diff --git a/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol-commit-items.ts b/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol-commit-items.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..410f7ef55d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol-commit-items.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * [#25467 cut 32] A stored commit row's `items` column read back as its revert
+ * plan, from `ObjectStackProtocolImplementation`, moved out of `protocol.ts`
+ * whole: `parseCommitItems`, which `listCommits` and `revertCommit` call. An
+ * array is the plan as stored; a string is parsed as JSON; anything else, or a
+ * string that is not a JSON array, reads as no items.
+ *
+ * A MOVE, not a redesign. The function below is the body of the
+ * `ObjectStackProtocolImplementation` method of the same name as it stood,
+ * re-indented one level and otherwise unedited.
+ *
+ * ## How the moved body reaches the class
+ *
+ * The shape #23050 set for `rest-server.ts` (its `data-action-routes.ts`
+ * header carries the full reasoning), as `protocol-batch-data.ts` applies it.
+ * The class keeps the method — the published `dist/*.d.ts` lists its name
+ * and declared signature. The body reads no class member, so the method's
+ * body calls the plain function, with no host. Every caller keeps calling the
+ * class method.
+ *
+ * The plan item type is `protocol.ts`'s own, and is imported from there as a
+ * type. Nothing re-exports this module, so the published surface does not
+ * move.
+ */
+
+import type { CommitPlanItem } from './protocol.js';
+
+/** The body of `ObjectStackProtocolImplementation#parseCommitItems`. */
+export function parseCommitItems(
+    raw: unknown,
+): CommitPlanItem[] {
+    if (Array.isArray(raw)) return raw as CommitPlanItem[];
+    if (typeof raw === 'string') {
+        try {
+            const p = JSON.parse(raw);
+            return Array.isArray(p) ? p : [];
+        } catch {
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+    return [];
+}
diff --git a/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts b/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts
index 3349b4afde5..18b1a6d90eb 100644
--- a/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/metadata-protocol/src/protocol.ts
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ import { legacyOrganizationRowsOf, withoutLegacyOrganizationRows } from './proto
 import { foldObjectExtendersFromRegistry } from './protocol-object-extender-fold.js';
 // [#25467 cut 31] The disabled-package face of the by-name item read.
 import { readMetaItemFace } from './protocol-meta-item-face.js';
+// [#25467 cut 32] A stored commit row's `items` column read back as its revert plan.
+import { parseCommitItems } from './protocol-commit-items.js';
 
 /**
  * Canonical Zod schema per metadata type lives in
@@ -2748,7 +2750,7 @@ function mutationEventMember(type: string, member: string | null | undefined): {
  * timeline serves it on every item of a bundled type, the canonical member
  * spelled out ({@link ObjectStackProtocolImplementation.listCommits}).
  */
-type CommitPlanItem = { type: string; name: string; existedBefore: boolean; prevVersion: number | null; member?: string };
+export type CommitPlanItem = { type: string; name: string; existedBefore: boolean; prevVersion: number | null; member?: string };
 
 /** [#22877] The identity of a plan item or a draft within one batch: two members of one name are two. */
 function commitPlanKey(item: { type: string; name: string; member?: string }): string {
@@ -26479,16 +26481,8 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
     private parseCommitItems(
         raw: unknown,
     ): CommitPlanItem[] {
-        if (Array.isArray(raw)) return raw as CommitPlanItem[];
-        if (typeof raw === 'string') {
-            try {
-                const p = JSON.parse(raw);
-                return Array.isArray(p) ? p : [];
-            } catch {
-                return [];
-            }
-        }
-        return [];
+        // [#25467 cut 32] The body moved to `protocol-commit-items.ts`; it reads no member.
+        return parseCommitItems(raw);
     }
 
     /**