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docs(spec): correct field.readonly describe re: import readonly-strip exemption (#3493) - #3550

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What & why

Small doc correctness follow-up to #3493/#3497.

The FieldSchema.readonly describe ended with:

…A stripped INSERT field still falls back to its defaultValue; system-context writes (import, seed replay, migration) are exempt.

That clause is wrong on two counts, and #3493 is exactly what surfaced it:

  1. A normal data import is NOT system-context. Its write context is session-derived (isSystem: false, per resolve-execution-context.ts) — that's why data import: a "historical" import can't preserve original timestamps / audit fields — updated_at is stamped now, readonly fields stripped on upsert (#3479 follow-up) #3493 existed (the strip did apply to imports). Listing "import" alongside seed replay/migration as an isSystem exemption is misleading.
  2. It predates feat(rest): preserve the original audit timeline for a historical import (#3493) #3497's preserveAudit whitelist — the new opt-in path by which a historical import bypasses the strip for a bounded whitelist.

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packages/spec/src/data/field.zod.ts — the readonly describe now reads:

…A stripped INSERT field still falls back to its defaultValue. Exempt from the strip: isSystem writes (seed replay, migration), and an opt-in "historical" import (preserveAudit, #3493) — which admits a whitelist (the audit/timestamp family plus author-declared business readonly fields). A normal (non-system) import is NOT system-context and still strips.

Regenerated content/docs/references/data/field.mdx to match (gen:schema && gen:docs; check:docs in sync).

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  • Describe-string + regenerated reference doc only — no schema shape, behavior, or api-surface change. Empty changeset (releases nothing).
  • check:api-surface shows a diff locally, but it's stale-dist noise unrelated to this change (it lists MessageFormat/WebhookReceiver/Breakpoints/JobRetryPolicy from other recent merges); the branch's spec dist wasn't rebuilt after resetting onto main. CI builds fresh, so it will compute the current-main surface and pass. spec tsc --noEmit is clean.

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… exemption (#3493)

The `field.readonly` describe said "system-context writes (import, seed replay,
migration) are exempt" — but a normal data import is NON-system (its writeCtx is
session-derived, isSystem:false) and still strips readonly fields. The strip is
bypassed only by `isSystem` writes (seed replay, migration) and, since #3497, by
an opt-in "historical" import (`preserveAudit`) that admits a whitelist (the
audit/timestamp family + author-declared business readonly fields). Fix the
describe accordingly and regenerate references/data/field.mdx.

Describe-string + regenerated reference doc only; no schema shape / behavior /
api-surface change. Empty changeset (releases nothing).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01B5rdfBKjkbcoEif4KUV6xE
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This PR changes 1 package(s): @objectstack/spec.

104 hand-written doc(s) reference the affected code and may need an implementation-accuracy re-verification:

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Advisory only. To re-verify, run the docs-accuracy-audit workflow scoped to these files:
node scripts/docs-audit/affected-docs.mjs origin/main → pass the list as args.docs.

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