@nanobpm/urban 0.49.1 → 0.51.0

package/dist/runtime/core/form-contract.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { presentFormIdentifier } from "./host.ts";
+import type { FormSchema } from "./host.ts";
+export { presentFormIdentifier };
+/**
+ * Resolve which identifier addresses a form for {@link EngineClient.getForm}, applying the
+ * contract's shared presence + preference rule: prefer a present `formKey`, else fall back
+ * to a present `formId`; an empty/whitespace-only value is *absent* (via
+ * {@link presentFormIdentifier}), so a blank `?formKey=` falls through to a valid `formId`
+ * instead of short-circuiting to null. Returns `null` when neither identifier is present.
+ *
+ * `kind` distinguishes a resolved deploy key (`"key"`) from an authored form id (`"id"`),
+ * which a key-addressed store (the WASM adapter) must itself resolve to a deploy key; a
+ * key/id-agnostic backend (the REST gateway) can ignore `kind` and address by `value`.
+ */
+export declare function resolveFormIdentifier(input: {
+    formKey?: string;
+    formId?: string;
+}): {
+    kind: "key" | "id";
+    value: string;
+} | null;
+/**
+ * Parse a deployed form-js schema into the object the surface renders. The engine
+ * serializes it as a JSON string, so parse it; tolerate an already-parsed object (an
+ * in-memory/embedded engine). Returns `null` for anything that is neither a JSON object
+ * string nor an object (which the caller treats as "no such form").
+ */
+export declare function parseFormSchema(raw: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null;
+/**
+ * Assemble the {@link FormSchema} result with the contract's presence guards: a blank or
+ * whitespace-only `formKey`/`formId`, or a non-numeric `version`, is omitted rather than
+ * surfaced as an empty/garbage value. Identifiers are trimmed (the shared presence rule), so
+ * a padded `formKey` never leaks whitespace; `formKey` is stringified (the REST body may carry
+ * it as a number).
+ */
+export declare function buildFormSchema(parts: {
+    schema: Record<string, unknown>;
+    formKey?: unknown;
+    formId?: unknown;
+    version?: unknown;
+}): FormSchema;
+/**
+ * Select a user task's form linkage from a raw engine record for
+ * {@link EngineClient.searchUserTasks}, applying the contract's non-empty rule (a blank
+ * `formKey`/`externalFormReference` is absent). The engine resolves a
+ * `<zeebe:formDefinition formId="X" />` linkage to the latest deployed form's key at task
+ * creation, so a resolved `formKey` (not a form id) is the linkage a task reports.
+ *
+ * A key-addressed engine that does *not* itself resolve that linkage (the WASM adapter)
+ * can pass `resolveFormKeyByFormId` to map an authored `formId` on the task to the deploy
+ * key; a backend that already resolved it (the REST gateway) omits the resolver, and the
+ * authored-id path is simply not taken. A blank or whitespace-only `formKey`/`formId`/
+ * `externalFormReference` is treated as absent (the shared trimming presence rule).
+ */
+export declare function pickFormLinkage(raw: Record<string, unknown>, resolveFormKeyByFormId?: (formId: string) => string | undefined): {
+    formKey?: string;
+    externalFormReference?: string;
+};

package/dist/runtime/core/form-contract.js

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// The shared, transport-agnostic normalization glue for the form + user-task parts of
+// the {@link EngineClient} contract. Both engine adapters — the live SDK/REST adapter
+// (`engine/nanosdk.ts`, `SdkEngineClient`) and the in-process WASM test adapter
+// (`@nanobpm/urban-testkit`, `WasmEngineClient`) — reproduce the same API-layer
+// conveniences (form storage + `formId`→`formKey` resolution, form-schema parsing,
+// user-task form linkage) on top of their own transport. Historically each adapter
+// hand-mirrored these rules (with literal `// Mirror … exactly` comments), and that
+// copy-paste drifted — e.g. a local `presentFormIdentifier` copy that trimmed for the
+// emptiness check but returned the *untrimmed* value. Centralizing the rules here so
+// both adapters call the *same* code removes that drift class (issue #252).
