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Paul Rastoin 0c545bcdeb [BREAKING-CHANGE] Centralize system View viewField side effect (#23081)
# Introduction

Closes https://github.com/twentyhq/core-team-issues/issues/2669

Part of the `isSystemSideEffect` engine-ownership effort. Until now, a
custom object's default **INDEX** table view (`All {objectLabelPlural}`)
and its view fields were built imperatively in `ObjectMetadataService`
with random `v4()` identifiers, while `twenty-standard` authored its own
copies with hardcoded literals. The two never converged, an object
rename could drift the view, and nothing marked these rows as
engine-owned.

This PR makes the metadata side-effect engine the **single owner** of
the INDEX view and its view fields, on name-free deterministic
identifiers, for custom and standard objects alike.

## Core design

- **Name-free deterministic identity.** The INDEX view identifier
derives from `object identifier + ViewKey.INDEX`
(`getSystemViewUniversalIdentifier`); each view-field identifier derives
from `view identifier + field identifier`
(`getViewFieldUniversalIdentifier`). An object rename (with a pinned
object identifier) keeps the same view, losslessly.
- **`isSystemSideEffect: true` is provenance.** Every INDEX view / view
field the engine emits is flagged system-owned, so manifest deletion
inference never drops it. The flag follows the view: a view field
inherits its parent view's flag.
- **The engine is the sole owner of the INDEX view.** It always emits
it; a caller providing one with the same derived identifier is a genuine
conflict surfaced by the engine's reserved-identifier collision, not
silently deferred.

## Changes

### Shared (`twenty-shared`)

- `getIndexViewUniversalIdentifier` →
`getSystemViewUniversalIdentifier`, now taking a `viewKey` (generalizes
to any singleton engine-owned view).
- Standard field identifiers extracted into a new
`STANDARD_OBJECT_FIELDS` constant, so both an object's `fields` and its
INDEX view read the same field identifiers.
- `buildStandardObjectIndexView` derives the standard INDEX view +
view-field identifiers from `STANDARD_OBJECT_FIELDS`, replacing the
hardcoded literals in `standard-object.constant.ts`.

### Metadata side-effect engine (custom objects)

- **`objectSystemFieldsAndIndexViewOnCreate`** (replaces
`objectSystemFieldsOnCreate`): on object creation, provisions the 7
reserved system fields **and** the INDEX view with one view field per
displayable system field, all `isSystemSideEffect: true`.
- **`fieldIndexViewFieldOnCreate`** (new): on field creation, provisions
the field's INDEX view field. Object created in the same batch →
visible, positioned before the system view fields; pre-existing object →
hidden, appended (preserving the historical `createOneField` behavior).
Both branches resolve the INDEX view by its derived identifier (single
map access, never a scan).
- **`fieldSystemViewFieldsOnDelete`** (new): on field deletion,
cascade-deletes every engine-owned view field displaying it.
- **`objectSystemSideEffectsOnDelete`** (extended): now also
cascade-deletes the object's engine-owned views and their view fields
(in addition to system fields, indexes, searchFieldMetadata). Every
lookup walks a foreign-key aggregator down from the deleted object, so
the work is proportional to what the object owns, never to workspace
size.
- Object-create and field-create positions are derived from the same
caller-input field list, so the INDEX view layout is contiguous with no
handler-ordering dependency.
- `view` / `viewField` added to the side-effect companion metadata names
for `fieldMetadata` and `objectMetadata`.

### Reserved-identifier invariant

A caller can never define an entity whose identifier collides with one a
system side effect produces: caller inputs are forced
`isSystemSideEffect: false` at every entry point (API and app-manifest
transpilers), and the engine raises
`RESERVED_SYSTEM_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER`, aborting the operation, when a
system emission lands on a caller-claimed identifier. Covered by a new
engine-level test.

### Caller-side provisioning removed

The imperative INDEX view + view-field provisioning is removed from
`ObjectMetadataService.createOneObject`. The record-page `FIELDS_WIDGET`
view is intentionally left caller-side and deferred to the follow-up
(see below).

### `twenty-standard` convergence

Standard INDEX views and their view fields converge on the same
derived-identifier + `isSystemSideEffect: true` scheme as the engine.
`twenty-standard` syncs through the from/to migration path (which never
runs the side-effect engine), so it authors this INDEX surface itself,
matching what the engine produces for custom objects.

## Rollout

Two `2.26.0` workspace commands, running after the `2.25`
messageCampaign commands:

- `upgrade:2-26:reconcile-index-view-universal-identifier` re-owns the
INDEX views of the **twenty-standard and workspace-custom applications**
and all their view fields to the derived identifiers with
`isSystemSideEffect: true`, in a single per-workspace transaction. Each
view field identifier is keyed on the application of the **displayed
field** (an app or user column on a standard INDEX view converges too).
Soft-deleted views and view fields are skipped: one can coexist with an
active successor on the same derivation inputs and both would derive the
same identifier. Children reference the view by primary key, so the
re-own is lossless.
- `upgrade:2-26:demote-and-backfill-application-index-view` handles
**manifest-installed applications**, which never had their INDEX view
auto-provisioned: every caller-authored INDEX view of another
application is demoted to `key: null` (a plain additional view under its
manifest identifier), then every application object gets the
engine-owned INDEX view and its full view-field layout backfilled
through the migration pipeline's legacy path (no side-effect expansion),
views committed before view fields across applications since a view
field belongs to the application owning its field. Idempotent and
retry-safe: engine-owned INDEX views are neither demoted nor
re-backfilled, and view creation and view-field creation are gated
independently, so a retry after a partial failure still backfills the
missing view fields of an already-committed view.

