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Summary

  • Adds a "Namespace semantics (per-SDK divergence)" subsection to sdk-feature-matrix.md, covering key-prefix shape, default namespace, empty/unset behaviour, namespace charset validation, and server-side isolation for py/rs/ts and the SaaS server.
  • Every cell cites file:line on each repo's default branch (cachekit-py, cachekit-rs, cachekit-ts, saas), verified 2026-09-09.
  • Descriptive only — no new MUST/SHOULD key-format language, no changes outside sdk-feature-matrix.md, spec/interop-mode.md untouched (owned by docs(spec): reframe 7-segment key format as SDK convention; add server-side requirements #17).

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  • Confirmed only sdk-feature-matrix.md changed (git diff --stat)
  • Confirmed spec/interop-mode.md has zero diff
  • Manually verified each cited file:line against the referenced repo's main branch

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  • Documentation
    • Added documentation describing namespace semantics across the Python, Rust, TypeScript, and SaaS server environments.
    • Clarified namespace key formats, default namespace resolution, empty-value handling, character validation, server-side isolation, and access-grant behaviour.
    • Documented how unprefixed keys resolve to the server’s default namespace and remain in an open write space.
    • Recorded differences in namespace validation and access-grant handling between SDKs and key prefixes.

Summary

This PR refines the "Server-side isolation" documentation in the SDK feature matrix to clarify how namespace authorization actually works for unprefixed keys.

Changes

Corrected the Rust and TypeScript SDK isolation descriptions:

  • Previously these columns stated there was "None" for server-side isolation, implying unprefixed keys were completely ungated.
  • Now they accurately explain that keys resolving to default are subject to the same allowed_namespaces grant check as any other key — the actual limitation is that these SDKs can never scope traffic to anything narrower than default, since they never emit a namespace prefix.

Clarified the explanatory note on unprefixed keys:

  • The prior wording described unprefixed keys as an "open write space" that could be read as meaning no authorization applies.
  • The updated note distinguishes between two separate concepts:
    • Writer-class boundary (keyClass: 'open') — the space is open to both ck_sdk_ and ck_api_ callers.
    • Authorization — these keys are still subject to whatever allowed_namespaces grant applies to default.
  • It emphasizes that the real constraint is the inability to segment traffic below default, which only ns:/nsapi:-prefixed keys can do.

Purpose

The changes fix a potentially misleading impression that unprefixed keys bypass authorization entirely. The documentation now correctly separates the concept of writer-class access ("open") from namespace-level authorization, ensuring readers understand that authorization still applies while the actual limitation is a lack of per-namespace segmentation.

Note: These are documentation-only changes to sdk-feature-matrix.md; no functional code was modified.


Summary

This PR updates the SDK feature matrix documentation to clarify namespace semantics, specifically documenting an unintended behavior where namespace values that themselves begin with ns:/nsapi: prefixes can escape the default namespace boundary.

Changes

The documentation updates in sdk-feature-matrix.md expand three sections:

  • Charset validation on the namespace value: Adds detail that because Rust and TypeScript SDKs splice the namespace value directly ahead of the key with a single colon (without charset validation in auto mode), a namespace value like .namespace("ns:tenant") produces a key that the SaaS parses as a literal named namespace. Notes that interop mode validation closes this gap for interop keys only, and clarifies that the server-side parser re-splits the key from scratch with no knowledge of which SDK produced it.

  • Server-side isolation: Refines the description to distinguish between two cases — namespace values with no embedded ns:/nsapi: colon resolve to default, while unvalidated values that begin with ns:/nsapi: land in that literal named namespace instead, since the SaaS re-parses the finished key without knowledge of SDK-side intent.

  • NOTE callout: Updates the qualifier for which keys resolve to default (only those whose namespace value doesn't itself start with ns:/nsapi:) and adds explanation that this represents an unintended escape from default rather than a supported opt-in mechanism, deferring the decision on whether to validate/reject such values to LAB-640.

Purpose

These are documentation-only changes that clarify an existing gap in client-side namespace validation, making the matrix accurately reflect current behavior without recommending any specific remediation.

Feature matrix had no row for namespace semantics despite per-SDK
divergence: py emits a distinct ns: segment, ts/rs emit a bare
namespace-colon-key/hash with no ns: token, and unprefixed keys of
any origin scope to the SaaS default namespace as an open, ungated
write space. Descriptive only, every cell cites file:line on each
repo's main branch.
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The documentation adds a cross-SDK comparison of namespace key formats, defaults, empty values, validation, server-side isolation, and default namespace convergence.

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Namespace semantics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cross-SDK namespace comparison
sdk-feature-matrix.md
Documents namespace behaviour across Python, Rust, TypeScript, interop, and the SaaS server, including key prefixes, defaults, empty values, validation, access grants, and server-side isolation.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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The protocol documents disagree about whether interop keys work against the deployed backend. Resolve the deployment contract before merging so SDK users are not directed toward an unsupported integration.

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CodeRabbit flagged the Rust/TS "server-side isolation" cells as
factually inconsistent with the Server column: both said the same
allowed_namespaces check applies to whatever namespace a key
resolves to, default included, so calling Rust/TS traffic
"ungated" contradicted the very next cell. Reworded: Rust/TS keys
resolve to default and are checked by the same ACL, they just
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(ck_sdk_/ck_api_), not an absence of authorization.
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coderabbitai's re-review on the prior fix caught the deeper issue:
saying rust/ts traffic "can never be scoped to anything other than
default" is still wrong. Neither SDK validates the namespace
value's charset, and namespace is spliced directly ahead of the key
with one colon, so a namespace value that itself starts ns:/nsapi:
(coderabbitai's own example: .namespace("ns:tenant")) produces a key
the SaaS genuinely parses as that literal named namespace. Reworded
the Charset validation and Server-side isolation cells, and the
trailing note, to state the real behavior: default is the outcome
for ordinary namespace values, not a hard confinement.
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