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_specifics.proto";
48 import "theme_specifics.proto";
49 import "typed_url_specifics.proto";
50 import "unique_position.proto";
52 // Used for inspecting how long we spent performing operations in different
53 // backends. All times must be in millis.
54 message ProfilingData {
55 optional int64 meta_data_write_time = 1;
56 optional int64 file_data_write_time = 2;
57 optional int64 user_lookup_time = 3;
58 optional int64 meta_data_read_time = 4;
59 optional int64 file_data_read_time = 5;
60 optional int64 total_request_time = 6;
63 message EntitySpecifics {
64 // If a datatype is encrypted, this field will contain the encrypted
65 // original EntitySpecifics. The extension for the datatype will continue
66 // to exist, but contain only the default values.
67 // Note that currently passwords employ their own legacy encryption scheme and
68 // do not use this field.
69 optional EncryptedData encrypted = 1;
71 // To add new datatype-specific fields to the protocol, extend
72 // EntitySpecifics. First, pick a non-colliding tag number by
73 // picking a revision number of one of your past commits
74 // to src.chromium.org. Then, in a different protocol buffer
75 // definition, define your message type, and add an optional field
76 // to the list below using the unique tag value you selected.
78 // optional MyDatatypeSpecifics my_datatype = 32222;
81 // - 32222 is the non-colliding tag number you picked earlier.
82 // - MyDatatypeSpecifics is the type (probably a message type defined
83 // in your new .proto file) that you want to associate with each
84 // object of the new datatype.
85 // - my_datatype is the field identifier you'll use to access the
86 // datatype specifics from the code.
88 // Server implementations are obligated to preserve the contents of
89 // EntitySpecifics when it contains unrecognized fields. In this
90 // way, it is possible to add new datatype fields without having
91 // to update the server.
93 // Note: The tag selection process is based on legacy versions of the
94 // protocol which used protobuf extensions. We have kept the process
95 // consistent as the old values cannot change. The 5+ digit nature of the
96 // tags also makes them recognizable (individually and collectively) from
97 // noise in logs and debugging contexts, and creating a divergent subset of
98 // tags would only make things a bit more confusing.
100 optional AutofillSpecifics autofill = 31729;
101 optional BookmarkSpecifics bookmark = 32904;
102 optional PreferenceSpecifics preference = 37702;
103 optional TypedUrlSpecifics typed_url = 40781;
104 optional ThemeSpecifics theme = 41210;
105 optional AppNotification app_notification = 45184;
106 optional PasswordSpecifics password = 45873;
107 optional NigoriSpecifics nigori = 47745;
108 optional ExtensionSpecifics extension = 48119;
109 optional AppSpecifics app = 48364;
110 optional SessionSpecifics session = 50119;
111 optional AutofillProfileSpecifics autofill_profile = 63951;
112 optional SearchEngineSpecifics search_engine = 88610;
113 optional ExtensionSettingSpecifics extension_setting = 96159;
114 optional AppSettingSpecifics app_setting = 103656;
115 optional HistoryDeleteDirectiveSpecifics history_delete_directive = 150251;
116 optional SyncedNotificationSpecifics synced_notification = 153108;
117 optional DeviceInfoSpecifics device_info = 154522;
118 optional ExperimentsSpecifics experiments = 161496;
119 optional PriorityPreferenceSpecifics priority_preference = 163425;
120 optional DictionarySpecifics dictionary = 170540;
121 optional FaviconTrackingSpecifics favicon_tracking = 181534;
122 optional FaviconImageSpecifics favicon_image = 182019;
123 optional ManagedUserSettingSpecifics managed_user_setting = 186662;
124 optional ManagedUserSpecifics managed_user = 194582;
125 optional ManagedUserSharedSettingSpecifics managed_user_shared_setting =
127 optional ArticleSpecifics article = 223759;
128 optional AppListSpecifics app_list = 229170;
132 // This item's identifier. In a commit of a new item, this will be a
133 // client-generated ID. If the commit succeeds, the server will generate
134 // a globally unique ID and return it to the committing client in the
135 // CommitResponse.EntryResponse. In the context of a GetUpdatesResponse,
136 // |id_string| is always the server generated ID. The original
137 // client-generated ID is preserved in the |originator_client_id| field.
