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v0.18.0 — Unified capability nomenclature
This release unifies the naming of every Dapr building block around the short name Dapr uses in its HTTP path, keeping Scala conventions (UpperCamel, *Capability suffixes). One concept, one stem — no more ServiceInvocation vs Invoker vs Invocation for the same thing.
⚠️ Breaking change. Public capability traits, op-types, companion accessors, theDaprApproute field, and several model types are renamed. Mechanical find-and-replace upgrades most code; see the mapping below.
Highlights
ServiceInvocationCapability/Invoker*/Invocation*→Invoke*(matches/v1.0/invoke)PubSubCapability→PublishCapability(the client capability is publish-only;PubSubNamekept — it is Dapr's literalpubsubname)DistributedLockCapability→LockCapability(matches/v1.0-alpha1/lock)Config*→Configuration*(matches/v1.0/configuration)- Conversation value types singularised to match their cardinality
Refactors
Service invocation → Invoke
ServiceInvocationCapability→InvokeCapabilityInvocationRoute→InvokeRoute,InvocationRequest→InvokeRequest,InvocationMethodName→InvokeMethodName- Derivations
ServiceInvocation/InvocationRoutes/ServiceInvocationDerivationRuntime→Invoke/InvokeRoutes/InvokeDerivationRuntime - Accessor
DaprCapability.invoker→DaprCapability.invoke;DaprApp.invocationsfield →DaprApp.invokeRoutes
Pub/Sub → Publish
PubSubCapability→PublishCapability; accessorDaprCapability.pubsub(...)→DaprCapability.publish(...)PubSubNameunchanged (Dapr's component identifier)
Lock
DistributedLockCapability→LockCapability
Configuration
ConfigKey/ConfigStoreName/ConfigValue/ConfigVersion/ConfigItem/ConfigUpdate→Configuration*- Accessor
DaprCapability.config(...)→DaprCapability.configuration(...)
Conversation
ConversationTools→ConversationTool,ConversationToolCalls→ConversationToolCall,ConversationResultChoices→ConversationResultChoice
Bindings
- Accessor
DaprCapability.binding(...)→DaprCapability.bindings(...)
Docs
DESIGN.md,SPEC.allium,derivation.md,validation.md, andAGENTS.mdupdated to the new nomenclature.
No behavioural changes — renames only. Verified with the full unit (33) and integration (90) suites green.