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Closes #20443

This PR adds a new filesystem param to our orc, json, csv and parquet readers and writers to accept a pre-built fsspec filesystem object. Added validation by a shared _validate_filesystem helper that keeps the existing "not at the same time as storage_options" contract.

Also two minor fixes: _process_dataset now passes its already-resolved filesystem to is_directory(), which previously inferred LocalFileSystem and answered False for every remote path; and ParquetDatasetWriter.write_table no longer drops self.storage_options for non-S3 remote paths.

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Closes NVIDIA#20443

Only `read_parquet` accepted a pre-built fsspec `filesystem` object; every
other reader and all writers accepted `storage_options` only. Add a
`filesystem=` keyword to `read_csv`, `read_json`, `read_orc`, `read_avro`,
`read_text`, `to_parquet`, `to_csv`, `to_json`, `to_orc`, `write_to_dataset`
and `ParquetDatasetWriter`, plumbed through `ioutils` and validated by a
shared `_validate_filesystem` helper.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@github-actions github-actions Bot added the Python Affects Python cuDF API. label Aug 31, 2026
@mhaseeb123 mhaseeb123 changed the title Support filesystem argument in more cuDF I/O paths Support filesystem in cuIO paths Aug 31, 2026
Closes NVIDIA#23899

`read_parquet_metadata` took only `filepath_or_buffer`, so footer metadata
could not be read from authenticated remote stores. Forward `storage_options`
and `filesystem` to `get_reader_filepath_or_buffer` like the other readers.

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@mhaseeb123 mhaseeb123 added 2 - In Progress Currently a work in progress improvement Improvement / enhancement to an existing function non-breaking Non-breaking change cudf.pandas Issues specific to cudf.pandas and removed improvement Improvement / enhancement to an existing function cudf.pandas Issues specific to cudf.pandas labels Aug 31, 2026
Remote reads route through `_prefetch_remote_buffers(method="all")`, which
pulls whole files into host memory. That is pure waste for
`read_parquet_metadata`, which needs only the footer, and `method="parquet"`
does not help since it falls back to `_get_remote_bytes_all` when no columns
or row groups are selected.

Add a `parquet-footer` prefetcher that reads a 64 KiB tail, matching libcudf's
LIBCUDF_PARQUET_METADATA_SIZE_HINT, trims it to the exact footer, and hands
libcudf `PAR1` + footer + ender. libcudf locates the footer relative to the end
of a source, so this parses identically while the buffer stays O(footer)
instead of O(file): 2.8 KB rather than 7.5 MB on a 200k-row test file.

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@mhaseeb123 mhaseeb123 added the feature request New feature or request label Aug 31, 2026
@mhaseeb123 mhaseeb123 moved this from Todo to In Progress in cuDF Python Aug 31, 2026
mhaseeb123 and others added 3 commits August 31, 2026 22:44
The footer prefetcher called `fs.sizes()` to compute tail offsets, which costs
an extra HEAD per file and adds a second sequential round trip before the
ranges can be requested.

Use suffix ranges instead: a negative `start` means "backwards from the end"
per the fsspec `cat_file` contract, and clamps to the whole file when the file
is shorter than the read. A short tail is therefore already the entire file,
so the truncated-footer and non-Parquet cases can be detected without a size
lookup. Measured on moto with 20 files: 20 requests instead of 40, all issued
concurrently by `cat_ranges` on async filesystems.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reverts the `read_parquet_metadata` support for `storage_options`/`filesystem`
and the Parquet footer prefetcher. That work addresses a separate issue and
will be raised as its own PR, leaving this one scoped to adding `filesystem`
to the existing readers and writers.

Reverts e87d98e, bf4de74 and 99b8aa5.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@mhaseeb123 mhaseeb123 changed the title Support filesystem in cuIO paths Support filesystem in cuIO readers and writers Sep 1, 2026
@mhaseeb123 mhaseeb123 changed the title Support filesystem in cuIO readers and writers Allow prebuilt filesystem object in cuIO readers and writers Sep 1, 2026
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  • New Features

    • Added optional filesystem support across CSV, JSON, Avro, ORC, Parquet, and text input/output APIs.
    • Enabled explicit local, remote, and in-memory filesystem access, including dataset and partitioned Parquet operations.
    • Added filesystem support to DataFrame export methods.
    • Preserved existing positional argument behavior while adding filesystem options.
    • Added validation for conflicting filesystem and storage options.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for filesystem-based reads and writes across supported formats.

Walkthrough

The pull request adds explicit filesystem support across cuDF Avro, CSV, JSON, ORC, text, and Parquet I/O. It preserves existing positional argument bindings and adds validation, remote staging, uploads, and regression coverage.