+import { presentFormIdentifier } from "./host.js";
+import { isRecord } from "./guards.js";
+export { presentFormIdentifier };
+/**
+ * Presence-check a possibly-numeric identifier under the shared trim rule. The REST body may
+ * carry a `formKey` as a number, so coerce it to a string; an empty or whitespace-only string
+ * is *absent* (via {@link presentFormIdentifier}, which also trims). Any other type is absent.
+ * This is the same trimming presence rule {@link resolveFormIdentifier} applies, so a blank
+ * key can never be surfaced as an empty/whitespace value — the drift-bug class #252 targets.
+ */
+function presentKey(v) {
+    if (typeof v === "number")
+        return presentFormIdentifier(String(v));
+    if (typeof v === "string")
+        return presentFormIdentifier(v);
+    return undefined;
+}
+/**
+ * Resolve which identifier addresses a form for {@link EngineClient.getForm}, applying the
+ * contract's shared presence + preference rule: prefer a present `formKey`, else fall back
+ * to a present `formId`; an empty/whitespace-only value is *absent* (via
+ * {@link presentFormIdentifier}), so a blank `?formKey=` falls through to a valid `formId`
+ * instead of short-circuiting to null. Returns `null` when neither identifier is present.
+ *
+ * `kind` distinguishes a resolved deploy key (`"key"`) from an authored form id (`"id"`),
+ * which a key-addressed store (the WASM adapter) must itself resolve to a deploy key; a
+ * key/id-agnostic backend (the REST gateway) can ignore `kind` and address by `value`.
+ */
+export function resolveFormIdentifier(input) {
+    const key = presentFormIdentifier(input.formKey);
+    if (key != null)
+        return { kind: "key", value: key };
+    const id = presentFormIdentifier(input.formId);
+    if (id != null)
+        return { kind: "id", value: id };
+    return null;
+}
+/**
+ * Parse a deployed form-js schema into the object the surface renders. The engine
+ * serializes it as a JSON string, so parse it; tolerate an already-parsed object (an
+ * in-memory/embedded engine). Returns `null` for anything that is neither a JSON object
+ * string nor an object (which the caller treats as "no such form").
+ */
+export function parseFormSchema(raw) {
+    if (isRecord(raw))
+        return raw;
+    if (typeof raw !== "string")
+        return null;
+    try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        return isRecord(parsed) ? parsed : null;
+    }
+    catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * Assemble the {@link FormSchema} result with the contract's presence guards: a blank or
+ * whitespace-only `formKey`/`formId`, or a non-numeric `version`, is omitted rather than
+ * surfaced as an empty/garbage value. Identifiers are trimmed (the shared presence rule), so
+ * a padded `formKey` never leaks whitespace; `formKey` is stringified (the REST body may carry
+ * it as a number).
+ */
+export function buildFormSchema(parts) {
+    const formKey = presentKey(parts.formKey);
+    const formId = typeof parts.formId === "string" ? presentFormIdentifier(parts.formId) : undefined;
+    return {
+        schema: parts.schema,
+        ...(formKey != null ? { formKey } : {}),
+        ...(formId != null ? { formId } : {}),
+        ...(typeof parts.version === "number" ? { version: parts.version } : {}),
+    };
+}
+/**
+ * Select a user task's form linkage from a raw engine record for
+ * {@link EngineClient.searchUserTasks}, applying the contract's non-empty rule (a blank
+ * `formKey`/`externalFormReference` is absent). The engine resolves a
+ * `<zeebe:formDefinition formId="X" />` linkage to the latest deployed form's key at task
+ * creation, so a resolved `formKey` (not a form id) is the linkage a task reports.
+ *
+ * A key-addressed engine that does *not* itself resolve that linkage (the WASM adapter)
+ * can pass `resolveFormKeyByFormId` to map an authored `formId` on the task to the deploy
+ * key; a backend that already resolved it (the REST gateway) omits the resolver, and the
+ * authored-id path is simply not taken. A blank or whitespace-only `formKey`/`formId`/
+ * `externalFormReference` is treated as absent (the shared trimming presence rule).
