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+# Query Sidecar Service Integration
+
+This document describes the Node.js Query Sidecar Service integration that eliminates stale QueryObject issues in Superset Alerts & Reports.
+
+## Problem Statement
+
+Previously, Superset stored QueryObjects in the database after chart visualization logic transformed `form_data` into QueryObject format. This approach had a critical flaw: when the JavaScript visualization code changed, the stored QueryObjects became stale, causing Alerts & Reports to use outdated query logic.
+
+## Solution
+
+The Query Sidecar Service provides a Node.js service that computes QueryObjects from `form_data` on-demand using the same logic as the frontend, ensuring:
+
+- **No stale data**: QueryObjects are computed fresh every time
+- **Consistency**: Uses identical logic to the Superset frontend
+- **Backward compatibility**: Falls back to legacy screenshot method if sidecar is unavailable
+
+## Architecture
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    A[Superset Frontend] --> B[form_data]
+    B --> C[Chart Database Record]
+
+    D[Alerts & Reports] --> E{Sidecar Available?}
+    E -->|Yes| F[Query Sidecar Service]
+    E -->|No| G[Legacy Screenshot Method]
+
+    F --> H[buildQueryObject.ts Logic]
+    H --> I[Fresh QueryObject]
+
+    C --> F
+    I --> J[Chart Data API]
+    G --> J
+```
+
+## Components
+
+### 1. Node.js Sidecar Service (`sidecar-node/`)
+
+Located in `sidecar-node/`, this service provides:
+
+- **REST API**: `POST /api/v1/query-object` to transform form_data
+- **Type Safety**: Full TypeScript implementation with Superset type definitions
+- **Frontend Compatibility**: Uses identical logic from `superset-ui-core`
+- **Health Checks**: `/health` endpoint for monitoring
+- **Docker Support**: Production-ready containerization
+
+Key files:
+- `src/query/buildQueryObject.ts` - Main transformation logic
+- `src/types/index.ts` - TypeScript type definitions
+- `src/routes/queryObject.ts` - REST API endpoints
+- `Dockerfile` - Container configuration
+
+### 2. Python Client (`superset/utils/query_sidecar.py`)
+
+Python client library that:
+
+- **HTTP Communication**: Handles requests to the sidecar service
+- **Error Handling**: Robust error handling with fallback mechanisms
+- **QueryObject Creation**: Converts responses to Superset QueryObject instances
+- **Configuration**: Configurable timeouts and URLs
+
+### 3. Reports Integration (`superset/commands/report/execute.py`)
+
+Updated report execution logic:
+
+- **Primary Method**: Uses sidecar service to generate fresh QueryObjects
+- **Fallback Method**: Falls back to legacy screenshot method on failure
+- **Configuration**: Controlled by `QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED` setting
+
+## Setup and Configuration
+
+### 1. Deploy the Sidecar Service
+
+#### Development
+```bash
+cd sidecar-node
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+#### Production with Docker
+```bash
+cd sidecar-node
+docker build -t superset-query-sidecar .
+docker run -p 3001:3001 superset-query-sidecar
+```
+
+#### Production with Docker Compose
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.sidecar.yml up -d
+```
+
+### 2. Configure Superset
+
+Add to your Superset configuration:
+
+```python
+# Enable sidecar service integration
+QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = True
+
+# Sidecar service URL
+QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:3001"
+
+# Request timeout (seconds)  
+QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT = 10
+```
+
+#### Production Configuration Example
+```python
+QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = True
+QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL = "http://superset-query-sidecar:3001"
+QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT = 30
+```
+
+### 3. Verify Integration
+
+#### Check Sidecar Health
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:3001/health
+```
+
+#### Test API Endpoint
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://localhost:3001/api/v1/query-object \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{
+    "form_data": {
+      "datasource": "1__table",
+      "viz_type": "table",
+      "metrics": ["count"],
+      "columns": ["name"]
+    }
+  }'
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+### POST /api/v1/query-object
+
+Transforms `form_data` into a QueryObject.
+
+**Request:**
+```json
+{
+  "form_data": {
+    "datasource": "1__table",
+    "viz_type": "table",
+    "metrics": ["count"],
+    "columns": ["name"],
+    "time_range": "No filter"
+  },
+  "query_fields": {
+    "x": "columns",
+    "y": "metrics"  
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "query_object": {
+    "metrics": ["count"],
+    "columns": ["name"],
+    "time_range": "No filter",
+    "filters": [],
+    "extras": {},
+    "row_limit": undefined,
+    "order_desc": true
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Error Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "error": "form_data must include datasource and viz_type"
+}
+```
+
+### GET /health
+
+Returns service health status.
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "status": "healthy",
+  "timestamp": "2023-12-01T12:00:00.000Z",
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}
+```
+
+## Error Handling
+
+The integration includes comprehensive error handling:
+
+### Sidecar Service Errors
+- **Connection Errors**: Falls back to legacy screenshot method
+- **Timeout Errors**: Configurable timeout with fallback
+- **Service Errors**: Logs errors and uses fallback method
+
+### Configuration
+```python
+# Disable sidecar to use legacy method only
+QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = False
+
+# Increase timeout for slow networks
+QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT = 30
+```
+
+## Migration Strategy
+
+### Phase 1: Parallel Running
+1. Deploy sidecar service alongside existing Superset
+2. Enable `QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = True`
+3. Monitor logs for any fallback usage
+
+### Phase 2: Validation  
+1. Compare QueryObjects generated by sidecar vs stored versions
+2. Verify Alerts & Reports work correctly
+3. Monitor performance metrics
+
+### Phase 3: Full Migration
+1. Remove dependency on stored query_context (future)
+2. Optimize sidecar performance
+3. Scale sidecar service as needed
+
+## Testing
+
+### Node.js Service Tests
+```bash
+cd sidecar-node
+npm test
+npm run test:watch
+```
+
+### Python Integration Tests  
+```bash
+pytest tests/unit_tests/utils/test_query_sidecar.py
+pytest tests/unit_tests/commands/report/test_execute_sidecar.py
+```
+
+### Integration Testing
+1. Create test alerts/reports
+2. Verify they execute with fresh QueryObjects
+3. Test fallback behavior by stopping sidecar service
+
+## Monitoring and Logging
+
+### Service Monitoring
+- Health check endpoint: `GET /health`
+- Docker health checks included
+- Prometheus metrics (future enhancement)
+
+### Superset Logging
+The integration adds detailed logging:
+
+```python
+logger.info("Successfully generated query context via sidecar for chart %s", chart_id)
+logger.warning("Failed to generate query context via sidecar service: %s. Falling back to screenshot method.", error)
+```
+
+### Log Levels
+- `INFO`: Successful sidecar operations
+- `WARNING`: Fallback to legacy method  
+- `ERROR`: Critical failures
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+### Latency
+- Sidecar adds ~10-50ms per request
+- Network latency between services
+- Configurable timeout prevents blocking
+
+### Scaling
+- Sidecar service is stateless and can be horizontally scaled
+- Consider load balancing for high-volume deployments
+- Cache QueryObjects if needed (future enhancement)
+
+### Resource Usage
+- Node.js service: ~50-100MB RAM
+- CPU usage minimal for typical workloads
+- Network bandwidth: ~1-10KB per request
+
+## Future Enhancements
+
+1. **Caching**: Add Redis/Memcached for QueryObject caching
+2. **Metrics**: Prometheus metrics for monitoring
+3. **Load Balancing**: Support multiple sidecar instances  
+4. **Query Optimization**: Optimize query generation performance
+5. **Database Cleanup**: Remove stored query_context column (breaking change)
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Common Issues
+
+#### Sidecar Service Not Starting
+```bash
+# Check logs
+docker logs superset-query-sidecar
+
+# Verify port availability
+netstat -tlnp | grep 3001
+```
+
+#### Connection Errors
+```bash
+# Test connectivity
+curl http://localhost:3001/health
+
+# Check Superset logs
+grep -i "sidecar" /var/log/superset/superset.log
+```
+
+#### Fallback Behavior
+```bash
+# Check if sidecar is being bypassed
+grep -i "falling back" /var/log/superset/superset.log
+```
+
+### Configuration Issues
+- Verify `QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL` is correct
+- Check network connectivity between services
+- Ensure sidecar service is healthy
+
+### Performance Issues  
+- Increase `QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT` if needed
+- Monitor sidecar service resource usage
+- Consider scaling sidecar service
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+### Network Security
+- Run sidecar service on internal network
+- Use HTTPS in production environments
+- Configure proper firewall rules
+
+### Input Validation
+- Sidecar service validates all inputs
+- Superset client validates responses
+- No raw SQL execution in sidecar service
+
+### Access Control
+- Service-to-service authentication (future)
+- Network-level access controls
+- Audit logging of sidecar requests

