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28 changes: 17 additions & 11 deletions docs/event-streaming.md
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`Event.IdempotencyKey` carries the schemas v1beta3
`EventPayload.idempotencyKey` (meshery/schemas v1.3.116 and later): an
optional, client-chosen key of 1 to 255 characters that makes recording one
event safe to retry. Under `createEvent`, a create carrying a key its
authenticated caller already used records nothing and is answered 200 with
the event the first create recorded (`Event-Disposition: replayed`), whatever
the rest of the payload says. Because MeshKit's `Event` decodes the field,
Meshery Server keeps the key when it decodes a client event instead of
dropping it.
event safe to retry. MeshKit carries the field: `Event` encodes, decodes,
validates and persists it, and nothing more. The replay semantics are the
schemas `createEvent` contract: a create carrying a key its authenticated
caller already used records nothing and is answered 200 with the event the
first create recorded (`Event-Disposition: replayed`), whatever the rest of
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Describe the event bound to the key.

A first keyed create can increment or resolve an existing correlated event rather than record a new event. A lookup against the event’s single idempotency_key column cannot find every key bound to that event. Describe the binding separately, and update the same wording in models/events/events.go and models/events/correlation.go. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @docs/event-streaming.md around lines 178 - 179:
Clarify that a keyed create may increment or resolve an existing correlated
event, so the event’s single idempotency_key does not describe every key bound
to it. Update the wording around Event-Disposition: replayed to describe the
key-to-event binding separately, and keep the same contract wording consistent
in the event model and correlation documentation.

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the payload says. Meshery Server honours that contract only once its
follow-up lands: today its client event handler rebuilds the event without
copying the key (`ApplyClientEventFields`) and persists it without a replay
lookup (`PersistClientEvent`), so a keyed retry to Meshery Server still
records a second event. Do not rely on replay against a server that predates

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"Records a second event" is exact for an event that names no condition, but a keyed retry of a condition event takes a different path: PersistClientEvent still calls persist, which routes a correlated event to persistCorrelatedEvent and counts it as another occurrence on the open condition rather than storing a second event row. Worth qualifying so a reader does not expect a duplicate row in that case.

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records a second event. Do not rely on replay against a server that predates
records a second event (or, for a condition event, counts a second occurrence on the open condition). Do not rely on replay against a server that predates that follow-up.

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Thanks - Meshery Server now replays keyed retries (meshery/meshery#22958, merged). #1154 replaces the interim caveat in docs/event-streaming.md with the current behaviour: a first keyed create answers 201, a retry with a key the same owner already used answers 200 with Event-Disposition: replayed and the bound event, and correlated occurrences and resolutions answer 200. Each statement was checked against Meshery master.

that follow-up.

```go
event := events.NewEvent().
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condition and spans many creates; an `idempotencyKey` makes one create safe
to retry.
- `Build` copies the key into every event it builds. Set a new key before
building another occurrence from the same builder, or the server answers
that occurrence as a replay of the first.
building another occurrence from the same builder: under the
`createEvent` contract, a server that honours it answers that occurrence
as a replay of the first.
- GORM `AutoMigrate` adds a nullable `idempotency_key` column and a
non-unique composite index `idx_events_owner_idempotency_key` on
`(owner, idempotency_key)`, so a server finds the event a key is bound to
by owner and key. The contract scopes keys to the authenticated caller
(organization and user), not to the client-settable `owner` field, so the
server sets `owner` from the caller and applies the replay semantics;
MeshKit does neither.
(organization and user), not to the client-settable `owner` field, so a
server that honours the contract sets `owner` from the caller and applies
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Scope replay by both organization and user.

Setting owner from the caller does not establish the contract’s full scope: Owner is one UUID, and the preceding index has no organization field. A lookup using only that index can replay an event from another organization when the same user uses the same key. Document that the server must also enforce organization scope; the contract does not require it to overwrite owner. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @docs/event-streaming.md around lines 207 - 208:
Update the event-streaming contract text to require replay lookups to enforce
both organization and user scope, without requiring the server to overwrite
`owner`. Preserve the distinction between the single-UUID `Owner` field and
organization scope, and clarify that the preceding index alone does not
establish organization isolation.

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the replay semantics; MeshKit does neither.
- `Event.Validate()` rejects a key that is empty or longer than 255
characters with `ErrInvalidEvent`.

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}

// WithIdempotencyKey sets the client-chosen key that makes recording this
// event safe to retry: a create carrying a key its caller already used records
// nothing and is answered with the event the first create recorded. Name the
// event safe to retry: under the schemas createEvent contract, a create
// carrying a key its caller already used records nothing and is answered with
// the event the first create recorded. MeshKit only carries the key; replay is
// the receiving server's to honour. Name the
// occurrence, for example a run id, never the condition (that is
// WithCorrelationKey). Build copies the key into every event it builds, so set
// a new key before building another occurrence from the same builder.
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// IdempotencyKey is the client-chosen key that makes recording this event
// safe to retry (schemas v1beta3 EventPayload.idempotencyKey, 1 to 255
// characters). The server answers a create carrying a key its caller
// already used as a replay of the event that create recorded, rather than
// recording or counting it again. Name the occurrence, for example a run
// characters). Under the schemas createEvent contract, a server answers a
// create carrying a key its caller already used as a replay of the event
// that create recorded, rather than recording or counting it again;
// MeshKit only carries the key. Name the occurrence, for example a run
// id. It is indexed with Owner as idx_events_owner_idempotency_key so a
// server can find the event a key is bound to; the index is not unique,
// because the contract scopes keys to the authenticated caller, which the
// server enforces.
// because the contract scopes keys to the authenticated caller, which a
// server that honours the contract enforces.
IdempotencyKey *string `db:"idempotency_key" json:"idempotencyKey,omitempty" gorm:"column:idempotency_key;index:idx_events_owner_idempotency_key,priority:2"`

// The fields below are the schemas event construct's condition correlation,
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