ROADMAP.md

Analytics Module Roadmap

Current Status

Production analytics runtime exists across OLAP, streaming/CEP, forecasting, anomaly detection, model-serving integration, and distributed analytics coordination.

In Progress

• [~] hardening of streaming and distributed runtime limits under sustained load (Target: Q3 2026)
• [~] benchmark and release-gate consolidation for analytics-critical paths (Target: Q3 2026)
• [~] consistency hardening for optional dependency and fallback behavior (Target: Q3 2026)

Planned Features

Short-term (3-6 months)

• strengthen bounded-memory behavior in high-cardinality streaming windows (Target: Q4 2026)
• extend integration regression coverage for serving and export failure classes (Target: Q4 2026)
• improve distributed merge diagnostics and operator-facing telemetry (Target: Q4 2026)

Mid-term (6-12 months)

• add/expand dedicated benchmarks for currently proxy-covered analytics paths (Target: Q1 2027)
• re-baseline analytics latency and throughput envelopes per representative hardware profile (Target: Q1 2027)
• harden cross-cluster security and reliability controls in federated analytics scenarios (Target: Q1 2027)

Implementation Phases

Phase 1: Design / API Contract

• freeze analytics runtime contracts for critical execution paths (Target: Q3 2026)
• define explicit failure classes for unsupported dependency/capability states (Target: Q3 2026)

Phase 2: Core Implementation

• complete remaining runtime hardening in streaming and distributed high-load scenarios (Target: Q4 2026)
• align serving/export integration behavior to shared bounded execution policy (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 3: Error Handling and Edge Cases

• standardize fail-closed behavior across optional-backend and degraded states (Target: Q4 2026)
• enforce consistent diagnostics for parse/input/state validation failures (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 4: Tests

• expand focused regressions for high-load streaming, distributed merge, and integration failure paths (Target: Q4 2026)
• extend deterministic fixture coverage for optional dependency off/on matrixes (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 5: Performance and Hardening

• lock benchmark-backed release gates for analytics-critical paths (Target: Q4 2026)
• validate p95/p99 behavior under representative production load profiles (Target: Q4 2026)

Phase 6: Documentation and Acceptance

• core analytics module docs aligned to source-verifiable behavior
• roadmap remains forward-looking while changelog captures historical completion

Production Readiness Checklist

• core runtime surfaces documented with source verification
• security and failure behavior documented at module level
• mapped benchmark expectations documented
• dedicated benchmark coverage complete for all critical paths
• remaining hardening tasks closed for sustained-load reliability

Known Issues and Limitations

• benchmark coverage is still mixed between direct and proxy mappings for some targets.
• behavior and availability remain partially capability-dependent on optional integrations.
• continued hardening is required for cross-cluster/federated scenarios.

Breaking Changes

No breaking module contract planned. Any contract-breaking change requires explicit migration notes and changelog entry before merge.