138 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
139 optional string id_string = 1;
141 // An id referencing this item's parent in the hierarchy. In a
142 // CommitMessage, it is accepted for this to be a client-generated temporary
143 // ID if there was a new created item with that ID appearing earlier
144 // in the message. In all other situations, it is a server ID.
145 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
146 optional string parent_id_string = 2;
148 // old_parent_id is only set in commits and indicates the old server
149 // parent(s) to remove. When omitted, the old parent is the same as
151 // Present only in CommitMessage.
152 optional string old_parent_id = 3;
154 // The version of this item -- a monotonically increasing value that is
155 // maintained by for each item. If zero in a CommitMessage, the server
156 // will interpret this entity as a newly-created item and generate a
157 // new server ID and an initial version number. If nonzero in a
158 // CommitMessage, this item is treated as an update to an existing item, and
159 // the server will use |id_string| to locate the item. Then, if the item's
160 // current version on the server does not match |version|, the commit will
161 // fail for that item. The server will not update it, and will return
162 // a result code of CONFLICT. In a GetUpdatesResponse, |version| is
163 // always positive and indentifies the revision of the item data being sent
165 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
166 required int64 version = 4;
168 // Last modification time (in java time milliseconds)
169 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
170 optional int64 mtime = 5;
173 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
174 optional int64 ctime = 6;
176 // The name of this item.
178 // Since November 2010, this value is no different from non_unique_name.
179 // Before then, server implementations would maintain a unique-within-parent
180 // value separate from its base, "non-unique" value. Clients had not
181 // depended on the uniqueness of the property since November 2009; it was
182 // removed from Chromium by http://codereview.chromium.org/371029 .
183 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
184 required string name = 7;
186 // The name of this item. Same as |name|.
187 // |non_unique_name| should take precedence over the |name| value if both
188 // are supplied. For efficiency, clients and servers should avoid setting
189 // this redundant value.
190 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
191 optional string non_unique_name = 8;
193 // A value from a monotonically increasing sequence that indicates when
194 // this item was last updated on the server. This is now equivalent
195 // to version. This is now deprecated in favor of version.
196 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
197 optional int64 sync_timestamp = 9;
199 // If present, this tag identifies this item as being a uniquely
200 // instanced item. The server ensures that there is never more
201 // than one entity in a user's store with the same tag value.
202 // This value is used to identify and find e.g. the "Google Chrome" settings
203 // folder without relying on it existing at a particular path, or having
204 // a particular name, in the data store.
206 // This variant of the tag is created by the server, so clients can't create
207 // an item with a tag using this field.
209 // Use client_defined_unique_tag if you want to create one from the client.
211 // An item can't have both a client_defined_unique_tag and
212 // a server_defined_unique_tag.
214 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
215 optional string server_defined_unique_tag = 10;
217 // If this group is present, it implies that this SyncEntity corresponds to
218 // a bookmark or a bookmark folder.
220 // This group is deprecated; clients should use the bookmark EntitySpecifics
221 // protocol buffer extension instead.
222 optional group BookmarkData = 11 {
223 // We use a required field to differentiate between a bookmark and a
225 // Present in both GetUpdatesMessage and CommitMessage.
226 required bool bookmark_folder = 12;
228 // For bookmark objects, contains the bookmark's URL.
229 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
230 optional string bookmark_url = 13;
232 // For bookmark objects, contains the bookmark's favicon. The favicon is
233 // represented as a 16X16 PNG image.
234 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
235 optional bytes bookmark_favicon = 14;
238 // Supplies a numeric position for this item, relative to other items with the
239 // same parent. Deprecated in M26, though clients are still required to set
242 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
244 // At one point this was used as an alternative / supplement to
245 // the deprecated |insert_after_item_id|, but now it, too, has been
248 // In order to maintain compatibility with older clients, newer clients should
249 // still set this field. Its value should be based on the first 8 bytes of
250 // this item's |unique_position|.
252 // Nerwer clients must also support the receipt of items that contain
253 // |position_in_parent| but no |unique_position|. They should locally convert
254 // the given int64 position to a UniquePosition.
