Changelog - 2026-09-07

WorkerApplication: configs.projectRoot

New Feature

In one line. WorkerApplication gets the same projectRoot seam ServerApplication has - minus the filesystem check a browser Worker cannot make.

export const configs: IWorkerApplicationConfigs = {
  path: { base: '/api', isStrict: true },
  projectRoot: '/srv/app',
};

The problem it solves

WorkerApplication inherited the kernel's default getProjectRoot(), which returns an empty string and never calls ModuleUtility.setProjectRoot(). A worker host built for a non-cwd peer root - the same case configs.projectRoot solved for ServerApplication on 2026-09-06 - had no seam to set it.

BaseKafkaHelper: protected, not private

New Feature

In one line. connectedBrokers, onBrokerConnect, and onBrokerDisconnect turn protected, so a subclass can extend BaseKafkaHelper instead of forking it - KafkaConsumerHelper made this same change on 2026-09-06.

The problem it solves

A consumer needed to override broker-connect handling and read the connected-broker set from a subclass. KafkaConsumerHelper already made every member protected for exactly this; BaseKafkaHelper itself still kept three of them private.

What changed

Symbol	Change	Package
IWorkerApplicationConfigs	New; extends the kernel's IApplicationConfigs with an optional projectRoot	core-worker
WorkerApplication.getProjectRoot()	Returns configs.projectRoot ?? globalThis.process?.cwd?.() ?? ''; binds CoreBindings.APPLICATION_PROJECT_ROOT; shares the value with ModuleUtility	core-worker
ProjectRootRegistry	New; the globalThis-slot half of ModuleUtility.setProjectRoot()/getProjectRoot(), with no Node import, reachable from @venizia/ignis-helpers/core	helpers
BaseKafkaHelper	connectedBrokers, onBrokerConnect, onBrokerDisconnect turn protected	helpers

• Unlike ServerApplication, WorkerApplication never warns about a missing node_modules: a browser Worker has no filesystem to check, and reaching for node:fs would bundle a Node builtin straight into it. It also never reads a bare process.cwd() - a real browser Worker has no such global - reading it defensively through globalThis.process?.cwd?.() instead, which resolves to '' there.
• ModuleUtility.setProjectRoot()/getProjectRoot() keep their exact signatures; they now delegate to ProjectRootRegistry internally, so every existing caller is unaffected.
• protected here is an extension seam, not a stable contract between minor versions.

Who is affected

• A worker host built for a non-cwd peer root. Set configs.projectRoot; nothing else changes.
• Consumers that forked BaseKafkaHelper to reach a formerly private member. Extend the class instead, and delete the fork.
• Everyone else. No action needed.