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feat(platform)!: a private type's update may only add properties after its existing ones (PV15) - #5807
What this does: a contract update may only add properties to a private document type after its existing ones, at the end of the type and at the end of every object, never before them or between them. An update that puts a property ahead of the existing ones, or reorders them, is refused with DocumentTypeUpdateError.
Value: a private type's entries are immutable and do not say which version of the contract wrote them, so every entry is read with the type as it is now. The document property encoding writes the type's properties, and each object's members, in the order the type parses them. Schema compatibility freezes each existing property's position and type, but not that order, so an accepted update could make every entry written before it read wrong. Found while reviewing the private document payload code in #5806.
Risks: low. It only refuses more updates, and only of private types, which exist from protocol version 15.
Example (a private type with accountReference at position 0, encryptedPublicKey at 1, and an object meta at 4 holding y at 0 and z at 1):
how the type parses its properties:
the type's own properties by position: accountReference, encryptedPublicKey, meta
an object's members in the schema's order: meta.y, meta.z
an entry written now carries ... | meta: len, y, z
update adding meta.x listed before y, at position 2
before: accepted; meta parses as x, y, z, so an older entry's y byte reads as x's presence marker
after: refused: "a private document type can only add properties after its existing ones:
the object meta would no longer start with its existing properties in their order"
update listing meta as z, y before: accepted after: refused (the object meta)
update adding note at position 3 before: accepted after: refused (the type): note sorts before meta at 4
update adding meta.x after z accepted, before and after: an older entry reads x as absent
update adding note at position 5,
listed first in the schema accepted, before and after: it sorts after meta
Issue being fixed or feature implemented
Sam chose to let private types keep evolving rather than freeze their properties, on two conditions: an update may only append properties, and only if the type's entry size still holds the largest payload. This PR is the first condition, on chain. The second is checked by the SDK, which since #5805 refuses an update whose new or changed private type no longer fits its entrySize, as it does at registration.
What was done?
dpp:
In the update validator shared by the update generations (validate_update/common), right after the check that keeps a type private and its entrySize the same: when the type is private, first_reordered_member_list compares the old and new property lists, the type's own and every object's at any depth. Each old list must be a prefix of the new one, in the order the type parses it. The first list that is not is named in the DocumentTypeUpdateError.
Positions are already frozen by schema compatibility. This check covers what that does not: the parsed order, which is by position at the top level and the schema's map order inside an object.
platform-version: note 13 of v15.rs states the rule.
Book: the private row of contract-keywords.md states it.
In-place changes to shipped generations
validate_config_with_options in validate_update/common (dpp), which protocol version 14's update validation also runs: the new check runs only when the old type is private (private_document() is Some). Only protocol version 15 parses a private type (parse_private_document, None before CONTRACT_VERSIONS_V7), so at protocol version 14 and earlier both sides answer None and the check is skipped. Every earlier update is decided as before.
refused, each naming its list: a member put before an object's existing ones; an object's members reordered; a property at a position below an existing one (the type);
accepted: a member added after an object's existing ones; a property at a position after the existing ones, listed first in the schema map.
these types skip full validation, so their position-gap case is defensive.
dpp (private_document_tests::should_keep_the_property_order_of_a_registrable_private_type_at_every_depth), under full validation: meta at position 2 holds an unchanged object side before inner; a prepend, a reorder and a member removal in inner are refused naming the object meta.inner; an append to inner and a top-level append at position 3 are accepted.
cargo test -p dpp --all-features on the validate_update, private_document and validate_schema_compatibility tests (208).
cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings on dpp and platform-version.
Breaking Changes
Consensus, from protocol version 15: a data contract update that adds a property to a private type anywhere but after the existing ones, or reorders them, is refused with DocumentTypeUpdateError. Nothing changes for public types or before protocol version 15.
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Private document types can now be updated by appending new properties after existing ones, both at the top level and within objects. Existing properties must remain in their original order; attempts to reorder them or insert properties before them are rejected.
