mozilla-services / mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs
Add "touched" field for sync data
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Description
The “meta” collection (6) is a server readable field. It records all collections that a user may be storing on sync. The modified field indicates the last time that the collection set was altered. The modified field for collection 6 may be years different than the actual latest date a user had written data.
For business reasons, we would like to know the last time a user “touched” their data. This would assist in knowing active use and abandonment. This field could either be an extra field or could be a separate database keyed by the fxa & kid
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Research direction
The issue does not name implementation files or tests. Start by tracing how the meta collection (6) and its modified field are represented and updated, then determine how the latest data touch should be recorded for each fxa and kid. Done means the service exposes a reliable last-touched value for business use without confusing it with the collection-set modification date.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend, databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100