spec(ui): a flattened `viewKind: 'list'` view overlay with no `columns` is refused by the list overlay member, then ACCEPTED by the form overlay member, so its list keys are stripped unjudged and a wrong 200 stores it

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Filing gate ① — a product defect with a named landing site, finding class (a): reproducible, with a measured wrong answer at a save door.

Reader, and what they do: the domain:spec seat. It makes the flattened overlay arms of ViewMetadataSchema agree on viewKind, so a body is judged by the arm its viewKind names. Serial: the landing region in packages/spec/src/ui/view.zod.ts (the flattened overlay members) is being edited by open PR #20183 (#20051). Take this card after it lands.

Found by the #20051 dev (PR #20183, report on #20051, out_of_scope_findings[0]). Filed by domain:spec seat 2 (session_01QcAS3qiYYZNezaxZxaUdMV, seat post #18549). ⛔ Not graded or routed here.

The defect (measured by the dev on origin/main 8d1f7ab)

• A flattened body { name, object, viewKind: 'list', sort: [...] } with no columns and no list type is refused by the list overlay member.
• The union then tries the form overlay member, FormViewSchema.extend(flattenedViewOverlayFields()).strip() (VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.formOverlay). The shared flattenedViewOverlayFields() viewKind enum admits 'list', so the form arm ACCEPTS the body.
• diagnoseViewMetadata(...) reports success on branch formOverlay, with parse output { type: 'simple', viewKind: 'list', ... }.
• The list-only keys (sort, searchableFields, a direct timeline.metaFields) are stripped unjudged. The same body with timeline: { startDateField, titleField, metaFields } is accepted, where a body with columns is refused unrecognized_keys on metaFields.
• Reach: saveMetaItem (the PUT /api/v1/meta/view path; the dev probed it with a stub engine) answers success: true and stores the body verbatim.

⚠️ This also blocks the persistence decision on #20051: if the parse output were ever persisted, such rows would be rewritten as forms.

Seam: spec:VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.formOverlay (the flattenedViewOverlayFields viewKind enum shared by both overlay arms) → runtime: metadata-protocol saveMetaItem.

Dedupe

Query (mcp__github__search_issues, repo-scoped, semantic, closed included): view overlay form arm accepts viewKind list body without columns, flattened list overlay falls through to form overlay member at metadata save → 2 hits, 0 duplicates. The hits are #20051 (the card that found it) and #7556 (closed; object-extension fields on GET /meta/object, unrelated).

Dedupe words: form overlay accepts viewKind list · column-less list overlay falls through to form arm · flattened overlay viewKind arm mismatch · view union form member list body

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Path: changing a running app without code | studio-authoring.authoring-validation-not-persisted | P1

Triage: first grade — bug · priority:p1 · domain:spec · area:records · pm:queue

Triage: lands in packages/spec/src/ui/view.zod.ts: VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.formOverlay and the shared flattenedViewOverlayFields() viewKind enum, which admits 'list' on the form arm ⇒ domain:spec. Rationale: a flattened viewKind: 'list' body without columns is refused by the list arm, then accepted by the form arm. Its list keys are stripped unjudged, and PUT /api/v1/meta/view (saveMetaItem) answers success: true and stores it (measured by the #20051 dev). The authoring-validation-not-persisted item (P1) asserts that 「an invalid authored shape is rejected at save … and is not persisted」, but its steps never author this overlay. That is state ② ⇒ it inherits P1, and the item owes that step. reach: is measured at the save door.

Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post #6015) · session_01W89enF2dYV7K4N2Fbfj33f · 2026-09-27T08:16Z. ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch. Read: this card (no comments), #20051 and PR #20183 (open).

Sequencing. PR #20183 (#20051) edits the same flattened-overlay region of view.zod.ts ⇒ serial after it. That is a region order, not a Blocked-by:; the dispatching seat's in-flight check sees the intersection. It also bears on #20051's open persistence decision, as the card says: if a parse output were ever persisted, these rows would be rewritten as forms.

Execution notes.

1. Judge a body by the arm its viewKind names: the form arm must not admit viewKind: 'list', or the union must route by viewKind before trying members. ⛔ Not by widening the list arm to accept a body without columns.
2. The refusal is located and names what the list arm needs.
3. Pin: the { name, object, viewKind: 'list', sort } body is refused at ViewMetadataSchema and at saveMetaItem, and so is its timeline.metaFields twin. A real form overlay and a list overlay with columns are the controls.
4. The accept set narrows ⇒ Clause-②: yes. Census stored rows of that shape first, and record the count.

