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MCP-24: Refuse gf_update_field input it would ignore - #20
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gf_update_field read field changes only from `properties`. A property
sent beside it, such as `placeholder`, was dropped, the form was
written back unchanged, and the call reported success. An agent had
no way to tell the change never happened.
The handler now refuses any top-level key it does not accept and
names the property with the `properties: { ... }` shape that works.
A missing, non-object, or empty `properties` is refused as well.
Refusing matches how the server treats other input that would do
nothing (field_values on gf_submit_form_data, top-level paging keys
on gf_list_entries), rather than quietly merging the keys in.
Fixes MCP-24: https://linear.app/gravitykit/issue/MCP-24/gf-update-field-reports-success-and-changes-nothing-when-a-field
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ChangesField update validation
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to An attempted field ID change can still appear to succeed without taking effect. Reject that input before merging, or accept this bounded risk for follow-up. Pre-merge checks |
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Review comments at @src/field-operations/index.js:
- Line 115: Validate properties.id before the empty-properties check and before
calling FieldManager.updateFieldUnlocked; reject the request whenever id is
present, including when properties contains other changes.
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FieldManager restores the stored id after merging properties, so a properties.id different from field_id was dropped while the call reported success, the same defect as a top-level property. It is now refused. An id equal to field_id is still accepted, so a field read back with gf_get_form can be edited and sent whole; an object holding only that id counts as empty. Raised in CodeRabbit's review of PR #20. Ref MCP-24: https://linear.app/gravitykit/issue/MCP-24/gf-update-field-reports-success-and-changes-nothing-when-a-field
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gf_update_fieldnow refuses a call whose field changes it would drop, instead of reporting success. Needs a review of the choice to refuse rather than merge, below.Fixes MCP-24
What was wrong
The handler reads field changes only from
properties. On 2026-10-09,{form_id: 73, field_id: 12, placeholder: "—"}returnedsuccess: trueand the field kept no placeholder. The top-levelplaceholderwas dropped,propertieswas undefined,updateFielddefaulted it to{}, wrote the form back unchanged, and reported success. Sendingproperties: {placeholder: "—"}worked.What changed
assertUpdateFieldInputinsrc/field-operations/index.jsruns before any read or write:form_id,field_id,properties,force,test_modeorcompactis refused. The error names each key and shows it nested, e.g.pass them as properties: { placeholder: "—" }.propertiesis refused.propertiesobject is refused, since it would also write the form unchanged and report success.properties.iddifferent fromfield_idis refused, becauseFieldManagerrestores the stored id and would drop it the same way. An id equal tofield_idis accepted, so a field read back withgf_get_formcan be edited and sent whole. Raised by CodeRabbit.The
propertiesschema description now says every field change goes there. Changelog entry added under[Unreleased].Why refuse instead of merging top-level keys into
propertiesThe server already has a rule for input that would do nothing: refuse it and name the shape that works.
gf_submit_form_datarefusesfield_values("refused rather than accepted and ignored"),gf_list_entriesrefuses top-levelper_page/page/offsetand namespaging, and entry writes refuse values nested under a non-field key. Merging would makegf_update_fieldthe one tool that guesses at misplaced input, and a guess can be wrong: a top-levelforceorform_idtypo would be indistinguishable from a field property. A refusal costs the agent one retry and tells it the right shape for every later call.Tests
test/update-field-input.test.js(node:test, registered intest:node) drives the real handler andFieldManageragainst a fake Gravity Forms API and counts writes.Missing expected rejection(the call resolved with success). The sixth, a correctly nested update, passed.assertUpdateFieldInput(params)call brings back the same 5 failures; disabling only the id check fails test 7. Restoring either brings back 9 of 9.test:unit(80 + 45 + 451 passed, 0 failed),test:node(796 passed, 0 failed, after mergingdevelop),test:field-validation,test:views,test:tools,lint:package,lint:docsall exit 0. No test touches a live site.Blast radius
gf_update_fieldMCP tool's input handling and its schema description. Not a PHP hook or API symbol, so the GravityKit developer docs do not list it.gh search code --owner GravityKit gf_update_fieldfinds this repository plus prose mentions in AI-Skills (edd-product-setup.md,product-launch/SKILL.md, the launch project template). None of them shows a call with top-level field properties.Users get this once a new
@gravitykit/mcpversion is published; this PR does not publish.This was 🤖 Generated