fix(db): reject in-place sync row changes without previousValue in development - #1988
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…velopment Core keeps the object a sync source writes as the stored row. A source that changed that object in place and wrote it again had already overwritten the previous value, so live queries saw an update whose old and new values matched and kept a row in a filter it left. In development, the write now throws SyncRowReusedWithoutPreviousValueError unless it names previousValue. The check compares a shallow snapshot of each written object, so rewriting an unchanged object, as the live-query Collection does, stays valid. Production builds skip it. Co-authored-by: Isaac <no-reply@databricks.com>
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughSync writes now track shallow snapshots of row objects in development. An update that changes a previously written object without ChangesReused Sync Row Detection
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SyncSource
participant SyncWritePath
participant checkReusedRow
SyncSource->>SyncWritePath: Send update containing row value
SyncWritePath->>checkReusedRow: Check in development mode
checkReusedRow->>checkReusedRow: Compare row fields with saved snapshot
alt Fields changed and previousValue is absent
checkReusedRow-->>SyncWritePath: Throw SyncRowReusedWithoutPreviousValueError
else
checkReusedRow-->>SyncWritePath: Refresh snapshot
end
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change is mergeable with a bounded documentation correction: clarify that nested mutations may escape the development check. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The validation stays within the existing collection-sync path and is disabled in production. The main concern is recovery behavior: a canceled write can leave diagnostic history that rejects a later update even though the canceled object never became the stored row. No newly expanded access or privilege boundary was identified in the inspected path. Retained concerns
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- Around line 188-189: Update both descriptions to clarify that
SyncRowReusedWithoutPreviousValueError is thrown only for changes detected by
the shallow snapshot check; explicitly state that in-place changes to fields
inside existing nested objects are not detected. In
docs/guides/collection-options-creator.md, update the error claim at lines
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the shallow scope of the reused-row check.
The check compares shallow snapshots, so in-place changes inside existing nested objects can bypass the error. Both descriptions should state this limitation.
docs/guides/collection-options-creator.md#L188-L189: qualify the error claim and state that in-place nested-field changes are not detected..changeset/reject-reused-sync-rows.md#L5-L5: narrow the release-note claim to changes visible to the shallow check and state the same limitation.
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Update both descriptions to clarify that SyncRowReusedWithoutPreviousValueError
is thrown only for changes detected by the shallow snapshot check; explicitly
state that in-place changes to fields inside existing nested objects are not
detected. In docs/guides/collection-options-creator.md, update the error claim
at lines 188–189; in .changeset/reject-reused-sync-rows.md, narrow the
release-note claim at line 5 and include the same limitation.
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🎯 Changes
A sync source that changes a stored row object in place and writes it again now gets an error in development. Before this change, the write succeeded and live queries could keep the row in a result that it left.
The collection keeps the object that a source passes to
write()as the row's stored value. If the source then changes that object and writes it again, the change already overwrote the previous value. The collection then publishes an update whose old value and new value are the same object. A live query filtered byeq(group, 'a')keeps the row after itsgroupbecame'b'. This affects compiled live queries and the pooled live queries in #1987.Core already supports reused row objects when the write names the previous value (#1835):
How the check works
In development, the sync manager records a shallow copy of each object that a source writes. When the same object comes back as an update without
previousValue, the manager compares it with that copy. A changed object throwsSyncRowReusedWithoutPreviousValueError.previousValueis not checked, and it refreshes the recorded copy.commit, as before.Limits
The copy is shallow, so the check does not detect changes to nested fields.
Docs and evidence
The sync
write()section of the collection options guide now states the rule and shows thepreviousValueform.packages/db/tests/sync-reused-row.test.tscovers five cases:previousValuethrows in development.previousValuemoves the row out of aneqlive query.A mutant without the check fails case 1. A mutant that ignores
previousValuefails cases 2 and 3.The full
@tanstack/dbrun reports 4 type-check errors insubset-error-matrix.test.tsandlocal-storage.test.ts. Cleanmainreports the same 4 errors, so this change does not cause them.✅ Checklist
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This pull request and its description were written by Isaac.
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