M3 Progress Update: Timescape & Type System

Current status and what's coming next in Gati's development.

M3 Overview

Goal: Enable fearless API evolution through versioning and type safety

Timeline: Q4 2025 - Q1 2026

Status: 86% Complete

Completed Features

1. Timescape Core (100%) ✅

Delivered:

• Version registry
• Schema diffing engine
• Transformer system
• Request routing
• Lifecycle management
• Database schema versioning
• CLI commands

Metrics:

• 340+ tests
• 133+ test suites
• 99.3% coverage

2. CLI Integration (100%) ✅

Commands:

gati timescape list
gati timescape status <version>
gati timescape deactivate <version>
gati timescape tag <tsv> <label>
gati timescape tags [tsv]
gati timescape untag <label>

3. Lifecycle Management (100%) ✅

Features:

• Hot/warm/cold classification
• Auto-deactivation
• Manual overrides
• Protected tags
• Deactivation history

In Progress

Dev Server Integration (50%) 🚧

Completed:

• Version detection
• Breaking change detection
• Automatic version creation

Remaining:

• Hot reload integration
• Real-time notifications
• Transformer generation UI

ETA: December 2025

Type System (Planned) 📋

Scope:

• Branded types
• Constraint combinators
• Runtime validation
• OpenAPI generation
• SDK generation

ETA: Q1 2026

What's Next

December 2025

1. Complete dev server integration

   • Finish hot reload support
   • Add version creation notifications
   • Integrate transformer generation

2. Intermediate example

   • E-commerce API
   • Breaking changes
   • Database migrations

3. Documentation

   • Complete guides
   • Video tutorials
   • Migration guides

Q1 2026

1. Type System (GType)

   • Branded types implementation
   • Validator generation
   • OpenAPI integration

2. Module System Enhancement

   • Module contracts
   • Interface definitions
   • Dependency resolution

3. Testing & Polish

   • Integration tests
   • Performance optimization
   • Bug fixes

M4 Preview: Module Registry

Target: Q1 2026

Features:

• Public module marketplace
• Module discovery
• Version management
• Community contributions

Example:

# Install modules like npm packages
pnpm add @gati-modules/database
pnpm add @gati-modules/auth
pnpm add @gati-modules/cache

M5 Preview: Control Panel

Target: Q1 2026

Features:

• Live monitoring dashboard
• Configuration UI
• Log exploration
• Metrics visualization
• Request replay

Community Involvement

How to Contribute

1. Test Timescape

   cd examples/timescape-beginner
   pnpm install && pnpm dev

2. Report Issues

   • GitHub Issues
   • Discord community
   • Email: krishna@gati.dev

3. Contribute Code

   • Pick an issue
   • Submit PR
   • Get reviewed

What We Need

• 🧪 Beta testers - Try Timescape in real projects
• 📝 Documentation - Improve guides and examples
• 🐛 Bug reports - Help us find issues
• 💡 Feature ideas - Share your thoughts

Performance Targets

Current (M1-M2)

• ✅ 172K RPS throughput
• ✅ <10ms p95 latency
• ✅ 50-200ms hot reload
• ✅ 99.3% test coverage

M3 Targets

• 🎯 No performance regression
• 🎯 <1ms version resolution
• 🎯 <5ms transformer execution
• 🎯 100% backward compatibility

Timeline

Nov 2025  ████████████████░░░░  86% M3 Complete
Dec 2025  ████████████████████  100% M3 Complete
Jan 2026  ████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  20% M4 Started
Feb 2026  ████████░░░░░░░░░░░░  40% M4 Progress
Mar 2026  ████████████████░░░░  80% M4 Complete
Apr 2026  ████████████████████  100% M4 Complete

Get Involved

Try Gati:

npx gatic create my-app
cd my-app
pnpm dev

Join Community:

• GitHub: github.com/krishnapaul242/gati
• Discord: discord.gg/gati
• Twitter: @gati_framework

Related

• Timescape Architecture
• Roadmap
• Contributing