evaluating-sdk-internal-updates

Evaluating sdk-internal Updates

Identify both compile-time and runtime breaks before fixing anything — fixing the first break found is not finishing. Steps 3-7 always cover the entire commit range before step 8 starts, no matter how obvious or urgent an early compile-time break looks.

Identify

Binding surface facts specific to this SDK: #[uniffi::export] / derive(uniffi::...) annotations are scattered across many crates, not just crates/bitwarden-uniffi; crates/bitwarden-ffi is unrelated ("do not use"). No .udl files. UniFFI emits one Kotlin package per crate (com.bitwarden.core, com.bitwarden.vault, com.bitwarden.crypto, etc.) — only the top-level Client/AuthClient/GeneratorClients actually live under com.bitwarden.sdk. Both app and authenticator depend on the SDK; neither is optional to search.

A hunk that only touches a macro invocation (e.g. state_bridge! { ... }) doesn't show the binding surface — the expansion lives in the macro's definition, often in a different crate (e.g. bitwarden-state-bridge-macro). #[uniffi::export(with_foreign)] marks a callback interface: a trait Kotlin must implement, where adding a field/method is never additive-safe for the implementor.

1. Locate the local bitwarden/sdk-internal clone (check sibling directories to this repo). If none exists, stop and tell the user it's a required prerequisite for this skill — do not clone it yourself.
2. gh pr diff <PR> -R bitwarden/android | grep bitwardenSdk → old/new bitwardenSdk string. Everything after the second - is the git ref — a commit SHA or a branch name (.dev SDK builds use both); resolve a branch name as origin/<branch> in the clone.
3. Attempt ./gradlew app:compileStandardDebugKotlin authenticator:compileDebugKotlin at the current checkout before crawling sdk-internal. A failure confirms a compile-time break directly, with a more precise location than any git search — note it and continue to steps 4-7 for the full commit range; do not fix it yet. A clean build only rules out compile-time breaks, not runtime ones.
4. git -C <sdk-internal-path> log --oneline OLD..NEW -G'uniffi::export|derive\(uniffi|#\[uniffi' -- '*.rs' → candidate binding-surface commits.
5. Classify per hunk, not per commit — a commit with one additive headline change can still have a second, unrelated breaking hunk. If a hunk only touches a macro invocation, read the macro's definition before classifying. git -C <sdk-internal-path> show <sha> -- '*.rs'.
6. For every distinct symbol/type touched (every hunk, not just the commit's headline change), grep the whole repo for the bare symbol name to find Android call sites — a fixed module list or a com.bitwarden.sdk.<Symbol> import-prefix check both miss real consumers.
7. Report: compile-time breaks, runtime breaks, safe/no-call-site — each with commit, symbol, and call sites. Cite sdk-internal commits and PRs as bitwarden/sdk-internal#<NNN> or a full commit URL/SHA — never a bare #<NNN> copied from a commit subject line. A bare reference auto-links within whatever repo the report is posted to (e.g. bitwarden/android), tagging an unrelated issue or PR there.

Resolve

Resolve the findings from Step 7 by deciding on a fix (step 8), implementing and committing it directly (step 9), then verifying (step 10).

8. Decide the fix for anything found, compile-time or runtime, whenever the correct behavior is clear and within scope. For a new required method, grep for the underlying concept, not the new method/type name (it won't exist yet) — no existing consumer means stub it: a // no-op comment or a null/default return that satisfies the compiler, not a behavioral decision. Never TODO() — it throws at runtime, which is a crash, not a stub. A sibling's structure (naming, placement, style) is a template; its behavior (storage, defaulting, error handling, side effects) is not evidence for yours. If unsure, report it instead of guessing, along with anything needing a product decision.
9. Implement every fix from step 8 directly: invoke Skill(implementing-android-code) first if the fix isn't purely mechanical, then commit with Skill(bitwarden-delivery-tools:committing-changes).
10. Verify with the same compile task used in step 3.