docker-compose.sidecar.yml

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  superset-query-sidecar:
+    build:
+      context: ./sidecar-node
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: superset-query-sidecar
+    ports:
+      - "3001:3001"
+    environment:
+      - NODE_ENV=production
+      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - PORT=3001
+      - SUPERSET_ORIGINS=http://localhost:8088,http://superset:8088
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "node", "-e", "require('http').get('http://localhost:3001/health', (res) => { process.exit(res.statusCode === 200 ? 0 : 1) }).on('error', () => process.exit(1))"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - superset
+
+  # Example integration with existing Superset service
+  # Uncomment and modify according to your setup
+  #
+  # superset:
+  #   # ... your existing superset configuration
+  #   environment:
+  #     - QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED=true
+  #     - QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL=http://superset-query-sidecar:3001
+  #     - QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT=30
+  #   depends_on:
+  #     superset-query-sidecar:
+  #       condition: service_healthy
+  #   networks:
+  #     - superset
+
+networks:
+  superset:
+    external: true

sidecar-node/Dockerfile

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+FROM node:18-alpine
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy package files
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN npm ci --only=production
+
+# Copy source code
+COPY . .
+
+# Build the application
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Create non-root user
+RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S nodejs && \
+    adduser -S sidecar -u 1001
+
+# Change ownership of the app directory
+RUN chown -R sidecar:nodejs /app
+USER sidecar
+
+# Expose port
+EXPOSE 3001
+
+# Health check
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+  CMD node -e "require('http').get('http://localhost:3001/health', (res) => { process.exit(res.statusCode === 200 ? 0 : 1) }).on('error', () => process.exit(1))"
+
+# Start the application
+CMD ["npm", "start"]

sidecar-node/README.md

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+# Superset Query Sidecar Service
+
+A Node.js sidecar service that computes Superset QueryObjects from form_data, eliminating the need to store stale query objects in the database for Alerts & Reports.
+
+## Overview
+
+This service provides a REST API that transforms Superset's `form_data` into `QueryObject` format using the same logic as the frontend, ensuring consistency and eliminating staleness issues in Alerts & Reports.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Real-time QueryObject generation**: No stale data from database
+- **Frontend-compatible logic**: Uses the same transformation logic as superset-ui-core  
+- **TypeScript support**: Full type safety
+- **Docker support**: Easy deployment
+- **Health checks**: Built-in monitoring endpoints
+- **CORS support**: Configurable for Superset integration
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Development
+
+```bash
+# Install dependencies
+npm install
+
+# Start development server
+npm run dev
+
+# Run tests
+npm test
+```
+
+### Production
+
+```bash
+# Build the application
+npm run build
+
+# Start production server
+npm start
+```
+
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+# Build Docker image
+docker build -t superset-query-sidecar .
+
+# Run container
+docker run -p 3001:3001 superset-query-sidecar
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+### POST /api/v1/query-object
+
+Transforms form_data into a QueryObject.
+
+**Request:**
+```json
+{
+  "form_data": {
+    "datasource": "1__table",
+    "viz_type": "table",
+    "metrics": ["count"],
+    "columns": ["name"],
+    "time_range": "No filter"
+  },
+  "query_fields": {
+    "x": "columns",
+    "y": "metrics"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "query_object": {
+    "datasource": "1__table",
+    "metrics": ["count"],
+    "columns": ["name"],
+    "time_range": "No filter",
+    "filters": [],
+    "extras": {}
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### GET /health
+
+Health check endpoint.
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "status": "healthy",
+  "timestamp": "2023-12-01T12:00:00.000Z",
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+Environment variables:
+
+- `PORT`: Server port (default: 3001)
+- `HOST`: Server host (default: localhost)
+- `NODE_ENV`: Environment mode (development/production)
+- `SUPERSET_ORIGINS`: Allowed CORS origins (comma-separated)
+
+## Integration with Superset
+
+This service is designed to be called by Superset's Python backend to generate QueryObjects for Alerts & Reports, replacing the current approach of reading stale query objects from the database.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+┌─────────────────┐    ┌──────────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────┐
+│   Superset      │    │   Query Sidecar     │    │   Alerts & Reports  │
+│   Frontend      │    │   Service            │    │                     │
+│                 │    │                      │    │                     │
+│   form_data ────┼────┼──► buildQueryObject │◄───┼─── Python Client    │
+│                 │    │                      │    │                     │
+└─────────────────┘    └──────────────────────┘    └─────────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+```bash
+# Run all tests
+npm test
+
+# Run tests in watch mode  
+npm run test:watch
+
+# Run tests with coverage
+npm test -- --coverage
+```
+
+## License
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

sidecar-node/jest.config.js

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+module.exports = {
+  preset: 'ts-jest',
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/src'],
+  testMatch: ['**/__tests__/**/*.test.ts', '**/?(*.)+(spec|test).ts'],
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.ts$': 'ts-jest',
+  },
+  collectCoverageFrom: [
+    'src/**/*.ts',
+    '!src/**/*.d.ts',
+    '!src/**/*.test.ts',
+  ],
+  coverageDirectory: 'coverage',
+  coverageReporters: ['text', 'lcov', 'html'],
+};

sidecar-node/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "superset-query-sidecar",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Node.js sidecar service for computing Superset QueryObjects from form_data",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "node dist/index.js",
+    "dev": "ts-node src/index.ts",
+    "test": "jest",
+    "test:watch": "jest --watch"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "helmet": "^7.1.0",
+    "compression": "^1.7.4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
+    "@types/node": "^20.10.0",
+    "@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
+    "@types/compression": "^1.7.5",
+    "@types/jest": "^29.5.8",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.2",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
+    "jest": "^29.7.0",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.1.1"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "superset",
+    "query",
+    "sidecar",
+    "analytics"
+  ],
+  "author": "Apache Superset",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0"
+}

