objectstack-ai · yinlianghui · Aug 10, 2026 · Aug 10, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/inline-default-value-drift-gate-3810.md b/.changeset/inline-default-value-drift-gate-3810.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+"@object-ui/app-shell": patch
+"@object-ui/plugin-detail": patch
+"@object-ui/plugin-list": patch
+"@object-ui/console": patch
+---
+
+Align 43 inline `defaultValue` strings with the `en` pack, and make the call-site gate enforce it (objectui#3810)
+
+`t(key, { defaultValue: 'English text' })` only renders that text when i18next
+**misses** the key. Where the key exists in `packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts` the
+pack value always wins, so the inline string is dead code — and 43 of those dead
+strings said something different from the sentence users actually read.
+
+`scripts/check-i18n-call-site-keys.mjs` (objectui#3530) now compares the two
+whenever a call site carries a literal `defaultValue` for a key `en` defines, and
+fails on any byte of difference. It is a hard rule with **no baseline**: the
+repo-wide census measured 43 sites in 19 files out of 851 literal inline defaults,
+and all 43 are aligned here, so there is no debt for a ratchet to hold. A
+`defaultValue` on a key that is *not* yet in `en` stays legal — that transition
+runs for months (objectui#3546) and belongs to the existing `missing-key` rule,
+which keeps reporting it alone.
+
+Every fix moved the CALL SITE to the pack's wording. `en.ts` is untouched: its
+values are what users read today, and changing one would oblige the same change in
+the nine other packs (`scripts/check-i18n-en-drift.mjs`, objectui#3650). Six of the
+43 differed only in an ellipsis (`...` against U+2026) — invisible in review, which
+is how they survived three i18n gates that are each blind to this class by
+construction.
+
+The visible effect is confined to hosts that render these components with **no**
+`I18nProvider` and no initialised i18next instance. There, react-i18next's
+not-ready `t` returns the `defaultValue`, so the inline string was the rendered
+one; it now matches what a provider-backed app has always shown. Inside the
+console — provider mounted — nothing users see changes. The clearest converging
+examples: the workspaces screen was written as "Organizations" at nine call sites
+while every user has been reading "Workspaces"; the forgot-password success line
+was written as "If an account exists, a reset link has been sent." while the pack
+asserts "We've sent a password reset link to {{email}}."
diff --git a/apps/console/src/pages/auth/ForgotPasswordPage.tsx b/apps/console/src/pages/auth/ForgotPasswordPage.tsx
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@ export function ForgotPasswordPage() {
  linkComponent={RouterLink}
  title={t('auth.forgotPassword.title', { defaultValue: 'Reset your password' })}
  description={t('auth.forgotPassword.description', {
- defaultValue: "Enter your email and we'll send you a reset link.",
+ defaultValue: "Enter your email address and we'll send you a link to reset your password",
  })}
  labels={{
  emailLabel: t('auth.forgotPassword.emailLabel', { defaultValue: 'Email' }),
  emailPlaceholder: t('auth.forgotPassword.emailPlaceholder', { defaultValue: 'name@example.com' }),
- submitButton: t('auth.forgotPassword.submitButton', { defaultValue: 'Send reset link' }),
+ submitButton: t('auth.forgotPassword.submitButton', { defaultValue: 'Send Reset Link' }),
  submittingButton: t('auth.forgotPassword.submittingButton', {
- defaultValue: 'Sending…',
+ defaultValue: 'Sending...',
  }),
  successTitle: t('auth.forgotPassword.successTitle', {
  defaultValue: 'Check your email',
  }),
  successDescription: t('auth.forgotPassword.successDescription', {
- defaultValue: 'If an account exists, a reset link has been sent.',
+ defaultValue: "We've sent a password reset link to {{email}}. Please check your inbox.",
  }),
  backToSignInText: t('auth.forgotPassword.backToSignInText', {
  defaultValue: 'Back to sign in',

