> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bijection.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Couchbase

> Resources, examples, configuration and evidence for Couchbase.

Use the `@bijection/connectors/couchbase` entrypoint to declare Couchbase resources.

## Availability

This page describes the pinned source package. Published availability is unestablished for this artifact. [Source build and package availability](https://docs.bijection.com/client/sdk-distribution.md).

## Resources and modes

| Resource | Mode | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Collection keyspace | `watermark` | SQL++ watermark |

Declare a resource in application code, then bind deployment-specific settings and credentials. See [typed resources](https://docs.bijection.com/integrations/resources.md), [connections](https://docs.bijection.com/integrations/connections.md) and [source inspection](https://docs.bijection.com/integrations/cli.md).

## Collection keyspace

### watermark: SQL++ watermark

The following example matches configuration `standard`.

```ts theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
import { couchbase } from "@bijection/connectors/couchbase";
import { v } from "bijection/values";

export const orders = couchbase.keyspace.watermark({
  schema: { status: v.string() },
  watermark: "updatedAt",
});
```

> **Inferred record types**
>
> ```ts theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
> {
>   "status": string;
>   "_id": string;
>   "_cas": string;
> }
> ```

#### Configuration: standard

Case: `couchbase/keyspace/watermark/standard`.

Connection and resource configuration are declared by this exact case.

Credential kind: `couchbase`. Keep credential material in the private credential inventory.

| Setting | Type | Required | Owner |
| - | - | - | - |
| `url` | string | Yes | Shared connection |
| `keyspace` | string | Yes | Resource binding |

> **Complete configuration contract**
>
> ```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
> {
>   "setup": [],
>   "resource": {
>     "access": {},
>     "defaults": {},
>     "connector": "couchbase",
>     "output": {
>       "kind": "single",
>       "collection": "records"
>     },
>     "credential_kind": "couchbase",
>     "connection_fields": [
>       "url"
>     ],
>     "selection_field": "keyspace",
>     "address": {
>       "kind": "setup",
>       "field": "url"
>     }
>   },
>   "connection_setup": {
>     "type": "object",
>     "value": {
>       "url": {
>         "fieldType": {
>           "type": "string"
>         },
>         "optional": false
>       },
>       "keyspace": {
>         "fieldType": {
>           "type": "string"
>         },
>         "optional": false
>       }
>     }
>   },
>   "execution": null
> }
> ```

Native admission analysis is available for this exact declaration.

**Collection: records**

| Contract | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Initial | Enumeration of observed records |
| Changes | Repeated observations of current records |
| Deletions | Deletion detection unsupported |
| Resume | Opaque cursor |
| Gap | Explicit repair required after a gap |
| Retention | Unspecified |

> **Complete native profile**
>
> ```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
> {
>   "movement": {
>     "exchanges": {
>       "records": {
>         "200": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "json",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         },
>         "400": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "opaque",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         },
>         "401": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "opaque",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         },
>         "403": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "opaque",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         },
>         "404": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "opaque",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         },
>         "500": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "opaque",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         },
>         "503": {
>           "placement": "retained_bytes",
>           "interpretation": "opaque",
>           "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>           "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>           "fileLimitBytes": null
>         }
>       }
>     },
>     "nativeInputLimitBytes": null,
>     "steps": [
>       {
>         "id": "acquire.1",
>         "inputs": [],
>         "action": {
>           "operation": "acquire",
>           "subject": "exchange records",
>           "limitBytes": null
>         }
>       },
>       {
>         "id": "retain.1",
>         "inputs": [
>           "acquire.1"
>         ],
>         "action": {
>           "operation": "retain",
>           "subject": "acquisition evidence",
>           "reason": "recovery",
>           "release": "acquisition_custody"
>         }
>       },
>       {
>         "id": "interpret.1",
>         "inputs": [
>           "retain.1"
>         ],
>         "action": {
>           "operation": "interpret",
>           "subject": "acquired input",
>           "produces": "records"
>         }
>       },
>       {
>         "id": "materialize.1",
>         "inputs": [
>           "interpret.1"
>         ],
>         "action": {
>           "operation": "materialize",
>           "subject": "source rows",
>           "reason": "serving",
>           "release": "replacement"
>         }
>       },
>       {
>         "id": "publish.1",
>         "inputs": [
>           "materialize.1"
>         ],
>         "action": {
>           "operation": "publish",
>           "subject": "source rows",
>           "visibility": "with_acquisition"
>         }
>       }
>     ]
>   },
>   "initial": "enumeration",
>   "changes": "observations",
>   "deletions": "unsupported",
>   "resume": "opaque_cursor",
>   "retentionMs": null,
>   "gap": "explicit_repair",
>   "limits": {
>     "http_response_bytes": "524288"
>   },
>   "restrictions": [],
>   "commands": {}
> }
> ```

