@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+"@objectstack/spec": patch
+---
+
+The row properties of the `view.columns`, `view.tabs` and `view.sort` repeaters carry a JSON Schema `title`, so Studio's property panel stops printing raw machine keys as the column headers of those three tables (#17507).
+
+Clause-②: no
+
+Studio renders a `type: 'repeater'` form field as a table whose column headers read `items.properties[k].title ?? k` off the JSON Schema derived from the metadata type schema. None of the 25 row properties of the three view repeaters carried a `title`, so the fallback arm ran and the maker saw `field` / `width` / `isDefault` / `order` in every locale, English included.
+
+- **`view.columns`** — the 14 row properties of `ListColumnSchema` (`Field`, `Label`, `Width (px)`, `Alignment`, `Hidden`, `Sortable`, `Resizable`, `Wrap Text`, `Renderer Type`, `Pinned`, `Summary`, `Prefix`, `Primary Link`, `Click Action`).
+- **`view.tabs`** — the 9 row properties of `ViewTabSchema` (`Name`, `Label`, `Icon`, `List View`, `Filter`, `Display Order`, `Pinned`, `Default Tab`, `Visible`).
+- **`view.sort`** — the list view's INLINE `{ field, order }` sort entry (`Field`, `Direction`). It is not the shared `SortItemSchema`, so titling that schema never reached this table; the titles mirror it.
+- **Nothing the schema accepts or refuses moved.** `.meta({ title })` is presentation metadata: the generated `authorable-surface/` artifacts are byte-identical. The repeater-title ledger loses its last three entries and is now empty, so every repeater a form declares is fully titled and a new untitled one fails its own PR.
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 //     and forgetting to delete its entry is also red, and the ledger can only
 //     shrink.
 //
-// ⛔ Never add an entry to LEDGER to make this file green. An entry is a debt
-// record for a carrier that predates this pin (and, for the five below, one
-// held open by another PR's fence at the time it was written). A NEW untitled
-// repeater is the defect this file exists to catch.
+// ⛔ Never add an entry to LEDGER to make this file green. An entry was a debt
+// record for a carrier that predated this pin (and, for the last ones paid,
+// one held open by another PR's fence at the time it was written). A NEW
+// untitled repeater is the defect this file exists to catch.
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -81,26 +81,20 @@ const FORMS: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]> = [
 ];
 
 /**
- * Carriers still owed titles, as measured on `origin/main` at
- * e758131b3900eb13260f03643e295ca6d625c42b. SHRINK-ONLY — see the header.
- *
- * The remaining `view.*` entries were fenced out of #17232's round by an
- * in-flight PR on their carrier file (#17360 `view.zod.ts`). This pin
- * OBSERVES them without editing them, which is why the set below is the rest
- * of the class and not the slice one PR could reach.
+ * Carriers still owed titles. SHRINK-ONLY — see the header. EMPTY is its
+ * steady state: every repeater a form declares is fully titled, so a new
+ * untitled one is red on the day it lands.
  *
  * `dashboard:widgets` and `dashboard:globalFilters` were paid by #17505,
  * `field:options` and `object:fields.options` by #17506 — one edit for both,
  * because the two carriers resolve to the SAME `SelectOptionSchema` object
  * (`FieldSchema.options` is `z.array(SelectOptionSchema)` and `object.fields`
- * is a record of that same `FieldSchema`). All four are DELETED from this set
- * — a paid debt leaves no entry behind.
+ * is a record of that same `FieldSchema`). `view:columns`, `view:sort` and
+ * `view:tabs` were paid by #17507 — `view:sort` through the list arm's INLINE
+ * `{ field, order }` entry, which is not the shared `SortItemSchema`. All
+ * seven are DELETED from this set — a paid debt leaves no entry behind.
  */
-const LEDGER: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
-  'view:columns',
-  'view:sort',
-  'view:tabs',
-]);
+const LEDGER: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<string>([]);
 
 /** `z.never().optional().describe('[REMOVED] …')` — `shared/retired-key.ts`. */
 const RETIRED_PREFIX = '[REMOVED] ';
 
@@ -1015,29 +1015,35 @@ export const ListColumnSchema = lazySchema(() => strictObject({
   surface: 'this list column',
   history: VIEW_HISTORY,
 }, {
-  field: z.string().describe('Field name (snake_case)'),
-  label: I18nLabelSchema.optional().describe('Display label override'),
-  width: z.number().positive().optional().describe('Column width in pixels'),
-  align: z.enum(['left', 'center', 'right']).optional().describe('Text alignment'),
-  hidden: z.boolean().optional().describe('Hide column by default'),
-  sortable: z.boolean().optional().describe('Allow sorting by this column'),
-  resizable: z.boolean().optional().describe('Allow resizing this column'),
-  wrap: z.boolean().optional().describe('Allow text wrapping'),
-  type: z.string().optional().describe('Renderer type override (e.g., "currency", "date")'),
+  field: z.string().describe('Field name (snake_case)').meta({ title: 'Field' }),
+  label: I18nLabelSchema.optional().describe('Display label override').meta({ title: 'Label' }),
+  width: z.number().positive().optional().describe('Column width in pixels').meta({ title: 'Width (px)' }),
+  align: z.enum(['left', 'center', 'right']).optional().describe('Text alignment').meta({ title: 'Alignment' }),
+  hidden: z.boolean().optional().describe('Hide column by default').meta({ title: 'Hidden' }),
+  sortable: z.boolean().optional().describe('Allow sorting by this column').meta({ title: 'Sortable' }),
+  resizable: z.boolean().optional().describe('Allow resizing this column').meta({ title: 'Resizable' }),
+  wrap: z.boolean().optional().describe('Allow text wrapping').meta({ title: 'Wrap Text' }),
+  type: z.string().optional().describe('Renderer type override (e.g., "currency", "date")')
+    .meta({ title: 'Renderer Type' }),
 
