An untyped (JS) caller that smuggles a Brainy-reserved field (confidence,
weight, subtype, visibility, service, createdBy, noun/verb, data, createdAt,
updatedAt, _rev) inside a write-path metadata bag previously got a silent
remap-or-drop — a class of bug where confidence-evolution writes no-oped for
weeks before being caught on read-back. 8.0 closes this with no silent failures.
- New BrainyConfig.reservedFieldPolicy: 'throw' | 'warn' | 'remap' (default 'throw').
'throw' rejects the write naming every offending key + its correct write path;
'warn' remaps with a one-shot per-key warning; 'remap' is the legacy silent path.
- Central enforceReservedPolicy gate wired into all four remap methods (add,
update, relate, updateRelation) so live calls AND their transact()/with()
mirrors honor it. Single-source reservedWritePath guidance shared by throw+warn.
- 'warn' now warns for EVERY reserved key (closes the gap where only
system-managed fields warned). Dead warnDropped* helpers removed.
- Import pipeline migrated to route reserved values (confidence/weight/subtype)
through dedicated params and strip reserved keys from extractor/customMetadata
bags via the canonical split*MetadataRecord helpers — imports no longer trip
the default throw.
- Tests: new reservedFieldPolicy matrix (throw/warn/remap across every write
path + transact); remap-correctness suite reframed as opt-in 'remap'; shared
test-factory no longer emits reserved keys in custom metadata.
Adds a reserved, top-level `visibility` field (mirrors the subtype rollout):
'public' (default, surfaced) | 'internal' (developer app-internal — hidden from
default find/count/stats, opt-in via includeInternal) | 'system' (Brainy
plumbing, library-set only).
Fixes a real leak: the VFS root entity counted in getNounCount() and appeared in
find() (a fresh brain reported 1 entity). It is now visibility:'system' →
excluded from every user-facing surface. Developers also get a first-class
hidden-unless-asked tier (e.g. learned internals vs user-exposed data).
- Reserved (RESERVED_ENTITY_FIELDS / RESERVED_RELATION_FIELDS) — spoof-proof from metadata.
- Threaded through add/relate/update/transact; surfaced top-level on reads.
- Default exclusion in counts (baseStorage), find()/related() (hard candidate
filter via excludeVisibility — keeps topK/limit correct), and stats;
includeInternal/includeSystem opt-ins.
- VFS root marked 'system'.
Tests: visibility.test.ts 17/17 (fresh-brain getNounCount()===0, internal hidden
+ opt-in, verb symmetry, top-level surfacing, metadata-spoof rejection). Unit
1431 green; count-synchronization integration now passes (off-by-one fixed).
