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Summary

Addresses pattern 3 of #2851 (follow-up to #2859).

relation == auth() and relation == relation comparisons are normalized to relation.id == ..., which the transformer then compiled as a relation hop: a correlated subquery into the related table that only reads back an id already stored in the foreign key column.

-- before: orgMember.user == auth()
where $1 = (select (select "id" from "User" where "OrgMember"."userID" = "User"."id")
            from "OrgMember" where "TeamMember"."orgMemberID" = "OrgMember"."id")
-- after
where $1 = (select "userID" from "OrgMember" where "TeamMember"."orgMemberID" = "OrgMember"."id")

-- before: author == auth()
where $1 = (select "id" from "User" where "Post"."authorID" = "User"."id")
-- after
where $1 = "Post"."authorID"

How

appendIdOrForeignKey in the policy expression transformer replaces makeOrAppendMember at the two places that append an id to a relation expression (transformAuthBinary and normalizeBinaryOperationOperands). When the expression is SQL-backed, to-one, and the relation owns the foreign key referencing the id field, the terminal hop is replaced with the foreign key field. Compound ids map field by field via relation.fields / relation.references.

The rewrite is skipped, keeping the previous behavior, when:

  • the relation does not own the foreign key (fk on the other side, or many-to-many),
  • the expression is evaluated against a value tree (auth() members, value bindings inside collection predicates), where the fk key may not be present in the value object.

Null semantics are unchanged: a null foreign key yields the same null comparison result as the former subquery, so != still excludes rows with no related record.

Test plan

  • New cases in tests/regression/test/issue-2851.test.ts: direct author == auth(), chained orgMember.user == auth(), this.author == auth(), != with a null fk, compound id, and the non-owning fallback. Assert row results and SQL shape (no subquery into the auth model).
  • Full regression suite (SQLite) passes.
  • tests/e2e/orm (SQLite) passes.
  • tests/e2e/orm/policy with TEST_DB_PROVIDER=postgresql passes except now-function.test.ts, which fails identically on unmodified dev locally (pre-existing, unrelated; passes in CI).

Closes #2851

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected access-policy comparisons for authenticated users and related records, including chained relationships and compound IDs.
    • Improved handling of relations that store their foreign keys on the compared record, while preserving subquery behavior when the foreign key is on the opposite record.
    • Fixed comparisons involving null values, relations compared with other relations, and inherited fields on delegated records.

…auth()`

Addresses pattern 3 of #2851. `relation == auth()` (and `relation == relation`)
used to be rewritten to `relation.id == auth().id`, which compiled to a
correlated subquery into the related table only to read back an id already
stored in the foreign key column. When the relation is SQL-backed, to-one,
and owns the foreign key, the terminal hop is now replaced with the foreign
key field, e.g. `orgMember.user.id` -> `orgMember.userID` and
`author == auth()` -> `authorID = $1` with no subquery at all. Compound ids
map field by field. Relations that don't own the fk (or value-evaluated
expressions such as auth()/binding value trees) keep the previous behavior.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Relation comparisons use an owning foreign key when it references the compared ID. Other cases retain the ID-member path. Member-chain selection resolves inherited fields through the delegate base table. Regression tests cover these comparison paths.

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Relation comparisons

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Resolve relation IDs to foreign keys
packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts, tests/regression/test/issue-2851.test.ts
Field-reference resolution returns the terminal field and declaring model. Relation comparisons use a matching owning foreign key when available. Tests cover direct and chained comparisons, compound IDs, SQL null behavior, non-owning relations, and relation values from auth().
Select inherited fields from delegate base tables
packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts, tests/regression/test/issue-2851.test.ts
Member-chain selection uses the delegate base table for fields declared on a different origin model. Tests cover inherited relations and scalars on delegate subtypes.