Both support `--dry-run` and invalidate the full flat-maps closure
(parents aggregate the re-owned identifiers, children resolve them as
universal foreign keys, and page-layout widget universal configurations
resolve view PKs at cache-build time).

The `2.25` `upgrade:2-25:add-message-campaign-name-field` command is
adapted to resolve the campaign INDEX view by its INDEX key on the
object instead of by universal identifier: it now runs before the
reconcile, on workspaces still holding legacy identifiers.

## ⚠️ Breaking change

This PR **mutates 187 previously hardcoded universal identifiers** — the
standard objects' INDEX views and their view fields (the literals
removed from `standard-object.constant.ts`), now derived.

- **Handled by the `2.26` commands above** for all existing workspaces.
- **The INDEX key is now engine-reserved.** The flat view validator
rejects caller-created INDEX views (API and manifest inputs are forced
`isSystemSideEffect: false`) and enforces a single non-deleted INDEX
view per object; `view.key` is no longer a comparable/updatable
property, so no writer can promote or demote a view after creation.
`ViewManifest.key` is deprecated and ignored (manifest views are always
additional views, so old apps keep syncing and demoted views are not
promoted back); the REST/GraphQL create path now rejects `key: INDEX`.
In-repo example apps (`hello-world`, `document-generator`) no longer
declare it.
- **12 declared-but-never-seeded standard INDEX view field identifiers
deleted** (the former `preservedViewFields` on `timelineActivity`,
`workflowRun` and `workspaceMember`): after the reconcile, no workspace
row references them.
- **`computeFlatViewFieldsToCreate` now derives view field identifiers**
instead of drawing `v4()` ones, which also changes what the committed
`1-23` record-page backfill produces going forward (deliberate,
documented in-code).
- **Record-page views and view fields are not affected** (identifiers
unchanged).
- **In-repo apps: `twenty-last-contact` updated.** It was the only app
declaring explicit INDEX view fields (10 columns across `allPeople` /
`allCompanies` / `allOpportunities`) through manifest `viewFields`.
Those target identifiers are now engine-owned and derived, so the
manifest inputs no longer resolve and install failed with `View not
found`. The app now declares only its fields; the engine's
`fieldIndexViewFieldOnCreate` provisions the matching INDEX view field
automatically. No other app under `packages/twenty-apps` references any
of the 187 mutated identifiers, and apps that target standard views
point at record-page views (e.g. `real-estate` →
`opportunityRecordPageFields`) or their own objects (`twenty-partners`),
all unchanged.

### Loss of granularity for app maintainers

The engine now owns the INDEX view field of every field a caller adds to
an object, so app maintainers lose direct control over those columns.
Previously an app could target the engine-owned INDEX view with an
explicit manifest `viewField` and set its `position` and `isVisible`.
Now `fieldIndexViewFieldOnCreate` appends a **hidden** view field in
caller-input order on field creation, so:

- Columns an app previously showed at a **dedicated position** and
**visible** (e.g. `twenty-last-contact`'s last-contact columns) become
**hidden** and **appended in input order** after install.
- There is currently **no manifest way to override** the
engine-provisioned INDEX view field's position, visibility, or size.

This is a deliberate regression accepted for the sake of
single-ownership, and app maintainers should expect their INDEX columns
to move/hide after upgrading. A follow-up override API will let
maintainers reclaim per-field control over the engine-provisioned INDEX
view field.

## Testing

- Unit specs for each handler: object create (system fields + INDEX
view/view fields, override, position offset), field create (same-batch
vs existing-object, non-displayable noop, no-INDEX-view noop), field
delete, object delete (fields/indexes/searchFieldMetadata/views/view
fields cascade, reverse-relation view field on another object).
- Engine-level test for the reserved-identifier collision.
- `twenty-standard` guard test that its INDEX views/view fields stay on
the derived scheme and stay system-owned.
- Integration test: full engine provisioning of the INDEX view/view
fields on object creation, same view id preserved across an object
rename, and cascade delete on object deletion.

## Follow-up

The full record-page stack (record-page view, its view fields, view
field groups, page layout / tab / widget) is still built imperatively
and moves into the engine in
https://github.com/twentyhq/core-team-issues/issues/2721.
2026-07-29 13:32:21 +00:00
Paul Rastoin 1be5a0e54a System side effect relations (#22882)
Closes twentyhq/core-team-issues#2667

## What

Default relations to the standard relation objects
(`timelineActivities`, `attachments`, `noteTargets`, `taskTargets`) are
now fully owned by the **metadata side-effect engine**. Neither the API
transpilers nor the SDK manifest builder provision them anymore: any
object creation, rename or deletion — regardless of the caller — goes
through the same engine handlers.

