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Adds decisions/namespace-isolation.md: one recorded direction for TS/RS namespace isolation. Documentation-only — no key-format change, no server change, no SDK code change.

The decision

Server-side namespace isolation on the CachekitIO SaaS (per-API-key namespace grants, per-namespace quotas, the ns:/nsapi: write-space split) is driven entirely by the key prefix, and only cachekit-py emits ns:. So TS/RS SDK namespaces, and interop-mode namespaces, are client-side conventions. Everything they write lands in the default open write space and is mutually readable and writable within a tenant.

Chosen: option 2 — document the asymmetry; change no keys.

  • Option 1 (TS/RS adopt ns:) is rejected. It is a cache-key-format change and a key-stability break, which means a billed-miss migration, and it still leaves interop in default.
  • Option 3 (a per-key server default-namespace override) is deferred, not foreclosed. It adds new server state for a problem option 2 resolves by documentation.

Interop: interop keys stay in default under the existing spec pin — tenant isolation comes from authentication, not key parsing. This decision does not change that pin.

Residual risk: the isolation gap is accepted and recorded, not closed. Hard isolation between non-Python apps means a separate tenant, or namespace-prefixed (ns:/nsapi:) keys under a namespace grant. A second API key that still writes unprefixed keys does not isolate anything.

Status

The reader-facing docs this decision calls for are already on main: the Server-Side Requirements section in spec/cache-key-format.md (#17) and the feature matrix's namespace-semantics section (#62). The record cites spec sections by anchor, not line number.

Proposed (accepted on merge). If you prefer option 1 or option 3, say so here and the record changes before it merges.

Closes LAB-640.

Record the stage-1 direction for epic LAB-680: server-side namespace
isolation (allowed_namespaces ACL, per-namespace quotas, the ns:/nsapi:
write-space split) is driven only by the key prefix, and only cachekit-py
emits ns:. So TS/RS SDK namespaces and interop-mode namespaces are
client-side conventions, scoped server-side to default/open.

Chooses option 2 (document the asymmetry; no key-format change) over
option 1 (TS/RS adopt ns: — key-stability break, billed-miss migration,
and it still leaves interop in default) and option 3 (per-key
default-namespace server override — deferred, reopenable). Interop keys
stay in default by the existing spec pin (isolation from authentication,
not key parsing). Documentation-only: no spec key-format change, no
server change. Proposed (accepted on merge) — the epic owner's merge is
the ratification.
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The pull request adds the LAB-640 namespace-isolation decision record and an Unreleased changelog entry. It documents namespace behaviour, client-side conventions, interop semantics, accepted risks, and excluded implementation changes.

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Namespace isolation documentation

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Decision record and evaluated alternatives
decisions/namespace-isolation.md
The decision record defines server and SDK namespace behaviour and evaluates rejected namespace-isolation options.
Accepted semantics and interop handling
decisions/namespace-isolation.md
The record documents Python SDK and direct API behaviour, interop handling, authentication scope, shared access, and residual risks.
Follow-up and release documentation
decisions/namespace-isolation.md, CHANGELOG.md
The record defines documentation consequences, follow-up scope, excluded implementation work, and ratification. The changelog records the LAB-640 decision.

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The ADR and changelog document the protocol’s namespace and tenant-isolation model without changing SDK or server behavior. No concrete merge-blocking issue is established.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in decisions/namespace-isolation.md: Added decision-record metadata defining the proposed decision, normative references, documentation-only implementation scope, and related follow-up tickets.
  • observed — Modified behavior in decisions/namespace-isolation.md: Documented server prefix parsing, SDK-specific key formats, Python-only server-side namespace isolation, unprefixed default/open behaviour, and the resulting TS/Rust/PHP/interop isolation and quota limitations.
  • observed — Modified behavior in decisions/namespace-isolation.md: Compared namespace-isolation options, rejecting TS/Rust prefix adoption because of key stability, migration, interop, and protocol impacts, and rejecting per-API-key default-namespace overrides while selecting documentation of existing Python and direct-API behaviour.
  • observed — Modified behavior in decisions/namespace-isolation.md: Recorded the adopted Python-SDK and direct-nsapi: decision, including shared read behaviour, separate SDK/API write spaces, direct key-crafting requirements, re-keying effects, and the absence of SDK key-format changes.
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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 20: Update the changelog wording to state that tenant isolation comes
from authentication, not key parsing, while preserving the existing spec-pin
context.

In `@decisions/namespace-isolation.md`:
- Line 1: Move the breadcrumb below the document’s top-level # heading in the
namespace isolation decision document so it satisfies markdownlint MD041,
preserving the breadcrumb content and the rest of the document.
- Around line 61-64: Update the namespace-isolation statements to explicitly
scope them to TS/RS SDK-generated keys, and limit the API-key access statement
to unprefixed TS/RS SDK and interop traffic so direct API keys such as nsapi:
are excluded.
- Around line 214-216: Update the namespace-isolation documentation to remove
the claim that nsapi: or a separate API key is a hard data-isolation boundary.
Describe nsapi: as write-space separation and a separate API key only as a
mitigation under the documented shared default-data access model, unless an
explicit per-key authorization guarantee is documented.

