Merge "Replace reindexAfterRefUpdate setting with indexMergeable"
diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 452ef23..a9d922d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -2766,6 +2766,22 @@
 If not set or set to a zero, defaults to the number of logical CPUs as returned
 by the JVM. If set to a negative value, defaults to a direct executor.
 
+[[index.change.indexMergeable]]index.change.indexMergeable::
++
+Specifies if `mergeable` should be index or not. Indexing this field enables
+queries that contain the mergeability operator (`is:mergeable`). If enabled,
+Gerrit will check if the change is mergeable into the target branch when
+reindexing a change. This is an expensive operation.
++
+If true, Gerrit will reindex all open changes when the target ref advances.
+Depending on the frequency of updates to the ref and the number of open changes,
+this can be very expensive.
++
+When this setting is changed from `false` to `true`, all changes need to be
+reindexed.
++
+Defaults to true.
+
 [[index.onlineUpgrade]]index.onlineUpgrade::
 +
 Whether to upgrade to new index schema versions while the server is
@@ -2813,19 +2829,6 @@
 +
 Defaults to 1024.
 
-[[index.reindexAfterRefUpdate]]index.reindexAfterRefUpdate::
-+
-Whether to reindex all affected open changes after a ref is updated. This
-includes reindexing all open changes to recompute the "mergeable" bit every time
-the destination branch moves, as well as reindexing changes to take into account
-new project configuration (e.g. label definitions).
-+
-Leaving this enabled may result in fresher results, but may cause performance
-problems if there are lots of open changes on a project whose branches advance
-frequently.
-+
-Defaults to true.
-
 [[index.autoReindexIfStale]]index.autoReindexIfStale::
 +
 Whether to automatically check if a document became stale in the index
diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
index 69a7641..0fc733a 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@
 the `mergeable` field will always be omitted and `SKIP_MERGEABLE` has no
 effect.
 +
+When link:config-gerrit.html#index.change.indexMergeable[
+`index.change.indexMergeable`] is set to `false` in the `gerrit.config`,
+the `mergeable` field will always be omitted when querying changes and
+`SKIP_MERGEABLE` has no effect.
++
 A change's mergeability can be requested separately by calling the
 link:#get-mergeable[get-mergeable] endpoint.
 --
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/GerritServer.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/GerritServer.java
index 6e736a0..af8af90 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/GerritServer.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/GerritServer.java
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@
     cfg.setInt("sshd", null, "commandStartThreads", 1);
     cfg.setInt("receive", null, "threadPoolSize", 1);
     cfg.setInt("index", null, "threads", 1);
-    if (cfg.getString("index", null, "reindexAfterRefUpdate") == null) {
-      cfg.setBoolean("index", null, "reindexAfterRefUpdate", false);
+    if (cfg.getString("index", "change", "indexMergeable") == null) {
+      cfg.setBoolean("index", "change", "indexMergeable", false);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticAccountIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticAccountIndex.java
index a06f90f..c3e3264 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticAccountIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticAccountIndex.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.ElasticMapping.MappingProperties;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.bulk.BulkRequest;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.bulk.IndexRequest;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
   public void replace(AccountState as) {
     BulkRequest bulk =
         new IndexRequest(getId(as), indexName, type, client.adapter())
-            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, as));
+            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, as, ImmutableSet.of()));
 
     String uri = getURI(type, BULK);
     Response response = postRequest(uri, bulk, getRefreshParam());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticChangeIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticChangeIndex.java
index 37184cc..084c2ec 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticChangeIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticChangeIndex.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ReviewerByEmailSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ReviewerSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.StarredChangesUtil;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.IndexUtils;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeField;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
 
 /** Secondary index implementation using Elasticsearch. */
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@
   private final ChangeData.Factory changeDataFactory;
   private final Schema<ChangeData> schema;
   private final FieldDef<ChangeData, ?> idField;
+  private final ImmutableSet<String> skipFields;
 