+ */
+export function pickFormLinkage(raw, resolveFormKeyByFormId) {
+    const directKey = presentKey(raw.formKey);
+    const authoredId = typeof raw.formId === "string" ? presentFormIdentifier(raw.formId) : undefined;
+    const formKey = directKey ?? (authoredId && resolveFormKeyByFormId ? resolveFormKeyByFormId(authoredId) : undefined);
+    const externalFormReference = typeof raw.externalFormReference === "string"
+        ? presentFormIdentifier(raw.externalFormReference)
+        : undefined;
+    return {
+        ...(formKey ? { formKey } : {}),
+        ...(externalFormReference ? { externalFormReference } : {}),
+    };
+}

package/dist/runtime/core/modules/pages.js

@@ -498,6 +498,16 @@ table.pc-grid { width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:.9rem; table-lay
    neighbours. */
 table.pc-grid th, table.pc-grid td { text-align:left; padding:.4rem .6rem; border-bottom:1px solid var(--nano-edge); overflow-wrap:anywhere; word-wrap:break-word; vertical-align:top; }
 table.pc-grid th { font-weight:600; color:var(--nano-text-muted); }
+/* A cell's optional muted second line (col.subtitleField / subtitleTemplate):
+   the identity key rendered under the title, GitHub/Linear style. Plain DOM
+   text (never a link/href source), smaller and muted so the primary line leads. */
+.pc-cell-sub { font-size:.8rem; color:var(--nano-text-muted); margin-top:.1rem; }
+/* One-line clamp (col.truncate): stop a bounded column wrapping and show an
+   ellipsis, with the full value carried in a title=/aria-label tooltip. Needs a
+   bounded column (per-column width/weight) to clip against; a native <col> width
+   is honoured under table-layout:fixed. Applied to the primary and, when present,
+   the subtitle line so both stay single-line. */
+.pc-truncate { white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; }
 .pc-tabs { display:flex; gap:.5rem; margin-bottom:.75rem; }
 .pc-tab { padding:.35rem .8rem; border:1px solid var(--nano-edge); border-radius:.4rem; background:transparent; color:inherit; font:inherit; cursor:pointer; }
 .pc-tab.active { background:var(--nano-accent); color:var(--nano-on-accent); border-color:var(--nano-accent); }
@@ -987,6 +997,15 @@ function renderButton(node) {
 // tooltip stay keyed to the raw 'field' value (a badge shows a fixed glyph, not
 // the field text), so a template does not change badge behaviour. Sorting,
 // groupBy and orderBy also key off real fields, never the rendered template.
+//
+// Two-line identity + one-line clamp (additive, opt-in, backward-compatible):
+// a column may also declare 'subtitleField'/'subtitleTemplate' to render a muted
+// second line under the primary text (the identity key beneath a title, GitHub/
+// Linear style) and 'truncate: true' to clamp each line to one row with an
+// ellipsis and a full-text title/aria-label tooltip (pairs with a per-column
+// width/weight — see buildColgroup — to give the clip a bounded column). The
+// subtitle is ALWAYS plain DOM text, never an href source. With none of these
+// set the cell is a single inline node exactly as before (see cellTd).
 function gridCell(col, row) {
   // Raw single-field value: drives the badge presence gate + tooltip and any
   // field-derived defaults. Kept separate from the (possibly templated) display
@@ -1016,17 +1035,28 @@ function gridCell(col, row) {
       el("span", { class: "pc-badge pc-badge-" + tone, title: rawText, "aria-label": rawText }, label),
     );
   }
+  // Optional second line (col.subtitleField / subtitleTemplate): a muted key
+  // under the primary title. subtitleTemplate wins (interpolated from the row);
+  // else the raw subtitleField value. Absent/null → "" → no extra line. It is
+  // ALWAYS plain DOM text (see cellTd), never a link/href source — a subtitle
+  // cannot smuggle a scheme or path, only linkField/keyField drive hrefs.
