fix: restore isCustom gate in metadata label resolvers (#21432)

## Context

#21228 removed the stored `isCustom` column and, with it, the `isCustom`
early-return in `resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride` /
`resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride`, on the assumption that falling
through the `standardOverrides` checks was equivalent.

It isn't: custom object/field labels now reach the Lingui lookup. A
custom label that collides with a standard catalog string (e.g. a custom
field labeled "Status") gets translated for non-English locales against
the user's intent, and every other custom label pays a hash + catalog
miss — and, in production, an "Uncompiled message detected" warning
(#21415) — on each metadata resolution.

## Fix

Restore the gate. `isCustom` is no longer stored, so call sites that
build the resolver input from flat entities (dataloader,
minimal-metadata, view controller, command-menu-item navigation context)
derive it via `belongsToTwentyStandardApp`; GraphQL resolvers keep
passing DTOs, which already carry the derived value.

## Testing

- Unit tests for both resolvers, including a new regression test: a
custom label matching a standard catalog entry is returned verbatim,
Lingui never called.

---------

Co-authored-by: Weiko <corentin@twenty.com>

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/dataloaders/dataloader.service.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMapsOrThrow } from 'src/engine/metadata-m
 import { findManyFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-many-flat-entity-by-id-in-flat-entity-maps.util';
 import { findManyFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMapsOrThrow } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-many-flat-entity-by-id-in-flat-entity-maps-or-throw.util';
 import { fromFlatFieldMetadataToFieldMetadataDto } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/utils/from-flat-field-metadata-to-field-metadata-dto.util';
+import { belongsToTwentyStandardApp } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/belongs-to-twenty-standard-app.util';
 import { isFlatFieldMetadataOfType } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/utils/is-flat-field-metadata-of-type.util';
 import { resolveMorphRelationsFromFlatFieldMetadata } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/utils/resolve-morph-relations-from-flat-field-metadata.util';
 import { resolveRelationFromFlatFieldMetadata } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/utils/resolve-relation-from-flat-field-metadata.util';
@@ -336,6 +337,8 @@ export class DataloaderService {
                         label: flatFieldMetadata.label,
                         description: flatFieldMetadata.description ?? undefined,
                         icon: flatFieldMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
+                        isCustom:
+                          !belongsToTwentyStandardApp(flatFieldMetadata),
                         standardOverrides:
                           flatFieldMetadata.standardOverrides ?? undefined,
                       },

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/command-menu-item/utils/build-navigation-interpolation-context.util.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type NavigationInterpolationObjectMetadata = {
   labelSingular: string;
   description?: string | null;
   icon?: string | null;
+  isCustom: boolean;
   standardOverrides?: ObjectStandardOverridesDTO | null;
 };
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const buildNavigationInterpolationContext = ({
     labelSingular: objectMetadata.labelSingular,
     description: objectMetadata.description ?? undefined,
     icon: objectMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
+    isCustom: objectMetadata.isCustom,
     standardOverrides: objectMetadata.standardOverrides ?? undefined,
   };
 

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/utils/__tests__/resolve-field-metadata-standard-override.util.spec.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe('resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         label: 'Custom Label',
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 
@@ -39,11 +40,36 @@ describe('resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('Custom Label');
     });
 
+    it('should never translate a custom label even when it matches a standard catalog entry', () => {
+      const fieldMetadata = {
+        label: 'Status',
+        description: 'Custom Description',
+        icon: 'custom-icon',
+        isCustom: true,
+        standardOverrides: undefined,
+      };
+
+      mockGenerateMessageId.mockReturnValue('status.message.id');
+      mockI18n._.mockReturnValue('Statut');
+
+      const result = resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride(
+        fieldMetadata,
+        'label',
+        'fr-FR',
+        mockI18n,
+      );
+
+      expect(result).toBe('Status');
+      expect(mockGenerateMessageId).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockI18n._).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('should return the field value for custom description field', () => {
       const fieldMetadata = {
         label: 'Custom Label',
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 
@@ -62,6 +88,7 @@ describe('resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         label: 'Custom Label',
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/utils/resolve-field-metadata-standard-override.util.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { type FieldMetadataDTO } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadat
 export const resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride = (
   fieldMetadata: Pick<
     FieldMetadataDTO,
-    'label' | 'description' | 'icon' | 'standardOverrides'
+    'label' | 'description' | 'icon' | 'isCustom' | 'standardOverrides'
   >,
   labelKey: 'label' | 'description' | 'icon',
   locale: keyof typeof APP_LOCALES | undefined,
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ export const resolveFieldMetadataStandardOverride = (
 ): string => {
   const safeLocale = locale ?? SOURCE_LOCALE;
 
+  // Custom field labels are user-authored: never overridden nor translated.
+  // Without this gate, a label colliding with a standard catalog string
+  // (e.g. "Status") would get translated against the user's intent.
+  if (fieldMetadata.isCustom) {
+    return fieldMetadata[labelKey] ?? '';
+  }
+
   if (labelKey === 'icon' && isDefined(fieldMetadata.standardOverrides?.icon)) {
     return fieldMetadata.standardOverrides.icon;
   }

