@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+'@objectstack/spec': minor
+'@objectstack/service-settings': patch
+'@objectstack/objectql': patch
+---
+
+feat(spec): a `map` settings specifier for keyed rows; the data lifecycle retention overrides, row quotas and per-class quota defaults use it, and both settings doors judge them
+
+Clause-②: yes (widening) — `SpecifierType` gains a member; the save and env doors also start refusing malformed values for the three keys (a narrowing on values that never took effect, named in the PR's BREAKING note)
+Metadata-protocol: added — a package author can now declare a `map` specifier in a settings manifest (a new accepted value of `SpecifierType`)
+
+<!-- adr-0087: not-required (no-migration-prescription) No key of any schema is removed, renamed or re-shaped: `SpecifierType` gains `map` and `Specifier` gains the optional `keyColumn` and `columns`. The three lifecycle keys keep their stored shape, their env variable names and their cascade. What narrows is the set of values the settings doors accept for those three keys: a stored value is runtime state in `sys_setting` / `sys_platform_setting` and an `OS_LIFECYCLE_*` override is a deployment's environment, so there is nothing for a migration to rewrite, and every refused value is one the sweep never applied. -->
+
+**New: the `map` specifier** (`@objectstack/spec`, ADR-0007 as amended 2026-11-08). A setting whose value is keyed rows declares `type: 'map'` with a `keyColumn` (its header) and `columns` (`{ name, label, kind }`, `kind` is `duration` or `positive_integer`). One value column stores `Record<key, value>`; several store `Record<key, { [column]: value }>`. The keys a map admits are served at run time by an option source the settings service registers for the key, never listed in the manifest. `json` stays for raw config.
+
+**`lifecycle.retention_overrides`, `lifecycle.quotas` and `lifecycle.quota_defaults` are `map` specifiers** (`@objectstack/objectql`). Stored values, `OS_LIFECYCLE_*` names and the env, global, organization cascade are unchanged, and the sweep reads the same shapes. Their keys are served from the running system: the objects that declare a lifecycle class other than `record` for the first two, the lifecycle classes other than `record` for `quota_defaults`.
+
+**BREAKING** accept-set narrowing at the settings doors (`@objectstack/service-settings`), for those three keys only.
+
+- **Before.** `PUT /api/settings/lifecycle` and `OS_LIFECYCLE_*` accepted any object under them: a misspelt object (`sys_audit_logs`), a quota written as text (`"1e6"`) or zero, a window written as `30 days`, a column misspelt (`max_age`). Each was stored, answered "saved", and the sweep silently applied nothing for it.
+- **Now.** The save door refuses such a value with `400 SETTINGS_VALIDATION` and one field error for the key, which names the entry and the expected form: `invalid_option` for a key the running system does not have, `invalid_shape` for a cell that is not a duration such as `7y` or a whole number above 0, `unknown_field` for a property no column declares, `invalid_type` for a value that is not an object (JSON text included). The env door rejects such an override with one `error` line, and the key resolves from the next layer of the cascade. A value already stored is not judged until a save touches its key.
+- **Who moves.** Nobody whose values took effect. A script or a deployment that wrote one of the refused values was configuring nothing; the refusal now says so. Durations take `h`, `d`, `w` or `y` (`90d`, `7y`), quotas a whole number above 0, and keys are the object names (or classes) the refusal lists.
+
+**The remedy.** Send keys the deployment has and cells in their column's form: `{ "quotas": { "sys_audit_log": 1000000 } }`, `{ "retention_overrides": { "sys_job_run": { "maxAge": "90d" } } }`; for an override, `OS_LIFECYCLE_QUOTAS='{"sys_audit_log":1000000}'`.
+
+**The console.** Until its `map` control lands (a separate change), Setup → Data Lifecycle draws these three keys as an unsupported specifier type; env overrides and the API are unaffected.
@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ The exception is a `json` specifier, which persists a JSON object or array
 cascade. The save door refuses the same values for a `json` key with an
 `invalid_type` field error, so a client sends the parsed value, never its text.
 