## Why

- Provisioning was duplicated across the API path and the SDK manifest
builder, with diverging behavior.
- Universal identifiers of relation fields were derived from object
**names**, so renaming an object mutated them and forced lossy
delete+create cycles on manifest sync.

## How

### Engine-owned lifecycle (side-effect handlers)

- `objectSystemRelationsOnCreate`: provisions the 8 forward/reverse
relation fields (+ join column indexes) when an object is created.
- `objectSystemRelationsOnUpdate`: renames the reverse morph fields
(`target<ObjectName>`) when their host object is renamed — a lossless
`fieldMetadata.update`.
- `objectSystemSideEffectsOnDelete`: cascades deletion of engine-owned
fields/indexes when the object is deleted.
- The API transpilers and the SDK `buildManifest` no longer inject these
fields; `isSystemSideEffect: true` marks engine-owned entities, guarded
by a granular property allowlist (only `isActive` is user-editable) and
excluded from manifest deletion inference.

### Name-free deterministic universal identifiers

New `getSystemRelationFieldUniversalIdentifier({
applicationUniversalIdentifier, objectUniversalIdentifier,
relationTargetObjectUniversalIdentifier })` in `twenty-shared`, exported
from `twenty-sdk/define`. The identifier is keyed on the two **object**
identifiers instead of field names (direction encoded by argument
order), so object renames never mutate relation field identifiers. It
cannot collide with the name-based `getFieldUniversalIdentifier`
derivation (field names cannot contain `:`).

### twenty-standard re-owned

All 48 forward/reverse system relation field declarations in
`STANDARD_OBJECTS` now pin the derived name-free identifiers (computed
inline via the shared util) and carry `isSystemSideEffect: true`, with
labels/icons declared explicitly (translated via `msg`).
`twenty-standard` is projected as if the engine had generated these
fields itself.

### 2.23 upgrade commands

- `reconcile-system-relation-field-universal-identifier`: structurally
matches existing default relation fields per workspace and backfills the
derived universal identifiers, `isSystemSideEffect` flags, and standard
labels/icons.
- `upgrade-people-data-labs-application`: upgrades installed PDL apps to
`1.0.7` right after the backfill to close the desync window (its views
reference the re-derived identifiers).

### Misc

- `people-data-labs` `1.0.7`: views temporarily pin the new derived
identifiers (TODO: import from the next released `twenty-sdk`).
- `UpgradeStatusModule` split out of `UpgradeModule` so the application
module cluster can consume upgrade status/migration services without
importing the versioned command bundles (fixes a require cycle that
crashed boot).
- Docs: `system-fields.mdx` documents the system relation fields and
their resolver; `sync-and-recovery.mdx` plan example no longer shows
auto-injected relations.

## Known red CI

`people-data-labs (dockerhub-latest)` fails by design until the 2.23
server image is published: the app pins the new identifiers which only
exist on a 2.23 server. The `local` leg (server built from this branch)
is green.

## System fields are no longer manifest-authorable (accepted regression)

The manifest converter no longer derives `isSystem` /
`isSystemSideEffect` from field names. Reserved-system-named manifest
fields (`id`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `deletedAt`, `createdBy`,
`updatedBy`, `position`, `searchVector`) are now skipped at conversion
time when they carry the exact derived universal identifier (keeps
manifests built with older SDKs installable), and rejected with
`INVALID_INPUT` when they pin any other identifier. System fields are
therefore fully engine-canonical: nothing a manifest carries can produce
a system-flagged entity anymore.

**Accepted regression**: a manifest can no longer influence system field
properties at all. Previously a (legacy) re-declaration could shape them
at creation — which actually produced broken system fields, e.g. a
nullable, non-unique `id` — and could still toggle the allowlisted
`isActive` / `universalSettings` afterwards. We consider this acceptable
for now: per-app granularity over system fields will be reintroduced
later through the **override framework**, which will also settle update
semantics by forbidding direct updates over `isSystemSideEffect: true`
entities and expressing divergence as overrides.

`isSystemSideEffect`-only entities (the default relation fields
provisioned by this PR) still have no engine-level update guard (see
Follow-up below); that part is unchanged and also lands with the
overrides refactor.

## Follow-up

`isSystemSideEffect` field update/delete guards intentionally live at
the API layer (`sanitize-raw-update-field-input.ts`,
`from-delete-field-input-...util.ts`) rather than in the engine-level
`FlatFieldMetadataValidatorService`. Moving them into the validator
requires threading operation-origin (direct field mutation vs engine
cascade) through the migration matrix, otherwise legitimate object
rename/delete cascades (which carry `isSystemBuild=false`) would be
rejected. Tracked in twentyhq/core-team-issues#2671.