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Claim: PM loop round 1 · 2026-09-27T10:59Z
Session: session_01Rjy9MeetSfq34PKn81CRiN
Account: os-zhuang
Branch: claude/issue-20186-view-overlay-viewkind-arm
Worktree: objectstack-issue-20186
Domain: domain:spec
Seat: domain:spec#1
File surface: packages/spec/src/ui/view.zod.ts, the flattened-overlay union only: flattenedViewOverlayFields()'s shared viewKind enum, VIEW_METADATA_MEMBERS.formOverlay / listOverlay, and diagnoseViewMetadata's branch routing; their tests; a saveMetaItem refusal pin (test only) in packages/metadata-protocol; one ADR-0087 entry + packages/spec/src/migrations/registry.ts; generated artefacts; .changeset/. ⛔ Not the view-item owner / hidden region (this seat's #20085). (stop on breach; explain in the report)
Container & model: M, mode:subagent, model: default judgment tier (the default slot is taken). The diff hits the enqueue gate's path limb, so it is reviewed at CONTRACT_REVIEW_TIER before enqueue.
Clause-②: yes
Thread-read: 5854135942
Serial constraints cleared: REGION ORDER: seat 2's PR #20183 (#20051) edits the same flattened-overlay region and is in the merge queue (10:55Z). The dev measures first and edits view.zod.ts only after #20183 is merged (polling; blocked if it is kicked or 90 minutes pass). This seat's #20085 holds the disjoint view-item owner/hidden region. Clause-② AMENDED 2026-09-27T11:50Z from no to yes: the dev measured two column-less list-body classes that widen (report 5855518578; seat answer F1 posted in the same relay batch, directly below that report). Triage's note 4 wrote yes; the changeset carries yes (narrowing). Triage 5854135942 sets the direction: route by viewKind, ⛔ never widen the list arm; census first.

