalRDD semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+        assert(on == Set(Row(1)), s"expected {1}, got $on")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Non-allowlisted deterministic expression (Abs) fails closed") {
+    withTable("T") {
+      // The guard under test is the expression allowlist in 
`isRepeatableExpression`: it trusts
+      // expression TYPES, not merely `deterministic`. Abs is deterministic 
but not (yet)
+      // allowlisted, so a self-join side projecting abs(v) fails closed -- a 
missed optimization,
+      // not a bug. The control uses `v + 1` (not `+ 0`, so the Add survives 
arithmetic
+      // simplification) and fires; wrapping the same column in abs() is the 
sole change and makes
+      // it not fire. v is INT, so the Add is a plain `Add(v, 1)` with no 
decimal PromotePrecision /
+      // CheckOverflow wrappers.
+      setupTable()
+
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k
+          |  FROM (SELECT k, v + 1 AS x FROM T) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT k, v + 1 AS x FROM T) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.x <> s2.x)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"Add control diverges: ON=$controlOn 
OFF=$controlOff")
+      // v+1 is injective over the (non-null) v values, so distinctness per k 
is unchanged: {1,3,6}.
+      assert(
+        controlOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3), Row(6)),
+        s"Add control expected {1,3,6}, got $controlOn")
+
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM T outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k
+          |  FROM (SELECT k, abs(v) AS x FROM T) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT k, abs(v) AS x FROM T) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.x <> s2.x)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"Abs-projected self-join semantics diverge: ON=$on 
OFF=$off")
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ==================== Data-type safety: comparison vs grouping/MIN-MAX 
equality =============
+  //
+  // The rewrite turns `<>` into MIN(v) <> MAX(v) and `=` into GROUP BY, so it 
is only sound where
+  // comparison equality coincides with grouping/MIN-MAX ordering equality. 
The two roles differ: an
+  // equi key needs grouping equality (binary equality for strings), the neq 
column needs MIN/MAX
+  // ordering equality (binary ordering for strings). Both are positive 
allowlists, not
+  // `RowOrdering.isOrderable`. These tests pin the boundary for the risky 
types.
+
+  test("Float/Double neq column is rejected (comparison-vs-MIN-MAX contract, 
defensive)") {
+    withTable("TFloat") {
+      // This pins the neq-column type gate: `vi` (Int, allowlisted) fires, 
`vd` (Double) does not.
+      // Double fails closed defensively -- comparison vs grouping/MIN-MAX 
agreement on signed zero
+      // and NaN rests on normalization details (NormalizeFloatingNumbers) 
that need not match
+      // across Spark versions or native backends. Current Spark aligns them, 
so OFF is {1} and the
+      // non-firing ON matches it: the test pins fail-closed behavior, not a 
divergence.
+      createTable(
+        "TFloat",
+        "k INT, vi INT, vd DOUBLE",
+        """  (1, 10, 1.0), (1, 20, 2.0),
+          |  (2, 30, 0.0), (2, 30, -0.0),
+          |  (3, 40, CAST('NaN' AS DOUBLE)), (3, 50, CAST('NaN' AS 
DOUBLE))""".stripMargin)
+
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TFloat outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TFloat s1 JOIN TFloat s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.vi <> s2.vi)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"Int-neq control diverges: 
ON=$controlOn OFF=$controlOff")
+      assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3)), s"Int-neq control expected 
{1,3}, got $controlOn")
+
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TFloat outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TFloat s1 JOIN TFloat s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.vd <> s2.vd)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"Double-neq semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+      // k=1 matches (1.0 <> 2.0); k=2 does not (0.0 = -0.0); k=3 does not 
(Spark NaN = NaN).
+      assert(on == Set(Row(1)), s"Double-neq baseline expected {1}, got $on")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Float/Double equi-key is rejected (defensive fail-closed)") {
+    withTable("TFloatKey") {
+      // This pins the equi-key type gate: `ki` (Int) fires, `kd` (Double) 
does not. Current Spark
+      // aligns floating-point comparison with grouping normalization here, 
but the rule does not
+      // depend on that implementation contract, so it fails closed.
+      createTable(
+        "TFloatKey",
+        "kd DOUBLE, ki INT, v INT",
+        """  (1.0, 1, 10), (1.0, 1, 20),
+          |  (2.0, 2, 30),
+          |  (0.0, 3, 40), (-0.0, 3, 50)""".stripMargin)
+
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT ki FROM TFloatKey outer_t WHERE ki IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.ki FROM TFloatKey s1 JOIN TFloatKey s2
+          |    ON s1.ki = s2.ki AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"Int-key control diverges: 
ON=$controlOn OFF=$controlOff")
+      assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1), Row(3)), s"Int-key control expected 
{1,3}, got $controlOn")
+
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT kd FROM TFloatKey outer_t WHERE kd IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.kd FROM TFloatKey s1 JOIN TFloatKey s2
+          |    ON s1.kd = s2.kd AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+      val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+      assert(on == off, s"Double-key semantics diverge: ON=$on OFF=$off")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Complex-type neq column (array/struct) is rejected wholesale") {
+    withTable("TCplx") {
+      // The neq-column type gate rejects complex types wholesale, which also 
covers any
+      // Float/Double nested inside them.
