Fix multi-batch Arrow null validity bug

rust/perspective-js/test/js/constructors/arrow.spec.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,48 @@ test.describe("Arrow", function () {
     });
 
     test.describe("regressions", () => {
+        // https://github.com/perspective-dev/perspective/issues/3169
+        test("null values are preserved across multi-batch Arrow IPC streams", async function () {
+            function row(
+                identifier: string,
+                value: number | null,
+                date: Date | null,
+            ) {
+                return arrow.tableFromArrays({
+                    Identifier: arrow.vectorFromArray(
+                        [identifier],
+                        new arrow.Utf8(),
+                    ),
+                    Value: arrow.vectorFromArray([value], new arrow.Float64()),
+                    Date: arrow.vectorFromArray([date], new arrow.DateDay()),
+                });
+            }
+
+            const t1 = row("A", null, null);
+            const t2 = row("B", 5, null);
+            const t3 = row("C", null, new Date(Date.UTC(2025, 5, 15)));
+
+            const multiBatchTable = new arrow.Table([
+                ...t1.batches,
+                ...t2.batches,
+                ...t3.batches,
+            ]);
+            expect(multiBatchTable.batches.length).toEqual(3);
+
+            const ipc = arrow.tableToIPC(multiBatchTable, "stream");
+            const table = await perspective.table(ipc.buffer as ArrayBuffer);
+            const view = await table.view();
+            const json = await view.to_json();
+            await view.delete();
+            await table.delete();
+
+            expect(json).toStrictEqual([
+                { Identifier: "A", Value: null, Date: null },
+                { Identifier: "B", Value: 5, Date: null },
+                { Identifier: "C", Value: null, Date: 1749945600000 },
+            ]);
+        });
+
         test("null equality works correctly in updates", async function () {
             async function write_to_json(
                 buffer: ArrayBuffer,

rust/perspective-server/cpp/perspective/src/cpp/arrow_loader.cpp

@@ -907,19 +907,30 @@ ArrowLoader::fill_column(
             copy_array(col, array, offset, len);
         }
 
-        // Fill validity bitmap
+        // Fill validity bitmap. Operate only on the current chunk's
+        // range [offset, offset+len); a whole-column fill here would
+        // clobber validity bits set by other chunks in a multi-batch
+        // ChunkedArray.
         std::int64_t null_count = array->null_count();
 
         if (null_count == 0) {
-            col->valid_raw_fill();
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+                col->set_valid(offset + i, true);
+            }
         } else {
             const uint8_t* null_bitmap = array->null_bitmap_data();
 
             // If the arrow column is of null type, the null
-            // bitmap is a nullptr - so just mark everything as
-            // invalid and move on.
+            // bitmap is a nullptr - so just mark this chunk's rows
+            // as invalid and move on.
             if (null_bitmap == nullptr) {
-                col->invalid_raw_fill();
+                for (uint32_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+                    if (is_update) {
+                        col->unset(offset + i);
+                    } else {
+                        col->clear(offset + i);
+                    }
+                }
             } else {
                 // Read the null bitmap and set the correct rows
                 // as valid