Clarified that private entries are read according to the document type’s definition at the time of reading.
…r its existing ones (PV15)
A private type's entries are immutable and do not say which version of
the contract wrote them, so every one is read with the type as it is
now. The document property encoding writes the type's properties (in
position order) and each object's members (in the schema's map order)
in the order the type parses them. Schema compatibility freezes each
property's position and type, but not that order: an update could put
a new optional member before an object's existing ones in the map, or
give a new property a position below an existing one, and every entry
written before would read wrong.
The update validator now refuses, for a private type, an update whose
property list, or any object's member list, no longer starts with the
existing ones in their order (DocumentTypeUpdateError). Appending is
accepted, at the end of the type and of each object. In place in the
shared update validator: only protocol version 15 parses a private
type, so the check is skipped at every earlier version.
The size of an addition is checked by the SDK, as since #5805: every
private type an update adds or changes must still hold its largest
payload in its entry size.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Private document type updates now require existing properties to remain in order at the type level and within matching nested objects. The update rule, validator, and tests describe and check this constraint.
Changes: Private property ordering
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Summary
Specify and enforce property ordering book/src/contract-keywords.md, packages/rs-platform-version/src/version/v15.rs, packages/rs-dpp/src/data_contract/document_type/methods/validate_update/common/mod.rs, packages/rs-dpp/src/data_contract/document_type/class_methods/try_from_schema/v3/private_document_tests.rs
The private-type update rule now allows properties only after existing properties. Validation checks top-level and nested object property lists for an unchanged ordered prefix, and returns an update error when a list is reordered or shortened. Tests cover rejected reordering and valid appends. The documentation also states that private entries are read using the type at read time.
dashpay/platform#5689: Introduces the private document type keyword and the validator rules extended here.
dashpay/platform#5806: Adds positional private document payload decoding that depends on the property-order rule.
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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 3d16e
The append-only validation has no established merge-blocking defect. Additional shorter-list and deeply nested object tests would strengthen regression coverage.
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Add tests for shorter lists and deeper objects.
The test never shortens a property list or nests an object inside meta. A regression in the length check or dotted-path recursion could therefore pass. Add cases that assert the refusal and object path for both.
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Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2
The append-only check matches the property encoding order, recursively checks objects, and is inert before PV15; no blocking correctness or versioning issues were confirmed at head 3d16ed6. One combined test-coverage suggestion remains: exercise registration-valid schemas and changes below the first object level. This was a static review; current CI reports passing Rust workspace and wasm32 tests, with review and hygiene checks pending.
Triage: normal by gpt-6.1-sol (effort low) — The recursive property-order check in validate_update/common/mod.rs changes consensus validation but is a contained addition, not a large or intricate change meeting the critical threshold.
These findings are from an automated code review. Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.
In `packages/rs-dpp/src/data_contract/document_type/class_methods/try_from_schema/v3/private_document_tests.rs`:
- [SUGGESTION] packages/rs-dpp/src/data_contract/document_type/class_methods/try_from_schema/v3/private_document_tests.rs:984-991: Cover recursive updates with registration-valid schemas
All cases use top-level positions 0, 1, and 4 through `private_type_with`, which disables full validation. `parse_document_properties` requires continuous top-level positions during full validation, so the old type could not be registered. The nested map-order issue is real, but these fixtures do not demonstrate it on an admissible type; the top-level gap insertion case exercises an otherwise unreachable layout. Add coverage with `meta` at position 2, parse the old and proposed nested-update schemas with full validation, and verify that a top-level append at position 3 remains accepted. The synthetic gap cases can remain as defensive coverage.
The same test only changes immediate members of `meta`, so an implementation that stopped descending after one object level would still pass. Extend the valid fixture with `meta.inner`: reject a prepend, reorder, and member removal there, accept an append, and assert that rejections identify `the object meta.inner`. An unchanged object sibling before the changed branch would also verify that traversal continues past an unchanged subtree.
