From caabe8738d45851b6a7674c81055692c315cd016 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Etienne <45695613+etiennejouan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 18:30:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix rest api metadata (#13720)

Introduce in [MCP Metadata
PR](https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/pull/13150/files#diff-1c17892e6bc91125638b0cc195ab9f4661c39042e36a6eaac95a83f32d1f70bdR4)

[Fix issue opened in Discord

](https://discord.com/channels/1130383047699738754/1155864201068286043/1402921467468972032)
---
 .../utils/fetch-metadata-fields.utils.ts             |  5 ++++-
 .../utils/has-select-all-fields-selector.util.ts     |  9 +++++++++
 .../api/rest/metadata/rest-api-metadata.service.ts   | 12 +++++++++---
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/has-select-all-fields-selector.util.ts

diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/fetch-metadata-fields.utils.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/fetch-metadata-fields.utils.ts
index 2091541eab..21b7f6b4ea 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/fetch-metadata-fields.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/fetch-metadata-fields.utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { hasSelectAllFieldsSelector } from 'src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/has-select-all-fields-selector.util';
 import { Selectors } from 'src/engine/api/rest/metadata/types/metadata-query.type';
 
 export const fetchMetadataFields = (
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ export const fetchMetadataFields = (
     }
   `;
 
-  const fieldsSelection = selector?.fields?.join('\n') ?? defaultFields;
+  const fieldsSelection = hasSelectAllFieldsSelector(selector)
+    ? defaultFields
+    : (selector?.fields?.join('\n') ?? defaultFields);
 
   switch (objectNamePlural) {
     case 'objects': {
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/has-select-all-fields-selector.util.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/has-select-all-fields-selector.util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a098435ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/query-builder/utils/has-select-all-fields-selector.util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Selectors } from 'src/engine/api/rest/metadata/types/metadata-query.type';
+
+export const hasSelectAllFieldsSelector = (selector: Selectors) => {
+  return (
+    selector?.fields?.length &&
+    selector?.fields.length === 1 &&
+    selector?.fields.includes('*')
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/rest-api-metadata.service.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/rest-api-metadata.service.ts
index 3ffb4a18d8..e32ccd875f 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/rest-api-metadata.service.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/rest/metadata/rest-api-metadata.service.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export class RestApiMetadataService {
   async get(request: Request) {
     await this.accessTokenService.validateTokenByRequest(request);
     const requestContext = this.getRequestContext(request);
-    const data = await this.metadataQueryBuilderFactory.get(requestContext);
+    const data = await this.metadataQueryBuilderFactory.get(requestContext, {
+      fields: ['*'],
+    });
 
     return await this.restApiService.call(
       GraphqlApiType.METADATA,
@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ export class RestApiMetadataService {
   async create(request: Request) {
     await this.accessTokenService.validateTokenByRequest(request);
     const requestContext = this.getRequestContext(request);
-    const data = await this.metadataQueryBuilderFactory.create(requestContext);
+    const data = await this.metadataQueryBuilderFactory.create(requestContext, {
+      fields: ['*'],
+    });
 
     return await this.restApiService.call(
       GraphqlApiType.METADATA,
@@ -48,7 +52,9 @@ export class RestApiMetadataService {
   async update(request: Request) {
     await this.accessTokenService.validateTokenByRequest(request);
     const requestContext = this.getRequestContext(request);
-    const data = await this.metadataQueryBuilderFactory.update(requestContext);
+    const data = await this.metadataQueryBuilderFactory.update(requestContext, {
+      fields: ['*'],
+    });
 
     return await this.restApiService.call(
       GraphqlApiType.METADATA,