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+---
+'@objectstack/metadata-protocol': patch
+---
+
+fix(metadata-protocol): the by-name read of a flow name a managed package ships serves the package's flow, as the flow list does (#20946)
+
+Clause-②: no
+
+`flow` is in ADR-0126's Regime C: a managed package's flow is sealed, and there is no overlay read path for it. The flow list, `GET /api/v1/meta/flow`, and the execution view the automation engine binds flows from already serve the package's flow for a name a managed package ships (#20913). The by-name read, `GET /api/v1/meta/flow/:name`, did not: for such a name it served a stored flow of that name, marked as the package's flow. So the two read doors answered two different flows for one name.
+
+The by-name read now applies the same rule the list applies, through the same checks. For a name a managed package ships, it serves the package's flow, with or without a package scope, whatever the stored flow's own package binding or markings say.
+
+The stored flow is not deleted, rewritten or refused. It stays in the store, and the automation engine still reports it as a shadowed definition at startup. Pending drafts, flow names no managed package ships, organization-scoped rows and every other metadata type are read as before.
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * [#20946, #20761 ruling rule 1, ADR-0126 §2 / §3] The by-name read of a flow
+ * name the loader's set holds serves the loader's body — the body the list
+ * serves for that name — and never a stored row of that name under the
+ * package's provenance.
+ *
+ * `flow` is Regime C: the packaged base is locked, "⛔ Never silent override,
+ * never an overlay read path". Since #20913 the flattened view (both faces of
+ * `getMetaItems`) applies that by name, with two predicates: the stored-row
+ * half ({@link ObjectStackProtocolImplementation.isShippedFlowName}) and the
+ * registry half (`isStoredFlowEntryOfShippedName`). `getMetaItem` applied
+ * neither: it adopted the environment-wide stored row, then grafted the
+ * artifact's protection envelope over it, so the two read doors answered two
+ * different bodies for one name. It now calls the same two predicates.
+ *
+ * The registry double keeps the real `SchemaRegistry`'s key shape
+ * (`<package>:<name>` for a loader entry, the bare name for a hydrated row), its
+ * `getItem` precedence (the bare slot first) and its artifact lookup
+ * (package-scoped code-artifact entries first). `@objectstack/objectql` cannot
+ * be imported here: it depends on this package. The cold-boot proof over the
+ * real composition is `flow-shipped-name-by-name-read.dogfood.test.ts`.
+ *
+ * Controls: a flow name no managed package ships keeps its stored row (the
+ * tenant's own flow), a shipped name with no stored row is unchanged, an
+ * organization-scoped flow row is out of the read's reach, and a type in the
+ * overlay regime keeps its overlay.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { assertEngineFindOnePredicate, isCodeArtifactBody } from '@objectstack/metadata-core';
+import { ObjectStackProtocolImplementation } from './protocol.js';
+
+const PACKAGE_ID = 'com.example.pkg';
+const SHIPPED = 'pkg_flow';
+const CUSTOMER = 'customer_flow';
+const ORG_ID = 'org_a';
+
+const flowBody = (name: string, label: string, extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
+    name,
+    label,
+    type: 'autolaunched',
+    nodes: [
+        { id: 'start', type: 'start', label: 'Start' },
+        { id: 'end', type: 'end', label: 'End' },
+    ],
+    edges: [{ id: 'e1', source: 'start', target: 'end' }],
+    ...extra,
+});
+
+interface StoredRow {
+    id: string;
+    type: string;
+    name: string;
+    organization_id: string | null;
+    package_id: string | null;
+    state: string;
+    metadata: string;
+}
+
+const storedRow = (type: string, name: string, body: unknown, extra: Partial<StoredRow> = {}): StoredRow => ({
+    id: `r_${type}_${name}_${extra.organization_id ?? 'env'}`,
+    type,
+    name,
+    organization_id: null,
+    package_id: null,
+    state: 'active',
+    metadata: JSON.stringify(body),
+    ...extra,
+});
+
+/**
+ * A registry double with the real `SchemaRegistry`'s two key shapes, its
+ * `getItem` precedence and its artifact lookup. `registerItem` stamps a package
+ * entry the way `applyProtection` does and leaves a bare registration's
+ * provenance alone.