+A `map` specifier (keyed rows, such as `lifecycle.quotas`) is judged further,
+at both doors alike: its JSON text must parse to an object whose every key the
+setting admits (the running system serves the admissible keys, for example the
+objects that declare a lifecycle) and whose every value is of its column's kind,
+such as a duration like `7y` or a whole number above 0. An override that is not
+is not in force, with one `error` line naming the entry and the form expected:
+
+```bash
+OS_LIFECYCLE_QUOTAS='{"sys_audit_log": 1000000}'
+OS_LIFECYCLE_RETENTION_OVERRIDES='{"sys_job_run": {"maxAge": "90d"}}'
+```
+
 **What is stored beneath a pin is listed by the namespace read.** An override in
 force answers `source: 'env'`, `locked: true`, and `get()` / `getMany()` build
 that answer from the env alone, without reading the store. `getNamespace()` — the
 
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ const result = ResolvedSettingValueSchema.parse(data);
 | **pattern** | `string` | optional | Regex pattern (text only) |
 | **rows** | `integer` | optional |  |
 | **handler** | `{ kind: 'http'; method?: Enum<'GET' \| 'POST' \| 'PUT' \| 'DELETE' \| 'PATCH'>; url: string; body?: Record<string, any>; … } \| { kind: 'action'; name: string; params?: Record<string, any>; confirmText?: string \| Record<string, string> } \| { kind: 'navigate'; url: string; target?: Enum<'_self' \| '_blank'> }` | optional | Action handler (action_button) |
+| **keyColumn** | `{ label: string \| Record<string, string>; description?: string }` | optional | Key column (map) |
+| **columns** | `{ name: string; label: string \| Record<string, string>; description?: string; kind: Enum<'duration' \| 'positive_integer'> }[]` | optional | Value columns (map): one stores a scalar per key, several an object |
 | **confirmOffText** | `string \| Record<string, string>` | optional | Confirm dialog text shown before a toggle's value changes to off (omit = no confirm) |
 | **childNamespace** | `string` | optional | Sub-namespace (child_pane) |
 | **bannerText** | `string` | optional | Markdown body (info_banner) |
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ const result = ResolvedSettingValueSchema.parse(data);
 
 | Property | Type | Required | Description |
 | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| **type** | `Enum<'group' \| 'child_pane' \| 'info_banner' \| 'title_value' \| 'text' \| 'textarea' \| 'password' \| 'email' \| 'url' \| 'phone' \| 'number' \| 'toggle' \| 'select' \| 'radio' \| … +5 more>` | ✅ | Specifier variant |
+| **type** | `Enum<'group' \| 'child_pane' \| 'info_banner' \| 'title_value' \| 'text' \| 'textarea' \| 'password' \| 'email' \| 'url' \| 'phone' \| 'number' \| 'toggle' \| 'select' \| 'radio' \| … +6 more>` | ✅ | Specifier variant |
 | **id** | `string` | optional | Stable identifier (snake_case) |
 | **key** | `string` | optional | Storage key (snake_case) |
 | **label** | `string \| Record<string, string>` | ✅ | Display label |
@@ -206,6 +208,8 @@ const result = ResolvedSettingValueSchema.parse(data);
 | **pattern** | `string` | optional | Regex pattern (text only) |
 | **rows** | `integer` | optional |  |
 | **handler** | `{ kind: 'http'; method?: Enum<'GET' \| 'POST' \| 'PUT' \| 'DELETE' \| 'PATCH'>; url: string; body?: Record<string, any>; … } \| { kind: 'action'; name: string; params?: Record<string, any>; confirmText?: string \| Record<string, string> } \| { kind: 'navigate'; url: string; target?: Enum<'_self' \| '_blank'> }` | optional | Action handler (action_button) |
+| **keyColumn** | `{ label: string \| Record<string, string>; description?: string }` | optional | Key column (map) |
+| **columns** | `{ name: string; label: string \| Record<string, string>; description?: string; kind: Enum<'duration' \| 'positive_integer'> }[]` | optional | Value columns (map): one stores a scalar per key, several an object |
 | **confirmOffText** | `string \| Record<string, string>` | optional | Confirm dialog text shown before a toggle's value changes to off (omit = no confirm) |
 | **childNamespace** | `string` | optional | Sub-namespace (child_pane) |
 | **bannerText** | `string` | optional | Markdown body (info_banner) |
@@ -231,6 +235,7 @@ const result = ResolvedSettingValueSchema.parse(data);
 * `slider`
 * `color`
 * `json`
+* `map`
 * `action_button`
 