   @Inject
   ElasticChangeIndex(
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@
       ChangeData.Factory changeDataFactory,
       SitePaths sitePaths,
       ElasticRestClientProvider clientBuilder,
+      @GerritServerConfig Config gerritConfig,
       @Assisted Schema<ChangeData> schema) {
     super(cfg, sitePaths, schema, clientBuilder, CHANGES);
     this.changeDataFactory = changeDataFactory;
@@ -105,6 +110,10 @@
     this.mapping = new ChangeMapping(schema, client.adapter());
     this.idField =
         this.schema.useLegacyNumericFields() ? ChangeField.LEGACY_ID : ChangeField.LEGACY_ID_STR;
+    this.skipFields =
+        gerritConfig.getBoolean("index", "change", "indexMergeable", true)
+            ? ImmutableSet.of()
+            : ImmutableSet.of(ChangeField.MERGEABLE.getName());
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@
     ElasticQueryAdapter adapter = client.adapter();
     BulkRequest bulk =
         new IndexRequest(getId(cd), indexName, adapter.getType(insertIndex), adapter)
-            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, cd));
+            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, cd, skipFields));
     if (adapter.deleteToReplace()) {
       bulk.add(new DeleteRequest(cd.getId().toString(), indexName, deleteIndex, adapter));
     }
@@ -263,7 +272,7 @@
 
     // Mergeable.
     JsonElement mergeableElement = source.get(ChangeField.MERGEABLE.getName());
-    if (mergeableElement != null) {
+    if (mergeableElement != null && !skipFields.contains(ChangeField.MERGEABLE.getName())) {
       String mergeable = mergeableElement.getAsString();
       if ("1".equals(mergeable)) {
         cd.setMergeable(true);
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticGroupIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticGroupIndex.java
index c215132..ce2025f 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticGroupIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticGroupIndex.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.ElasticMapping.MappingProperties;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.bulk.BulkRequest;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.bulk.IndexRequest;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
   public void replace(InternalGroup group) {
     BulkRequest bulk =
         new IndexRequest(getId(group), indexName, type, client.adapter())
-            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, group));
+            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, group, ImmutableSet.of()));
 
     String uri = getURI(type, BULK);
     Response response = postRequest(uri, bulk, getRefreshParam());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticProjectIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticProjectIndex.java
index 29f8507..b636706 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticProjectIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticProjectIndex.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.ElasticMapping.MappingProperties;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.bulk.BulkRequest;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.bulk.IndexRequest;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
   public void replace(ProjectData projectState) {
     BulkRequest bulk =
         new IndexRequest(projectState.getProject().getName(), indexName, type, client.adapter())
-            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, projectState));
+            .add(new UpdateRequest<>(schema, projectState, ImmutableSet.of()));
 
     String uri = getURI(type, BULK);
     Response response = postRequest(uri, bulk, getRefreshParam());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/bulk/UpdateRequest.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/bulk/UpdateRequest.java
index 2f0bd01..196b8d6 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/bulk/UpdateRequest.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/bulk/UpdateRequest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Streams;
 import com.google.gerrit.elasticsearch.builders.XContentBuilder;
@@ -27,17 +28,19 @@
 
   private final Schema<V> schema;
   private final V v;
+  private final ImmutableSet<String> skipFields;
 
-  public UpdateRequest(Schema<V> schema, V v) {
+  public UpdateRequest(Schema<V> schema, V v, ImmutableSet<String> skipFields) {
     this.schema = schema;
     this.v = v;
+    this.skipFields = skipFields;
   }
 
