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Conditions were barely documented: Read and StreamedListObjects never mentioned them at all, and none of the worked JSON examples for Write/Check/ListObjects/ListUsers/Expand/ReadChanges/BatchCheck showed a conditioned tuple in practice. Add message-level docs for Condition, ConditionMetadata, ConditionParamTypeRef, RelationshipCondition, TupleKey, TupleKeyWithoutCondition, and Tuple, and add a consistent worked example (a time-limited access grant) to every relevant RPC description, including verified behavior notes (context merge/override order, Expand's non-evaluation of conditions, ReadChanges stripping conditions on deletes). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
The description fields render as Markdown, but many sentences were separated only by a single newline, which Markdown collapses into one run-on paragraph instead of distinct paragraphs. Add blank lines between logical points in Read/Write/Check/Expand/ListObjects/ ListUsers/ReadChanges/StreamedListObjects (also fixes two spots in ListUsers where sentences were concatenated with no separator at all). Kept as its own commit, separate from the condition content changes, so it can be reverted independently if it affects rendering once deployed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
Condition-related explanations in Check and Expand were split across non-adjacent paragraphs with unrelated content (authorization_model_id, consistency, response tree structure) sandwiched in between, making the condition story hard to follow. Reorder so all condition/context material for a given RPC is contiguous. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
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Several examples pointed elsewhere ("see the Write API docs for that
example") instead of restating the small amount of data needed
(grant_time/grant_duration values, or the condition/model signature) -
embed it directly so each example stands on its own. Also restructure
ListObjects and ListUsers, which jumped straight to a conditioned
example with no plain query shown first, to follow the same
typical -> conditioned -> contextual-tuple progression already used by
Write and Check. Adds a missing contextual_tuples example for
ListObjects and ListUsers (the latter uses a plain array, not a
tuple_keys-wrapped object, unlike Check/ListObjects/Expand).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
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WalkthroughThe PR expands OpenFGA schema and API documentation for relationship conditions, tuple and request context, condition evaluation, conditional writes, condition-preserving reads, change history, and object and user listing behavior. ChangesConditional relationship documentation
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In `@openfga/v1/openfga.proto`:
- Around line 176-180: Update the TupleKey documentation in
openfga/v1/openfga.proto at lines 176-180 to state that Read returns Tuple while
ReadChanges returns TupleChange; mirror this corrected ReadChanges result type
in docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json at line 2734.
- Around line 119-122: Update the delete-related documentation to match the
triplet-only schema: in openfga/v1/openfga.proto lines 119-122, describe
TupleKeyWithoutCondition using user, relation, and object; in
openfga/v1/openfga_service.proto lines 210-212, remove the claim that delete
conditions are ignored; in docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json lines 1582 and
2760, align the Write API and TupleKeyWithoutCondition descriptions with their
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| // TupleKeyWithoutCondition identifies a relationship tuple by its user/relation/object triplet | ||
| // only, with no `RelationshipCondition`. It's used where a condition would be meaningless or | ||
| // ignored: deleting a tuple (`WriteRequestDeletes.tuple_keys`) only needs the triplet to find the | ||
| // matching row, and any `condition` on the delete request itself is ignored by the Write API. |
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Delete documentation conflicts with the request schema. WriteRequestDeletes.tuple_keys uses TupleKeyWithoutCondition, so delete payloads do not have a condition field.
openfga/v1/openfga.proto#L119-L122: state that a delete identifies a tuple byuser,relation, andobject.openfga/v1/openfga_service.proto#L210-L212: remove the claim that a submitted delete condition is ignored.docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json#L1582-L1582: align the Write API description with the triplet-only delete schema.docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json#L2760-L2760: align theTupleKeyWithoutConditiondescription with its declared fields.
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In `@openfga/v1/openfga.proto` around lines 119 - 122, Update the delete-related
documentation to match the triplet-only schema: in openfga/v1/openfga.proto
lines 119-122, describe TupleKeyWithoutCondition using user, relation, and
object; in openfga/v1/openfga_service.proto lines 210-212, remove the claim that
delete conditions are ignored; in docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json lines 1582
and 2760, align the Write API and TupleKeyWithoutCondition descriptions with
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| // TupleKey identifies a relationship tuple by its user/relation/object triplet, optionally with a | ||
| // `condition` that makes the relationship it describes conditional (ABAC). This is the shape used | ||
| // when writing tuples and when specifying `contextual_tuples`; a stored tuple returned by the Read | ||
| // or ReadChanges APIs is wrapped in a `Tuple`, which pairs a `TupleKey` (including its `condition`, | ||
| // if any) with the tuple's write timestamp. |
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ReadChanges returns TupleChange, not Tuple. The current text gives SDK users the wrong response shape.
openfga/v1/openfga.proto#L176-L180: keepTupleas the Read result wrapper and nameTupleChangefor ReadChanges.docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json#L2734-L2734: mirror the corrected ReadChanges result type.
