fix(realtime): parse Postgres array literals instead of splitting on commas - #1781
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`toArray` tried `json.decode` on the array body and, when that threw, fell
back to splitting the string on every comma. Any array literal that isn't
also valid JSON went down that path, so realtime payloads returned values
that don't match what the row holds:
- `{"a,b",c}` came back as `["a`, ` b"`, `c`] instead of `[a,b, c]`
- `{NULL,a}` came back as the string `NULL` instead of a null element
- `{"",a}` came back as `""` instead of an empty string
- `{{1,2},{3,4}}` came back as four nulls instead of two nested arrays
Replace both paths with a parser for the literal Postgres actually sends:
comma separated elements, optional double quotes with `\` escapes, unquoted
whitespace trimmed, and an unquoted NULL as the null element. Nested arrays
keep their shape, and a literal that doesn't parse now returns the raw
string rather than data that looks structured but isn't.
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change improves PostgreSQL array decoding, but malformed literals with inconsistent dimension metadata or nested shapes may still be exposed as plausible arrays instead of raw values. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up for validation. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@packages/supabase_realtime/lib/src/transformers.dart`:
- Around line 350-352: The toArray validation currently rejects PostgreSQL array
dimension decorations such as [0:1]={1,2}; update toArray to recognize and strip
valid dimension metadata before parsing the braced array body, preserving
existing handling for ordinary arrays and invalid values. Add a regression test
covering _int4 conversion of a non-1-lower-bound array and expecting [1, 2].
- Around line 452-454: Update _parseArrayLiteral to accept an element-delimiter
parameter and treat that delimiter, rather than only commas, as the separator
while parsing; pass the PostgreSQL delimiter from toArray/convertCell so box[]
values using semicolons parse into arrays, and add _box coverage for this case.
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- Around line 351-363: Update toArray() and _ArrayLiteralParser to parse and
validate _arrayDimensions bounds before conversion, ensuring each declared
extent matches the parsed array shape and multidimensional arrays have
consistent extents and depth. Preserve invalid dimension decorations or
ragged/mixed-depth literals by throwing FormatException instead of converting
them.
- Around line 349-358: Update the array conversion logic around the literal in
toArray() to trim only outer whitespace before removing PostgreSQL dimension
prefixes and checking the surrounding braces. Preserve whitespace inside
elements and quoted values, while retaining the existing unchanged-value
behavior for non-array literals.
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351-351: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 MinorValidate dimension metadata before stripping it.
Line 351 removes
_arrayDimensionswithout comparing its declared extents with the parsed shape. Inputs such as[0:2]={1,2},[1:2][1:2]={1,2}, and{{1},{2,3}}are converted into plausible lists instead of staying as raw malformed literals. Parse and validate the bounds and rectangular shape before_convertElements, and add regression cases.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 351: Update the array-literal parsing flow around the dimension-stripping
logic and _convertElements to parse declared bounds and validate them against
the parsed rectangular shape before conversion; preserve malformed inputs such
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thanks for taking it the rest of the way, the dimension decorations and the box delimiter hadn't occurred to me. that offer on the js side still stands if you want it, realtime-js still has the same json parse then split fallback with the same TODO on it. happy to open the issue there. |
I opened an internal issue for it, let's see what Katerina says on Monday :) |
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toArrayinsupabase_realtimedecoded a Postgres array literal by tryingjson.decodeon the body and, when that threw, splitting the string on every comma. Both paths carried aTODOand aWARNING: splitting on comma does not cover all edge cases, and the edge cases turn into wrong data in realtime payloads:{"a,b",c}['"a', ' b"', 'c'](three elements)['a,b', 'c']{NULL,a}ontext[]['NULL', 'a'][null, 'a']{"",a}['""', 'a']['', 'a']{{1,2},{3,4}}onint4[][null, null, null, null][[1, 2], [3, 4]]A
text[]column whose values contain commas is the common case here: subscribers got extra elements with stray quote characters in them, and nothing signalled that the value had been mangled.This replaces both paths with a parser for the literal itself: comma separated elements, optional double quotes where
\escapes the next character, whitespace around unquoted elements dropped, an unquotedNULLas the null element (a quoted"NULL"stays the four character string), and nested arrays keeping their shape. A literal that doesn't parse now returns the raw string instead of data that looks structured but isn't.{},{1,2,3}and quoted ranges like{"[2021-01-01,2021-12-31)"}behave exactly as before — the existing tests cover those and are unchanged.Note on parity with supabase-js
realtime-jsstill has the sameJSON.parse-then-split logic (src/lib/transformers.ts), including the same TODO and warning comments, so after this change the Dart client parses these literals where the JS client does not. I went with correctness here since the current behaviour silently returns wrong values, but happy to align differently if you'd rather keep the two in lockstep, and I can open the matching issue onrealtime-js.Tests
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toArray with quotinggroup inpackages/supabase_realtime/test/transformers_test.dartcovering quoted commas,NULLvs"NULL", empty string elements, nested arrays, escaped quotes and backslashes, quoted braces, whitespace handling, and malformed literals.dart test -j 1 --exclude-tags integrationinpackages/supabase_realtimepasses (239 tests), anddart analyze packages/supabase_realtimeis clean.Summary by CodeRabbit
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NULLvalues.boxarray delimiters.Tests
boxvalues, and malformed input.