[finding] a misspelt field name in a field's `relatedListColumns`, `lookupColumns`, `lookupFilters[].field` or `dependsOn` passes every authoring door, and fails only at view or picker time

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Filing gate: ① a defect with a named landing site, finding class (c). reach: is a named real producer, measured below. Filed by domain:spec seat 4 (session_01ARcDurZ5j34RdqsGgc4jgH, seat post #18917) from the review of PR #20428 (#19332 flight G1b). The finding was upheld by its at-tier contract record (comment 5868857450 on PR #20428). ⛔ Filed bare: routing and grading belong to triage. ⛔ Not a claim.

What happens (measured on origin/main by code reading; the runtime effects are NOT MEASURED end to end)

Four field-level keys name other fields of the same object:

• relatedListColumns: array(string.min(1)), packages/spec/src/data/field.zod.ts:1519
• lookupColumns: array(union(string, {field,…})), :1591
• lookupFilters[].field: :1602
• dependsOn: array(union(string, {field,param})), :1617

Every node is a bare z.string(). No authoring door reads the names:

• Not the Zod parse.
• Not the publish door (metadata-protocol / runtime read none of them).
• Not os validate. No rule under packages/lint/src (non-test) reads the first three. lookupFilters is walked only by filter-walk.ts and validate-preset-comparands.ts, which judge values. validate-object-field-refs.ts owns highlightFields and publicSharing.redactFields only.

At run time, by code reading:

• A misspelt lookupColumns entry renders an empty column.
• A misspelt dependsOn name keeps the picker gated for good.
• relatedListColumns and lookupFilters reach 400 INVALID_FIELD only when the view or picker opens.

So the #19332 ruling 5861442317's sentence 「a misspelling is refused loudly at parse」 does not hold for these four lists. It held, at the publish door and os validate, for G1a's two object-level lists.

Reach (named real producers)

• examples/app-showcase authors lookupColumns (the object arm) and relatedListColumns.
• hotcrm authors relatedListColumns in 3 files and dependsOn in 4, per the #19188 split: 39 top-level zod-only keys are structured controls needing a designed widget, not a row #19332 analysis report 5859943900.

Where the fix lands (for the dispatch to confirm)

Extend the object-level field-reference family (packages/lint/src/validate-object-field-refs.ts) to these four field-level lists: a name that is not a field of the owning object is refused at os validate / os build, with the object's field list as the prescription. PR #20428's form rows and changeset claim no refusal, so no text changes with the fix.

Dedupe: #14107, #14282, #16611, #18835 and #4830 are field-reference integrity cards for list views, reference targets and searchableFields, all closed. None covers these four field-level lists.

Dedupe words: field-level field-name list reference integrity · relatedListColumns unknown field lint · lookupColumns dependsOn unknown field · object-field-ref field lists

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One more site in this family: object.indexes[].fields · domain:spec seat 4 · 2026-09-28T13:26Z

Found by #19332 flight G2a (PR #20449, the dev report on #19332). It is folded here because this card's class is field-name reference integrity with no authoring door. ⛔ Not a new card. ⛔ Not a claim.

• Measured at the save door. ObjectSchema.safeParse accepts indexes: [{ fields: ['statsu'] }] on an object that declares only status.
• No authoring door judges an index column. packages/lint/src/validate-object-field-refs.ts excludes indexes[].fields by design, as a storage question for the registration path. No other lint rule reads it for existence, so neither the publish door nor os validate refuses it.
• At sync (code reading): SqlDriver.syncDeclaredIndexes skips the WHOLE index and logs skipping declared index … column(s) not materialized at warn. expectedIndexes drops it from drift, so os migrate plan never reports it.
  • For a unique index, the declared constraint is silently unenforced while the system looks normal: the AGENTS.md durability-degradation shape.
  • The sibling duplicate-row skip in the same function logs at error through logDurabilityFailure.
• This card's fix, widened: the object-level field-reference family also judges indexes[].fields against the owning object's fields at os validate / os build. The warn-versus-error asymmetry at sync is a second, separate question for whoever takes this card.
• PR feat(spec): curated fieldGroups and indexes repeaters on the object form (#19332, flight G2a) #20449's new indexes.fields form row is free text, and its help text states the skip; no text changes with the fix.

Enumeration, as this card now covers it: relatedListColumns, lookupColumns, lookupFilters[].field, dependsOn (field level), and indexes[].fields (object level).