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2026-07-20 18:53:24 +02:00
Paul Rastoin 6c40c7b91a Deterministic system field universal identifier (#22565)
# Introduction

Close twentyhq/core-team-issues#2641

Auto-provisioned field metadata used to get its `universalIdentifier`
from three unrelated sources: random `v4()` on the server when creating
custom objects, hardcoded values in `STANDARD_OBJECTS`, and an ad-hoc
`v5` derivation in the SDK manifest build. This PR unifies all of them
behind the shared `getFieldUniversalIdentifier` derivation:

```
universalIdentifier = f(applicationUniversalIdentifier, objectUniversalIdentifier, fieldName)
```

## Ownership model

The rollout is built on an explicit split of who owns a field's
universal identifier:

- **The 8 system fields** (`id`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `deletedAt`,
`createdBy`, `updatedBy`, `position`, `searchVector`) are
**server-owned**. Their universal identifiers are always the
deterministic derivation, on **every** application (standard,
workspace-custom, installed). Clients cannot provide custom values: a
temporary check in `validateObjectMetadataSystemFieldsIntegrity` rejects
any non-derived system field identifier at migration build time. This
check stands in until system fields are generated exclusively server
side by the metadata side-effect engine and stripped from client inputs
— at which point it becomes structurally impossible to send one.
- **`name` is a default field, not a system field**: it is
auto-provisioned when absent (server side for custom objects, SDK side
for application objects) but authors can define their own. It is only
derived where it is guaranteed to be auto-provisioned. In particular,
standard objects keep their **historical hardcoded** `name` identifiers:
the standard app authors its `name` fields like any installed app would,
and moving those identifiers would break every installed application
referencing them (e.g. views on `opportunity.name`).
- **User-created and author-provided fields** keep random / explicit
identifiers, untouched.

## Server

- `validateObjectMetadataSystemFieldsIntegrity` now validates, on top of
the existing type/`isSystem` checks, that each system field's
`universalIdentifier` equals the deterministic derivation. Runs for
every object creation going through the migration orchestrator: app
sync, custom object creation, standard provisioning
- `build-default-flat-field-metadatas-for-custom-object.util.ts` derives
the system field identifiers (and the auto-provisioned `name`) with
`getFieldUniversalIdentifier` instead of `v4()`
-
`build-default-relation-flat-field-metadatas-for-custom-object.util.ts`
derives both the forward and the reverse default relation field
identifiers deterministically
- `generateMorphOrRelationFlatFieldMetadataPair` accepts optional
`sourceFieldUniversalIdentifier` / `targetFieldUniversalIdentifier` so
callers can inject deterministic values; user-created relations still
default to `v4()`

## twenty-shared

- `STANDARD_OBJECTS` system field identifiers (the 8) are now computed
at module load via `buildStandardObjectSystemFields`; `name` and every
other identifier keep their hardcoded values
- New snapshot test pinning **every** universal identifier of
`STANDARD_OBJECTS`: any identifier change now requires an explicit
snapshot update and should ship with a coordinated backfill

## SDK (breaking, pre-GA)

- `generateDefaultFieldUniversalIdentifier` delegates to
`getFieldUniversalIdentifier` and now requires
`applicationUniversalIdentifier`
- Reverse default relation field identifiers are derived from the
field's real coordinates (standard object UID + actual field name, e.g.
`targetRocket` on `attachment`) instead of the legacy custom-object UID
+ synthetic `${fieldName}Inverse` hash input. Field *names* are
unchanged
- The manifest build threads the application universal identifier
through default field injection (two-pass over object configs)
- `twenty dev:add` now resolves the application universal identifier
upfront and refuses to scaffold anything until `defineApplication`
declares one — no more `fill-later` placeholder for the app UID in
generated files

## Upgrade

A 2.19 **workspace command** backfills existing
`fieldMetadata.universalIdentifier` rows to the deterministic
derivation. Coverage follows the ownership model:

- **The 8 system fields**: taken over for **every application**,
whatever value they currently hold. This is both safe and required now
that sync rejects non-derived values — leaving a row unconverged would
make its application unsyncable
- **`name`**: workspace-custom app → always taken over
(server-generated, no author to clobber); installed applications → only
rows still carrying the legacy SDK derivation are recomputed,
author-provided identifiers are never touched; standard app → never
touched (hardcoded in `STANDARD_OBJECTS`)
- **Default relation fields**: workspace-custom app → forward fields on
custom objects and reverse fields on the standard relation objects;
installed applications → legacy-derivation probe only

All identifiers of a workspace are updated inside a single transaction,
then the command flushes the field-metadata-related workspace caches and
bumps the metadata version.

Stored `applicationRegistration.manifest` snapshots are intentionally
**not** rewritten: installs and upgrades always sync from the
`manifest.json` inside the resolved package (npm/tarball), the stored
column is only used for display/marketplace purposes.

## Breaking behavior for old packages (fail closed)

Packages built with an older SDK carry legacy system field identifiers
in their tarball `manifest.json`. Installing or upgrading such a package
now fails with an explicit `INVALID_SYSTEM_FIELD` validation error
("universal identifier is not deterministic") instead of silently
mismatching against the backfilled rows and triggering a destructive
delete+create. The remediation is to rebuild the package with the new
SDK; the backfill has already converged the installed rows, so the
rebuilt manifest syncs cleanly.

