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+---
+'@objectstack/rest': patch
+---
+
+`GET /api/v1/meta/view/<object>`, the by-name read of a `defineView` container, answers `200` on an artifact boot, and translates the views inside the container on every boot
+
+Clause-②: no
+
+The registry files a `defineView({ object, list, listViews, … })` container under the object it binds, and serves it on the by-name read of that key. The read handed the container to the translator for one view, which reads the view's own `name`.
+
+- **Artifact boot** (`os build`, then `os serve` of the artifact): a compiled container carries no `name`, so the read answered `500 INTERNAL_ERROR` and the log read `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'startsWith')`. It now answers `200`.
+- **Config boot** (`os serve objectstack.config.ts`): its registrar stamps `name: <object>` onto the container, so the read answered `200`. But it served a `label` equal to the object name, which no author wrote, and it left every view inside the container in the authored language. That label is no longer served.
+- **What is translated now, on both boots.** Each view inside the container (`list`, `form`, each `listViews` and `formViews` entry) carries the same `label`, `description` and bulk-action copy as the by-name read of the view it expands to (`<object>.<key>`). That copy is keyed by the same `objects.<object>._views.<key>` entry and judged against the same packaged base, so an organization's explicit override still beats the catalog. The container's own `label` and `description` are read from `objects.<object>._views.<object>`, and are left unchanged when the catalog has no entry there.
+- **What stays the same.** The by-name reads of the expanded views and the `GET /api/v1/meta/view` list are unchanged. The list still never includes a container.
+- **Packaging.** `@objectstack/rest` now lists `@objectstack/metadata` under `dependencies` (it was a dev dependency). The read imports `deriveViewContainerObject` from `@objectstack/metadata/view-container`, the registry's own derivation of the object a container binds.
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+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * #22614 — the by-name read of a `defineView` container answers the same on an
+ * ARTIFACT boot and on a CONFIG boot of one single-package project, with every
+ * view inside it translated.
+ *
+ * ## The defect, as measured through the doors
+ *
+ * `GET /api/v1/meta/view/acme_note`, authenticated, where `acme_note` is the
+ * key the registry files the project's `defineView({ object: 'acme_note', … })`
+ * container under:
+ *
+ *  - `os build`, then `os serve` of the artifact: `500 INTERNAL_ERROR`, the log
+ *    reading `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'startsWith')`. The
+ *    compiled container carries no `name`, and the read handed it to the
+ *    single-view translator, which keys the catalog on `name`;
+ *  - `os serve objectstack.config.ts`: `200`, from a container the config
+ *    boot's registrar had stamped `name: 'acme_note'` onto — served with a
+ *    fabricated `label: 'acme_note'` and both views inside it in English for a
+ *    `zh-CN` reader.
+ *
+ * The read now classifies the served view document once and translates a
+ * container as a container (`translateMetaDocument`, `@objectstack/rest`;
+ * pinned function-level by `meta-view-container-i18n.test.ts` there).
+ *
+ * ## What each boot is asked
+ *
+ *  - THE CARD'S READ, in `zh-CN` and in `en`: the container, whose views carry
+ *    the catalog's labels for the reader's locale, and no label the project
+ *    never wrote;
+ *  - CONTROL: the by-name reads of the two views it expands to
+ *    (`acme_note.default`, `acme_note.mine`), translated as they always were.
+ *
+ * ⚠️ Not counts: each assertion reads a label the catalog carries for exactly
+ * one view and one locale, so a read that stopped translating, or translated
+ * under the wrong key, names the view it got wrong.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
+import { spawn, execFile, type ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams } from 'node:child_process';
+import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, renameSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import {
+  CLI,
+  E2E_SECRET_KEY,
+  TSX,
+  childEnv,
+  portContentionError,
+  portDriftError,
+  probeThroughChild,
+  randomPort,
+} from './helpers/serve-process.js';
+import { linkSpec } from './helpers/define-stack-fixture.js';
+
+/** The banner's tail — every row above it has printed. */
+const READY = /Press Ctrl\+C to stop/;
+
+const OBJ = 'acme_note';
+
+/** One package, no `packages[]`; one container with a default list and one named list, and a catalog for both. */
+const CONFIG = `
+import { defineStack } from '@objectstack/spec';
+const grid = (label) => ({ type: 'grid', label, data: { provider: 'object', object: '${OBJ}' }, columns: ['title'] });
+const noteObj = { name: '${OBJ}', label: 'Note', sharingModel: 'private', fields: { title: { type: 'text', label: 'Title' } } };
+const noteViews = { object: '${OBJ}', list: grid('All Notes'), listViews: { mine: grid('My Notes') } };
+const app = { id: 'com.example.acme', name: 'acme', namespace: 'acme', version: '1.0.0', type: 'app' };
+const translations = [{
+  en: { objects: { ${OBJ}: { label: 'Note', _views: { default: { label: 'All Notes' }, mine: { label: 'My Notes' } } } } },
+  'zh-CN': { objects: { ${OBJ}: { label: '笔记', _views: { default: { label: '全部笔记' }, mine: { label: '我的笔记' } } } } },
+}];
+export default defineStack({ manifest: app, objects: [noteObj], views: [noteViews], translations }, { strict: false });
+`;
+
+const dirs: string[] = [];
+const children: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams[] = [];
+
+function project(prefix: string): string {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), prefix));
+  dirs.push(dir);
+  writeFileSync(join(dir, 'objectstack.config.ts'), CONFIG, 'utf8');
+  linkSpec(dir);
+  return dir;
+}
+
+interface Run { code: number; stdout: string; stderr: string }
+
+/** `os build` in `dir`, through the source entry. */
+function build(dir: string): Promise<Run> {
+  return new Promise((done) => {
+    execFile(
+      TSX,
+      [CLI, 'build'],
+      // `childEnv`, never a bare `...process.env` — see its header (commit 1ddda1d00).