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Filesystem-aware cuDF I/O

Layer / File(s) Summary
Filesystem validation and path resolution
python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py
Shared utilities validate explicit fsspec filesystems, reject conflicting storage_options, and resolve reader, writer, and directory paths through the supplied filesystem.
Format API propagation and contracts
python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py, python/cudf/cudf/io/*.py
DataFrame, Avro, CSV, JSON, ORC, and text APIs accept filesystem and forward it to path resolution while preserving existing positional arguments. The pandas-backed JSON writer rejects unsupported filesystem usage.
Parquet dataset filesystem propagation
python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py
Parquet writes and dataset operations validate, retain, and propagate explicit filesystems through GPU writes, PyArrow writes, staging, directory checks, and remote uploads.
Filesystem behavior coverage
python/cudf/cudf/tests/input_output/test_json.py, python/cudf/cudf/tests/input_output/test_parquet.py, python/cudf/cudf/tests/input_output/test_s3.py
Tests cover explicit and protocol-based filesystems, positional API compatibility, Parquet staging, round trips, and conflicting filesystem and storage_options arguments.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4323f

The new filesystem support broadens Parquet publication to non-local backends, where an interrupted upload could leave incomplete output visible at the destination. This is a bounded reliability and rollback risk that is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #20443 by standardizing filesystem support across Parquet, JSON, CSV, ORC, Avro, and text I/O while preserving positional compatibility and storage_options validation.
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In `@python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py`:
- Line 7830: Preserve positional API compatibility across
python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py:7830-7830,
python/cudf/cudf/io/csv.py:126-126, python/cudf/cudf/io/orc.py:167-167,
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keyword-only after *args where applicable, and move filesystem after the
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regression tests covering affected existing parameters passed positionally.

Apply the same fix in `@python/cudf/cudf/io/json.py` at line 122: Covers the
shifted positional parameters in JSON and Parquet APIs.

In `@python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py`:
- Around line 2181-2183: The chunked output path in
ParquetDatasetWriter.write_table must preserve the configured fsspec filesystem
instead of passing normalized string paths to ParquetWriter. Resolve and retain
filesystem-backed output handles for each writer, including non-local
filesystems, while preserving existing local behavior; add a MemoryFileSystem
regression test that verifies the expected files exist after close().

In `@python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py`:
- Line 1865: Validate a non-None filesystem and reject non-empty storage_options
before source classification in python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py:1865-1865,
covering file-like inputs as well as string paths. Apply the same
pre-classification validation before output-path classification in
python/cudf/cudf/utils/ioutils.py:1958-1960; preserve the required ValueError
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Keep `filesystem` from shifting positional arguments. It had been inserted
mid-signature in eight APIs, so existing positional calls bound the wrong
value: `to_orc(df, path, ..., storage_options, index)` raised
`ValueError: Expected fsspec.AbstractFileSystem. Got True`. It is now the last
parameter, or keyword-only where `*args` follows.

Make `ParquetDatasetWriter` honour an explicit filesystem. libcudf's chunked
sinks only understand local paths, so passing a non-local filesystem created
directories on that filesystem while the writer wrote elsewhere, failing with
`RuntimeError: Unable to open file`. The local-staging path that already
existed for `s3://` now covers any non-local filesystem, with the upload on
`close()` going through the configured filesystem.

Validate `filesystem` before classifying the input source, so file-like inputs
reject a bad filesystem or a conflicting `storage_options` instead of silently
ignoring them.

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Remove the tests asserting on parameter ordering and the positional `to_orc`
call; the behaviour they guarded is covered by the review fixes themselves.

Condense the explanatory comments added with those fixes.

Bring the copyright headers of the touched files up to the canonical notice,
which `verify-copyright` was failing on in CI.

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In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/input_output/test_parquet.py`:
- Line 5257: Strengthen the test around the existing expected result by
validating the partition layout as well: assert that the discovered output paths
include directories for a=1, a=2, and a=3, or read root as a dataset and compare
both columns. Keep the existing column b value check while ensuring the a
partition column is correctly written.
- Around line 5234-5235: Add a Python benchmark alongside
test_parquet_dataset_writer_explicit_filesystem covering ParquetDatasetWriter
with partitioned output and an explicitly configured non-local filesystem.
Exercise chunked dataset writing and verify the output uses that filesystem
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def test_parquet_dataset_writer_explicit_filesystem(tmp_path):
"""Chunked output must land on the configured filesystem, not local disk."""

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Add a unit benchmark for this path.

The Python benchmark suite has I/O benchmarks, but no benchmark covers ParquetDatasetWriter with partitioned output and an explicit non-local filesystem.

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In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/input_output/test_parquet.py` around lines 5234 -
5235, Add a Python benchmark alongside
test_parquet_dataset_writer_explicit_filesystem covering ParquetDatasetWriter
with partitioned output and an explicitly configured non-local filesystem.
Exercise chunked dataset writing and verify the output uses that filesystem
rather than local disk, following the existing I/O benchmark conventions.

Source: Coding guidelines

got = cudf.concat(
[cudf.read_parquet(f, filesystem=fs) for f in written]
).astype("int64")
expect = cudf.concat([df1, df2])["b"].sort_values().reset_index(drop=True)

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Assert the partition layout.

Line 5257 compares only column b. The test can pass if all rows are written but the a=... partition directories are incorrect or missing. Assert that the discovered paths include a=1, a=2, and a=3, or read root as a dataset and compare both columns.

Proposed test addition
     written = sorted(fs.find(root))
     assert written, "no files written to the configured filesystem"
+    partition_dirs = {path.rsplit("/", 2)[-2] for path in written}
+    assert {"a=1", "a=2", "a=3"} <= partition_dirs
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In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/input_output/test_parquet.py` at line 5257, Strengthen
the test around the existing expected result by validating the partition layout
as well: assert that the discovered output paths include directories for a=1,
a=2, and a=3, or read root as a dataset and compare both columns. Keep the
existing column b value check while ensuring the a partition column is correctly
written.

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