   /** Pinning (Airtable-style frozen columns) */
-  pinned: z.enum(['left', 'right']).optional().describe('Pin/freeze column to left or right side'),
+  pinned: z.enum(['left', 'right']).optional().describe('Pin/freeze column to left or right side')
+    .meta({ title: 'Pinned' }),
 
   /** Column Footer Summary (Airtable-style aggregation) */
   summary: z.union([ColumnSummarySchema, ColumnSummaryConfigSchema]).optional()
-    .describe('Footer aggregation for this column — the function alone, or { type, field } to aggregate another field'),
+    .describe('Footer aggregation for this column — the function alone, or { type, field } to aggregate another field')
+    .meta({ title: 'Summary' }),
 
   /** Compound cell (Airtable-style): render another field inline before the value */
-  prefix: ColumnPrefixSchema.optional().describe('Field rendered inline before this cell value'),
+  prefix: ColumnPrefixSchema.optional().describe('Field rendered inline before this cell value')
+    .meta({ title: 'Prefix' }),
 
   /** Interaction */
-  link: z.boolean().optional().describe('Functions as the primary navigation link (triggers View navigation)'),
-  action: z.string().optional().describe('Registered Action ID to execute when clicked'),
+  link: z.boolean().optional().describe('Functions as the primary navigation link (triggers View navigation)')
+    .meta({ title: 'Primary Link' }),
+  action: z.string().optional().describe('Registered Action ID to execute when clicked')
+    .meta({ title: 'Click Action' }),
 }));
 
 /**
@@ -1664,15 +1670,15 @@ export const ViewTabSchema = lazySchema(() => strictObject({
   surface: 'this view tab',
   history: VIEW_HISTORY,
 }, {
-  name: SnakeCaseIdentifierSchema.describe('Tab identifier (snake_case)'),
-  label: I18nLabelSchema.optional().describe('Display label'),
-  icon: z.string().optional().describe('Tab icon name'),
-  view: z.string().optional().describe('Referenced list view name from listViews'),
-  filter: z.array(ViewFilterRuleSchema).optional().describe('Tab-specific filter criteria'),
-  order: z.number().int().min(0).optional().describe('Tab display order'),
-  pinned: z.boolean().default(false).describe('Pin tab (cannot be removed by users)'),
-  isDefault: z.boolean().default(false).describe('Set as the default active tab'),
-  visible: z.boolean().default(true).describe('Tab visibility'),
+  name: SnakeCaseIdentifierSchema.describe('Tab identifier (snake_case)').meta({ title: 'Name' }),
+  label: I18nLabelSchema.optional().describe('Display label').meta({ title: 'Label' }),
+  icon: z.string().optional().describe('Tab icon name').meta({ title: 'Icon' }),
+  view: z.string().optional().describe('Referenced list view name from listViews').meta({ title: 'List View' }),
+  filter: z.array(ViewFilterRuleSchema).optional().describe('Tab-specific filter criteria').meta({ title: 'Filter' }),
+  order: z.number().int().min(0).optional().describe('Tab display order').meta({ title: 'Display Order' }),
+  pinned: z.boolean().default(false).describe('Pin tab (cannot be removed by users)').meta({ title: 'Pinned' }),
+  isDefault: z.boolean().default(false).describe('Set as the default active tab').meta({ title: 'Default Tab' }),
+  visible: z.boolean().default(true).describe('Tab visibility').meta({ title: 'Visible' }),
 }).describe('Tab configuration for multi-tab view interface'));
 
 /**
@@ -2706,8 +2712,10 @@ const ListViewShapeSchema = lazySchema(() => strictObject({
       id: VIEW_CONSOLE_ROW_ID_GUIDANCE,
     },
   }, {
-    field: z.string(),
-    order: z.enum(['asc', 'desc'])
+    // Titles mirror the shared `SortItemSchema` (`shared/enums.zod.ts`): this
+    // entry is an INLINE shape, so titling that schema never reached it.
+    field: z.string().meta({ title: 'Field' }),
+    order: z.enum(['asc', 'desc']).meta({ title: 'Direction' }),
   }), {
     // Only the spelling that used to be legal gets the retirement message; a
     // number, an object, anything else keeps zod's default `invalid_type`.