+      { cwd: dir, maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024, env: childEnv({ NO_COLOR: '1' }) },
+      (err, stdout, stderr) => done({
+        code: err ? (typeof (err as { code?: unknown }).code === 'number' ? (err as unknown as { code: number }).code : 1) : 0,
+        stdout: String(stdout),
+        stderr: String(stderr),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+/** `os build`, then take the config away so `os serve` boots the compiled artifact. */
+async function buildArtifact(dir: string): Promise<void> {
+  const built = await build(dir);
+  if (built.code !== 0 || !existsSync(join(dir, 'dist', 'objectstack.json'))) {
+    throw new Error(`os build failed in ${dir} (exit ${built.code})\n${built.stdout}\n${built.stderr}`);
+  }
+  renameSync(join(dir, 'objectstack.config.ts'), join(dir, 'objectstack.config.ts.off'));
+}
+
+interface LiveServe {
+  child: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams;
+  output: () => string;
+}
+
+/** Boot `os serve` in `dir` with `args`; the source entry seeds the dev admin either way. */
+function bootServe(dir: string, args: string[], port: string): Promise<LiveServe> {
+  return new Promise((resolveBoot, rejectBoot) => {
+    const child = spawn(TSX, [CLI, 'serve', ...args, '-p', port], {
+      cwd: dir,
+      stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+      // `childEnv`, never a bare `...process.env` — see its header (commit 1ddda1d00).
+      env: childEnv({
+        NO_COLOR: '1',
+        OS_DATABASE_URL: ':memory:',
+        OS_LOG_LEVEL: 'warn',
+        OS_DISABLE_CONSOLE: '1',
+        OS_SECRET_KEY: E2E_SECRET_KEY,
+      }),
+    }) as ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams;
+    children.push(child);
+
+    const what = `os serve ${args.join(' ')} in ${dir}`;
+    let out = '';
+    let settled = false;
+    const settle = (err: Error | null) => {
+      if (settled) return;
+      settled = true;
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      if (err) rejectBoot(err);
+      else resolveBoot({ child, output: () => out });
+    };
+    const timer = setTimeout(
+      () => settle(new Error(`${what} never printed ${READY}\n--- output ---\n${out.slice(-4000)}`)),
+      180_000,
+    );
+    const onData = (d: unknown) => {
+      out += String(d);
+      // The child is the authority on the port it bound (#12525).
+      if (READY.test(out)) settle(portDriftError(out, what, port));
+    };
+    child.stdout.on('data', onData);
+    child.stderr.on('data', onData);
+    child.on('exit', (code) =>
+      settle(
+        portContentionError(out, what, port)
+          ?? new Error(`${what} exited ${String(code)} before ${READY}\n--- output ---\n${out.slice(-4000)}`),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+async function stop(child: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams): Promise<void> {
+  if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) return;
+  await new Promise<void>((done) => {
+    const give = setTimeout(() => {
+      try {
+        child.kill('SIGKILL');
+      } catch {
+        /* already gone */
+      }
+      done();
+    }, 10_000);
+    child.once('exit', () => {
+      clearTimeout(give);
+      done();
+    });
+    try {
+      child.kill('SIGTERM');
+    } catch {
+      clearTimeout(give);
+      done();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+/** One HTTP exchange, attributed to the child if the transport fails (#15653). ⛔ No assertion inside. */
+async function request(serve: LiveServe, what: string, url: string, init: RequestInit = {}): Promise<{ status: number; body: any }> {
+  return probeThroughChild(
+    {
+      child: serve.child,
+      transcript: () => `\n--- child output ---\n${serve.output().slice(-4000)}`,
+      label: 'serve-view-container-read',
+      what,
+    },
+    async () => {
+      const r = await fetch(url, init);
+      const text = await r.text();
+      let body: unknown = text;
+      try { body = JSON.parse(text); } catch { /* keep the text */ }
+      return { status: r.status, body };
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+/** One by-name read, as a boot answered it. */
+interface Answer { status: number; item: any; error?: unknown }
+
+/** What one boot answers for the container and for the two views it expands to, per locale. */
+type Reading = Record<string, Answer>;
+
+const READS = [OBJ, `${OBJ}.default`, `${OBJ}.mine`];
+const LOCALES = ['zh-CN', 'en'];
+
+/** Boot, sign in as the seeded admin, read every by-name view in every locale, stop. */
+async function read(dir: string, args: string[]): Promise<{ reading: Reading; output: string }> {
+  const port = randomPort();
+  const base = `http://localhost:${port}/api/v1`;
+  const serve = await bootServe(dir, args, port);
+  try {
+    const signIn = await request(serve, 'the sign-in probe', `${base}/auth/sign-in/email`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ email: 'admin@objectos.ai', password: 'admin123' }),