+ */
+function registryDouble() {
+    const byType = new Map<string, Map<string, Record<string, unknown>>>();
+    const collection = (type: string) => {
+        if (!byType.has(type)) byType.set(type, new Map());
+        return byType.get(type)!;
+    };
+    return {
+        registerItem(type: string, item: Record<string, unknown>, keyField = 'name', packageId?: string) {
+            const name = String(item[keyField]);
+            if (packageId) {
+                if (item._packageId === undefined) item._packageId = packageId;
+                if (item._provenance === undefined) item._provenance = 'package';
+                collection(type).set(`${packageId}:${name}`, item);
+            } else {
+                collection(type).set(name, item);
+            }
+        },
+        listItems(type: string, packageId?: string) {
+            const all = [...(byType.get(type)?.values() ?? [])];
+            return packageId ? all.filter((it) => it._packageId === packageId) : all;
+        },
+        /** The real precedence: the bare slot, then prefer-local, then the first composite. */
+        getItem(type: string, name: string, packageId?: string) {
+            const entries = byType.get(type);
+            if (!entries) return undefined;
+            const direct = entries.get(name);
+            if (direct) return direct;
+            if (packageId) {
+                const local = entries.get(`${packageId}:${name}`);
+                if (local) return local;
+            }
+            for (const [key, item] of entries) if (key.endsWith(`:${name}`)) return item;
+            return undefined;
+        },
+        getArtifactItem(type: string, name: string, packageId?: string) {
+            const entries = [...(byType.get(type)?.entries() ?? [])];
+            const scoped = entries.filter(([key, it]) => key.endsWith(`:${name}`) && isCodeArtifactBody(it));
+            const local = packageId ? scoped.find(([, it]) => it._packageId === packageId) : undefined;
+            if (local) return local[1];
+            if (scoped[0]) return scoped[0][1];
+            const bare = byType.get(type)?.get(name);
+            return bare && isCodeArtifactBody(bare) ? bare : undefined;
+        },
+        bare(type: string, name: string) {
+            return byType.get(type)?.get(name);
+        },
+        getObject: () => undefined,
+        registerObject: () => undefined,
+        getPackage: () => undefined,
+        isPackageDisabled: () => false,
+        applyNavContributions: (app: unknown) => app,
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The engine double: `find` / `findOne` over `sys_metadata` rows, plus the
+ * registry. ⛔ No `insert` / `update` / `delete` — the read paths under test
+ * issue no write verb.
+ */
+function harness(rows: StoredRow[]) {
+    const registry = registryDouble();
+    // What the loader registered: one packaged flow and one packaged view.
+    registry.registerItem('flow', flowBody(SHIPPED, 'LOADER'), 'name', PACKAGE_ID);
+    registry.registerItem('view', { name: 'pkg_view', label: 'LOADER VIEW' }, 'name', PACKAGE_ID);
+    const matching = (where: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+        for (const k of Object.keys(where)) {
+            if (k.startsWith('$')) throw new Error(`[test double] unsupported WHERE combinator '${k}'`);
+        }
+        return rows.filter((r) =>
+            Object.entries(where).every(([k, v]) => v === undefined || (r as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[k] === v),
+        );
+    };
+    const engine: any = {
+        async find(table: string, opts?: { where?: Record<string, unknown>; limit?: number }) {
+            if (table !== 'sys_metadata') return [];
+            const matched = matching(opts?.where ?? {});
+            // `check:objectql-double-limit` — the caller's bound, applied after the filter.
+            return opts?.limit === undefined ? matched : matched.slice(0, opts.limit);
+        },
+        async findOne(table: string, opts?: { where?: Record<string, unknown> }) {
+            // `check:engine-double-contract` — refuses what the real engine refuses.
+            assertEngineFindOnePredicate(table, opts);
+            if (table !== 'sys_metadata') return null;
+            return matching(opts?.where ?? {})[0] ?? null;
+        },
+        registry,
+    };
+    const protocol = new ObjectStackProtocolImplementation(engine, () => new Map());
+    return { protocol, registry };
+}
+
+const byName = async (protocol: ObjectStackProtocolImplementation, request: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+    ((await protocol.getMetaItem(request as any)) as { item: Record<string, unknown> }).item;
+const listed = async (protocol: ObjectStackProtocolImplementation, name: string) =>
+    ((await protocol.getMetaItems({ type: 'flow' })) as { items: Array<Record<string, unknown>> }).items
+        .filter((it) => it.name === name);
+
+describe('[#20946] the by-name read of a shipped flow name serves the loader\'s body', () => {
+    it('a shipped name with an environment-wide stored row answers the loader\'s body, not the row\'s', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED'))]);
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('LOADER');
+        expect(served._packageId).toBe(PACKAGE_ID);
+    });
+
+    it('it does so after the row was hydrated — the registry\'s bare copy of the row does not stand in either', async () => {
+        const { protocol, registry } = harness([storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED'))]);
+        await protocol.getMetaItemsForExecution({ type: 'flow' }); // hydrates the row under the bare key
+        expect(registry.bare('flow', SHIPPED)?.label).toBe('STORED');
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('LOADER');
+    });
+
+    it('by name and in the list, the shipped name answers the same body', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED'))]);
+
+        const list = await listed(protocol, SHIPPED);
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED });
+
+        expect(list.map((it) => it.label)).toEqual(['LOADER']);
+        expect(served.label).toBe(list[0].label);
+        expect(served.nodes).toEqual(list[0].nodes);
+    });
+
+    it('the package-scoped read answers the loader\'s body too', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED'))]);
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED, packageId: PACKAGE_ID });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('LOADER');
+    });
+