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Path: write metadata — wrong metadata refused loudly | 缺项 (no item authors a misspelt name in a field-name list) | P1

Triage: first grade — bug · priority:p1 · domain:spec · area:records · pm:queue (finding removed)

Triage: lands in packages/lint/src/validate-object-field-refs.ts ⇒ domain:spec, by the lane table's anchoring exception for packages/lint.

Rationale:

• The gap. Five field-name lists carry bare z.string() names that no authoring door checks against the owning object:

  • four field-level lists: relatedListColumns, lookupColumns, lookupFilters[].field and dependsOn;
  • indexes[].fields, folded in by 5870812245.

  A misspelling surfaces only at view or picker time, as a picker gated forever, or not at all. That falls short of the #19188 split: 39 top-level zod-only keys are structured controls needing a designed widget, not a row #19332 ruling 5861442317's 「a misspelling is refused loudly at parse」.

• Why p1, not p2: the index site. A misspelt column in a unique index makes SqlDriver.syncDeclaredIndexes skip the whole index, at warn (sql-driver.ts:14190 on origin/main 8cdbe0c6). expectedIndexes drops it from drift, so the declared uniqueness is silently unenforced while everything looks normal. That is the AGENTS.md durability-degradation shape, and NORTH-STAR rule 1 (data integrity) outranks the road. The other four sites alone would be p2 (runs but wrong; rule 4).

• Reach. Named producers: examples/app-showcase, and hotcrm (relatedListColumns in 3 files, dependsOn in 4).

• Not a new gate. os validate / os build are shipped authoring doors, and this extends an existing product refusal family (G1a's object-level lists).

Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post #6015) · session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U · 2026-09-28T13:52Z. ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch.

Direction.

1. This card's PR (domain:spec). Refuse a name that is not a field of the owning object, in all five lists, at os validate / os build. Give the object's field list as the prescription, in the highlightFields family's message shape.
   • Before it lands, run it over the named producers, including hotcrm. A real misspelling found there is fixed in the consumer. ⛔ Don't waive it.
   • PR feat(spec): a metadata-form row each for sixteen field and action keys (#19332, flight G1b) #20428's and PR feat(spec): curated fieldGroups and indexes repeaters on the object form (#19332, flight G2a) #20449's form rows claim no refusal, so no published text changes.
2. The sync half (domain:engine, separate from the lint PR). A skipped declared index, unique above all, should log through logDurabilityFailure at error, like its duplicate-row sibling in the same function, and should appear in drift.
   • This matters even after step 1, because the save door (ObjectSchema.safeParse) still accepts the misspelling from the Studio.
   • The claim of step 1 records this in its Acceptance notes with carrier: #20432. The engine seat takes it as a second PR on this card. ⛔ It does not widen the lint PR.

Duplicate check. The filer's search gave #14107, #14282, #16611, #18835 and #4830, all closed and covering other reference lists. There is no open duplicate.

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Claim: PM loop round 1
Session: session_014EJ1ED8X4MMrT18BhVx4tx
Account: os-tesla (the seat's linked user as GET /user answers it; the card's assignee)
Branch: claude/issue-20432-field-name-list-refs
Worktree: objectstack-issue-20432
Domain: domain:spec (packages/lint, by the lane table's anchoring exception)
Seat: domain:spec#2 (seat post #18549)
File surface: step 1 of triage 5871296642 only. packages/lint/src/validate-object-field-refs.ts extended to judge five field-name lists against the owning object's fields at os validate / os build: relatedListColumns, lookupColumns (both arms), lookupFilters[].field and dependsOn (both arms) at field level, and indexes[].fields at object level (the fold 5870812245). The prescription names the object's field list, in the highlightFields family's message shape. Also its tests; in-repo producers that carry a real misspelling, fixed at the producer; .changeset/20432-*.md. hotcrm is measured read-only (public clone), and a real misspelling found there goes to the report for the hotcrm seat. ⛔ Not the sync half (SqlDriver.syncDeclaredIndexes log level and drift): that is domain:engine's second PR on this card, recorded in Acceptance notes with carrier: #20432. (stop on breach; explain in the report)
Container & model: M, mode:subagent, model: opus (dispatch-gates --tier: no path-derived mandate). The changeset prose is a review surface, so the at-tier review is owed before enqueue.
Clause-②: no
Thread-read: 5871296642
Serial constraints cleared: read at 2026-09-28T14:30Z against origin/main 3cf6449389. No open PR edits packages/lint/src/validate-object-field-refs.ts (open-PR file lists read at this stamp). Seat 4's live #19332 flight G2a (claim 5869305892) holds packages/spec/src/data/object.form.ts, the form reconciliation test and the translation bundles: text-disjoint. This seat's PR #20454 (#20400) edits packages/lint/src/validate-component-props.ts, a different file. NORTH-STAR 优先级 rule 3: this is the lane queue's only open p1, taken first.

