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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+connect to Determined's db and replicate various metrics for performance testing purposes.
+"""
+
+import concurrent.futures
+import contextlib
+import os
+import time
+from typing import Any, Dict, Generator, List, Set, Tuple, Union
+
+import psycopg  # pip install "psycopg[binary]"
+from psycopg import sql
+
+DB_NAME = os.environ.get("DET_DB_NAME", "determined")
+DB_USERNAME = os.environ.get("DET_DB_USERNAME", "postgres")
+DB_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("DET_DB_PASSWORD", "postgres")
+DB_HOST = os.environ.get("DET_DB_HOST", "localhost")
+DB_PORT = os.environ.get("DET_DB_PORT", "5432")
+
+Query = Union[str, bytes, sql.SQL, sql.Composable]
+
+
+# a class extending psycopg.Cursor that adds logging around each query execute.
+class LoggingCursor(psycopg.Cursor):
+    def execute(self, query: Query, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> "LoggingCursor":
+        print(
+            f"""====QUERY START====
+{query.strip() if isinstance(query, str) else str(query)}
+====QUERY END===="""
+        )
+        start = time.time()
+        super().execute(query, *args, **kwargs)
+        end = time.time()
+        print("query took (ms):", (end - start) * 1000)
+        return self
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def db_cursor() -> Generator[psycopg.Cursor, None, None]:
+    conn = psycopg.connect(
+        dbname=DB_NAME,
+        user=DB_USERNAME,
+        password=DB_PASSWORD,
+        host=DB_HOST,
+        port=DB_PORT,
+    )
+    conn.cursor_factory = LoggingCursor
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    yield cur
+    conn.close()
+
+
+def get_table_col_names(table: str) -> Set[str]:
+    with db_cursor() as cur:
+        cur.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = %s
+            """,
+            (table,),  # type: ignore
+        )
+        rows = cur.fetchall()
+        return {row[0] for row in rows}
+
+
+def replicate_rows(table: str, skip_cols: Set[str], multiplier: int = 1, suffix: str = "") -> None:
+    cols = get_table_col_names(table) - skip_cols
+    cols_str = ", ".join(cols)
+
+    with db_cursor() as cur:
+        query = f"""
+INSERT INTO {table}( {cols_str} )
+SELECT {cols_str} FROM {table}
+CROSS JOIN generate_series(1, {multiplier}) AS g
+{suffix};
+        """
+        cur.execute(query)
+        print("added rows:", cur.rowcount)
+        cur.execute("COMMIT")
+
+
+def copy_trial(trial_id: int) -> None:
+    """
+    copy a single trial with associated metrics using CTE.
+    """
+    trial_cols = get_table_col_names("trials") - {"id"}
+    trial_cols_str = ", ".join(trial_cols)
+    steps_cols = get_table_col_names("raw_steps") - {"id", "trial_id"}
+    steps_cols_str = ", ".join(steps_cols)
+    prefixed_steps_cols = ", ".join([f"rs.{col}" for col in steps_cols])
+    validations_cols = get_table_col_names("raw_validations") - {"id", "trial_id"}
+    validations_cols_str = ", ".join(validations_cols)
+    prefixed_validations_cols = ", ".join([f"rv.{col}" for col in validations_cols])
+
+    with db_cursor() as cur:
+        query = f"""
+WITH replicated_trials AS (
+INSERT INTO trials ({trial_cols_str})
+SELECT {trial_cols_str}
+FROM trials
+WHERE id = %s
+RETURNING id
+), replicated_steps AS (
+INSERT INTO raw_steps (trial_id, {steps_cols_str})
+SELECT rt.id, {prefixed_steps_cols}
+FROM replicated_trials rt
+JOIN raw_steps rs ON rs.trial_id = %s
+RETURNING trial_id, id AS new_step_id
+)
+INSERT INTO raw_validations (trial_id, {validations_cols_str})
+SELECT rt.id, {prefixed_validations_cols}
+FROM replicated_trials rt
+JOIN raw_validations rv ON rv.trial_id = %s;
+        """
+        cur.execute(query, (trial_id, trial_id, trial_id))  # type: ignore
+        cur.execute("COMMIT")
+
+
+def submit_db_queries(
+    cursor: psycopg.Cursor, queries: List[Tuple[str, str]]
+) -> Generator[Tuple[str, int], None, None]:
+    """
+    submit a set of db queries concurrently yield the changes as they are ready.