sidecar-node/src/__tests__/buildQueryObject.test.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import buildQueryObject from '../query/buildQueryObject';
+import { QueryFormData } from '../types';
+
+describe('buildQueryObject', () => {
+  const baseFormData: QueryFormData = {
+    datasource: '1__table',
+    viz_type: 'table',
+    time_range: 'No filter',
+    metrics: ['count'],
+    columns: ['name', 'category'],
+    row_limit: 1000,
+    order_desc: true,
+  };
+
+  it('should build a basic query object', () => {
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(baseFormData);
+
+    expect(queryObject).toEqual({
+      time_range: 'No filter',
+      since: undefined,
+      until: undefined,
+      granularity: undefined,
+      columns: ['name', 'category'],
+      metrics: ['count'],
+      orderby: undefined,
+      annotation_layers: [],
+      row_limit: 1000,
+      row_offset: undefined,
+      series_columns: undefined,
+      series_limit: 0,
+      series_limit_metric: undefined,
+      group_others_when_limit_reached: false,
+      order_desc: true,
+      url_params: undefined,
+      custom_params: {},
+      extras: {
+        filters: [],
+      },
+      filters: [],
+      custom_form_data: {},
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should handle adhoc filters', () => {
+    const formDataWithFilters: QueryFormData = {
+      ...baseFormData,
+      adhoc_filters: [
+        {
+          clause: 'WHERE',
+          expressionType: 'SIMPLE',
+          subject: 'category',
+          operator: '==',
+          comparator: 'Electronics',
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(formDataWithFilters);
+
+    expect(queryObject.filters).toContainEqual({
+      col: 'category',
+      op: '==',
+      val: 'Electronics',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should handle SQL adhoc filters in extras', () => {
+    const formDataWithSQLFilters: QueryFormData = {
+      ...baseFormData,
+      adhoc_filters: [
+        {
+          clause: 'WHERE',
+          expressionType: 'SQL',
+          sqlExpression: 'price > 100',
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(formDataWithSQLFilters);
+
+    expect(queryObject.extras?.where).toBe('(price > 100)');
+  });
+
+  it('should handle extra_form_data overrides', () => {
+    const formDataWithExtraFormData: QueryFormData = {
+      ...baseFormData,
+      extra_form_data: {
+        time_range: 'Last week',
+        adhoc_filters: [
+          {
+            clause: 'WHERE',
+            expressionType: 'SIMPLE',
+            subject: 'status',
+            operator: '==',
+            comparator: 'active',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(formDataWithExtraFormData);
+
+    expect(queryObject.time_range).toBe('Last week');
+    expect(queryObject.filters).toContainEqual({
+      col: 'status',
+      op: '==',
+      val: 'active',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should handle series_limit from limit field', () => {
+    const formDataWithLimit: QueryFormData = {
+      ...baseFormData,
+      limit: 5,
+    };
+
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(formDataWithLimit);
+
+    expect(queryObject.series_limit).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle granularity', () => {
+    const formDataWithGranularity: QueryFormData = {
+      ...baseFormData,
+      granularity: 'created_at',
+    };
+
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(formDataWithGranularity);
+
+    expect(queryObject.granularity).toBe('created_at');
+  });
+});

sidecar-node/src/index.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import express from 'express';
+import cors from 'cors';
+import helmet from 'helmet';
+import compression from 'compression';
+import queryObjectRouter from './routes/queryObject';
+
+const app = express();
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
+const HOST = process.env.HOST || 'localhost';
+
+// Security middleware
+app.use(helmet());
+
+// Enable CORS for Superset backend
+app.use(cors({
+  origin: process.env.SUPERSET_ORIGINS?.split(',') || ['http://localhost:8088'],
+  credentials: true,
+}));
+
+// Compression middleware
+app.use(compression());
+
+// Body parsing middleware
+app.use(express.json({ limit: '10mb' }));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: '10mb' }));
+
+// Request logging middleware
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
+  console.log(`${timestamp} ${req.method} ${req.path}`);
+  next();
+});
+
+// Routes
+app.use(queryObjectRouter);
+
+// Global error handler
+app.use((err: Error, req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => {
+  console.error('Unhandled error:', err);
+  res.status(500).json({
+    error: 'Internal server error',
+    message: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? err.message : undefined,
+  });
+});
+
+// 404 handler
+app.use((req, res) => {
+  res.status(404).json({
+    error: 'Not found',
+    path: req.path,
+  });
+});
+
+// Start server
+const server = app.listen(PORT, HOST, () => {
+  console.log(`🚀 Superset Query Sidecar Service running on http://${HOST}:${PORT}`);
+  console.log(`📊 Health check available at http://${HOST}:${PORT}/health`);
+  console.log(`🔧 Query object API available at http://${HOST}:${PORT}/api/v1/query-object`);
+});
+
+// Graceful shutdown
+process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+  console.log('SIGTERM received, shutting down gracefully');
+  server.close(() => {
+    console.log('Process terminated');
+  });
+});
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+  console.log('SIGINT received, shutting down gracefully');
+  server.close(() => {
+    console.log('Process terminated');
+  });
+});
+
+export default app;

sidecar-node/src/query/buildQueryObject.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
+import {
+  QueryObject,
+  QueryFormData,
+  QueryFieldAliases,
+  isQueryFormMetric,
+  isDefined,
+} from '../types';
+import processFilters from '../utils/processFilters';
+import extractExtras from '../utils/extractExtras';
+import extractQueryFields from '../utils/extractQueryFields';
+import { overrideExtraFormData } from '../utils/processExtraFormData';
+
+/**
+ * Build the common segments of all query objects (e.g. the granularity field derived from
+ * SQLAlchemy). The segments specific to each viz type is constructed in the
+ * buildQuery method for each viz type (see `wordcloud/buildQuery.ts` for an example).
+ * Note the type of the formData argument passed in here is the type of the formData for a
+ * specific viz, which is a subtype of the generic formData shared among all viz types.
+ */
+export default function buildQueryObject<T extends QueryFormData>(
+  formData: T,
+  queryFields?: QueryFieldAliases,
+): QueryObject {
+  const {
+    annotation_layers = [],
+    extra_form_data,
+    time_range,
+    since,
+    until,
+    row_limit,
+    row_offset,
+    order_desc,
+    limit,
+    timeseries_limit_metric,
+    granularity,
+    url_params = {},
+    custom_params = {},
+    series_columns,
+    series_limit,
+    series_limit_metric,
+    group_others_when_limit_reached,
+    ...residualFormData
+  } = formData;
+
+  const {
+    adhoc_filters: appendAdhocFilters = [],
+    filters: appendFilters = [],
+    custom_form_data = {},
+    ...overrides
+  } = extra_form_data || {};
+
+  const numericRowLimit = Number(row_limit);
+  const numericRowOffset = Number(row_offset);
+
+  const { metrics, columns, orderby } = extractQueryFields(
+    residualFormData,
+    queryFields,
+  );
+
+  // collect all filters for conversion to simple filters/freeform clauses
+  const extras = extractExtras(formData);
+  const { filters: extraFilters } = extras;
+  const filterFormData = {
+    ...formData,
+    ...extras,
+    filters: [...extraFilters, ...appendFilters],
+    adhoc_filters: [...(formData.adhoc_filters || []), ...appendAdhocFilters],
+  };
+
+  const extrasAndfilters = processFilters(filterFormData);
+
+  const normalizeSeriesLimitMetric = (metric: any) => {
+    if (isQueryFormMetric(metric)) {
+      return metric;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  let queryObject: QueryObject = {
+    // fallback `null` to `undefined` so they won't be sent to the backend
+    // (JSON.stringify will ignore `undefined`.)
+    time_range: time_range || undefined,
+    since: since || undefined,
+    until: until || undefined,
+    granularity: granularity || undefined,
+    ...extras,
+    ...extrasAndfilters,
+    columns,
+    metrics,
+    orderby,
+    annotation_layers,
+    row_limit:
+      row_limit == null || Number.isNaN(numericRowLimit)
+        ? undefined
+        : numericRowLimit,
+    row_offset:
+      row_offset == null || Number.isNaN(numericRowOffset)
+        ? undefined
+        : numericRowOffset,
+    series_columns,
+    series_limit: series_limit ?? (isDefined(limit) ? Number(limit) : 0),
+    series_limit_metric:
+      normalizeSeriesLimitMetric(series_limit_metric) ??
+      timeseries_limit_metric ??
+      undefined,
+    group_others_when_limit_reached: group_others_when_limit_reached ?? false,
+    order_desc: typeof order_desc === 'undefined' ? true : order_desc,
+    url_params: url_params || undefined,
+    custom_params,
+  };
+
+  // override extra form data used by native and cross filters
+  queryObject = overrideExtraFormData(queryObject, overrides);
+
+  return { ...queryObject, custom_form_data };
+}

