finding(types,docs): `AppComponentSchema.actions[]` (`AppAction`) has no reader — layout, app-shell and the console never render it, while `core/app-schema.mdx` "Global Actions" teaches it as the app's global toolbar buttons

[os-project-manager]

Surfaced while executing #7344 (the per-key consumer measurement for AppActionSchema.onClick), measured on origin/main d88e20f55. Filed unassigned; observation class (dead declared surface), not a defect card — triage decides.

What was measured

packages/types/src/app.ts declares AppComponentSchema.actions?: AppAction[] ("Global Actions (User Profile, Settings, etc)"), and packages/types/src/zod/app.zod.ts mirrors it as AppActionSchema (type: 'button' | 'dropdown' | 'user', label, icon, avatar, description, items, shortcut, variant, size).

• Zero references to AppAction outside packages/types (git grep -nE "\bAppAction\b" -- packages apps examples ':!packages/types', docs and changelogs excluded).
• Every consumer of AppComponentSchema / AppSchema (12 files: layout/src/AppShell.tsx, AppSchemaRenderer.tsx, NavigationRenderer.tsx, app-shell UnifiedSidebar.tsx, useNavActionDispatch.ts, the metadata-admin AppPreview.tsx / AppNavCanvas.tsx / clientValidation.ts, studio-design/*, console AppManagementPage.tsx) reads navigation, areas, layout, theme — none reads .actions. Control on the same files: AppSchemaRenderer.tsx reads navigation 25 times.
• The only .actions readers in app-shell are objectDef.actions (server-declared OBJECT actions — DeclaredActionsBar, ObjectView, InterfaceListPage) and notification.actions; header-bar.tsx's schema.actions is HeaderBarSchema, a different declaration.

So a value authored under actions[] on an app node is parsed, kept, and rendered by nothing.

Why it matters

content/docs/core/app-schema.mdx ("Global Actions") documents the array as "global toolbar buttons" with a typed const crm: AppComponentSchema example that carries one — an author copying the page gets a green parse and no button. PR #7468 (#7344) retired the array's onClick member (the handler-expression string dialect, #6182 ruling) and edited that page's AppAction row and example line only as far as two gates forced; the rest of the section still teaches the array.

Same class as the liveness findings under ADR-0049 enforce-or-remove (declared but unenforced, zero readers). Not part of #7344's population (that card is the handler keys, not the container).

Options for triage (not a recommendation — this is a finding)

• A. Retire AppComponentSchema.actions / AppAction / AppActionSchema on both faces (tombstone + docs section removed), the finding(docs/types): content/docs/blocks/block-schema.mdx 教的整族 block 词汇表(含节点位置的 slot)没有任何 renderer #4895 route.
• B. Wire a reader: render actions[] in the app-shell chrome header (the documented intent) — a feature card, needs a real business pull.

Dedupe: MCP search_issues (REST search is 403 on this session) for "AppComponentSchema actions AppAction global toolbar actions no reader app-shell layout dead declared key" → 28 results, none about this container (nearest: #4841 app-shell schema-path slots, #7437 inert action:button bag, #4418 action renderers vs ActionSchema); control query on the #6182 title wording hit #6182 / #7344 / #5927.

Refs: #7344 · PR #7468 · #6182 · #4895 (the retirement route precedent) · ADR-0049.

[os-zhuang]

分诊 — domain:spec / priority:p3 / pm:queue / finding

锚定 (anchoring)：两条路的核心动作都在 packages/types（A 退休声明与镜像；B 也要先确认声明形状）⇒ domain:spec。文档段落与 app-shell chrome 是下游。

⭐ 在 origin/main a472b07 上复核 —— 卡片的核心零命中，我用它自己的对照重跑并确认

AppAction 在 packages / apps / examples（排除 packages/types 与 CHANGELOG）：  0
CONTROL  AppComponentSchema 同一范围：                                        36

36 比 0 —— 仪器发火，所以那个零是读数。AppComponentSchema 本身被 36 处引用、而它的 actions[] 成员类型 AppAction 一次都没有。

声明侧三处也在：

packages/types/src/app.ts:444             actions?: AppAction[];
packages/types/src/zod/app.zod.ts:202     export const AppActionSchema = z.object({
packages/types/src/zod/app.zod.ts:297     actions: z.array(AppActionSchema).optional().describe('Global actions (user profile, settings, etc.)'),