256 // The conversion from int64 to UniquePosition is as follows:
257 // The int64 value will have its sign bit flipped then placed in big endian
258 // order as the first 8 bytes of the UniquePosition. The subsequent bytes of
259 // the UniquePosition will consist of the item's unique suffix.
261 // Conversion from UniquePosition to int64 reverses this process: the first 8
262 // bytes of the position are to be interpreted as a big endian int64 value
263 // with its sign bit flipped.
264 optional int64 position_in_parent = 15;
266 // Contains the ID of the element (under the same parent) after which this
267 // element resides. An empty string indicates that the element is the first
268 // element in the parent. This value is used during commits to specify
269 // a relative position for a position change. In the context of
270 // a GetUpdatesMessage, |position_in_parent| is used instead to
271 // communicate position.
273 // Present only in CommitMessage.
275 // This is deprecated. Clients are allowed to omit this as long as they
276 // include |position_in_parent| instead.
277 optional string insert_after_item_id = 16;
279 // Arbitrary key/value pairs associated with this item.
280 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
282 // optional ExtendedAttributes extended_attributes = 17;
284 // If true, indicates that this item has been (or should be) deleted.
285 // Present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage.
286 optional bool deleted = 18 [default = false];
288 // A GUID that identifies the the sync client who initially committed
289 // this entity. This value corresponds to |cache_guid| in CommitMessage.
290 // This field, along with |originator_client_item_id|, can be used to
291 // reunite the original with its official committed version in the case
292 // where a client does not receive or process the commit response for
295 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
297 // This field is also used in determining the unique identifier used in
298 // bookmarks' unique_position field.
299 optional string originator_cache_guid = 19;
301 // The local item id of this entry from the client that initially
302 // committed this entity. Typically a negative integer.
303 // Present only in GetUpdatesResponse.
305 // This field is also used in determinging the unique identifier used in
306 // bookmarks' unique_position field.
307 optional string originator_client_item_id = 20;
309 // Extensible container for datatype-specific data.
310 // This became available in version 23 of the protocol.
311 optional EntitySpecifics specifics = 21;
313 // Indicate whether this is a folder or not. Available in version 23+.
314 optional bool folder = 22 [default = false];
316 // A client defined unique hash for this entity.
317 // Similar to server_defined_unique_tag.
319 // When initially committing an entity, a client can request that the entity
320 // is unique per that account. To do so, the client should specify a
321 // client_defined_unique_tag. At most one entity per tag value may exist.
322 // per account. The server will enforce uniqueness on this tag
323 // and fail attempts to create duplicates of this tag.
324 // Will be returned in any updates for this entity.
326 // The difference between server_defined_unique_tag and
327 // client_defined_unique_tag is the creator of the entity. Server defined
328 // tags are entities created by the server at account creation,
329 // while client defined tags are entities created by the client at any time.
331 // During GetUpdates, a sync entity update will come back with ONE of:
332 // a) Originator and cache id - If client committed the item as non "unique"
333 // b) Server tag - If server committed the item as unique
334 // c) Client tag - If client committed the item as unique
336 // May be present in CommitMessages for the initial creation of an entity.
337 // If present in Commit updates for the entity, it will be ignored.
339 // Available in version 24+.
341 // May be returned in GetUpdatesMessage and sent up in CommitMessage.
343 optional string client_defined_unique_tag = 23;
345 // This positioning system had a relatively short life. It was made obsolete
346 // by |unique_position| before either the client or server made much of an
347 // attempt to support it. In fact, no client ever read or set this field.
349 // Deprecated in M26.
350 optional bytes ordinal_in_parent = 24;
352 // This is the fourth attempt at positioning.
354 // This field is present in both GetUpdatesResponse and CommitMessage, if the
355 // item's type requires it and the client that wrote the item supports it (M26
356 // or higher). Clients must also be prepared to handle updates from clients
357 // that do not set this field. See the comments on
358 // |server_position_in_parent| for more information on how this is handled.
360 // This field will not be set for items whose type ignores positioning.
361 // Clients should not attempt to read this field on the receipt of an item of
362 // a type that ignores positioning.