+    it('a row bound to the shipping package, or one whose own body claims its provenance, is judged by name alone', async () => {
+        for (const row of [
+            storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED'), { package_id: PACKAGE_ID }),
+            storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED', { _packageId: PACKAGE_ID, _provenance: 'package' })),
+        ]) {
+            for (const request of [
+                { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED },
+                { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED, packageId: PACKAGE_ID },
+            ]) {
+                const { protocol } = harness([row]);
+                expect((await byName(protocol, request)).label).toBe('LOADER');
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('the plural spelling of the type is folded first and answers the same', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'STORED'))]);
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flows', name: SHIPPED });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('LOADER');
+    });
+
+    it('control: a flow name no managed package ships answers its stored row, unchanged', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([storedRow('flow', CUSTOMER, flowBody(CUSTOMER, 'CUSTOMER'))]);
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: CUSTOMER });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('CUSTOMER');
+        expect(isCodeArtifactBody(served)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('control: a shipped name with no stored row answers the loader\'s body, unchanged', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([]);
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('LOADER');
+    });
+
+    it('control: an organization-scoped flow row is out of the read\'s reach', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([
+            storedRow('flow', SHIPPED, flowBody(SHIPPED, 'ORG ROW'), { organization_id: ORG_ID }),
+            storedRow('flow', CUSTOMER, flowBody(CUSTOMER, 'ORG ROW'), { organization_id: ORG_ID }),
+        ]);
+
+        expect((await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: SHIPPED, organizationId: ORG_ID })).label).toBe('LOADER');
+        expect(await byName(protocol, { type: 'flow', name: CUSTOMER, organizationId: ORG_ID })).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('control: an overlay of a packaged type in the overlay regime is still served over the artifact', async () => {
+        const { protocol } = harness([storedRow('view', 'pkg_view', { name: 'pkg_view', label: 'OVERLAY VIEW' })]);
+
+        const served = await byName(protocol, { type: 'view', name: 'pkg_view' });
+
+        expect(served.label).toBe('OVERLAY VIEW');
+        expect(served._packageId).toBe(PACKAGE_ID);
+    });
+});
@@ -8676,6 +8676,33 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
         // Studio's editor opens a draft buffer with `state: 'draft'`;
         // runtime loaders omit it and get the live published row.
         const readState: 'active' | 'draft' = request.state === 'draft' ? 'draft' : 'active';
+        // ── [#20946, #20761 ruling rule 1, ADR-0126 §2 / §3] A shipped FLOW name ──
+        //
+        // `flow` is Regime C: the packaged base is locked, "⛔ Never silent
+        // override, never an overlay read path". Since #20913 the flattened view
+        // ({@link readFlattenedMetaItems}, both faces) serves a flow name the
+        // loader's set holds from the loader's own entries alone, with two
+        // predicates. This read applies the SAME two, and ⛔ no third precedence
+        // path of its own:
+        //  • the stored-row half, {@link isShippedFlowName}, judged by NAME —
+        //    step 1 below does not adopt the stored row of such a name, whatever
+        //    its package binding or the stamps its own body carries;
+        //  • the registry half, {@link isStoredFlowEntryOfShippedName} — step 3
+        //    does not serve the registry's bare copy of that row (the hydrated
+        //    tenant row `getItem` answers first); the loader's entry is served.
+        // Adopted, the row was served with the artifact's protection envelope
+        // grafted over it (the merge at the end of this method): a stored body
+        // answered as the package's definition by name, while the list answered
+        // the loader's body for the same name.
+        //
+        // Scoped to the ACTIVE read. A draft is answered as a draft (the strict
+        // `state: 'draft'` read and the `previewDrafts` arm), never under the
+        // artifact's envelope, and the list's own preview arm is equally
+        // unfiltered. Organization-scoped flow rows never reach this read:
+        // `orgId` is `undefined` for `flow`, which declares no org override.
+        // What becomes of the stored rows themselves (keep, refuse, migrate) is
+        // not decided here.
+        const shippedFlowActiveRead = readState === 'active' && this.isShippedFlowName(request.type, request.name);
 
         // ADR-0033 draft-overlay preview (non-strict): when the caller opts in
         // (admin-gated upstream), prefer a `state='draft'` row if one exists, else
@@ -8778,7 +8805,8 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
             };
             const record = (orgId ? await findOverlay(orgId) : undefined)
                 ?? await findOverlay(null);
-            if (record) {
+            // [#20946] The stored-row half — see `shippedFlowActiveRead` above.
+            if (record && !shippedFlowActiveRead) {
                 item = this.convertStoredItem(
                     String(record.type ?? request.type),
                     typeof record.metadata === 'string'
@@ -8904,6 +8932,13 @@ export class ObjectStackProtocolImplementation implements
                 const alt = PLURAL_TO_SINGULAR[request.type] ?? SINGULAR_TO_PLURAL[request.type];
                 if (alt) item = this.engine.registry.getItem(alt, request.name, request.packageId);
             }
+            // [#20946] The registry half — see `shippedFlowActiveRead` above.
+            // `getItem` answers the bare slot first, and for a shipped flow name
+            // that slot holds the hydrated stored row, which is not one of the
+            // loader's entries; the loader's entry is the one the list serves.
+            if (this.isStoredFlowEntryOfShippedName(request.type, item)) {
+                item = this.lookupArtifactItem(request.type, request.name, request.packageId);
+            }
         }
 
         // [#5840] The MetadataService half of the #5532 rule, and the last