+      // Control (`v` Int) fires; the ARRAY<DOUBLE> and STRUCT<..DOUBLE> 
variants -- identical query
+      // shape, only the neq column changed -- do not.
+      createTable(
+        "TCplx",
+        "k INT, v INT, a ARRAY<DOUBLE>, s STRUCT<x: INT, y: DOUBLE>",
+        """  (1, 10, ARRAY(1.0), NAMED_STRUCT('x', 1, 'y', 1.0)),
+          |  (1, 20, ARRAY(2.0), NAMED_STRUCT('x', 2, 'y', 2.0)),
+          |  (2, 30, ARRAY(1.0), NAMED_STRUCT('x', 1, 'y', 
1.0))""".stripMargin)
+
+      val controlSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TCplx outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TCplx s1 JOIN TCplx s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(controlSql)
+      val (controlOn, controlOff) = runBoth(controlSql)
+      assert(controlOn == controlOff, s"Int-neq control diverges: 
ON=$controlOn OFF=$controlOff")
+      assert(controlOn == Set(Row(1)), s"Int-neq control expected {1}, got 
$controlOn")
+
+      val arraySql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TCplx outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TCplx s1 JOIN TCplx s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.a <> s2.a)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(arraySql)
+      val (arrayOn, arrayOff) = runBoth(arraySql)
+      assert(arrayOn == arrayOff, s"array-neq semantics diverge: ON=$arrayOn 
OFF=$arrayOff")
+
+      val structSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TCplx outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TCplx s1 JOIN TCplx s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.s <> s2.s)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(structSql)
+      val (structOn, structOff) = runBoth(structSql)
+      assert(structOn == structOff, s"struct-neq semantics diverge: 
ON=$structOn OFF=$structOff")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("String neq/equi key: default (UTF8_BINARY) fires, non-binary collation 
fails closed") {
+    withTable("TStrBin", "TStrCiNeq", "TStrCiEqui") {
+      // On strings the two type gates diverge: an equi key is admitted only 
under binary equality
+      // and a neq column only under binary ordering (both byte-wise), because 
a non-binary
+      // collation (Spark 4.0+) routes comparison and grouping through 
different code paths.
+      // UTF8_LCASE satisfies neither, so it is rejected in either role; the 
default-collation
+      // control fires. The two negatives collate exactly ONE column each so 
each pins its gate: a
+      // UTF8_LCASE NEQ column the neq-side check, a UTF8_LCASE EQUI key the 
equi-side check.
+      // Collating both at once would leave it ambiguous which gate fired.
+      createTable(
+        "TStrBin",
+        "k STRING, v STRING",
+        """  ('a', 'x'), ('a', 'y'),
+          |  ('b', 'z')""".stripMargin)
+      val binSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TStrBin outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TStrBin s1 JOIN TStrBin s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(binSql)
+      val (binOn, binOff) = runBoth(binSql)
+      assert(binOn == binOff, s"binary-string control diverges: ON=$binOn 
OFF=$binOff")
+      assert(binOn == Set(Row("a")), s"binary-string control expected {a}, got 
$binOn")
+
+      // Negative 1: only the NEQ column is non-binary collated -> neq-side 
type gate rejects.
+      createTable(
+        "TStrCiNeq",
+        "k STRING, v STRING COLLATE UTF8_LCASE",
+        """  ('a', 'x'), ('a', 'y'),
+          |  ('b', 'z')""".stripMargin)
+      val ciNeqSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TStrCiNeq outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TStrCiNeq s1 JOIN TStrCiNeq s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(ciNeqSql)
+      val (neqOn, neqOff) = runBoth(ciNeqSql)
+      assert(neqOn == neqOff, s"collated-neq semantics diverge: ON=$neqOn 
OFF=$neqOff")
+
+      // Negative 2: only the EQUI key is non-binary collated -> equi-side 
type gate rejects.