 ### Nested Shape: `Specifier.options[number]`
@@ -269,6 +274,22 @@ const result = ResolvedSettingValueSchema.parse(data);
 | **url** | `string` | ✅ | Target URL or in-app route |
 | **target** | `Enum<'_self' \| '_blank'>` | optional (default: `"_self"`) |  |
 
+### Nested Shape: `Specifier.keyColumn`
+
+| Property | Type | Required | Description |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **label** | `string \| Record<string, string>` | ✅ | Key column header |
+| **description** | `string` | optional | Help text for the key column |
+
+### Nested Shape: `Specifier.columns[number]`
+
+| Property | Type | Required | Description |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| **name** | `string` | ✅ | Column identifier: the stored property name when the map has several value columns |
+| **label** | `string \| Record<string, string>` | ✅ | Column header |
+| **description** | `string` | optional | Help text for the column |
+| **kind** | `Enum<'duration' \| 'positive_integer'>` | ✅ | Value kind: duration literal or positive integer |
+
 
 ---
 
@@ -367,6 +388,7 @@ This schema accepts one of the following structures:
 * `slider`
 * `color`
 * `json`
+* `map`
 * `action_button`
 
 
 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ADR-0007: Settings — Manifest + K/V Store + Resolver (Apple-style)
 
-**Status**: Accepted — backend implemented; UI pending (objectui) (proposed 2026-05-20 · calibrated 2026-06-12) · **Amended (2026-11-05, #30385)** — D6: a clear (`null`) of an env-pinned key is not refused; it clears the stored value beneath the override and changes nothing in force.
+**Status**: Accepted — backend implemented; UI pending (objectui) (proposed 2026-05-20 · calibrated 2026-06-12) · **Amended (2026-11-05, #30385)** — D6: a clear (`null`) of an env-pinned key is not refused; it clears the stored value beneath the override and changes nothing in force. · **Amended (2026-11-08, #30208)** — §Specifier set gains `map` (keyed rows with typed value columns); `json` stays for raw config and is no longer the home for maps.
 **Deciders**: ObjectStack Protocol Architects
 **Builds on**: [ADR-0005](./0005-metadata-customization-overlay.md) (Metadata Customization Overlay), [ADR-0006 v4](./0006-project-environment-split.v4.md) (Project/Environment Split — this record was originally built on v3, superseded by v4)
 **Consumers**: `@objectstack/spec`, `@objectstack/platform-objects`, new `@objectstack/service-settings`, `@objectstack/plugin-auth` (Setup app), `objectui` (Settings renderer)
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ ObjectStack's protocol-first DNA matches Apple's: a small set of declarative spe
 
 A small, **closed** set of specifier types. Borrowed from Apple's PreferenceSpecifiers and trimmed to what enterprise settings actually need. New types require an ADR amendment.
 