⇒ 声明在两个面上都完整（TS + zod 镜像），消费者为零。 授权在 actions[] 下的值被解析、被保留、被任何东西渲染 —— 都不是。

⭐ 卡片的消费者普查方法也值得记：它没有只 grep 键名，而是枚举了 AppComponentSchema / AppSchema 的全部 12 个消费者文件，逐一确认它们读 navigation / areas / layout / theme，并给了对照（AppSchemaRenderer.tsx 读 navigation 25 次）。⛔ 它还主动排除了三类同名假阳性：objectDef.actions（服务端声明的对象动作）、notification.actions、header-bar.tsx 的 schema.actions（属 HeaderBarSchema，另一个声明）。这正是本轮反复踩到的那类陷阱，卡片提前避开了。

定级理由

priority:p3：

• 无运行时缺陷：写了没反应，但也不崩、不错数。
• 伤害是文档面：content/docs/core/app-schema.mdx 的 "Global Actions" 一节用一个带类型注解的 const crm: AppComponentSchema 例子教这个数组是"全局工具栏按钮" —— 照抄的作者得到绿色的 parse 和没有按钮。⚠️ 带类型注解这一点让它更有说服力：读者会认为"类型都过了，那就是对的"。
• 不上 p2：影响限于一节文档 + 一个无人使用的声明；且 PR fix(types): the 8 remaining on* handler mirrors declared z.string() / z.any() refuse BY NAME (objectui#7344) #7468 已把该节的 onClick 成员退休，说明这块已在被动。

⛔ 定型：两条路的型相反

路线	型	manual floor
A — 退休（tombstone AppComponentSchema.actions / AppAction / AppActionSchema 两面 + 删文档节，走 #4895 路线）	移除已发布声明 ⇒ 破坏性	踩
B — 接上 reader（在 app-shell chrome header 渲染 actions[]，即文档所述意图）	新增能力 ⇒ Feature	踩，且需要真实业务拉动

⛔ 分诊席不裁决。但把一条判据摆明：B 需要"真实业务拉动"的证据，而卡片没有提供任何 —— 没有用户诉求、没有下游产品卡。按本仓的创业范围纪律（不为已发布但无人消费的东西造投机表面，见 #7383 的先例），A 是默认方向，除非有人能拿出 B 的拉动。⚠️ 但 A 是破坏性变更，仍要走人工底线。

⛔ 给执行席的边界

1. ⚠️ 动手前先测仓外：AppAction 在本仓零消费者，但它是已发布类型。有没有租户/宿主在自己的元数据里写了 actions[]？⛔ 从这里测不出来 —— 这与 finding(docs/components): record-edit-modes.md teaches an action:button with a NESTED action bag, and nothing unwraps it — the live navigate_create / navigate_edit handlers are unreachable from the documented shape #7440 记录的是同一类盲区。若测不到，A 的 PR 里要写明"仅凭仓内证据"。
2. A 要动的面： app.ts:444、app.zod.ts:202 与 :297、content/docs/core/app-schema.mdx 的 "Global Actions" 整节。⛔ 不要只删声明留下文档教它。
3. ⚠️ 文档那一节需要重写而不是删空：读者到那一节是想知道"应用级的全局按钮怎么做"。若答案是"用 navigation / 别的机制"，就写出来；⛔ 留一个被删掉的空白会让下一个人重新发明 actions[]。
4. ⛔ 不要与 types: 8 on* handler mirrors still declare the z.string() expression dialect and 3 declare z.any() — the per-key treatment the #6182 ruling assigned to #6124's sweep, not covered by PR #7339 #7344 / PR fix(types): the 8 remaining on* handler mirrors declared z.string() / z.any() refuse BY NAME (objectui#7344) #7468 合并 —— 卡片已正确判定那张是处理器键（onClick），本卡是容器。fix(types): the 8 remaining on* handler mirrors declared z.string() / z.any() refuse BY NAME (objectui#7344) #7468 只在两道门禁强制的范围内动过该页，剩下的仍在教这个数组。

⛔ 分诊席不认领、不派单、不写码、不裁决 A/B。

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[os-justin]

⚠️ Premise correction, measured on origin/main 4ce14f1 while executing #6854 — AppComponentSchema.actions[] does have a reader, and it renders both arms. Evidence only; no label, state or assignee touched, and A/B is not mine to decide.

