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Summary

This PR successfully implements metadata preservation in message conversion for the react-ai-sdk package. The changes ensure that metadata is properly passed through for user, system, and assistant roles, with backward compatibility for legacy annotations and data fields in assistant messages.

Changes Analyzed

Modified Files:

• packages/react-ai-sdk/src/ui/utils/convertMessage.ts - Core metadata preservation logic
• packages/react-ai-sdk/src/ui/utils/toCreateMessage.ts - Metadata handling in message creation
• .changeset/bright-snakes-beg.md - Changeset file

Key Changes:

1. Added MessageMetadata type alias from ThreadMessageLike["metadata"]
2. Preserved metadata for user and system roles (line 213, 222)
3. Enhanced assistant role metadata handling with legacy field support (lines 225-253)
4. Added metadata to toCreateMessage function output (line 52)

Critical Issues

1. Missing Null Safety Check for incomingMetadata?.custom

Location: convertMessage.ts:251

The code accesses incomingMetadata?.custom with optional chaining, but then falls back to an empty object {} if it's undefined. However, if incomingMetadata exists but custom is explicitly null or has other unexpected values, this could cause issues.

Current Code:

custom: incomingMetadata?.custom ?? {},

Consideration: This pattern is consistent with the other metadata fields and follows the same approach. The optional chaining should handle the case where incomingMetadata is undefined, and the nullish coalescing provides a safe default. This is likely acceptable, but worth verifying that custom field type allows this.

2. Metadata Type Casting Without Validation

Location: convertMessage.ts:213, 222, 234

The code casts message.metadata to MessageMetadata without validation:

metadata: message.metadata as MessageMetadata,

Risk: If the incoming UIMessage.metadata structure doesn't match ThreadMessageLike["metadata"], this could lead to type mismatches at runtime.

Recommendation: Consider adding runtime validation or at least a type guard to ensure the metadata structure is valid before casting. Alternatively, document the expected contract clearly.

3. Complex Type Inference May Be Fragile

Location: convertMessage.ts:227-231

annotations?: MessageMetadata extends {
  unstable_annotations?: infer A;
}
  ? A
  : never;

This conditional type inference is clever but may be fragile if MessageMetadata structure changes. If the metadata type evolves, this inference could break silently.

Recommendation: Consider extracting this type to a named type or adding a comment explaining the inference logic.

Suggested Improvements

/**
 * Metadata type for messages, extracted from ThreadMessageLike.
 * Contains unstable_annotations, unstable_data, and custom fields.
 */
type MessageMetadata = ThreadMessageLike["metadata"];

const extractAssistantMetadata = (
  message: UIMessage,
  incomingMetadata: MessageMetadata | undefined
): MessageMetadata => {
  const legacyMessage = message as UIMessage & {
    annotations?: MessageMetadata extends { unstable_annotations?: infer A }
      ? A
      : never;
    data?: unknown | readonly unknown[];
  };
  
  return {
    unstable_annotations:
      incomingMetadata?.unstable_annotations ?? legacyMessage.annotations,
    unstable_data:
      incomingMetadata?.unstable_data ??
      (Array.isArray(legacyMessage.data)
        ? legacyMessage.data
        : legacyMessage.data
          ? [legacyMessage.data]
          : undefined),
    custom: incomingMetadata?.custom ?? {},
  };
};

type LegacyAssistantMessage = UIMessage & {
  annotations?: MessageMetadata extends {
    unstable_annotations?: infer A;
  }
    ? A
    : never;
  data?: unknown | readonly unknown[];
};

// Then use:
const legacyMessage = message as LegacyAssistantMessage;

metadata: message.metadata as MessageMetadata,

const incomingMetadata = message.metadata as MessageMetadata;

Good Practices Observed

• ✅ Proper use of optional chaining and nullish coalescing for safe fallbacks
• ✅ Backward compatibility maintained for legacy annotations and data fields
• ✅ Appropriate changeset file included for the patch version bump
• ✅ Code formatting applied by autofix.ci

Security & Performance

• Security: No security concerns identified. Metadata is passed through without evaluation or execution.
• Performance: Minimal performance impact. The metadata extraction logic runs once per message conversion.

Changeset Review

✅ Appropriate: The changeset correctly identifies this as a patch change for @assistant-ui/react-ai-sdk with a clear description.

Recommendation

Approve with Suggestions - The implementation is functional and maintains backward compatibility. The critical issues identified are primarily about type safety and defensive programming. Consider addressing the suggested improvements in a follow-up if not in this PR.

The metadata preservation logic is sound, but would benefit from:

1. Documentation of the metadata contract
2. Test coverage for the various metadata scenarios
3. Slightly improved type safety in the casting operations

@Yonom @AVGVSTVS96 is there something preventing this from being merged?