+*Amended 2026-11-08 (#30208, ruling record 6715997428): `map` added. A setting whose value is a map of rows (an object → a window, an object → a row count) declares that shape as a `map`, so the console draws a table and both doors (the save and the `OS_*` override) judge each key against the running system's domain and each cell against its column's kind, as they judge `options` and `pattern`. Its stored value is the object a `json` key held, unchanged. `json` stays in the set for genuinely raw config; it is no longer the home for maps.*
+
 | Specifier | Renders as | Persists | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `group` | section header + divider | — | `visible` expression supported for conditional sections |
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ A small, **closed** set of specifier types. Borrowed from Apple's PreferenceSpec
 | `multiselect` | checkbox list / tag picker | array | |
 | `slider` | range slider | number | `min`, `max`, `step` |
 | `color` | colour picker | hex string | |
-| `json` | code editor | object | for advanced/raw config |
+| `json` | code editor | object | for advanced/raw config — not for maps (see `map`) |
+| `map` | keyed rows: a key column + typed value columns | object: `Record<key, value>` with one value column, `Record<key, {column: value}>` with several | `keyColumn`, `columns: [{name, label, kind}]`, `kind` ∈ `duration` \| `positive_integer`; the keys a map admits are served by a runtime option source, never listed in the manifest |
 | `title-value` | read-only label | — | display computed/derived values |
 | `child-pane` | nav row → sub-page | — | references another manifest namespace |
 | `action-button` | button | — | triggers `handler` (HTTP / built-in) |
 
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ hand-patch a number here** — fix the code or the verdict and regenerate.
 
 | Dir | Sites |
 |---|---|
-| `system/` | 397 |
+| `system/` | 399 |
@@ -639,6 +639,16 @@ export type { RecycleBinRestoreOptions, RecycleBinRestoreResult } from './recycl
 // hook's api, and the runtime's sandbox to every body's.
 export { refuseAppAuthoredPermanentDelete } from './recycle-bin/app-authored-delete.js';
 export { lifecycleSettingsManifest } from './lifecycle/lifecycle-settings.js';
+// [#30208] The key columns of the three lifecycle map settings, served from the
+// running system; `ObjectQLPlugin` registers them with the settings service.
+export {
+  lifecycleObjectKeySource,
+  lifecycleClassKeySource,
+  type LifecycleKeySource,
+  type LifecycleKeyAnswer,
+  type LifecycleKeyOption,
+  type LifecycleKeyRegistryLike,
+} from './lifecycle/lifecycle-key-options.js';
 
 // [#4551] Read-only referential-integrity audit — the reporting half of the
 // `isSystem` exemption #4441 deliberately left in the write-path guard.
 
