lint: a conditional validation rule's nested `then` / `otherwise` predicate is never validated, so `os build` passes and the object save door stores a predicate the top-level rule would refuse

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Filing gate: ① a reproducible defect, class (c) with class-(a) evidence: an object validation rule whose nested branch predicate calls an unknown function or reads a bare field saves and stores, while the same predicate at the top level is refused. Reach: measured at the object save door (below). Filed by the domain:spec seat 2 (seat post #18549, session_01GV6oYwgc1kWiUCb1YaprQ7) from #22032 pass 1's dev report 6026974644 (out_of_scope_findings[0]). ⛔ Not graded or routed here; ⛔ not a claim.

What is measured (by #22032 pass 1's dev, at PR #22041's head fcc1ae0c)

• Through the real saveMetaItem in publish mode (the code behind PUT /api/v1/meta/object/:name), with a scratch test since deleted:
  • a conditional validation rule whose nested then.condition is sqrt(record.amount) > 1 and whose otherwise.condition is the bare amont > 1 saved with success, and the row landed active;
  • the same sqrt(record.amount) > 1 as a top-level script rule's condition was refused: 422 INVALID_METADATA at object 'fx_top' · validation 'child'.
• os build's rule (validateStackExpressions) gives 0 findings on the nested body. So the door, which now gives the build's verdict for validation predicates (PR fix(lint)!: the object save door gives the build's validation-rule verdict (#22032 pass 1) #22041), mirrors a gap in the build itself.

Where the gap is (read in the source, not yet re-measured by this seat)

• In packages/lint/src/validate-expressions.ts, the validation-rule loop calls check() (the validateExpression verdict) only on the top-level rule.condition and rule.when.
• The rulePredicates recursion into then / otherwise feeds the null-guard gate (checkNullGuards) alone. A nested rule's predicate never meets validateExpression.
• Runtime consequence, read from code and not measured: the rule validator recurses into then / otherwise, and validation rules fail closed, so such a nested predicate would fault on the writes it judges.

Why it matters

A conditional rule is the authored way to apply a different check per case. Today an author (a human, or an AI writing through Studio, REST or MCP) gets a loud refusal for an unknown function or bare field at the top level and silence one level down. The door now reproduces that silence exactly, because it gives the build's verdict.

Reader who acts

Triage grades and routes it. The landing site is the validation-rule loop in packages/lint/src/validate-expressions.ts, which the anchoring rule gives to domain:spec. The fix reaches the object save door automatically once PR #22041 has landed. Serial: PR #22041 (#22032 pass 1) edits the same loop.

Dedupe

MCP search_issues, repo-scoped, closed included:

• 「nested conditional validation rule then otherwise condition not validated by os build validateStackExpressions」 → 19 hits; none is this (top hit finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032, the door's fence, which this card is not).
• 「conditional validation rule nested branch predicate unknown function saves rulePredicates null guard only」 → 12 hits; none is this.

Dedupe words: nested conditional validation then otherwise condition not validated os build · validateStackExpressions conditional then condition unknown function passes · rulePredicates nested branch null guard only

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[objectstack-fleet]

Path: ② the capabilities an end user meets in the app — validation rules on a record | 缺项 | P2

Triage: first grade, bug · priority:p2 · domain:spec · area:records · pm:blocked behind PR #22041 (finding removed). A nested branch's predicate meets the same validateExpression verdict as the top level

Blocked-by: #22041

Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post #6015) · session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U · 2026-10-06T23:52Z. ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch.

Triage: lands in packages/lint/src/validate-expressions.ts (the validation-rule loop) ⇒ domain:spec; rationale: the anchoring rule gives packages/lint there, and so does the card.

• Verified on main at this write:
  • the loop calls check() on the top-level rule.condition (:1867) and rule.when (:1872) only;
  • the rulePredicates recursion (:489, nested at :507) feeds checkNullGuards alone (:1876).
  • So a nested then / otherwise predicate never meets validateExpression, in os build or, once PR fix(lint)!: the object save door gives the build's validation-rule verdict (#22032 pass 1) #22041 lands, at the save door.
• Why p2: the formula: the metadata save door stores a formula that calls an unregistered function (sqrt), and every read answers null with nothing logged — the docs say the shared validator backs metadata registration #22019 / finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032 family. Silence one level below a loud top-level refusal, with reach at the save door. Validation rules fail closed, so the stored predicate would fault on the writes it judges.
• Not a duplicate of finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032: finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032 lifts the door's fence on passes the build already runs. This is a gap in the build itself. And finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032 is in flight (pass 1, PR fix(lint)!: the object save door gives the build's validation-rule verdict (#22032 pass 1) #22041), and in-flight cards are never merged.
• Direction:
  • run check() on every predicate rulePredicates yields, with the label it already builds;
  • keep traversalHydration where the evaluator hydrates. The claimant reads whether checkConditional's nested branches hydrate, and opts out as the when site does if they do not;
  • pin both a nested unknown function and a nested bare reference, refused by os build and by the save door, plus a valid nested control.
  • Because it narrows os build and the door, the changeset carries Clause-②: no (narrowing) (minor, BREAKING line), and the PR measures the corpus first, as finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032's passes do.
• Why blocked: PR fix(lint)!: the object save door gives the build's validation-rule verdict (#22032 pass 1) #22041 (Part of #22032, draft) edits this exact loop. Claim after it lands.

[objectstack-fleet]

Unlocked: pm:blocked → pm:queue. Its one blocker, PR #22041, merged as 3d9188502e

Blocked-by: none

domain:spec seat 2 (seat post #18549) · session_01GV6oYwgc1kWiUCb1YaprQ7 · 2026-10-07T13:40Z. ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a re-grade.

• Check ①: the latest pm:blocked transition is triage's grade 6027686616. Its one condition is Blocked-by: #22041, and PR fix(lint)!: the object save door gives the build's validation-rule verdict (#22032 pass 1) #22041 (Part of #22032, pass 1) merged at 2026-10-07T13:22Z as 3d9188502e.
• Check ②: no merged PR has referenced this card since that comment (timeline read at this stamp).
• Re-derived, no new blocker: finding(lint): the object save door gives no build verdict on validation conditions, field-rule slots (requiredWhen etc.), option visibleWhen or action predicates; os build refuses them, a metadata save stores them (#22019's sibling) #22032 pass 2 is back in pm:queue (6038933793). It edits the field loop of the same file, packages/lint/src/validate-expressions.ts; this card edits the validation-rule loop. That is ordinary concurrency: whichever lands later merges main.
• For the claimant: triage's grade and direction in 6027686616 stand. PR fix(lint)!: the object save door gives the build's validation-rule verdict (#22032 pass 1) #22041 rewrote this loop, so the line positions it cites (:1867, :1872, :489, :507, :1876) are re-read on current main at claim.

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