1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // Sync protocol for communication between sync client and server.
7 // Update proto_value_conversions{.h,.cc,_unittest.cc} if you change
8 // any fields in this file.
12 option optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME;
13 option retain_unknown_fields = true;
17 import "app_list_specifics.proto";
18 import "app_notification_specifics.proto";
19 import "app_setting_specifics.proto";
20 import "app_specifics.proto";
21 import "article_specifics.proto";
22 import "attachments.proto";
23 import "autofill_specifics.proto";
24 import "bookmark_specifics.proto";
25 import "client_commands.proto";
26 import "client_debug_info.proto";
27 import "device_info_specifics.proto";
28 import "dictionary_specifics.proto";
29 import "encryption.proto";
30 import "experiments_specifics.proto";
31 import "extension_setting_specifics.proto";
32 import "extension_specifics.proto";
33 import "favicon_image_specifics.proto";
34 import "favicon_tracking_specifics.proto";
35 import "get_updates_caller_info.proto";
36 import "history_delete_directive_specifics.proto";
37 import "nigori_specifics.proto";
38 import "managed_user_setting_specifics.proto";
39 import "managed_user_shared_setting_specifics.proto";
40 import "managed_user_specifics.proto";
41 import "password_specifics.proto";
42 import "preference_specifics.proto";
43 import "priority_preference_specifics.proto";
44 import "search_engine_specifics.proto";
45 import "session_specifics.proto";
46 import "sync_enums.proto";
47 import "synced_notification_app_info_specifics.proto";
48 import "synced_notification_specifics.proto";
49 import "theme_specifics.proto";
50 import "typed_url_specifics.proto";
51 import "unique_position.proto";
53 // Used for inspecting how long we spent performing operations in different
54 // backends. All times must be in millis.
55 message ProfilingData {
56 optional int64 meta_data_write_time = 1;
57 optional int64 file_data_write_time = 2;
58 optional int64 user_lookup_time = 3;
59 optional int64 meta_data_read_time = 4;
60 optional int64 file_data_read_time = 5;
61 optional int64 total_request_time = 6;
64 message EntitySpecifics {
65 // If a datatype is encrypted, this field will contain the encrypted
66 // original EntitySpecifics. The extension for the datatype will continue
67 // to exist, but contain only the default values.
68 // Note that currently passwords employ their own legacy encryption scheme and
69 // do not use this field.
70 optional EncryptedData encrypted = 1;
72 // To add new datatype-specific fields to the protocol, extend
73 // EntitySpecifics. First, pick a non-colliding tag number by
74 // picking a revision number of one of your past commits
75 // to src.chromium.org. Then, in a different protocol buffer
76 // definition, define your message type, and add an optional field
77 // to the list below using the unique tag value you selected.
79 // optional MyDatatypeSpecifics my_datatype = 32222;
82 // - 32222 is the non-colliding tag number you picked earlier.
83 // - MyDatatypeSpecifics is the type (probably a message type defined
84 // in your new .proto file) that you want to associate with each
85 // object of the new datatype.
86 // - my_datatype is the field identifier you'll use to access the
87 // datatype specifics from the code.
89 // Server implementations are obligated to preserve the contents of
90 // EntitySpecifics when it contains unrecognized fields. In this
91 // way, it is possible to add new datatype fields without having
92 // to update the server.
94 // Note: The tag selection process is based on legacy versions of the
95 // protocol which used protobuf extensions. We have kept the process
96 // consistent as the old values cannot change. The 5+ digit nature of the
97 // tags also makes them recognizable (individually and collectively) from
98 // noise in logs and debugging contexts, and creating a divergent subset of
99 // tags would only make things a bit more confusing.