   @Override
   protected String getRequest() {
     try (XContentBuilder closeable = new XContentBuilder()) {
       XContentBuilder builder = closeable.startObject();
-      for (Values<V> values : schema.buildFields(v)) {
+      for (Values<V> values : schema.buildFields(v, skipFields)) {
         String name = values.getField().getName();
         if (values.getField().isRepeatable()) {
           builder.field(name, Streams.stream(values.getValues()).collect(toList()));
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/index/Schema.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/index/Schema.java
index f9f8c48..0aa374b 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/index/Schema.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/index/Schema.java
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.index;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
-import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -181,12 +182,17 @@
    * <p>Null values are omitted, as are fields which cause errors, which are logged.
    *
    * @param obj input object.
+   * @param skipFields set of field names to skip when indexing the document
    * @return all non-null field values from the object.
    */
-  public final Iterable<Values<T>> buildFields(T obj) {
-    return FluentIterable.from(fields.values())
-        .transform(
+  public final Iterable<Values<T>> buildFields(T obj, ImmutableSet<String> skipFields) {
+    return fields.values().stream()
+        .map(
             f -> {
+              if (skipFields.contains(f.getName())) {
+                return null;
+              }
+
               Object v;
               try {
                 v = f.get(obj);
@@ -203,7 +209,8 @@
                 return new Values<>(f, Collections.singleton(v));
               }
             })
-        .filter(Objects::nonNull);
+        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+        .collect(toImmutableList());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java
index deb3203..5392ab4 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/AbstractLuceneIndex.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
   private final SitePaths sitePaths;
   private final Directory dir;
   private final String name;
+  private final ImmutableSet<String> skipFields;
   private final ListeningExecutorService writerThread;
   private final IndexWriter writer;
   private final ReferenceManager<IndexSearcher> searcherManager;
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@
       SitePaths sitePaths,
       Directory dir,
       String name,
+      ImmutableSet<String> skipFields,
       String subIndex,
       GerritIndexWriterConfig writerConfig,
       SearcherFactory searcherFactory)
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@
     this.sitePaths = sitePaths;
     this.dir = dir;
     this.name = name;
+    this.skipFields = skipFields;
     String index = Joiner.on('_').skipNulls().join(name, subIndex);
     long commitPeriod = writerConfig.getCommitWithinMs();
 
@@ -311,7 +315,7 @@
 
   Document toDocument(V obj) {
     Document result = new Document();
-    for (Values<V> vs : schema.buildFields(obj)) {
+    for (Values<V> vs : schema.buildFields(obj, skipFields)) {
       if (vs.getValues() != null) {
         add(result, vs);
       }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/ChangeSubIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/ChangeSubIndex.java
index fd439f1..e51a91a7 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/ChangeSubIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/ChangeSubIndex.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static com.google.gerrit.lucene.LuceneChangeIndex.UPDATED_SORT_FIELD;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeSchemaDefinitions.NAME;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.FieldDef;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.QueryOptions;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
       Schema<ChangeData> schema,
       SitePaths sitePaths,
       Path path,
+      ImmutableSet<String> skipFields,
       GerritIndexWriterConfig writerConfig,
       SearcherFactory searcherFactory)
       throws IOException {
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@
         sitePaths,
         FSDirectory.open(path),
         path.getFileName().toString(),
+        skipFields,
         writerConfig,
         searcherFactory);
   }
@@ -65,10 +68,11 @@
       SitePaths sitePaths,
       Directory dir,
       String subIndex,
+      ImmutableSet<String> skipFields,
       GerritIndexWriterConfig writerConfig,
       SearcherFactory searcherFactory)
       throws IOException {
-    super(schema, sitePaths, dir, NAME, subIndex, writerConfig, searcherFactory);
+    super(schema, sitePaths, dir, NAME, skipFields, subIndex, writerConfig, searcherFactory);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneAccountIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneAccountIndex.java
index efd7ea3..242cffd 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneAccountIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneAccountIndex.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.index.account.AccountField.ID_STR;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.index.account.AccountField.PREFERRED_EMAIL_EXACT;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.FieldDef;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
         sitePaths,
         dir(schema, cfg, sitePaths),
         ACCOUNTS,
+        ImmutableSet.of(),
         null,
         new GerritIndexWriterConfig(cfg, ACCOUNTS),
         new SearcherFactory());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java
index 16d66b6..3b277dd 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
 import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.MultimapBuilder;
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
   private final String idSortFieldName;
   private final IdTerm idTerm;
   private final ChangeIdExtractor extractor;
+  private final ImmutableSet<String> skipFields;
 
