`toSortItems` — a published export — still tolerantly reads the retired `direction` sort spelling (`s.order || s.direction`), dormant because nothing in-tree calls it

[yinlianghui]

Found while reworking #5293 (the views-prop sort spelling rename). Filed unassigned, no labels — triage grades it. Deliberately NOT fixed in #5293's PR (#6008): removing a tolerant read from a published export is its own Clause-② public-export break and needs its own adjudication.

Verified on claude/issue-5293-viewsort-order-spelling @ 604c20366 (branch base 8d3a5294a).

The dual-read

packages/plugin-view/src/config/view-config-utils.ts:324-330:

/** Convert draft sort → SortItem[] for SortBuilder */
export function toSortItems(draftSort: any): SortItem[] {
 return (Array.isArray(draftSort) ? draftSort : []).map((s: any) => ({
 id: s.id || crypto.randomUUID(),
 field: s.field || '',
 order: (s.order || s.direction || 'asc') as 'asc' | 'desc',
 }));
}

s.order || s.direction || 'asc' accepts two spellings for one key and silently prefers the canonical one. That is precisely the shape #4869 ruled against — verbatim, unmodified:

若 defaultSort 实际存在 sink 不认的拼法,正确的动作是先裁定该拼法算不算已声明的 authoring surface(要么进 sink 的契约,要么在 producer 端拒绝),而不是在 ObjectView 里加一层容忍。

It is published: re-exported from the package root at packages/plugin-view/src/index.tsx:38 and documented in packages/plugin-view/README.md:91 (toSortItems, // sort config -> SortItem[]).

Why it survived

It has no in-repo production caller at all. git grep -n toSortItems -- packages apps examples returns exactly:

• packages/plugin-view/src/config/view-config-utils.ts:324 — the definition
• packages/plugin-view/src/index.tsx:38 — the export barrel
• packages/plugin-view/README.md:91 — the doc line
• apps/console/src/__tests__/insecure-origin-crypto.test.ts:20 / :226 / :244 — a test, and the only importer of the published symbol
• packages/plugin-view/src/SortUI.tsx:58 / :81 / :86 — ⚠️ a different, file-local const toSortItems that shadows nothing and imports nothing; it maps SortEntry[], whose direction key is type-correct on SortUISchema. It is not a caller of the published export, and a naive grep will read it as one.

The surface it serves is the studio inspector-draft feeding SortBuilder, reached only by out-of-tree callers today. It was never on the resolved activeView.sort path that #5293 fixed, which is why #5293 correctly left it alone.

Why it still matters

#5293's changeset promises that the views[].sort break is "loud and searchable". A host migrating off direction greps the old key, lands on a published export that still quietly accepts it, and reasonably concludes the retirement is partial. One spelling repo-wide is the convergence direction #4869 set; this is the last dormant tolerance layer on the sort family's public surface.

Related stale-spelling fixture — recorded, not batched into this

packages/plugin-view/src/__tests__/ObjectView.filterSources.test.tsx:161-162:

const seen = renderDelegated({ table: { defaultSort: [{ field: 'name', direction: 'asc' }] } as any });
expect(seen[0]?.sort).toEqual([{ field: 'name', direction: 'asc' }]);

table.defaultSort is an ObjectGridSchema surface and it declares order, not direction (packages/types/src/objectql.ts:673-676; the zod mirror at packages/types/src/zod/objectql.zod.ts:130 agrees). The fixture writes the retired spelling behind an as any and stays green only because that test asserts verbatim pass-through — it never reads the key, so any word would pass. This is not a defect in ObjectView; it is a fixture pinned to a spelling its own surface does not declare, and it should be re-spelled (or replaced, if re-spelling would preserve the shape of a bug) by whoever takes this card.

What the fix costs — options for adjudication

Deleting || s.direction is one line but a published-export behaviour break: an out-of-tree caller passing { field, direction } goes from a working SortItem to a silent 'asc'.

1. Remove the fallback. One spelling repo-wide, declared equals enforced. objectui ships its own breaks as minor per AGENTS.md §版本号策略, with a changeset naming the retired key — the same treatment ObjectViewProps.views[].sort declares direction, but every sort consumer reads order — a host-supplied desc view silently sorts ascending #5293 got. Matches [finding] ObjectView 是最后一处不走共享 sort sink 的读点 —— $orderby: sort 原样透传,归一化外包给了某一个 adapter #4869's direction.
2. Keep the fallback but make it loud (reject, or warn, on direction). Converts a silent accept into a signal without dropping the input, at the cost of keeping the word alive in the contract.
3. Leave it. Cheapest; the sort family keeps a tolerance layer and ObjectViewProps.views[].sort declares direction, but every sort consumer reads order — a host-supplied desc view silently sorts ascending #5293's "searchable" promise stays half-true.

Recommendation is 1, conditional on the reachability question this card most needs answered: is toSortItems used by any out-of-tree host at all? It is a documented export with zero in-tree production callers, so the honest answer is not derivable from this repo. Not a dev's own call either way — it is a published export's contract.

Dedup

Searched open issues (toSortItems, view-config-utils direction, tolerant dual-read sort spelling, plus the file path) — nothing on this. Related: #5293 (the views-prop rename that surfaced it, and which deliberately did not touch it), #4869 (the sort-sink convergence ruling quoted above).

