From 625e8c16c23c1619fccb2e57fa5c70feeb9f8b4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Hawkes <tyler.hawkes@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:54:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(mls/database): add expected_field_value to
 UpdateMetadataData.V1

---
 proto/mls/database/intents.proto | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proto/mls/database/intents.proto b/proto/mls/database/intents.proto
index be256e88..643b5a70 100644
--- a/proto/mls/database/intents.proto
+++ b/proto/mls/database/intents.proto
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ message UpdateMetadataData {
   message V1 {
     string field_name = 1;
     string field_value = 2;
+    // Compare-and-swap guard. When set, the publisher must abandon this
+    // intent unless the field's currently committed value equals this,
+    // rather than overwriting whatever landed in the meantime. Absent
+    // means last-writer-wins, which is the historical behavior.
+    optional string expected_field_value = 3;
   }
 
   oneof version {