+    queries: list of (name, query)
+    """
+    with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as executor:
+        # submit each query and record the rows affected for each one
+        def job(name: str, query: str) -> Tuple[str, int]:
+            cursor.execute(query)
+            return name, cursor.rowcount
+
+        futures = [executor.submit(job, name, query) for name, query in queries]
+        # process as each future ready
+        for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures):
+            yield future.result()
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def duplicate_table_rows(
+    cur: psycopg.Cursor, table: str, suffix: str = ""
+) -> Generator[int, None, None]:
+    """
+    duplicate rows of a table and keep a mapping between old and new ids.
+    `id` col is assumed to auto increment.
+    return: number of new rows added
+    """
+    cols = get_table_col_names(table) - {"id"}
+    cols_str = ", ".join(cols)
+    values_str = ", ".join([table + "." + col for col in cols])
+
+    query = f"""
+-- modify the target table to add a new col called og_id
+ALTER TABLE {table} ADD COLUMN og_id int;
+"""
+    cur.execute(query)
+
+    query = f"""
+-- insert the replicated rows populating the og_id column with the original id
+INSERT INTO {table}( {cols_str}, og_id )
+SELECT {values_str}, {table}.id
+FROM {table}
+{suffix};
+"""
+    cur.execute(query)
+    affected_rows = cur.rowcount
+
+    query = f"""
+CREATE TEMP TABLE {table}_id_map AS
+SELECT id, og_id
+FROM {table}
+WHERE og_id IS NOT NULL;
+"""
+    cur.execute(query)
+
+    yield affected_rows
+
+    # tear down
+    query = f"""
+-- drop the table
+-- DROP TABLE {table}_id_map; -- temp table
+-- drop the added column
+ALTER TABLE {table} DROP COLUMN og_id;
+    """
+    cur.execute(query)
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _copy_trials(
+    cur: psycopg.Cursor, suffix: str = "", exclude_single_searcher: bool = True
+) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
+    affected_rows: Dict[str, int] = {}
+    table = "trials"
+    trial_suffix = f"""
+JOIN experiments e ON e.id = {table}.experiment_id
+-- CROSS JOIN generate_series(1, multiplier) AS g
+WHERE e.config->'searcher'->>'name' <> 'single'
+{suffix};
+    """
+    if not exclude_single_searcher:
+        trial_suffix = f"""
+WHERE 1 = 1
+{suffix};
+        """
+    with duplicate_table_rows(cur, table, suffix=trial_suffix) as added_trials:
+        affected_rows["trials"] = added_trials
+        if added_trials == 0:
+            yield affected_rows
+            return
+
+        steps_cols = get_table_col_names("raw_steps") - {"id"} - {"trial_id"}
+        steps_cols_str = ", ".join(steps_cols)
+        prefixed_steps_cols = ", ".join([f"rs.{col}" for col in steps_cols])
+        # replicate raw_steps and update trial_id
+        steps_query = f"""
+
+-- replicate raw_steps and keep the new step ids
+INSERT INTO raw_steps( {steps_cols_str}, trial_id )
+SELECT {prefixed_steps_cols}, {table}_id_map.id
+FROM raw_steps rs
+INNER JOIN {table}_id_map ON {table}_id_map.og_id = rs.trial_id
+-- WHERE {table}_id_map.og_id IS NOT NULL; -- all {table}_id_map with og_id are target trials.
