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This is an automated cherry-pick of #11232

What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #11231

Problem Summary:

Deeply nested SQL can exhaust the process stack during parsing because IParserBase::parse has no recursion limit. AST depth validation runs after parsing, and redundant parentheses do not increase the resulting AST depth.

What is changed and how it works?

Parsers: bound SQL parser recursion depth

Limit SQL parsing to 1024 simultaneously active parser calls and throw
TOO_DEEP_RECURSION when the limit would be exceeded.

Keep the counter in the token stream so copied positions and parser
backtracking share the same active depth. Restore the counter with a
scope guard on success, failure, and exceptions.

Add regression coverage for deep parentheses, incomplete expressions, subqueries, arrays, and functions; normal queries; sibling calls; and exact limit boundaries with counter recovery.

The TiDB CI runner also sets GLOBAL tidb_redact_log = 'OFF' after each cluster becomes ready, preserving existing error-message assertions with newer TiDB images.

Check List

Tests

• Unit test
• Integration test
• Manual test (add detailed scripts or steps below)
• No code

Validation:

• Built tiflash_parsers in Debug mode.

• Compiled and linked gtest_parser_depth.cpp into a focused Google Test executable against the rebuilt parser library; all 4 ParserDepthTest.* tests passed. The full gtests_dbms suite was not run.

• Re-ran the original isolated reproducer with an 8 MiB stack: 1000 and 10000 parenthesis levels now return TOO_DEEP_RECURSION (306), including incomplete input. For SELECT around a literal, 31 parenthesis levels succeed and 32 return the depth error.

• clang-format 17.0.6 validation and git diff --check passed.

• bash -n tests/tidb-ci/run.sh and git diff --check passed for the CI redaction setup. Docker integration tests were not run locally because Docker is unavailable.

Side effects

• Performance regression: Consumes more CPU
• Performance regression: Consumes more Memory
• Breaking backward compatibility

Queries exceeding 1024 active parser calls now fail with a controlled exception. This counts grammar helper calls as well as SQL nesting.

Documentation

• Affects user behaviors
• Contains syntax changes
• Contains variable changes
• Contains experimental features
• Changes MySQL compatibility

Release note

Fix a potential TiFlash crash when parsing deeply nested SQL by limiting recursive parser calls to 1024.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Queries with excessive nesting now fail with a recursion-depth error instead of continuing to parse. Typical queries remain unaffected, and parser depth is correctly reset after successful or failed parsing. This makes behavior more consistent when processing deeply nested expressions, function calls, and bracketed queries.

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Walkthrough

The parser now limits active parser calls to 1024 and restores its shared depth counter after parsing. The TiDB CI script disables global log redaction in five test clusters.

Changes: SQL parser depth limit

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared parser depth and limit dbms/src/Parsers/IParserBase.h, dbms/src/Parsers/TokenIterator.h, dbms/src/Parsers/IParserBase.cpp	Parser calls share a depth counter through Tokens. IParserBase::parse throws TOO_DEEP_RECURSION at the limit and restores the counter on exit.
Parser depth tests dbms/src/Parsers/tests/gtest_parser_depth.cpp	Tests cover deeply nested queries, representative successful parses, sibling expressions, and depth restoration after success, failure, and limit exceptions.

TiDB CI log redaction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Disable redaction in test clusters tests/tidb-ci/run.sh	The script adds a helper to turn off global TiDB log redaction and calls it for five test clusters after environment readiness checks.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• pingcap/tiflash#11232: This PR is described as a cherry-pick of #11232, which also limits active SQL parser calls and restores the shared depth counter.

Suggested reviewers: jayson-huang, xzhangxian1008

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to c864b

The parser depth limit and CI setup have no established merge-blocking issue. The change is mergeable subject to normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 44.44% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the parser recursion limit, which is the main change.
Description check		The description covers the problem, implementation, tests, compatibility impact, documentation, and release note. It also explains the TiDB CI change and identifies tests not run.
Linked Issues check		No active directly linked issues remain. Issue #11231 is closed and supplies historical context only. No linked-issue coding requirements apply.
Out of Scope Changes check		No active linked issue defines a scope. The parser limit and regression tests match the PR's stated intent. The TiDB CI redaction setup also matches the stated intent to preserve error-message asserti…

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No active linked issue defines a scope. The parser limit and regression tests match the PR's stated intent. The TiDB CI redaction setup also matches the stated intent to preserve error-message assertions.

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Deep curls now meet a guarded gate,
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