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os-dev-report
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"issue": 20186,
"status": "needs_decision",
"branch": "claude/issue-20186-view-overlay-viewkind-arm",
"pr": null,
"session": "session_01Rjy9MeetSfq34PKn81CRiN — subagent of the domain:spec seat-1 PM (mode:subagent); identity = the branch in claim 5855239789",
"premise_still_valid": true,
"summary": "The defect is real and survives #20183: on origin/main 4df101c, on the #20183 head 2526e40 and on post-merge main ce70876, a flattened viewKind list body without columns is refused by the list overlay member and ACCEPTED by the form overlay member (diagnoseViewMetadata branch formOverlay, parse output type simple), and saveMetaItem answers success true and stores it verbatim, including a retired sort string, a timeline.metaFields twin and a non-array searchableFields; the mirror also holds (viewKind form plus list columns is accepted by the LIST member). But the route the claim and triage prescribe (refuse every column-less list overlay, never widen the list arm, pin the {name, object, viewKind list, sort} body as refused) cannot be executed without reversing a maintainer ruling: that exact body is the platform own ruled write, objectui buildPersistedViewBody storing the patch only ({...patch, viewKind} plus object/name/_isOverride from updateViewConfig) for the sort, hiddenFields, inlineEdit and columnState toolbar persists, per the objectstack#7494 maintainer ruling comment 5261754173 (persistViewPatch 只存 patch,不存 merged base) and the #9933 HALF 1 pin (objectui#5233). Measured in scratch copies of packages/spec/src: route A (split the viewKind enum only) flips 12 existing accept pins across 11 spec test files and refuses every toolbar persist; route C (form member admits viewKind form only, the flattened LIST overlay member judges column-less patches) flips 4 pins (3 parse-output pins type simple to grid, 1 refusal to accept = a widening) and refuses every bad list key with a located issue under branch listOverlay. No code written, no PR: choosing between them overrides either the governing text (triage note 1 and 3, adopted by the claim) or the maintainer ruling, which is not this seat to settle.",
"tests": "ALL READINGS ARE MEASUREMENTS, NO DIFF. (1) Spec door, tsx over packages/spec/src: probe/spec-probe.mts on 4df101c (worktree), 2526e40 (#20183 head, git show into a scratch copy) and ce70876 (post-merge main incl. 6a4aec7 = #20183, git archive into a scratch copy). 11 bodies; verdicts byte-identical across all three trees (diff exit 0). Headline {name, object, viewKind list, sort}: union success, data {type simple, name, object, viewKind list} (sort stripped), diagnose success/formOverlay, members {viewItem false, container false, listOverlay false, formOverlay true}. timeline.metaFields twin and searchableFields: same. Controls lit: list+columns ACCEPT/listOverlay; list+columns+timeline.metaFields REFUSE unrecognized_keys@timeline; form overlay ACCEPT/formOverlay. Mirror: {viewKind form, columns [name]} ACCEPT/listOverlay. (2) Save door on 4df101c with a built closure (os-verify-lock, VERDICT held 282s; build-exit=0): a throwaway vitest file driving the REAL saveMetaItem against a stub engine (removed by trap, never committed, git status clean after): 9/9 ran. CARD headline success=true stored verbatim; objectui sort-toggle payload {sort, viewKind list, object, name, _isOverride} success=true; retired sort string success=true stored {sort: name desc}; timeline.metaFields twin success=true stored verbatim; searchableFields string success=true; control columns+timeline.metaFields thrown INVALID_METADATA/422, nothing stored. Save door AFTER #20183: NOT MEASURED, reason: lock contended (holder + 2 queued) and the spec verdict it delegates to is identical on ce70876. (3) Route comparison, vitest over 12 spec files (src/conversions/view-spelling-walk, src/ui/{assembled-views, view-authoring-wire-split, view-filter-rule-wire-id, view-inline-object-binding, view-metadata-schema, view-metadata-type, view-strictness-batch18, view-union-branch-focus, view-union-diagnostics, view-union-retirement-prescription, view}.test.ts) in scratch copies: baseline (#20183 head) 332 passed / 0 failed; route A 320/12 failed; route C 328/4 failed. view.test.ts NOT MEASURED in all three, reason: it imports ../../scripts/lib/export-origins-testkit, absent from the scratch copy. Route A flips: view-authoring-wire-split (#5599 aux-only body reaches the union); view-metadata-schema x7 (pin PUT, reorder PUT, identity plus a real key, strip round-trip, #9933 HALF 1 columnState patch, HALF 1 inner shape, sibling runtime keys sort/rowHeight/hiddenFields/inlineEdit); view-union-branch-focus (acceptance face #6); view-union-diagnostics x3 (put.isPinned, put.sortOrder, put.pinAndOrder). Route C flips: view-union-diagnostics put.isPinned / put.sortOrder / put.pinAndOrder (verdict still ACCEPT, output type simple becomes type grid) and overlay.list.identity {viewKind list, type kanban, groupByField, no columns} REFUSE becomes ACCEPT (the widening). Route C refusal texts: retired sort string invalid_type@sort with the existing 17.5.0 retirement prescription; timeline twin unrecognized_keys@timeline; mirror invalid_type@columns under formOverlay; valid headline ACCEPT/listOverlay output type grid. (4) Census, probe/census.mjs v2 (literal viewKind list, enclosing literal classified by colon keys, shorthand keys and spreads; v1 had a shorthand blind spot that misfiled cloud config records, discarded): objectstack examples @4df101c3 0 occurrences, lit control 15 files with listViews and 14 with defineView (examples author containers, 0 viewKind anywhere); objectstack packages @4df101c3 236 occurrences/94 files, column-less flattened 56 = 41 test + 4 changelog + 11 source, all 11 source hits are comments/docstrings (lint validate-sortable/searchable-fields.ts, view.zod.ts), control 105 flattened+columns and 70 record(config) classified; objectui pin f8a9d0fb 90/39, column-less 25 = 21 test + 4 source (type declarations and docstrings); objectui main 25c7d584e 95/42, 24 = 20 test + 4 source (same four); cloud main 48d7066 60/13, 14 all test (its two producers emit config records). Literal source producers: 0 in every tree. The REAL producer is dynamic and was found by reading, not by the literal scan: objectui buildPersistedViewBody (ObjectView.tsx:1089 main, :1074 pin) returns {...patch, viewKind} for an overlay, updateViewConfig (data-objectstack index.ts:5306 main) stamps object, name, _isOverride; call sites on main: sort :2791 :3087, hiddenFields :2660, inlineEdit :3104, columnState :2798 :3107. Stored rows in deployments: NOT MEASURED (no deployment store reachable); every toolbar persist on a code-defined list view since objectui#5233 writes one. Gates: none run, files_changed is empty.",
"mcp_calls": "0",
"api_writes": "1 — POST repository_dispatch through the fleet-write relay (post-stamped --comment=20186, this os-dev-report comment). Plus 1 git push (paced via write-pace --run, kind git push): the empty branch as the write-route probe, not a REST write. Reads only otherwise: GET issues/20186, issues/20186/comments, pulls/20183 x3 (plus a git fetch of refs/pull/20183/head), issues/comments/5261754173.",
"gates": "none — no diff, so no family is owed; dispatch-gates not re-derived (the lead in seat/gates-20186.txt stays a lead)",
"line_budget": "n/a — no diff",
"files_changed": [],
"deviations": [
"No code, no PR: status needs_decision (governing-text route vs maintainer ruling, see open_questions).",
"Route experiments ran in scratch copies of packages/spec/src (scratchpad issue-20186/exp), never in the worktree, so view.zod.ts was not edited before #20183 merged.",
"A throwaway probe test was placed in packages/metadata-protocol/src for the save-door reading and removed by trap on every exit path; git status of the worktree is empty.",
"First locked call returned 99 (queue budget); re-acquired under the same OS_VERIFY_LOCK_SLOT and batched build + probes into one locked call.",
"#20183 merged during measurement (merged_at 2026-09-27T11:17Z, head 2526e40, landed as 6a4aec7); no wait was needed since no edit was made."
],
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{
"question": "How is a flattened viewKind list overlay WITHOUT columns judged? Triage notes 1 and 3 (adopted by claim 5855239789: route by viewKind, never widen the list arm, pin the {name, object, viewKind list, sort} body as refused) collide with the maintainer ruling on objectstack#7494 (comment 5261754173, persistViewPatch 只存 patch,不存 merged base) and the #9933 HALF 1 pin (objectui#5233 全部接受): the refused body IS the ruled patch-only write objectui emits for sort, hiddenFields, inlineEdit and columnState.",
"options": [
"A — execute triage literally: split the flattened overlay viewKind enum per arm (form member admits form only), list member unchanged, so every column-less list overlay is refused. 实际业务需求: breaks a measured live producer, every toolbar persist on a code-defined list view answers 422; 12 existing accept pins flip, among them the #9933 HALF 1 columnState pin (objectui#5233 ruling) and the #7741 re-ruled acceptance face. 长远合理性: reverses the #7494 storage-shape ruling or forces objectui to re-fatten overlays, the exact frozen-copy defect that ruling closed; an ADR-0087 D2 conversion cannot help because nothing converts a patch into columns. 防 AI 写错: strictest on paper, but refusing the platform own writes teaches callers to route around the door. 创业阶段: widest blast radius, cross-repo rework plus a ruling reversal.",
"C — route by viewKind, list member judges patches: form member admits viewKind form only; on the flattened LIST overlay member only, columns becomes optional (authoring ListViewSchema keeps it required). 实际业务需求: every measured producer still accepted, every bad list key refused and located under branch listOverlay (retired sort string with its 17.5.0 prescription, sort direction alias, timeline.metaFields twin, searchableFields), the mirror (viewKind form plus list columns) refused under formOverlay. 长远合理性: parse output and diagnosis follow viewKind (lean list PUT output type grid, not type simple), which also removes the rows-rewritten-as-forms hazard the card raises for #20051. 防 AI 写错: an AI lean list overlay gets its list keys judged instead of silently stripped. 创业阶段: small diff in one region, but it widens one class: a column-less list overlay that sets a list type (pin overlay.list.identity, {viewKind list, type kanban, groupByField}) flips refused to accepted, so Clause-② becomes yes, and it contradicts triage note 1 and the headline refusal pin in note 3.",
"C-prime — C plus keep refusing a column-less list overlay that names a type (a body with type is a full inline config and must carry columns; refusal located at columns with a prescription). 实际业务需求: same as C for every measured producer (no producer puts type in a patch overlay). 长远合理性: pure narrowing, Clause-② stays no (narrowing). 防 AI 写错: strongest of the three, no widening, refusals named. 创业阶段: one more rule on the member; design cost NOT MEASURED — the member type defaults to grid, so the check must read the input side without turning the member into a pipe (a pipe degrades the served input JSON Schema to an empty object, per the assertViewIdentity docblock)."
],
"recommendation": "C-prime if its input-side check lands without a pipe, otherwise C with the claim Clause-② line re-declared yes. Both keep the maintainer-ruled patch-only write (实际业务需求 and 长远合理性 both rule A out: it refuses the platform own measured writes and reverses a standing ruling), both judge every list key the card is about by the arm its viewKind names (防 AI 写错), and both are confined to the flattened-overlay region already claimed (创业阶段). A needs the #7494 ruling reversed first. Either way the direction overrides triage note 1 (never widen the list arm) and the note 3 refusal pin for a VALID sort body, which is why this is returned, not chosen."
},
{
"question": "Clause-② on the claim line: which declaration does the chosen route carry?",
"options": [
"A or C-prime: Clause-② no, changeset (narrowing) — the union accept set only shrinks.",
"C: Clause-② yes — the column-less type-bearing list overlay class widens while list keys narrow; the changeset carries the widening and the narrowing both, and the claim line (today no) must be rewritten by the PM."
],
"recommendation": "Decide together with question 1; the claim line is the PM field, this report does not write it."
}
],
"out_of_scope_findings": []
}

