10f - plainMarkdownToAdf mints task localIds as UUID v4s hashed from the markdown and position

README.md

@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ read replaces mentions, attachments and macros with text.
 - Text that would read as a marker takes a backslash: `==` wherever it could open or close a
   highlight, `[!…]` opening a quote, and `[x]` or `[ ]` opening any list item, since GitHub reads
   that marker per item.
-- A node read back carries no `localId`, which Atlassian's schema requires on `taskList`,
+- A node read back carries no `localId`, save a `taskList`, `taskItem` or `blockTaskItem`, which
-  `taskItem` and `blockTaskItem`: mint one where the receiving site requires it.
+  Atlassian's schema requires one on: it gets a UUID v4 hashed from the markdown and its position,
+  so the same markdown reads to the same ids.
 
 ## The errors
 

docs/decisions.md

@@ -127,13 +127,15 @@ accepted.
 
 ## Plain task ids come from position
 
-2026-09-26, the maintainer. Goals 5 and 7. Valid while a site rejects a task node with no
+2026-09-26, spelling 2026-09-29, the maintainer. Goals 5 and 7. Valid while a site rejects a task
-`localId`. Lands with `todo.md` 10f.
+node with no `localId`.
 
-`plainMarkdownToAdf` gives each `taskList`, `taskItem` and `blockTaskItem` a `localId` from its
+`plainMarkdownToAdf` gives each `taskList`, `taskItem` and `blockTaskItem` lacking one a `localId`
-position in document order, unique within the document and minted with no host API, so a site
+in the editor's UUID v4 shape, hashed (cyrb128) from the whole markdown and the node's position in
-rejecting a missing `localId` takes the document and the same markdown reads to the same ids every
+document order, skipping any id the document holds. A site rejecting a missing `localId` takes the
-run.
+document, the same markdown reads to the same ids every run, and different markdown to ids no other
+document shares. The same markdown pasted twice into one document repeats its ids: determinism
+wins over that case.
 
 ## A callout title keeps its link targets
 

src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { languageSlot } from '../code-language.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../../nesting.ts'
 import { leadingMarker, readAlertMarker, readTaskMarker } from '../plain-conventions.ts'
 import { listBreakName, listBreakSpelling } from '../block-directive.ts'
+import { mintTaskIds } from './task-ids.ts'
 import { nodeAttrs, nodeContent } from '../../adf/document.ts'
 import { parseBlocks } from './blocks.ts'
 import { parseInlineContent } from './inline-content.ts'
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ function readDocument(markdown: string, flavour: Flavour): Result<AdfDocument, P
   const reading: Reading = { definitions: parsed.definitions, flavour, inExpand: false, memo: new Map() }
   const content = positioned(readBlocks(parsed.blocks, reading, [], 0), documentStart)
   if (!content.ok) return content
-  return success(content.value.length === 0 ? { type: 'doc', version: 1 } : { content: content.value, type: 'doc', version: 1 })
+  const document: AdfDocument = content.value.length === 0 ? { type: 'doc', version: 1 } : { content: content.value, type: 'doc', version: 1 }
+  if (flavour === 'plain') mintTaskIds(document, markdown)
+  return success(document)
 }
 
 function readBlocks(blocks: readonly Block[], reading: Reading, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode[]> {

src/markdown/parse/plain-markdown-to-adf.test.ts

@@ -13,9 +13,22 @@ const em: AdfMark = { type: 'em' }
 const highlight: AdfMark = { attrs: { color: '#f8e6a0' }, type: 'backgroundColor' }
 const strong: AdfMark = { type: 'strong' }
 
+const taskTypes = ['blockTaskItem', 'taskItem', 'taskList']
+
 function read(markdown: string): readonly AdfNode[] | string {
   const parsed = plainMarkdownToAdf(markdown)
-  return parsed.ok ? (toEditorNormal(parsed.value).content ?? []) : parsed.error.code
+  if (!parsed.ok) return parsed.error.code
+  const blocks = toEditorNormal(parsed.value).content ?? []
+  const pending = [...blocks]
+  for (let block = pending.pop(); block !== undefined; block = pending.pop()) {
+    for (const child of block.content ?? []) pending.push(child)
+    if (!taskTypes.includes(block.type)) continue
+    const { localId, ...attrs } = block.attrs ?? {}
+    assert.equal(typeof localId, 'string', `${block.type} in ${JSON.stringify(markdown)}`)
+    if (Object.keys(attrs).length === 0) delete block.attrs
+    else block.attrs = attrs
+  }
+  return blocks
 }
 
