Studio package-create UX dogfood follow-ups (2026-07 browser walkthrough)

[os-zhuang]

Tracking issue for the findings of the Studio "create a package and build in it" browser dogfood — see the full audit in docs/audits/2026-07-studio-package-create-ux-dogfood.md (added by #2609). Console tested at the pinned objectui build 7782698, so none of these are stale-bundle artifacts.

The end-to-end loop (package → object → field → record → app → nav → publish → run) closes with zero code; these are the friction points found along the way, ordered by user pain.

P1

• Read-only packages accept edit gestures client-side, fail late. "Add field" mutates the canvas (16→17 fields) and "New object" opens the create form on a Read-only package; the server rejects only at write time. Client should disable/hide edit affordances on read-only packages (courtesy gating, ADR-0057 D10). (objectui console)
• Read-only rejection copy cites an internal ADR path ("…See docs/adr/0070-package-first-authoring.md"). Rewrite as user-facing remediation ("switch to or create a writable package"). (framework — dispatcher error message)
• Field API name doesn't follow the label before first save. New field stays field_2 after relabeling to Status; the data column is field_2 forever. Sync API name from label until first save, then lock — matching object/app identifier behavior. (objectui console)
• One-click Publish with no confirmation — releases all package drafts atomically straight from the button. Show the pending-changes list with a confirm step. (objectui console)
• Changes panel has no detail — only repair_ticket · New; no field-level diff or drill-in to review before publishing. (objectui console)

P2

• Mixed-language screens: English chrome with embedded Chinese strings (添加字段 / 未分组 / 请选择…) and a fully-Chinese Studio landing next to an English Home. Route all studio strings through the same locale resolution. (objectui console)
• New-package wizard ergonomics: no package-ID suggestion from the name (object/app identifiers do get one); CJK names produce no suggestion at all; illegal characters silently stripped (bad id!! → badid); disabled create button with no inline hint about the reverse-domain format. (objectui console)
• New apps scaffold no navigation — freshly created app has zero nav items; offer "add existing objects as menu items" in the create-app popover. (objectui console)

P3

• Duplicated "Actions" column in the Studio Records grid (data column + pinned row-actions column). (objectui console)
• Record-create verb inconsistency: Studio says Create (adjacent to Create app), runtime says New. (objectui console)
• Cold /_console load shows a bare unbranded "Loading…" for ~8s before the login redirect. (objectui console)
• Picklist value-editor inputs truncate their own placeholders ("valu" / "Labe") and CJK labels (待处理 → 待处…). (objectui console)
• Read-only toast can fire twice for one gesture; no "last saved" timestamp anywhere after Save draft. (objectui console)

Most items are console-side (objectui); the error-copy item is framework-side. Items landing in objectui should get mirrored issues there when picked up.

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[os-zhuang]

Mirror issues opened in objectui for the console-side items:

• P1 read-only client gating → Studio: read-only packages accept edit gestures client-side, fail only at server write objectui#2259
• P1 field API name follows label → Studio: new field's API name doesn't follow the label before first save (permanent field_N columns) objectui#2260
• P1 publish confirm + Changes detail → Studio: Publish needs a confirm step; Changes panel needs field-level detail objectui#2261
• P2 nav scaffolding on app create → Studio: offer to scaffold navigation from existing objects when creating an app objectui#2262

The framework-side item (read-only rejection copy) is fixed in #2625.

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[os-zhuang]

P2 mixed-language item scoped and mirrored: objectstack-ai/objectui#2264. Scan result: ~88 hardcoded Chinese string lines in packages/app-shell/src/views/studio-design/ (BuilderLanding 23, ObjectValidationsPanel 18, StudioDesignSurface 16, ObjectFormDesigner 16, ObjectSettingsPanel 13), all bypassing the i18n layer that's already partially used in the same files — bounded mechanical fix, ready to schedule.

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[os-zhuang]

Status update — parallel sessions landed several items on main while the follow-up PRs were open:

• ✅ P1 read-only rejection copy → fixed by fix(metadata-protocol): drop internal ADR path from read-only package error #2618 (PR fix(metadata-protocol): user-facing copy for writable_package_required rejection #2625 closed as superseded)
• ✅ P1 read-only client gating + field API-name sync → objectui#2263 (supersedes the same work in objectui#2270)
• ✅ P1 publish confirm + Changes detail → objectui#2271
• 🔄 P2 nav scaffolding (objectui#2262) + P2 i18n sweep (objectui#2264) → remain in objectui#2270, which has been re-scoped onto latest main to carry only those two plus ObjectFormDesigner's full read-only mode.

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