Protobuf Compatibility

Decide whether two .proto sources are compatible, treating the field number as the identity it is. Reports a number freed without a reserved entry, which arms a future field to reinterpret old bytes; a number taken from a reserved range; a wire type change, which stops old messages decoding; a same-wire-type change that alters the decoded value, such as signed to unsigned; a rename, which is wire-safe and breaks generated code; cardinality and oneof moves; and enum number changes.

SocialLiveeip155:8453Exactvia cdp
ProtobufGrpcWire compatibilityContract testingRelease gate
Settlements · 30d
218↓ 56%
No per-endpoint history for this service yet, so this is payments indexed to its PROVIDER's wallet over 30 days.
$25.30
Verified settled volume
255 settlements proven x402 by their on-chain EIP-3009 marker.
$0.220
Listed price
As published in the catalog. Always read the live 402 before paying.
1
Calls · 30d
Upstream's own call count for this endpoint, not ours.
1
Unique payers · 30d
Last called 2026-10-04 08:19Z
—
Upstream on-chain volume
Reported by the source catalog.
Paid to
0x25e8245f07d5e4873987293dad666afbe56a9608

The wallet the 402 directs payment to. Its whole payment record — every payer, every chain — is on the merchant page.

Asset 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913

Provider

The payTo wallet does not resolve to a registered ERC-8004 agent. That is not a verdict on the service — most of the catalog is unregistered.

Live 402 challenge

Captured by the enrichment pass, not read just now. Prices can change — always read the 402 the endpoint answers with.

{
  "error": "Payment required",
  "accepts": [
    {
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "extra": {
        "name": "USD Coin",
        "version": "2"
      },
      "payTo": "0x25e8245f07d5e4873987293dad666afbe56a9608",
      "amount": "220000",
      "scheme": "exact",
      "network": "eip155:8453",
      "maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
    }
  ],
  "resource": {
    "url": "https://api.zfinia.com/x402/v1/protobuf-schema-compatibility",
    "tags": [
      "protobuf",
      "grpc",
      "wire compatibility",
      "contract testing",
      "release gate"
    ],
    "mimeType": "application/json",
    "description": "Decide whether two .proto sources are compatible, treating the field number as the identity it is. Reports a number freed without a reserved entry, which arms a future field to reinterpret old bytes; a number taken from a reserved range; a wire type change, which stops old messages decoding; a same-wire-type change that alters the decoded value, such as signed to unsigned; a rename, which is wire-safe and breaks generated code; cardinality and oneof moves; and enum number changes.",
    "serviceName": "Protobuf Compatibility"
  },
  "extensions": {
    "bazaar": {
      "info": {
        "input": {
          "body": {
            "after": "syntax = \"proto3\";\npackage shop.v1;\n\nenum Status {\n  UNKNOWN = 0;\n  OPEN = 1;\n  CLOSED = 2;\n}\n\nmessage Order {\n  string order_id = 1;\n  uint64 total_cents = 2;\n  Status status = 3;\n  string tags = 4;\n  int32 discount_cents = 5;\n}\n",
            "before": "syntax = \"proto3\";\npackage shop.v1;\n\nenum Status {\n  STATUS_UNSPECIFIED = 0;\n  OPEN = 1;\n  CLOSED = 2;\n}\n\nmessage Order {\n  string order_id = 1;\n  int64 total_cents = 2;\n  Status status = 3;\n  repeated string tags = 4;\n  string note = 5;\n}\n"
          },
          "type": "http",
          "method": "POST",
          "bodyType": "json"
        },
        "output": {
          "type": "json",
          "example": {
            "limits": {
              "maxFindings": 500,
              "maxSdlBytes": 262144,
              "maxVersions": 25,
              "maxAvroBytes": 262144,
              "maxConsumers": 50,
              "maxProtoBytes": 262144,
              "maxPathsPerConsumer": 200
            },
            "passed": false,
            "complete": true,
            "findings": [
              {
                "code": "VALUE_SEMANTICS_CHANGED",
                "field": "total_cents",
                "detail": "shop.v1.Order.total_cents = 2 went from int64 to uint64, which share the varint wire type, so old bytes decode without error and a value above the signed maximum reads as negative, or a negative value...",
                "number": 2,
                "message": "shop.v1.Order"
              },
              {
                "code": "CARDINALITY_CHANGED",
                "field": "tags",
                "detail": "shop.v1.Order.tags = 4 went from repeated to singular. The bytes still parse and the decoded shape changes, so a reader keeps only the last value or sees a one-element list.",
                "number": 4,
                "message": "shop.v1.Order"
              },
              {
                "code": "FIELD_RENAMED",
                "field": "discount_cents",
                "detail": "shop.v1.Order field 5 went from note to discount_cents. The wire format is unchanged because the number is the identity, and every generated accessor, JSON name and text-format name changes.",
                "number": 5,
                "message": "shop.v1.Order"
              }
            ],
            "compatible": false,
            "request_id": "example-request",
            "service_id": "protobuf_schema_compatibility",
            "assumptions": [
              "The field number is the identity, as protobuf defines it, and the name is not. A rename is therefore reported as wire-compatible and a source break, and reusing a number is reported as a silent reinte...",
              "Removing a field is only safe when the number cannot come back, so a removal without a matching reserved entry is a finding even though the removal itself parses.",
              "A type this file does not define, typically an imported one, is reported as not compared rather than assumed compatible. Services, extensions and groups are recognised and listed as not modelled."
            ],
            "limitations": [
              "The two .proto sources supplied, as a documented subset: messages, enums, fields, oneofs, maps and reserved ranges. Imports are recorded and not followed.",
              "compatible is true only when everything was compared and nothing changed in a way that affects a reader, a writer or generated code."
            ],
            "observed_at": "2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
            "after_syntax": "proto3",
            "not_examined": [],
            "before_syntax": "proto3",
            "finding_count": 6,
            "service_version": "1.0.0",
            "after_enum_count": 1,
            "findings_by_code": {
              "FIELD_RENAMED": 1,
              "WIRE_TYPE_CHANGED": 1,
              "ENUM_VALUE_RENAMED": 1,
              "CARDINALITY_CHANGED": 1,
              "ENUM_ZERO_VALUE_CHANGED": 1,
              "VALUE_SEMANTICS_CHANGED": 1
            },
            "before_enum_count": 1,
            "after_message_count": 1,
            "before_message_count": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
        "required": [
          "input"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "input": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "type",
              "method",
              "bodyType",
              "body"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "body": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "before",
                  "after"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "after": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "maxLength": 262144
                  },
                  "before": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "maxLength": 262144
                  }
                },
                "additionalProperties": false
              },
              "type": {
                "type": "string",
                "const": "http"
              },
              "method": {
                "enum": [
                  "POST"
                ],
                "type": "string"
              },
              "bodyType": {
                "enum": [
                  "json",
                  "form-data",
                  "text"
                ],
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": false
          },
          "output": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "type"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "type": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "example": {
                "type": "object"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x402Version": 2
}