364 // Refer to its definition in unique_position.proto for more information about
365 // its internal representation.
366 optional UniquePosition unique_position = 25;
369 // This message contains diagnostic information used to correlate
370 // commit-related traffic with extensions-related mutations to the
371 // data models in chromium. It plays no functional role in
372 // processing this CommitMessage.
373 message ChromiumExtensionsActivity {
374 // The human-readable ID identifying the extension responsible
375 // for the traffic reported in this ChromiumExtensionsActivity.
376 optional string extension_id = 1;
378 // How many times the extension successfully invoked a write
379 // operation through the bookmarks API since the last CommitMessage.
380 optional uint32 bookmark_writes_since_last_commit = 2;
383 // Client specific configuration information.
384 message ClientConfigParams {
385 // The set of data types this client has enabled. Note that this does not
386 // include proxy types, as they do not have protocol field numbers and are
387 // placeholder types that implicitly enable protocol types.
388 repeated int32 enabled_type_ids = 1;
390 // Whether the PROXY_TABS proxy datatype is enabled on this client.
391 optional bool tabs_datatype_enabled = 2;
394 message CommitMessage {
395 repeated SyncEntity entries = 1;
397 // A GUID that identifies the committing sync client. This value will be
398 // returned as originator_cache_guid for any new items.
399 optional string cache_guid = 2;
401 repeated ChromiumExtensionsActivity extensions_activity = 3;
403 // The configuration of this client at commit time. Used by the server to
404 // make commit-time decisions about how to process datatypes that might
405 // involve server-side interaction, and e.g require explicit user intent for
406 // syncing a particular data type regardless of whether a commit for that
407 // datatype is currently being sent up.
408 optional ClientConfigParams config_params = 4;
411 // This message communicates additional per-type information related to
412 // requests with origin GU_TRIGGER. This message is not relevant when any
413 // other origin value is used.
414 // Introduced in M29.
415 message GetUpdateTriggers {
416 // An opaque-to-the-client string of bytes, received through a notification,
417 // that the server may interpret as a hint about the location of the latest
418 // version of the data for this type.
420 // Note that this will eventually replace the 'optional' field of the same
421 // name defined in the progress marker, but the client and server should
422 // support both until it's safe to deprecate the old one.
424 // This field was introduced in M29.
425 repeated string notification_hint = 1;
427 // This flag is set if the client was forced to drop hints because the number
428 // of queued hints exceeded its limit. The oldest hints will be discarded
429 // first. Introduced in M29.
430 optional bool client_dropped_hints = 2;
432 // This flag is set when the client suspects that its list of invalidation
433 // hints may be incomplete. This may be the case if:
434 // - The client is syncing for the first time.
435 // - The client has just restarted and it was unable to keep track of
436 // invalidations that were received prior to the restart.
437 // - The client's connection to the invalidation server is currently or
438 // was recently broken.
440 // It's difficult to provide more details here. This is implemented by
441 // setting the flag to false whenever anything that might adversely affect
442 // notifications happens (eg. a crash, restart on a platform that doesn't
443 // support invalidation ack-tracking, transient invalidation error) and is
444 // unset only after we've experienced one successful sync cycle while
445 // notifications were enabled.
447 // This flag was introduced in M29.
448 optional bool invalidations_out_of_sync = 3;
450 // This counts the number of times the syncer has been asked to commit
451 // changes for this type since the last successful sync cycle. The number of
452 // nudges may not be related to the actual number of items modified. It
453 // often correlates with the number of user actions, but that's not always
455 // Introduced in M29.
456 optional int64 local_modification_nudges = 4;
458 // This counts the number of times the syncer has been explicitly asked to
459 // fetch updates for this type since the last successful sync cycle. These
460 // explicit refresh requests should be relatively rare on most platforms, and
461 // associated with user actions. For example, at the time of this writing
462 // the most common (only?) source of refresh requests is when a user opens
463 // the new tab page on a platform that does not support sessions
465 // Introduced in M29.
466 optional int64 datatype_refresh_nudges = 5;
468 // This flag is set if the invalidation server reports that it may have
469 // dropped some invalidations at some point. Introduced in M33.
