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Issue being fixed or feature implemented

A by-id join (the chained document query, and a composite query's by-id sub-query) refuses the whole result when a derived id has no document: corrupted state on the server, an invalid proof in the verifier. The rule leans on refersTo: permanentDocument targets never leaving state.

A reference is validated when it is written and never again, and permanentDocument only keeps the target's OWNER from deleting it. Once moderators can remove documents of a canBeDeleted: false type (the moderator document deletion work), a removed post would fail every chained or composite page that holds a like of it, for every client, on the server and in the verifier, until the like scrolls out of the page.

On v4.2-dev today nothing removes a permanent document, so this does not fix a live failure. It has to land before moderator deletion does.

Follow-up to #4852, which pinned the soundness this relies on.

What was done?

Behaviour (rs-drive). assemble_chained_outer_documents and the composite assemble_documents now leave a derived id with no document out of the result. Both are shared by the server and the verifier, so the unproven response, the proof and the verification change together. Still refused: an outer document carried twice, and one that no proven join value references.

Why it is sound. The omission is proven, not trusted. The verifier re-derives the outer query from the PROVEN join values, so every derived id is a queried key, and grovedb refuses a proof without the coverage to show a queried key present or absent. #4852's should_reject_a_proof_withholding_* tests show a prover that withholds an existing document is refused inside grovedb (Error::GroveDB), before assembly runs. Those two tests are unchanged here and still pass.

Not changed. Join sources must still declare permanentDocument. No wire shape change: outer_documents and a by-id join's documents can now be shorter than the distinct derived ids, and clients match the halves by id.

Docs. Every statement that a missing referenced document fails verification is rewritten: the rs-drive query and verify modules, rs-drive-proof-verifier, the wasm-sdk TypeScript docs, the js-evo-sdk README, and three comments in platform.proto.

Notes for the reviewer:

  • The generated ObjC header (Platform.pbobjc.h) embeds those proto comments. I edited the three comment blocks by hand to the same text instead of regenerating the gRPC clients. Comment-only; no other generated client carries them.
  • Verifiers from the published 4.2 betas keep the old rule, so they would reject a page with a hole. Nothing can produce such a page yet.
  • rs-dpp's doc comment on PermanentDocument ("a validated reference can never dangle") is left alone: it is still true on this branch. The moderator-deletion PR should amend it.

How Has This Been Tested?

On top of current v4.2-dev (ddc6f61, includes #4851 and #4852):

  • cargo test -p drive --lib -- chained_query_e2e_tests composite_query_e2e_tests chained_document_query composite_document_query: 35 passed.
  • cargo test -p drive-abci --lib -- document_query::v1: 113 passed.
  • cargo clippy -p drive --lib --tests and cargo fmt --all -- --check: clean.

New and changed tests:

  • rs-drive should_leave_out_a_referenced_post_that_is_not_in_state replaces the chained should_refuse_a_dangling_reference: server and verifier agree on an outer half one post short, and on an empty outer half when no referenced post is in state.
  • rs-drive should_leave_out_a_joined_document_that_is_not_in_state replaces the composite one, on the full feed composition: the quoted-posts join has a hole, and the later sub-query that derives from it (quoted authors' profiles) derives from the posts that are there.
  • The two test(drive): pin that chained and composite joins prove the absence of a referenced document #4852 absence tests now expect the shortened result instead of the assembly's refusal, over the same tree positions.
  • drive-abci should_leave_out_a_liked_post_that_is_not_in_state: through query_documents_v1, unproven and proven modes.

Not run locally: the rest of the workspace, the wasm-sdk build, JS lint and tests.

Breaking Changes

None for consensus. Query and proof verification only.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Chained queries now omit referenced documents that were removed after the original document was created, instead of rejecting the result.
    • Composite by-ID joins now treat missing referenced documents as absent and exclude them from results.
    • Proof verification now accepts these valid absence cases while continuing to reject unreferenced outer documents.
  • Documentation

    • Updated SDK, API, and query documentation to explain the revised join and proof behavior.

…nt that is not in state

A by-id join (the chained document query, and a composite query's by-id
sub-query) refused the whole result when a derived id had no document:
corrupted state on the server, an invalid proof in the verifier. The
rule leaned on `refersTo: permanentDocument` targets never leaving
state. A reference is validated when it is written and never again, and
`permanentDocument` only keeps the target's owner from deleting it, so
the query layer should not assume the target is still there: one removed
post would fail every page holding a like of it, for every client.

Both assembly functions (`assemble_chained_outer_documents` and the
composite `assemble_documents`) now leave such an id out. They are
shared by the server and the verifier, so the unproven response, the
proof and the verification change together. A duplicated outer
document, and one no proven join value references, are still refused.

The omission is proven, not trusted: the verifier re-derives the outer
query from the PROVEN join values, every derived id is a queried key,
and grovedb refuses a proof without the coverage to show a queried key
present or absent. #4852 pinned that a prover withholding an existing
document is refused inside grovedb, before assembly.

Join sources must still declare `permanentDocument`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Join absence handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Chained join assembly
packages/rs-drive/src/query/chained_document_query/mod.rs, packages/rs-drive/src/verify/chained_document/..., packages/rs-drive-proof-verifier/src/proof/chained_document.rs
Chained joins now omit outer documents that are proven absent. Duplicate and unreferenced outer documents remain invalid.
Composite join assembly
packages/rs-drive/src/query/composite_document_query/mod.rs, packages/rs-drive/src/verify/composite_document/...
Composite by-ID joins now omit derived IDs whose documents are proven absent.
End-to-end behavior tests
packages/rs-drive/src/drive/contract/insert/insert_contract/v0/tests/*, packages/rs-drive-abci/src/query/document_query/v1/dispatch/chained.rs
Tests verify data and proof responses when chained or composite references are missing.
Query contract documentation
packages/dapi-grpc/..., packages/js-evo-sdk/README.md, packages/wasm-sdk/src/queries/*
Public documentation describes absent references, omitted results, and ID-based matching. client_side_chained_query centralizes test query construction.

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🟡 Minor · Update the by-ID binding contract text. · platform.proto:1687-1689

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Update the by-ID binding contract text.

The comment still says that every derived ID must resolve and that a missing document is an invalid proof. The server and verifier now prove each derived ID as present or absent and omit absent documents. Update this text and regenerate the generated client documentation to describe presence-or-absence proof and omission. The repository evidence supports a documentation contradiction, but does not show a client rejecting a valid omitted result.

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In `@packages/dapi-grpc/protos/platform/v0/platform.proto` around lines 1687 -
1689, Update the by-ID binding contract comment near the permanentDocument
reference to state that each derived ID is proven present or absent and absent
documents are omitted, rather than requiring every derived ID to resolve or
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Closing: premature. On v4.2-dev a permanentDocument target cannot leave state (references are existence-checked on write and Drive refuses to delete a canBeDeleted: false document), so the strict check this PR removes is correct today and is the only thing that flags corrupted state on a by-id join. Whether joins need to tolerate a removed target depends on a design decision that has not been made (whether moderator-removable types stay valid permanentDocument targets). If they do, the better rule is that a permanent reference resolves to the document or to its moderation tombstone, which belongs with the moderator-deletion work. The soundness tests from #4852 stay as they are.

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