101 optional AutofillSpecifics autofill = 31729;
102 optional BookmarkSpecifics bookmark = 32904;
103 optional PreferenceSpecifics preference = 37702;
104 optional TypedUrlSpecifics typed_url = 40781;
105 optional ThemeSpecifics theme = 41210;
106 optional AppNotification app_notification = 45184;
107 optional PasswordSpecifics password = 45873;
108 optional NigoriSpecifics nigori = 47745;
109 optional ExtensionSpecifics extension = 48119;
110 optional AppSpecifics app = 48364;
111 optional SessionSpecifics session = 50119;
112 optional AutofillProfileSpecifics autofill_profile = 63951;
113 optional SearchEngineSpecifics search_engine = 88610;
114 optional ExtensionSettingSpecifics extension_setting = 96159;
115 optional AppSettingSpecifics app_setting = 103656;
116 optional HistoryDeleteDirectiveSpecifics history_delete_directive = 150251;
117 optional SyncedNotificationSpecifics synced_notification = 153108;
118 optional SyncedNotificationAppInfoSpecifics synced_notification_app_info =
120 optional DeviceInfoSpecifics device_info = 154522;
121 optional ExperimentsSpecifics experiments = 161496;
122 optional PriorityPreferenceSpecifics priority_preference = 163425;
123 optional DictionarySpecifics dictionary = 170540;
124 optional FaviconTrackingSpecifics favicon_tracking = 181534;
125 optional FaviconImageSpecifics favicon_image = 182019;
126 optional ManagedUserSettingSpecifics managed_user_setting = 186662;
127 optional ManagedUserSpecifics managed_user = 194582;
128 optional ManagedUserSharedSettingSpecifics managed_user_shared_setting =
130 optional ArticleSpecifics article = 223759;
131 optional AppListSpecifics app_list = 229170;
135 // This item's identifier. In a commit of a new item, this will be a
136 // client-generated ID. If the commit succeeds, the server will generate
137 // a globally unique ID and return it to the committing client in the
138 // CommitResponse.EntryResponse. In the context of a GetUpdatesResponse,
139 // |id_string| is always the server generated ID. The original
140 // client-generated ID is preserved in the |originator_client_id| field.
141 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
142 optional string id_string = 1;
144 // An id referencing this item's parent in the hierarchy. In a
145 // CommitMessage, it is accepted for this to be a client-generated temporary
146 // ID if there was a new created item with that ID appearing earlier
147 // in the message. In all other situations, it is a server ID.
148 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
149 optional string parent_id_string = 2;
151 // old_parent_id is only set in commits and indicates the old server
152 // parent(s) to remove. When omitted, the old parent is the same as
154 // Present only in CommitMessage.
155 optional string old_parent_id = 3;
157 // The version of this item -- a monotonically increasing value that is
158 // maintained by for each item. If zero in a CommitMessage, the server
159 // will interpret this entity as a newly-created item and generate a
160 // new server ID and an initial version number. If nonzero in a
161 // CommitMessage, this item is treated as an update to an existing item, and
162 // the server will use |id_string| to locate the item. Then, if the item's
163 // current version on the server does not match |version|, the commit will
164 // fail for that item. The server will not update it, and will return
165 // a result code of CONFLICT. In a GetUpdatesResponse, |version| is
166 // always positive and indentifies the revision of the item data being sent
168 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
169 required int64 version = 4;
171 // Last modification time (in java time milliseconds)
172 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
173 optional int64 mtime = 5;
176 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
177 optional int64 ctime = 6;
179 // The name of this item.
181 // Since November 2010, this value is no different from non_unique_name.
182 // Before then, server implementations would maintain a unique-within-parent
183 // value separate from its base, "non-unique" value. Clients had not
184 // depended on the uniqueness of the property since November 2009; it was
185 // removed from Chromium by http://codereview.chromium.org/371029 .
186 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
187 required string name = 7;
189 // The name of this item. Same as |name|.
190 // |non_unique_name| should take precedence over the |name| value if both
191 // are supplied. For efficiency, clients and servers should avoid setting
192 // this redundant value.
193 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
194 optional string non_unique_name = 8;
196 // A value from a monotonically increasing sequence that indicates when
197 // this item was last updated on the server. This is now equivalent
198 // to version. This is now deprecated in favor of version.
199 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
200 optional int64 sync_timestamp = 9;
202 // If present, this tag identifies this item as being a uniquely
203 // instanced item. The server ensures that there is never more
204 // than one entity in a user's store with the same tag value.
205 // This value is used to identify and find e.g. the "Google Chrome" settings
206 // folder without relying on it existing at a particular path, or having
207 // a particular name, in the data store.
209 // This variant of the tag is created by the server, so clients can't create
210 // an item with a tag using this field.
212 // Use client_defined_unique_tag if you want to create one from the client.
214 // An item can't have both a client_defined_unique_tag and
215 // a server_defined_unique_tag.
217 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
218 optional string server_defined_unique_tag = 10;
220 // If this group is present, it implies that this SyncEntity corresponds to
221 // a bookmark or a bookmark folder.
223 // This group is deprecated; clients should use the bookmark EntitySpecifics
224 // protocol buffer extension instead.
225 optional group BookmarkData = 11 {
226 // We use a required field to differentiate between a bookmark and a
228 // Present in both GetUpdatesMessage and CommitMessage.
229 required bool bookmark_folder = 12;
231 // For bookmark objects, contains the bookmark's URL.
232 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
233 optional string bookmark_url = 13;
235 // For bookmark objects, contains the bookmark's favicon. The favicon is
236 // represented as a 16X16 PNG image.
