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feat(powersync-db-collection): support numeric collection keys - #2392
A deserializationSchema may now convert id to a number, for example id: z.coerce.number(). This is for backends with integer primary keys. The collection key is the deserialized id, so integer foreign keys match it: eq(part.id, line.partId) compares 5 with 5.
Before this change, getKey threw Record must have a string id field.
Every path that writes a collection key now takes the key from the deserialized row, not from SQLite's text id:
Initial and on-demand loads:getKey(deserializeSyncRow(row)).
Reload update or insert choice (collection.has): it now gets the deserialized key. With the raw text id, it would never match a numeric key.
Tracking-outage sweep (missing.delete): it now runs inside writeType, using the same key. With the raw text id, it removed nothing, so every held row was deleted.
Unload eviction: the discussion did not list this path. It ran SELECT id … and deleted keys by the raw text id. It now selects the rows and deserializes them. The type checker found this path once the key type was derived from the row.
Local updates and deletes: these write String(mutation.key) to WHERE id = ?. This matches how the serializer already writes a numeric id on insert ("5"), and how the PowerSync service converts integer ids (idFromData). So writes work too; collections with numeric keys are not read-only.
asPowerSyncRecord is removed. On the type side, PowerSyncRecord and AnyTableColumnType allow id: string | number. The collection key type is InferPowerSyncKey<Output>: number when the output id is a number, otherwise string. Existing string and branded-string collections keep string keys, and the existing type tests pass unchanged.
Evidence
PowerSync has no oracle owner. The coverage map lists it as "Fixed tests only" (tracked in #2264). So this PR adds focused tests in tests/numeric-keys.test.ts, one for each path. They run against a real node:sqlite PowerSync database.
Reach: eager load, SQLite update and delete, local update and delete, on-demand reload with held rows, unload eviction, and the release-rebuild tracking outage. All use numeric keys.
RED: run pnpm vitest run tests/numeric-keys.test.ts with src from main. All 3 tests fail.
GREEN: the same command passes 3/3. The full package passes 198/199. The one failure is portable-declarations.test.ts, which fails locally with EPERM on symlinkSync (Windows symlink permissions) and has nothing to do with this change.
Mutants: each one fails a test.
writeType(row.id): the outage test fails.
Eviction with key: row.id: the reload/eviction test fails.
mutation.key without String(...): the write test fails.
Limits: no generated histories. These are fixed examples, consistent with the package's current coverage status. Not covered: keys that are neither strings nor numbers, and a custom serializer for id.
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Gzip of the minified dist/esm files: 8585 → 8543 bytes (−42). pnpm size:compare did not run on my machine: its baseline worktree build of db-ivm failed.
PowerSync collections support numeric IDs as collection keys when IDs are converted to numbers during deserialization. Numeric keys work with syncing, on-demand reloads, eviction, and local updates and deletes.
Documentation
Added guidance for configuring integer primary keys and looking up records by numeric key. The guide also explains how updates and deletes handle IDs and how integer IDs are represented when syncing.
A deserializationSchema may convert `id` to a number, for a backend with
integer primary keys. The collection key is now the deserialized row's id,
and every path that writes a key derives it from the deserialized row:
initial and on-demand loads, the reload's update/insert choice, the
tracking-outage sweep, and unload eviction. Local updates and deletes write
the key back to SQLite as text.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
PowerSync collections now derive keys from deserialized IDs, including numeric IDs. Sync, on-demand reload and eviction, and local update and delete paths use those keys. The change adds tests, documentation, and a patch changeset.
Changes: Numeric PowerSync collection keys
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Summary
Key contract and deserialized ID handling packages/powersync-db-collection/src/definitions.ts, packages/powersync-db-collection/src/helpers.ts, packages/powersync-db-collection/src/powersync.ts, docs/collections/powersync-collection.md, .changeset/powersync-numeric-keys.md
Collection key types derive from the output ID type. PowerSync accepts string or numeric IDs and validates the deserialized record ID. The guide and changeset describe numeric keys.
Eager sync and local writes packages/powersync-db-collection/src/powersync.ts, packages/powersync-db-collection/src/PowerSyncTransactor.ts, packages/powersync-db-collection/tests/numeric-keys.test.ts
Initial sync derives keys from deserialized rows. Update and delete SQL operations convert mutation keys to text. Tests cover eager sync and local writes by numeric key.
On-demand reload and eviction packages/powersync-db-collection/src/powersync.ts, packages/powersync-db-collection/tests/numeric-keys.test.ts
Subset tracking and eviction derive keys from deserialized rows. Tests cover subset reloads, eviction, tracking recovery, and deserialization failures.
TanStack/db#2366: Both PRs change PowerSync loading paths; this change derives keys from deserialized rows in those paths.