470 optional bool server_dropped_hints = 6;
473 message DataTypeProgressMarker {
474 // An integer identifying the data type whose progress is tracked by this
475 // marker. The legitimate values of this field correspond to the protobuf
476 // field numbers of all EntitySpecifics fields supported by the server.
477 // These values are externally declared in per-datatype .proto files.
478 optional int32 data_type_id = 1;
480 // An opaque-to-the-client sequence of bytes that the server may interpret
481 // as an indicator of the client's knowledge state. If this is empty or
482 // omitted by the client, it indicates that the client is initiating a
483 // a first-time sync of this datatype. Otherwise, clients must supply a
484 // value previously returned by the server in an earlier GetUpdatesResponse.
485 // These values are not comparable or generable on the client.
487 // The opaque semantics of this field are to afford server implementations
488 // some flexibility in implementing progress tracking. For instance,
489 // a server implementation built on top of a distributed storage service --
490 // or multiple heterogenous such services -- might need to supply a vector
491 // of totally ordered monotonic update timestamps, rather than a single
492 // monotonically increasing value. Other optimizations may also be
493 // possible if the server is allowed to embed arbitrary information in
494 // the progress token.
496 // Server implementations should keep the size of these tokens relatively
497 // small, on the order of tens of bytes, and they should remain small
498 // regardless of the number of items synchronized. (A possible bad server
499 // implementation would be for progress_token to contain a list of all the
500 // items ever sent to the client. Servers shouldn't do this.)
501 optional bytes token = 2;
503 // Clients that previously downloaded updates synced using the timestamp based
504 // progress tracking mechanism, but which wish to switch over to the opaque
505 // token mechanism can set this field in a GetUpdatesMessage. The server
506 // will perform a get updates operation as normal from the indicated
507 // timestamp, and return only an opaque progress token.
508 optional int64 timestamp_token_for_migration = 3;
510 // An opaque-to-the-client string of bytes, received through a notification,
511 // that the server may interpret as a hint about the location of the latest
512 // version of the data for this type.
514 // Deprecated in M29. We should use the repeated field version in the
515 // PerClientTypeState instead.
516 optional string notification_hint = 4;
518 // This field will be included only in GetUpdates with origin GU_TRIGGER.
519 optional GetUpdateTriggers get_update_triggers = 5;
522 message GetUpdatesMessage {
523 // Indicates the client's current progress in downloading updates. A
524 // from_timestamp value of zero means that the client is requesting a first-
525 // time sync. After that point, clients should fill in this value with the
526 // value returned in the last-seen GetUpdatesResponse.new_timestamp.
528 // from_timestamp has been deprecated; clients should use
529 // |from_progress_marker| instead, which allows more flexibility.
530 optional int64 from_timestamp = 1;
532 // Indicates the reason for the GetUpdatesMessage.
533 // Deprecated in M29. We should eventually rely on GetUpdatesOrigin instead.
534 // Newer clients will support both systems during the transition period.
535 optional GetUpdatesCallerInfo caller_info = 2;
537 // Indicates whether related folders should be fetched.
538 optional bool fetch_folders = 3 [default = true];
540 // The presence of an individual EntitySpecifics field indicates that the
541 // client requests sync object types associated with that field. This
542 // determination depends only on the presence of the field, not its
543 // contents -- thus clients should send empty messages as the field value.
544 // For backwards compatibility only bookmark objects will be sent to the
545 // client should requested_types not be present.
547 // requested_types may contain multiple EntitySpecifics fields -- in this
548 // event, the server will return items of all the indicated types.
550 // requested_types has been deprecated; clients should use
551 // |from_progress_marker| instead, which allows more flexibility.
552 optional EntitySpecifics requested_types = 4;
554 // Client-requested limit on the maximum number of updates to return at once.
555 // The server may opt to return fewer updates than this amount, but it should
557 optional int32 batch_size = 5;
559 // Per-datatype progress marker. If present, the server will ignore
560 // the values of requested_types and from_timestamp, using this instead.