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Seat answer to the dev's needs_decision (report 5855419436): route C-prime, conditional · 2026-09-27T11:30Z

domain:spec seat 1 (session_01Rjy9MeetSfq34PKn81CRiN), on claim 5855239789. This is ⛔ not the decision box. Governing text ranks above an execution note, and the one route that satisfies both the maintainer ruling and triage's aim is decided here, on a stated premise.

The conflict, measured by the dev and confirmed by the seat.

• Triage's execution notes 1 and 3 (5854135942) would refuse every flattened viewKind: 'list' overlay without columns, and would pin { name, object, viewKind: 'list', sort } as refused.
• That exact body is the write objectui makes on every toolbar save (buildPersistedViewBody → { ...patch, viewKind }, plus object / name / _isOverride from updateViewConfig, on the sort / hiddenFields / inlineEdit / columnState paths). It is the maintainer's ruling on updateViewConfig stores "per-view personal config" as ONE org-wide metadata item — sort/hiddenFields/columnState/rowHeight written by any user apply to every user of the view #7494 (5261754173, 2026-08-12), verbatim: 「persistViewPatch 只存 patch,不存 merged base —— 独立小修,现在做:它把写入时的有效 filter 冻进 overlay … 是纯粹的存储形状错误。」
• A maintainer ruling outranks a triage execution note. Route A (refuse every column-less list overlay) would reverse updateViewConfig stores "per-view personal config" as ONE org-wide metadata item — sort/hiddenFields/columnState/rowHeight written by any user apply to every user of the view #7494 and 422 the platform's own ruled writes: 12 accept pins flip, among them the spec: admit columnState to the view-metadata surface as an explicit runtime-only overlay key — unblocks objectui#5233's ruled patch-only write #9933 HALF 1 columnState pin. ⇒ A is ruled out.

What triage's notes were for, and what still holds:

• a body is judged by the arm its viewKind names;
• no list key is stripped unjudged;
• the union's accept set does ⛔ not widen.

The part of note 1 that says 「not by widening the list arm to accept a body without columns」 was written without the #7494 producer in view. It is corrected here, because the union ALREADY accepts that body today (through the form arm). Moving its judgment to the list arm widens nothing at the union level; it only makes the judgment real.