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * [#30208 row 5, ruling A] The key columns of the three lifecycle `map`
+ * settings are served from the running system, never listed in the manifest:
+ *
+ *  - `retention_overrides` and `quotas` admit the objects the sweep walks
+ *    (a lifecycle class other than `record`), read at the moment of asking;
+ *  - `quota_defaults` admits the lifecycle classes the sweep reads a default
+ *    for (`LifecycleClassSchema` without `record`);
+ *  - `ObjectQLPlugin` registers the three sources with the settings service
+ *    BEFORE the manifest, booted through a real `ObjectKernel`.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { ObjectKernel, type PluginContext } from '@objectstack/core';
+import { ObjectQLPlugin } from '../plugin.js';
+import type { ObjectQL } from '../engine.js';
+import {
+  lifecycleClassKeySource,
+  lifecycleObjectKeySource,
+  type LifecycleKeyRegistryLike,
+  type LifecycleKeySource,
+} from './lifecycle-key-options.js';
+
+describe('lifecycleObjectKeySource', () => {
+  const objects: ReturnType<LifecycleKeyRegistryLike['getAllObjects']> = [
+    { name: 'sys_job_run', label: 'Job run', lifecycle: { class: 'telemetry' } },
+    { name: 'sys_audit_log', lifecycle: { class: 'audit' } },
+    { name: 'account', label: 'Account', lifecycle: { class: 'record' } },
+    { name: 'contact', label: 'Contact' },
+  ];
+
+  it('admits exactly the objects the sweep walks, sorted, named by their label', () => {
+    const answer = lifecycleObjectKeySource(() => ({ getAllObjects: () => objects }))()!;
+    expect(answer.options).toEqual([
+      { value: 'sys_audit_log', label: 'sys_audit_log' },
+      { value: 'sys_job_run', label: 'Job run' },
+    ]);
+    expect(answer.admits('sys_job_run')).toBe(true);
+    expect(answer.admits('account')).toBe(false);
+    expect(answer.admits('contact')).toBe(false);
+    expect(answer.admits('sys_job_runs')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('reads the storage objects when the registry has them, as the sweep does', () => {
+    const answer = lifecycleObjectKeySource(() => ({
+      getAllObjects: () => [],
+      getAllStorageObjects: () => [{ name: 'sys_session', lifecycle: { class: 'transient' } }],
+    }))()!;
+    expect(answer.options.map((o) => o.value)).toEqual(['sys_session']);
+  });
+
+  it('is asked at the moment of use: an object registered later is admitted from then on', () => {
+    const live = [...objects];
+    const source = lifecycleObjectKeySource(() => ({ getAllObjects: () => live }));
+    expect(source()!.admits('sys_webhook_delivery')).toBe(false);
+    live.push({ name: 'sys_webhook_delivery', lifecycle: { class: 'event' } });
+    expect(source()!.admits('sys_webhook_delivery')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('answers nothing while no registry is reachable (the declared table, none, then stands)', () => {
+    expect(lifecycleObjectKeySource(() => undefined)()).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('lifecycleClassKeySource', () => {
+  it('admits the lifecycle classes a quota default is read for — every class but `record`', () => {
+    const answer = lifecycleClassKeySource()()!;
+    expect(answer.options.map((o) => o.value)).toEqual(['audit', 'telemetry', 'transient', 'event']);
+    expect(answer.admits('record')).toBe(false);
+    expect(answer.admits('telemtry')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('ObjectQLPlugin registers the three key sources before the lifecycle manifest', () => {
+  const kernels: ObjectKernel[] = [];
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    while (kernels.length) {
+      const kernel = kernels.pop()!;
+      try { if (kernel.getState() === 'running') await kernel.shutdown(); } catch { /* noop */ }
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('at kernel:ready, against the engine registry', async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    const sources = new Map<string, LifecycleKeySource>();
+    const settings = {
+      registerOptionSource(namespace: string, key: string, source: LifecycleKeySource) {
+        calls.push(`source ${namespace}.${key}`);
+        sources.set(key, source);
+      },
+      registerManifest(manifest: { namespace: string }) { calls.push(`manifest ${manifest.namespace}`); },
+    };
+    const kernel = new ObjectKernel({ logger: { level: 'silent' }, gracefulShutdown: false });
+    kernels.push(kernel);
+    await kernel.use(new ObjectQLPlugin());
+    await kernel.use({
+      name: 'test.settings-and-objects',
+      dependencies: ['com.objectstack.engine.objectql'],
+      init: async (ctx: PluginContext) => {
+        ctx.registerService('settings', settings);
+        const ql = ctx.getService<ObjectQL>('objectql');
+        ql.registerDriver({
+          name: 'primary', version: '0.0.0', supports: {},
+          async connect() {}, async disconnect() {}, async checkHealth() { return true; },
+          async find() { return []; }, async findOne() { return null; }, async count() { return 0; },
+        } as any, true);
+        await ctx.getService<{ register(a: unknown): Promise<void> | void }>('manifest').register({
+          id: 'com.test.lifecycle-keys',
+          name: 'com.test.lifecycle-keys',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          objects: [{
+            name: 'test_ping',
+            fields: { note: { name: 'note', type: 'text' } },
+            lifecycle: { class: 'telemetry', retention: { maxAge: '30d' } },
+          }],
+        });
+      },
+    });
+    await kernel.bootstrap();
+
+    expect(calls).toEqual([
+      'source lifecycle.retention_overrides',
+      'source lifecycle.quotas',
+      'source lifecycle.quota_defaults',
+      'manifest lifecycle',
+    ]);
+    expect(sources.get('quotas')!()!.admits('test_ping')).toBe(true);
+    expect(sources.get('retention_overrides')!()!.admits('test_ping')).toBe(true);
+    expect(sources.get('quota_defaults')!()!.admits('telemetry')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});