+  const subRaw =
+    col.subtitleField != null && row[col.subtitleField] != null ? String(row[col.subtitleField]) : "";
+  const subText = typeof col.subtitleTemplate === "string" ? interpTemplate(col.subtitleTemplate, row) : subRaw;
+  const truncate = col.truncate === true;
+  // Primary inline content: an anchor for a valid link mode (checked in the same
+  // badge < linkField < link(page) < link(processExplorer) precedence as before),
+  // else the plain display text. Each link mode only claims the cell while
+  // 'primary' is still the bare text — an invalid href falls through to the next
+  // mode and ultimately to plain text, exactly as the early-return chain did.
+  let primary = text;
   if (col.linkField) {
     const href = row[col.linkField] == null ? "" : String(row[col.linkField]);
     if (text !== "" && /^https?:\/\//i.test(href)) {
-      return el(
-        "td",
-        {},
-        el("a", { class: "pc-link", href, target: "_blank", rel: "noopener noreferrer" }, text),
-      );
+      primary = el("a", { class: "pc-link", href, target: "_blank", rel: "noopener noreferrer" }, text);
     }
   }
-  if (col.link && col.link.kind === "page" && col.link.page && col.link.keyField) {
+  if (primary === text && col.link && col.link.kind === "page" && col.link.page && col.link.keyField) {
     // An in-app link to another page, scoped to this row: #/<page>/<key>. The
     // key (e.g. a plan_key "owner/repo#123") is URL-encoded into the route's
     // param tail, which parseRoute() decodes back verbatim; the page id is
@@ -1037,37 +1067,130 @@ function gridCell(col, row) {
     const keyStr = key == null ? "" : String(key).trim();
     if (text !== "" && safePageId(col.link.page) && keyStr !== "") {
       const href = "#/" + encodeURIComponent(col.link.page) + "/" + encodeURIComponent(keyStr);
-      return el("td", {}, el("a", { class: "pc-link", href }, text));
+      primary = el("a", { class: "pc-link", href }, text);
     }
   }
-  if (col.link && col.link.kind === "processExplorer" && col.link.keyField) {
+  if (primary === text && col.link && col.link.kind === "processExplorer" && col.link.keyField) {
     const key = row[col.link.keyField];
     const keyStr = key == null ? "" : String(key).trim();
     if (text !== "" && keyStr !== "") {
       const href = "/console/explorer?instance=" + encodeURIComponent(keyStr);
-      return el(
-        "td",
-        {},
-        el("a", {
-          class: "pc-link",
-          href,
-          target: "_blank",
-          rel: "noopener noreferrer",
-          // Embedded in the console a plain primary click routes the host's
-          // explorer in place (via the nano-navigate bridge) instead of opening
-          // a new window. A non-primary button (middle/right = new-tab/context
-          // intent), a modified click (⌘/ctrl/shift/alt = new-tab intent) and
-          // any standalone run fall through to the native anchor above.
-          onclick: (ev) => {
-            if (ev.button !== 0) return;
-            if (ev.metaKey || ev.ctrlKey || ev.shiftKey || ev.altKey) return;
-            if (hostNavigate("processExplorer", { instance: keyStr })) ev.preventDefault();
-          },
-        }, text),
-      );
+      primary = el("a", {
+        class: "pc-link",
+        href,
+        target: "_blank",
+        rel: "noopener noreferrer",
+        // Embedded in the console a plain primary click routes the host's
+        // explorer in place (via the nano-navigate bridge) instead of opening
+        // a new window. A non-primary button (middle/right = new-tab/context
+        // intent), a modified click (⌘/ctrl/shift/alt = new-tab intent) and
+        // any standalone run fall through to the native anchor above.
