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Add direct PowerSync package (without SQLite) - #2377
This adds a new PowerSync-based collection package, @tanstack/powersync-direct-collection. Unlike the existing PowerSync package, this one doesn't use a PowerSync SDK and SQLite database. Instead, it connects to the PowerSync service through JavaScript and writes directly to begin(), write() and commit() without an intermediate layer.
Local mutations rely on optimistic updates built in to TanStack DB. To synchronize uploads and downloads, users call and await confirmWrites(), which uses a PowerSync protocol to wait for the logical snapshot at (or after) the confirmWrites() call to have synced back down.
It is not a goal to replace the existing package, they both have valid use-cases:
The existing package continues to be great for existing PowerSync apps wanting to adopt TanStack DB, as they can use existing backend connectors for the write path.
The new package is a good fit for online-only web apps wanting to use PowerSync without paying the bundle size cost of a full SQLite integration.
Because the packages use a fundamentally different approach, the new collection is documented on a separate page. Both PowerSync pages link to each other to explain the pros/cons of either package.
Note that I also had to update Node to version 26, the PowerSync JavaScript client uses modern JS like Map.prototype.getOrInsertComputed for efficiency and smaller bundle size. Let me know if that should be a separate PR.
🔬 Oracle Coverage
Like the existing (SQLite-based) PowerSync collection package, this is tested through db-adapter-conformance. Tests use a mocked sync service to inject rows.
✅ Checklist
I have tested this code locally with pnpm test.
🚀 Release Impact
As this is a new package which will require a custom initial publishing, I have not added a changeset for this.
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New Features
Added PowerSync Direct collections, which synchronize data through Sync Streams without requiring SQLite. They support eager and on-demand synchronization, write confirmation, and connection and stream status reporting.
Documentation
Added setup and usage guidance for PowerSync Direct collections, including synchronization and error handling.
Clarified the differences between SQLite-backed and in-memory PowerSync collections, and expanded compatibility and backend information, including SQL Server support.
This pull request adds a PowerSync collection package that uses Sync Streams without SQLite. It includes eager and on-demand synchronization, documentation, and adapter conformance tests. It also updates the Node.js version and clarifies the existing SQLite collection documentation.
Adds package metadata, build configuration, and the collection API. The new guide covers in-memory collection setup and use. The existing guide and navigation identify the SQLite-backed collection separately and add SQL Server and additional supported JavaScript SDKs.
Stream synchronization and collection readiness packages/powersync-direct-collection/src/index.ts
sequenceDiagram
participant PowerSyncClient
participant TableListener
participant PowerSyncCollection
participant TanStackDB
PowerSyncCollection->>PowerSyncClient: Register table listener and acquire stream lease
PowerSyncClient->>TableListener: Deliver table changes after stream sync
TableListener->>TanStackDB: Apply row changes
PowerSyncCollection->>PowerSyncClient: Read table snapshot after lease sync
PowerSyncCollection->>TanStackDB: Apply snapshot and mark collection ready
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Possibly related issues
TanStack/db#2118: The issue proposes a shared adapter conformance suite that includes PowerSync. This pull request adds PowerSync direct adapter coverage to that conformance approach.
Possibly related PRs
TanStack/db#2392: This PR changes key handling for the SQLite-backed PowerSync collection. PR #2392 identifies numeric-key support in the direct package as a related follow-up.
Suggested reviewers:kyleamathews, lachlancollins
Merge Risk: Low · up to 92a14
An unloaded on-demand subset can in rare races leave a stream subscription active until cleanup. Contributors on a fresh Node 26 install must install Corepack separately before following the documented setup. Both issues are bounded and fixable with small changes, so the PR is mergeable once they are addressed or accepted.
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The title "Add direct PowerSync package (without SQLite)" names the main change. The PR adds the new @tanstack/powersync-direct-collection package. The raw summary confirms this package connects through JavaScript and does not use a SQLite layer. The title is short and specific, so a teammate scanning history can identify the primary change.
