objectstack-ai · os-zhuang · Jul 27, 2026 · Jul 27, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/sharing-rule-recipient-reconcile.md b/.changeset/sharing-rule-recipient-reconcile.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+"@objectstack/spec": minor
+"@objectstack/plugin-sharing": minor
+---
+
+feat(security)!: reconcile the SharingRule authoring surface with the enforced runtime — rename `group` → `team`, add `business_unit`, prune `guest` + owner-type rules (#1878)
+
+The authoring `ShareRecipientType` enum had drifted behind the ADR-0090 D3
+rename and the enforced runtime: the runtime expands `team` (via
+`sys_team`/`sys_team_member`) and `business_unit`, but the authoring enum
+still offered the pre-rename `group` (silently skipped at seed time) and
+omitted the two live recipients. After this change **every authorable
+recipient and rule type is enforced** — nothing on the SharingRule surface
+validates and then silently does nothing (ADR-0078).
+
+- **`sharedWith.type: 'group'` → `'team'`** (wire-rename): the enum member is
+  renamed to match the runtime vocabulary and now maps through the seed
+  bootstrap to the live `TeamGraphService` expansion. Flat `sys_team`
+  membership; enforced.
+- **`business_unit` added** to the authoring enum — exactly one business
+  unit's members (no subtree; use `unit_and_subordinates` for the subtree).
+  The runtime + bootstrap already enforced it; only the enum omitted it.
+- **`guest` removed** — it had no runtime recipient mapping. Anonymous access
+  is served by the public-form grant and share links, not sharing rules.
+- **Owner-type rules removed** (`type: 'owner'`, `ownedBy`,
+  `OwnerSharingRuleSchema` + its type export): they depend on live
+  team/position membership, which the static materialiser cannot track, so
+  they validated but never materialised a share. They return as an enforced
+  form if membership-reactive re-materialisation is designed.
+  `SharingRuleSchema` is now the criteria form; the `queue` recipient stays
+  runtime-reserved (no `sys_queue` yet) and deliberately non-authorable.
+
+**Migration** (stale definitions now fail parse with the valid options listed):
+- `sharedWith: { type: 'group', … }` → `sharedWith: { type: 'team', … }`.
+- `sharedWith: { type: 'guest', … }` → delete the rule; expose the records
+  via a public form or share link instead.
+- `type: 'owner'` rules → rewrite as a `type: 'criteria'` rule scoping the
+  rows by field values (see the migrated examples:
+  `share_open_tasks_with_manager` in app-showcase,
+  `share_active_leads_with_manager` in app-crm), or use a scope-depth grant.
diff --git a/content/docs/permissions/sharing-rules.mdx b/content/docs/permissions/sharing-rules.mdx
@@ -132,27 +132,32 @@ export const AccountTeamSharingRule = defineSharingRule({
 
 ### Recipient types
 
-`sharedWith` (and `ownedBy`) accept a `{ type, value }` recipient:
+`sharedWith` accepts a `{ type, value }` recipient. **Every authorable
+recipient is enforced** — each expands to concrete users at seed time and
+materializes `sys_record_share` grants:
 
 | `type` | Shares with |
 |:--|:--|
 | `user` | A single user |
-| `group` | All members of a public group — **declared but not enforced**: skipped at seed time with a warning (ADR-0049) |
+| `team` | All members of a `sys_team` (flat collaboration grouping) |
 | `position` | Everyone assigned that position (flat expansion — positions have no tree) |
 | `unit_and_subordinates` | Everyone in that **business unit and every unit beneath it** (the BU tree is the one hierarchy — ADR-0090 D3) |
-| `guest` | Public / anonymous (`guest`) principals — **declared but not enforced**: no runtime recipient mapping, skipped at seed time with a warning (ADR-0049) |
+| `business_unit` | Everyone in exactly that business unit (no subtree) |
 
 A criteria `condition` must be compilable by the CEL → filter pushdown
 compiler. A condition the compiler cannot lower is **skipped and logged —
 never seeded as a permissive match-all** (ADR-0049): a bad condition
 under-shares rather than over-shares.