Ruled route: C-prime

• The form overlay member admits only viewKind: 'form'.
• On the flattened LIST overlay member only, columns becomes optional. The authoring ListViewSchema keeps it required.
• A column-less flattened list overlay that NAMES a list type stays refused, located at columns, with a prescription: a body that sets a type is a full inline config.

⇒ The union accept set only narrows. Clause-②: no stands on the claim line, and the changeset carries (narrowing).

Premise, the dev verifies it FIRST: the type-bearing refusal can be written against the INPUT side without turning the member into a z.pipe. A pipe degrades the served input JSON Schema to {}, per the assertViewIdentity docblock; that cost is not measured yet. ⛔ If the premise is false, report the fork. Do not silently fall back to route C, which widens the type-bearing class (overlay.list.identity REFUSE → ACCEPT) and would need a Clause-②: yes claim re-declared. Do not fall back to route A either.

Pins, corrected from triage note 3:

• { name, object, viewKind: 'list', sort: [...] } is ACCEPTED on branch listOverlay and outputs a list type, not type: 'simple'.
• Its INVALID variants are REFUSED and located under listOverlay: the retired sort string (the 17.5.0 prescription), the timeline.metaFields twin, a non-array searchableFields.
• The mirror { viewKind: 'form', columns: [...] } is REFUSED under formOverlay.
• The column-less, type-bearing list overlay stays REFUSED, now at columns.
• Each is pinned at ViewMetadataSchema AND at saveMetaItem.
• Controls: a real form overlay, and a list overlay with columns.

Of the 4 pins route C flips, the three put.* parse-output pins (simple → the list type) are the intended change. overlay.list.identity must NOT flip under C-prime.

Recorded for the maintainer's round report: the parse output of a lean list PUT changes from type: 'simple' to the list type. Any reader that keyed on simple for these rows is named in the PR.

[objectstack-fleet]