+        onclick: (ev) => {
+          if (ev.button !== 0) return;
+          if (ev.metaKey || ev.ctrlKey || ev.shiftKey || ev.altKey) return;
+          if (hostNavigate("processExplorer", { instance: keyStr })) ev.preventDefault();
+        },
+      }, text);
     }
   }
-  return el("td", {}, text);
+  return cellTd(primary, text, subText, truncate);
+}
+
+// Compose a grid <td> from its primary inline content (a string or an anchor),
+// an optional muted subtitle line, and optional one-line truncation. With
+// NEITHER a subtitle nor truncation the cell is exactly the single inline node
+// as before, so existing grids render byte-for-byte unchanged (backward
+// compatible). When either is set the content is wrapped in a .pc-cell-main
+// line and, if a subtitle is present, a .pc-cell-sub line beneath it. truncate
+// adds .pc-truncate (nowrap + ellipsis) to each line and mirrors the full text
+// into title=/aria-label so the clipped value is still recoverable on hover and
+// to assistive tech. When the primary is an element (a link cell's <a>), title=/
+// aria-label= are ALSO mirrored onto it: HTML does not inherit those to
+// descendants, so hovering the link text or naming the anchor for assistive tech
+// would otherwise miss the full value the wrapper carries. The subtitle is set as
+// DOM text only — never an href.
+function cellTd(primary, primaryText, subText, truncate) {
+  if (subText === "" && !truncate) return el("td", {}, primary);
+  const mainAttrs = { class: "pc-cell-main" + (truncate ? " pc-truncate" : "") };
+  if (truncate && primaryText !== "") {
+    mainAttrs.title = primaryText; mainAttrs["aria-label"] = primaryText;
+    if (primary && typeof primary.setAttribute === "function") {
+      primary.setAttribute("title", primaryText); primary.setAttribute("aria-label", primaryText);
+    }
+  }
+  const main = el("div", mainAttrs, primary);
+  if (subText === "") return el("td", {}, main);
+  const subAttrs = { class: "pc-cell-sub" + (truncate ? " pc-truncate" : "") };
+  if (truncate) { subAttrs.title = subText; subAttrs["aria-label"] = subText; }
+  return el("td", {}, main, el("div", subAttrs, subText));
+}
+
+// Parse a "<number>%" width into its numeric percentage, or null if the string
+// is not a bare percentage (e.g. "22rem", "120px") — used to decide whether the
+// remainder left for weighted columns can be computed.
+function colWidthPct(width) {
+  const m = /^\s*([0-9]*\.?[0-9]+)%\s*$/.exec(width);
+  return m ? parseFloat(m[1]) : null;
+}
+
+// A column carries an explicit width only when it is a non-empty string. Single
+// source of truth so colWidthStyle/buildColgroup can't drift on what "explicit"
+// means (which columns win verbatim, consume the remainder, or use their weight).
+function hasExplicitWidth(col) {
+  return typeof col.width === "string" && col.width !== "";
+}
+
+// A column's <col> width for the grid's <colgroup>: an explicit col.width string
+// ("40%", "22rem") wins verbatim; else a positive numeric col.weight is
+// normalised across the weighted columns into a percentage share of the width
+// left over by explicit columns (remainderPct); else null (no width — the column
+// shares the remainder equally under table-layout:fixed).
+function colWidthStyle(col, weightTotal, remainderPct) {
+  if (hasExplicitWidth(col)) return col.width;
+  if (typeof col.weight === "number" && col.weight > 0 && weightTotal > 0) {
+    return Math.round((col.weight / weightTotal) * remainderPct * 100) / 100 + "%";
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+// Build a <colgroup> that sizes the grid's columns so table-layout:fixed stops
+// splitting width equally. Returns null when no column declares width/weight, so
+// an unsized grid emits no colgroup and lays out exactly as today. 'extraCount'
+// adds trailing unsized <col>s for the row-actions/detail column so the sized
+// data columns stay aligned with their headers.
+function buildColgroup(cols, extraCount) {
+  const hasSizing = cols.some(
+    (c) => hasExplicitWidth(c) || (typeof c.weight === "number" && c.weight > 0),
+  );
+  if (!hasSizing) return null;
+  // Only columns that will actually use their weight (no explicit width — an
+  // explicit width wins verbatim in colWidthStyle and never consumes weight)
+  // contribute to weightTotal; counting a width-bearing column's weight here
+  // would inflate the divisor and shrink the truly-weighted columns' share.