sidecar-node/src/routes/queryObject.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import { Request, Response, Router } from 'express';
+import buildQueryObject from '../query/buildQueryObject';
+import { QueryFormData, QueryFieldAliases } from '../types';
+
+const router = Router();
+
+interface BuildQueryObjectRequest {
+  form_data: QueryFormData;
+  query_fields?: QueryFieldAliases;
+}
+
+interface BuildQueryObjectResponse {
+  query_object: any;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * POST /api/v1/query-object
+ *
+ * Build a QueryObject from form_data
+ *
+ * Request body:
+ * - form_data: The form data from Superset frontend
+ * - query_fields: Optional query field aliases for visualization-specific mappings
+ *
+ * Response:
+ * - query_object: The computed QueryObject
+ * - error: Error message if processing failed
+ */
+router.post('/api/v1/query-object', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  try {
+    const { form_data, query_fields }: BuildQueryObjectRequest = req.body;
+
+    if (!form_data) {
+      return res.status(400).json({
+        error: 'form_data is required',
+      } as BuildQueryObjectResponse);
+    }
+
+    // Validate required form_data fields
+    if (!form_data.datasource || !form_data.viz_type) {
+      return res.status(400).json({
+        error: 'form_data must include datasource and viz_type',
+      } as BuildQueryObjectResponse);
+    }
+
+    const queryObject = buildQueryObject(form_data, query_fields);
+
+    res.json({
+      query_object: queryObject,
+    } as BuildQueryObjectResponse);
+
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    console.error('Error building query object:', error);
+    res.status(500).json({
+      error: `Failed to build query object: ${error.message}`,
+    } as BuildQueryObjectResponse);
+  }
+});
+
+/**
+ * GET /health
+ *
+ * Health check endpoint
+ */
+router.get('/health', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  res.json({
+    status: 'healthy',
+    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    version: process.env.npm_package_version || '1.0.0',
+  });
+});
+
+export default router;

sidecar-node/src/types/index.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
+
+// Basic types for form data and query objects
+export interface JsonObject {
+  [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+// Metric types
+export interface SavedMetric {
+  metric_name: string;
+  expression?: string;
+  label?: string;
+}
+
+export interface AdhocMetric {
+  aggregate: string;
+  column?: any;
+  expressionType: 'SIMPLE' | 'SQL';
+  hasCustomLabel?: boolean;
+  label: string;
+  sqlExpression?: string;
+  optionName?: string;
+}
+
+export type QueryFormMetric = SavedMetric | AdhocMetric | string;
+
+// Column types
+export interface PhysicalColumn {
+  column_name: string;
+  type?: string;
+}
+
+export interface AdhocColumn {
+  hasCustomLabel?: boolean;
+  label: string;
+  sqlExpression: string;
+  expressionType: 'SQL';
+  optionName?: string;
+}
+
+export type QueryFormColumn = PhysicalColumn | AdhocColumn | string;
+
+// Filter types
+export type BinaryOperator =
+  | '==' | '!=' | '>' | '<' | '>=' | '<='
+  | 'LIKE' | 'ILIKE' | 'REGEX' | 'NOT REGEX';
+
+export type SetOperator = 'IN' | 'NOT IN';
+
+export interface AdhocFilter {
+  clause: 'WHERE' | 'HAVING';
+  comparator?: any;
+  expressionType: 'SIMPLE' | 'SQL';
+  operator?: BinaryOperator | SetOperator;
+  subject?: string | AdhocColumn;
+  sqlExpression?: string;
+  filterOptionName?: string;
+}
+
+export interface QueryObjectFilterClause {
+  col: string;
+  op: BinaryOperator | SetOperator;
+  val: any;
+}
+
+// Order by types
+export type QueryFormOrderBy = [QueryFormColumn | QueryFormMetric | {}, boolean] | [];
+
+// Annotation types
+export interface AnnotationLayer {
+  annotationType: string;
+  name: string;
+  show: boolean;
+  sourceType?: string;
+  value?: string;
+  [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+// Time range types
+export interface TimeRange {
+  time_range?: string;
+  since?: string;
+  until?: string;
+}
+
+// Extra form data types
+export interface ExtraFormDataAppend {
+  adhoc_filters?: AdhocFilter[];
+  filters?: QueryObjectFilterClause[];
+  interactive_drilldown?: string[];
+  interactive_groupby?: string[];
+  interactive_highlight?: string[];
+  custom_form_data?: JsonObject;
+}
+
+export interface ExtraFormDataOverride {
+  granularity_sqla?: string;
+  granularity?: string;
+  time_range?: string;
+  time_column?: string;
+  time_grain?: string;
+  time_compare?: string[];
+  relative_start?: string;
+  relative_end?: string;
+  time_grain_sqla?: string;
+}
+
+export type ExtraFormData = ExtraFormDataAppend & ExtraFormDataOverride;
+
+// Query extras interface
+export interface QueryObjectExtras {
+  having?: string;
+  where?: string;
+  time_grain_sqla?: string;
+  time_range_endpoints?: [string, string];
+  relative_start?: string;
+  relative_end?: string;
+  time_compare?: string[];
+  [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+// Main form data interface
+export interface BaseFormData extends TimeRange {
+  datasource: string;
+  viz_type: string;
+  metrics?: QueryFormMetric[];
+  where?: string;
+  columns?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  groupby?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  all_columns?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  adhoc_filters?: AdhocFilter[] | null;
+  extra_form_data?: ExtraFormData;
+  order_desc?: boolean;
+  limit?: number;
+  row_limit?: string | number | null;
+  row_offset?: string | number | null;
+  series_columns?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  series_limit?: number;
+  series_limit_metric?: QueryFormMetric;
+  annotation_layers?: AnnotationLayer[];
+  url_params?: Record<string, string>;
+  custom_params?: Record<string, string>;
+  [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+export interface SqlaFormData extends BaseFormData {
+  granularity?: string;
+  granularity_sqla?: string;
+  time_grain_sqla?: string;
+  having?: string;
+}
+
+export type QueryFormData = SqlaFormData;
+
+// Query object interface
+export interface QueryObject {
+  time_range?: string;
+  since?: string;
+  until?: string;
+  granularity?: string;
+  columns?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  metrics?: QueryFormMetric[];
+  orderby?: QueryFormOrderBy[];
+  annotation_layers?: AnnotationLayer[];
+  row_limit?: number;
+  row_offset?: number;
+  series_columns?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  series_limit?: number;
+  series_limit_metric?: QueryFormMetric;
+  group_others_when_limit_reached?: boolean;
+  order_desc?: boolean;
+  url_params?: Record<string, string>;
+  custom_params?: Record<string, string>;
+  extras?: QueryObjectExtras;
+  filters?: QueryObjectFilterClause[];
+  custom_form_data?: JsonObject;
+}
+
+// Query field aliases
+export type QueryFieldAliases = {
+  [key: string]: 'metrics' | 'columns' | 'groupby';
+};
+
+// Utility functions
+export function isAdhocMetric(metric: any): metric is AdhocMetric {
+  return metric && typeof metric === 'object' && 'expressionType' in metric;
+}
+
+export function isQueryFormMetric(metric: any): metric is QueryFormMetric {
+  return typeof metric === 'string' || isAdhocMetric(metric) ||
+    (metric && typeof metric === 'object' && 'metric_name' in metric);
+}
+
+export function isDefined<T>(value: T | undefined | null): value is T {
+  return value !== undefined && value !== null;
+}