## Test plan

- [x] `twenty-sdk` unit tests (526 tests) and typecheck
- [x] `twenty-shared` unit tests (1635 tests) including the
`STANDARD_OBJECTS` snapshot; `name` identifiers verified byte-for-byte
identical to `main`
- [x] Lint and typecheck clean on all touched packages
- [x] Integration: create a custom object and verify system + default
relation field identifiers match the deterministic derivation
(`create-one-object-metadata-deterministic-field-universal-identifiers`,
13 assertions passing)
- [x] Integration: `failing-sync-application-object-system-fields`
extended with a non-derived system field identifier case; all
identifiers in the spec pinned deterministically so snapshots embedding
expected/actual values are stable across runs (verified with a double
run)
- [x] Integration: all application sync suites pass with the derived
system field identifiers now required by the
`buildDefaultObjectManifest` test helper (9 suites, 20 tests)
- [x] Full test-database reset: standard app provisioning and seeded
workspaces pass the new validation
- [x] SDK manifest build verified on the postcard example app: all
auto-generated default field identifiers match the derivation
- [ ] Run
`upgrade:2-19:backfill-deterministic-field-universal-identifiers`
(dry-run then real) on a seeded workspace and verify identifier
convergence with a rebuilt app manifest
2026-07-06 13:34:33 +00:00
Weiko 9f30915f6f fix(metadata): remove deprecated isCustom from Objects and Fields (#21799)
## Context

Follow-up to #21228, which deprecated `isCustom` on object/field
metadata but kept it exposed because the frontend still relied on it.
This removes it from the GraphQL API and the frontend entirely.

## Implementation

### Server
- Remove `isCustom` `@Field` from the `Object`, `Field`, and
`MinimalObjectMetadata` GraphQL types
- Remove the `isCustom` `@ResolveField` resolvers and the
`isCustomLoader` dataloader (+ payload/interface)
- Remove `isCustom` as an internal `@HideField()` on the Object/Field
DTOs used by the i18n standard-override gate > Use an explicit
isStandard instead (which is the correct gating)

### Frontend
- Add `getIsMetadataItemCustom` helper + `useGetIsMetadataItemCustom`
hook: an item is custom when `applicationId ===
currentWorkspace.workspaceCustomApplication.id`
- Migrate all consumers off `objectMetadataItem.isCustom` /
`fieldMetadataItem.isCustom`; `isRecordFieldReadOnly` now takes a
precomputed `isFieldCustom`
- Drop `isCustom` from the metadata fragment/mutations/minimal query, FE
types, zod schemas, and mock generators; regenerate GraphQL types

## Notes
- Breaking change on the (already-deprecated) `Object.isCustom` /
`Field.isCustom` GraphQL fields and the `isCustom` filter
- FE semantic is "belongs to the workspace custom app" (third-party-app
objects/fields are treated as non-custom)
- `isCustom` on IndexMetadata / View / Skill / Agent is a separate
column and is untouched
- Breaking changes on REST metadata API
2026-06-19 01:19:49 +02:00
Weiko 9c66975520 isCustom deprecation for Objects and Fields (#21228)
## Context

`isCustom` was a legacy denormalized boolean on `ObjectMetadataEntity`
and `FieldMetadataEntity`.
Now that every metadata row carries `applicationId` (via
`SyncableEntity`), "is this custom" is fully derivable, and the stored
boolean was a redundant second source of truth that could drift.

The real meaning of `isCustom` is **"the owning application is not the
twenty-standard application"** — i.e. `!belongsToTwentyStandardApp`.
Note this is *not* "belongs to the workspace custom app" as I initially
thought: third-party-application
objects/fields are custom too. 
The standard application has a globally stable `universalIdentifier`, so
the value derives with no per-workspace lookup.

## Changed
## `isCustom` checks — before → after

`isCustom` is no longer a stored column. The table below lists every
site that branched on it and how it resolves now. The unifying rule:
`isCustom ≡
!isTwentyStandardApplicationUniversalIdentifier(applicationUniversalIdentifier)`.

