// Returns the (ordered) union of all of the changes made to multiple channels.
func (db *Database) VectorMultiChangesFeed(chans base.Set, options ChangesOptions) (<-chan *ChangeEntry, error) {
	to := ""
	var userVbNo uint16
	if db.user != nil && db.user.Name() != "" {
		to = fmt.Sprintf("  (to %s)", db.user.Name())
		userVbNo = uint16(db.Bucket.VBHash(db.user.DocID()))
	}

	base.LogTo("Changes+", "Vector MultiChangesFeed(%s, %+v) ... %s", chans, options, to)
	output := make(chan *ChangeEntry, 50)

	go func() {
		var cumulativeClock *base.SyncSequenceClock
		var lastHashedValue string
		hashedEntryCount := 0
		defer func() {
			base.LogTo("Changes+", "MultiChangesFeed done %s", to)
			close(output)
		}()

		var changeWaiter *changeWaiter
		var userCounter uint64     // Wait counter used to identify changes to the user document
		var addedChannels base.Set // Tracks channels added to the user during changes processing.
		var userChanged bool       // Whether the user document has changed

		// Restrict to available channels, expand wild-card, and find since when these channels
		// have been available to the user:
		var channelsSince channels.TimedSet
		if db.user != nil {
			channelsSince = db.user.FilterToAvailableChannels(chans)
		} else {
			channelsSince = channels.AtSequence(chans, 0)
		}

		if options.Wait {
			changeWaiter = db.startChangeWaiter(channelsSince.AsSet())
			userCounter = changeWaiter.CurrentUserCount()
			db.initializePrincipalPolling(changeWaiter.GetUserKeys())
		}

		cumulativeClock = base.NewSyncSequenceClock()
		cumulativeClock.SetTo(getChangesClock(options.Since))

		// This loop is used to re-run the fetch after every database change, in Wait mode
	outer:
		for {
			// Get the last polled stable sequence.  We don't return anything later than stable sequence in each iteration
			stableClock, err := db.changeCache.GetStableClock(true)
			if err != nil {
				base.Warn("MultiChangesFeed got error reading stable sequence: %v", err)
				return
			}

			// Updates the changeWaiter to the current set of available channels.
			if changeWaiter != nil {
				changeWaiter.UpdateChannels(channelsSince)
			}
			base.LogTo("Changes+", "MultiChangesFeed: channels expand to %#v ... %s", channelsSince.String(), to)

			// Build the channel feeds.
			feeds, err := db.initializeChannelFeeds(channelsSince, options, addedChannels, userVbNo)
			if err != nil {
				return
			}

			// This loop reads the available entries from all the feeds in parallel, merges them,
			// and writes them to the output channel:
			current := make([]*ChangeEntry, len(feeds))
			var sentSomething bool
			nextEntry := getNextSequenceFromFeeds(current, feeds)
			for {
				minEntry := nextEntry

				if minEntry == nil {
					break // Exit the loop when there are no more entries
				}

				// Calculate next entry here, to help identify whether minEntry is the last entry we're sending,
				// to guarantee hashing
				nextEntry = getNextSequenceFromFeeds(current, feeds)

				if options.ActiveOnly {
					if minEntry.Deleted || minEntry.allRemoved {
						continue
					}
				}

				// Don't send any entries later than the stable sequence
				if stableClock.GetSequence(minEntry.Seq.vbNo) < minEntry.Seq.Seq {
					continue
				}

				// Add the doc body or the conflicting rev IDs, if those options are set:
				if options.IncludeDocs || options.Conflicts {
					db.addDocToChangeEntry(minEntry, options)
				}

				// Clock handling
				if minEntry.Seq.TriggeredBy == 0 {
					// Update the cumulative clock, and stick it on the entry.
					cumulativeClock.SetMaxSequence(minEntry.Seq.vbNo, minEntry.Seq.Seq)
					// Force new hash generation for non-continuous changes feeds if this is the last entry to be sent - either
					// because there are no more entries in the channel feeds, or we're going to hit the limit.
					forceHash := false
					if options.Continuous == false && (nextEntry == nil || options.Limit == 1) {
						forceHash = true
					}
					lastHashedValue = db.calculateHashWhenNeeded(
						options,
						minEntry,
						cumulativeClock,
						&hashedEntryCount,
						lastHashedValue,
						forceHash,
					)

				} else {
					// For backfill (triggered by), we don't want to update the cumulative clock.  All entries triggered by the
					// same sequence reference the same triggered by clock, so it should only need to get hashed once.
					// If this is the first entry for this triggered by, initialize the triggered by clock's
					// hash value.
					if minEntry.Seq.TriggeredByClock.GetHashedValue() == "" {
						cumulativeClock.SetMaxSequence(minEntry.Seq.TriggeredByVbNo, minEntry.Seq.TriggeredBy)
						clockHash, err := db.SequenceHasher.GetHash(cumulativeClock)
						if err != nil {
							base.Warn("Error calculating hash for triggered by clock:%v", base.PrintClock(cumulativeClock))
						} else {
							minEntry.Seq.TriggeredByClock.SetHashedValue(clockHash)
						}
					}
				}

				// Send the entry, and repeat the loop:

				base.LogTo("Changes+", "MultiChangesFeed sending %+v %s", minEntry, to)
				select {
				case <-options.Terminator:
					return
				case output <- minEntry:
				}
				sentSomething = true

				// Stop when we hit the limit (if any):
				if options.Limit > 0 {
					options.Limit--
					if options.Limit == 0 {
						break outer
					}
				}
			}

			if !options.Continuous && (sentSomething || changeWaiter == nil) {
				break
			}

			// Update options.Since for use in the next outer loop iteration.
			options.Since.Clock = cumulativeClock

			// If nothing found, and in wait mode: wait for the db to change, then run again.
			// First notify the reader that we're waiting by sending a nil.
			base.LogTo("Changes+", "MultiChangesFeed waiting... %s", to)
			output <- nil

		waitForChanges:
			for {
				waitResponse := changeWaiter.Wait()
				if waitResponse == WaiterClosed {
					break outer
				} else if waitResponse == WaiterHasChanges {
					select {
					case <-options.Terminator:
						return
					default:
						break waitForChanges
					}
				} else if waitResponse == WaiterCheckTerminated {
					// Check whether I was terminated while waiting for a change.  If not, resume wait.
					select {
					case <-options.Terminator:
						return
					default:
					}
				}
			}

			// Before checking again, update the User object in case its channel access has
			// changed while waiting:
			userChanged, userCounter, addedChannels, err = db.checkForUserUpdates(userCounter, changeWaiter)
			if userChanged && db.user != nil {
				channelsSince = db.user.FilterToAvailableChannels(chans)
			}
			if err != nil {
				change := makeErrorEntry("User not found during reload - terminating changes feed")
				base.LogTo("Changes+", "User not found during reload - terminating changes feed with entry %+v", change)
				output <- &change
				return
			}
		}
	}()

	return output, nil
}