 
-## Owner-Based Sharing Rules
-
-> **[Experimental — not enforced.]** Owner-based (`type: 'owner'`) rules
-> depend on live position membership and have no static `criteria_json`
-> equivalent, so the seeder **skips them with a warning** — they materialize
-> no record shares today. Use a criteria rule or a scope-depth grant.
+> **Retired shapes.** The pre-ADR-0090 `group` recipient was renamed to
+> `team`, and the `guest` recipient was removed — anonymous access is served
+> by the [public-form grant](/docs/permissions/authorization) and share
+> links, not sharing rules. Owner-based rules (`type: 'owner'`, `ownedBy`)
+> were also removed: they depended on live membership the static seeder
+> cannot track, so they validated but never materialized a share. Use a
+> criteria rule or a scope-depth grant instead; none of these shapes parses
+> anymore, so a stale definition fails loudly at authoring time instead of
+> silently doing nothing (ADR-0078).
 
 ## Analytics and Dataset Read Scope
 

diff --git a/content/docs/references/security/sharing.mdx b/content/docs/references/security/sharing.mdx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ The baseline security posture for an object.
 ## TypeScript Usage
 
 ```typescript
-import { CriteriaSharingRule, OWDModel, OwnerSharingRule, ShareRecipientType, SharingLevel, SharingRule, SharingRuleType } from '@objectstack/spec/security';
-import type { CriteriaSharingRule, OWDModel, OwnerSharingRule, ShareRecipientType, SharingLevel, SharingRule, SharingRuleType } from '@objectstack/spec/security';
+import { CriteriaSharingRule, OWDModel, ShareRecipientType, SharingLevel, SharingRule, SharingRuleType } from '@objectstack/spec/security';
+import type { CriteriaSharingRule, OWDModel, ShareRecipientType, SharingLevel, SharingRule, SharingRuleType } from '@objectstack/spec/security';
 
 // Validate data
 const result = CriteriaSharingRule.parse(data);
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const result = CriteriaSharingRule.parse(data);
 | **object** | `string` | ✅ | Target Object Name |
 | **active** | `boolean` | optional |  |
 | **accessLevel** | `Enum<'read' \| 'edit' \| 'full'>` | optional |  |
-| **sharedWith** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'group' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'guest'>; value: string }` | ✅ | The recipient of the shared access |
+| **sharedWith** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'team' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'business_unit'>; value: string }` | ✅ | The recipient of the shared access |
 | **type** | `'criteria'` | ✅ |  |
 | **condition** | `string \| { dialect: Enum<'cel' \| 'cron' \| 'template'>; source?: string; ast?: any; meta?: object }` | ✅ | Predicate (CEL). e.g. P`record.department == "Sales"` |
 
@@ -54,36 +54,17 @@ const result = CriteriaSharingRule.parse(data);
 * `controlled_by_parent`
 
 
----
-
-## OwnerSharingRule
-
-### Properties
-
-| Property | Type | Required | Description |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| **name** | `string` | ✅ | Unique rule name (snake_case) |
-| **label** | `string` | optional | Human-readable label |
-| **description** | `string` | optional | Administrative notes |
-| **object** | `string` | ✅ | Target Object Name |
-| **active** | `boolean` | ✅ |  |
-| **accessLevel** | `Enum<'read' \| 'edit' \| 'full'>` | ✅ |  |
-| **sharedWith** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'group' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'guest'>; value: string }` | ✅ | The recipient of the shared access |
-| **type** | `'owner'` | ✅ |  |
-| **ownedBy** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'group' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'guest'>; value: string }` | ✅ | Source group/position whose records are being shared |
-
-
 ---
 
 ## ShareRecipientType
 
 ### Allowed Values
 
 * `user`
-* `group`
+* `team`
 * `position`
 * `unit_and_subordinates`
-* `guest`
+* `business_unit`
 
 
 ---
@@ -101,14 +82,6 @@ const result = CriteriaSharingRule.parse(data);
 
 ## SharingRule
 
-### Union Options
-
-This schema accepts one of the following structures:
-
-#### Option 1
-
-**Type:** `criteria`
-
