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Fixes #97 — both halves.

1. A caller-controlled string could add a line to the 3-line format

bun run error-render refuses a parameter typed unknown/any reaching a cause:. A value already typed string cannot throw on render, so the check has nothing to object to — while a newline in one writes a second line an operator, a CI log or the dev overlay's <pre> reads as a genuine framework message. Three holes shipped in @ultimat3/auth under a green check, the worst reachable by an unauthenticated stranger with one crafted OIDC token.

The first fix escaped at the six renderers. That was the wrong place, for three reasons that only became visible once it was written down:

Six only goes up a seventh renderer in this repo, and every renderer an app writes, would each have had to remember. No gate over this repo's source could ever have covered the second set
format() is not the only reader an uncaught throw prints .message; a log line takes .cause; --json takes toJSON(). A per-renderer escape left three of four doors open
It is a rule, not a mechanism axiom 3: a convention that is not a build error does not exist

So the escape moves into UltimateError's and SchemaError's constructors — code, title, cause, fix, docs. This is option 3 of the three the issue listed, which it called "the real answer".

  • format() now interpolates the fields bare. A second pass would be a second place that has to be right, and it is the one that gets forgotten.
  • singleLine is idempotent, so @ultimat3/auth's renderCauseValue at the source is unharmed and stays — it also quotes, which is what makes a forged iss legible as a value rather than as prose. Not a second path: the constructor is a floor under every field, not a replacement for saying which value is foreign.
  • The four renderers that still call singleLine take shapes this class never built (a Finding, a catalog entry) — the one case left.

Measured before touching anything: zero shipped cause:/fix: literals contain a newline. The 12 that look multi-line are Biome wrapping a template literal; the rendered string is one line. So this changes no shipped message.

2. A fix: read out of a table was dropped — and not even counted

The issue's "Related, same family". fix: SQLSTATE_FIXES[code] holds no literal at its own depth, so valueLiterals answered [] and the site vanished. It did not even reach the unreadable counter that exists to make a blind spot visible. @ultimat3/db's six SQLSTATE fixes were hand-verified in a pin test for exactly that reason, and nothing would have caught a seventh.

scanFixSites now resolves a lookup one hop to a table the same file declares: TABLE[k], TABLE.k, through an Object.freeze wrapper, and through the .replace(…) that driverError chains onto it. Same-file and one hop, deliberately — a chain or a second file is where a text scan starts guessing.

The honesty counter keeps its documented meaning: a SCREAMING_SNAKE head that resolves to nothing is counted (it names a constant, so it is a table in another file — a real hole). init.fix is not, because a parameter's property is read wherever that parameter was filled, and counting it would make the coverage line describe re-passes rather than blind spots.

before:  checked 921   unreadable 33   findings 0
after:   checked 950   unreadable 33   findings 1

3. The one it found

packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.ts answered SQLSTATE 42704 with x db replication init. There is no such command — x db takes gen, migrate, reset, seed, studio, branch, backfill. A fix: that instructs a no-op is the failure axiom 4 exists to prevent, and no rule had ever read it.

It now names the CREATE PUBLICATION an operator can paste. The publication name is a copy of DEFAULT_REPLICATION_PUBLICATION: pg-wire.ts cannot import changefeed-env.ts without closing changefeed-env → changefeed → pg-replication → pg-wire into a cycle, and a test can — so pg-wire.test.ts pins it. The gate cannot check a name; it can now check the line.

Decisions made without asking

  • Escaping at construction over a new gate step. A gate rule would have had to identify "a renderer", and the only decidable spellings I could find hit 108 sites of which most are composition, not rendering — a check whose findings must be argued with is a check an agent learns to skip (error-render.ts says so itself). Making the value safe beats detecting the misuse.
  • format() stops calling singleLine. Defence in depth here is a second path (axiom 1).
  • FIXES in pg-wire.ts is exported for its own test only, not re-exported from index.ts.