sidecar-node/src/utils/extractExtras.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import {
+  QueryFormData,
+  QueryObjectExtras,
+  QueryObjectFilterClause,
+} from '../types';
+
+interface ExtrasResult extends QueryObjectExtras {
+  filters: QueryObjectFilterClause[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract extras and filters from form data
+ */
+export default function extractExtras(formData: QueryFormData): ExtrasResult {
+  const {
+    where,
+    having,
+    time_grain_sqla,
+    granularity_sqla,
+    granularity,
+    extra_filters = [],
+  } = formData;
+
+  const extras: QueryObjectExtras = {};
+  const filters: QueryObjectFilterClause[] = [];
+
+  // Add SQL clauses to extras
+  if (where) {
+    extras.where = where;
+  }
+  if (having) {
+    extras.having = having;
+  }
+  if (time_grain_sqla) {
+    extras.time_grain_sqla = time_grain_sqla;
+  }
+
+  // Handle granularity - prefer granularity_sqla over granularity
+  const timeColumn = granularity_sqla || granularity;
+  if (timeColumn) {
+    // Time column handling would go here if needed
+  }
+
+  // Convert extra_filters to QueryObjectFilterClause format
+  if (extra_filters && Array.isArray(extra_filters)) {
+    for (const filter of extra_filters) {
+      if (filter.col && filter.op && filter.val !== undefined) {
+        filters.push({
+          col: filter.col,
+          op: filter.op,
+          val: filter.val,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...extras,
+    filters,
+  };
+}

sidecar-node/src/utils/extractQueryFields.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import {
+  QueryFormData,
+  QueryFormMetric,
+  QueryFormColumn,
+  QueryFormOrderBy,
+  QueryFieldAliases,
+} from '../types';
+
+interface QueryFieldsResult {
+  metrics?: QueryFormMetric[];
+  columns?: QueryFormColumn[];
+  orderby?: QueryFormOrderBy[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract query fields (metrics, columns, orderby) from form data
+ */
+export default function extractQueryFields(
+  formData: QueryFormData,
+  queryFieldAliases?: QueryFieldAliases,
+): QueryFieldsResult {
+  const result: QueryFieldsResult = {};
+
+  // Extract metrics
+  if (formData.metrics && formData.metrics.length > 0) {
+    result.metrics = formData.metrics;
+  }
+
+  // Extract columns - prefer 'columns' over 'groupby'
+  const columns = formData.columns || formData.groupby;
+  if (columns && columns.length > 0) {
+    result.columns = columns;
+  }
+
+  // Handle query field aliases if provided
+  if (queryFieldAliases) {
+    for (const [formFieldName, queryField] of Object.entries(queryFieldAliases)) {
+      const formValue = (formData as any)[formFieldName];
+      if (formValue && Array.isArray(formValue) && formValue.length > 0) {
+        if (queryField === 'metrics') {
+          result.metrics = formValue;
+        } else if (queryField === 'columns' || queryField === 'groupby') {
+          result.columns = formValue;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Extract orderby - this can be complex as it depends on the form structure
+  // For now, we'll handle basic cases
+  if (formData.orderby && Array.isArray(formData.orderby)) {
+    result.orderby = formData.orderby as QueryFormOrderBy[];
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}

sidecar-node/src/utils/processExtraFormData.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import { QueryObject, ExtraFormDataOverride } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Override extra form data used by native and cross filters
+ */
+export function overrideExtraFormData(
+  queryObject: QueryObject,
+  overrides: ExtraFormDataOverride,
+): QueryObject {
+  const result = { ...queryObject };
+
+  // Override top-level properties
+  if (overrides.time_range !== undefined) {
+    result.time_range = overrides.time_range;
+  }
+  if (overrides.granularity !== undefined) {
+    result.granularity = overrides.granularity;
+  }
+  if (overrides.granularity_sqla !== undefined) {
+    result.granularity = overrides.granularity_sqla;
+  }
+
+  // Override extras properties
+  if (result.extras) {
+    if (overrides.relative_start !== undefined) {
+      result.extras.relative_start = overrides.relative_start;
+    }
+    if (overrides.relative_end !== undefined) {
+      result.extras.relative_end = overrides.relative_end;
+    }
+    if (overrides.time_grain_sqla !== undefined) {
+      result.extras.time_grain_sqla = overrides.time_grain_sqla;
+    }
+    if (overrides.time_compare !== undefined) {
+      result.extras.time_compare = overrides.time_compare;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}

sidecar-node/src/utils/processFilters.ts

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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import {
+  AdhocFilter,
+  QueryObjectFilterClause,
+  QueryFormData,
+  QueryObjectExtras,
+} from '../types';
+
+interface FilterProcessorInput extends QueryFormData {
+  extras: QueryObjectExtras;
+  filters: QueryObjectFilterClause[];
+  adhoc_filters: AdhocFilter[];
+}
+
+interface FilterProcessorResult {
+  extras: QueryObjectExtras;
+  filters: QueryObjectFilterClause[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Process filters from form data into QueryObject format
+ */
+export default function processFilters(
+  formData: FilterProcessorInput,
+): FilterProcessorResult {
+  const { filters = [], adhoc_filters = [], extras = {} } = formData;
+
+  // Convert adhoc filters to simple filters where possible
+  const processedFilters: QueryObjectFilterClause[] = [...filters];
+  const processedExtras: QueryObjectExtras = { ...extras };
+
+  // Process adhoc filters
+  for (const adhocFilter of adhoc_filters) {
+    if (adhocFilter.expressionType === 'SIMPLE' && adhocFilter.subject && adhocFilter.operator) {
+      // Convert simple adhoc filters to QueryObjectFilterClause
+      if (typeof adhocFilter.subject === 'string') {
+        processedFilters.push({
+          col: adhocFilter.subject,
+          op: adhocFilter.operator as any,
+          val: adhocFilter.comparator,
+        });
+      }
+    } else if (adhocFilter.expressionType === 'SQL' && adhocFilter.sqlExpression) {
+      // Add SQL filters to WHERE clause in extras
+      const clause = adhocFilter.clause === 'HAVING' ? 'having' : 'where';
+      const existingClause = processedExtras[clause] || '';
+      const separator = existingClause ? ' AND ' : '';
+      processedExtras[clause] = existingClause + separator + `(${adhocFilter.sqlExpression})`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    extras: processedExtras,
+    filters: processedFilters,
+  };
+}