+    });
+    const token = signIn.body?.token;
+    if (signIn.status !== 200 || typeof token !== 'string') {
+      throw new Error(`sign-in answered ${signIn.status}: ${JSON.stringify(signIn.body)}\n--- output ---\n${serve.output().slice(-3000)}`);
+    }
+    const reading: Reading = {};
+    for (const name of READS) {
+      for (const locale of LOCALES) {
+        const answer = await request(serve, `the read of view ${name} in ${locale}`, `${base}/meta/view/${name}`, {
+          headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}`, 'accept-language': locale },
+        });
+        reading[`${name} ${locale}`] = {
+          status: answer.status,
+          item: answer.body?.item,
+          ...(answer.status === 200 ? {} : { error: answer.body }),
+        };
+      }
+    }
+    return { reading, output: serve.output() };
+  } finally {
+    await stop(serve.child);
+  }
+}
+
+/** The view content of a served container — what a translation can change, without the registrar's stamps. */
+function containerContent(item: any): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const { object, label, list, listViews, form, formViews } = item ?? {};
+  return { object, label, list, listViews, form, formViews };
+}
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  for (const child of children) await stop(child);
+  for (const dir of dirs) rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}, 60_000);
+
+describe('#22614 — the by-name read of a view container, on an artifact boot and on a config boot', () => {
+  let config: { reading: Reading; output: string };
+  let artifact: { reading: Reading; output: string };
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    config = await read(project('view-container-read-config-'), ['objectstack.config.ts']);
+    const built = project('view-container-read-artifact-');
+    await buildArtifact(built);
+    artifact = await read(built, []);
+  }, 480_000);
+
+  it.each([
+    ['the artifact boot', () => artifact],
+    ['the config boot', () => config],
+  ])('%s answers 200 for the container, its views translated for a zh-CN reader', (_door, boot) => {
+    const { reading, output } = boot();
+    const answer = reading[`${OBJ} zh-CN`];
+    // Before the fix: the artifact boot answered 500 here.
+    expect(answer.status, `${JSON.stringify(answer.error)}\n--- output ---\n${output.slice(-3000)}`).toBe(200);
+    // Before the fix: the config boot served both in English.
+    expect(answer.item.list.label).toBe('全部笔记');
+    expect(answer.item.listViews.mine.label).toBe('我的笔记');
+    // Before the fix: the config boot served a `label` equal to the object name.
+    expect(answer.item).not.toHaveProperty('label');
+    expect(output).not.toMatch(/reading 'startsWith'/);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['the artifact boot', () => artifact],
+    ['the config boot', () => config],
+  ])('%s serves the authored labels to an en reader', (_door, boot) => {
+    const answer = boot().reading[`${OBJ} en`];
+    expect(answer.status, JSON.stringify(answer.error)).toBe(200);
+    expect(answer.item.list.label).toBe('All Notes');
+    expect(answer.item.listViews.mine.label).toBe('My Notes');
+  });
+
+  it('the two boots serve the same container', () => {
+    for (const locale of LOCALES) {
+      expect(containerContent(config.reading[`${OBJ} ${locale}`].item), locale)
+        .toEqual(containerContent(artifact.reading[`${OBJ} ${locale}`].item));
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('CONTROL — the by-name reads of the views it expands to are translated as before, alike on both boots', () => {
+    const expected: Record<string, string> = {
+      [`${OBJ}.default zh-CN`]: '全部笔记',
+      [`${OBJ}.default en`]: 'All Notes',
+      [`${OBJ}.mine zh-CN`]: '我的笔记',
+      [`${OBJ}.mine en`]: 'My Notes',
+    };
+    for (const [key, label] of Object.entries(expected)) {
+      for (const boot of [artifact, config]) {
+        const answer = boot.reading[key];
+        expect(answer.status, `${key}: ${JSON.stringify(answer.error)}`).toBe(200);
+        expect(answer.item.label, key).toBe(label);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@objectstack/core": "workspace:*",
+    "@objectstack/metadata": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/metadata-core": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/observability": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/platform-objects": "workspace:*",
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@objectstack/driver-sql": "workspace:*",
-    "@objectstack/metadata": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/metadata-protocol": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/objectql": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/plugin-hono-server": "workspace:*",