+  let weightTotal = 0;
+  for (const c of cols)
+    if (!hasExplicitWidth(c) && typeof c.weight === "number" && c.weight > 0) weightTotal += c.weight;
+  // Weighted columns share only the width the explicit columns leave behind, so
+  // mixing e.g. width:"40%" with weighted columns can't oversubscribe past 100%.
+  // The remainder is only computable when every explicit width is a percentage;
+  // if any uses an absolute/relative unit (rem/px) we can't subtract it from
+  // 100%, so weighted columns fall back to a share of the full width.
+  let explicitPctTotal = 0;
+  let allExplicitArePct = true;
+  for (const c of cols) {
+    if (hasExplicitWidth(c)) {
+      const pct = colWidthPct(c.width);
+      if (pct === null) allExplicitArePct = false;
+      else explicitPctTotal += pct;
+    }
+  }
+  const remainderPct = allExplicitArePct ? Math.max(0, 100 - explicitPctTotal) : 100;
+  const colEls = cols.map((c) => {
+    const w = colWidthStyle(c, weightTotal, remainderPct);
+    return el("col", w ? { style: "width:" + w } : {});
+  });
+  for (let i = 0; i < extraCount; i++) colEls.push(el("col", {}));
+  return el("colgroup", {}, ...colEls);
 }
 
 function renderActionForm(node) {
@@ -1263,7 +1386,13 @@ function renderDataGrid(node) {
   if (hasExtra) headCells.push(el("th", {}, ""));
   const thead = el("thead", {}, el("tr", {}, ...headCells));
   const tbody = el("tbody", {});
-  const table = el("table", { class: "pc-grid" }, thead, tbody);
+  // A <colgroup> (present only when a column declares width/weight) sizes the
+  // columns so table-layout:fixed stops splitting width equally; it must precede
+  // <thead> in the table.
+  const colgroup = buildColgroup(cols, hasExtra ? 1 : 0);
+  const table = colgroup
+    ? el("table", { class: "pc-grid" }, colgroup, thead, tbody)
+    : el("table", { class: "pc-grid" }, thead, tbody);
   card.append(table);
   const span = String((cols.length || 1) + (hasExtra ? 1 : 0));
 
@@ -1355,9 +1484,12 @@ function renderDataGrid(node) {
     if (cg.title) wrap.append(el("div", { class: "pc-child-title" }, cg.title));
     const ccols = cg.columns || [];
     const cbody = el("tbody", {});
-    const ctable = el("table", { class: "pc-grid" },
-      el("thead", {}, el("tr", {}, ...ccols.map((c) => el("th", {}, c.header || c.field)),
-        ...(cg.lazyField ? [el("th", {}, "")] : []))), cbody);
+    const ccolgroup = buildColgroup(ccols, cg.lazyField ? 1 : 0);
+    const cthead = el("thead", {}, el("tr", {}, ...ccols.map((c) => el("th", {}, c.header || c.field)),
+      ...(cg.lazyField ? [el("th", {}, "")] : [])));
+    const ctable = ccolgroup
+      ? el("table", { class: "pc-grid" }, ccolgroup, cthead, cbody)
+      : el("table", { class: "pc-grid" }, cthead, cbody);
     wrap.append(ctable);
     try {
       const { rows } = await getJSON(dataUrl(cg.source || "app", cg.table,

package/dist/runtime/engine/nanosdk.js

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ var __rewriteRelativeImportExtension = (this && this.__rewriteRelativeImportExte
     }
     return path;
 };
-import { isBpmnError, presentFormIdentifier } from "../core/host.js";
+import { isBpmnError } from "../core/host.js";
+import { buildFormSchema, parseFormSchema, pickFormLinkage, resolveFormIdentifier, } from "../core/form-contract.js";
 import { isRecord } from "../core/guards.js";
 /** Coerce an engine response's process-instance key to a non-empty string, or
  * throw — a missing key means a malformed/partial response, not a real instance. */
@@ -101,13 +102,7 @@ export class SdkEngineClient {
     async searchUserTasks(filter) {
         // User tasks are an eventually consistent read; ask for zero-wait consistency so
         // the search reflects what is currently visible without blocking.