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- CHANGELOG: "tenant isolation comes from authentication, not key parsing"
  (was "isolation from authentication", which reversed the relationship).
- ADR context: scope the cosmetic-namespace claims to SDK-generated
  (unprefixed) keys, since a TS/RS app could use direct-API nsapi: keys.
- ADR residual risk: stop calling a separate API key / nsapi: a hard data
  isolation boundary. Grounded in saas apps/cache/src/index.ts:
  validateNamespaceAccess gates read+write on the namespace (so a prefixed
  key scoped by allowed_namespaces is real within-tenant isolation), while
  the ns:/nsapi: write-space split gates writes only (reads open to both
  classes). The unconditional boundary is a separate tenant; a second API
  key emitting unprefixed keys shares default and does not isolate.
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Resolves a CHANGELOG.md adjacent-insertion conflict: main added the SaaS API
401/503 section (LAB-4093) directly under [Unreleased] while this branch added
the namespace-isolation decision section (LAB-640) at the same anchor.

Resolved as a union, keeping both sections verbatim. Verified lossless: the
merged CHANGELOG.md differs from main by +18/-0 (exactly this branch's section)
and from this branch's head by +12/-0 (exactly main's section); both sections
reproduce byte-identically. spec/saas-api.md is taken from main unchanged and
decisions/namespace-isolation.md from this branch unchanged; all test-vectors/
files keep identical blob OIDs on both sides.
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Resolved the CHANGELOG.md conflict by merging main (3751ff8) into this branch — both sides added a new section directly under ## [Unreleased], so both are kept verbatim, with the LAB-640 decision entry above the SaaS API 401/503 entry.

Verified lossless before pushing: the merged CHANGELOG.md differs from main by +18/-0 and from the previous head (6136295) by +12/-0 — i.e. exactly each side's own added lines, zero deletions — and spec/saas-api.md, decisions/namespace-isolation.md and every test-vectors/ file kept the identical blob from their source side. Full verify suite passes locally (reference verifiers, both mutation suites, JS cross-checks, and the optional-deps --require-seal / --require-extras legs). CI will re-run.

Resolves a CHANGELOG.md adjacent-insertion conflict: main added the keyring
conformance-vectors section (LAB-687) directly under [Unreleased] while this
branch has the namespace-isolation decision section (LAB-640) at the same
anchor.

Resolved as a union, keeping both sections verbatim, LAB-640 first. Verified
lossless: the merged CHANGELOG.md differs from main by +18/-0 (exactly this
branch's section) and from this branch's previous head by +30/-0 (exactly
main's section); both sections reproduce byte-identically. Every other path
main touched (verify.yml, spec/encryption.md, decisions/key-rotation.md,
sdk-feature-matrix.md, test-vectors/encryption.json, tools/) is taken from
main unchanged; decisions/namespace-isolation.md from this branch unchanged.
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Resolved CHANGELOG.md (adjacent insertion under [Unreleased]: the LAB-640 and LAB-687 sections both kept verbatim, nothing dropped) — auto-rebased onto main @ bf465e8; CI will re-run.

Resolves a CHANGELOG.md adjacent-insertion conflict: main added the intent
presets section directly under [Unreleased] while this branch has the
namespace-isolation decision section at the same anchor.

Resolved as a union, keeping both sections verbatim, this branch's section
first. Verified lossless: the merged CHANGELOG.md differs from main by +18/-0
(exactly this branch's section) and from this branch's previous head by
+47/-0 (exactly main's two new sections); both conflicting sections reproduce
byte-identically. Every other path main touched (README.md,
sdk-feature-matrix.md, spec/encryption.md, spec/intent-presets.md) is taken
from main unchanged; decisions/namespace-isolation.md from this branch
unchanged.
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Resolved CHANGELOG.md (both [Unreleased] sections kept verbatim) — auto-rebased onto main; CI will re-run.

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Resolved CHANGELOG.md (both [Unreleased] sections kept verbatim) — auto-rebased onto main; CI will re-run.

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…-640)

The Server-Side Requirements section and the feature matrix's
namespace-semantics section have landed, so the record no longer
describes them as pending. It cites spec sections by anchor instead of
line number, so later spec edits cannot leave it stale again.

Tightens the security statements to match the published spec:
namespace grants isolate a prefixed key only from API keys whose grants
are restricted, ns: and nsapi: share one namespace name, legacy
ck_live_ keys are exempt from the write-space split, and a quota on
default bounds all unprefixed traffic as one pool.
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