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The description covers the Changes section well. It explains the new package, its difference from the SQLite-based PowerSync package, the write path via begin/write/commit, confirmWrites(), and the Node 26 upgrade. The Oracle Coverage section names db-adapter-conformance and a mocked sync service, but gives no oracle owner, histories, or observation checkpoints. The Release Impact section has no checkbox ticked. The author says no changeset was added, but the diff includes .changeset/four-lamps-fall.md, which contradicts the description. The template's required checkboxes are not filled in correctly.
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Correct the Release Impact section. A changeset file (.changeset/four-lamps-fall.md) is in the diff, so the description must match it. Tick the applicable box: this change affects published code and a changeset was generated. 2) Expand Oracle Coverage. Name the coverage-map oracle owner (packages/powersync-direct-collection/tests/eager-live-source-conformance-oracle.property.test.ts, owning src/index.ts#powerSyncCollectionOptions). State the violated law and scope, the number of histories (400, seed 2118), the production paths, and the RED/GREEN result. Also list the remaining limits, such as the excluded real sync-service, delivery-error, failure-after-ready, mutation, reload, and on-demand claims. 3) Address the reported failing tests. The PR objectives say package tests still failed on the resolved branch. Record their current status in the description. 4) Check the Checklist item. It is ticked, but the PR objectives report failing package tests. Confirm that pnpm test passes, or state the open failures.
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I resolved the merge conflicts with main and pushed the result to taren/powersync-direct-conflicts in TanStack/db. The merge preserves the direct PowerSync dependency and replay registration, and moves the existing conformance test to the shared oracleProperty runner. GitHub denies direct pushes to the fork, so this branch contains the completed conflict resolution.
The frozen install and package build passed. The package tests still fail on the resolved branch. The first checkpoint test observes an empty collection after preload, and the eager conformance oracle observes loading where it expects ready.
Thanks Tanner! The test failures are because the client in use doesn't support Node 24, I have upgraded to Node 26. If that's not acceptable we'd have to look into ways to inject polyfills into the runner for that package.
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Install the Corepack module before running corepack enable.
With .nvmrc set to 26.13.1, Node.js does not bundle Corepack. The corepack enable step in CONTRIBUTING.md (line 29) can fail on a fresh nvm install and nvm use. Update the setup steps in CONTRIBUTING.md (lines 26-30) to install the userland corepack module first, then run corepack enable. The Node.js documentation describes this userland module as the replacement for the bundled executable (Node.js Corepack docs).
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Stop retrying a shared load after an explicit unload.
If unloadSubset(options) runs while the shared load awaits applied(), the load rejects with an AbortError. The waiting caller then calls loadSubset(options) again. If every caller has already unloaded, nothing releases the new lease, so it stays active until cleanup() or another unload for the same options.
Mark explicit unloads on the acquisition. Rethrow those rejections instead of retrying. Callers that still need the subset must load it again.
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Update the acquisition state used by loadSubset and unloadSubset to record when that acquisition is explicitly unloaded. In the shared-loading rejection handler, rethrow the error for an unloaded acquisition instead of retrying; retain the existing retry behavior for other failures so callers that still need the subset can load it again.
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🎯 Changes
This adds a new PowerSync-based collection package,
@tanstack/powersync-direct-collection. Unlike the existing PowerSync package, this one doesn't use a PowerSync SDK and SQLite database. Instead, it connects to the PowerSync service through JavaScript and writes directly tobegin(),write()andcommit()without an intermediate layer.Local mutations rely on optimistic updates built in to TanStack DB. To synchronize uploads and downloads, users call and await
confirmWrites(), which uses a PowerSync protocol to wait for the logical snapshot at (or after) theconfirmWrites()call to have synced back down.It is not a goal to replace the existing package, they both have valid use-cases:
Because the packages use a fundamentally different approach, the new collection is documented on a separate page. Both PowerSync pages link to each other to explain the pros/cons of either package.
Note that I also had to update Node to version 26, the PowerSync JavaScript client uses modern JS like
Map.prototype.getOrInsertComputedfor efficiency and smaller bundle size. Let me know if that should be a separate PR.🔬 Oracle Coverage
Like the existing (SQLite-based) PowerSync collection package, this is tested through
db-adapter-conformance. Tests use a mocked sync service to inject rows.✅ Checklist
pnpm test.🚀 Release Impact
As this is a new package which will require a custom initial publishing, I have not added a changeset for this.
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