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Summary

The encryption client in @cipherstash/stack (the object Encryption({ schemas }) returns) gives each method precise per-column types, but internally it was built by forwarding every call to a loosely typed inner client through 12 as never casts. A cast like that switches the type checker off, so a mistake in the forwarding would have compiled silently. This PR removes those casts.

Removing them exposed two type gaps, and this PR closes both. First, a types.Json column accepts a JSON document whose arrays can contain null, but the input type declared by the native module (@cipherstash/protect-ffi, the Rust core that does the encryption) does not allow that, even though the module accepts it. Second, encrypt(null) on a Json column has always resolved to { data: null } at runtime (stored as SQL NULL), but was typed Encrypted, so result.data.c compiled and then threw. Nothing changes at runtime in @cipherstash/stack.

Changes

  • Operations (packages/stack/src/encryption/operations/*, helpers/infer-index-type.ts): the encrypt, query, batch-query and bulk-encrypt operations accept PlaintextInput (Plaintext | JsonDocument). A new helper, toJsPlaintext (helpers/js-plaintext.ts), is the documented assertion where a value is handed to the native module, replacing six scattered as JsPlaintext casts.
  • encrypt result type: EncryptionClient.encrypt returns EncryptOperation<EncryptResult<P>>. The success data is Encrypted | null when the plaintext's type admits null (only a Json column's document type does), and Encrypted otherwise, through .withLockContext() and .audit() too. The new type parameter defaults to the column's plaintext type, so existing encrypt<Table, Col>(…) calls still compile. EncryptResult is a new export from @cipherstash/stack/encryption.
  • Native client (encryption/index.ts, private class): encryptQuery takes an EncryptQueryArgs tuple union, so a single value without options no longer type-checks. That call used to compile and then throw.
  • Typed client (encryption/client-v3.ts): forwards with no casts. The two model-encrypt methods each narrow their result with one visible, commented assertion, because the encrypted model's shape comes from walking the table at runtime and no type can derive it.
  • Types (src/types.ts): new internal PlaintextInput, QueryTermInput, BulkEncryptPayloadInput and EncryptQueryArgs, not added to the public types export.
  • @cipherstash/stack-supabase: the per-term query-encryption fallback (used when the client has no bulkEncrypt) now rejects a null envelope instead of sending the string "null" as a filter value, matching the bulk path. This is a runtime change.
  • Skill: skills/stash-encryption/SKILL.md says what encrypt returns for a null Json document.
  • Tests: type tests pinning each client method's operation type, the encrypt result type (literal null, JsonDocument, non-null, scalar, lock context, audit, explicit type arguments), and EncryptQueryArgs; a runtime test of encrypt forwarding; a live integration test round-tripping a Json document with null array elements.
  • Changesets: @cipherstash/stack minor, @cipherstash/stack-supabase patch, stash patch (skill).

Verification

  • @cipherstash/stack test:types: 82/82 passed, no type errors. Removing the type-parameter default makes the explicit-type-argument test fail with TS2558, as intended.
  • @cipherstash/stack-supabase test:types: 56/56 passed.
  • CI green on the previous head, including the live json-crypto integration run, which exercises the null-element round trip against real encryption.
  • Locally, the full @cipherstash/stack suite cannot run: files fail at startup on the missing native binding (protect-ffi … index.node). CI's credentialed jobs are the real run of the encrypt paths.

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Closes #637

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  • Scope grew past Remove the as never forwarding casts in createEncryptionClient #637. Fixing the encrypt(null) typing (raised in review) changed the public EncryptionClient.encrypt result type, added the EncryptResult export and touched stack-supabase. Splitting it into another PR would reopen that type gap, so it stays here.
  • Public type change, hence minor. Code that reads result.data after encrypting a Json value that may be null must now check for null; it previously compiled and threw. The exported operation classes (EncryptOperation, EncryptQueryOperation, BatchEncryptQueryOperation, BulkEncryptOperation) also widen their constructor and getOperation() types to include the JSON document type they already accepted at runtime.
  • Deferred: wasm-inline.ts still has a value as Plaintext that may now be removable. toJsPlaintext can be deleted once protect-ffi's JsPlaintext allows Date and null array elements. That should be a separate issue.
  • Start with client-v3.ts (the UnderlyingNativeClient doc, encrypt's signature, and the forwarding at the bottom), then operations/encrypt.ts (EncryptResult), then helpers/js-plaintext.ts.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Encryption and query encryption accept JSON documents, including nested arrays and null values. Bulk encryption also accepts JSON inputs with nullable entries.
  • Bug Fixes
    • JSON documents containing null values round-trip through single-item and bulk encryption.
    • Queries now return an error rather than using a null encryption result as a filter value.
  • TypeScript
    • Encryption result types reflect when nullable JSON inputs can produce null, including through lock-context and audit operations.
    • Improved type checking for encryption, query, model, and bulk methods, including supported query argument forms.

…tionClient

createEncryptionClient built the typed EncryptionClient<S> by forwarding to
the native client through 12 type-erasing as-never casts. They hid a real
gap: v3 PlaintextForColumn includes the types.Json document, which the
operations' Plaintext input (built on the FFI's JsPlaintext) cannot express.