### Server — behavioural checks

| Location | Purpose | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| `utils/compute-object-target-table.util.ts` | Physical table name `_`
prefix | `computeTableName(nameSingular, objectMetadata.isCustom)` |
derives from `applicationUniversalIdentifier` (single source for all
table-name callers) |
| `twenty-orm/factories/entity-schema.factory.ts` +
`…/entity-schema-metadata.type.ts` | ORM table name (hot path) |
`object.isCustom` | `object.applicationId !== standardApplicationId`
(computed in `buildEntitySchemaMetadataMaps`) |
|
`twenty-orm/repository/workspace-{delete,soft-delete,update}-query-builder.ts`
| Table name for mutations | `computeTableName(nameSingular,
objectMetadata.isCustom)` | `computeObjectTargetTable(objectMetadata)` |
| `index-metadata/utils/generate-deterministic-index-name-v2.ts` | Index
name hash (must stay bit-identical) | `flatObjectMetadata.isCustom` |
derives from `applicationUniversalIdentifier` |
| `object-metadata/object-record-count.service.ts` | Table name for
record count | `computeTableName(nameSingular, isCustom)` |
`computeObjectTargetTable(flatObjectMetadata)` |
|
`workspace-manager/dev-seeder/data/services/dev-seeder-data.service.ts`
| Match seed config by table name | `computeTableName(item.nameSingular,
item.isCustom)` | `computeObjectTargetTable(item)` |
| `commands/workspace-export/workspace-export.service.ts` +
`…/utils/generate-workspace-schema-ddl.util.ts` | Export table name (raw
entity) | `objectMetadata.isCustom` |
`!isTwentyStandard…(objectMetadata.application?.universalIdentifier)` |
|
`flat-field-metadata/services/flat-field-metadata-type-validator.service.ts`
| Block users creating reserved field types |
`args.flatEntityToValidate.isCustom` |
`!args.flatEntityToValidate.isSystem` |
| `api/common/.../common-create-many-query-runner.service.ts` | Don't
let client overwrite system `createdBy` |
`createdByFieldMetadata.isCustom === false` |
`createdByFieldMetadata.isSystem === true` |
|
`field-metadata/utils/resolve-field-metadata-standard-override.util.ts`
| Skip i18n/overrides for custom fields | `if (fieldMetadata.isCustom)
return raw` | **removed** — falls through on
`isDefined(standardOverrides)` |
|
`object-metadata/utils/resolve-object-metadata-standard-override.util.ts`
| Skip i18n/overrides for custom objects | `if (objectMetadata.isCustom)
return raw` | **removed** — same fall-through |
|
`command-menu-item/utils/build-navigation-interpolation-context.util.ts`
| Override context for nav labels | passed `isCustom` into resolver |
dropped (resolver no longer needs it) |
| `api/common/.../data-arg-processor.service.ts` | `isCustom` for
record-position table name | `flatObjectMetadata.isCustom` | derives
from `applicationUniversalIdentifier` |
| `metadata-modules/minimal-metadata/minimal-metadata.service.ts` |
Minimal DTO + override context | `flatObjectMetadata.isCustom` | derives
from `applicationUniversalIdentifier` |
|
`commands/upgrade-version-command/1-23/…backfill-record-page-layouts.command.ts`
| Filter to custom objects | `objectMetadata.isCustom` |
`!isTwentyStandard…(applicationUniversalIdentifier)` |

### Server — DTO / API population

| Location | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|
|
`flat-object-metadata/utils/from-flat-object-metadata-to-object-metadata-dto.util.ts`
| passthrough `isCustom` | derives from `applicationUniversalIdentifier`
|
|
`flat-field-metadata/utils/from-flat-field-metadata-to-field-metadata-dto.util.ts`
| passthrough `isCustom` | derives from `applicationUniversalIdentifier`
|
|
`object-metadata/utils/from-object-metadata-entity-to-object-metadata-dto.util.ts`
(REST) | `entity.isCustom` | `entity.applicationId !==
standardApplicationId` |
|
`field-metadata/utils/from-field-metadata-entity-to-field-metadata-dto.util.ts`
(REST) | `entity.isCustom` | `entity.applicationId !==
standardApplicationId` |
| `dataloaders/dataloader.service.ts` | passed
`flatFieldMetadata.isCustom` into override resolver | dropped (resolver
no longer needs it) |

> REST controllers (`object-metadata.controller.ts`,
`field-metadata.controller.ts`) resolve `standardApplicationId` once per
request from the cached `flatApplicationMaps`.

### Frontend

| Location | Purpose | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| `settings/.../SettingsObjectFieldDisabledActionDropdown.tsx` | Whether
an inactive field is deletable | `isDeletable = isCustomField` |
`isDeletable = isCustomField && !isSystemField` |

### Unchanged (out of scope)

`isCustom` on `IndexMetadata` / `View` / `Skill` / `Agent` and their
guards still read the persisted column.

Breaking change is on the isCustom filter on field and object APIs, this
is never used in the FE and unlikely used by external consumers
2026-06-09 13:57:19 +00:00
Paul Rastoin f0a625c3f8 Cleanup application and app registration test util (#19981)
## Introduction
Centralizing integ test app cleanup
Role will be deleted by the app uninstall if exists
2026-04-22 14:39:58 +00:00
Félix Malfait 514d0017ea Refactor application module architecture for clarity and explicitness (#18432)
## Summary

- **Module reorganization**: Moved `ApplicationUpgradeService` and cron
jobs to `application-upgrade/`, `ApplicationSyncService` to
`application-manifest/`, and
`runWorkspaceMigration`/`uninstallApplication` mutations to the manifest
resolver — each module now has a single clear responsibility.
- **Explicit install flow**: Removed implicit `ApplicationEntity`
creation from `ApplicationSyncService`. The install service and dev
resolver now explicitly create the `ApplicationEntity` before syncing.
npm packages are resolved at registration time to extract manifest
metadata (universalIdentifier, name, description, etc.), eliminating the
`reconcileUniversalIdentifier` hack.
- **Better error handling**: Frontend hooks now surface actual server
error messages in snackbars instead of swallowing them. Replaced the
ugly `ConfirmationModal` for transfer ownership with a proper form
modal. Fixed `SettingsAdminTableCard` row height overflow and corrected
the `yarn-engine` asset path.