> **Commands, occurrences and artifacts**
>
> ```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
> {
>   "records": {
>     "records": {
>       "protocol": "record_observation",
>       "coverage": "records",
>       "consistency": "observations",
>       "atomicity": "record",
>       "history": "observations",
>       "recordRefresh": false,
>       "reconciliation": false,
>       "notifications": false,
>       "snapshotMaxRows": null,
>       "profile": {
>         "movement": {
>           "exchanges": {
>             "records": {
>               "200": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "json",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               },
>               "400": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "opaque",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               },
>               "401": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "opaque",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               },
>               "403": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "opaque",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               },
>               "404": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "opaque",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               },
>               "500": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "opaque",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               },
>               "503": {
>                 "placement": "retained_bytes",
>                 "interpretation": "opaque",
>                 "projectsBeforeRetention": false,
>                 "retainedBodyLimitBytes": "524288",
>                 "fileLimitBytes": null
>               }
>             }
>           },
>           "nativeInputLimitBytes": null,
>           "steps": [
>             {
>               "id": "acquire.1",
>               "inputs": [],
>               "action": {
>                 "operation": "acquire",
>                 "subject": "exchange records",
>                 "limitBytes": null
>               }
>             },
>             {
>               "id": "retain.1",
>               "inputs": [
>                 "acquire.1"
>               ],
>               "action": {
>                 "operation": "retain",
>                 "subject": "acquisition evidence",
>                 "reason": "recovery",
>                 "release": "acquisition_custody"
>               }
>             },
>             {
>               "id": "interpret.1",
>               "inputs": [
>                 "retain.1"
>               ],
>               "action": {
>                 "operation": "interpret",
>                 "subject": "acquired input",
>                 "produces": "records"
>               }
>             },
>             {
>               "id": "materialize.1",
>               "inputs": [
>                 "interpret.1"
>               ],
>               "action": {
>                 "operation": "materialize",
>                 "subject": "source rows",
>                 "reason": "serving",
>                 "release": "replacement"
>               }
>             },
>             {
>               "id": "publish.1",
>               "inputs": [
>                 "materialize.1"
>               ],
>               "action": {
>                 "operation": "publish",
>                 "subject": "source rows",
>                 "visibility": "with_acquisition"
>               }
>             }
>           ]
>         },
>         "initial": "enumeration",
>         "changes": "observations",
>         "deletions": "unsupported",
>         "resume": "opaque_cursor",
>         "retentionMs": null,
>         "gap": "explicit_repair",
>         "limits": {
>           "http_response_bytes": "524288"
>         },
>         "restrictions": [],
>         "commands": {}
>       }
>     }
>   },
>   "occurrences": null,
>   "artifacts": {
>     "raw_archive": false,
>     "native_file_transfer_limit_bytes": null,
>     "external_versions": false,
>     "files": {}
>   },
>   "commands": {}
> }
> ```