sidecar-node/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "lib": ["ES2020"],
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "strict": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "baseUrl": "./",
+    "paths": {
+      "@/*": ["src/*"]
+    },
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "dist",
+    "**/*.test.ts"
+  ]
+}

superset/commands/report/execute.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ from superset.utils.core import HeaderDataType, override_user, recipients_string
 from superset.utils.csv import get_chart_csv_data, get_chart_dataframe
 from superset.utils.decorators import logs_context, transaction
 from superset.utils.pdf import build_pdf_from_screenshots
+from superset.utils.query_sidecar import get_query_sidecar_client, QuerySidecarException
 from superset.utils.screenshots import ChartScreenshot, DashboardScreenshot
 from superset.utils.slack import get_channels_with_search, SlackChannelTypes
 from superset.utils.urls import get_url_path
@@ -388,9 +389,7 @@ class BaseReportState:
         user = security_manager.find_user(username)
         auth_cookies = machine_auth_provider_factory.instance.get_auth_cookies(user)
 
-        if self._report_schedule.chart.query_context is None:
+        self._ensure_query_context_available()
-            logger.warning("No query context found, taking a screenshot to generate it")
-            self._update_query_context()
 
         try:
             logger.info("Getting chart from %s as user %s", url, user.username)
@@ -418,9 +417,7 @@ class BaseReportState:
         user = security_manager.find_user(username)
         auth_cookies = machine_auth_provider_factory.instance.get_auth_cookies(user)
 
-        if self._report_schedule.chart.query_context is None:
+        self._ensure_query_context_available()
-            logger.warning("No query context found, taking a screenshot to generate it")
-            self._update_query_context()
 
         try:
             logger.info("Getting chart from %s as user %s", url, user.username)
@@ -435,9 +432,79 @@ class BaseReportState:
             raise ReportScheduleCsvFailedError()
         return dataframe
 
-    def _update_query_context(self) -> None:
+    def _ensure_query_context_available(self) -> None:
         """
-        Update chart query context.
+        Ensure query context is available for the chart.
+
+        First attempts to generate query context using the sidecar service
+        from the chart's form_data. If that fails, falls back to the
+        screenshot method for backward compatibility.
+        """
+        # Try sidecar service first if available
+        if app.config.get("QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED", True):
+            try:
+                self._generate_query_context_via_sidecar()
+                return
+            except QuerySidecarException as ex:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to generate query context via sidecar service: %s. "
+                    "Falling back to screenshot method.",
+                    str(ex),
+                )
+
+        # Fallback to legacy screenshot method
+        if self._report_schedule.chart.query_context is None:
+            logger.warning("No query context found, taking a screenshot to generate it")
+            self._update_query_context_legacy()
+
+    @transaction()
+    def _generate_query_context_via_sidecar(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Generate and save query context using the sidecar service.
+
+        This method uses the chart's form_data to generate a fresh
+        QueryObject via the sidecar service, eliminating staleness issues.
+        """
+        if not self._report_schedule.chart:
+            raise QuerySidecarException("No chart associated with report schedule")
+
+        try:
+            # Get the chart's form_data
+            form_data = self._report_schedule.chart.form_data
+
+            # Use sidecar service to generate QueryObject
+            sidecar_client = get_query_sidecar_client()
+            query_object_data = sidecar_client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+            # Convert to JSON and save as query_context
+            query_context = json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "queries": [query_object_data],
+                    "form_data": form_data,
+                    "result_format": "json",
+                    "result_type": "full",
+                }
+            )
+
+            # Update the chart's query_context in the database
+            self._report_schedule.chart.query_context = query_context
+            from superset import db
+
+            db.session.add(self._report_schedule.chart)
+
+            logger.info(
+                "Successfully generated query context via sidecar for chart %s",
+                self._report_schedule.chart.id,
+            )
+
+        except Exception as ex:
+            raise QuerySidecarException(
+                f"Failed to generate query context via sidecar: {ex}"
+            ) from ex
+
+    def _update_query_context_legacy(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Update chart query context using the legacy screenshot method.
 
         To load CSV data from the endpoint the chart must have been saved
         with its query context. For charts without saved query context we

superset/config_sidecar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+"""
+Configuration settings for the Query Sidecar Service integration.
+
+This file contains configuration options for integrating Superset with
+the Node.js Query Sidecar Service that generates QueryObjects from form_data.
+"""
+
+# Query Sidecar Service Configuration
+# Enable or disable the query sidecar service integration
+QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = True
+
+# Base URL for the Node.js query sidecar service
+# This service transforms form_data into QueryObjects for Alerts & Reports
+QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:3001"
+
+# Timeout for sidecar service requests in seconds
+QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT = 10
+
+# Example production configuration:
+# QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL = "http://superset-query-sidecar:3001"
+# QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = True
+# QUERY_SIDECAR_TIMEOUT = 30
+
+# Example Docker Compose setup:
+# services:
+#   superset-query-sidecar:
+#     image: superset-query-sidecar:latest
+#     ports:
+#       - "3001:3001"
+#     environment:
+#       - NODE_ENV=production
+#       - SUPERSET_ORIGINS=http://localhost:8088
+#
+#   superset:
+#     # ... your superset config
+#     environment:
+#       - QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL=http://superset-query-sidecar:3001