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/minimal-metadata/minimal-metadata.service.ts

@@ -78,12 +78,15 @@ export class MinimalMetadataService {
       .filter(isDefined)
       .filter((flatObjectMetadata) => flatObjectMetadata.isActive === true)
       .map((flatObjectMetadata) => {
+        const isCustom = !belongsToTwentyStandardApp(flatObjectMetadata);
+
         const objectMetadataForOverride = {
           labelPlural: flatObjectMetadata.labelPlural,
           labelSingular: flatObjectMetadata.labelSingular,
           description: flatObjectMetadata.description ?? undefined,
           icon: flatObjectMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
           color: flatObjectMetadata.color ?? undefined,
+          isCustom,
           standardOverrides: flatObjectMetadata.standardOverrides ?? undefined,
         };
 
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ export class MinimalMetadataService {
             i18nInstance,
           ),
           icon: flatObjectMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
-          isCustom: !belongsToTwentyStandardApp(flatObjectMetadata),
+          isCustom,
           isActive: flatObjectMetadata.isActive,
           isSystem: flatObjectMetadata.isSystem,
           isRemote: flatObjectMetadata.isRemote,

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/utils/__tests__/resolve-object-metadata-standard-override.util.spec.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
         color: 'blue',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       } satisfies Pick<
         ObjectMetadataDTO,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         | 'labelSingular'
         | 'description'
         | 'icon'
+        | 'isCustom'
         | 'standardOverrides'
       >;
 
@@ -50,13 +52,14 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
       expect(result).toBe('My Custom');
     });
 
-    it('should return the object value for custom description object', () => {
+    it('should never translate a custom label even when it matches a standard catalog entry', () => {
       const objectMetadata = {
-        labelSingular: 'My Custom',
+        labelSingular: 'Company',
-        labelPlural: 'My Customs',
+        labelPlural: 'Companies',
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
         color: 'blue',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       } satisfies Pick<
         ObjectMetadataDTO,
@@ -65,6 +68,42 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         | 'labelSingular'
         | 'description'
         | 'icon'
+        | 'isCustom'
+        | 'standardOverrides'
+      >;
+
+      mockGenerateMessageId.mockReturnValue('company.message.id');
+      mockI18n._.mockReturnValue('Entreprise');
+
+      const result = resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride(
+        objectMetadata,
+        'labelSingular',
+        'fr-FR',
+        mockI18n,
+      );
+
+      expect(result).toBe('Company');
+      expect(mockGenerateMessageId).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockI18n._).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should return the object value for custom description object', () => {
+      const objectMetadata = {
+        labelSingular: 'My Custom',
+        labelPlural: 'My Customs',
+        description: 'Custom Description',
+        icon: 'custom-icon',
+        color: 'blue',
+        isCustom: true,
+        standardOverrides: undefined,
+      } satisfies Pick<
+        ObjectMetadataDTO,
+        | 'color'
+        | 'labelPlural'
+        | 'labelSingular'
+        | 'description'
+        | 'icon'
+        | 'isCustom'
         | 'standardOverrides'
       >;
 
@@ -85,6 +124,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
         color: 'blue',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       } satisfies Pick<
         ObjectMetadataDTO,
@@ -93,6 +133,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         | 'labelSingular'
         | 'description'
         | 'icon'
+        | 'isCustom'
         | 'standardOverrides'
       >;
 
@@ -113,6 +154,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         description: 'Custom Description',
         icon: 'custom-icon',
         color: 'green',
+        isCustom: true,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       } satisfies Pick<
         ObjectMetadataDTO,
@@ -121,6 +163,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         | 'labelSingular'
         | 'description'
         | 'icon'
+        | 'isCustom'
         | 'standardOverrides'
       >;
 
@@ -142,6 +185,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'My Customs',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           icon: 'override-icon',
         },
@@ -166,6 +210,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
         color: 'blue',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           color: 'red',
         },
@@ -188,6 +233,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
         color: 'blue',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 
@@ -212,6 +258,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           translations: {
             'fr-FR': {
@@ -255,6 +302,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           translations: {
             'es-ES': {
@@ -285,6 +333,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           translations: {
             'fr-FR': {
@@ -314,6 +363,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           translations: {
             'fr-FR': {
@@ -346,6 +396,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           labelSingular: 'Overridden Label',
           labelPlural: 'Overridden Labels',
@@ -394,6 +445,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           labelSingular: 'Overridden Label',
           labelPlural: 'Overridden Labels',
@@ -416,6 +468,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           labelSingular: undefined,
         },
@@ -442,6 +495,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 
@@ -466,6 +520,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 
@@ -492,6 +547,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           labelSingular: 'Source Override',
           labelPlural: 'Source Overrides',
@@ -522,6 +578,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           labelSingular: 'Source Override',
           labelPlural: 'Source Overrides',
@@ -546,6 +603,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {},
       };
 
