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[Bug]: 2.0 rejects filter-variable queries with HC0047; Hot Chocolate cost limits are not configurable
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# [Bug]: 2.0 GA rejects `filter: $variable` queries with HC0047 — cost limits are not configurable
## What happened?
After upgrading from 1.7.93 to 2.0.8, every query that passes a whole filter input as a GraphQL variable fails with:
```json
{
"errors": [{
"message": "The maximum allowed field cost was exceeded.",
"extensions": { "code": "HC0047", "fieldCost": 1325, "maxFieldCost": 1000 }
}]
}
```
Hot Chocolate 16 (bundled since 2.0) enables static cost analysis by default with `MaxFieldCost = 1000`, and DAB exposes **no configuration** for it — `runtime.graphql` only has `depth-limit`; `ModifyCostOptions` is never called in `Startup.AddGraphQLService`.
## Why this breaks virtually every real client
Generated `*FilterInput` types are self-referential (`and: [XFilterInput!]`, `or: [XFilterInput!]`). When a filter is supplied as a variable, the cost analyzer prices the input type's **recursive worst case**, not the actual value. Measured against a DAB 2.0.8 instance (MSSQL, 131 entities) using `GraphQL-Cost: validate`:
| query shape | fieldCost |
|---|---|
| `organizations(first: 20) { items { id } }` | 30 |
| same + inline literal filter `{status: {name: {in: [$name]}}}` | 33 |
| same + `filter: $f` variable (**no value even supplied**) | **1243** |
The ~1200 floor is entity-independent — a 3-column lookup table's filter variable prices at ~1202 — so **every** `filter: $variable` query exceeds the 1000 default. In our app that's 79 call sites across 48 routes, i.e. every list page. `filter: $variable` is the natural pattern for dynamic filtering (and what most GraphQL client codegen produces), and it worked on 1.x.
Related upstream: ChilliCream/graphql-platform#9548 (cost assumes two levels of recursion for circular references).
## Expected
Either (preferably both):
1. `runtime.graphql` config for cost analysis — e.g. `cost: { enforce: bool, max-field-cost: int, max-type-cost: int }` — mirroring the existing `depth-limit` knob.
2. Defaults that don't reject variable-supplied filters on every entity (e.g. enforcement off unless configured, or variable inputs priced by provided value rather than recursive worst case).
## Steps to reproduce
1. `dab init` against any MSSQL database, add any table entity, start DAB 2.0.8.
2. `POST /graphql` with `query Q($f: FilterInput) { (filter: $f) { items { __typename } } }` and any (or no) variable value.
3. Observe HC0047 with fieldCost ≈ 1200+ vs maxFieldCost 1000.
## Version
2.0.8 (the v2.0.9 tag contains no cost-related changes, so it is equally affected)
## What database are you using?
Azure SQL / SQL Server
## What hosting model are you using?
Container (App Service)
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