- Operation constructors accept PlaintextInput (Plaintext | JsonDocument);
  the single remaining plaintext assertion is toJsPlaintext at the FFI call,
  replacing six scattered as-JsPlaintext sites.
- Native encryptQuery takes an EncryptQueryArgs tuple union, so a scalar
  without options no longer type-checks, and the wrapper forwards unchanged.
- Model-encrypt results narrow to V3EncryptedModel with one visible,
  documented assertion each instead of a hidden cast.
- Comments rewritten so they claim only what the types actually check.

Closes #637
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Resolve the conflicts from #1000, which moved packages/stack to
languages/typescript/packages/stack. The only conflict was the new
helpers/js-plaintext.ts, which now sits at the moved path. No file
that this branch edits changed on main except by the move.

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I merged main to resolve the conflicts

@tobyhede, I merged main into this branch in ebf28c1. I did not rebase or force-push, so your commit 20ccab3 is unchanged.

The conflicts came from #1000, which moved packages/stack to languages/typescript/packages/stack on 2 October 2026. Git applied your edits to the moved files. The one conflict was your new helpers/js-plaintext.ts, and I put it at the moved path.

The resolution needed no design choices

No file that this branch edits changed on main apart from the move. The merge result differs from main by exactly your diff, at the new paths. Nothing remains under packages/stack. The changeset still names @cipherstash/stack at patch, and it is still pending.

CI passes

All 22 checks that ran passed, including Node 22, Node 24, Bun, Drizzle, Supabase and Prisma Next. The other 11 checks skipped, because their path filters or conditions exclude this change. Locally, all stack type tests passed, including the 31 cases in typed-client-v3.test-d.ts. Biome reports 12 fewer warnings than on main.

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Recommendation: 🟢 merge as it is (1 of 4 review job(s) failed)

Nothing must change before merge. The PR changes no runtime behaviour, the forwarding casts are gone, and CI passed after the merge from main. Two items can wait for a follow-up: a live test for a types.Json document with null array elements, and an existing type gap where encrypt(null) on a types.Json column is typed Encrypted. The other four comments are optional: they correct two comments that claim too much, and add type tests for the new type claims.

No source finding was dropped. One source asked for its two test findings before merge. These comments mark them as a follow-up and optional, because the runtime did not change and tsc on src already checks the forwarding.

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claude claude-opus-5-5 typescript 2 found, 2 posted
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codex gpt-5.6-terra typescript failed

Synthesis: claude-opus-5-5 merged the findings, removed duplicates and dropped findings it could not confirm in the code. 1 posted finding(s) were raised by two or more models.

Plain language: claude-opus-5-5 read every comment as a new reader would. 5 comment(s) had a problem that stopped the reader acting; it rewrote 5.

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Context loaded: the description, 1 linked issue(s) and 3 discussion entries.

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Comment thread languages/typescript/packages/stack/src/encryption/helpers/js-plaintext.ts Outdated
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This looks good, thanks @tobyhede.

Will need to get the test gaps fixed before merging, but I'm approving in anticipation.

…rect two comments

Address the PR #996 review:
- a credential-free runtime test that each encrypt path forwards its arguments to the native client unchanged
- type tests: EncryptQueryArgs rejects a scalar without options; the public client accepts a types.Json document whose arrays hold null
- a live integration test that such a document round-trips through encrypt, decrypt and bulkEncrypt
- js-plaintext.ts no longer claims to be the only plaintext assertion; the model paths still cast
- encrypt.ts says plainly that a null on a types.Json column comes back typed Encrypted
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Walkthrough

The stack package now accepts JSON documents in encryption inputs and types nullable JSON encryption results as Encrypted | null. Encryption wrappers use typed forwarding, and the Supabase per-term fallback rejects null encryption results. Tests cover type contracts, forwarding, and JSON encryption round trips.

Changes

JSON encryption and nullable results

Layer / File(s) Summary
JSON-capable inputs and operation results
languages/typescript/packages/stack/src/types.ts, languages/typescript/packages/stack/src/encryption/helpers/*, languages/typescript/packages/stack/src/encryption/operations/*, languages/typescript/packages/stack/integration/shared/json-crypto.integration.test.ts, skills/stash-encryption/SKILL.md, .changeset/stack-encrypt-json-null-result.md
Adds shared input types for JSON documents and query arguments. Encryption operations convert non-null values before FFI calls and return null for null plaintext. Integration tests cover JSON documents with null values.
Client contracts and forwarding
languages/typescript/packages/stack/src/encryption/index.ts, languages/typescript/packages/stack/src/encryption/client-v3.ts, languages/typescript/packages/stack/__tests__/typed-client-v3.test.ts, languages/typescript/packages/stack/__tests__/typed-client-v3.test-d.ts, .changeset/stack-encrypt-ops-json-plaintext.md
Updates query argument handling, operation types, and client forwarding. Tests check argument forwarding and operation result types.
Supabase query fallback
languages/typescript/packages/stack-supabase/src/query-encrypt.ts, languages/typescript/packages/stack-supabase/__tests__/supabase-v3-builder.test.ts
The per-term encryption fallback rejects null results and reports the term position and column. A regression test checks the error response.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Refactor · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6ad6c