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In `@openfga/v1/openfga.proto` around lines 176 - 180, Update the TupleKey
documentation in openfga/v1/openfga.proto at lines 176-180 to state that Read
returns Tuple while ReadChanges returns TupleChange; mirror this corrected
ReadChanges result type in docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json at line 2734.
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Pull request overview
This PR improves the API’s documentation around ABAC/conditional tuples by expanding and reorganizing proto/RPC descriptions and synchronizing the generated Go/OpenAPI artifacts so conditions and context behavior are clearer for API consumers.
Changes:
- Adds/expands documentation for
RelationshipCondition,TupleKey,Tuple, and modelConditions to explain conditioned relationships and context usage. - Enhances RPC docs (Read/Write/Check/ListObjects/ListUsers/Expand/ReadChanges/BatchCheck) with clearer paragraphs and more self-contained examples.
- Updates generated artifacts (
*.pb.go,apidocs.swagger.json) to reflect the proto comment/example changes.
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| File | Description |
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| proto/openfga/v1/openfga.pb.go | Regenerated Go protobuf output reflecting updated tuple/condition docs and OpenAPI examples. |
| proto/openfga/v1/authzmodel.pb.go | Regenerated Go protobuf output reflecting updated condition/model docs. |
| openfga/v1/openfga.proto | Adds detailed docs for RelationshipCondition, TupleKeyWithoutCondition, TupleKey, and Tuple; adds OpenAPI example for condition context. |
| openfga/v1/openfga_service.proto | Expands RPC descriptions and examples to demonstrate ABAC conditions and context across APIs. |
| openfga/v1/authzmodel.proto | Documents model-level conditions and adds/expands Condition-related message docs. |
| docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json | Regenerated OpenAPI JSON reflecting the updated proto/RPC documentation. |
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- This comment says deletes “ignore” any
condition, butWriteRequestDeletes.tuple_keysisTupleKeyWithoutCondition(no condition field). That makes the wording confusing for API consumers; it’s clearer to state that conditions aren’t supported/used for deletes.
// TupleKeyWithoutCondition identifies a relationship tuple by its user/relation/object triplet
// only, with no `RelationshipCondition`. It's used where a condition would be meaningless or
// ignored: deleting a tuple (`WriteRequestDeletes.tuple_keys`) only needs the triplet to find the
// matching row, and any `condition` on the delete request itself is ignored by the Write API.
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| // RelationshipCondition attaches an ABAC condition to a relationship tuple, making the | ||
| // relationship it's attached to conditional: the relationship only holds when the named | ||
| // `Condition`'s CEL expression evaluates to true. |
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| "The Write API will transactionally update the tuples for a certain store. Tuples and " | ||
| "type definitions allow OpenFGA to determine whether a " | ||
| "relationship exists between an object and an user.\n" | ||
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| "In the body, `writes` adds new tuples and `deletes` removes existing tuples. When deleting a tuple, any `condition` specified with it is ignored.\n" | ||
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| "A `writes` tuple may include a `condition` (see `RelationshipCondition`) to make the relationship conditional. Its `context` is optional at write " |
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| "If a returned tuple was written with a `condition` (see `RelationshipCondition`), that condition (its `name` and any " | ||
| "`context` it was written with) is returned exactly as stored. Read does not evaluate the condition or filter tuples " | ||
| "based on whether it would currently hold true — that evaluation only happens in the Check, ListObjects, and ListUsers APIs.\n" |
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| "```\n" | ||
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| "`current_time` is intentionally left out of the tuple's `context` here — it's supplied later, per Check/ListObjects/ListUsers request, " |
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Expand should support this too, let's verify
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Andrés Aguiar <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Andrés Aguiar <[email protected]>
Resolves conflicts in generated protobuf/OpenAPI artifacts by regenerating them from the merged .proto sources via buf generate.
The prior merge commit staged the pre-regeneration (main-only) content for these generated files. Running buf generate + update_swagger.sh picks up this branch's proto description changes too.
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"Conditioned tuple/relation" -> "conditional tuple"; "adding/removing a relationship" -> "adding/removing a relationship tuple" for the write-object headers. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <[email protected]>
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@tylernix - can you ammend your commits with you & Andres as co-authors only. Some commits CLAs are failing due to Claude being co-author
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Conditions/contextual tuples were barely documented across the API — Read never mentioned them at all, and none of the worked examples for Write/Check/ListObjects/ListUsers/Expand/ReadChanges/BatchCheck showed a conditioned tuple in practice. Also took the opportunity to add paragraph spacing throughout for better readability.
No behavior change — proto comments, doc-generation annotations, and generated docs only.
Summary
This adds message-level docs (Condition, RelationshipCondition, TupleKey, etc.) and a consistent worked example — a non_expired_grant time-limited access condition, matching the existing docs.openfga.dev example — to every relevant RPC.
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