TanStack/db#2266: This change uses numeric keys under the string-or-number collection key contract established by that PR.
TanStack/db#2171: Both changes convert numeric keys to text for PowerSync writes.
Suggested reviewers:kyleamathews, stevensjourney
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 2e272
Updates and deletes can silently miss rows whose text IDs have a noncanonical numeric spelling. Preserve the original SQLite ID for local writes before merging.
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- Around line 1042-1043: In the eviction flow, derive every delete key from
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Eviction and load batches deserialized each row after begin(). A row that
failed deserialization, or had an id that is neither a string nor a number,
threw inside the loop and left the sync transaction open; each release
retry then opened another. Derive every key first, then open the
transaction and write.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Follow-up in 2e27285: keys are now derived before a sync transaction opens.
Before this, eviction and load batches deserialized each row after begin(). A row that failed deserialization, or whose id was neither a string nor a number, threw inside the loop and left the sync transaction open. Each release retry then opened another one. Both paths now deserialize the rows and derive their keys first, then call begin() and write.
The load path had the same order before this PR. Its comment claimed that a failing batch leaves no transaction open, but that held only for the SQL read, not for deserialization.
RED: on 95ae179, the two new tests in tests/numeric-keys.test.ts (load and eviction, each with a row that fails validation) fail: a transaction stays open.
GREEN: 5/5 in that file. The package passes 200/201; the one failure is the same local portable-declarations symlink EPERM on Windows.
Mutant: moving begin() back above the eviction key derivation fails the eviction test.
Limits: a row that keeps failing validation still makes the release retry with backoff. It now only logs an error each time, which is how every other release failure already behaves. The diff-flush path (flushDiffRecordsWithContext) also calls begin() before deserializing. That order predates this PR, and this follow-up leaves it unchanged.
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Major · Preserve the SQLite ID for updates and deletes · PowerSyncTransactor.ts:247-253
packages/powersync-db-collection/src/PowerSyncTransactor.ts:247-253 Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Preserve the SQLite ID for updates and deletes
If SQLite contains ID '001', the documented coercion loads it as collection key 1. An update or delete by 1 then targets SQLite ID '1', so it does not change the loaded row. Retain the original SQLite ID for mutations instead of reconstructing it from the numeric key.
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Update the mutation handling in PowerSyncTransactor so updates and deletes use
the original SQLite ID associated with the loaded collection row, rather than
reconstructing it with String(mutation.key). Preserve the original ID across key
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Implements #2391.
What changes
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deserializationSchemamay now convertidto a number, for exampleid: z.coerce.number(). This is for backends with integer primary keys. The collection key is the deserializedid, so integer foreign keys match it:eq(part.id, line.partId)compares5with5.Before this change,
getKeythrewRecord must have a string id field.Every path that writes a collection key now takes the key from the deserialized row, not from SQLite's text
id:getKey(deserializeSyncRow(row)).collection.has): it now gets the deserialized key. With the raw text id, it would never match a numeric key.missing.delete): it now runs insidewriteType, using the same key. With the raw text id, it removed nothing, so every held row was deleted.SELECT id …and deleted keys by the raw text id. It now selects the rows and deserializes them. The type checker found this path once the key type was derived from the row.String(mutation.key)toWHERE id = ?. This matches how the serializer already writes a numericidon insert ("5"), and how the PowerSync service converts integer ids (idFromData). So writes work too; collections with numeric keys are not read-only.asPowerSyncRecordis removed. On the type side,PowerSyncRecordandAnyTableColumnTypeallowid: string | number. The collection key type isInferPowerSyncKey<Output>:numberwhen the outputidis a number, otherwisestring. Existing string and branded-string collections keepstringkeys, and the existing type tests pass unchanged.Evidence
PowerSync has no oracle owner. The coverage map lists it as "Fixed tests only" (tracked in #2264). So this PR adds focused tests in
tests/numeric-keys.test.ts, one for each path. They run against a realnode:sqlitePowerSync database.id. Every key that sync writes, and every id that a local write sends to SQLite, refers to the same row. Authority: the collection'sgetKeycontract and the discussion's proposal ([PowerSync] Support integer primary keys: the collection key must be a string `id` #2391).pnpm vitest run tests/numeric-keys.test.tswithsrcfrommain. All 3 tests fail.portable-declarations.test.ts, which fails locally withEPERMonsymlinkSync(Windows symlink permissions) and has nothing to do with this change.writeType(row.id): the outage test fails.key: row.id: the reload/eviction test fails.mutation.keywithoutString(...): the write test fails.serializerforid.Size
Gzip of the minified
dist/esmfiles: 8585 → 8543 bytes (−42).pnpm size:comparedid not run on my machine: its baseline worktree build ofdb-ivmfailed.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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