@@ -572,6 +630,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: {
           labelSingular: 'Source Override',
         },
@@ -598,6 +657,7 @@ describe('resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride', () => {
         labelPlural: 'Standard Labels',
         description: 'Standard Description',
         icon: 'default-icon',
+        isCustom: false,
         standardOverrides: undefined,
       };
 

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/utils/resolve-object-metadata-standard-override.util.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride = (
     | 'labelSingular'
     | 'description'
     | 'icon'
+    | 'isCustom'
     | 'standardOverrides'
   >,
   labelKey: 'color' | 'labelPlural' | 'labelSingular' | 'description' | 'icon',
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ export const resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride = (
 ): string => {
   const safeLocale = locale ?? SOURCE_LOCALE;
 
+  // Custom object labels are user-authored: never overridden nor translated.
+  // Without this gate, a label colliding with a standard catalog string
+  // (e.g. "Company") would get translated against the user's intent.
+  if (objectMetadata.isCustom) {
+    return objectMetadata[labelKey] ?? '';
+  }
+
   if (
     (labelKey === 'icon' || labelKey === 'color') &&
     isDefined(objectMetadata.standardOverrides?.[labelKey])

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/view/controllers/view.controller.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { WorkspaceAuthGuard } from 'src/engine/guards/workspace-auth.guard';
 import { WorkspaceManyOrAllFlatEntityMapsCacheService } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/services/workspace-many-or-all-flat-entity-maps-cache.service';
 import { findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-flat-entity-by-id-in-flat-entity-maps.util';
 import { resolveObjectMetadataStandardOverride } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/utils/resolve-object-metadata-standard-override.util';
+import { belongsToTwentyStandardApp } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/belongs-to-twenty-standard-app.util';
 import { CreateViewPermissionGuard } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/view-permissions/guards/create-view-permission.guard';
 import { DeleteViewPermissionGuard } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/view-permissions/guards/delete-view-permission.guard';
 import { UpdateViewPermissionGuard } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/view-permissions/guards/update-view-permission.guard';
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ export class ViewController {
               labelSingular: objectMetadata.labelSingular,
               description: objectMetadata.description ?? undefined,
               icon: objectMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
+              isCustom: !belongsToTwentyStandardApp(objectMetadata),
               standardOverrides: objectMetadata.standardOverrides ?? undefined,
             },
             'labelPlural',

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/view/resolvers/view.resolver.ts

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export class ViewResolver {
             labelSingular: objectMetadata.labelSingular,
             description: objectMetadata.description ?? undefined,
             icon: objectMetadata.icon ?? undefined,
+            isCustom: objectMetadata.isCustom,
             standardOverrides: objectMetadata.standardOverrides ?? undefined,
           },
           'labelPlural',

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/subscriptions/metadata-event/utils/__tests__/enrich-command-menu-item-event-with-resolved-navigation.util.spec.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-command-menu-item/utils/build-navigation-flat-command-menu-item.util';
 import { type FlatObjectMetadata } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-object-metadata/types/flat-object-metadata.type';
 import { enrichCommandMenuItemEventWithResolvedNavigation } from 'src/engine/subscriptions/metadata-event/utils/enrich-command-menu-item-event-with-resolved-navigation.util';
+import { TWENTY_STANDARD_APPLICATION } from 'src/engine/workspace-manager/twenty-standard-application/constants/twenty-standard-applications';
 
 const mockI18nInstance = {
   _: (messageId: string) => messageId,
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ const makeFlatObjectMetadata = (
     universalIdentifier: 'obj-uid-1',
     workspaceId: 'ws-1',
     applicationId: 'app-1',
+    applicationUniversalIdentifier:
+      TWENTY_STANDARD_APPLICATION.universalIdentifier,
     labelPlural: 'People',
     labelSingular: 'Person',
     icon: 'IconUser',

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/subscriptions/metadata-event/utils/enrich-command-menu-item-event-with-resolved-navigation.util.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { FlatCommandMenuItem } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-command-me
 import { type FlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/types/flat-entity-maps.type';
 import { findFlatEntityByIdInFlatEntityMaps } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-flat-entity-by-id-in-flat-entity-maps.util';
 import { type FlatObjectMetadata } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-object-metadata/types/flat-object-metadata.type';
+import { belongsToTwentyStandardApp } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/utils/belongs-to-twenty-standard-app.util';
 
 type EnrichCommandMenuItemEventArgs = {
   record: FlatCommandMenuItem;
@@ -48,7 +49,10 @@ export const enrichCommandMenuItemEventWithResolvedNavigation = ({
   }
 
   const context = buildNavigationInterpolationContext({
-    objectMetadata: flatObjectMetadata,
+    objectMetadata: {
+      ...flatObjectMetadata,
+      isCustom: !belongsToTwentyStandardApp(flatObjectMetadata),
+    },
     locale,
     i18nInstance,
   });