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  • observed — packages/plugins (library) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — tests (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts: Relation comparisons now use appendIdOrForeignKey on both operands instead of always appending the related model’s ID field.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts: auth() comparisons now use appendIdOrForeignKey for the other operand, allowing an owning to-one relation’s foreign key to stand in for the related ID.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts: Adds helpers that replace a relation’s terminal member with its matching foreign-key field when the reference is SQL-backed and the to-one relation owns a foreign key referencing the requested ID. Otherwise, the helper appends the ID member. SQL-backed detection distinguishes field, this, field-rooted member, and binding references with no in-memory value from value-tree references.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts: Member-chain selection now uses buildDelegateBaseFieldSelect for fields whose originModel differs from the current model; other fields continue to select from the current relation alias.
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tests/regression/test/issue-2851.test.ts (1)

332-415: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a direct relation-to-relation regression case.

The new fixtures compare relations only with auth(), which enters transformAuthBinary before normalizeBinaryOperationOperands. The reachable auth-access.test.ts case compares rs.scope with this.authScope, but the direct comparison is one branch of an OR; its fixture passes through the ancestor branch, so an incorrect FK for this.authScope can remain undetected.

Add one case where a.scope == this.scope is the only policy condition and the matching rows have distinct IDs and FK values.

Suggested fix
         });
 
+        it('matches an owning-FK relation against a relation binding', async () => {
+            const { db } = await createClient(
+                `
+model User {
+    id          Int          @id
+    assignments Assignment[]
+    @@auth
+}
+
+model Scope {
+    id          Int          @id
+    assignments Assignment[]
+    documents   Document[]
+    @@allow('all', true)
+}
+
+model Assignment {
+    id      Int   @id
+    userId  Int
+    scopeId Int
+    user    User  @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id])
+    scope   Scope @relation(fields: [scopeId], references: [id])
+    @@allow('all', true)
+}
+
+model Document {
+    id      Int   @id
+    scopeId Int
+    scope   Scope @relation(fields: [scopeId], references: [id])
+    @@allow('read', auth().assignments?[a, a.scope == this.scope])
+}
+                `,
+            );
+
+            const rawDb = db.$unuseAll();
+            await rawDb.scope.createMany({ data: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }] });
+            await rawDb.user.create({ data: { id: 1 } });
+            await rawDb.assignment.create({ data: { id: 1, userId: 1, scopeId: 1 } });
+            await rawDb.document.createMany({
+                data: [
+                    { id: 10, scopeId: 1 },
+                    { id: 20, scopeId: 2 },
+                ],
+            });
+
+            const documents = await db
+                .$setAuth({ id: 1, assignments: [{ id: 1, scopeId: 1, scope: { id: 1 } }] })
+                .document.findMany();
+            expect(documents.map((d: any) => d.id)).toEqual([10]);
+        });
+
         it('rewrites compound id relations field by field', async () => {
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Review comment at @tests/regression/test/issue-2851.test.ts around lines 332 -
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Add a regression case in the test suite that evaluates `a.scope == this.scope`
as the sole policy condition, using rows with distinct IDs and foreign-key
values to verify only the matching row is returned. Place it near the existing
relation-to-`auth()` regression test and follow the suite’s `createClient` and
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Review comments at @packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts:
- Around line 669-678: Update the relation rewrite guard in appendIdOrForeignKey
to skip foreign-key substitution when resolved.fieldDef.originModel differs from
resolved.model. Preserve the existing rewrite for fields without an origin model
or where the origin matches the resolved model; inherited relation access should
remain available to transformRelationAccess and its buildDelegateBaseFieldSelect
handling.

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Review comments at @tests/regression/test/issue-2851.test.ts:
- Around line 332-415: Add a regression case in the test suite that evaluates
`a.scope == this.scope` as the sole policy condition, using rows with distinct
IDs and foreign-key values to verify only the matching row is returned. Place it
near the existing relation-to-`auth()` regression test and follow the suite’s
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Comment thread packages/plugins/policy/src/expression-transformer.ts
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…e table in member chains

The plain-field branch of the member-chain transform referenced inherited
fields directly on the sub-type alias, producing "column does not exist" for
chains like `post.ownerId` where `ownerId` is declared on a delegate base.
This became reachable for `post.owner == auth()` via the fk rewrite and was
already broken for direct inherited scalar access. Use the existing delegate
base field lookup instead.

Also adds a regression case comparing a relation with a collection-predicate
value binding, covering the relation normalization path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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