 function normal(...blocks: AdfNode[]): readonly AdfNode[] {
@@ -123,6 +136,15 @@ test('reads a bullet list whose every item leads with a task marker to a task li
     bare('taskList', task('DONE', text('Write the spec')), task('TODO', text('Ship '), text('it', strong)), task('DONE', text('Tell'))),
   ])
   assert.deepEqual(read('- [x]\n- [ ]\\\n  after\n'), normal(bare('taskList', task('DONE'), task('TODO', text('after')))))
+  const minted = plainMarkdownToAdf('- [x] Parent\n  - [ ] Child\n')
+  assert.deepEqual(minted.ok ? minted.value.content : minted.error.code, [
+    node(
+      'taskList',
+      { localId: '51470556-7c91-46cb-b140-16e225a9b1f2' },
+      node('taskItem', { localId: 'e04cbd87-eb04-4737-ae72-6d56d7799874', state: 'DONE' }, text('Parent')),
+      node('taskList', { localId: '9ab33f3f-8c58-428f-b4eb-343a32a177d6' }, node('taskItem', { localId: 'b16a2f09-9543-499b-8a97-b88fc342b918', state: 'TODO' }, text('Child'))),
+    ),
+  ])
 })
 
 test('moves a nested task list beside its item and makes an item holding more than one block a block task item', () => {
@@ -208,6 +230,9 @@ test('reads text the writer kept from reading as a marker back as text', () => {
 
 test('keeps what markdownToAdf reads that no row reads, and refuses only what it refuses', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(read('!adf:panel warning\n- [x] a\n!adf:/panel\n'), [panel('warning', bare('taskList', task('DONE', text('a'))))])
+  assert.deepEqual(read('!adf:taskList\n!adf:taskItem TODO\nb\n!adf:/taskItem\n!adf:/taskList\n'), [bare('taskList', task('TODO', text('b')))])
+  const listed = plainMarkdownToAdf('!adf:taskList {localId=01a0eeb2-be48-7ea7-8587-db5e013c374a}\n- [ ] b\n!adf:/taskList\n')
+  assert.deepEqual(listed.ok ? listed.value.content?.[0]?.attrs : listed.error.code, { localId: '01a0eeb2-be48-7ea7-8587-db5e013c374a' })
   const future = bare('futureBlock', text('==x=='))
   const carried = adfToMarkdown(document(future))
   assert.deepEqual(carried.ok ? read(carried.value) : carried.error.code, [future])

src/markdown/parse/task-ids.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import test from 'node:test'
+
+import type { AdfDocument, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+import { mintTaskIds } from './task-ids.ts'
+
+const uuidV4 = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/
+
+function taskIds(document: AdfDocument): unknown[] {
+  const ids: unknown[] = []
+  const pending: AdfNode[] = [...(document.content ?? [])].reverse()
+  for (let node = pending.pop(); node !== undefined; node = pending.pop()) {
+    if (['blockTaskItem', 'taskItem', 'taskList'].includes(node.type)) ids.push(node.attrs?.['localId'])
+    for (const child of [...(node.content ?? [])].reverse()) pending.push(child)
+  }
+  return ids
+}
+
+function tasks(...content: AdfNode[]): AdfDocument {
+  return { content, type: 'doc', version: 1 }
+}
+
+test('mints each task node lacking a localId a UUID v4 in document order, unique and the same every run', () => {
+  const unminted = (): AdfDocument => tasks({ content: [{ attrs: { state: 'TODO' }, type: 'taskItem' }, { content: [{ attrs: { state: 'DONE' }, type: 'blockTaskItem' }], type: 'taskList' }], type: 'taskList' })
+  const minted = unminted()
+  mintTaskIds(minted, '- [ ] a\n')
+  const ids = taskIds(minted)
+  assert.equal(ids.length, 4)
+  for (const id of ids) assert.match(String(id), uuidV4)
+  assert.equal(new Set(ids).size, 4)
+  const again = unminted()
+  mintTaskIds(again, '- [ ] a\n')
+  assert.deepEqual(taskIds(again), ids)
+  const other = unminted()
+  mintTaskIds(other, '- [ ] b\n')
+  assert.equal(taskIds(other).some((id) => ids.includes(id)), false)
+})
+
+test('keeps a localId the document spells and skips it when minting, a carried one too', () => {
+  const first = tasks({ type: 'taskList' })
+  mintTaskIds(first, 'x')
+  const [taken] = taskIds(first)
+  const spelled = tasks({ type: 'taskList' }, { content: [{ attrs: { localId: String(taken) }, type: 'taskList' }], type: 'futureBlock' })
+  mintTaskIds(spelled, 'x')
+  const [minted, kept] = taskIds(spelled)
+  assert.equal(kept, taken)
+  assert.notEqual(minted, taken)
+  assert.match(String(minted), uuidV4)
+})
+
+test('leaves a task node inside a node type this version does not know as carried', () => {
+  const carried: AdfNode = { content: [{ type: 'taskList' }], type: 'futureBlock' }
+  const document = tasks(carried)
+  mintTaskIds(document, 'x')
+  assert.deepEqual(document, tasks({ content: [{ type: 'taskList' }], type: 'futureBlock' }))
+})

