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Merge pull request #2 from powersync-ja/update-main
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into update-main-2
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Merge pull request #3 from powersync-ja/update-main-2
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into upstream/update-main-4
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Merge pull request #8 from powersync-ja/upstream/update-main-4
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Added attachments support.
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Types and tests.
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Docs.
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changeset.
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Rename saveFileTanStack => save, deleteFIleTanStack => delete.
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Made `updateHook` synchronous and updated `AttachmentQueueRow` typing.
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Merge branch 'main' into feat/powersync-attachments
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Minor patch changeset. Updated docs to reflec sync nature of updateHook.
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Rollback new written attachment on transaction failure.
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/curly-planets-lead.md
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'@tanstack/powersync-db-collection': minor
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Add attachments support via `TanStackDBAttachmentQueue`. This extends the PowerSync SDK's `AttachmentQueue` and backs it with
a TanStack DB collection, so file uploads/deletes are managed atomically alongside the relational data.
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completed: todo.completed,
})),
})
```

## Attachments

`@tanstack/powersync-db-collection` ships `TanStackDBAttachmentQueue`, an [`AttachmentQueue`](https://docs.powersync.com/usage/use-case-examples/attachments-files) whose file operations commit inside a TanStack DB collection transaction. This lets you create (or delete) an attachment and mutate a related collection row (for example, setting `lists.photo_id`) atomically in a single transaction, instead of issuing two independent writes.

The queue extends PowerSync's `AttachmentQueue`, so the generic concepts are unchanged and documented once in the SDK.

> This section only covers what is specific to the TanStack DB integration. For storage adapters (local and remote), the `AttachmentTable` schema primitive, error-handling/retry semantics, and the `startSync()` / `stopSync()` lifecycle, see the [PowerSync attachments documentation](https://docs.powersync.com/usage/use-case-examples/attachments-files).

### Prerequisites

These are standard PowerSync attachment requirements. See the SDK attachments docs for details.

- An `AttachmentTable` in your schema:

```ts
import { AttachmentTable, Schema } from "@powersync/web"

const APP_SCHEMA = new Schema({
// ...your tables
attachments: new AttachmentTable(),
})
```

- A local storage adapter (such as `IndexDBFileSystemStorageAdapter` on web) and a remote storage adapter (an implementation of the SDK's `RemoteStorageAdapter`, for example backed by Supabase Storage). Both are generic to all attachment users. See the SDK docs for the available adapters and the remote-adapter contract.

### 1. Create the attachments collection

This is the piece that makes the integration TanStack-aware: a normal PowerSync collection over the attachments table. The queue reads and writes attachment records through it.

```ts
import { createCollection } from "@tanstack/react-db"
import { powerSyncCollectionOptions } from "@tanstack/powersync-db-collection"

const attachmentsCollection = createCollection(
powerSyncCollectionOptions({
database: db,
table: APP_SCHEMA.props.attachments,
})
)
```

### 2. Construct the queue

Pass your collection as `attachmentsCollection` alongside the standard `AttachmentQueue` options. Only `attachmentsCollection` and `watchAttachments` (below) are specific to this package; `db`, `localStorage`, `remoteStorage`, and `errorHandler` are the usual SDK options.

```ts
import { TanStackDBAttachmentQueue } from "@tanstack/powersync-db-collection"

const attachmentQueue = new TanStackDBAttachmentQueue({
db,
attachmentsCollection, // TanStack DB collection over your AttachmentTable
localStorage, // SDK local storage adapter
remoteStorage, // your RemoteStorageAdapter (see SDK docs)
watchAttachments, // see step 3
errorHandler, // standard AttachmentQueue error handler (see SDK docs)
})
```

Start and stop syncing with the standard `attachmentQueue.startSync()` / `attachmentQueue.stopSync()` lifecycle (see SDK docs), typically inside a React effect or provider.

### 3. Tell the queue which attachments exist (`watchAttachments`)

`watchAttachments` reports the set of attachment IDs your data currently references, so the queue knows what to download and what to archive. With TanStack DB you drive it from a live query: emit the initial state, then re-emit the complete set on every change, and clean up on abort.

```ts
import {
createCollection,
isNull,
liveQueryCollectionOptions,
not,
} from "@tanstack/db"
import { WatchedAttachmentItem } from "@powersync/web"

const watchAttachments = async (onUpdate, abortSignal) => {
// Every row in your data model that references an attachment.
const livePhotoIds = createCollection(
liveQueryCollectionOptions({
query: (q) =>
q
.from({ document: listsCollection })
.where(({ document }) => not(isNull(document.photo_id)))
.select(({ document }) => ({ photo_id: document.photo_id })),
})
)

const mapper = (item) =>
({
id: item.photo_id,
fileExtension: "jpg",
}) satisfies WatchedAttachmentItem

// 1. Report the initial set of referenced attachment IDs.
const initialState = await livePhotoIds.stateWhenReady()
onUpdate(Array.from(initialState.values()).map(mapper))

// 2. Re-emit the whole set on every change (the queue expects the holistic state).
livePhotoIds.subscribeChanges(() => {
onUpdate(livePhotoIds.map(mapper))
})

// 3. Clean up when sync stops.
abortSignal.addEventListener("abort", () => livePhotoIds.cleanup(), {
once: true,
})
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}
```

### 4. Save an attachment atomically with related data

`save` writes the file, inserts the attachment record into your collection, and runs your `updateHook` mutations in the same transaction. Use the hook to insert or update the row that references the new attachment, so both land together or not at all.

```ts
await attachmentQueue.save({
data, // file bytes (ArrayBuffer / base64, per your local adapter)
fileExtension: "jpg",
updateHook: (attachmentRecord) => {
// Runs in the same transaction as the attachment insert.
listsCollection.insert({
id: crypto.randomUUID(),
name,
created_at: new Date(),
owner_id: userID,
photo_id: attachmentRecord.id, // associate the row with the attachment
})
},
})
```

> `updateHook` must be synchronous, it runs inside the transaction's synchronous `mutate()` block and its return value is not awaited, so any mutation after an `await` escapes the transaction. Do asynchronous work before calling `save` or `delete`.

### 5. Delete an attachment and detach it from the row

`delete` queues the file for deletion and runs your `updateHook` in the same transaction. Clear the foreign key so the row and the attachment stay consistent. As with `save`, the hook must be synchronous.

```ts
await attachmentQueue.delete({
id: photo_id,
updateHook: () => {
listsCollection.update(listId, (draft) => {
draft.photo_id = null
})
},
})
```

### 6. Display attachments via a live-query join

Join your attachments collection into a live query to read the local URI (the locally cached file path) alongside your domain rows:

```ts
import { eq } from "@tanstack/db"

const { data } = useLiveQuery((q) =>
q
.from({ lists: listsCollection })
.leftJoin({ attachment: attachmentsCollection }, ({ lists, attachment }) =>
eq(lists.photo_id, attachment.id)
)
.select(({ lists, attachment }) => ({
id: lists.id,
name: lists.name,
photo_id: lists.photo_id,
attachment_local_uri: attachment?.local_uri,
}))
)
```
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"p-defer": "^4.0.1"
},
"peerDependencies": {
"@powersync/common": "^1.41.0"
"@powersync/common": "^1.57.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@powersync/common": "1.49.0",
"@powersync/node": "0.18.1",
"@powersync/common": "1.57.0",
"@powersync/node": "0.19.2",
"@types/debug": "^4.1.12",
"@vitest/coverage-istanbul": "^3.2.4",
"better-sqlite3": "^12.6.2"
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