**Recorded checks**

| Requirement | Scope | Evidence | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| page-publication-recovery | \{"kind":"collection","name":"records"} | Native test: integrations/acquisition/acquisition\_windows\_preserve\_sequences\_and\_restart\_fences\_old\_work (shared\_engine) | Execution result unavailable |
| watermark-boundary-replay | \{"kind":"collection","name":"records"} | Fixture: ./src/connectors/couchbase/fixtures/boundary-replay.json | passed (2026-10-24T21:36:12.006Z) |
| watermark-empty-page-ends | \{"kind":"collection","name":"records"} | Fixture: ./src/connectors/couchbase/fixtures/empty-page-ends.json | passed (2026-10-24T21:36:12.006Z) |
| identity-account | \{"kind":"connection"} | Fixture: ./src/connectors/couchbase/fixtures/identity.json | passed (2026-10-24T21:36:12.007Z) |

Hosted qualification: **unestablished for this catalog configuration**. Installed connections report their own identity, authority and current status.

## Provider guidance

Compiled declaration examples and configuration details are published in the [connector reference](https://docs.bijection.com/integrations/connectors/index).

Bind the Query service origin (`url`, for example `https://host:18093`) on
the connection and the SQL++ keyspace path (`keyspace`, for example
`` `shop`.`sales`.`orders` ``) on the resource. Authenticate with Basic
(`couchbase.credential(name)`), as a Couchbase RBAC user with query select on
the keyspace.

* **Mechanism.** SQL++ through `POST /query/service`, not DCP: DCP is a binary
  protocol with no client in this workspace. Each page selects
  `META(d).id`, `TOSTRING(META(d).cas)` and the document where the watermark
  is `>= $1` and `< $2`, ordered by the watermark then `META(d).id`, with
  `scan_consistency: request_plus`.
* **Watermark.** A top-level field every writer sets on every mutation, as
  `toISOString()` UTC text, covered by a GSI index. The host keeps the largest
  value a page carried; the inclusive bound re-reads it, deduplicated by CAS.
  A full page sharing one watermark cannot advance and fails visibly.
* **Why not CAS as the watermark.** CAS is a hybrid logical clock per vBucket:
  not monotonic across nodes, failover-promoted replicas or XDCR, beyond exact
  JSON doubles, and not fixed-width text. It is the record version only.
* **Settle window.** `$2` is now minus `settleMs` (default 5 s), declared as
  the observation lag.
* **Deletions.** Not observed: removed and expired documents leave the result
  set silently, and a document without the watermark is never read.
* **Read-only.** The Query service takes no request precondition (no CAS or
  `If-Match`), and a SQL++ `UPDATE ... WHERE META(d).cas = $cas` reports its
  verdict in body fields that HTTP 200 also carries for timeouts, so no write
  could be declared conditional with an exact refusal. CAS-conditioned writes
  need the Data service (for example through Capella's Data API), which is
  not built.

Not established: no request has reached Couchbase; the exact `TOSTRING`
rendering of a 64-bit CAS is unverified.

## Provider references

Provider references and prerequisites are maintained in the connector guidance above. No separate provider-documentation review date is recorded.

## Source and evidence

[Canonical connector source](https://github.com/bijectionhq/component-support/blob/b632604330ce9cbcfe17a5a680ef4fbe80f6f672/packages/connectors/src/connectors/couchbase/README.md), [native analysis](https://github.com/bijectionhq/component-support/blob/b632604330ce9cbcfe17a5a680ef4fbe80f6f672/packages/connectors/contract-analysis.json) and [check receipts](https://github.com/bijectionhq/component-support/blob/b632604330ce9cbcfe17a5a680ef4fbe80f6f672/packages/connectors/evidence.json).

Connector artifact: `905888ea276a2a28e36981a79e8142b2547ea451c3e63162cb6915ad4a7d1305`.

The resource declaration examples above are compiled and compared with exact catalog declarations. Recorded checks apply only to their source, declaration and runtime identities. Configure a connection and inspect its status to establish deployment-specific readiness.


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