+"""
+        cur.execute(steps_query)
+        affected_rows["steps"] = cur.rowcount
+
+        validations_cols = get_table_col_names("raw_validations") - {"id", "trial_id"}
+        validations_cols_str = ", ".join(validations_cols)
+        prefixed_validations_cols = ", ".join([f"rv.{col}" for col in validations_cols])
+        validations_query = f"""
+-- replicate raw_validations and keep the new validation ids
+INSERT INTO raw_validations( {validations_cols_str}, trial_id )
+SELECT {prefixed_validations_cols}, {table}_id_map.id
+FROM raw_validations rv
+INNER JOIN {table}_id_map ON {table}_id_map.og_id = rv.trial_id
+-- WHERE {table}_id_map.og_id IS NOT NULL;
+"""
+
+        cur.execute(validations_query)
+        affected_rows["validations"] = cur.rowcount
+        yield affected_rows
+
+    cur.execute("COMMIT")
+
+
+def copy_trials(suffix: str = "", exclude_single_searcher: bool = True) -> dict:
+    """
+    Duplicate trials and associated metrics for multi trial experiments.
+    """
+    with db_cursor() as cur:
+        with _copy_trials(cur, suffix, exclude_single_searcher) as affected_rows:
+            return affected_rows
+
+
+def copy_experiments() -> dict:
+    """
+    - copy experiments, keep id mapping
+    - copy trials and all metrics and keep id mapping
+    - update trials' experiment_id to the new experiment id
+    """
+    added_rows: Dict[str, int] = {}
+    with db_cursor() as cur:
+        with duplicate_table_rows(cur, "experiments") as added_exps:
+            added_rows["experiments"] = added_exps
+            if added_exps == 0:
+                return added_rows
+            with _copy_trials(cur, exclude_single_searcher=False) as affected_rows:
+                added_rows.update(affected_rows)
+                """
+                tables
+                - experiments: id
+                - experiments_id_map: id, og_id
+                - trials: id
+                - trials_id_map: id, og_id
+                """
+                # update new trials' experiment_id to the newly added experiment id
+                query = """
+UPDATE trials
+SET experiment_id = sub.new_exp_id
+FROM (
+    SELECT trials.id as trial_id, experiments_id_map.id AS new_exp_id
+    FROM trials
+    JOIN trials_id_map ON trials.id = trials_id_map.id
+    JOIN experiments_id_map ON trials.experiment_id = experiments_id_map.og_id
+) as sub
+WHERE trials.id = sub.trial_id;
+"""
+                cur.execute(query)
+        cur.execute("COMMIT")
+    return added_rows
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.description = "Replicate trials within experiments for multi-trial experiments\
+        or whole experiments at db level in bulk."
+
+    parser.add_argument("mode", type=str, help="mode to run in: trials, experiments")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--suffix",
+        type=str,
+        default="",
+        help="sql suffix to select the trials to replicate this appends after an existing\
+        WHERE clause. eg AND state = 'COMPLETED' LIMIT 2",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--trial-id", type=int, default=None, help="trial id to replicate")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--naive-multiplier", type=int, default=None, help="repeat the operation n times (naive)"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    assert args.suffix == "" or args.trial_id is None, "cannot specify both suffix and trial_id"
+    assert args.mode in ["trials", "experiments"], "mode must be either trials or experiments"
+
+    start = time.time()
+
+    row_counts = None
+    for _ in range(args.naive_multiplier or 1):
+        if args.mode == "experiments":
+            assert args.trial_id is None, "cannot specify trial_id in experiments mode"
+            assert args.suffix == ""
+            row_counts = copy_experiments()
+        elif args.mode == "trials":
+            if args.trial_id is not None:
+                copy_trial(args.trial_id)
+            else:
+                counts = copy_trials(suffix=args.suffix)
+                row_counts = (
+                    {k: v + counts[k] for k, v in row_counts.items()}
+                    if row_counts is not None
+                    else counts
+                )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"unknown mode: {args.mode}")
+
+    end = time.time()
+    print("rows added:", row_counts)
+    print("overall time (ms):", (end - start) * 1000)