237 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
238 optional bytes bookmark_favicon = 14;
241 // Supplies a numeric position for this item, relative to other items with the
242 // same parent. Deprecated in M26, though clients are still required to set
245 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
247 // At one point this was used as an alternative / supplement to
248 // the deprecated |insert_after_item_id|, but now it, too, has been
251 // In order to maintain compatibility with older clients, newer clients should
252 // still set this field. Its value should be based on the first 8 bytes of
253 // this item's |unique_position|.
255 // Nerwer clients must also support the receipt of items that contain
256 // |position_in_parent| but no |unique_position|. They should locally convert
257 // the given int64 position to a UniquePosition.
259 // The conversion from int64 to UniquePosition is as follows:
260 // The int64 value will have its sign bit flipped then placed in big endian
261 // order as the first 8 bytes of the UniquePosition. The subsequent bytes of
262 // the UniquePosition will consist of the item's unique suffix.
264 // Conversion from UniquePosition to int64 reverses this process: the first 8
265 // bytes of the position are to be interpreted as a big endian int64 value
266 // with its sign bit flipped.
267 optional int64 position_in_parent = 15;
269 // Contains the ID of the element (under the same parent) after which this
270 // element resides. An empty string indicates that the element is the first
271 // element in the parent. This value is used during commits to specify
272 // a relative position for a position change. In the context of
273 // a GetUpdatesMessage, |position_in_parent| is used instead to
274 // communicate position.
276 // Present only in CommitMessage.
278 // This is deprecated. Clients are allowed to omit this as long as they
279 // include |position_in_parent| instead.
280 optional string insert_after_item_id = 16;
282 // Arbitrary key/value pairs associated with this item.
283 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
285 // optional ExtendedAttributes extended_attributes = 17;
287 // If true, indicates that this item has been (or should be) deleted.
288 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
289 optional bool deleted = 18 [default = false];
291 // A GUID that identifies the the sync client who initially committed
292 // this entity. This value corresponds to |cache_guid| in CommitMessage.
293 // This field, along with |originator_client_item_id|, can be used to
294 // reunite the original with its official committed version in the case
295 // where a client does not receive or process the commit response for
298 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
300 // This field is also used in determining the unique identifier used in
301 // bookmarks' unique_position field.
302 optional string originator_cache_guid = 19;
304 // The local item id of this entry from the client that initially
305 // committed this entity. Typically a negative integer.
306 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
308 // This field is also used in determinging the unique identifier used in
309 // bookmarks' unique_position field.
310 optional string originator_client_item_id = 20;
312 // Extensible container for datatype-specific data.
313 // This became available in version 23 of the protocol.
314 optional EntitySpecifics specifics = 21;
316 // Indicate whether this is a folder or not. Available in version 23+.
317 optional bool folder = 22 [default = false];
319 // A client defined unique hash for this entity.
320 // Similar to server_defined_unique_tag.
322 // When initially committing an entity, a client can request that the entity
323 // is unique per that account. To do so, the client should specify a
324 // client_defined_unique_tag. At most one entity per tag value may exist.
325 // per account. The server will enforce uniqueness on this tag
326 // and fail attempts to create duplicates of this tag.
327 // Will be returned in any updates for this entity.
329 // The difference between server_defined_unique_tag and
330 // client_defined_unique_tag is the creator of the entity. Server defined
331 // tags are entities created by the server at account creation,
332 // while client defined tags are entities created by the client at any time.
334 // During GetUpdates, a sync entity update will come back with ONE of:
335 // a) Originator and cache id - If client committed the item as non "unique"
336 // b) Server tag - If server committed the item as unique
337 // c) Client tag - If client committed the item as unique
339 // May be present in CommitMessages for the initial creation of an entity.
340 // If present in Commit updates for the entity, it will be ignored.
342 // Available in version 24+.
344 // May be returned in GetUpdatesMessage and sent up in CommitMessage.
346 optional string client_defined_unique_tag = 23;
348 // This positioning system had a relatively short life. It was made obsolete
349 // by |unique_position| before either the client or server made much of an
350 // attempt to support it. In fact, no client ever read or set this field.
352 // Deprecated in M26.
353 optional bytes ordinal_in_parent = 24;
355 // This is the fourth attempt at positioning.
357 // This field is present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage, if the
358 // item's type requires it and the client that wrote the item supports it (M26
359 // or higher). Clients must also be prepared to handle updates from clients
360 // that do not set this field. See the comments on
361 // |server_position_in_parent| for more information on how this is handled.
363 // This field will not be set for items whose type ignores positioning.
