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ALEF-PAT-016

silent-protocol-conversion

integrate × lossy-translation-no-warning · severity 7 · confidence 0.88

Bridge between two protocols (e.g., gRPC ↔ REST, OpenAPI ↔ Zod) silently drops fields the target doesn't support. Consumer thinks data is complete; it isn't.

diagnosed in the wild

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healed by ALEF

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observable signature

{
  "behavior": "providerConfig.needConversion=true AND no conversion-warning header"
}

fix archetypes

  • x-conversion-headercost: tiny

    every converted response carries X-Gateway-Conversion: <from>→<to>; dropped=<fields>

  • strict-modecost: small

    providerConfig.requireNative=true returns 501 instead of converting

cite as

# In a PR description / issue / RFC:
fixes pattern ALEF-PAT-016 (silent-protocol-conversion)
ref: https://n50.io/patterns/016

# Machine query:
GET https://n50.io/api/patterns/016

# Scan your repo for this pattern:
npx @alef-prime/audit-agent-system . --pattern=016