## Test plan
- [ ] Register an npm package — verify manifest metadata (name,
description, universalIdentifier) is extracted correctly
- [ ] Install a registered npm app on a workspace — verify
ApplicationEntity is created and sync succeeds
- [ ] Test `app:dev` CLI flow — verify local app registration and sync
work
- [ ] Upload a tarball — verify registration and install flow
- [ ] Transfer ownership — verify the new modal UX works
- [ ] Verify error messages appear correctly in snackbars when
operations fail


Made with [Cursor](https://cursor.com)
2026-03-06 08:45:08 +01:00
Paul Rastoin 58e37a118c Builder runs delete update and then create (#18272)
# Introduction
We need to build and validate the flat entity operation in the following
order delete update and create
For example if not, if a created field has the same name than a deleted
one than it will fail whereas it should not
2026-03-03 11:26:06 +01:00
martmull f080b952eb Add manifest integration tests (#18203)
- add integration test on sync manifest endpoint
- fix invalid standard uuid + migration command
2026-02-25 10:37:50 +01:00
Paul Rastoin af0af0a237 Fix cross app installation (#18151)
# Introduction
- Fixing app dependencyFlatEntityMaps load ( to load current app +
dependent app )
- Fix empty flat entity maps and undefined optimistic override
- Refactor the optimistic rendering to be mutation oriented at
orchestrator level
2026-02-23 19:58:06 +01:00
Paul Rastoin 175df59c21 Support Skill in manifest (#18092)
# Introduction
Support skill in manifest, pre-requisite for the twenty standard app
migration
2026-02-20 11:45:42 +01:00
Paul Rastoin 88424611ec Refactor and standardize isSystem field and object (#17992)
# Introduction

## Centralize system field definitions
- Extract a single `PARTIAL_SYSTEM_FLAT_FIELD_METADATAS` constant as the
source of truth for all 8 system fields (`id`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`,
`deletedAt`, `createdBy`, `updatedBy`, `position`, `searchVector`),
eliminating duplication across custom object and standard app field
builders
- Refactor `buildDefaultFlatFieldMetadatasForCustomObject` to use the
shared constant via a new `buildObjectSystemFlatFieldMetadatas` helper

## Mark system fields as `isSystem: true`
- Fields `id`, `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `deletedAt`, `createdBy`,
`updatedBy`, `position`, `searchVector` are now properly flagged as
system fields across all standard objects and custom object creation
- Standard app field builders for all ~30 standard objects updated to
set `isSystem: true` on `createdAt`, `updatedAt`, `deletedAt`,
`createdBy`, `updatedBy`
- System-only standard objects (blocklist, calendar channels, message
threads, etc.) now also include `createdBy`, `updatedBy`, `position`,
`searchVector` field definitions that were previously missing

## Validate system fields on object creation
- New transversal validation (`crossEntityTransversalValidation`) runs
after all atomic entity validations in the build orchestrator, ensuring
all 8 system fields are present with correct `type` and `isSystem: true`
when an object is created
- New `buildUniversalFlatObjectFieldByNameAndJoinColumnMaps` utility to
resolve field names to universal identifiers for a given object
- New exception codes: `MISSING_SYSTEM_FIELD` and `INVALID_SYSTEM_FIELD`
on `ObjectMetadataExceptionCode`

## Protect system fields and objects from mutation
- Field validators now block update/delete of `isSystem` fields by
non-system callers (`FIELD_MUTATION_NOT_ALLOWED`)
- Object validators now block update/delete of `isSystem` objects by
non-system callers
- `POSITION` and `TS_VECTOR` field type validators replaced: instead of
rejecting creation outright, they now validate that the field is named
correctly (`position` / `searchVector`) and has `isSystem: true`

## Distinguish `isSystemBuild` from `isCallerTwentyStandardApp`
- New `isCallerTwentyStandardApp` utility checks whether the caller's
`applicationUniversalIdentifier` matches the twenty standard app
- Name-sync logic (`isFlatFieldMetadataNameSyncedWithLabel`,
`areFlatObjectMetadataNamesSyncedWithLabels`) refactored to use
`isCallerTwentyStandardApp` for custom suffix decisions, keeping
`isSystemBuild` for mutation permission checks
- `WorkspaceMigrationBuilderOptions` type updated to include
`applicationUniversalIdentifier`

## Adapt frontend filtering
- New `HIDDEN_SYSTEM_FIELD_NAMES` constant (`id`, `position`,
`searchVector`) and `isHiddenSystemField` utility to only hide truly
internal fields while keeping user-facing system fields (`createdAt`,
`updatedAt`, `deletedAt`, `createdBy`, `updatedBy`) visible in the UI
- ~20 frontend files updated to replace `!field.isSystem` checks with
`!isHiddenSystemField(field)` across record index, settings, data model,
charts, workflows, spreadsheet import, aggregations, and role
permissions

## Add 1.19 upgrade commands
- **`backfill-system-fields-is-system`**: Raw SQL command to set
`isSystem = true` on existing workspace fields matching system field
names, and fix `position` field type from `NUMBER` to `POSITION` for
`favorite`/`favoriteFolder` objects. Includes proper cache invalidation.
- **`add-missing-system-fields-to-standard-objects`**: Codegen'd
workspace migration to create missing `position`, `searchVector`,
`createdBy`, `updatedBy` fields on standard objects that didn't
previously have them. Runs via `WorkspaceMigrationRunnerService` in a
single transaction with idempotency check. **Known limitation**: assumes
all standard objects exist and are valid in the target workspace.