+      createTable(
+        "TStrCiEqui",
+        "k STRING COLLATE UTF8_LCASE, v STRING",
+        """  ('a', 'x'), ('a', 'y'),
+          |  ('b', 'z')""".stripMargin)
+      val ciEquiSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TStrCiEqui outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TStrCiEqui s1 JOIN TStrCiEqui s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleNotFired(ciEquiSql)
+      val (equiOn, equiOff) = runBoth(ciEquiSql)
+      assert(equiOn == equiOff, s"collated-equi semantics diverge: ON=$equiOn 
OFF=$equiOff")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("CHAR/VARCHAR join keys are rejected via declared-type metadata") {
+    withTable("TStr", "TCharVarchar") {
+      // CHAR/VARCHAR columns reach the optimizer as annotated StringType 
(CharVarcharUtils records
+      // the declared type in the metadata). Recovering the declared type from 
the metadata keeps
+      // them out of the StringType allowlist, where a dataType-only check 
would admit them. The
+      // plain-STRING control fires while the CHAR(5) and VARCHAR(5) variants 
fail closed. (Both `k`
+      // and `v` are CHAR/VARCHAR, so this exercises the metadata read, not 
which gate rejects.)
+      createTable(
+        "TStr",
+        "k STRING, v STRING",
+        """  ('a', 'x'), ('a', 'y'),
+          |  ('b', 'z')""".stripMargin)
+      val stringSql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TStr outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k FROM TStr s1 JOIN TStr s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+      assertRuleFired(stringSql)
+      val (strOn, strOff) = runBoth(stringSql)
+      assert(strOn == strOff, s"string control diverges: ON=$strOn 
OFF=$strOff")
+      assert(strOn == Set(Row("a")), s"string control expected {a}, got 
$strOn")
+
+      Seq("CHAR(5)", "VARCHAR(5)").foreach { keyType =>
+        createTable(
+          "TCharVarchar",
+          s"k $keyType, v $keyType",
+          """  ('a', 'x'), ('a', 'y'),
+            |  ('b', 'z')""".stripMargin)
+        val sql =
+          """SELECT k FROM TCharVarchar outer_t WHERE k IN (
+            |  SELECT s1.k FROM TCharVarchar s1 JOIN TCharVarchar s2
+            |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.v <> s2.v)""".stripMargin
+        assertRuleNotFired(sql)
+        val (on, off) = runBoth(sql)
+        assert(on == off, s"$keyType not-fired query diverges: ON=$on 
OFF=$off")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("ANSI: rewrite preserves observable error behavior (throw-or-succeed 
parity)") {
+    withTable("TAnsi") {
+      // Not a rejection but a parity property: the allowlist admits Cast, 
which can throw under
+      // ANSI. It evaluates `CAST(s AS INT)` once per row inside the 
Aggregate, the baseline
+      // self-join per row on each side -- the same rows -- so a malformed 
value must make
+      // BOTH forms behave the same (both succeed with equal rows, or both 
throw the same error
+      // class; a one-sided throw is a blocker). k=2 holds a non-numeric 's'.
+      createTable(
+        "TAnsi",
+        "k INT, s STRING",
+        """  (1, '10'), (1, '20'),
+          |  (2, '30'), (2, 'xyz')""".stripMargin)
+      val sql =
+        """SELECT k FROM TAnsi outer_t WHERE k IN (
+          |  SELECT s1.k
+          |  FROM (SELECT k, CAST(s AS INT) AS x FROM TAnsi) s1
+          |  JOIN (SELECT k, CAST(s AS INT) AS x FROM TAnsi) s2
+          |    ON s1.k = s2.k AND s1.x <> s2.x)""".stripMargin
+
+      Seq("false", "true").foreach { ansi =>
+        withSQLConf(SQLConf.ANSI_ENABLED.key -> ansi) {
+          // The rule fires at plan level regardless of ANSI (the cast throws 
only at runtime).
+          assertRuleFired(sql)
+          val on = runOutcome(sql, rewrite = true)
+          val off = runOutcome(sql, rewrite = false)
+          (on, off) match {
+            case (Right(onRows), Right(offRows)) =>
+              assert(onRows == offRows,
+                s"ANSI=$ansi both succeeded but diverged: ON=$onRows 
OFF=$offRows")
+              // Positive signal under ANSI off: the cast is defined (yields 
NULL) for every
+              // surviving row, so ON must return the real membership {1}, not 
just match OFF.
+              if (ansi == "false") {
+                assert(onRows == Set(Row(1)), s"ANSI=false expected {1}, got 
$onRows")
+              }
+            case (Left(onErr), Left(offErr)) =>

Review Comment:
   **Non-blocking (P2):** For `ansi=false`, this match still accepts 
`Left/Left` as long as the error classes agree, so both executions can throw 
and the expected successful rows are never checked. Please make the non-ANSI 
Cast and Remainder cases require `Right(expectedRows)`, while the ANSI cases 
require `Left(expectedErrorClass)`, retaining ON/OFF parity within those 
required outcomes.



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