364 // Clients should not attempt to read this field on the receipt of an item of
365 // a type that ignores positioning.
367 // Refer to its definition in unique_position.proto for more information about
368 // its internal representation.
369 optional UniquePosition unique_position = 25;
371 // Attachment ids of attachments associated with this SyncEntity.
372 repeated AttachmentIdProto attachment_id = 26;
375 // This message contains diagnostic information used to correlate
376 // commit-related traffic with extensions-related mutations to the
377 // data models in chromium. It plays no functional role in
378 // processing this CommitMessage.
379 message ChromiumExtensionsActivity {
380 // The human-readable ID identifying the extension responsible
381 // for the traffic reported in this ChromiumExtensionsActivity.
382 optional string extension_id = 1;
384 // How many times the extension successfully invoked a write
385 // operation through the bookmarks API since the last CommitMessage.
386 optional uint32 bookmark_writes_since_last_commit = 2;
389 // Client specific configuration information.
390 message ClientConfigParams {
391 // The set of data types this client has enabled. Note that this does not
392 // include proxy types, as they do not have protocol field numbers and are
393 // placeholder types that implicitly enable protocol types.
394 repeated int32 enabled_type_ids = 1;
396 // Whether the PROXY_TABS proxy datatype is enabled on this client.
397 optional bool tabs_datatype_enabled = 2;
400 message CommitMessage {
401 repeated SyncEntity entries = 1;
403 // A GUID that identifies the committing sync client. This value will be
404 // returned as originator_cache_guid for any new items.
405 optional string cache_guid = 2;
407 repeated ChromiumExtensionsActivity extensions_activity = 3;
409 // The configuration of this client at commit time. Used by the server to
410 // make commit-time decisions about how to process datatypes that might
411 // involve server-side interaction, and e.g require explicit user intent for
412 // syncing a particular data type regardless of whether a commit for that
413 // datatype is currently being sent up.
414 optional ClientConfigParams config_params = 4;
416 // Set of optional per-client datatype contexts.
417 repeated DataTypeContext client_contexts = 5;
420 // This message communicates additional per-type information related to
421 // requests with origin GU_TRIGGER. This message is not relevant when any
422 // other origin value is used.
423 // Introduced in M29.
424 message GetUpdateTriggers {
425 // An opaque-to-the-client string of bytes, received through a notification,
426 // that the server may interpret as a hint about the location of the latest
427 // version of the data for this type.
429 // Note that this will eventually replace the 'optional' field of the same
430 // name defined in the progress marker, but the client and server should
431 // support both until it's safe to deprecate the old one.
433 // This field was introduced in M29.
434 repeated string notification_hint = 1;
436 // This flag is set if the client was forced to drop hints because the number
437 // of queued hints exceeded its limit. The oldest hints will be discarded
438 // first. Introduced in M29.
439 optional bool client_dropped_hints = 2;
441 // This flag is set when the client suspects that its list of invalidation
442 // hints may be incomplete. This may be the case if:
443 // - The client is syncing for the first time.
444 // - The client has just restarted and it was unable to keep track of
445 // invalidations that were received prior to the restart.
446 // - The client's connection to the invalidation server is currently or
447 // was recently broken.
449 // It's difficult to provide more details here. This is implemented by
450 // setting the flag to false whenever anything that might adversely affect
451 // notifications happens (eg. a crash, restart on a platform that doesn't
452 // support invalidation ack-tracking, transient invalidation error) and is
453 // unset only after we've experienced one successful sync cycle while
454 // notifications were enabled.
456 // This flag was introduced in M29.
457 optional bool invalidations_out_of_sync = 3;
459 // This counts the number of times the syncer has been asked to commit
460 // changes for this type since the last successful sync cycle. The number of
461 // nudges may not be related to the actual number of items modified. It
462 // often correlates with the number of user actions, but that's not always
464 // Introduced in M29.
465 optional int64 local_modification_nudges = 4;
467 // This counts the number of times the syncer has been explicitly asked to
468 // fetch updates for this type since the last successful sync cycle. These
469 // explicit refresh requests should be relatively rare on most platforms, and
470 // associated with user actions. For example, at the time of this writing
471 // the most common (only?) source of refresh requests is when a user opens
472 // the new tab page on a platform that does not support sessions
474 // Introduced in M29.
475 optional int64 datatype_refresh_nudges = 5;
477 // This flag is set if the invalidation server reports that it may have
478 // dropped some invalidations at some point. Introduced in M33.
479 optional bool server_dropped_hints = 6;
481 // This flag is set if this GetUpdate request is due at least in part due
482 // to the fact that this type has not finished initial sync yet, and the
483 // client would like to initialize itself with the server data.
