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