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Buffa strict parsers: unknown fields and bad descriptor indices now rejected

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Buffa's textproto parsers and DescriptorPool now reject malformed input by default, closing silent-acceptance holes that mismatched upstream protobuf behavior.

Generated textproto parsers in buffa now return `UnknownField` for unknown field names, where a typo like `user_nmae` was previously ignored. The strict behavior covers nested messages, map entries, the built-in `Any` parser, and empty messages, matching "the default behavior of upstream protobuf text parsers." Hand-written `TextFormat` implementations can still opt into lenient handling. [1]

DescriptorPool now validates descriptor sets more strictly on two fronts: out-of-range `public_dependency` and `weak_dependency` indices are rejected, and duplicate `reserved_name` entries on messages and enums are rejected. Previously, a file with `public_dependency: [7]` and no dependencies linked without complaint, and repeated reserved names were silently deduplicated. Both changes mirror protoc's behavior. This is a breaking change for any descriptor sets that relied on the old leniency. [2] [3]

Quick answers

What shipped in Anthropic on September 7, 2026?
Buffa's textproto parsers and DescriptorPool now reject malformed input by default, closing silent-acceptance holes that mismatched upstream protobuf behavior. In total, 3 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Anthropic on September 7, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including fallintoplace and feiyuceng06-prog.
What were the notable Anthropic updates?
text: reject unknown fields by default, descriptor: reject out-of-range dependency indices, and descriptor: reject duplicate reserved names.