diff --git a/apps/console/src/pages/auth/LoginPage.tsx b/apps/console/src/pages/auth/LoginPage.tsx
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ function LoginFormCard({
  linkComponent={RouterLink}
  errorMessages={{
  INVALID_EMAIL_OR_PASSWORD: t('auth.login.errors.invalidCredentials', {
- defaultValue: 'Invalid email or password',
+ defaultValue: 'Invalid email or password. Please try again.',
  }),
  EMAIL_NOT_VERIFIED: t('auth.login.errors.emailNotVerified', {
  defaultValue: 'Please verify your email address before signing in.',
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ function LoginFormCard({
  passwordPlaceholder: t('auth.login.passwordPlaceholder', { defaultValue: 'Enter your password' }),
  forgotPasswordText: t('auth.login.forgotPasswordText', { defaultValue: 'Forgot password?' }),
  submitButton: t('auth.login.submitButton', { defaultValue: 'Sign In' }),
- submittingButton: t('auth.login.submittingButton', { defaultValue: 'Signing in…' }),
+ submittingButton: t('auth.login.submittingButton', { defaultValue: 'Signing in...' }),
  noAccountText: t('auth.login.noAccountText', { defaultValue: "Don't have an account?" }),
  signUpText: t('auth.login.signUpText', { defaultValue: 'Sign up' }),
  phoneLabel: t('auth.login.phoneLabel', { defaultValue: 'Phone number' }),

diff --git a/apps/console/src/pages/auth/RegisterPage.tsx b/apps/console/src/pages/auth/RegisterPage.tsx
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ export function RegisterPage() {
  <AuthLayout formWidth="md">
  <Card className="border-border/60 px-4 py-8 shadow-sm shadow-primary/5 backdrop-blur supports-[backdrop-filter]:bg-card/95">
  <RegisterForm
- title={t('auth.register.title', { defaultValue: 'Create your account' })}
+ title={t('auth.register.title', { defaultValue: 'Create an account' })}
  description={t('auth.register.description', {
- defaultValue: 'Sign up to get started',
+ defaultValue: 'Create your account to start building.',
  })}
  loginUrl={loginUrl}
  linkComponent={RouterLink}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export function RegisterPage() {
  defaultValue: 'Create a password (min. 8 characters)',
  }),
  confirmPasswordLabel: t('auth.register.confirmPasswordLabel', {
- defaultValue: 'Confirm password',
+ defaultValue: 'Confirm Password',
  }),
  confirmPasswordPlaceholder: t('auth.register.confirmPasswordPlaceholder', {
  defaultValue: 'Confirm your password',
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ export function RegisterPage() {
  passwordTooShortError: t('auth.register.passwordTooShortError', {
  defaultValue: 'Password must be at least 8 characters',
  }),
- submitButton: t('auth.register.submitButton', { defaultValue: 'Create account' }),
- submittingButton: t('auth.register.submittingButton', { defaultValue: 'Creating account…' }),
+ submitButton: t('auth.register.submitButton', { defaultValue: 'Create Account' }),
+ submittingButton: t('auth.register.submittingButton', { defaultValue: 'Creating account...' }),
  hasAccountText: t('auth.register.hasAccountText', { defaultValue: 'Already have an account?' }),
  signInText: t('auth.register.signInText', { defaultValue: 'Sign in' }),
  }}

diff --git a/apps/console/src/pages/auth/VerifyEmailPromptPage.tsx b/apps/console/src/pages/auth/VerifyEmailPromptPage.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function VerifyEmailPromptPage() {
  setResendError(description);
  toast.error(
  t('auth.verifyEmail.resendFailed', {
- defaultValue: 'Failed to resend verification email',
+ defaultValue: 'Cannot resend verification email',
  }),
  { description },
  );
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export function VerifyEmailPromptPage() {
  >
  <p className="font-medium">
  {t('auth.verifyEmail.resendFailed', {
- defaultValue: 'Failed to resend verification email',
+ defaultValue: 'Cannot resend verification email',
  })}
  </p>
  <p className="mt-1 text-destructive/90">{resendError}</p>