   @Inject
   LuceneChangeIndex(
@@ -179,6 +181,10 @@
     this.executor = executor;
     this.changeDataFactory = changeDataFactory;
     this.schema = schema;
+    this.skipFields =
+        cfg.getBoolean("index", "change", "indexMergeable", true)
+            ? ImmutableSet.of()
+            : ImmutableSet.of(ChangeField.MERGEABLE.getName());
 
     GerritIndexWriterConfig openConfig = new GerritIndexWriterConfig(cfg, "changes_open");
     GerritIndexWriterConfig closedConfig = new GerritIndexWriterConfig(cfg, "changes_closed");
@@ -189,18 +195,40 @@
     if (LuceneIndexModule.isInMemoryTest(cfg)) {
       openIndex =
           new ChangeSubIndex(
-              schema, sitePaths, new RAMDirectory(), "ramOpen", openConfig, searcherFactory);
+              schema,
+              sitePaths,
+              new RAMDirectory(),
+              "ramOpen",
+              skipFields,
+              openConfig,
+              searcherFactory);
       closedIndex =
           new ChangeSubIndex(
-              schema, sitePaths, new RAMDirectory(), "ramClosed", closedConfig, searcherFactory);
+              schema,
+              sitePaths,
+              new RAMDirectory(),
+              "ramClosed",
+              skipFields,
+              closedConfig,
+              searcherFactory);
     } else {
       Path dir = LuceneVersionManager.getDir(sitePaths, CHANGES, schema);
       openIndex =
           new ChangeSubIndex(
-              schema, sitePaths, dir.resolve(CHANGES_OPEN), openConfig, searcherFactory);
+              schema,
+              sitePaths,
+              dir.resolve(CHANGES_OPEN),
+              skipFields,
+              openConfig,
+              searcherFactory);
       closedIndex =
           new ChangeSubIndex(
-              schema, sitePaths, dir.resolve(CHANGES_CLOSED), closedConfig, searcherFactory);
+              schema,
+              sitePaths,
+              dir.resolve(CHANGES_CLOSED),
+              skipFields,
+              closedConfig,
+              searcherFactory);
     }
 
     idField = this.schema.useLegacyNumericFields() ? LEGACY_ID : LEGACY_ID_STR;
@@ -565,7 +593,7 @@
 
   private void decodeMergeable(ListMultimap<String, IndexableField> doc, ChangeData cd) {
     IndexableField f = Iterables.getFirst(doc.get(MERGEABLE_FIELD), null);
-    if (f != null) {
+    if (f != null && !skipFields.contains(MERGEABLE_FIELD)) {
       String mergeable = f.stringValue();
       if ("1".equals(mergeable)) {
         cd.setMergeable(true);
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneGroupIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneGroupIndex.java
index 99cd40d..3d1d471 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneGroupIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneGroupIndex.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupField.UUID;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
 import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.FieldDef;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
         sitePaths,
         dir(schema, cfg, sitePaths),
         GROUPS,
+        ImmutableSet.of(),
         null,
         new GerritIndexWriterConfig(cfg, GROUPS),
         new SearcherFactory());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneProjectIndex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneProjectIndex.java
index 97454c7..a3a0d9c 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneProjectIndex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneProjectIndex.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 import static com.google.gerrit.index.project.ProjectField.NAME;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.FieldDef;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
         sitePaths,
         dir(schema, cfg, sitePaths),
         PROJECTS,
+        ImmutableSet.of(),
         null,
         new GerritIndexWriterConfig(cfg, PROJECTS),
         new SearcherFactory());
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/ReindexAfterRefUpdate.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/ReindexAfterRefUpdate.java
index f6d3b6f..5efa065 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/ReindexAfterRefUpdate.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/ReindexAfterRefUpdate.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     this.accountCache = accountCache;
     this.indexer = indexer;
     this.executor = executor;
-    this.enabled = cfg.getBoolean("index", null, "reindexAfterRefUpdate", true);
+    this.enabled = cfg.getBoolean("index", "change", "indexMergeable", true);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeQueryBuilder.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeQueryBuilder.java
index c86bd94..61b90f1 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeQueryBuilder.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.change.ChangeTriplet;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllProjectsName;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllUsersName;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.OperatorAliasConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeField;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 /** Parses a query string meant to be applied to change objects. */
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@
     final GroupMembers groupMembers;
     final Provider<AnonymousUser> anonymousUserProvider;
     final OperatorAliasConfig operatorAliasConfig;
+    final boolean indexMergeable;
 
     private final Provider<CurrentUser> self;
 