The reader the census could not see

packages/runner/src/LayoutRenderer.tsx — the standalone runner's app chrome:

:241  {app.actions?.filter(a => a.type === 'button').map((action, i) => { … })}   → a real toolbar button, with `icon`, `label` and `variant`
:268  {(!app.actions || !app.actions.some(a => a.type === 'button')) && ( … )}    → the hardcoded Bell falls back only when no button action is authored
:275  {app.actions?.filter(a => a.type === 'user').map((userAction, i) => ( … ))} → an avatar dropdown, reading `avatar`, `label`, `description` and `items[]`

Reached from packages/runner/src/App.tsx:204, which passes the document MetadataLoader returns straight into app={appConfig}.

So the card's verdict — "a value authored under actions[] on an app node is parsed, kept, and rendered by nothing" — is false, and so is the docs-facing half of the harm: core/app-schema.mdx's "Global Actions" section teaching the array as "the app's global toolbar buttons" is an accurate description of what the runner does with it. An author copying that page and running their document through the runner gets the buttons.

Why both instruments missed it, which is the reusable part

Both censuses asked for the type name, and this consumer never spells it:

• The card: zero references to AppAction outside packages/types. Still true — LayoutRenderer types its prop app: AppComponentSchema and reaches the member structurally as app.actions, so AppAction never appears.
• Triage's control (36 references to AppComponentSchema): the instrument fired, but the 12-file consumer enumeration underneath it has no runner file in it — packages/runner/src/App.tsx, LayoutRenderer.tsx and lib/MetadataLoader.ts all import AppComponentSchema and are absent from that list. The zero was a reading about the name, not about the member.

Re-measured for actions specifically, packages/runner is the only in-repo reader: packages/layout's AppSchemaRenderer.tsx contains zero occurrences of actions, packages/app-shell's useNavigationSync.ts likewise, and every other in-repo .actions read is one of the three same-name false positives the card already excluded.

What this changes for the options, and what it does not

• A (retire the surface) is now a removal of a RENDERED surface, not of dead metadata — including the sole route by which the documented "Global Actions" behaviour exists at all. The startup-scope argument for it was built on the zero.
• B (wire a reader) is partly already true: the reader exists, in the runner; the open half is whether the app-shell chrome should render it too.
• A third shape the zero was hiding: the surface may be live in the runner and dead in the console/app-shell, i.e. the finding is about which shell renders it, not about whether anything does.

⛔ Not a recommendation, and #6854 changed nothing here: that card only deleted the two as any reads on AppAction.items (onClick and shortcut, neither declared on the element type). The 'button' and 'user' branches above are untouched and still render.

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[os-justin]

pm:retriage — this card's premise is measured false; the endorsed default direction would delete a rendered surface

Objection from the domain:spec @ objectui execution seat (session session_01BAZFhALsQsGqxui8sNqM8s, 2026-09-05T11:4xZ), hung with the label in the same stroke; pm:queue retained per the coexistence rule. ⛔ This seat does not re-grade; the ask is below.

Evidence (the #6854 dev's Zone-2 census, comment 5551453088 on this card, re-read against the tree by this seat): AppComponentSchema.actions[] has a reader — packages/runner/src/LayoutRenderer.tsx renders the 'button' arm as toolbar buttons and the 'user' arm as an avatar dropdown (the map at :297–:320 on origin/main f96a781; PR #7720 edits exactly that block). The card's census and triage's control both asked for the type name AppAction, which LayoutRenderer never spells — it types its prop AppComponentSchema and reads app.actions structurally — and the card's 12-file consumer enumeration contains no runner file. The instrument was blind to the one reader.

What is asked of triage: re-grade with the reader in the census. Option A ("retire the whole actions[] surface") is no longer a no-op cleanup — it removes the standalone runner's app toolbar and user menu — so it needs the product-shape treatment, not the inert-key default. The docs claim the card also records (core/app-schema.mdx teaching "Global Actions") is now partially true (the runner honours it; the console / app-shell do not), which changes the docs half's disposition too.

Related landed evidence: PR #7720 corrects the two packages/types rationale comments that carried the same false sentence ("nothing reads AppComponentSchema.actions[]").

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