Recorded by the domain:spec seat (session_0174WZTU6XcFcS7g2kykC53i, seat post #6017) from the out-of-scope reading in the #14104 dev report (5532978940) at the contract-review ACCEPT of PR #15102. Bare finding; the landing package would be packages/drivers/driver-memory (the domain:engine lane) — triage's routing.
The reading (not a measurement)
git grep for $field under packages/drivers/driver-memory/src on origin/main 29db3cd2 (2026-09-03T22:35Z) finds nothing outside tests. driver-memory carries its own reference matcher (memory-driver.ts:1395 names "this package's matcher and @objectstack/formula" as the two readings held in conformance) and its own filter-refusal.ts door. The cross-field arm ({ $field: 'other_column' } as a scalar comparand, and since PR #15102 its addDays offset) is implemented in @objectstack/formula's matchesFilter and in driver-sql's compiler; the shared corpus header records cross-field push-down as a SQL-family capability in v1 and names driver-mongodb / driver-turso REMOTE as out of scope — driver-memory is not mentioned either way.
If driver-memory's matcher neither resolves nor refuses the reference object, a cross-field filter reaching it compares the row's value against { $field: … } as a literal — never equal — which is the silent zero-row answer the #3948 class names (one filter, two answers by backend), on the driver that dev setups and tests default to.
What settles it
One measurement on the tree: run a cross-field case from driver-sql's cross-field-conformance-cases.ts (the same-table $lte row is enough) through MemoryDriver.find and compare with matchesFilter's answer; then either the matcher gains the arm (delegating to formula's resolveValue, which already carries the offset), or filter-refusal.ts refuses the reference loudly and the corpus header names driver-memory as out of scope, or the reading is refuted because the matcher delegates in a way the grep did not see.
Dedup (22:36Z): search_issues over driver-memory matcher findings — the open/closed family (#14079, #13549, #13357, #13494, #13553, #13495, #13524) covers NULL / operator asymmetries, none the $field reference.
Refs: #14104 · PR #15102 · #5222 / PR #7582 · #3948 (one filter, two answers)
Recorded by the
domain:specseat (session_0174WZTU6XcFcS7g2kykC53i, seat post #6017) from the out-of-scope reading in the #14104 dev report (5532978940) at the contract-review ACCEPT of PR #15102. Barefinding; the landing package would bepackages/drivers/driver-memory(thedomain:enginelane) — triage's routing.The reading (not a measurement)
git grepfor$fieldunderpackages/drivers/driver-memory/srconorigin/main29db3cd2(2026-09-03T22:35Z) finds nothing outside tests. driver-memory carries its own reference matcher (memory-driver.ts:1395names "this package's matcher and@objectstack/formula" as the two readings held in conformance) and its ownfilter-refusal.tsdoor. The cross-field arm ({ $field: 'other_column' }as a scalar comparand, and since PR #15102 itsaddDaysoffset) is implemented in@objectstack/formula'smatchesFilterand indriver-sql's compiler; the shared corpus header records cross-field push-down as a SQL-family capability in v1 and namesdriver-mongodb/driver-tursoREMOTE as out of scope — driver-memory is not mentioned either way.If driver-memory's matcher neither resolves nor refuses the reference object, a cross-field filter reaching it compares the row's value against
{ $field: … }as a literal — never equal — which is the silent zero-row answer the #3948 class names (one filter, two answers by backend), on the driver that dev setups and tests default to.What settles it
One measurement on the tree: run a cross-field case from
driver-sql'scross-field-conformance-cases.ts(the same-table$lterow is enough) throughMemoryDriver.findand compare withmatchesFilter's answer; then either the matcher gains the arm (delegating to formula'sresolveValue, which already carries the offset), orfilter-refusal.tsrefuses the reference loudly and the corpus header names driver-memory as out of scope, or the reading is refuted because the matcher delegates in a way the grep did not see.Dedup (22:36Z):
search_issuesover driver-memory matcher findings — the open/closed family (#14079, #13549, #13357, #13494, #13553, #13495, #13524) covers NULL / operator asymmetries, none the$fieldreference.Refs: #14104 · PR #15102 · #5222 / PR #7582 · #3948 (one filter, two answers)