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/console/home/HomeLayout.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/console/home/HomeLayout.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function HomeLayout({ children }: HomeLayoutProps) {
  chat (the dock maximized; Home has no shell to dock a rail into). */}
  {showChatbot && (
  <ConsoleChatbotFab
- appLabel={t('workspace.default', { defaultValue: 'Workspace' })}
+ appLabel={t('workspace.default', { defaultValue: 'My Workspace' })}
  onOpenDock={openAssistant}
  />
  )}

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/console/home/HomePage.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/console/home/HomePage.tsx
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
  if (loading) {
  return (
  <div className="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center py-20">
- <div className="text-muted-foreground">{t('home.loading', { defaultValue: 'Loading workspace…' })}</div>
+ <div className="text-muted-foreground">{t('home.loading', { defaultValue: 'Loading workspace...' })}</div>
  </div>
  );
  }
@@ -327,12 +327,12 @@ export function HomePage() {
  */}
  {isAdmin ? (
  <Empty>
- <EmptyTitle>{t('home.welcome', { product: getRuntimeConfig().branding.productName, defaultValue: 'Welcome to {{product}}' })}</EmptyTitle>
+ <EmptyTitle>{t('home.welcome', { product: getRuntimeConfig().branding.productName, defaultValue: 'Build your business system with AI' })}</EmptyTitle>
  <EmptyDescription>
  {buildAvailable
  ? t('home.welcomeAdminDescription', {
  defaultValue:
- 'Describe your business in one sentence — AI generates the objects, screens, APIs and agent tools. Or set things up yourself from the Administration menu on the left.',
+ 'Describe your business in one sentence — AI generates the objects, screens, APIs and agent tools. Or set things up yourself from the menu on the left.',
  })
  : askAvailable
  ? t('home.welcomeAdminDescriptionNoBuild', {
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
  <EmptyDescription>
  {t('home.noAppsDescription', {
  defaultValue:
- 'There are no applications available to you yet. Please contact your workspace administrator.',
+ 'Your workspace is being set up — apps your admin shares with you will show up here.',
  })}
  </EmptyDescription>
  </Empty>

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/console/home/HomeRail.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/console/home/HomeRail.tsx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export function HomeContinue({ items, onOpen, t }: { items: RecentItem[]; onOpen
 export function HomeActivity({ items, onViewAll, t }: { items: ActivityItem[]; onViewAll: () => void; t: TFn }) {
  const { language } = useObjectTranslation();
  return (
- <Card icon={Activity} title={t('sidebar.activityFeed', { defaultValue: 'Activity' })}>
+ <Card icon={Activity} title={t('sidebar.activityFeed', { defaultValue: 'Activity feed' })}>
  {items.length === 0 ? (
  <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
  {t('layout.activityFeed.empty', { defaultValue: 'No recent activity' })}

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/console/organizations/OrganizationsPage.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/console/organizations/OrganizationsPage.tsx
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ export function OrganizationsPage() {
  <div className="mx-auto w-full max-w-5xl px-4 sm:px-6 py-8 sm:py-12">
  <div className="mb-8">
  <h1 className="text-2xl sm:text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight">
- {t('organizations.heading', { defaultValue: 'Your Organizations' })}
+ {t('organizations.heading', { defaultValue: 'Your Workspaces' })}
  </h1>
  <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-1">
  {t('organizations.subtitle', {
- defaultValue: 'Select an organization to continue, or create a new one.',
+ defaultValue: 'Select a workspace to continue, or create a new one.',
  })}
  </p>
  </div>
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export function OrganizationsPage() {
  value={query}
  onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
  placeholder={t('organizations.searchPlaceholder', {
- defaultValue: 'Search for an organization',
+ defaultValue: 'Search for a workspace',
  })}
  className="pl-9"
  data-testid="organizations-search"
@@ -200,32 +200,32 @@ export function OrganizationsPage() {
  {canCreateOrg && (
  <Button onClick={() => setIsCreateOpen(true)} data-testid="organizations-new">
  <Plus className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
- {t('organizations.new', { defaultValue: 'New organization' })}
+ {t('organizations.new', { defaultValue: 'New workspace' })}
  </Button>
  )}
  </div>
 