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Linked Issues check Warning The PR implements the main [#637] cast cleanup. client-v3.ts removes the forwarding as never casts and adds documented model-result assertions. The reported type tests support the implementation. … Keep [#637] limited to the internal forwarding-cast cleanup and its required type and package checks. Move the public type changes and the Supabase behavior change to a separately scoped issue and pull request, or update the linked issue re…
Out of Scope Changes check Warning The cast cleanup, forwarding tests, and type tests are in scope for [#637]. The nullable JSON encrypt result, the EncryptResult export, widened public operation contracts, JSON input types, skill … Remove the public API, documentation, and Supabase runtime changes from this pull request, or track them under a separate issue and pull request. Retain changes that directly support the [#637] forwarding-cast cleanup.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 61.54% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 13 functions across 14 files. (2 skipped:… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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The PR implements the main [#637] cast cleanup. client-v3.ts removes the forwarding as never casts and adds documented model-result assertions. The reported type tests support the implementation. However, [#637] requires internal type hygiene with no public API change and unchanged stack-supabase behavior. This PR changes the public encrypt result type, exports EncryptResult, widens exported operation inputs, and changes the Supabase null-envelope behavior. These changes do not meet the linked issue acceptance criteria.

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Keep [#637] limited to the internal forwarding-cast cleanup and its required type and package checks. Move the public type changes and the Supabase behavior change to a separately scoped issue and pull request, or update the linked issue requirements before merging.

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…ext may be null

encrypt(null, …) on a types.Json column resolved to { data: null } at runtime but was typed Encrypted, so result.data.c compiled and threw. encrypt is now generic over the plaintext type and its data is EncryptResult<P> = Encrypted | (null & P): a possibly-null value gives Encrypted | null, a non-null value or any scalar column still gives Encrypted. The intersection form, not a conditional type, keeps expect-type's toBeCallableWith working. No runtime change.

The stricter type caught a latent bug in stack-supabase: the per-term query-encryption fallback sent a null envelope as the filter operand "null". It now rejects it, matching the bulk path.

Also corrects the stash-encryption skill, which said every encrypt plaintext must be non-null.
…iling

Making EncryptionClient.encrypt generic over the plaintext added a third
type parameter with no default, so a caller naming the existing two
(client.encrypt<T, C>(...)) failed with TS2558. P now defaults to the
column's plaintext type, which types the result from the column: Encrypted
| null for a types.Json column, Encrypted otherwise. Inference from the
argument is unchanged.

Also corrects the operation-classes changeset, which still said the
EncryptionClient interface was unchanged.

Refs #637
…sult type

EncryptionClient.encrypt now types a nullable Json result as Encrypted |
null, so code reading result.data without a null check stops compiling,
and EncryptResult is a new export. That is a public type change, not a
patch.

Refs #637

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Internal type cleanup of the encryption client (no runtime change). The exported operation classes `EncryptOperation`, `EncryptQueryOperation`, `BatchEncryptQueryOperation` and `BulkEncryptOperation` now declare that they accept a `types.Json` document as plaintext, which they always did at runtime; their `getOperation()` return types widen to match. The `EncryptionClient` interface changes only in what `encrypt` returns for a `types.Json` column; see the `EncryptResult` changeset.

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Publish the widened operation type as a major release.

EncryptOperation.getOperation().plaintext changed from Plaintext | null to PlaintextInput | null. PlaintextInput includes JSON documents, including arrays containing null, so existing consumers that assign this value to Plaintext | null no longer compile. The available @cipherstash/stack changesets are only patch and minor releases.

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 Internal type cleanup of the encryption client (no runtime change). The exported operation classes `EncryptOperation`, `EncryptQueryOperation`, `BatchEncryptQueryOperation` and `BulkEncryptOperation` now declare that they accept a `types.Json` document as plaintext, which they always did at runtime; their `getOperation()` return types widen to match. The `EncryptionClient` interface changes only in what `encrypt` returns for a `types.Json` column; see the `EncryptResult` changeset.
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Internal type cleanup of the encryption client (no runtime change). The exported operation classes `EncryptOperation`, `EncryptQueryOperation`, `BatchEncryptQueryOperation` and `BulkEncryptOperation` now declare that they accept a `types.Json` document as plaintext, which they always did at runtime; their `getOperation()` return types widen to match. The `EncryptionClient` interface changes only in what `encrypt` returns for a `types.Json` column; see the `EncryptResult` changeset.
'@cipherstash/stack': major
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Internal type cleanup of the encryption client (no runtime change). The exported operation classes `EncryptOperation`, `EncryptQueryOperation`, `BatchEncryptQueryOperation` and `BulkEncryptOperation` now declare that they accept a `types.Json` document as plaintext, which they always did at runtime; their `getOperation()` return types widen to match. The `EncryptionClient` interface changes only in what `encrypt` returns for a `types.Json` column; see the `EncryptResult` changeset.
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