## Add `universalIdentifier` for system fields in standard object
constants
- `standard-object.constant.ts` updated to include `universalIdentifier`
for `createdBy`, `updatedBy`, `position`, and `searchVector` across all
standard objects
- `fieldManifestType.ts` updated to support the new field manifest shape

## System relation
Completely removed and backfilled all `isSystem` relation to be false
false
As we won't require an object to have any relation system fields

## Add integration tests
- New test suite `failing-sync-application-object-system-fields`
covering: missing system fields, wrong field types (`id` as TEXT,
`createdAt` as TEXT, `position` as TEXT), system field deletion
attempts, and system field update attempts
- New test utilities: `buildDefaultObjectManifest` (builds an object
manifest with all 8 system fields) and `setupApplicationForSync`
(centralizes application setup)
- Existing successful sync test updated to verify system fields are
created with correct properties

## Next step
Make the builder scope the compared entity to be the currently built app
+ nor twenty standard app
2026-02-19 10:13:50 +00:00
Charles Bochet c3781e87cc Sync page Layout (#18034)
## Sync page layouts, tabs, and widgets

Adds the ability for SDK applications to synchronize `pageLayout`,
`pageLayoutTab`, and `pageLayoutWidget` entities, following the same
pattern established in #18003 for views and navigation menu items.

### Changes

**`twenty-shared`**
- New `PageLayoutManifest`, `PageLayoutTabManifest`, and
`PageLayoutWidgetManifest` types with a hierarchical structure (page
layout → tabs → widgets)
- Added `pageLayouts: PageLayoutManifest[]` to the `Manifest` type

**`twenty-sdk`**
- New `definePageLayout()` SDK function with validation for
universalIdentifier, name, and nested tabs/widgets
- Wired into the manifest extraction and build pipeline
(`DefinePageLayout` target function, `PageLayouts` entity key)
- Exported from the SDK entry point

**`twenty-server`**
- Added `pageLayout`, `pageLayoutTab`, `pageLayoutWidget` to
`APPLICATION_MANIFEST_METADATA_NAMES`
- New conversion utilities: manifest → universal flat entity for all
three entity types
- Updated `computeApplicationManifestAllUniversalFlatEntity
2026-02-18 17:55:04 +01:00
Charles Bochet 7332379d26 Improve API Client usage and add Typescript check (#18023)
## Summary


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1e75cc9d-d9d2-4ef2-99f9-34450f5d8de7



Add background incremental type checking (`tsc --watch`) to the SDK dev
mode, so type regressions are caught when the generated API client
changes — without requiring a full rebuild of source files.

Previously, removing a field from the data model would regenerate the
API client, but existing front components/logic functions referencing
the removed field wouldn't surface type errors (since their source
didn't change, esbuild wouldn't rebuild them).

## What changed

- **Background `tsc --watch`**: a long-lived TypeScript watcher runs
alongside esbuild watchers, incrementally re-checking all files when the
generated client changes. Only logs on state transitions (errors appear
/ errors clear) to stay quiet.
- **Atomic client generation**: API client is now generated into a temp
directory and swapped in atomically, avoiding a race condition where
`tsc --watch` could see an empty `generated/` directory
mid-regeneration.
- **Step decoupling**: orchestrator steps no longer receive
`uploadFilesStep` directly. Instead, they use callbacks (`onFileBuilt`,
`onApiClientGenerated`), and each step manages its own `builtFileInfos`
state.
- **`apiClientChecksum` omitted from `ApplicationConfig`**: it's a
build-time computed value, same as `packageJsonChecksum`.
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/02bd25bb-fa41-42b0-8d96-01c51bd4580c"
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61f6e968-365b-4a5b-8f2b-a8419d6b1bd3"
/>
2026-02-18 13:26:30 +01:00
Thomas Trompette b4e924b671 Sync views and navigation items (#18003)
Both objects are necessary to fully enjoy objects within applications

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2026-02-17 16:32:41 +01:00
Paul Rastoin 2b7b05de2e [OBJECT_MANIFEST_BREAKING_CHANGE] Sync returns workspace migration (#17918)
# Introduction
In this PR we start returning a workspace migration post sync so it can
committed and provided within the tarball

## Universal aggregators utils
Created two utils
### deleteUniversalFlatEntityForeignKeyAggregators
Used when building a universal create action, a newly created actions
should not contain any aggregated foreign key so they won't be codegen
in the workspace migration but also they are overriden at uninversal to
flat transpilation anw

### resetUniversalFlatEntityForeignKeyAggregators
Used before validating a new flat entity creation, some validator will
consume the fk aggregator in order to validate integrity, but of
optimstically provided it can result to errors. To avoid caller
responsability we override them here

## create-field-action refactor
Refactored the universal and flat field create action to be following
the base actions in order to ease typing
Also it was tailored to handle unlimited amount of flat field metadata
in the same actions whereas in the reality we were always only sending
at max 2 ( for relation fields )

Note: relation field has to be provided at the same as if not optimistic
would fail to retrieve circular universal identifiers

## ObjectManifest
Now always expect a `labelIdentifierFieldMetadataUniversalIdentifier`

## Integration test
Created an integration test that creates an app, sync a first manifest
and a second implying update workspace migration action generation
2026-02-16 15:00:24 +01:00