562 // With the exception of certain configuration or initial sync requests, the
563 // client should include one instance of this field for each enabled data
565 repeated DataTypeProgressMarker from_progress_marker = 6;
567 // Indicates whether the response should be sent in chunks. This may be
568 // needed for devices with limited memory resources. If true, the response
569 // will include one or more ClientToServerResponses, with the frist one
570 // containing GetUpdatesMetadataResponse, and the remaining ones, if any,
571 // containing GetUpdatesStreamingResponse. These ClientToServerResponses are
572 // delimited by a length prefix, which is encoded as a varint.
573 optional bool streaming = 7 [default = false];
575 // Whether the client needs the server to provide an encryption key for this
577 // Note: this should typically only be set on the first GetUpdates a client
578 // requests. Clients are expected to persist the encryption key from then on.
579 // The allowed frequency for requesting encryption keys is much lower than
580 // other datatypes, so repeated usage will likely result in throttling.
581 optional bool need_encryption_key = 8 [default = false];
583 // Whether to create the mobile bookmarks folder if it's not
584 // already created. Should be set to true only by mobile clients.
585 optional bool create_mobile_bookmarks_folder = 1000 [default = false];
587 // This value is an updated version of the GetUpdatesCallerInfo's
588 // GetUpdatesSource. It describes the reason for the GetUpdate request.
589 // Introduced in M29.
590 optional SyncEnums.GetUpdatesOrigin get_updates_origin = 9;
592 // Whether this GU also serves as a retry GU. Any GU that happens after
593 // retry timer timeout is a retry GU effectively.
594 optional bool is_retry = 10 [default = false];
597 message AuthenticateMessage {
598 required string auth_token = 1;
601 message ClearUserDataMessage {
604 message ClearUserDataResponse {
607 // The client must preserve, store, and resend the chip bag with
608 // every request. The server depends on the chip bag in order
609 // to precisely choreograph a client-server state machines.
611 // Because the client stores and sends this data on every request,
612 // the contents of the chip bag should be kept relatively small.
614 // If the server does not return a chip bag, the client must assume
615 // that there has been no change to the chip bag. The client must
616 // resend the bag of chips it had prior on the next request.
618 // The client must make the chip bag durable if and only if it
619 // processes the response from the server.
621 // Server chips are deliberately oqaque, allowing the server
622 // to encapsulate its state machine logic.
623 optional bytes server_chips = 1;
626 // Information about the syncer's state.
627 message ClientStatus {
628 // Flag to indicate if the client has detected hierarchy conflcits. The flag
629 // is left unset if update application has not been attempted yet.
631 // The server should attempt to resolve any hierarchy conflicts when this flag
632 // is set. The client may not assume that any particular action will be
633 // taken. There is no guarantee the problem will be addressed in a reasonable
635 optional bool hierarchy_conflict_detected = 1;
638 message ClientToServerMessage {
639 required string share = 1;
640 optional int32 protocol_version = 2 [default = 31];
648 required Contents message_contents = 3;
649 optional CommitMessage commit = 4;
650 optional GetUpdatesMessage get_updates = 5;
651 optional AuthenticateMessage authenticate = 6;
653 // Request to clear all Chromium data from the server.
654 optional ClearUserDataMessage clear_user_data = 9;
656 optional string store_birthday = 7; // Opaque store ID; if it changes, duck!
657 // The client sets this if it detects a sync issue. The server will tell it
658 // if it should perform a refresh.
659 optional bool sync_problem_detected = 8 [default = false];
661 // Client side state information for debugging purpose.
662 // This is only sent on the first getupdates of every sync cycle,
663 // as an optimization to save bandwidth.
664 optional DebugInfo debug_info = 10;
666 // Per-client state for use by the server. Sent with every message sent to the
668 optional ChipBag bag_of_chips = 11;
671 optional string api_key = 12;
673 // Client's self-reported state.
674 // The client should set this on every message sent to the server, though its
675 // member fields may often be unset.
676 optional ClientStatus client_status = 13;
678 // The ID that our invalidation client used to identify itself to the server.
679 // Sending the ID here allows the server to not send notifications of our own
680 // changes to our invalidator.
681 optional string invalidator_client_id = 14;
684 // This request allows the client to convert a specific crash identifier
685 // into more general information (e.g. hash of the crashing call stack)
686 // suitable for upload in an (authenticated) DebugInfo event.