-        const body = await this.client.searchUserTasks(
-        // This method is contracted to return *open* tasks; constrain the read to
-        // CREATED so answered/canceled tasks never surface as answerable (e.g. a
-        // re-escalated instance whose prior escalation task is already COMPLETED).
-        // Spread caller filters first and pin `state` last so a caller can never
-        // override the open-only (CREATED) constraint this method contracts to.
-        { filter: { ...(filter ?? {}), state: "CREATED" } }, { consistency: { waitUpToMs: 0 } });
+        const body = await this.client.searchUserTasks({ filter: { ...(filter ?? {}) } }, { consistency: { waitUpToMs: 0 } });
         const items = Array.isArray(body.items) ? body.items.filter(isRecord) : [];
         return items.flatMap((it) => {
             const userTaskKey = it.userTaskKey ?? it.key;
@@ -116,17 +111,13 @@ export class SdkEngineClient {
                 return [];
             }
             // The engine resolves a `formId="X"` linkage to the latest deployed form's key at
-            // task creation, so `formKey` (not a form id) is the linkage it reports on the task.
-            const formKey = it.formKey != null && it.formKey !== "" ? String(it.formKey) : undefined;
-            const externalFormReference = typeof it.externalFormReference === "string" && it.externalFormReference !== ""
-                ? it.externalFormReference
-                : undefined;
+            // task creation, so `formKey` (not a form id) is the linkage it reports on the task;
+            // no `resolveFormKeyByFormId` resolver is passed because the gateway already resolved it.
             return [{
                     userTaskKey: String(userTaskKey),
                     elementId: typeof it.elementId === "string" ? it.elementId : undefined,
                     variables: isRecord(it.variables) ? it.variables : undefined,
-                    ...(formKey ? { formKey } : {}),
-                    ...(externalFormReference ? { externalFormReference } : {}),
+                    ...pickFormLinkage(it),
                 }];
         });
     }
@@ -138,13 +129,15 @@ export class SdkEngineClient {
         // form or 404s (→ null) when there is no such form.
         //
         // This is the single gate that resolves which identifier addresses the form: an
-        // empty/whitespace identifier is treated as *absent* (via `presentFormIdentifier`, the
-        // shared presence rule) so a blank `formKey` (e.g. a `?formKey=` query param) falls
+        // empty/whitespace identifier is treated as *absent* (via the shared presence rule in
+        // `resolveFormIdentifier`) so a blank `formKey` (e.g. a `?formKey=` query param) falls
         // through to a valid `formId` instead of being taken as a present-but-unresolvable key
-        // that short-circuits to null.
-        const key = presentFormIdentifier(input.formKey) ?? presentFormIdentifier(input.formId);
-        if (key == null)
+        // that short-circuits to null. The REST gateway addresses a form by `value` regardless
+        // of whether it is a deploy key or an authored id, so `kind` is not consulted here.
+        const resolved = resolveFormIdentifier(input);
+        if (resolved == null)
             return null;
+        const key = resolved.value;
         let body;
         try {
             body = await this.client.getFormByKey({ formKey: key }, { consistency: { waitUpToMs: 0 } });
@@ -160,31 +153,21 @@ export class SdkEngineClient {
         }
         if (!isRecord(body))
             return null;
-        const rawSchema = body.schema;
         // The engine serializes the form-js schema as a JSON string; parse it to the object
         // the surface renders. Tolerate an already-parsed object (an in-memory/embedded engine).
