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Derived from Steven's efforts in powersync-ja/powersync-js#983, and addresses TanStack#1563.

Problem

PowerSync ships an attachment helper for syncing files (photos, documents) between local and remote storage. It's separate from regular synced tables: a local-only attachments table tracks each file's lifecycle (QUEUED_UPLOAD, SYNCED, QUEUED_DELETE), and an AttachmentQueue drives uploads/downloads in the background.

TanStackDB, on the other hand, gives you an optimistic, reactive, joinable view over synced data. For users who want to use the attachment helper alongside the PowerSync+TanstackDB integration there are blockers. Saving a file (in the local-only attachments table) and associating it with a record (e.g. setting user.photo_id) are two independent writes which could make data races and fatal errors a problem for data consistency.

The original POC (powersync-js#983) proved this integration was viable. This PR productionises a a subset of it as reusable functionality.

Solution

A TanStackDBAttachmentQueue that extends the SDK's AttachmentQueue (for saving and deleting a file) and backs it with a TanStack DB collection.

The package owns the collection-backed saveFile/delete implementation and leaves the wiring to the application (covered in documentation).

Future Work

After this has been released, we can merge the changes made to the PowerSync JS TanstackDB demo.

AI Disclosure

I used Claude Opus to help investigate, implement, and verify this work.

kevin-dp and others added 7 commits June 17, 2026 14:42
…#1593)

* fix(db): use safe randomUUID helper for non-secure browser contexts (TanStack#1541)

* fix(db-sqlite-persistence-core): use safe randomUUID helper (TanStack#1541)

* fix(browser-db-sqlite-persistence): use safe randomUUID helper (TanStack#1541)

* fix(electron-db-sqlite-persistence): use safe randomUUID helper (TanStack#1541)

* fix(offline-transactions): use safe randomUUID helper (TanStack#1541)

* ci: apply automated fixes

* refactor: rename randomUUID helper to safeRandomUUID and add crypto-undefined test

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…ck#1151)

* feat(db): add subtract, multiply, divide math functions

Add missing math functions that were implemented in evaluators but not
exported. These enable computed columns in orderBy for ranking algorithms
like HN-style scoring that balances recency and rating.

- Add subtract(a, b) function
- Add multiply(a, b) function
- Add divide(a, b) function (with null on divide-by-zero)
- Export from query/index.ts
- Add to operators list
- Add comprehensive tests including orderBy usage

* docs: document subtract, multiply, divide math functions

- Add documentation for new math functions in live-queries.md
- Include example of computed columns in orderBy for ranking algorithms
- Add changeset for the new minor feature

* ci: apply automated fixes

* fix: align math function return types

* ci: apply automated fixes

* docs: clarify ranking snapshot semantics

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@Chriztiaan Chriztiaan marked this pull request as ready for review June 23, 2026 12:02
@Chriztiaan Chriztiaan changed the title feat: add attachments support feat(PowerSync): add attachments support Jun 23, 2026

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Overall I'm happy with the approach here. Left a few comments, mostly nits.

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kevin-dp and others added 3 commits June 23, 2026 10:58
* test: cover re-preloading a live query after cleanup

Add a regression test asserting that a live query loads its data again
when it is preloaded after the live query and its source collection were
cleaned up (e.g. when switching data sets at runtime).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: reset live query error state on sync restart so preload recovers after cleanup (TanStack#1576)

A source collection that is cleaned up while a live query depends on it
pushes the live query into an error state and latches `isInErrorState`.
That flag was never reset, so when sync restarted via preload() after
cleanup (e.g. switching profiles without a page refresh),
updateLiveQueryStatus() returned early, markReady() was never called and
the preload promise hung forever.

Reset `isInErrorState` at the start of each sync session so the live
query can become ready again.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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