@@ -253,7 +256,8 @@
         AccountCache accountCache,
         GroupMembers groupMembers,
         Provider<AnonymousUser> anonymousUserProvider,
-        OperatorAliasConfig operatorAliasConfig) {
+        OperatorAliasConfig operatorAliasConfig,
+        @GerritServerConfig Config gerritConfig) {
       this(
           queryProvider,
           rewriter,
@@ -281,7 +285,8 @@
           accountCache,
           groupMembers,
           anonymousUserProvider,
-          operatorAliasConfig);
+          operatorAliasConfig,
+          gerritConfig.getBoolean("index", "change", "indexMergeable", true));
     }
 
     private Arguments(
@@ -311,7 +316,8 @@
         AccountCache accountCache,
         GroupMembers groupMembers,
         Provider<AnonymousUser> anonymousUserProvider,
-        OperatorAliasConfig operatorAliasConfig) {
+        OperatorAliasConfig operatorAliasConfig,
+        boolean indexMergeable) {
       this.queryProvider = queryProvider;
       this.rewriter = rewriter;
       this.opFactories = opFactories;
@@ -339,6 +345,7 @@
       this.groupMembers = groupMembers;
       this.anonymousUserProvider = anonymousUserProvider;
       this.operatorAliasConfig = operatorAliasConfig;
+      this.indexMergeable = indexMergeable;
     }
 
     Arguments asUser(CurrentUser otherUser) {
@@ -369,7 +376,8 @@
           accountCache,
           groupMembers,
           anonymousUserProvider,
-          operatorAliasConfig);
+          operatorAliasConfig,
+          indexMergeable);
     }
 
     Arguments asUser(Account.Id otherId) {
@@ -570,6 +578,9 @@
     }
 
     if ("mergeable".equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
+      if (!args.indexMergeable) {
+        throw new QueryParseException("server does not support 'mergeable'. check configs");
+      }
       return new BooleanPredicate(ChangeField.MERGEABLE);
     }
 
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/IndexConfig.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/IndexConfig.java
index 21c49dd..fb6c926 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/IndexConfig.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/testing/IndexConfig.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 
   public static Config createFromExistingConfig(Config cfg) {
     cfg.setInt("index", null, "maxPages", 10);
-    cfg.setBoolean("index", null, "reindexAfterRefUpdate", false);
+    // To avoid this flakiness indexMergeable is switched off for the tests as it incurs background
+    // reindex calls.
+    cfg.setBoolean("index", "change", "indexMergeable", false);
     cfg.setString("trackingid", "query-bug", "footer", "Bug:");
     cfg.setString("trackingid", "query-bug", "match", "QUERY\\d{2,8}");
     cfg.setString("trackingid", "query-bug", "system", "querytests");
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java
index e38babb..7ecb07e 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java
@@ -4396,6 +4396,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "true")
+  public void changeQueryReturnsMergeableWhenGerritIndexMergeable() throws Exception {
+    String changeId = createChange().getChangeId();
+    assertThat(gApi.changes().query(changeId).get().get(0).mergeable).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "false")
+  public void changeQueryDoesNotReturnMergeableWhenGerritDoesNotIndexMergeable() throws Exception {
+    String changeId = createChange().getChangeId();
+    assertThat(gApi.changes().query(changeId).get().get(0).mergeable).isNull();
+  }
+
   private PushOneCommit.Result createWorkInProgressChange() throws Exception {
     return pushTo("refs/for/master%wip");
   }
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java
index ad73e0f..61d0fd5 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.RestResponse;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.TestAccount;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.TestProjectInput;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.config.GerritConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.request.RequestScopeOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.Permission;
@@ -1062,6 +1063,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "true")
   public void mergeable() throws Exception {
     ObjectId initial = repo().exactRef(HEAD).getLeaf().getObjectId();
 