superset/utils/query_sidecar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+"""
+Query Sidecar Client
+
+Provides functionality to communicate with the Node.js sidecar service
+that generates QueryObjects from form_data, eliminating staleness issues
+in Alerts & Reports.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+import requests
+from flask import current_app
+
+from superset.common.query_object import QueryObject
+from superset.exceptions import SupersetException
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class QuerySidecarException(SupersetException):
+    """Exception raised when the query sidecar service fails."""
+
+
+class QuerySidecarClient:
+    """
+    Client for communicating with the Node.js query sidecar service.
+
+    This client transforms form_data into QueryObject format using the same
+    logic as the frontend, ensuring consistency and eliminating staleness.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, base_url: Optional[str] = None, timeout: int = 10) -> None:
+        """
+        Initialize the query sidecar client.
+
+        Args:
+            base_url: Base URL of the sidecar service. If None, reads from config.
+            timeout: Request timeout in seconds.
+        """
+        self._base_url = base_url or current_app.config.get(
+            "QUERY_SIDECAR_BASE_URL", "http://localhost:3001"
+        )
+        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._session = requests.Session()
+
+        # Set default headers
+        self._session.headers.update(
+            {
+                "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                "Accept": "application/json",
+            }
+        )
+
+    def build_query_object(
+        self, form_data: Dict[str, Any], query_fields: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Build a QueryObject from form_data using the sidecar service.
+
+        Args:
+            form_data: The form data from Superset frontend/chart configuration
+            query_fields: Optional query field aliases for visualization-specific
+                mappings
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict containing the QueryObject data
+
+        Raises:
+            QuerySidecarException: If the service is unavailable or returns an error
+        """
+        if not form_data:
+            raise QuerySidecarException("form_data is required")
+
+        # Validate required form_data fields
+        if not form_data.get("datasource") or not form_data.get("viz_type"):
+            raise QuerySidecarException(
+                "form_data must include datasource and viz_type"
+            )
+
+        url = urljoin(self._base_url, "/api/v1/query-object")
+        payload = {
+            "form_data": form_data,
+            "query_fields": query_fields,
+        }
+
+        try:
+            logger.debug("Calling sidecar service at %s", url)
+            response = self._session.post(url, json=payload, timeout=self._timeout)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+            data = response.json()
+            if "error" in data:
+                raise QuerySidecarException(f"Sidecar service error: {data['error']}")
+
+            return data["query_object"]
+
+        except requests.exceptions.Timeout as ex:
+            logger.error("Timeout calling query sidecar service")
+            raise QuerySidecarException(
+                "Query sidecar service timeout. Please check service availability."
+            ) from ex
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as ex:
+            logger.error("Connection error calling query sidecar service")
+            raise QuerySidecarException(
+                "Unable to connect to query sidecar service. "
+                "Please check service availability."
+            ) from ex
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as ex:
+            logger.error("HTTP error calling query sidecar service: %s", ex)
+            if ex.response.status_code >= 500:
+                raise QuerySidecarException(
+                    "Query sidecar service is experiencing issues. "
+                    "Please try again later."
+                ) from ex
+            else:
+                try:
+                    error_data = ex.response.json()
+                    error_message = error_data.get("error", str(ex))
+                except (ValueError, KeyError):
+                    error_message = str(ex)
+                raise QuerySidecarException(
+                    f"Query sidecar service error: {error_message}"
+                ) from ex
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.error("Unexpected error calling query sidecar service: %s", ex)
+            raise QuerySidecarException(
+                f"Unexpected error communicating with query sidecar service: {ex}"
+            ) from ex
+
+    def create_query_object_from_form_data(
+        self,
+        form_data: Dict[str, Any],
+        query_fields: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        datasource: Optional[Any] = None,
+    ) -> QueryObject:
+        """
+        Create a QueryObject instance from form_data using the sidecar service.
+
+        This is a convenience method that returns a QueryObject instance
+        rather than raw dictionary data.
+
+        Args:
+            form_data: The form data from Superset frontend/chart configuration
+            query_fields: Optional query field aliases for visualization-specific
+                mappings
+            datasource: Optional datasource instance to attach to the QueryObject
+
+        Returns:
+            QueryObject instance
+
+        Raises:
+            QuerySidecarException: If the service is unavailable or returns an error
+        """
+        query_data = self.build_query_object(form_data, query_fields)
+
+        # Create QueryObject instance from the returned data
+        # Convert the dictionary to QueryObject constructor parameters
+        query_object = QueryObject(
+            datasource=datasource,
+            columns=query_data.get("columns"),
+            metrics=query_data.get("metrics"),
+            filters=query_data.get("filters", []),
+            granularity=query_data.get("granularity"),
+            extras=query_data.get("extras", {}),
+            orderby=query_data.get("orderby", []),
+            annotation_layers=query_data.get("annotation_layers", []),
+            row_limit=query_data.get("row_limit"),
+            row_offset=query_data.get("row_offset"),
+            series_columns=query_data.get("series_columns"),
+            series_limit=query_data.get("series_limit", 0),
+            series_limit_metric=query_data.get("series_limit_metric"),
+            order_desc=query_data.get("order_desc", True),
+            time_range=query_data.get("time_range"),
+        )
+
+        return query_object
+
+    def health_check(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if the sidecar service is healthy.
+
+        Returns:
+            True if service is healthy, False otherwise
+        """
+        try:
+            url = urljoin(self._base_url, "/health")
+            response = self._session.get(url, timeout=5)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+            data = response.json()
+            return data.get("status") == "healthy"
+
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.warning("Query sidecar health check failed: %s", ex)
+            return False
+
+
+# Global client instance
+_sidecar_client: Optional[QuerySidecarClient] = None
+
+
+def get_query_sidecar_client() -> QuerySidecarClient:
+    """
+    Get the global query sidecar client instance.
+
+    Returns:
+        QuerySidecarClient instance
+    """
+    global _sidecar_client
+
+    if _sidecar_client is None:
+        _sidecar_client = QuerySidecarClient()
+
+    return _sidecar_client
+
+
+def build_query_object_from_form_data(
+    form_data: Dict[str, Any],
+    query_fields: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    datasource: Optional[Any] = None,
+) -> QueryObject:
+    """
+    Convenience function to build a QueryObject from form_data using the sidecar
+    service.
+
+    Args:
+        form_data: The form data from Superset frontend/chart configuration
+        query_fields: Optional query field aliases for visualization-specific mappings
+        datasource: Optional datasource instance to attach to the QueryObject
+
+    Returns:
+        QueryObject instance
+
+    Raises:
+        QuerySidecarException: If the service is unavailable or returns an error
+    """
+    client = get_query_sidecar_client()
+    return client.create_query_object_from_form_data(
+        form_data, query_fields, datasource
+    )