 ### Properties
 
 | Property | Type | Required | Description |
@@ -119,40 +92,17 @@ This schema accepts one of the following structures:
 | **object** | `string` | ✅ | Target Object Name |
 | **active** | `boolean` | optional |  |
 | **accessLevel** | `Enum<'read' \| 'edit' \| 'full'>` | optional |  |
-| **sharedWith** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'group' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'guest'>; value: string }` | ✅ | The recipient of the shared access |
+| **sharedWith** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'team' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'business_unit'>; value: string }` | ✅ | The recipient of the shared access |
 | **type** | `'criteria'` | ✅ |  |
 | **condition** | `string \| { dialect: Enum<'cel' \| 'cron' \| 'template'>; source?: string; ast?: any; meta?: object }` | ✅ | Predicate (CEL). e.g. P`record.department == "Sales"` |
 
----
-
-#### Option 2
-
-**Type:** `owner`
-
-### Properties
-
-| Property | Type | Required | Description |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| **name** | `string` | ✅ | Unique rule name (snake_case) |
-| **label** | `string` | optional | Human-readable label |
-| **description** | `string` | optional | Administrative notes |
-| **object** | `string` | ✅ | Target Object Name |
-| **active** | `boolean` | optional |  |
-| **accessLevel** | `Enum<'read' \| 'edit' \| 'full'>` | optional |  |
-| **sharedWith** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'group' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'guest'>; value: string }` | ✅ | The recipient of the shared access |
-| **type** | `'owner'` | ✅ |  |
-| **ownedBy** | `{ type: Enum<'user' \| 'group' \| 'position' \| 'unit_and_subordinates' \| 'guest'>; value: string }` | ✅ | Source group/position whose records are being shared |
-
----
-
 
 ---
 
 ## SharingRuleType
 
 ### Allowed Values
 
-* `owner`
 * `criteria`
 
 

diff --git a/examples/app-crm/src/security/sharing-rules.ts b/examples/app-crm/src/security/sharing-rules.ts
@@ -22,19 +22,21 @@ export const HighValueOpportunitySharingRule = defineSharingRule({
 });
 
 /**
- * Owner-based sharing: leads owned by a Sales Rep are shared read-only
- * with their manager so managers can coach on individual pipelines.
+ * Criteria-based sharing: in-flight leads (not yet converted or disqualified)
+ * are shared read-only with Sales Managers for coaching visibility.
+ *
+ * Replaces the retired owner-based `share_rep_leads_with_manager` rule:
+ * `type: 'owner'` (`ownedBy`) no longer parses — it depended on live position
+ * membership and was silently skipped at seed time (ADR-0078). The enforced
+ * criteria form scopes the same coaching set by pipeline state instead.
  */
 export const RepLeadSharingRule = defineSharingRule({
-  type: 'owner',
-  name: 'share_rep_leads_with_manager',
-  label: "Rep's Leads → Manager (read-only)",
-  description: "Share each rep's leads with the Sales Manager role for coaching visibility.",
+  type: 'criteria',
+  name: 'share_active_leads_with_manager',
+  label: 'Active Leads → Manager (read-only)',
+  description: 'Share in-flight (not converted/disqualified) leads with Sales Managers for coaching visibility.',
   object: 'crm_lead',
-  ownedBy: {
-    type: 'position',
-    value: 'sales_rep',
-  },
+  condition: "record.status != 'converted' && record.status != 'disqualified'",
   accessLevel: 'read',
   sharedWith: {
     type: 'position',

diff --git a/examples/app-crm/test/smoke.test.ts b/examples/app-crm/test/smoke.test.ts
@@ -88,11 +88,12 @@ describe('app-crm minimal metadata bundle', () => {
     expect(stack.i18n!.supportedLocales).toContain('zh-CN');
   });
 
-  it('has sharing rules (criteria + owner types)', () => {
+  it('has criteria sharing rules (the enforced form — owner-type was retired)', () => {
     const rules = stack.sharingRules ?? [];
     expect(rules.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
-    expect(rules.some((r) => r.type === 'criteria')).toBe(true);
-    expect(rules.some((r) => r.type === 'owner')).toBe(true);
+    // `type: 'owner'` no longer parses (never enforced; ADR-0078): every
+    // declared rule is the enforced criteria form.
