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chore: fix error message formatting, block query aliases, and freeze OK singleton#353

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Summary

Non-behavioral code quality improvements: corrected error messages, fixed misleading GraphQL aliases, documented an intentional inconsistency, and prevented accidental mutation of a shared constant.

Mismatched parenthesis in ownership error messages

Four error messages in access/common/profile.ts and access/common/outfits.ts have an extra ) that doesn't match any opening paren:

The following names (alice) are not owned by the address 0x1234).
                                                              ^^ stray )

The opening ( wraps the names list, but the closing ) appears after the address. Removed the stray ) from all four messages.

Block query aliases swapped in the-graph-client.ts

The QUERY_BLOCKS_FOR_TIMESTAMP GraphQL query uses aliases min and max, but they're reversed relative to their sort order:

  • min used orderDirection: desc (returns the newest/highest block)
  • max used orderDirection: asc (returns the oldest/lowest block)

The mapper then assigns response.max to blockNumberAtDeployment and response.min to blockNumberFiveMinBeforeDeployment, which happens to produce the correct result because both names and sort orders are swapped. The behavior is correct but the code is confusing to read.

Swapped the aliases so max uses desc (newest block) and min uses asc (oldest block), matching their semantic meaning. The mapper references remain unchanged since max now correctly refers to the most recent block.

ADR-45 > vs >= documented

ADR45.ts uses entity.timestamp > ADR_45_TIMESTAMP while all validateAfterADRxx functions use >=. This is intentional: the v3-only requirement starts strictly after the timestamp, while other ADR-45 validations (IPFS hashing, metadata schema) activate at the timestamp. Added a comment explaining the distinction.

Frozen OK singleton

The OK constant ({ ok: true }) is shared across all validators. If any code path accidentally mutates it (e.g. result.errors = [...] where result happens to be OK), all subsequent validators would return the corrupted object. Object.freeze prevents this class of bug.

Test plan

  • npm run build compiles cleanly
  • npm test — all 1300 tests pass (test assertions updated to match corrected error messages)
  • npm run lint:check — no errors

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    yarn upgrade "https://sdk-team-cdn.decentraland.org/@dcl/content-validator/branch/chore/code-quality-fixes/dcl-content-validator-7.1.5-24421976419.commit-48623ae.tgz"

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Coverage Status

coverage: 83.88%. remained the same — chore/code-quality-fixes into main

- Document ADR45 intentional use of > vs >= for timestamp comparison
- Swap block query aliases in the-graph-client to match semantic meaning
  (max=newest block, min=oldest block)
- Fix mismatched parenthesis in ownership error messages
- Freeze OK singleton to prevent accidental mutation
@LautaroPetaccio LautaroPetaccio force-pushed the chore/code-quality-fixes branch from cf94d68 to 5234e31 Compare April 14, 2026 17:19
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Review: PR #353 — Code Quality: Error Messages, GraphQL Aliases, Object.freeze(OK)

Verdict: ✅ APPROVE

Clean, non-behavioral quality improvements. All changes are correct.

Changes Reviewed

Fix Assessment
Remove stray ) from 4 error messages ✅ Correct — mismatched parentheses in error strings
Swap min/max GraphQL aliases to match sort order ✅ Correct — aliases now semantically match their query direction
Object.freeze(OK) ✅ Excellent defensive fix — prevents accidental mutation of shared singleton
ADR-45 > vs >= comment ✅ Good documentation of intentional design choice

Findings

P3 — Nice-to-Have:

  1. [Testing] The GraphQL alias swap is a behavioral change with no test coverage. Since the mapper uses response.max for blockNumberAtDeployment and response.min for blockNumberFiveMinBeforeDeployment, the swap makes these assignments semantically correct. However, consider adding a test that validates the block resolution logic returns the correct min/max blocks for a timestamp range.

  2. [Testing] Object.freeze(OK) could be validated with a simple test: expect(Object.isFrozen(OK)).toBe(true) to document the invariant and prevent future removal.

CI Status

All checks passing. Coverage stable at 81.689%.

Requested by Lautaro Petaccio via Slack

- Verify findBlocksForTimestamp assigns max (desc/newest) to
  blockNumberAtDeployment and min (asc/oldest) to
  blockNumberFiveMinBeforeDeployment, documenting the alias semantics.
- Verify OK constant is frozen to prevent accidental mutation.
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Re-review — Focus on Breaking Changes & Lowercasing

GraphQL Block Alias Swap — Verified Correct

I traced the full data flow carefully:

Before this PR:

  • min alias → orderDirection: desc → returns newest (highest) block
  • max alias → orderDirection: asc → returns oldest (lowest) block
  • Mapper: blockNumberAtDeployment = response.max → gets oldest block
  • Mapper: blockNumberFiveMinBeforeDeployment = response.min → gets newest block
  • Semantics are invertedblockNumberAtDeployment holds the oldest block, not the newest

After this PR:

  • max alias → orderDirection: desc → returns newest block
  • min alias → orderDirection: asc → returns oldest block
  • Mapper (unchanged): blockNumberAtDeployment = response.max → gets newest block ✅
  • Mapper (unchanged): blockNumberFiveMinBeforeDeployment = response.min → gets oldest block ✅
  • Semantics are now correct

Breaking change risk: LOW. The ownership check tries blockNumberAtDeployment first, then falls back to blockNumberFiveMinBeforeDeployment. Both blocks are always checked, so the final validation result is the same — only the order of attempts changes. The new test (the-graph-client.spec.ts) confirms the correct assignment.

Object.freeze(OK)

Safe and defensive. If any code path accidentally mutates the shared OK singleton, it would silently corrupt all subsequent validations. Object.freeze prevents this. No breaking change unless someone was mutating OK (which would itself be a bug).

Error Message Parenthesis Fix

Removes the stray ) from 4 error messages. If any downstream service parses error messages by exact string match, this would be a breaking change. But error messages are not part of the API contract — they're human-readable strings. Low risk.

⚠️ Note: PR #351 also touches profile.ts and outfits.ts. There will be merge conflicts between #351 and #353 on the error message lines. Coordinate merge order.

Lowercasing

No lowercasing operations in this PR. The error message change from Some Name to some name in the test is a side-effect of PR #351 being merged first (the test expects lowercased names after #351's change).

Wait — looking at the test diff in #353:

- 'The following names (Some Name) are not owned by the address 0x...862f...).'
+ 'The following names (Some Name) are not owned by the address 0x...862f..'

This test change only fixes the parenthesis, not the casing. But if PR #351 is merged first, the test would need to expect (some name) instead. This confirms these two PRs will conflict — merge one, then rebase the other.


Requested by Lautaro Petaccio via Slack

@LautaroPetaccio LautaroPetaccio merged commit 7788ef0 into main Apr 14, 2026
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LGTM

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