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Follows #131. Needed by Bitween's database adapters, and by any shared resident instance.

The problem

§14.5 gave the exclusive resident one instance per key, and §4 quietly assumed that instance had one caller. It does not.

In Bitween a relational data source is one process holding one connection pool, and every subscription bound to that data source runs through it — each with its own settings: which statement to run, which operation it is, which tenant this is.

Startup values cannot carry any of that. They are handed over once, in Ready, and they belong to the process — which belongs to all of those callers at once. Today the only way a subscription can say "run insertOrder" is to put it in the message body, which pushes a routing decision into a mapper template where it does not belong.

The change

Invoke grows map<string, string> properties, alongside the session_id that exists for the same underlying reason: a shared instance has to be told whose call this is.

Adapter side, IAdapterContext gains two members:

IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> InvocationValues { get; }  // this call's, empty outside one
string ValueOf(string name);                                   // invocation first, then startup

ValueOf is the one to reach for. A per-call setting overrides the process default, and an adapter whose callers send no properties behaves exactly as it did before any of this existed.

Host side, properties is an optional trailing parameter on ResidentAdapterInstance.InvokeAsync and IAdapterLease.InvokeAsync.

Why AsyncLocal, and not a field

This is the whole subtlety. Several commands run on one instance at the same time — multiplexing is the point of the stream. A field would have the last caller in overwrite everyone else's configuration mid-flight, and the failure would be intermittent, load-dependent and close to unreproducible: one subscription silently running another's statement.

It is set on the invoking flow before the handler is called, so it survives the handler's own awaits and cannot leak sideways. There is a test for exactly that.

Compatibility

Additive throughout. A new proto field on an unused number, new optional parameters with defaults, two new interface members. No existing adapter or host behaviour changes; an out-of-tree implementation of IAdapterContext (test fakes, mostly) needs the two members.

Tests

Three new in ResidentAdapterTests, plus two commands on the Ticker sample:

  • per-invocation properties reach the command
  • a per-call value overrides the startup value, and a call without properties still sees the startup value
  • concurrent invocations do not see each other's properties — two overlapping calls, each reading the value either side of an await, each seeing only its own

dotnet test --filter ResidentAdapterTests — 15 passed, 0 failed.

Docs: design doc §14.11, and a line in docs/README.md.

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An exclusive resident instance is shared. In Bitween a relational data
source is one process holding one connection pool, and every subscription
bound to it runs through that process — each with its own settings: which
statement to run, which operation it is, which tenant this is.

Startup values cannot carry that. They arrive once, in Ready, and they
belong to the process, which belongs to all of those callers at once. So
Invoke grows a properties map, alongside the session_id that exists for the
same underlying reason: a shared instance has to be told whose call this is.

Adapter side, IAdapterContext gains InvocationValues (this call's, empty
outside one) and ValueOf (invocation first, then startup). ValueOf is the
one to reach for: a per-call setting overrides the process default, and an
adapter whose callers send no properties behaves exactly as before, which is
what keeps the existing fleet working.

It is an AsyncLocal rather than a field, and that is the subtlety. Several
commands run on one instance at once — multiplexing is the point of the
stream — and a field would have the last caller in overwrite everyone else's
configuration mid-flight. That failure is intermittent, load-dependent and
close to unreproducible: one subscription silently running another's
statement.

Additive: a new proto field on an unused number, new optional parameters,
and two new interface members. Design doc 14.11.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary

Adds optional per-invocation properties to resident adapter calls.

  • Extends Invoke with a properties map.
  • Adds IAdapterContext.InvocationValues and ValueOf.
  • Resolves invocation properties before startup values.
  • Uses AsyncLocal to isolate concurrent calls on shared adapter instances.
  • Updates host APIs, the Ticker sample, and documentation.

Risk

risk:low

The change is additive and preserves existing behavior when callers provide no properties. Concurrency handling is the main implementation risk.

Security-sensitive areas

No authentication or authorization logic changed. Invocation properties are caller-provided configuration and should not be treated as trusted security policy or secrets.

Test coverage

Adds three resident adapter tests for:

  • Property propagation.
  • Startup fallback and per-invocation override.
  • Isolation across concurrent invocations.

Reported result: 15 passed, 0 failed.

Operational concerns

No migration or deployment steps are required. Existing callers remain compatible. Rollback requires reverting the API and contract changes together to avoid version mismatches between hosts and adapters.

Walkthrough

The change adds optional per-invocation properties to resident adapter calls. ResidentRunner exposes these values through IAdapterContext, with fallback to startup values and async-flow isolation for concurrent commands.

Changes

Per-invocation configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Transport invocation properties
SW.Serverless.Contract/Protos/adapter.proto, SW.Serverless/Resident/IResidentAdapterHost.cs, SW.Serverless/Resident/AdapterPool.cs, SW.Serverless/Resident/ResidentAdapterInstance.cs
The invocation contract and resident adapter APIs accept optional properties. The properties are copied into the Invoke frame and forwarded through the lease and instance call paths.
Async invocation context resolution
SW.Serverless.Sdk/Resident/IAdapterContext.cs, SW.Serverless.Sdk/Resident/ResidentRunner.cs
ResidentRunner stores invocation properties in AsyncLocal state. InvocationValues exposes the current values, and ValueOf resolves invocation values before startup values.
Behavior validation and documentation
SW.Serverless.Samples.Ticker/Handler.cs, SW.Serverless.UnitTests/ResidentAdapterTests.cs, docs/README.md, docs/resident-adapters-design.md
Sample commands and tests cover propagation, startup fallback, overrides, and concurrent isolation. Documentation describes the new context members and invocation properties.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9cc11

This adds per-invocation configuration to resident adapters, but existing adapter-context implementations may no longer compile after upgrading. Resolve the API compatibility strategy before merging.

Suggested labels: risk:medium

Suggested reviewers: samerzughul

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/// run, which operation it is. Startup values cannot carry that: they belong to the process,
/// and the process belongs to all of them.
/// </summary>
IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> InvocationValues { get; }

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Preserve IAdapterContext implementation compatibility.

IAdapterContext is a public net8.0 SDK interface. Adding required members at lines 40 and 47 breaks external implementations and mocks at compile time. Add compatible default interface members, or document this change as a major-version API break.

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