  {orgList.length === 0 ? (
  <Empty>
  <EmptyTitle>
- {t('organizations.emptyTitle', { defaultValue: 'No organizations yet' })}
+ {t('organizations.emptyTitle', { defaultValue: 'No workspaces yet' })}
  </EmptyTitle>
  <EmptyDescription>
  {t('organizations.emptyDescription', {
- defaultValue: 'Create your first organization to get started.',
+ defaultValue: 'Create your first workspace to get started.',
  })}
  </EmptyDescription>
  {canCreateOrg && (
  <Button className="mt-6" onClick={() => setIsCreateOpen(true)}>
  <Plus className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
- {t('organizations.new', { defaultValue: 'New organization' })}
+ {t('organizations.new', { defaultValue: 'New workspace' })}
  </Button>
  )}
  </Empty>
  ) : filtered.length === 0 ? (
  <div className="rounded-lg border border-dashed p-8 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">
  {t('organizations.noMatches', {
- defaultValue: 'No organizations match your search.',
+ defaultValue: 'No workspaces match your search.',
  })}
  </div>
  ) : (
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export function OrganizationsPage() {
  <div className="truncate font-medium">{org.name}</div>
  <div className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">
  {isActive
- ? t('organizations.current', { defaultValue: 'Current organization' })
+ ? t('organizations.current', { defaultValue: 'Current workspace' })
  : org.slug}
  </div>
  </div>

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/layout/AppHeader.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/layout/AppHeader.tsx
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ export function AppHeader({
  <>
  <PathSep />
  <span className="text-sm font-medium text-foreground/80 px-1.5">
- {t('organizations.title', { defaultValue: 'Organizations' })}
+ {t('organizations.title', { defaultValue: 'Workspaces' })}
  </span>
  </>
  )}

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/layout/AppSidebar.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/layout/AppSidebar.tsx
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export function AppSidebar({ activeAppName, onAppChange }: { activeAppName: stri
  <SidebarGroup data-testid="system-fallback-nav">
  <SidebarGroupLabel className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
  <Settings className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
- {t('layout.appSwitcher.systemConsole', { defaultValue: 'System' })}
+ {t('layout.appSwitcher.systemConsole', { defaultValue: 'System Console' })}
  </SidebarGroupLabel>
  <SidebarGroupContent>
  <SidebarMenu>

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/layout/ChatDock.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/layout/ChatDock.tsx
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ export function ChatDockLauncher({ onExpand, className }: ChatDockLauncherProps)
  onClick={onExpand}
  data-testid="chat-dock-launcher"
  aria-label={t('console.ai.dock.open', { defaultValue: 'Open assistant' })}
- title={t('console.ai.dock.open', { defaultValue: 'Open assistant (⌘⇧I)' })}
+ title={t('console.ai.dock.open', { defaultValue: 'Open assistant' })}
  className={cn(
  'fixed right-0 top-1/2 z-40 hidden h-16 w-7 -translate-y-1/2 rounded-l-md rounded-r-none border-r-0 bg-background shadow-md md:inline-flex',
  className,

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/layout/InboxPopover.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/layout/InboxPopover.tsx
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export function InboxPopover({
  </TabsTrigger>
  <TabsTrigger value="activity" className="text-xs gap-1.5 data-[state=active]:bg-transparent">
  <ActivityIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
- {t('sidebar.activityFeed', { defaultValue: 'Activity' })}
+ {t('sidebar.activityFeed', { defaultValue: 'Activity feed' })}
  </TabsTrigger>
  </TabsList>
 

