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feat(discovery): broadcast transactionalBatch capability bit so clients negotiate atomic batch declaratively (#3298) - #3345

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Closes#3298.

Problem

The atomic cross-object batch endpoint (POST {basePath}/batch, #1604 / ADR-0034 item 4) and its typed SDK surface (client.data.batchTransaction, #3271) already shipped — but discovery never told a client whether a backend supports it. Consumers (notably ObjectUI's ObjectStackAdapter) had to runtime-probe: fire a /batch, read 404/405 (no route) or 501 (no runtime transaction), and only then fall back to non-atomic client-side simulation.

That is "find out by calling", not declarative capability negotiation — it can't be decided at connect time, and can't serve as the "minimum backend has /batch" gate that's currently blocking the hard-delete of ObjectUI's non-atomic fallback (objectui#2679).

Change

Add a required transactionalBatch: boolean to WellKnownCapabilitiesSchema, and fill it honestly in every discovery producer (declared === enforced) so it never becomes a declared-but-unpopulated bit — the exact failure mode #3271 avoided by not adding a batch key with mismatched producers.

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@objectstack/metadata-protocol (getDiscovery)typeof engine.transaction === 'function'The /batch handler runs inside engine.transaction(), which degrades to a non-atomic passthrough / 501 without one.
@objectstack/rest (/discovery)protocol signal ANDapi.enableBatchANDs the runtime signal with whether it actually mounts the route, so a batch-disabled server reports false even on a tx-capable engine (never advertise a route that 404s).
@objectstack/plugin-hono-server (standalone discovery)falseThis minimal surface mounts CRUD only, not /batch (that ships with @objectstack/rest). Under-reporting is the safe direction — the client keeps its correct-but-slower fallback rather than losing atomicity.
@objectstack/client(exposed)Already normalizes hierarchical capabilities → flat booleans, so client.capabilities.transactionalBatch is exposed and now typed.

Semantics match the existing capability flags: true ⟺ the /batch route is mounted and the runtime can honour a transaction — precisely when the endpoint returns 200 rather than 404/405/501.

Acceptance (from #3298)

  • discovery schema adds the batch capability bit (WellKnownCapabilitiesSchema.transactionalBatch)
  • rest-server / hono-plugin / metadata-protocol producers all populate it
  • tests assert GET /discovery returns the bit
  • @objectstack/client exposes the capability for consumers (the optional item)

Tests

  • spectransactionalBatch is a required field (a payload missing only it fails), described, accepted true/false.
  • metadata-protocol (via objectql protocol-discovery.test.ts) — reports {enabled:true} on the real engine (has transaction()), {enabled:false} on an engine without one.
  • resttrue when runtime supports tx + /batch mounted; false when api.enableBatch off; false when the engine can't honour a tx; always populated even if the protocol omitted capabilities.
  • hono — standalone discovery advertises false, and there is genuinely no POST /batch route on that surface.
  • client — hierarchical {enabled:true} → flat true.

Regenerated content/docs/references/api/discovery.mdx (the only committed generated artifact affected; json-schema/ is gitignored). Changeset added (minor × 5).

Note (out of scope)

pnpm gen:spec-changes / gen:upgrade-guide surfaced pre-existing drift unrelated to this change — the protocol 15→16 DashboardWidgetSchema.strict() migration (dashboard-widget-strict-unknown-keys, from #3251) whose committed projection is stale. I reverted those regenerated files so this PR doesn't absorb #3251's changelog; that drift belongs to #3251's follow-up.

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os-zhuangand others added 2 commits July 20, 2026 09:20
fix(list): route remaining system-field groupings through shared classifier (#2706)
objectui@3b2e4d98d904d695a8372c394d46b81673011270
…egotiate atomic batch declaratively (#3298)
The atomic cross-object batch endpoint (POST {basePath}/batch, #1604 / ADR-0034
item 4) and its typed SDK surface (client.data.batchTransaction, #3271) shipped,
but discovery never told a client whether a backend supports it. Consumers had to
probe — fire a /batch, read 404/405 (no route) or 501 (no runtime transaction),
then fall back to non-atomic client-side simulation. That is "find out by
calling", not capability negotiation, and it blocks hard-deleting ObjectUI's
non-atomic fallback (objectui#2679).
Add a required `transactionalBatch: boolean` to WellKnownCapabilitiesSchema and
fill it honestly in every discovery producer (declared === enforced), so it is
never a declared-but-unpopulated bit:
- metadata-protocol (getDiscovery): true iff the runtime engine can honour a
transaction (typeof engine.transaction === 'function'). engine.transaction()
degrades to a non-atomic passthrough / 501 without one.
- rest-server (/discovery): ANDs that with api.enableBatch — the gate that mounts
the /batch route — so batch-disabled servers report false even on a tx-capable
engine (never advertise a route that 404s).
- plugin-hono-server (standalone discovery): false — this minimal surface mounts
CRUD only, not /batch. Under-reporting is the safe direction (client keeps its
correct-but-slower fallback).
- client: already normalizes hierarchical capabilities → flat booleans, so
client.capabilities.transactionalBatch is exposed and now typed.
Tests assert the bit across all producers (spec schema required-field, protocol
engine-tx true/false, rest enableBatch AND-ing + always-populated, hono false,
client hierarchical→flat). Regenerated content/docs/references/api/discovery.mdx.
Additive and behavior-preserving; only the discovery payload gains a field.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This PR changes 6 package(s): @objectstack/client, @objectstack/metadata-protocol, @objectstack/objectql, @objectstack/plugin-hono-server, @objectstack/rest, @objectstack/spec.

111 hand-written doc(s) reference the affected code and may need an implementation-accuracy re-verification:

  • content/docs/ai/agents.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/ui/views.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)

Advisory only. To re-verify, run the docs-accuracy-audit workflow scoped to these files:
node scripts/docs-audit/affected-docs.mjs origin/main → pass the list as args.docs.

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