Correct typed-msg validation docs

Document `Started` as the eager sender-side payload check and
`Yield` plus `Return` as receiver-side decoding boundaries without
promising a symmetric error relay.

Separate the working task-scoped codec encoder from the private
per-dialog decoder and the incomplete `@context` hook params.

Link the planned typed `Start` contract and sender-side argument
validation follow-up in #514.

(this patch was generated in some part by `opencode` using `gpt-5.6-sol` (`openai`))
wkt/big_boi_docs_472_follow_ups
Gud Boi 2026-08-29 20:07:06 -04:00
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@ -153,14 +153,16 @@ the high-rate stream path.
never even hits the wire. (You can opt out per-call with
``ctx.started(..., validate_pld_spec=False)`` if you measure
a real cost.)
- ``Yield`` payloads are **never** checked inside
``MsgStream.send()``; they're validated receiver-side on each
``MsgStream.receive()``. A violation raises a ``MsgTypeError``
in the receiver *and* relays an ``Error`` msg back so the
offending sender gets one raised too.
- the remaining control msgs (``Start``, ``Return``) are likewise
validated such that violations raise in the **sending** actor,
pointing the traceback at the code that actually goofed.
- ``Yield`` and ``Return`` payloads are not checked before sending;
they're decoded against the dialog's spec by the receiver. A
violation raises a ``MsgTypeError`` there and terminates that
dialog. The peer then observes the resulting protocol teardown;
it is not guaranteed to receive the same ``MsgTypeError``.
- ``Start`` arguments are dispatched through the RPC endpoint's
Python signature. They are not payloads covered by the dialog's
``pld_spec``. A planned follow-up will derive a typed ``Start``
contract from endpoint annotations and validate arguments
sender-side; see `#514`_.
Anatomy of a ``MsgTypeError``
-----------------------------
@ -177,21 +179,21 @@ a msg fails to decode against the active spec. The useful bits:
``.src_uid``, ``.ipc_msg`` and the fancy ``.pformat()`` tb-box
rendering.
Practical reading guide: a *sender-side* MTE (``Started``,
``Return``) points straight at your offending ``await
ctx.started()`` or ``return`` statement, while a *receiver-side*
MTE (``Yield``) surfaces from the consumer's ``receive()`` call
with the relay copy delivered back to the producer. Either way
the failure is scoped to that one dialog; sibling contexts on the
same channel keep right on trucking.
Practical reading guide: a *sender-side* MTE for ``Started`` points
straight at the offending ``await ctx.started()`` call. A
*receiver-side* MTE for ``Yield`` or ``Return`` surfaces while the
peer decodes the payload. Either way the failure is scoped to that
one dialog; sibling contexts on the same channel keep right on
trucking.
Custom wire types: ``mk_codec()`` and friends
---------------------------------------------
msgspec covers a wide set of `builtin types`__ natively; for
anything else you teach the codec via extension hooks. The
easiest path is per-endpoint: ``@tractor.context()`` accepts
``enc_hook``/``dec_hook`` params right alongside ``pld_spec``.
For full control build and apply a codec yourself; encode-side:
anything else you teach the codec via extension hooks. The complete
public path currently available is task-scoped encoding:
``tractor.msg.mk_codec()`` builds a codec with an ``enc_hook``, and
``tractor.msg.apply_codec()`` installs it for the current task. To
build and apply that transport codec:
__ https://jcristharif.com/msgspec/supported-types.html
@ -206,8 +208,9 @@ __ https://jcristharif.com/msgspec/supported-types.html
with apply_codec(codec): # ContextVar-scoped override
... # msgs sent by this task now encode NSPs
and decode-side, scoped to an open context (note the import from
``tractor.msg._ops``, not yet re-exported):
The context manager which temporarily installs payload-decoder
settings on an open context is separate and still private (note
the ``tractor.msg._ops`` import):
.. code:: python
@ -220,11 +223,15 @@ and decode-side, scoped to an open context (note the import from
):
... # this dialog's payloads decode as NSPs
``apply_codec()`` is ``ContextVar``-scoped: it overrides the
codec for the current task (and only that task), not the whole
process. For complete working flows, including hook pairing rules
and roundtrip cases, see ``tests/msg/test_ext_types_msgspec.py``
and ``tests/msg/test_pldrx_limiting.py``.
``apply_codec()`` is ``ContextVar``-scoped: it overrides the codec
for the current task (and only that task), not the whole process.
``@tractor.context()`` accepts ``enc_hook`` and ``dec_hook``
parameters, but their runtime wiring is not yet a symmetric,
end-to-end public hook pair: the encode hook is not consumed and
the decode hook is not applied on both peers. For the working flows
and their current boundaries, see
``tests/msg/test_ext_types_msgspec.py`` and
``tests/msg/test_pldrx_limiting.py``.
The runtime dogfoods this pattern with
:class:`tractor.msg.NamespacePath`: a ``str``-subtype shaped like
@ -253,13 +260,15 @@ escape hatch. Both are exercised end-to-end in
``tests/msg/test_pldrx_limiting.py`` and
``tests/msg/test_ext_types_msgspec.py``.
On the codec-hook side, the ``enc_hook``/``dec_hook`` pair is
today only reachable via ``tractor.msg._ops``; a public *factory*
API for them is drafted in `#376`_ (from
The codec constructor and task-scoped override are public; the
per-dialog decoder override remains private, and the decorator hook
parameters remain incomplete. `#376`_ (from
`@guilledk <https://github.com/guilledk>`_, on the
`auto_codecs <https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/tree/auto_codecs>`_
branch) — the likely long-term home for custom-type
(de)serialization.
branch) instead drafts pair-building factories which derive
matching ``enc_hook``/``dec_hook`` functions and encoder/decoder
pairs from a type spec. That automation, not hook availability,
is the proposed long-term home for custom-type (de)serialization.
If strongly-typed distributed systems get you going, we'd love
your input on any of the above.
@ -282,3 +291,4 @@ Where to next?
.. _#36: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/36
.. _#365: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/365
.. _#376: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/376
.. _#514: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/514