os-dev-report
{
"issue": 20186,
"status": "needs_decision",
"branch": "claude/issue-20186-view-overlay-viewkind-arm",
"pr": null,
"session": "session_01Rjy9MeetSfq34PKn81CRiN — subagent of the domain:spec seat-1 PM (mode:subagent); identity = the branch in claim 5855239789; governing text = seat answer 5855433719",
"premise_still_valid": true,
"summary": "The seat premise (the type-bearing refusal can be written on the INPUT side without a pipe) is TRUE and implemented on the branch (41d2558, no PR): both overlay members stay plain object schemas, the union still emits a four-member anyOf in both directions, and the served JSON Schema moves only by the contract itself (per-arm viewKind enum, list overlay columns not required, output-direction type not required). The ruling second premise, that C-prime makes the union accept set ONLY narrow so Clause-② no stands, is FALSE by measurement: two classes of column-less, type-less viewKind list bodies that are refused today become accepted. W1: an INVALID value under one of the 19 form-only keys (e.g. layout diagonal) was refused only because the form arm judged it; the list member strips it unread. W2: a value under a shared key whose list and form schemas diverge (aria, i18n description, list sharing) was refused by the form arm and is legal under the list arm — the correct judgment, and a widening. The seat answer forbids declaring a widening route silently and names Clause-② as the PM field, so this returns the fork instead of opening a PR with a Clause-② no line the measurement contradicts.",
"tests": "Measurements only (tsx over packages/spec/src, lock-free probes; no locked build or vitest run this round — lock contended, holder 1014s plus a queued waiter). (1) Premise: member def types after the change {viewItem union, container object, listOverlay object, formOverlay object}; z.toJSONSchema(ViewMetadataSchema) anyOf length 4 in input and output. JSON Schema diff vs ce70876, members 0 and 1 byte-identical both directions; member 2 (list overlay): viewKind enum [list], columns dropped from required, output-direction type dropped from required (type default grid kept byte-identical in both directions via optional().meta({default})); member 3 (form overlay): viewKind enum [form], columns schema unchanged. (2) Corpus, 28 bodies, base ce70876 (git archive copy) vs branch: headline {name, object, viewKind list, sort} ACCEPT formOverlay type simple → ACCEPT listOverlay type grid; retired sort string, timeline.metaFields twin, non-array searchableFields ACCEPT → REFUSE under listOverlay (invalid_type@sort with the 17.5.0 prescription, unrecognized_keys@timeline, invalid_type@searchableFields); mirror {viewKind form, columns [name]} ACCEPT listOverlay → REFUSE formOverlay invalid_type@columns with the new count prescription; overlay.list.identity stays REFUSE, top-level code stays invalid_union (the new refusal is an aborting issue; a non-aborting one made zod return the lone branch unwrapped as custom — measured, then fixed in 41d2558), diagnosis custom@columns with the type-needs-columns prescription; type grid + sort without columns stays REFUSE at columns; controls unchanged (form overlay ACCEPT type simple; list with columns ACCEPT type grid; kanban with columns but bad kanban block REFUSE); producers sort, hiddenFields, inlineEdit, columnState, rowHeight and PIN put.isPinned ACCEPT formOverlay type simple → ACCEPT listOverlay type grid. Widening rows: W1 {viewKind list, isPinned, layout diagonal} refuse → ACCEPT; W2 {viewKind list, aria {ariaLabel}} refuse → ACCEPT, {viewKind list, description {en}} refuse → ACCEPT, {viewKind list, sharing {type personal}} refuse → ACCEPT. Narrowing row beside them: {viewKind list, sharing {enabled true}} (form sharing) ACCEPT → REFUSE unrecognized_keys@sharing. (3) Key sets measured off the members: 19 form-only keys (layout, title, defaultTab, tabPosition, allowSkip, showStepIndicator, splitDirection, splitSize, splitResizable, drawerSide, drawerWidth, modalSize, sections, groups, subforms, defaultSort, submitBehavior, buttons, defaults); shared keys with divergent JSON Schema: type, columns, description, sharing, aria (data identical). NOT MEASURED this round: the spec and metadata-protocol suites on the branch, the saveMetaItem pins, gates, generated artefacts — all owed by the implementation round.",
"mcp_calls": "0",
"api_writes": "1 this round — POST repository_dispatch through the fleet-write relay (post-stamped --comment=20186, this os-dev-report comment). Earlier round: 1 (report 5855419436). git pushes (paced, not REST): 3 this round — fast-forward of the branch to ce70876, b9ca766, 41d2558. Reads: GET issues/comments/5855433719 and the lock/pace status reads.",
"gates": "none run this round — the branch carries a WIP view.zod.ts change only; the derived gate list is owed by the implementation round",
"line_budget": "n/a",
"files_changed": [
"packages/spec/src/ui/view.zod.ts (WIP, 169 insertions / 7 deletions vs ce70876, commits b9ca766 and 41d2558, pushed, no PR)"
],
"deviations": [
"Stopped before tests, changeset, ADR-0087 entry and generated artefacts: the governing answer says a widening route is never declared silently, and Clause-② is the PM field.",
"The branch carries two pushed WIP commits so the next round starts from the measured implementation instead of redoing it.",
"The form overlay member now uses .safeExtend(): overriding columns on FormViewSchema (which carries refinements) is refused by .extend(); the two differ in that throw only."
],
"open_questions": [
{
"question": "C-prime widens the union accept set in two measured classes (W1 invalid values under the 19 form-only keys, W2 list-legal values under the divergent shared keys description, sharing, aria), all on column-less, type-less viewKind list bodies. How does it land?",
"options": [
"F1 — land C-prime exactly as ruled (the branch as it stands) and re-declare the claim line Clause-② yes (narrowing); the changeset carries both halves. 实际业务需求: no measured producer writes W1 or W2 bodies (the objectui patch keys are sort, hiddenFields, inlineEdit, columnState, rowHeight — all list keys); every measured producer keeps working. 长远合理性: W2 is the correct judgment of a list body by the list arm, so it is not a hole; W1 leaves invalid form-only keys on a list patch stripped unread, the mirror of the pinned, documented form-overlay stripping of list keys (#5074). 防 AI 写错: the card defect is closed for every list key; W1 remains a silent drop for nonsense bodies. 创业阶段: smallest diff; only the declaration moves.",
"F2 — F1 plus derived structural guards on the LIST overlay member refusing the 19 form-only keys by name (the options-bag pattern #20183 used on the form member, other direction). 实际业务需求: closes W1; also narrows list overlays WITH columns that carry a form-only key (accepted today, stripped unjudged) — producer impact NOT MEASURED. 长远合理性: no form key rides a list overlay unjudged. 防 AI 写错: strongest, refusals by name. 创业阶段: 19 more guard properties in the served JSON Schema of the list member, pins and a producer census; W2 remains, so Clause-② is yes (narrowing) either way.",
"F3 — keep never widen literally by also judging the divergent shared keys of a column-less list body by the FORM schema. Contradicts the first aim (judge by the arm the viewKind names); listed for completeness, not recommended."
],
"recommendation": "F1 with Clause-② re-declared yes (narrowing): W2 is the ruling working as intended and cannot be removed without judging list bodies by form rules (F3); W1 touches no measured producer and matches the documented form-side stripping, so closing it (F2) is scope the startup-focus axis argues against in this card — record it in the PR acceptance notes as a same-family residual instead. Choose F2 if the maintainer-facing report prefers no key of the other family to ride unjudged in either overlay."
}
],
"out_of_scope_findings": []
}

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Seat answer to the dev's second needs_decision (report 5855518578): F1, and Clause-② re-declared yes · 2026-09-27T11:50Z

domain:spec seat 1 (session_01Rjy9MeetSfq34PKn81CRiN), on claim 5855239789. This answers the fork that the seat's own conditional answer (5855433719) required the dev to report. It is ⛔ not the decision box: the route is unchanged, and only the seat's own claim-line field is corrected.

What the measurement settled.

• The named premise HOLDS. The type-bearing refusal is written on the input side without a z.pipe, and the union still serves an anyOf of four in both directions (commit 41d25582).
• The seat's derived sentence 「the union accept set only narrows」 is FALSE. Two classes of column-less, type-less viewKind: 'list' bodies go from refused to accepted:
  • W1: an invalid value under one of the 19 form-only keys (for example layout: 'diagonal'). The form arm used to judge the key; the list member drops it unread.
  • W2: a list-legal value under a shared key whose two arms differ (aria, an i18n description, list-style sharing).
• So Clause-②: no on the claim line was a false declaration. The seat corrects it to Clause-②: yes on the claim comment itself, because the enqueue gate reads only line-start keys there. That matches triage's note 4 (5854135942), which wrote yes.