687 message GetCrashInfoRequest {
688 // Id of the uploaded crash.
689 optional string crash_id = 1;
691 // Time that the crash occurred.
692 optional int64 crash_time_millis = 2;
695 // Proto to be written in its entirety to the debug info log.
696 message GetCrashInfoResponse {
697 // Hash of the crashing call stack.
698 optional string stack_id = 1;
700 // Time of the crash, potentially rounded to remove
702 optional int64 crash_time_millis = 2;
705 message CommitResponse {
708 CONFLICT = 2; // You're out of date; update and check your data
709 // TODO(ncarter): What's the difference between RETRY and TRANSIENT_ERROR?
710 RETRY = 3; // Someone has a conflicting, non-expired session open
711 INVALID_MESSAGE = 4; // What the client sent was invalid, and trying again
713 OVER_QUOTA = 5; // This operation would put you, or you are, over quota
714 TRANSIENT_ERROR = 6; // Something went wrong; try again in a bit
716 repeated group EntryResponse = 1 {
717 required ResponseType response_type = 2;
719 // Sync servers may also return a new ID for an existing item, indicating
720 // a new entry's been created to hold the data the client's sending up.
721 optional string id_string = 3;
723 // should be filled if our parent was assigned a new ID.
724 optional string parent_id_string = 4;
726 // This value is the same as the position_in_parent value returned within
727 // the SyncEntity message in GetUpdatesResponse. There was a time when the
728 // client would attempt to honor this position, but nowadays the server
729 // should ensure it is no different from the position_in_parent sent up in
730 // the commit request and the client should not read it.
731 optional int64 position_in_parent = 5;
733 // The item's current version.
734 optional int64 version = 6;
736 // Allows the server to move-aside an entry as it's being committed.
737 // This name is the same as the name field returned within the SyncEntity
738 // message in GetUpdatesResponse.
739 optional string name = 7;
741 // This name is the same as the non_unique_name field returned within the
742 // SyncEntity message in GetUpdatesResponse.
743 optional string non_unique_name = 8;
745 optional string error_message = 9;
747 // Last modification time (in java time milliseconds). Allows the server
748 // to override the client-supplied mtime during a commit operation.
749 optional int64 mtime = 10;
753 message GetUpdatesResponse {
754 // New sync entries that the client should apply.
755 repeated SyncEntity entries = 1;
757 // If there are more changes on the server that weren't processed during this
758 // GetUpdates request, the client should send another GetUpdates request and
759 // use new_timestamp as the from_timestamp value within GetUpdatesMessage.
761 // This field has been deprecated and will be returned only to clients
762 // that set the also-deprecated |from_timestamp| field in the update request.
763 // Clients should use |from_progress_marker| and |new_progress_marker|
765 optional int64 new_timestamp = 2;
767 // DEPRECATED FIELD - server does not set this anymore.
768 optional int64 deprecated_newest_timestamp = 3;
770 // Approximate count of changes remaining - use this for UI feedback.
771 // If present and zero, this estimate is firm: the server has no changes
772 // after the current batch.
773 optional int64 changes_remaining = 4;
775 // Opaque, per-datatype timestamp-like tokens. A client should use this
776 // field in lieu of new_timestamp, which is deprecated in newer versions
777 // of the protocol. Clients should retain and persist the values returned
778 // in this field, and present them back to the server to indicate the
779 // starting point for future update requests.
781 // This will be sent only if the client provided |from_progress_marker|
782 // in the update request.
784 // The server may provide a new progress marker even if this is the end of
785 // the batch, or if there were no new updates on the server; and the client
786 // must save these. If the server does not provide a |new_progress_marker|
787 // value for a particular datatype, when the request provided a
788 // |from_progress_marker| value for that datatype, the client should
789 // interpret this to mean "no change from the previous state" and retain its
790 // previous progress-marker value for that datatype.
792 // Progress markers in the context of a response will never have the
793 // |timestamp_token_for_migration| field set.