Verification

  • Every new test mutation-checked: reverting the constructor escape reds 6 tests; reverting the table resolution drops the 42704 finding back to silence.
  • bun run verify — 14 of 18 passed, 4 skipped at the framework root (drift, contract-diff, budgets, seo).

wiki/Known-Gaps.md moves the row from Open to Closed, carrying the workaround for anyone on 4.1.0 or below.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Error details now consistently remain single-line, preventing embedded line breaks from affecting displayed messages and serialized output.
    • Schema validation errors receive the same safe formatting treatment.
    • Updated replication guidance for missing database objects now provides explicit publication-creation commands.
  • Improvements

    • Fix suggestions can now be discovered from local lookup tables, including nested, computed, chained, and concatenated entries.
    • Duplicate suggestions are consolidated, while unavailable or parameter-based values are handled safely.
  • Documentation

    • Updated known limitations and guidance to reflect the improved error handling and fix discovery behavior.

…d read a fix out of a table

Closes #97 — both halves, and each one closes a hole the other could not.

## The 3-line format could gain a fourth line, and the gate could never see it

`bun run error-render` refuses a parameter typed `unknown`/`any` reaching a `cause:`. A value
already typed `string` cannot throw on render, so the check has nothing to object to — while a
newline in one writes a second line an operator, a CI log or the dev overlay's `<pre>` reads as a
genuine framework message. Three holes shipped in `@ultimat3/auth` under a green check, the worst
reachable by an unauthenticated stranger with one crafted OIDC token.

The first fix escaped at each of the six RENDERERS. That could not hold: six is a number that only
goes up, `format()` is not the only reader (an uncaught throw prints `.message`, a log line takes
`.cause`, `--json` takes `toJSON()`), and it covered none of the renderers an APP writes.

So the escape moves into `UltimateError`'s and `SchemaError`'s CONSTRUCTORS — `code`, `title`,
`cause`, `fix`, `docs`. That is the option #97 itself called the real answer, and it is one place
instead of every place. `format()` now interpolates the fields bare: a second pass would be a
second place that has to be right. `singleLine` is idempotent, so `@ultimat3/auth`'s
`renderCauseValue` at the source is unharmed and stays — it also QUOTES, which is what makes a
forged `iss` legible as a value rather than as prose.

The four renderers that still call `singleLine` take shapes this class never built — a `Finding`,
a catalog entry — which is the one case left.

## A `fix:` read out of a table was dropped without even being counted

`fix: SQLSTATE_FIXES[code]` holds no literal at its own depth, so `valueLiterals` answered `[]`
and the site vanished — it did not reach the `unreadable` counter that exists to make a blind spot
visible. `@ultimat3/db`'s six SQLSTATE fixes were hand-verified in a pin test for that reason, and
nothing would have caught a seventh.

`scanFixSites` now resolves a lookup one hop to a table this file declares — `TABLE[k]`, `TABLE.k`,
through an `Object.freeze` wrapper, and through the `.replace(…)` `driverError` chains onto it.
Same-file and one hop, deliberately: a chain or a second file is where a text scan starts guessing.
A SCREAMING_SNAKE head that resolves to nothing is counted instead; `init.fix` is not, because a
parameter's property is read wherever that parameter was filled and counting it would make the
coverage line describe re-passes rather than holes.

**Measured over the tree: 921 → 950 fix lines read, `unreadable` unchanged at 33.**

## It found one, immediately

`packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.ts` answered SQLSTATE `42704` with `x db replication init`. There is
no such command — `x db` takes gen, migrate, reset, seed, studio, branch, backfill. A `fix:` that
is a no-op is the failure axiom 4 exists to prevent, and it had never been read by any rule.

Now the `CREATE PUBLICATION` an operator can paste. The publication NAME is a copy of
`DEFAULT_REPLICATION_PUBLICATION` — `pg-wire.ts` cannot import `changefeed-env.ts` without closing
`changefeed-env -> changefeed -> pg-replication -> pg-wire` into a cycle, and a test can, so
`pg-wire.test.ts` pins it. The gate cannot check a name; it can now check the line.