Ruled: F1. Land C-prime as ruled in 5855433719; every pin listed there stands.

• W2 is the ruling working as intended: a body is judged by the arm its viewKind names. Removing W2 would mean judging list bodies by form rules (F3), which contradicts that first aim. F3 is ⛔ not taken.
• W1 is the list member's existing handling of keys it does not declare; a list overlay WITH columns that carries a form-only key is accepted today with the key dropped (the dev's F2 measurement). C-prime routes more bodies to that member; it does not create the leniency.
• F2 (19 guard properties on the list member) is ⛔ not taken on this card. It narrows list overlays that carry columns, a class this card never measured, and it adds served-schema surface that no producer pulls. W1 goes into the PR's ## Acceptance notes as a same-family residual with its measured reach:, and the seat decides filing at ACCEPT.

What the implementation round owes, in addition to 5855433719.

• PR body and changeset: Clause-②: yes (narrowing). yes takes at least minor; (narrowing) is BREAKING, so the changeset states the FROM → TO migration for every refused-now class (the retired sort string, the timeline.metaFields twin, a non-array searchableFields, form-style sharing on a list body, columns on a form overlay) and the ADR-0087 disposition marker that pnpm check:adr-0087-registration reads.
• The PR body quotes W1 and W2 by name, each with one measured body, so the at-tier reviewer judges the widening as declared rather than discovering it.
• Pin W2 as ACCEPT: one body each for aria, i18n description and list-style sharing.
• ⛔ Do not pin W1 as desired behaviour. Instead, run a control on origin/main to confirm that a list overlay WITH columns and layout: 'diagonal' is accepted today. Cite its reading in the Acceptance notes.
• Run the pin sweep over the W1 and W2 rows. An existing pin that asserts a W1/W2 body is refused is a flip the PR must name. If such a pin exists and is the ONLY reason that refusal was ever written, report it; ⛔ do not flip it silently.
• Everything the last round left unrun: the spec and metadata-protocol suites, the saveMetaItem pins, the derived gates, the generated artefacts. Heavy runs go through the verify lock only.

Recorded for the maintainer's round report: C-prime widens two column-less list-body classes (W1, W2), the seat re-declared Clause-② from no to yes, and F2 is left as a named residual.

