feat(drive): composite document queries: a page plus derived sub-queries under one merged proof

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Issue being fixed or feature implemented

A feed page is one query and then, for that page, a burst of dependent ones: the quoted posts, the per-post like counts, the reposts, the authors' profiles, the viewer's own likes. Every one of them takes the page's ids or owners as input, so a client cannot issue them until the page is back, and each is its own proof against its own root. Chained queries (#4547) solved one shape of this (indexOnly inner, one join by id). This PR generalizes it into composite document queries: a page plus any number of sub-queries derived from its proven results, answered as ONE merged grovedb proof over one state root.

What was done?

rs-drive core (query/drive_composite_document_query), the Drive entry points (query_composite_documents / _with_proof, versioned), and the verifier (verify_composite_documents_proof, versioned), plus the version-table slots.

Sub-query shapes, all bound to a source (the page, or an earlier documents sub-query) by <field> IN <values read off the source's proven documents>:

• by-id join: bind.field == "$id"; the source property must declare refersTo: permanentDocument targeting the sub-query's type, so every derived id resolves and the result is set-equal to the ids in first-appearance order (a missing referenced document is an invalid proof, exactly as chained); it takes no fixed clauses, which could legitimately miss ids;
• documents lookup by $ownerId or an indexed property, fixed clauses allowed, target may be in another contract; absence is inherent in the range proof; the limit is required on a non-unique index and forbidden when the values already bound the result (a unique index, or an indexOnly terminal with every prefix fixed). The limit caps the rows the lookup returns in total, in walk order, like an ordinary IN query's;
• count on a countable index (grouped point-lookup count keyed by the bound values);
• an unbound sibling documents query.

Derived values are identifiers. The page needs an explicit limit of at most 100 and takes no cursor or offset (paginate with a range clause). A count may not select a count tree that another component descends through: grovedb cannot return the tree and walk into it in one merged selection. The shape check refuses a count and a documents component on one index path up front; the actual derived values are checked again on both entry points, so disjoint selections on the same index (the total for one post, the per-owner rows of another) stay usable.

Server: materialize the page (and any sub-query feeding a later binding), derive, prove_query_many over every component; root-hash bracketed and retried like chained. Every component walks in the page's direction, because the merge requires agreement: counts and by-id joins are aligned freely (their sets do not depend on direction; counts come back in key order, joins in first-appearance order), a documents sub-query the caller left unordered on its bound field inherits the page's direction, and a documents sub-query whose explicit ordering disagrees with the page is refused, since turning a limited lookup around would change the rows it returns.

Verifier: bootstrap subset pass on the page (and binding sources, assembled exactly as the server assembles them before a later binding derives from them), derive with the same builders, merge the same way, one authoritative verify_query, then route proved entries back to components: documents by longest base path and bound-value membership, counts by their complete terminal positions (two counts with the same bound values but different fixed clauses produce entries with identical keys, so base path plus key cannot tell them apart). Refused: an entry no derivation asked for, a dangling join, and a proven page that derives different values than the proof covers. A page-only proof (a node ignoring the sub-queries) fails closed.

Depends on two grovedb merge fixes, both merged: dashpay/grovedb#850 (pinned by #4597) lets a limited branch descend into a key another branch owns, which a limited page on post plus a by-id join on post, or two limited branches under one contract key once a cross-contract lookup lifts the common path, need; dashpay/grovedb#851 (pinned by #4602, the base of this PR) gives a synthesized split body the inputs' direction, which a descending page plus a cross-contract lookup plus a limited lookup under the page's own contract needs.

How Has This Been Tested?

composite_query_e2e_tests (new yappr-feed fixture plus the dashpay contract for the cross-contract profile lookup):