+    expect(rules.every((r) => r.type === 'criteria')).toBe(true);
   });
 
   // #3420 — official examples must boot warning-free. A generic (non-better-auth)

diff --git a/examples/app-showcase/src/security/sharing-rules.ts b/examples/app-showcase/src/security/sharing-rules.ts
@@ -72,22 +72,23 @@ export const NewInquiryFieldOpsRule = defineSharingRule({
 });
 
 /**
- * owner-based: a contributor's tasks are shared read-only with managers.
+ * criteria-based: open (not-done) tasks are shared read-only with managers
+ * for oversight.
  *
- * [experimental — not enforced] Owner-type rules depend on live position
- * membership and have no static `criteria_json` equivalent, so the seed
- * bootstrap SKIPS them (logged) rather than seeding a permissive match-all
- * (ADR-0049: nothing silently over-shares). Kept here to demonstrate the
- * authoring shape; managers actually reach contributor tasks via the
- * criteria rules above and their depth grants.
+ * This replaces the retired owner-based `share_contributor_tasks_with_manager`
+ * demonstration rule: `type: 'owner'` (`ownedBy`) no longer parses — it
+ * depended on live position membership, which the static materialiser cannot
+ * track, so it validated but was silently skipped at seed time (ADR-0078:
+ * nothing on the authoring surface may be silently inert). The enforced
+ * equivalent is a criteria rule scoping the rows managers need.
  */
 export const ContributorTaskSharingRule = defineSharingRule({
-  type: 'owner',
-  name: 'share_contributor_tasks_with_manager',
-  label: 'Contributor Tasks → Manager',
-  description: "Share each contributor's tasks with managers for oversight.",
+  type: 'criteria',
+  name: 'share_open_tasks_with_manager',
+  label: 'Open Tasks → Manager',
+  description: 'Share open (not-done) tasks with managers for oversight.',
   object: 'showcase_task',
-  ownedBy: { type: 'position', value: 'contributor' },
+  condition: 'record.done == false',
   accessLevel: 'read',
   sharedWith: { type: 'position', value: 'manager' },
   active: true,

diff --git a/packages/plugins/plugin-sharing/src/bootstrap-declared-sharing-rules.ts b/packages/plugins/plugin-sharing/src/bootstrap-declared-sharing-rules.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
  * bootstrapDeclaredSharingRules — seed stack-declared `sharingRules` into
  * `sys_sharing_rule` (ADR-0057 D6, closes #2077; reconciles #1887).
  *
- * The spec authoring shape (`SharingRuleSchema`: CEL `condition`, `ownedBy`,
+ * The spec authoring shape (`SharingRuleSchema`: CEL `condition`,
  * `sharedWith{type,value}`) diverges from the enforced runtime shape
  * (`criteria_json` JSON filter + `recipient_type`/`recipient_id`). ADR-0057 D6
- * makes the RUNTIME shape canonical and translates only the directly-mappable
- * fields. Parts the runtime cannot enforce statically are SKIPPED (logged
- * `[experimental]`) rather than seeded as a match-all rule — silently
- * over-sharing would be worse than not enforcing (ADR-0049):
- *   - `owner`-type rules (`ownedBy`): role membership is dynamic, no static
- *     `criteria_json` equivalent.
+ * makes the RUNTIME shape canonical and translates the authorable fields.
+ * Every currently-authorable recipient (`user` / `team` / `position` /
+ * `unit_and_subordinates` / `business_unit`) maps 1:1 and ENFORCES — the
+ * retired `group`/`guest` recipients and `owner`-type rules no longer parse
+ * at the spec (ADR-0078; `group` was renamed → `team`). What the runtime
+ * still cannot enforce is SKIPPED (logged) rather than seeded as a match-all
+ * rule — silently over-sharing would be worse than not enforcing (ADR-0049):
  *   - a CEL `condition` the canonical compiler cannot lower (functions,
  *     cross-object traversal) — ADR-0058 D2. Compound predicates (AND/OR,
- *     comparisons, null, in) DO lower now and are enforced (ADR-0058 D3, #1887).
- *   - `sharedWith.type` of `group`/`guest`: no runtime recipient mapping.
+ *     comparisons, null, in) DO lower and are enforced (ADR-0058 D3, #1887).
+ *   - defensively, any stale pre-built package that still registers an old
+ *     `owner`-type / unmapped-recipient shape.