485 // Only some types support performing an initial sync as part of a normal
486 // GetUpdate request. Many types must be in configure mode when fetching
487 // initial sync data.
489 // Introduced in M38.
490 optional bool initial_sync_in_progress = 7;
493 message GarbageCollectionDirective {
496 VERSION_WATERMARK = 1;
501 optional Type type = 1 [default = UNKNOWN];
503 // This field specifies the watermark for the versions which should get
504 // garbage collected. The client should purge all sync entities with a
505 // version smaller than version_watermark locally.
506 optional int64 version_watermark = 2;
508 // This field specifies the watermark in terms of age in days. The client
509 // should purge all sync entities which are older than this specific value
510 // based on last modified time.
511 optional int32 age_watermark_in_days = 3;
513 // This field specifies the max number of items that the client should keep
514 // for a specific datatype. If the number of items exceeds this limit, the
515 // client should purge the extra sync entities based on the LRU rule.
516 optional int32 max_number_of_items = 4;
519 message DataTypeProgressMarker {
520 // An integer identifying the data type whose progress is tracked by this
521 // marker. The legitimate values of this field correspond to the protobuf
522 // field numbers of all EntitySpecifics fields supported by the server.
523 // These values are externally declared in per-datatype .proto files.
524 optional int32 data_type_id = 1;
526 // An opaque-to-the-client sequence of bytes that the server may interpret
527 // as an indicator of the client's knowledge state. If this is empty or
528 // omitted by the client, it indicates that the client is initiating a
529 // a first-time sync of this datatype. Otherwise, clients must supply a
530 // value previously returned by the server in an earlier GetUpdatesResponse.
531 // These values are not comparable or generable on the client.
533 // The opaque semantics of this field are to afford server implementations
534 // some flexibility in implementing progress tracking. For instance,
535 // a server implementation built on top of a distributed storage service --
536 // or multiple heterogenous such services -- might need to supply a vector
537 // of totally ordered monotonic update timestamps, rather than a single
538 // monotonically increasing value. Other optimizations may also be
539 // possible if the server is allowed to embed arbitrary information in
540 // the progress token.
542 // Server implementations should keep the size of these tokens relatively
543 // small, on the order of tens of bytes, and they should remain small
544 // regardless of the number of items synchronized. (A possible bad server
545 // implementation would be for progress_token to contain a list of all the
546 // items ever sent to the client. Servers shouldn't do this.)
547 optional bytes token = 2;
549 // Clients that previously downloaded updates synced using the timestamp based
550 // progress tracking mechanism, but which wish to switch over to the opaque
551 // token mechanism can set this field in a GetUpdatesMessage. The server
552 // will perform a get updates operation as normal from the indicated
553 // timestamp, and return only an opaque progress token.
554 optional int64 timestamp_token_for_migration = 3;
556 // An opaque-to-the-client string of bytes, received through a notification,
557 // that the server may interpret as a hint about the location of the latest
558 // version of the data for this type.
560 // Deprecated in M29. We should use the repeated field version in the
561 // PerClientTypeState instead.
562 optional string notification_hint = 4;
564 // This field will be included only in GetUpdates with origin GU_TRIGGER.
565 optional GetUpdateTriggers get_update_triggers = 5;
567 // The garbage collection directive for this data type. The client should
568 // purge items locally based on this directive. Since this directive is
569 // designed to be sent from server only, the client should persist it locally
570 // as needed and avoid sending it to the server.
571 optional GarbageCollectionDirective gc_directive = 6;
574 message GetUpdatesMessage {
575 // Indicates the client's current progress in downloading updates. A
576 // from_timestamp value of zero means that the client is requesting a first-
577 // time sync. After that point, clients should fill in this value with the
578 // value returned in the last-seen GetUpdatesResponse.new_timestamp.
580 // from_timestamp has been deprecated; clients should use
581 // |from_progress_marker| instead, which allows more flexibility.
582 optional int64 from_timestamp = 1;
584 // Indicates the reason for the GetUpdatesMessage.
585 // Deprecated in M29. We should eventually rely on GetUpdatesOrigin instead.
586 // Newer clients will support both systems during the transition period.
587 optional GetUpdatesCallerInfo caller_info = 2;
589 // Indicates whether related folders should be fetched.
590 optional bool fetch_folders = 3 [default = true];
592 // The presence of an individual EntitySpecifics field indicates that the
593 // client requests sync object types associated with that field. This
594 // determination depends only on the presence of the field, not its
595 // contents -- thus clients should send empty messages as the field value.
