feat: SSR support (experimental) — tracks TanStack DB draft PR #1564

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,46 @@ While pre-1.0, the public API may change between 0.x releases.
 
 _Nothing yet._
 
+## [0.4.0-dev.0] — 2026-06-11
+
+Prerelease on the `dev` dist-tag (`npm i tanstack-do-db-collection@dev`); does
+not affect `latest` (0.3.1). The SSR adapter installs and imports against a
+released `@tanstack/db`, but is **dormant until paired with the PR #1564 build**
+(`dehydrate`/`hydrate`/`DbClient` and the hook calls are upstream and unreleased).
+
+### Added
+
+- **SSR support (experimental — ADR-0011; tracks TanStack DB draft PR
+  [#1564](https://github.com/TanStack/db/pull/1564), whose hook signatures may
+  change).** Dehydrate on the worker, hydrate to the cursor:
+  - `SyncDurableObject.readSyncSnapshot({ collection, where?, orderBy?, limit? }, request)`
+    — one consistent `{ rows, cursor }` read over the DO binding, no
+    WebSocket. The required `request` runs through `parseAttachment` — the
+    same auth gate as the WS upgrade, so one tenant check guards both paths.
+    The cursor is a durable high-water mark; `"0"` honestly means "no resume
+    point".
+  - `SsrSnapshotTransport` — runs the same `doCollectionOptions` inside a
+    per-request server `DbClient` (eager preload and on-demand
+    `loadSubset`/live-query preload both work); read-only, writes throw
+    `SsrReadOnlyError`. Create one per request.
+  - `doCollectionOptions` now implements `exportSyncMeta` / `importSyncMeta`
+    / `mergeSyncMeta` (`{ v: 1, cursor }`, opaque to TanStack; inert on older
+    `@tanstack/db`). A hydrated collection is ready immediately
+    (stale-while-revalidate), resumes its first sub from the dehydrated
+    cursor (server catch-up; honest reset below the retention floor), and
+    with no resume point reconciles a fresh snapshot as authoritative set
+    semantics — no flash-to-empty, no stranded deletes (an EMPTY snapshot
+    reconciles too). The cursor is fingerprinted to the eager `where`; a
+    changed filter refuses it and downgrades to snapshot reconcile. On-demand
+    mode adds one transient unfiltered catch-up sub (readiness gates on it
+    being sent) that unsubscribes at its own sub-scoped terminal; unresumable
+    hydrated rows are truncated, never left to go permanently stale.
+    Late/streamed chunks self-heal: the cursor claim only ever shrinks
+    (`seedCursor`), and a live regress rides a forced reconnect so stale
+    in-flight boundaries can't re-claim past the repair window.
+  - Wire: `uptodate` gains an optional `sub` (a catch-up's terminal is
+    sub-scoped; additive). `sub` frames accept `since` on first subscribe.
+
 ## [0.3.3] — 2026-06-13
 
 ### Fixed

README.md

@@ -206,6 +206,50 @@ One `WebSocketTransport` per DO is shared by every collection on that DO
 (multiplexed over the single socket). Pass `where` to
 `doCollectionOptions` to sync only a matching subset.
 
+### 4. SSR (experimental)
+
+Tracks TanStack DB's draft [`DbClient` SSR PR](https://github.com/TanStack/db/pull/1564);
+the upstream hooks may change before release. Why/how trade-offs live in
+[ADR-0011](./docs/adr/0011-ssr-dehydrate-hydrate.md).
+
+On the worker, render through a **per-request** `DbClient` backed by one
+snapshot read per subscription — no WebSocket from the render path:
+
+```ts
+// Route loader / server handler (per request!)
+import { DbClient, collectionOptions } from "@tanstack/db"
+import { doCollectionOptions, SsrSnapshotTransport } from "tanstack-do-db-collection/client"
+
+const stub = env.CHAT_DO.get(env.CHAT_DO.idFromName(sessionId))
+// `request` is the incoming (claims-bearing) Request — the DO runs it through
+// parseAttachment, the SAME auth gate as the WebSocket upgrade.
+const transport = new SsrSnapshotTransport({ read: (req) => stub.readSyncSnapshot(req, request) })
+const db = new DbClient()
+const messages = db.collection(
+  collectionOptions(doCollectionOptions<Message>({ transport, table: "messages", getKey: (m) => m.id })),
+)
+await messages.preload()
+return { dbState: db.dehydrate() } // rows + our cursor (opaque syncMeta)
+```
+
+In the browser, hydrate before going live. The collection is ready
+immediately with the dehydrated rows (stale-while-revalidate); the first sub
+resumes from the dehydrated cursor, so the catch-up applies exactly what
+changed while the HTML was in flight — updates *and* deletes:
+
+```ts
+const db = new DbClient()
+db.hydrate(dbState)
+const messages = db.collection(
+  collectionOptions(doCollectionOptions<Message>({ transport: wsTransport, table: "messages", getKey: (m) => m.id })),
+)
+```
+
+Mutations during SSR throw (`SsrReadOnlyError`). `readSyncSnapshot` is callable
+by any worker holding the DO binding, and its required `request` argument runs
+through `parseAttachment` — **one auth gate for both the socket and the read
+path**, so a tenant check in `parseAttachment` can't be bypassed by SSR.
+
 ---
 
 ## Examples
@@ -218,6 +262,10 @@ browser-verified.
 - **[`examples/on-demand`](./examples/on-demand)** — `syncMode: 'on-demand'`:
   categorised items where each panel loads only its subset (`loadSubset`/
   `unloadSubset`) and unopened categories are never synced.
+- **[`examples/ssr`](./examples/ssr)** — server-side rendering (experimental):
+  a TanStack Start app on Cloudflare reads the DO **without a WebSocket**
+  (`readSyncSnapshot`), dehydrates into the route payload, hydrates for an instant
+  first paint, and converges live from the dehydrated cursor.
 - **[`examples/board`](./examples/board)** — the at-scale stress test: 5,000
   tasks on one DO with a bounded window, `useLiveInfiniteQuery` cursor
   scroll-back, and a mutable order key so voting bumps a task to the top

docs/adr/0002-adversarial-review-corrections.md

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 **Status:** Accepted. Amends [ADR-0001](./0001-sync-architecture.md). C5's
 changelog-retention floor is refined by
-[ADR-0009](./0009-changelog-time-retention.md).
+[ADR-0009](./0009-changelog-time-retention.md). C1's flush-before-`committed`
+barrier is generalized to ALL cursor-advancing emissions (C1′) by
+[ADR-0011](./0011-ssr-dehydrate-hydrate.md).
 
 ## Context