• should_answer_the_feed_composition_with_proof_parity: like counts, quoted-post join (two posts quoting one target derive one id), repost lookup, page-author profiles (a missing profile is a proven absence), quoted-author profiles (bound to the join, not the page); server result equals verified result component for component
• should_prove_the_viewers_marks_as_an_index_only_lookup: like byLiker pinned on $ownerId with postId IN page
• should_prove_an_empty_page_alone, should_refuse_a_page_only_proof, should_refuse_a_dangling_reference, should_tell_a_by_ids_page_from_a_join_on_the_same_type, should_reject_invalid_composite_shapes (16 shapes, including a filtered join)
• should_preserve_join_order_before_deriving_later_bindings, should_route_counts_by_complete_positions_including_overlapping_queries, should_reject_conflicting_document_directions_even_when_the_page_is_empty, should_reject_count_tree_descents_but_allow_disjoint_count_selections, should_check_count_and_document_descents_against_the_actual_bound_values, should_preserve_descending_documents_and_key_ordered_counts
• should_inherit_the_page_direction_for_unordered_lookups: a descending by-ids page with unordered cross-contract profiles, the viewer's likes and a count merges, proves and verifies with the lookups walking descending; a limited same-contract lookup returns its capped rows from the top of the walk; the cross-contract lookup and the limited lookup together (the case grovedb feat(rs-dpp): migrate fees from js-dpp v0.24 #851 unblocks) do too; an explicit ascending ordering under the descending page is refused on every entry point

14 e2e tests. Also chained / indexOnly / countable suites unchanged; clippy clean on drive; verify-only feature build clean.

Breaking Changes

None (new surface; no consensus or wire change in this PR).

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• New Features

  • Added composite document queries that combine a page of documents with related document and count sub-queries.
  • Added support for generating and verifying a single proof covering the complete composed result.
  • Added validation for query limits, bindings, ordering, references, and unsupported query shapes.
  • Added versioned support for composite querying and proof verification.

• Tests

  • Added end-to-end coverage for successful queries, proof validation, references, routing, empty results, and invalid query configurations.

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Adds composite document queries that combine a page with derived document and count sub-queries. The implementation materializes and proves merged results, while verification re-derives bindings and validates one composed proof. Platform versions and end-to-end tests are included.

Changes

Composite document query

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Query contracts and version wiring packages/rs-drive/src/query/..., packages/rs-drive/src/drive/document/query/..., packages/rs-platform-version/src/version/drive_versions/...	Adds composite query types, binding definitions, result types, query limits, feature modules, and version entries for execution and verification.
Validation and proof query composition packages/rs-drive/src/query/drive_composite_document_query/mod.rs	Validates query shapes, derives binding values, builds component path queries, decodes proof trios, and assembles page and sub-query results.
Drive execution and proof production packages/rs-drive/src/drive/document/query/query_composite_documents/..., packages/rs-drive/src/query/drive_composite_document_query/mod.rs	Adds version-dispatched Drive methods, v0 materialization and fee handling, merged proof production, and root-hash race retries.
Merged proof verification packages/rs-drive/src/verify/composite_document/...	Adds bootstrap and authoritative verification passes that re-derive bindings and reject corrupted or incomplete composite proofs.
Fixture and end-to-end validation packages/rs-drive/src/drive/contract/insert/insert_contract/v0/tests/..., packages/rs-drive/tests/supporting_files/contract/...	Adds feed and profile fixtures and tests for joins, counts, ordering, empty pages, invalid proofs, dangling references, and invalid query shapes.

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The composite-query version slot currently changes a historical method table used by existing protocol versions. Preserve that table through a new version or compatible mechanism before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant Drive
  participant CompositeQuery
  participant Verifier
  Client->>Drive: Submit page and sub-query definitions
  Drive->>CompositeQuery: Materialize page and derived sub-queries
  CompositeQuery-->>Drive: CompositeDocumentsResult and merged proof
  Drive-->>Client: Result and proof
  Client->>Verifier: Submit proof and query
  Verifier->>CompositeQuery: Re-derive bindings and rebuild merged query
  CompositeQuery-->>Verifier: Verified CompositeDocumentsResult
  Verifier-->>Client: RootHash and verified result

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packages/rs-drive/src/drive/contract/insert/insert_contract/v0/tests/composite_query_e2e_tests.rs (1)

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Assert the derived count for the sibling-bound sub-query.

The comment states this sub-query verifies that the sibling's limit is applied before deriving values. No assertion reads sub_results[3]. The parity check at lines 708-709 only compares the materialized and verified paths against each other, so both can agree on a wrong derived count. Add an explicit counts(&verified.sub_results[3]) assertion for the single postId that the limited descending sibling yields.

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In
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around lines 683 - 691, Add an explicit assertion in the composite query test
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`@packages/rs-drive/src/drive/contract/insert/insert_contract/v0/tests/composite_query_e2e_tests.rs`:
- Around line 683-691: Add an explicit assertion in the composite query test for
the derived count in verified.sub_results[3], using counts and the single postId
produced by the limited descending sibling sub-query. Keep the existing parity
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