[os-zhuang]

Triage: lands in packages/plugin-view (view-config-utils.ts:324 + the stale-spelling fixture noted on the card); routed pm:queue + domain:ui, type Task. Ruling inheritance (no new adjudication needed): #4869's recorded ruling — a spelling the sink doesn't recognise gets ruled into the contract or rejected at the producer, never absorbed by a tolerance layer — is quoted verbatim by this card and applies without modification; #5293 just executed the same retirement for the views[].sort path and shipped it as a minor with a loud changeset per AGENTS.md's versioning policy. Inherit: option 1 (remove the || s.direction fallback), same treatment — changeset names the retired spelling so the break is searchable, which also completes #5293's "loud and searchable" promise. The out-of-tree-caller unknown is priced by that policy (objectui ships its own breaks as minor), not a reason to keep the tolerant read. Clause-②: yes (published-export acceptance change) — contract-review tier applies at claim. The SortUI file-local toSortItems is a different symbol — leave it.

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[yinlianghui]

Claimed + dispatched — domain:ui @ objectui execution seat

PM session session_01CSoz9uGhaaSgiq3hshtN7L, branch claude/issue-6011-tosortitems-direction.
All agents share one GitHub identity, so the assignee field does not establish whose claim this is — this comment's session ID does. No earlier claim comment exists on this card.

裁决 (binding — the ruling is INHERITED, not newly made)

Option 1: remove the || s.direction fallback. One spelling repo-wide, declared equals enforced.

This needs no fresh adjudication and you must not re-open it. #4869's recorded ruling — a spelling the sink doesn't recognise gets ruled into the contract or rejected at the producer, never absorbed by a tolerance layer — is quoted verbatim on the card and applies unmodified. #5293 executed the identical retirement for the views[].sort path days ago and shipped it as a minor with a loud changeset per AGENTS.md 版本号策略. You inherit that treatment exactly.

The out-of-tree-caller unknown is already priced. The card is right that the honest answer is not derivable from this repo — and objectui's stated policy is that it ships its own breaks as minor. That policy is the answer. ⛔ It is not a reason to keep the tolerant read, and ⛔ it is not a question to escalate back to me.

Changeset: minor. ⛔ Never major. It must name the retired direction spelling in words, so a host greping the old key finds the break — that is what completes #5293's "loud and searchable" promise, and it is the deliverable, not decoration.

PM机制假设 (verify — the card names a trap that a naive grep walks straight into)

1. packages/plugin-view/src/config/view-config-utils.ts:324-330 is the definition. Re-derive the line numbers — every card this round has drifted 6–150 lines.
2. It is genuinely published: re-exported at packages/plugin-view/src/index.tsx:38, documented at packages/plugin-view/README.md:91. Confirm both, and update the README line if it describes the tolerated spelling.
3. ⚠️ packages/plugin-view/src/SortUI.tsx:58/:81/:86 declares a DIFFERENT, file-local const toSortItems. It shadows nothing, imports nothing, and maps SortEntry[] whose direction key is type-correct on SortUISchema. It is not a caller of the published export. ⛔ Leave it entirely alone. A grep for toSortItems reads it as a caller and it is not one — triage says so explicitly.
4. The only importer of the published symbol is a test: apps/console/src/__tests__/insecure-origin-crypto.test.ts:20/:226/:244. Verify, and check whether it depends on the tolerant read.

PM建议路线 (advisory — overrule with measurement and say so)

The card records a related stale-spelling fixture at packages/plugin-view/src/__tests__/ObjectView.filterSources.test.tsx:161-162, which writes direction behind an as any on a table.defaultSort surface that declares order (packages/types/src/objectql.ts:673-676, zod mirror agreeing). It stays green only because that assertion pins verbatim pass-through — it never reads the key, so any word passes.

The card says it "should be re-spelled by whoever takes this card," and I agree with one condition: re-spell it only if re-spelling does not preserve the shape of a bug the test was written to catch. Read what the test is actually for before touching it. If re-spelling would change what it pins, leave it and file the finding instead.

Clause-② — contract-review tier applies

This is a published-export acceptance change: an out-of-tree caller passing { field, direction } goes from a working SortItem to a silent 'asc'. Triage flagged Clause-② at claim, so the PR body must carry the contract-review content — what the export accepted before, what it accepts after, and the exact failure mode of an unmigrated caller, stated in those terms.

Standing verification rules (non-negotiable)

Predict direction before running. Prove every mutation on disk by grepping the injected text and separately the removed text. Print the landing site. Assert anchor uniqueness bounded to the right span. Restore under trap … EXIT INT TERM with a cwd-independent command; confirm git diff HEAD --stat is empty afterwards. Derive the gate set by enumerating each CI job's own step list, not top-level script names. A cached turbo green is not a measurement — use --force. Commit before you ablate.

⚠️ The trap specific to this card: the function has no in-repo production caller, so a pin that merely calls toSortItems and checks the result is testing a function nothing uses — that is fine and correct here, but it means your ablation cannot rely on any existing suite going red. Write the pin first, prove it red against the unfixed function, then fix.

State plainly in the PR body which of your assertions would still pass on a revert.

Collision bounds

Four sibling agents are live this wave on packages/i18n + i18n call sites, packages/plugin-gantt, packages/plugin-form, and packages/components/src/renderers/form/radio-group.tsx. packages/plugin-view is yours alone. Report any overlap rather than editing across it.

⛔ Leave the PR draft. Do not mark ready, do not enqueue, do not enable auto-merge — the PM lands it.

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