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PMC vote: new protobuf format for Action-based transactions
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Description
Parent PRD
Milestone: Action-based Transactions (UserOperation) — see milestone description for full PRD.
Discussion: #5960
What to build
Submit the new protobuf message definitions for PMC vote (1-week voting period). Messages include:
UserOperation(uuid, read_version, repeated UserAction)UserAction(description, repeated Action)Actiononeof with all 14 variants- All individual action messages (AddFragments, RemoveFragments, UpdateFragment, AddFields, DropFields, UpdateSchemaMetadata, AddIndex, RemoveIndex, UpdateConfig, UpdateTableMetadata, SetDataFormat, SetFeatureFlags, ReserveFragmentIds, UpdateMemWalIndex)
- Top-level Transaction oneof:
UserOperation | Restore | Clone
The proto definitions should be informed by the proven internal architecture from the tracer bullet.
Acceptance criteria
- Proto definitions drafted and submitted for PMC vote
- 1-week voting period completed
- Vote passed
Blocked by
- Blocked by #6449 (tracer bullet — need proven architecture before voting)
User stories addressed
- User story 8: feature flag compatibility
- User story 12: writer feature flag for cutover control
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Action-based Transactions milestone description and discussion #5960, then review the architecture produced by blocked issue #6449. Draft the listed transaction and action messages for PMC submission; done requires the definitions to be submitted, the one-week vote to complete, and the vote to pass.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design, distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100