## Verification

- Every new test mutation-checked: reverting the constructor escape reds 6, reverting the table
  resolution drops the `42704` finding.
- `bun run verify`: 14 of 18 passed, 4 skipped at the framework root (drift, contract-diff,
  budgets, seo).

`wiki/Known-Gaps.md` moves the row from Open to Closed with the workaround for anyone on 4.1.0.

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The PR normalizes error fields during construction, extends CLI fix scanning to local lookup tables, and updates PostgreSQL replication guidance with publication-creation instructions and regression coverage.

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Constructor-level error safety

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Constructor escaping and validation
packages/core/src/errors.ts, packages/schema/src/errors.ts, packages/core/src/errors.test.ts, packages/core/CLAUDE.md, packages/auth/CLAUDE.md, scripts/error-render.ts, wiki/Known-Gaps.md
UltimateError and SchemaError escape code, title, cause, fix, and docs during construction. Formatting, messages, JSON output, documentation, and tests use the normalized values.

Local fix-table scanning

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Lookup resolution and coverage
packages/cli/src/fix-scan.ts, packages/cli/src/fix-scan.test.ts
The scanner resolves local constant object lookups, including computed and dotted access, wrapped tables, concatenated values, and chained calls. It deduplicates table reads and tracks unresolved uppercase lookups as unreadable.

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Publication guidance and regression test
packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.ts, packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.test.ts
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In `@packages/cli/src/fix-scan.ts`:
- Around line 223-234: Update tableOpen() to resolve the const binding relative
to the lookup position, respecting lexical scope and shadowing instead of
selecting the first file-wide match. Accept only a bare object literal or the
exact Object.freeze wrapper; reject arbitrary factory calls and ambiguous or
unresolved bindings by incrementing unreadable rather than scanning another
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- Around line 241-266: Update tableFixSites to partition the object into
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In `@packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.test.ts`:
- Around line 339-344: Update the test for FIXES['42704'] to assert the complete
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text and absence of x db replication.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.test.ts` around lines 339 -
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- Around line 192-194: Update the operator-facing guidance in
ReplicationFailedError.fix and the FIXES['42704'] message path to use t() rather
than an inline hardcoded string, while preserving fix-scanner visibility through
the supported message/table mechanism.
- Around line 191-194: Update serverError() so 42704 handling distinguishes the
failing stage: use the active REPLICATION_PUBLICATION value when suggesting
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'42704':
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Make the 42704 fix context-specific and use the active publication. CLAUDE.md requires executable error fixes. serverError() maps 42704 from multiple stages to a command that always creates x_changes; it ignores REPLICATION_PUBLICATION. A missing-slot 42704 is not fixed by creating a publication. Use context-specific fixes and test default, override, and missing-slot cases.

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In `@packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.ts` around lines 191 - 194, Update
serverError() so 42704 handling distinguishes the failing stage: use the active
REPLICATION_PUBLICATION value when suggesting publication creation, and provide
the appropriate missing-slot remediation instead of creating a publication. Add
or update tests covering the default publication, an overridden publication, and
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Declining both, with the measurement.

Zero of the framework's error strings go through t(), and that is the design, not an oversight.

$ grep -rn "fix: t(\|cause: t(" --include=*.ts packages/*/src | grep -v .test. | wc -l
0

Three reasons, each independently sufficient:

  1. @ultimat3/realtime does not depend on @ultimat3/i18n. It is not in package.json, so t() is not callable here. Adding the dependency to translate one SQLSTATE line is a new package edge for an operator-facing psql command.

  2. It would blind the very gate this PR builds. The errors step reads fix: string literals — that is scanFixSites' whole premise, and the half of gate: error-render cannot see a caller-controlled string reaching a cause:, and three log-injection holes shipped under it #97 this PR closes is precisely that a fix which is not a readable literal is invisible to it. fix: t('…') is a call, so X_ERROR_FIX_INVALID and the x <command> citation check would both stop seeing it. The line that shipped x db replication init for three majors was invisible for exactly this reason.