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/AbstractSubmit.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/AbstractSubmit.java
index aaf52a1..eff98b3 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/AbstractSubmit.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/AbstractSubmit.java
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  @GerritConfig(name = "index.reindexAfterRefUpdate", value = "true")
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "true")
   public void submitSchedulesOpenChangesOfSameBranchForReindexing() throws Throwable {
     // Create a merged change.
     PushOneCommit push =
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/IndexChangeIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/IndexChangeIT.java
index 3030b02..ea3a6a0 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/IndexChangeIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/change/IndexChangeIT.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AbstractDaemonTest;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.PushOneCommit;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.TestAccount;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.config.GerritConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.group.GroupOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.request.RequestScopeOperations;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "true")
   public void indexChangeAfterOwnerLosesVisibility() throws Exception {
     // Create a test group with 2 users as members
     TestAccount user2 = accountCreator.user2();
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/FakeQueryBuilder.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/FakeQueryBuilder.java
index 9a48a68..3dfbefe 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/FakeQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/index/change/FakeQueryBuilder.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.Predicate;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeData;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeQueryBuilder;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 @Ignore
@@ -26,8 +27,34 @@
     super(
         new ChangeQueryBuilder.Definition<>(FakeQueryBuilder.class),
         new ChangeQueryBuilder.Arguments(
-            null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
-            null, null, null, null, indexes, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null));
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            indexes,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            new Config()));
   }
 
   @Operator
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
index 231340d..56b3aea 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MINUTES;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Streams;
 import com.google.common.truth.ThrowableSubject;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.config.GerritConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.ProjectOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.LabelType;
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.index.IndexConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.Schema;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.Predicate;
+import com.google.gerrit.index.query.QueryParseException;
 import com.google.gerrit.lifecycle.LifecycleManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.AnonymousUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
@@ -2023,6 +2026,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "true")
   public void mergeable() throws Exception {
     TestRepository<Repo> repo = createProject("repo");
     RevCommit commit1 = repo.parseBody(repo.commit().add("file1", "contents1").create());
@@ -2040,7 +2044,7 @@
     // If a change gets submitted, the remaining open changes get reindexed asynchronously to update
     // their mergeability information. If the further assertions in this test are done before the
     // asynchronous reindex completed they fail because the mergeability information in the index
-    // was not updated yet. To avoid this flakiness reindexAfterRefUpdate is switched off for the
+    // was not updated yet. To avoid this flakiness indexMergeable is switched off for the
     // tests and we index change2 synchronously here.
     gApi.changes().id(change2.getChangeId()).index();
 
@@ -3079,6 +3083,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "index.change.indexMergeable", value = "false")
+  public void mergeableFailsWhenNotIndexed() throws Exception {
+    TestRepository<Repo> repo = createProject("repo");
+    RevCommit commit1 = repo.parseBody(repo.commit().add("file1", "contents1").create());
+    insert(repo, newChangeForCommit(repo, commit1));
+
+    Throwable thrown = assertThrows(Throwable.class, () -> assertQuery("status:open is:mergeable"));
+    assertThat(thrown.getCause()).isInstanceOf(QueryParseException.class);
+    assertThat(thrown)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains("server does not support 'mergeable'. check configs");
+  }
+
   protected ChangeInserter newChange(TestRepository<Repo> repo) throws Exception {
     return newChange(repo, null, null, null, null, false);
   }
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/BUILD b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/BUILD
index d0162d3..e5b51e7 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/BUILD
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/BUILD
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
         "//prolog:gerrit-prolog-common",
     ],
     deps = [
+        "//java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/config",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/testsuite/project",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/common:annotations",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/common:server",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/entities",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/extensions:api",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/index",
+        "//java/com/google/gerrit/index:query_exception",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/lifecycle",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/server",
         "//java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/testing:project-test-util",