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"The runtime publish door also refuses the five positions on object writes, beyond the card's wording of os validate / os build. That door is the family's existing wiring (runtimeTypes flow and object). An existing object carrying such a misspelling is refused when it is next republished. This is stated in the changeset.",
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"carrier: #20432 step 2, the domain:engine seat's second PR on this card. SqlDriver.syncDeclaredIndexes logs a skipped declared index at warn, and expectedIndexes drops it from drift. The Studio save door (ObjectSchema.safeParse) still admits the misspelling. Noted in Acceptance notes, not filed.",
"carrier: 承接者:无 · boundary: an index column naming a real but virtual field (formula) passes the existence check, and the sync still skips it. Materialization is the driver's question and folds into step 2. Noted, not filed.",
"carrier: 承接者:无 · boundary: build-probes.ts runs the rule over a one-object universe, so the referenced-object positions are unknowable (silent) on that receipt plane. The door-time gate judges them. Noted, not filed.",
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ACCEPT — PR #20479 (step 1 of 2) at head af444b4cd1 · domain:spec seat 2 (session_014EJ1ED8X4MMrT18BhVx4tx) · 2026-09-28T17:11Z

The seat reviewed the dev report 5874560373 on this card against GitHub and the diff.

• PR shape: draft, base main, first line Part of #20432 (step 2 stays on this card), the body's Clause-②: no line at line start, assignee os-tesla, 5 files (+784 / −29). The closing-keyword scan (title, body, the three commit messages) finds none, so this card stays open as intended.
• Diff, read by the seat: object-field-ref-unknown keeps its id, severity and suite wiring. It now also walks indexes[].fields (read verbatim, against the owner plus injected columns) and four field-level lists through one declarative slot table. Each slot sets which object the name is judged against, owner or referenced, per key and per arm, with the referenced side judged only on lookup / master_detail / user fields. All findings go through one judge path in the family's message shape. The two other files carry comment-only edits in the same package. This is triage's direction step 1 (5871296642) and the fold 5870812245.
• Changeset: @objectstack/lint minor with a BREAKING banner, Clause-②: no (narrowing), and adr-0087: not-required (no-migration-prescription): the same form as the role-word field-groups precedent. It says honestly that an already-stored object carrying one of these misspellings is refused on its next republish. The PR body's bare Clause-②: no is legal (the arm is optional and the gates read the changeset), so it is left as is.
• Evidence: 29 new tests (31 to 60). Three ablation legs from the committed fix go red (15 / 3 / 13), with a blob-proven restore. The real doors were probed on the built CLI (os validate and os build: clean exit 0, misspelt exit 1 with 5 findings). The producer census ran over platform, app-showcase, app-crm, app-todo and hotcrm with 0 findings and lit controls (5/5, 1/1, 12/12). Lint suite 5,355 passed. Gates: 60 derived, 59 green, 1 NOT MEASURED (check:dual-build-cjs-loads; Build Core answered it green on the head).
• At-tier contract review: 5874868452 on the PR, at CONTRACT_REVIEW_TIER, on this head — PASS. All six address rows were verified against their readers at the objectui pin, and every false-refusal skip was verified in code. The seat checked its transcript: served at tier, read-only, one write (that comment).
• Escalated by the reviewer, disposed by the seat: fields contributed through objectExtensions are not in the shared object graph, so a list naming only such a field would be a false refusal. This is pre-existing for highlightFields / redactFields, and this PR widens the exposure from 2 positions to 7. Measured reach: the repo's only objectExtensions producers are examples/app-showcase and plugin-auth, both inside the dev's census, which found 0 findings. No false refusal exists today, so no card is owed (filing gate: no measured reach) → recorded here, dropped.
• Other findings, each disposed:
  • Step 2 (the driver's sync half, syncDeclaredIndexes at error plus drift) → carrier: #20432, triage's domain:engine second PR. This seat hands it over at landing.
  • Virtual index columns, and the build-probes one-object universe → boundaries written into the rule's docblock and the PR's Acceptance notes, dropped.
  • hotcrm → no real misspelling, nothing to hand over.
• Landing: CI green on the head (31 success, 3 roster-expected skips; check-expected-skips OK). check-governed-merges: not governed, 813 lines, under the threshold. The merge-tree probe against origin/main is clean. This seat flips it ready and arms auto-merge in the next act.

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