Changelog - 2026-09-03

Deprecated boot API removed

Breaking Change

In one line. The deprecated runtime boot shims - boot(), bootOptions, IBootReport, IBootableApplication, BindingNamespaces.BOOTERS - are gone; nothing in the framework calls or exports them anymore.

The problem it solves

boot() became a no-op on 2026-09-02: every call still compiled and warned once, but did nothing. A shim that never fails hides the exact moment a caller should have switched to configs.artifacts. Removing it turns that silent no-op into a compile error, which is the point where a caller actually notices.

// Compiled and warned once, but did nothing, since 2026-09-02
await application.boot();
await application.start();

What changed

• BaseApplication.boot() is removed, along with the private hasWarnedBootDeprecated flag it used to warn once per process. Call application.start() alone.
• BaseApplication no longer implements IBootableApplication - only IRestApplication.
• IApplicationConfigs.bootOptions is removed, in @venizia/ignis and in the kernel's structural mirror (IApplicationBootOptions, IApplicationArtifactOptions).
• @venizia/ignis-boot no longer exports IBootOptions, IArtifactOptions, IBootReport, IBootPhaseReport, TBootPhase, BootPhases or IBootableApplication. packages/boot/src/common/ is deleted; the package now exports only the build-time artifact index generator.
• BindingNamespaces.BOOTERS is removed - nothing has written to it since the runtime booters left on 2026-09-02.
• The dead BaseCrudService placeholder is removed from @venizia/ignis-kernel (base/services/base-crud.ts was an empty export {} left over from an earlier rename).

Who is affected

• Applications that call await application.boot(). Delete the line - initialize() and start() are unchanged.

• Configs that set bootOptions. Delete the key; it has been ignored since 2026-09-02.

• Classes that implements IBootableApplication or override boot(). Delete both - the interface and the base method no longer exist.

• Everyone already on configs.artifacts. No action needed - see the 2026-09-02 changelog if you have not migrated yet.

• Upgrading nx-seller? Follow the migration guide - it lists every file and the order to fix them.

• Known internal call sites and overrides, for coordination (21 across BANA/nx-seller). Every row fails to compile until it's deleted. 3 call .boot(), 2 set bootOptions, and 16 declare override async boot() - none of the 16 calls super.boot() and every one returns the literal empty report, so the fix is to delete the whole method, not just the override keyword (keeping an override with no base method to override is TS4113):

  File	Line	Site
  packages/search/src/migrations/bootstrap.ts	104	await app.boot();
  packages/core/src/helpers/bootstraps/migration.ts	31	await application.boot();
  packages/core/src/helpers/bootstraps/worker.ts	34	await application.boot();
  packages/core/src/helpers/bootstraps/migration.ts	25	bootOptions: {}
  packages/core/src/common/app-config.ts	15	bootOptions: {
  packages/search/src/migrations/bootstrap.ts	61	override async boot()
  packages/commerce/src/application.ts	169	override async boot()
  packages/finance/src/application.ts	47	override async boot()
  packages/helpdesk/src/application.ts	204	override async boot()
  packages/identity/src/application.ts	100	override async boot()
  packages/inventory/src/application.ts	121	override async boot()
  packages/invoice/src/application.ts	113	override async boot()
  packages/ledger/src/application.ts	83	override async boot()
  packages/licensing/src/application.ts	36	override async boot()
  packages/outreach/src/application.ts	20	override async boot()
  packages/payment/src/application.ts	24	override async boot()
  packages/pricing/src/application.ts	66	override async boot()
  packages/sale/src/application.ts	161	override async boot()
  packages/search/src/application.ts	68	override async boot()
  packages/signal/src/application.ts	24	override async boot()
  packages/taxation/src/application.ts	76	override async boot()

Breaking changes

WARNING

Anything that still calls boot(), reads bootOptions, or imports IBootReport, IBootableApplication, IArtifactOptions or IBootOptions from @venizia/ignis-boot no longer compiles.

Before:

// index.ts
await application.boot();
await application.start();

// application.ts
export const configs: IApplicationConfigs = {
  path: { base: '/api', isStrict: true },
  bootOptions: {},
};

export class Application extends BaseApplication implements IBootableApplication {
  override async boot() {
    return super.boot();
  }
}

After:

// index.ts
await application.start();

// application.ts
export const configs: IApplicationConfigs = {
  path: { base: '/api', isStrict: true },
  artifacts: GeneratedArtifacts,
};

export class Application extends BaseApplication {}

Migration:

1. Delete every await application.boot(); call - start() already runs the full sequence.
2. Delete bootOptions from the config, and any override boot() or implements IBootableApplication.
3. If you have not already, set configs.artifacts to a generated index - see Registering artifacts.

Details

Symbol	Change	Package
BaseApplication.boot(), hasWarnedBootDeprecated	Removed	core-server
BaseApplication implements IBootableApplication	Removed	core-server
IBootOptions, IArtifactOptions, IBootReport, IBootPhaseReport, TBootPhase, BootPhases, IBootableApplication	Removed	boot
IApplicationConfigs.bootOptions	Removed	kernel
IApplicationBootOptions, IApplicationArtifactOptions (kernel mirror)	Removed	kernel
BindingNamespaces.BOOTERS	Removed	kernel
base/services/base-crud.ts (dead BaseCrudService placeholder)	Removed	kernel
ArtifactScanner.scan()'s ignore option	Fixed - now merges with DEFAULT_IGNORE instead of replacing it	boot

ArtifactScanner.scan()'s ignore option merging instead of replacing was a latent bug caught while touching this file - nobody passes --ignore today, in this repo or in BANA, so its blast radius is zero.

• Reference: Artifact Registration. Guide: Registering artifacts. Prior migration: 2026-09-02 changelog.