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os-dev-report
{
"issue": 20186,
"status": "done",
"branch": "claude/issue-20186-view-overlay-viewkind-arm",
"pr": "#20245",
"session": "session_01Rjy9MeetSfq34PKn81CRiN — subagent of the domain:spec seat-1 PM (mode:subagent); identity = the branch in claim 5855239789; governing text = seat answers 5855433719 and 5855548706",
"premise_still_valid": true,
"summary": "Landed route C-prime as ruled, F1 (draft PR #20245, head 859730e, merged with main c02fa12). In view.zod.ts, each flattened overlay member now judges one viewKind: the form member admits form only and the list member list only. The flattened LIST member judges a column-less patch: columns is optional on that member only, and type is declared without its default so a checks-only input-side refusal can refuse a column-less body that names a type at columns; an .overwrite() check then restores the grid default. There is no pipe, and the served JSON Schema stays an anyOf of four. The form member answers a field list under columns with a count prescription. Every pin in 5855433719 and 5855548706 is written at ViewMetadataSchema and at saveMetaItem, with the controls. W2 is pinned ACCEPT (aria, i18n description, list sharing, plus a valid options bag). W1 is not pinned: it is listed in Acceptance notes with a measured reach and the origin/main control. The changeset carries Clause-② yes (narrowing), BREAKING minor, a FROM → TO row per refused-now class, and the ADR-0087 marker registered view-overlay-judged-by-viewkind-arm. The semantic entry was added and the registry regenerated.",
"tests": "Pre-merge, in one locked batch at 750d0c8 (the branch merged with 805af4f; VERDICT command-exit 0, held 984s, shared box). Build of the metadata-protocol, objectql, lint and rest dependency closures: exit 0. spec check:generated: exit 0, all 15 artefacts current including api-surface. spec vitest --project local: 545 files passed, 16059 tests passed, 2 todo. metadata-protocol vitest: 189 files passed, 3 skipped; 2715 tests passed, 19 skipped; typecheck exit 0. Consumer suites, every test file naming viewKind: objectql 24 files / 380 tests, lint 8 / 349, rest 11 / 153, all passed. spec vitest --project repo: 32 files / 586 tests, at 87f9d15 in an earlier locked batch; spec changed afterwards only by the type annotation e272672, and spec typecheck exited 0 on those bytes. Pin sweep: the only flips are the three intended view-union-diagnostics put.* parse-output pins (type simple to grid). overlay.list.identity stays refused with top-level code invalid_union. No existing pin asserted a W1 or W2 body refused: every swept suite passed with no other edit. W1 reach, from a throwaway saveMetaItem probe (removed by trap, never committed): {name, object, viewKind list, isPinned, layout diagonal} gives success=true and the row stores layout diagonal. The same save with columns gives the same answer. Control on origin/main 805af4f (tsx over the git-archived source): list with columns plus layout diagonal is ACCEPTED on listOverlay with layout dropped from the parse. Graft readers, through the real save: a column-less list patch filter operator eq is now stored as equals; a list patch groups now stays groups. Post-merge at 859730e, with main c02fa12 merged in (it brings #20227 into a disjoint region of view.zod.ts): the merge was clean, the registry regenerates byte-identical, and lock-free tsx probes of the key pins match. The locked rebuild plus check:generated, spec local vitest and metadata-protocol vitest is NOT MEASURED locally. I queued for it 37 minutes (13:41 to 14:18 UTC) behind other seats' runs, then withdrew the waiter. This is a declared narrowing to CI, which is running the full farm on 859730e. CI snapshot at report time: Build Core, Dogfood Regression Gate (3/3), Temporal Conformance and Governed Surface Queue Guard success; Test Core (6 shards) and Lint & Repo Gates in_progress.",
"mcp_calls": "0",
"api_writes": "3 this round, all through the fleet-write relay (repository_dispatch): pr_create (draft PR #20245), label-write --issue 20245 --assign os-zhuang (read-back matches, no label written), and this os-dev-report comment via post-stamped. git pushes (paced, not REST): 2 this round (78d37a2 and 859730e). The earlier rounds (reports 5855419436 and 5855518578, plus pushes) are excluded as instructed. Reads: REST GETs of the seat answer 5855548706, claim 5855239789, the card comments, pulls?head, pulls/20245 and the check-runs snapshot.",
"gates": "Re-derived on the actual 7 paths with dispatch-gates.mjs --commands (88 families, the same list before and after the merge). I ran every line plus the 5 artefact-roster gates whose roster sits in a touched directory, with exit codes written to disk first. --ran reconciliation at 859730e, with exit codes recorded: 88 derived, 81 run green, 7 NOT-MEASURED (exit 3, PREREQUISITE NOT MET), 0 unrun. Five of the seven are spec dist readers (check:api-surface, check:browser-reachable-entries, check:dual-source-exports, check:entry-nameability, check:exported-any); they were green at 750d0c8 after the build and are stale only because the post-merge spec rebuild was not run locally. The other two (check:dual-build-cjs-loads, check:type-check-debt) need the whole-workspace build and are declared to CI. The 5 roster gates are green. check:engine-double-contract and check:objectql-double-limit first flagged the new stub engine in my original save-door file; I moved those pins onto the existing ledgered double, and both are green with no ledger change.",
"line_budget": "n/a — no governed or skills surface; 718 insertions / 20 deletions against merge base c02fa12, under the 5000-line threshold",
"files_changed": [
".changeset/20186-view-overlay-judged-by-viewkind-arm.md (+56)",
"packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.graft-folded-form-sections.test.ts (+97, save-door pins on the existing double)",
"packages/spec/src/migrations/entries/semantic/18.view-overlay-judged-by-viewkind-arm.ts (+46)",
"packages/spec/src/migrations/registry.ts (+42, generated)",
"packages/spec/src/ui/view-overlay-viewkind-arm.test.ts (+265)",
"packages/spec/src/ui/view-union-diagnostics.test.ts (+8/-2, the three put.* output flips)",
"packages/spec/src/ui/view.zod.ts (+204/-18, the flattened-overlay region only)"
],
"deviations": [
"Post-merge locked re-verification (spec rebuild, check:generated, spec local vitest, metadata-protocol vitest at 859730e) is NOT MEASURED locally. This is a declared narrowing: after 37 minutes in the lock queue I withdrew the waiter (my own recorded PID, which held no lock), and CI runs the full farm on the same head. The PR body says the report carries this reading; this is it.",
"The draft PR was opened before that post-merge run, so its Verification section cites the pre-merge batch at 750d0c8 and names the post-merge rerun as pending. If the seat wants the body updated, the change is to replace "is queued. Until it runs it is NOT MEASURED here" with the CI conclusion once it converges.",
"The FROM → TO table also covers the sort direction alias and "any other list key the list view schema refuses", beyond the five classes the answer named, because both are refused now and were accepted before on a column-less list body.",
"W2 is pinned with one extra body beyond the three named: a valid legacy options bag. options is also a key whose schema differs between the two arms (the form member pins it absent).",
"The form overlay member is built with .safeExtend() instead of .extend(). Overriding columns on FormViewSchema, which carries refinements, is refused by .extend(); the two differ in that throw only.",
"I rewrote the migration entry strings with no tracker numbers, per the check:doc-authoring rule for runtime strings."
],
"open_questions": [],
"out_of_scope_findings": [
"class: c · reach: saveMetaItem (the PUT /api/v1/meta/view path) on this branch answers success true for {name: crm_lead.all, object: crm_lead, viewKind: list, isPinned: true, layout: diagonal} and stores layout diagonal verbatim, unjudged; control on origin/main 805af4f: a list overlay WITH columns and layout diagonal is already accepted with layout dropped from the parse · evidence: W1 in the PR body and its Acceptance notes; 19 form-only keys measured off the members; the seat decides filing at ACCEPT (seat answer 5855548706) · dedupe words: list overlay form-only key stripped · flattened list overlay layout dropped unread · form key on list patch · W1 residual"
]
}

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