tests/unit_tests/commands/report/test_execute_sidecar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+"""Tests for sidecar integration in report execution."""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+import pytest
+
+from superset.commands.report.execute import BaseReportState
+from superset.reports.models import ReportSchedule
+from superset.utils.query_sidecar import QuerySidecarException
+
+
+class TestReportExecutionSidecar:
+    """Tests for sidecar service integration in report execution."""
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.get_query_sidecar_client")
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.db")
+    def test_generate_query_context_via_sidecar_success(
+        self, mock_db, mock_get_client, mock_app
+    ):
+        """Test successful query context generation via sidecar."""
+        # Setup mocks
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = True  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED
+        mock_sidecar_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_get_client.return_value = mock_sidecar_client
+        mock_sidecar_client.build_query_object.return_value = {
+            "metrics": ["count"],
+            "columns": ["name"],
+            "filters": [],
+        }
+
+        # Create test report schedule with chart
+        mock_chart = MagicMock()
+        mock_chart.id = 1
+        mock_chart.form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+            "metrics": ["count"],
+            "columns": ["name"],
+        }
+        mock_chart.query_context = None
+
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        mock_report_schedule.chart = mock_chart
+
+        # Create BaseReportState instance
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        # Test the method
+        report_state._generate_query_context_via_sidecar()
+
+        # Verify sidecar was called with correct form_data
+        mock_sidecar_client.build_query_object.assert_called_once_with(
+            mock_chart.form_data
+        )
+
+        # Verify query_context was updated
+        assert mock_chart.query_context is not None
+        mock_db.session.commit.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    def test_generate_query_context_via_sidecar_no_chart(self, mock_app):
+        """Test error when no chart is associated with report schedule."""
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = True  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED
+
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        mock_report_schedule.chart = None
+
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="No chart associated with report schedule"
+        ):
+            report_state._generate_query_context_via_sidecar()
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.get_query_sidecar_client")
+    def test_generate_query_context_via_sidecar_client_error(
+        self, mock_get_client, mock_app
+    ):
+        """Test handling of sidecar client errors."""
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = True  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED
+        mock_sidecar_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_get_client.return_value = mock_sidecar_client
+        mock_sidecar_client.build_query_object.side_effect = Exception("Sidecar error")
+
+        mock_chart = MagicMock()
+        mock_chart.form_data = {"datasource": "1__table", "viz_type": "table"}
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        mock_report_schedule.chart = mock_chart
+
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="Failed to generate query context via sidecar"
+        ):
+            report_state._generate_query_context_via_sidecar()
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    @patch(
+        "superset.commands.report.execute.BaseReportState._generate_query_context_via_sidecar"
+    )
+    def test_ensure_query_context_available_sidecar_enabled(
+        self, mock_generate_sidecar, mock_app
+    ):
+        """Test _ensure_query_context_available when sidecar is enabled."""
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = True  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED
+
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        report_state._ensure_query_context_available()
+
+        mock_generate_sidecar.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    @patch(
+        "superset.commands.report.execute.BaseReportState._generate_query_context_via_sidecar"
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "superset.commands.report.execute.BaseReportState._update_query_context_legacy"
+    )
+    def test_ensure_query_context_available_fallback(
+        self, mock_legacy, mock_generate_sidecar, mock_app
+    ):
+        """Test fallback to legacy method when sidecar fails."""
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = True  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED
+        mock_generate_sidecar.side_effect = QuerySidecarException("Sidecar failed")
+
+        mock_chart = MagicMock()
+        mock_chart.query_context = None
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        mock_report_schedule.chart = mock_chart
+
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        report_state._ensure_query_context_available()
+
+        mock_generate_sidecar.assert_called_once()
+        mock_legacy.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    @patch(
+        "superset.commands.report.execute.BaseReportState._update_query_context_legacy"
+    )
+    def test_ensure_query_context_available_sidecar_disabled(
+        self, mock_legacy, mock_app
+    ):
+        """Test _ensure_query_context_available when sidecar is disabled."""
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = False  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = False
+
+        mock_chart = MagicMock()
+        mock_chart.query_context = None
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        mock_report_schedule.chart = mock_chart
+
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        report_state._ensure_query_context_available()
+
+        mock_legacy.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch("superset.commands.report.execute.app")
+    def test_ensure_query_context_available_existing_context(self, mock_app):
+        """Test _ensure_query_context_available when query_context already exists."""
+        mock_app.config.get.return_value = False  # QUERY_SIDECAR_ENABLED = False
+
+        mock_chart = MagicMock()
+        mock_chart.query_context = '{"queries": []}'  # Existing context
+        mock_report_schedule = MagicMock(spec=ReportSchedule)
+        mock_report_schedule.chart = mock_chart
+
+        report_state = BaseReportState(mock_report_schedule, datetime.utcnow(), uuid4())
+
+        # Should not raise any errors or call legacy method
+        report_state._ensure_query_context_available()

tests/unit_tests/utils/test_query_sidecar.py

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError, HTTPError, Timeout
+
+from superset.utils.query_sidecar import (
+    build_query_object_from_form_data,
+    QuerySidecarClient,
+    QuerySidecarException,
+)
+
+
+class TestQuerySidecarClient:
+    """Tests for the QuerySidecarClient class."""
+
+    def test_init_default_config(self):
+        """Test client initialization with default configuration."""
+        with patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.current_app") as mock_app:
+            mock_app.config.get.return_value = "http://test:3001"
+            client = QuerySidecarClient()
+            assert client._base_url == "http://test:3001"
+            assert client._timeout == 10
+
+    def test_init_custom_config(self):
+        """Test client initialization with custom configuration."""
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://custom:3000", timeout=30)
+        assert client._base_url == "http://custom:3000"
+        assert client._timeout == 30
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_build_query_object_success(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test successful query object building."""
+        # Mock the session and response
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {
+            "query_object": {
+                "metrics": ["count"],
+                "columns": ["name"],
+                "filters": [],
+                "extras": {},
+            }
+        }
+        mock_session.post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+            "metrics": ["count"],
+            "columns": ["name"],
+        }
+
+        result = client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+        assert result["metrics"] == ["count"]
+        assert result["columns"] == ["name"]
+        mock_session.post.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_build_query_object_missing_form_data(self):
+        """Test error when form_data is missing."""
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+
+        with pytest.raises(QuerySidecarException, match="form_data is required"):
+            client.build_query_object(None)
+
+    def test_build_query_object_invalid_form_data(self):
+        """Test error when form_data is missing required fields."""
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {"viz_type": "table"}  # Missing datasource
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="must include datasource and viz_type"
+        ):
+            client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_build_query_object_service_error(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test handling of service errors."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"error": "Service error"}
+        mock_session.post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="Sidecar service error: Service error"
+        ):
+            client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_build_query_object_timeout(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test handling of timeout errors."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_session.post.side_effect = Timeout("Request timeout")
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="Query sidecar service timeout"
+        ):
+            client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_build_query_object_connection_error(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test handling of connection errors."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_session.post.side_effect = ConnectionError("Connection failed")
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="Unable to connect to query sidecar service"
+        ):
+            client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_build_query_object_http_error(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test handling of HTTP errors."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 500
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"error": "Internal server error"}
+        mock_http_error = HTTPError("500 Server Error")
+        mock_http_error.response = mock_response
+        mock_session.post.side_effect = mock_http_error
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+        }
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            QuerySidecarException, match="Query sidecar service is experiencing issues"
+        ):
+            client.build_query_object(form_data)
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_create_query_object_from_form_data(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test creating QueryObject instance from form_data."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {
+            "query_object": {
+                "metrics": ["count"],
+                "columns": ["name"],
+                "filters": [],
+                "extras": {},
+                "row_limit": 1000,
+            }
+        }
+        mock_session.post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        form_data = {
+            "datasource": "1__table",
+            "viz_type": "table",
+            "metrics": ["count"],
+            "columns": ["name"],
+        }
+
+        query_object = client.create_query_object_from_form_data(form_data)
+
+        assert query_object.metrics == ["count"]
+        assert query_object.columns == ["name"]
+        assert query_object.row_limit == 1000
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_health_check_healthy(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test health check when service is healthy."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"status": "healthy"}
+        mock_session.get.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        assert client.health_check() is True
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.requests.Session")
+    def test_health_check_unhealthy(self, mock_session_class):
+        """Test health check when service is unhealthy."""
+        mock_session = MagicMock()
+        mock_session_class.return_value = mock_session
+        mock_session.get.side_effect = ConnectionError("Connection failed")
+
+        client = QuerySidecarClient("http://test:3001")
+        assert client.health_check() is False
+
+
+class TestModuleFunctions:
+    """Tests for module-level functions."""
+
+    @patch("superset.utils.query_sidecar.get_query_sidecar_client")
+    def test_build_query_object_from_form_data(self, mock_get_client):
+        """Test the convenience function for building query objects."""
+        mock_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_get_client.return_value = mock_client
+        mock_query_object = MagicMock()
+        mock_client.create_query_object_from_form_data.return_value = mock_query_object
+
+        form_data = {"datasource": "1__table", "viz_type": "table"}
+
+        result = build_query_object_from_form_data(form_data)
+
+        assert result == mock_query_object
+        mock_client.create_query_object_from_form_data.assert_called_once_with(
+            form_data, None, None
+        )