  3. The rule is about UI text. CLAUDE.md's "no hardcoded user-facing strings" governs what a person reads in the product — @ultimat3/ui, @ultimat3/admin, a scaffolded app's pages. An error fix: is a command an operator pastes into a shell; CREATE PUBLICATION x_changes FOR ALL TABLES is SQL, and translating it would make it wrong. The framework's own wiki/Error-Codes.md is English-only for the same reason.

The two findings on this line are the same point filed twice, so this reply covers both. Happy to be shown a counter-example — one framework cause: or fix: that goes through t() today would change the picture.

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@sebyx07, agreed on the t() point. cause: and fix: are operator metadata, not localized UI text. The package boundary and literal-scanner contract support that design. I used the existing repository guidance on this point.

This thread remains about a separate condition. FIXES['42704'] always instructs the operator to create x_changes. SQLSTATE 42704 can also identify a missing replication slot. In that case, the publication command does not remediate the failure. The mapping must use failure context, or the error detail must identify which object is absent.


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Repo: developerz-ai/ultimate PR: 72
File: packages/action/src/client.ts:159-159
Timestamp: 2026-08-14T14:40:25.058Z
Learning: In `packages/action/src/client.ts`, `cause` and `fix` are error metadata rather than UI copy. Do not route them through `t()`. The browser-bundled action client has no i18n dependency, and `RpcFailedError` follows the same non-localized error-text convention.

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Repo: developerz-ai/ultimate PR: 92
File: packages/cli/src/cmd-docs.ts:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-08-15T18:29:10.458Z
Learning: In `packages/cli/src/cmd-*.ts`, `packages/cli/CLAUDE.md` requires `messages.ts` for rendered `CommandResult.summary` and explanatory `CommandResult.lines` text. Keep runnable CLI commands literal in output lines because localization would make them non-executable. Keep scanned documentation text, such as package header comments, unchanged because it is quoted source content rather than CLI-authored UI text.

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Comment thread packages/realtime/src/pg-wire.ts
…stile code, whole command

CodeRabbit on #229. Four fixed, two declined with the measurement in the thread.

**`tableOpen` resolved the first `const` of that name in the file, and accepted any call wrapper.**
Now conservative in three ways, each answering `undefined` so the caller counts the site rather
than judging fix lines from a table the call site cannot reach: a name declared TWICE is not
resolved at all (nothing here tracks lexical scope, so a nested `const FIXES` would have been read
as the outer one); only a bare `{…}` or the exact `Object.freeze({…})` resolves (`makeTable({…})`
is a call whose result this cannot know, and reading its argument reports a factory's input as its
output); and only a `const`, because a `let`'s last assignment is what a call reads.

**A conditional entry was read twice.** `a: on ? 'x' : 'y'` carries two colons at the entry's own
depth, so the else branch was scanned again and one entry reported as two fix lines. `tableFixSites`
now advances past the whole value through `entryEnd`, which mirrors `valueLiterals`' own stop rule.

**A hostile `code` was untested**, and it is the field that matters most after `cause`:
`describeErrorCode` HUMANISES an unregistered code into the title, so a forged code becomes a
forged title too. Nothing is registered by the test — `describeErrorCode` only reads — so there is
no registry entry to undo.

**`42704`'s assertion split the command from its name.** A fix naming the right publication in its
explanatory tail and the wrong one in the statement passed both halves; it now asserts
`CREATE PUBLICATION <default> FOR ALL TABLES` whole.

Coverage after the change: **952 fix lines read, `unreadable` unchanged at 33** (921/33 before).

Declined: routing `FIXES['42704']` through `t()`. Zero of the framework's 952 `fix:`/`cause:`
literals do, `@ultimat3/realtime` does not depend on `@ultimat3/i18n`, and a `fix:` that is a CALL
is invisible to the very scanner this PR builds — which is how `x db replication init` shipped.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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sebyx07 merged commit b2c8b49 into main Aug 20, 2026
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