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/views/InterfaceListPage.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/views/InterfaceListPage.tsx
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export function InterfaceListPage({ page, className, onConfigChange, reserveEdit
  <div className="mx-auto mb-4 flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-muted">
  <Database className="h-6 w-6 text-muted-foreground" />
  </div>
- <EmptyTitle>{t('empty.objectNotFound', { defaultValue: 'Source object not found' })}</EmptyTitle>
+ <EmptyTitle>{t('empty.objectNotFound', { defaultValue: 'Object Not Found' })}</EmptyTitle>
  <EmptyDescription>
  {t('empty.interfacePageSourceMissing', {
  defaultValue: 'This interface page references "{{name}}", which is not available.',

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/views/RecordDetailView.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/views/RecordDetailView.tsx
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ export function RecordDetailView({ dataSource, objects, onEdit, objectNameOverri
  history: {
  entries: historyEntries ?? [],
  loading: historyLoading && historyEntries === null,
- unknownUserText: t('detail.unknownUser', { defaultValue: 'Unknown user' }),
+ unknownUserText: t('detail.unknownUser', { defaultValue: 'Unknown' }),
  },
  }),
  // Approvals tab (#3461) — only when the record actually has requests,
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ export function RecordDetailView({ dataSource, objects, onEdit, objectNameOverri
  // because the page is not focused or running over http://).
  try {
  await navigator.clipboard.writeText(window.location.href);
- toast.success(t('detail.linkCopied', { defaultValue: 'Link copied' }));
+ toast.success(t('detail.linkCopied', { defaultValue: 'Link copied to clipboard' }));
  } catch (err: any) {
  toast.error(
  t('detail.linkCopyFailed', { defaultValue: 'Failed to copy link' }) +

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/views/ReportConfigPanel.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/views/ReportConfigPanel.tsx
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ export function ReportConfigPanel({
  className="hidden sm:flex w-[440px] shrink-0 flex-col border-l bg-background h-full"
  data-testid="report-config-panel"
  role="complementary"
- aria-label={t('report.editor.title', { defaultValue: 'Edit report' })}
+ aria-label={t('report.editor.title', { defaultValue: 'Title' })}
  >
  <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b px-4 py-2.5 shrink-0">
  <div className="text-sm font-medium truncate">
- {t('report.editor.title', { defaultValue: 'Edit report' })}
+ {t('report.editor.title', { defaultValue: 'Title' })}
  </div>
  <Button
  variant="ghost"

diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/views/ReportView.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/views/ReportView.tsx
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ export function ReportView({ dataSource }: { dataSource?: DataSource }) {
  <div className="flex-1 overflow-hidden flex flex-col sm:flex-row relative">
  <div className="flex-1 min-w-0 overflow-auto p-4 sm:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-muted/5">
  <div className="w-full shadow-sm border rounded-lg sm:rounded-xl bg-background overflow-hidden min-h-150">
- <Suspense fallback={<div className="p-8 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('common.loading', { defaultValue: 'Loading…' })}</div>}>
+ <Suspense fallback={<div className="p-8 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('common.loading', { defaultValue: 'Loading...' })}</div>}>
  <div className="p-4 sm:p-6">
  <ReportRenderer schema={previewReport} dataSource={dataSource as any} rows={reportRuntimeData} onDrill={handleDatasetDrill} />
  </div>

diff --git a/packages/plugin-detail/src/DetailView.tsx b/packages/plugin-detail/src/DetailView.tsx
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ export const DetailView: React.FC<DetailViewProps> = ({
  </TooltipTrigger>
  <TooltipContent>
  {idCopied
- ? t('detail.copied', { defaultValue: 'Copied' })
+ ? t('detail.copied', { defaultValue: 'Copied!' })
  : t('detail.copyRecordId', { defaultValue: 'Copy record ID' })}
  </TooltipContent>
  </Tooltip>