596 // For backwards compatibility only bookmark objects will be sent to the
597 // client should requested_types not be present.
599 // requested_types may contain multiple EntitySpecifics fields -- in this
600 // event, the server will return items of all the indicated types.
602 // requested_types has been deprecated; clients should use
603 // |from_progress_marker| instead, which allows more flexibility.
604 optional EntitySpecifics requested_types = 4;
606 // Client-requested limit on the maximum number of updates to return at once.
607 // The server may opt to return fewer updates than this amount, but it should
609 optional int32 batch_size = 5;
611 // Per-datatype progress marker. If present, the server will ignore
612 // the values of requested_types and from_timestamp, using this instead.
614 // With the exception of certain configuration or initial sync requests, the
615 // client should include one instance of this field for each enabled data
617 repeated DataTypeProgressMarker from_progress_marker = 6;
619 // Indicates whether the response should be sent in chunks. This may be
620 // needed for devices with limited memory resources. If true, the response
621 // will include one or more ClientToServerResponses, with the frist one
622 // containing GetUpdatesMetadataResponse, and the remaining ones, if any,
623 // containing GetUpdatesStreamingResponse. These ClientToServerResponses are
624 // delimited by a length prefix, which is encoded as a varint.
625 optional bool streaming = 7 [default = false];
627 // Whether the client needs the server to provide an encryption key for this
629 // Note: this should typically only be set on the first GetUpdates a client
630 // requests. Clients are expected to persist the encryption key from then on.
631 // The allowed frequency for requesting encryption keys is much lower than
632 // other datatypes, so repeated usage will likely result in throttling.
633 optional bool need_encryption_key = 8 [default = false];
635 // Whether to create the mobile bookmarks folder if it's not
636 // already created. Should be set to true only by mobile clients.
637 optional bool create_mobile_bookmarks_folder = 1000 [default = false];
639 // This value is an updated version of the GetUpdatesCallerInfo's
640 // GetUpdatesSource. It describes the reason for the GetUpdate request.
641 // Introduced in M29.
642 optional SyncEnums.GetUpdatesOrigin get_updates_origin = 9;
644 // Whether this GU also serves as a retry GU. Any GU that happens after
645 // retry timer timeout is a retry GU effectively.
646 optional bool is_retry = 10 [default = false];
648 // Set of optional per-client datatype contexts.
649 repeated DataTypeContext client_contexts = 11;
652 message AuthenticateMessage {
653 required string auth_token = 1;
656 message ClearUserDataMessage {
659 message ClearUserDataResponse {
662 // The client must preserve, store, and resend the chip bag with
663 // every request. The server depends on the chip bag in order
664 // to precisely choreograph a client-server state machines.
666 // Because the client stores and sends this data on every request,
667 // the contents of the chip bag should be kept relatively small.
669 // If the server does not return a chip bag, the client must assume
670 // that there has been no change to the chip bag. The client must
671 // resend the bag of chips it had prior on the next request.
673 // The client must make the chip bag durable if and only if it
674 // processes the response from the server.
676 // Server chips are deliberately oqaque, allowing the server
677 // to encapsulate its state machine logic.
678 optional bytes server_chips = 1;
681 // Information about the syncer's state.
682 message ClientStatus {
683 // Flag to indicate if the client has detected hierarchy conflcits. The flag
684 // is left unset if update application has not been attempted yet.
686 // The server should attempt to resolve any hierarchy conflicts when this flag
687 // is set. The client may not assume that any particular action will be
688 // taken. There is no guarantee the problem will be addressed in a reasonable
690 optional bool hierarchy_conflict_detected = 1;
693 // A single datatype's sync context. Allows the datatype to pass along
694 // datatype specific information with its own server backend.
695 message DataTypeContext {
696 // The type this context is associated with.
697 optional int32 data_type_id = 1;
698 // The context for the datatype.
699 optional bytes context = 2;
700 // The version of the context.
701 optional int64 version = 3;
704 message ClientToServerMessage {
705 required string share = 1;
706 optional int32 protocol_version = 2 [default = 34];
714 required Contents message_contents = 3;
715 optional CommitMessage commit = 4;
716 optional GetUpdatesMessage get_updates = 5;
717 optional AuthenticateMessage authenticate = 6;
719 // Request to clear all Chromium data from the server.
720 optional ClearUserDataMessage clear_user_data = 9;
722 optional string store_birthday = 7; // Opaque store ID; if it changes, duck!
723 // The client sets this if it detects a sync issue. The server will tell it
724 // if it should perform a refresh.
725 optional bool sync_problem_detected = 8 [default = false];
727 // Client side state information for debugging purpose.
