Also completes the v8.10.2 write-granularity law for the transact() plan
path: a metadata-only batch update never rewrites the vector-bearing noun
record (planUpdate staged the unconditional save the update() fix removed).
Seven pins in tests/integration/level-field-shadow.test.ts including the
reporting consumer's exact repro rows; orderBy JSDoc documents the ordering
contract and the announced field-addressing law.