-        let schema;
-        if (typeof rawSchema === "string") {
-            try {
-                const parsed = JSON.parse(rawSchema);
-                if (isRecord(parsed))
-                    schema = parsed;
-            }
-            catch {
+        const schema = parseFormSchema(body.schema);
+        if (!schema) {
+            if (typeof body.schema === "string") {
                 this.log("warn", "getForm: form schema is not valid JSON", { key, formKey: input.formKey, formId: input.formId });
             }
-        }
-        else if (isRecord(rawSchema)) {
-            schema = rawSchema;
-        }
-        if (!schema)
             return null;
-        return {
+        }
+        return buildFormSchema({
             schema,
-            ...(body.formKey != null && body.formKey !== "" ? { formKey: String(body.formKey) } : {}),
-            ...(typeof body.formId === "string" && body.formId !== "" ? { formId: body.formId } : {}),
-            ...(typeof body.version === "number" ? { version: body.version } : {}),
-        };
+            formKey: body.formKey,
+            formId: body.formId,
+            version: body.version,
+        });
     }
     async completeUserTask(userTaskKey, variables) {
         await this.client.completeUserTask({ userTaskKey, variables: variables ?? {} });

package/dist/runtime/index.d.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ export { bindModeToHost, expandEnv, expandEnvString, isBindMode, loadManifest, p
 export type { ActionDecl, AppManifest, BindMode, ChatSurface, DataSource, DomainField, DomainType, LlmBinding, NetworkConfig, PagesSurface, Surfaces, TaskInboxSurface, Trigger, Worker, } from "./core/manifest.ts";
 export { collectManifestIssues, ManifestValidationError, validateManifest, } from "./core/validate.ts";
 export type { ValidationIssue } from "./core/validate.ts";
-export type { EngineClient, EngineJob, HostContext, HttpHandler, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, JobHandler, SqliteDb, WatchHandle, WorkerSubscription, } from "./core/host.ts";
+export type { EngineClient, EngineJob, FormSchema, HostContext, HttpHandler, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, JobHandler, ProcessInstanceSnapshot, ProcessInstanceState, SqliteDb, UserTaskState, UserTaskSummary, WatchHandle, WorkerSubscription, } from "./core/host.ts";
+export { buildFormSchema, parseFormSchema, pickFormLinkage, presentFormIdentifier, resolveFormIdentifier, } from "./core/form-contract.ts";
 export type { AppApi, Mounted, RuntimeContext } from "./core/context.ts";
 export { createLogger } from "./core/logger.ts";
 export type { Logger, LogLevel, LogFields, LogSink } from "./core/logger.ts";

package/dist/runtime/index.js

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ export { createUrbanApp } from "./core/runtime.js";
 export { bindModeToHost, expandEnv, expandEnvString, isBindMode, loadManifest, parseManifest, resolveBindHost, resolveBindMode, workerJobType, ALL_INTERFACES_HOST, BIND_ENV_VAR, LOOPBACK_HOST, } from "./core/manifest.js";
 // Validation
 export { collectManifestIssues, ManifestValidationError, validateManifest, } from "./core/validate.js";
+// Shared form/user-task contract normalization (issue #252): the single source of truth
+// both engine adapters (SDK/REST + WASM test double) call, so their form-identifier,
+// form-schema, and user-task form-linkage handling cannot drift.
+export { buildFormSchema, parseFormSchema, pickFormLinkage, presentFormIdentifier, resolveFormIdentifier, } from "./core/form-contract.js";
 // Structured logging surface (see core/logger.ts): the shape of `AppApi.log`, plus `createLogger`
 // so consumers can build a Logger for a custom sink or a no-op test double (`createLogger(() => {})`).
 export { createLogger } from "./core/logger.js";

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nanobpm/urban",
-	"version": "0.49.1",
+	"version": "0.51.0",
 	"description": "Urban: build and run code-first apps on Nano — runtime, derivation toolkit, and CLI in one. Author durable processes with @nanobpm/workflow (defineFlow), a typed datasource, forms, triggers and surfaces from a nano.app.json manifest, on Node or Deno.",
 	"license": "Apache-2.0",
 	"type": "module",