728 // This is only sent on the first getupdates of every sync cycle,
729 // as an optimization to save bandwidth.
730 optional DebugInfo debug_info = 10;
732 // Per-client state for use by the server. Sent with every message sent to the
734 optional ChipBag bag_of_chips = 11;
737 optional string api_key = 12;
739 // Client's self-reported state.
740 // The client should set this on every message sent to the server, though its
741 // member fields may often be unset.
742 optional ClientStatus client_status = 13;
744 // The ID that our invalidation client used to identify itself to the server.
745 // Sending the ID here allows the server to not send notifications of our own
746 // changes to our invalidator.
747 optional string invalidator_client_id = 14;
750 // This request allows the client to convert a specific crash identifier
751 // into more general information (e.g. hash of the crashing call stack)
752 // suitable for upload in an (authenticated) DebugInfo event.
753 message GetCrashInfoRequest {
754 // Id of the uploaded crash.
755 optional string crash_id = 1;
757 // Time that the crash occurred.
758 optional int64 crash_time_millis = 2;
761 // Proto to be written in its entirety to the debug info log.
762 message GetCrashInfoResponse {
763 // Hash of the crashing call stack.
764 optional string stack_id = 1;
766 // Time of the crash, potentially rounded to remove
768 optional int64 crash_time_millis = 2;
771 message CommitResponse {
774 CONFLICT = 2; // You're out of date; update and check your data
775 // TODO(ncarter): What's the difference between RETRY and TRANSIENT_ERROR?
776 RETRY = 3; // Someone has a conflicting, non-expired session open
777 INVALID_MESSAGE = 4; // What the client sent was invalid, and trying again
779 OVER_QUOTA = 5; // This operation would put you, or you are, over quota
780 TRANSIENT_ERROR = 6; // Something went wrong; try again in a bit
782 repeated group EntryResponse = 1 {
783 required ResponseType response_type = 2;
785 // Sync servers may also return a new ID for an existing item, indicating
786 // a new entry's been created to hold the data the client's sending up.
787 optional string id_string = 3;
789 // should be filled if our parent was assigned a new ID.
790 optional string parent_id_string = 4;
792 // This value is the same as the position_in_parent value returned within
793 // the SyncEntity message in GetUpdatesResponse. There was a time when the
794 // client would attempt to honor this position, but nowadays the server
795 // should ensure it is no different from the position_in_parent sent up in
796 // the commit request and the client should not read it.
797 optional int64 position_in_parent = 5;
799 // The item's current version.
800 optional int64 version = 6;
802 // Allows the server to move-aside an entry as it's being committed.
803 // This name is the same as the name field returned within the SyncEntity
804 // message in GetUpdatesResponse.
805 optional string name = 7;
807 // This name is the same as the non_unique_name field returned within the
808 // SyncEntity message in GetUpdatesResponse.
809 optional string non_unique_name = 8;
811 optional string error_message = 9;
813 // Last modification time (in java time milliseconds). Allows the server
814 // to override the client-supplied mtime during a commit operation.
815 optional int64 mtime = 10;
819 message GetUpdatesResponse {
820 // New sync entries that the client should apply.
821 repeated SyncEntity entries = 1;
823 // If there are more changes on the server that weren't processed during this
824 // GetUpdates request, the client should send another GetUpdates request and
825 // use new_timestamp as the from_timestamp value within GetUpdatesMessage.
827 // This field has been deprecated and will be returned only to clients
828 // that set the also-deprecated |from_timestamp| field in the update request.
829 // Clients should use |from_progress_marker| and |new_progress_marker|
831 optional int64 new_timestamp = 2;
833 // DEPRECATED FIELD - server does not set this anymore.
834 optional int64 deprecated_newest_timestamp = 3;
836 // Approximate count of changes remaining - use this for UI feedback.
837 // If present and zero, this estimate is firm: the server has no changes
838 // after the current batch.
839 optional int64 changes_remaining = 4;
841 // Opaque, per-datatype timestamp-like tokens. A client should use this
842 // field in lieu of new_timestamp, which is deprecated in newer versions
843 // of the protocol. Clients should retain and persist the values returned
844 // in this field, and present them back to the server to indicate the
845 // starting point for future update requests.
847 // This will be sent only if the client provided |from_progress_marker|
848 // in the update request.
850 // The server may provide a new progress marker even if this is the end of
851 // the batch, or if there were no new updates on the server; and the client
852 // must save these. If the server does not provide a |new_progress_marker|
853 // value for a particular datatype, when the request provided a
854 // |from_progress_marker| value for that datatype, the client should
855 // interpret this to mean "no change from the previous state" and retain its
856 // previous progress-marker value for that datatype.