794 repeated DataTypeProgressMarker new_progress_marker = 5;
796 // The current encryption keys associated with this account. Will be set if
797 // the GetUpdatesMessage in the request had need_encryption_key == true or
798 // the server has updated the set of encryption keys (e.g. due to a key
800 repeated bytes encryption_keys = 6;
803 // The metadata response for GetUpdatesMessage. This response is sent when
804 // streaming is set to true in the request. It is prefixed with a length
805 // delimiter, which is encoded in varint.
806 message GetUpdatesMetadataResponse {
807 // Approximate count of changes remaining. Detailed comment is available in
808 // GetUpdatesResponse.
809 optional int64 changes_remaining = 1;
811 // Opaque, per-datatype timestamp-like tokens. Detailed comment is available
812 // in GetUpdatesResponse.
813 repeated DataTypeProgressMarker new_progress_marker = 2;
816 // The streaming response message for GetUpdatesMessage. This message is sent
817 // when streaming is set to true in the request. There may be multiple
818 // GetUpdatesStreamingResponse messages in a response. This type of messages
819 // is preceded by GetUpdatesMetadataResponse. It is prefixed with a length
820 // delimiter, which is encoded in varint.
821 message GetUpdatesStreamingResponse {
822 // New sync entries that the client should apply.
823 repeated SyncEntity entries = 1;
826 // A user-identifying struct. For a given Google account the email and display
827 // name can change, but obfuscated_id should be constant.
828 // The obfuscated id is optional because at least one planned use of the proto
829 // (sharing) does not require it.
830 message UserIdentification {
831 required string email = 1; // the user's full primary email address.
832 optional string display_name = 2; // the user's display name.
833 optional string obfuscated_id = 3; // an obfuscated, opaque user id.
836 message AuthenticateResponse {
837 // Optional only for backward compatibility.
838 optional UserIdentification user = 1;
841 message ThrottleParameters {
842 // Deprecated. Remove this from the server side.
843 required int32 min_measure_payload_size = 1;
844 required double target_utilization = 2;
845 required double measure_interval_max = 3;
846 required double measure_interval_min = 4;
847 required double observation_window = 5;
850 message ClientToServerResponse {
851 optional CommitResponse commit = 1;
852 optional GetUpdatesResponse get_updates = 2;
853 optional AuthenticateResponse authenticate = 3;
855 // Up until protocol_version 24, the default was SUCCESS which made it
856 // impossible to add new enum values since older clients would parse any
857 // out-of-range value as SUCCESS. Starting with 25, unless explicitly set,
858 // the error_code will be UNKNOWN so that clients know when they're
859 // out-of-date. Note also that when using protocol_version < 25,
860 // TRANSIENT_ERROR is not supported. Instead, the server sends back a HTTP
861 // 400 error code. This is deprecated now.
862 optional SyncEnums.ErrorType error_code = 4 [default = UNKNOWN];
863 optional string error_message = 5;
865 // Opaque store ID; if it changes, the contents of the client's cache
866 // is meaningless to this server. This happens most typically when
867 // you switch from one storage backend instance (say, a test instance)
868 // to another (say, the official instance).
869 optional string store_birthday = 6;
871 optional ClientCommand client_command = 7;
872 optional ProfilingData profiling_data = 8;
873 optional ClearUserDataResponse clear_user_data = 9;
874 optional GetUpdatesMetadataResponse stream_metadata = 10;
875 // If GetUpdatesStreamingResponse is contained in the ClientToServerResponse,
876 // none of the other fields (error_code and etc) will be set.
877 optional GetUpdatesStreamingResponse stream_data = 11;
879 // The data types whose storage has been migrated. Present when the value of
880 // error_code is MIGRATION_DONE.
881 repeated int32 migrated_data_type_id = 12;
884 optional SyncEnums.ErrorType error_type = 1 [default = UNKNOWN];
885 optional string error_description = 2;
886 optional string url = 3;
887 optional SyncEnums.Action action = 4 [default = UNKNOWN_ACTION];
889 // Currently only meaningful if |error_type| is throttled. If this field
890 // is absent then the whole client (all datatypes) is throttled.
891 repeated int32 error_data_type_ids = 5;
893 optional Error error = 13;
895 // The new per-client state for this client. If set, should be persisted and
896 // sent with any subsequent ClientToServerMessages.
897 optional ChipBag new_bag_of_chips = 14;