… and nested objects
A second test parses the old and new types under full validation, with
top-level positions running on without a gap, and goes a level deeper:
meta holds an unchanged object before the object inner an update
changes. Prepending to inner, reordering it and removing a member are
refused naming the object meta.inner; appending to it, and appending a
property to the type at the next position, are accepted. The first
test's position-gap case is noted as defensive, since full validation
refuses the gap.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2
Static review of the complete diff at 1d71edd found no actionable defects: the recursive prefix check matches encoding order, belongs in DPP, and cannot affect pre-PV15 consensus behavior. The registration-valid nested tests address the prior coverage finding. Current CI reports no failed checks, with Rust workspace tests and dashmate JS tests still pending; no builds or tests were run locally.
Triage: normal by gpt-6.1-sol (effort low) — The recursive property-order validation changes consensus acceptance rules but is a contained implementation with focused tests, not a large or intricate change meeting the critical tier's bar.
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Basic explanation
What this does: a contract update may only add properties to a private document type after its existing ones, at the end of the type and at the end of every object, never before them or between them. An update that puts a property ahead of the existing ones, or reorders them, is refused with
DocumentTypeUpdateError.Value: a private type's entries are immutable and do not say which version of the contract wrote them, so every entry is read with the type as it is now. The document property encoding writes the type's properties, and each object's members, in the order the type parses them. Schema compatibility freezes each existing property's
positionand type, but not that order, so an accepted update could make every entry written before it read wrong. Found while reviewing the private document payload code in #5806.Risks: low. It only refuses more updates, and only of private types, which exist from protocol version 15.
Example (a private type with
accountReferenceat position 0,encryptedPublicKeyat 1, and an objectmetaat 4 holdingyat 0 andzat 1):Issue being fixed or feature implemented
Sam chose to let private types keep evolving rather than freeze their properties, on two conditions: an update may only append properties, and only if the type's entry size still holds the largest payload. This PR is the first condition, on chain. The second is checked by the SDK, which since #5805 refuses an update whose new or changed private type no longer fits its
entrySize, as it does at registration.What was done?
dpp:
validate_update/common), right after the check that keeps a type private and itsentrySizethe same: when the type is private,first_reordered_member_listcompares the old and new property lists, the type's own and every object's at any depth. Each old list must be a prefix of the new one, in the order the type parses it. The first list that is not is named in theDocumentTypeUpdateError.platform-version: note 13 of
v15.rsstates the rule.Book: the
privaterow ofcontract-keywords.mdstates it.In-place changes to shipped generations
validate_config_with_optionsinvalidate_update/common(dpp), which protocol version 14's update validation also runs: the new check runs only when the old type is private (private_document()isSome). Only protocol version 15 parses a private type (parse_private_document,NonebeforeCONTRACT_VERSIONS_V7), so at protocol version 14 and earlier both sides answerNoneand the check is skipped. Every earlier update is decided as before.How Has This Been Tested?
private_document_tests::should_refuse_an_update_that_does_not_keep_a_private_type_s_property_order):the type);private_document_tests::should_keep_the_property_order_of_a_registrable_private_type_at_every_depth), under full validation:metaat position 2 holds an unchanged objectsidebeforeinner; a prepend, a reorder and a member removal ininnerare refused namingthe object meta.inner; an append toinnerand a top-level append at position 3 are accepted.cargo test -p dpp --all-featureson thevalidate_update,private_documentandvalidate_schema_compatibilitytests (208).cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warningson dpp and platform-version.Breaking Changes
Consensus, from protocol version 15: a data contract update that adds a property to a private type anywhere but after the existing ones, or reorders them, is refused with
DocumentTypeUpdateError. Nothing changes for public types or before protocol version 15.Checklist:
structure.rs, regeneratedgrovedb-structure.json, and checked the structure viewer link posted on this pull requestFor repository code-owners and collaborators only
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