src/markdown/parse/task-ids.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import type { AdfDocument, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+import { blockNodeModel } from '../../adf/block-nodes.ts'
+import { nodeAttrs, nodeContent } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+
+const taskTypes = new Set(['blockTaskItem', 'taskItem', 'taskList'])
+
+// docs/decisions.md, Plain task ids come from position.
+export function mintTaskIds(document: AdfDocument, markdown: string): void {
+  const taken = new Set<string>()
+  for (const node of preorder(document, () => true)) {
+    const localId = nodeAttrs(node)['localId']
+    if (typeof localId === 'string') taken.add(localId)
+  }
+  const seed = hash128(markdown).join(' ')
+  let count = 0
+  for (const node of preorder(document, (held) => blockNodeModel(held.type) !== undefined)) {
+    if (!taskTypes.has(node.type) || typeof nodeAttrs(node)['localId'] === 'string') continue
+    let localId = ''
+    do {
+      count += 1
+      localId = uuidV4(hash128(`${seed} ${count}`))
+    } while (taken.has(localId))
+    taken.add(localId)
+    node.attrs = { ...node.attrs, localId }
+  }
+}
+
+function* preorder(document: AdfDocument, entered: (node: AdfNode) => boolean): Generator<AdfNode> {
+  const pending: AdfNode[] = []
+  const pushReversed = (nodes: readonly AdfNode[]): void => {
+    for (let index = nodes.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+      const node = nodes[index]
+      if (node !== undefined) pending.push(node)
+    }
+  }
+  pushReversed(document.content ?? [])
+  for (let node = pending.pop(); node !== undefined; node = pending.pop()) {
+    yield node
+    if (entered(node)) pushReversed(nodeContent(node))
+  }
+}
+
+// cyrb128, public domain.
+function hash128(text: string): number[] {
+  let h1 = 1779033703
+  let h2 = 3144134277
+  let h3 = 1013904242
+  let h4 = 2773480762
+  for (let index = 0; index < text.length; index += 1) {
+    const unit = text.charCodeAt(index)
+    h1 = h2 ^ Math.imul(h1 ^ unit, 597399067)
+    h2 = h3 ^ Math.imul(h2 ^ unit, 2869860233)
+    h3 = h4 ^ Math.imul(h3 ^ unit, 951274213)
+    h4 = h1 ^ Math.imul(h4 ^ unit, 2716044179)
+  }
+  h1 = Math.imul(h3 ^ (h1 >>> 18), 597399067)
+  h2 = Math.imul(h4 ^ (h2 >>> 22), 2869860233)
+  h3 = Math.imul(h1 ^ (h3 >>> 17), 951274213)
+  h4 = Math.imul(h2 ^ (h4 >>> 19), 2716044179)
+  h1 ^= h2 ^ h3 ^ h4
+  h2 ^= h1
+  h3 ^= h1
+  h4 ^= h1
+  return [h1 >>> 0, h2 >>> 0, h3 >>> 0, h4 >>> 0]
+}
+
+function uuidV4(lanes: readonly number[]): string {
+  const hex = lanes.map((lane) => lane.toString(16).padStart(8, '0')).join('')
+  const variant = ((Number.parseInt(hex.charAt(16), 16) & 3) | 8).toString(16)
+  return `${hex.slice(0, 8)}-${hex.slice(8, 12)}-4${hex.slice(13, 16)}-${variant}${hex.slice(17, 20)}-${hex.slice(20, 32)}`
+}

todo.md

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 ## 0.2.0
 
-- **10f — Give task nodes read from plain markdown position ids.** Per `docs/decisions.md` §Plain
-  task ids come from position, README §Plain markdown's `localId` bullet saying so. The id spelling
-  is part of the chunk.
 - **41 — Keep a link's target when `plainMarkdownToAdf` reads a callout title.** Per
   `docs/decisions.md` §A callout title keeps its link targets; today `> [!faq]- See [x](http://y)`
   reads to an expand titled `See x`, the target gone.