  *
  * Seeding upserts via `SharingRuleService.defineRule` (idempotent by name) and
  * MUST run before `listRules()`/`bindRuleHooks` so the lifecycle hooks bind to
@@ -35,11 +37,17 @@ type Logger = { info?: (m: string, meta?: any) => void; warn?: (m: string, meta?
 function mapRecipientType(t: unknown): SharingRuleRecipientType | null {
   switch (t) {
     case 'user': return 'user';
+    // Flat sys_team membership (ADR-0090 D3 vocabulary; the pre-D3 `group`
+    // spelling was retired) — expanded by TeamGraphService in expandRecipient.
+    case 'team': return 'team';
     case 'position': return 'position';
     // ADR-0057 D5: business-unit subtree recipient.
     case 'business_unit': return 'business_unit' as SharingRuleRecipientType;
     case 'unit_and_subordinates': return 'unit_and_subordinates' as SharingRuleRecipientType;
-    default: return null; // group / guest — no runtime mapping yet
+    // Defensive only: the authoring enum matches the cases above 1:1, but a
+    // stale pre-built package could still register a retired shape — skip,
+    // never seed match-all.
+    default: return null;
   }
 }
 
@@ -96,9 +104,11 @@ export async function bootstrapDeclaredSharingRules(
       logger?.warn?.('[sharing-rule] skipped (unmappable recipient) [experimental]', { rule: r.name, sharedWith: r.sharedWith?.type });
       skipped += 1; continue;
     }
-    // owner-type rules have no static criteria_json equivalent.
+    // Defensive: `owner`-type rules were removed from the authoring spec
+    // (live-membership-dependent, no static criteria_json equivalent) — this
+    // guards stale pre-built packages that still register the old shape.
     if (r.type === 'owner') {
-      logger?.warn?.('[sharing-rule] skipped owner-based rule (no static criteria) [experimental]', { rule: r.name });
+      logger?.warn?.('[sharing-rule] skipped owner-based rule (retired authoring shape — use a criteria rule)', { rule: r.name });
       skipped += 1; continue;
     }
     // criteria rules: translate CEL → filter. Empty condition = match-all (intentional).

diff --git a/packages/qa/dogfood/test/authz-conformance.matrix.ts b/packages/qa/dogfood/test/authz-conformance.matrix.ts
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ export const AUTHZ_CONFORMANCE: AuthzPrimitive[] = [
     note: 'Proof file carries the forged owner_id/organization_id submit case; the route-level matrix is covered unit-side in rest public-form-routes.test.ts + plugin-security security-plugin.test.ts (publicFormGrant strip suite).' },
   { id: 'record-share', summary: 'manual record shares (sys_record_share)', state: 'enforced',
     enforcement: 'plugin-sharing/sharing-service.ts buildReadFilter/canEdit' },
-  { id: 'sharing-rules', summary: 'criteria/owner sharing rules', state: 'enforced',
-    enforcement: 'plugin-sharing/sharing-rule-service.ts (materialized into sys_record_share)', proof: 'showcase-bu-hierarchy-sharing.dogfood.test.ts' },
+  { id: 'sharing-rules', summary: 'criteria sharing rules (recipients: user/team/position/unit_and_subordinates/business_unit)', state: 'enforced',
+    enforcement: 'plugin-sharing/sharing-rule-service.ts (materialized into sys_record_share); every authorable recipient expands in expandRecipient. The never-enforced owner-type rules + group/guest recipients were removed from the authoring spec (ADR-0078; group renamed → team)', proof: 'showcase-bu-hierarchy-sharing.dogfood.test.ts' },
   { id: 'hierarchy-widening', summary: 'hierarchy widening — a unit + its subordinate units gain access', state: 'enforced',
     enforcement: 'plugin-sharing/business-unit-graph.ts BusinessUnitGraphService subtree (business_unit recipient) — ADR-0057 D5 re-homed off the never-existent sys_position.parent', proof: 'showcase-bu-hierarchy-sharing.dogfood.test.ts' },
   { id: 'rls-compiler-fail-closed', summary: 'uncompilable RLS predicate is surfaced/denied, not dropped', state: 'enforced',