858 // Progress markers in the context of a response will never have the
859 // |timestamp_token_for_migration| field set.
860 repeated DataTypeProgressMarker new_progress_marker = 5;
862 // The current encryption keys associated with this account. Will be set if
863 // the GetUpdatesMessage in the request had need_encryption_key == true or
864 // the server has updated the set of encryption keys (e.g. due to a key
866 repeated bytes encryption_keys = 6;
868 // Set of optional datatype contexts server mutations.
869 repeated DataTypeContext context_mutations = 7;
872 // The metadata response for GetUpdatesMessage. This response is sent when
873 // streaming is set to true in the request. It is prefixed with a length
874 // delimiter, which is encoded in varint.
875 message GetUpdatesMetadataResponse {
876 // Approximate count of changes remaining. Detailed comment is available in
877 // GetUpdatesResponse.
878 optional int64 changes_remaining = 1;
880 // Opaque, per-datatype timestamp-like tokens. Detailed comment is available
881 // in GetUpdatesResponse.
882 repeated DataTypeProgressMarker new_progress_marker = 2;
885 // The streaming response message for GetUpdatesMessage. This message is sent
886 // when streaming is set to true in the request. There may be multiple
887 // GetUpdatesStreamingResponse messages in a response. This type of messages
888 // is preceded by GetUpdatesMetadataResponse. It is prefixed with a length
889 // delimiter, which is encoded in varint.
890 message GetUpdatesStreamingResponse {
891 // New sync entries that the client should apply.
892 repeated SyncEntity entries = 1;
895 // A user-identifying struct. For a given Google account the email and display
896 // name can change, but obfuscated_id should be constant.
897 // The obfuscated id is optional because at least one planned use of the proto
898 // (sharing) does not require it.
899 message UserIdentification {
900 required string email = 1; // the user's full primary email address.
901 optional string display_name = 2; // the user's display name.
902 optional string obfuscated_id = 3; // an obfuscated, opaque user id.
905 message AuthenticateResponse {
906 // Optional only for backward compatibility.
907 optional UserIdentification user = 1;
910 message ThrottleParameters {
911 // Deprecated. Remove this from the server side.
912 required int32 min_measure_payload_size = 1;
913 required double target_utilization = 2;
914 required double measure_interval_max = 3;
915 required double measure_interval_min = 4;
916 required double observation_window = 5;
919 message ClientToServerResponse {
920 optional CommitResponse commit = 1;
921 optional GetUpdatesResponse get_updates = 2;
922 optional AuthenticateResponse authenticate = 3;
924 // Up until protocol_version 24, the default was SUCCESS which made it
925 // impossible to add new enum values since older clients would parse any
926 // out-of-range value as SUCCESS. Starting with 25, unless explicitly set,
927 // the error_code will be UNKNOWN so that clients know when they're
928 // out-of-date. Note also that when using protocol_version < 25,
929 // TRANSIENT_ERROR is not supported. Instead, the server sends back a HTTP
930 // 400 error code. This is deprecated now.
931 optional SyncEnums.ErrorType error_code = 4 [default = UNKNOWN];
932 optional string error_message = 5;
934 // Opaque store ID; if it changes, the contents of the client's cache
935 // is meaningless to this server. This happens most typically when
936 // you switch from one storage backend instance (say, a test instance)
937 // to another (say, the official instance).
938 optional string store_birthday = 6;
940 optional ClientCommand client_command = 7;
941 optional ProfilingData profiling_data = 8;
942 optional ClearUserDataResponse clear_user_data = 9;
943 optional GetUpdatesMetadataResponse stream_metadata = 10;
944 // If GetUpdatesStreamingResponse is contained in the ClientToServerResponse,
945 // none of the other fields (error_code and etc) will be set.
946 optional GetUpdatesStreamingResponse stream_data = 11;
948 // The data types whose storage has been migrated. Present when the value of
949 // error_code is MIGRATION_DONE.
950 repeated int32 migrated_data_type_id = 12;
953 optional SyncEnums.ErrorType error_type = 1 [default = UNKNOWN];
954 optional string error_description = 2;
955 optional string url = 3;
956 optional SyncEnums.Action action = 4 [default = UNKNOWN_ACTION];
958 // Currently only meaningful if |error_type| is throttled. If this field
959 // is absent then the whole client (all datatypes) is throttled.
960 repeated int32 error_data_type_ids = 5;
962 optional Error error = 13;
964 // The new per-client state for this client. If set, should be persisted and
965 // sent with any subsequent ClientToServerMessages.
966 optional ChipBag new_bag_of_chips = 14;