Accepts

The payment requirements as published to the catalog. Read the live 402 before paying — a price here is a claim, not a quote.

0.22USDC≈ $0.22 USD
on Base · exact scheme

Pay 0.22 USDC on Base to 0x25e8…a9608. The signed payment is good for 1 minute.

USD Coin contract
0x8335…02913
Payment window
1 minute
As published
220000 smallest units
The catalog’s raw entry
[
  {
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "extra": {
      "name": "USD Coin",
      "version": "2"
    },
    "payTo": "0x25e8245f07d5e4873987293dad666afbe56a9608",
    "amount": "220000",
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
  }
]

Extensions

{
  "bazaar": {
    "info": {
      "input": {
        "body": {
          "after": "syntax = \"proto3\";\npackage shop.v1;\n\nenum Status {\n  UNKNOWN = 0;\n  OPEN = 1;\n  CLOSED = 2;\n}\n\nmessage Order {\n  string order_id = 1;\n  uint64 total_cents = 2;\n  Status status = 3;\n  string tags = 4;\n  int32 discount_cents = 5;\n}\n",
          "before": "syntax = \"proto3\";\npackage shop.v1;\n\nenum Status {\n  STATUS_UNSPECIFIED = 0;\n  OPEN = 1;\n  CLOSED = 2;\n}\n\nmessage Order {\n  string order_id = 1;\n  int64 total_cents = 2;\n  Status status = 3;\n  repeated string tags = 4;\n  string note = 5;\n}\n"
        },
        "type": "http",
        "method": "POST",
        "bodyType": "json"
      },
      "output": {
        "type": "json",
        "example": {
          "limits": {
            "maxFindings": 500,
            "maxSdlBytes": 262144,
            "maxVersions": 25,
            "maxAvroBytes": 262144,
            "maxConsumers": 50,
            "maxProtoBytes": 262144,
            "maxPathsPerConsumer": 200
          },
          "passed": false,
          "complete": true,
          "findings": [
            {
              "code": "VALUE_SEMANTICS_CHANGED",
              "field": "total_cents",
              "detail": "shop.v1.Order.total_cents = 2 went from int64 to uint64, which share the varint wire type, so old bytes decode without error and a value above the signed maximum reads as negative, or a negative value...",
              "number": 2,
              "message": "shop.v1.Order"
            },
            {
              "code": "CARDINALITY_CHANGED",
              "field": "tags",
              "detail": "shop.v1.Order.tags = 4 went from repeated to singular. The bytes still parse and the decoded shape changes, so a reader keeps only the last value or sees a one-element list.",
              "number": 4,
              "message": "shop.v1.Order"
            },
            {
              "code": "FIELD_RENAMED",
              "field": "discount_cents",
              "detail": "shop.v1.Order field 5 went from note to discount_cents. The wire format is unchanged because the number is the identity, and every generated accessor, JSON name and text-format name changes.",
              "number": 5,
              "message": "shop.v1.Order"
            }
          ],
          "compatible": false,
          "request_id": "example-request",
          "service_id": "protobuf_schema_compatibility",
          "assumptions": [
            "The field number is the identity, as protobuf defines it, and the name is not. A rename is therefore reported as wire-compatible and a source break, and reusing a number is reported as a silent reinte...",
            "Removing a field is only safe when the number cannot come back, so a removal without a matching reserved entry is a finding even though the removal itself parses.",
            "A type this file does not define, typically an imported one, is reported as not compared rather than assumed compatible. Services, extensions and groups are recognised and listed as not modelled."
          ],
          "limitations": [
            "The two .proto sources supplied, as a documented subset: messages, enums, fields, oneofs, maps and reserved ranges. Imports are recorded and not followed.",
            "compatible is true only when everything was compared and nothing changed in a way that affects a reader, a writer or generated code."
          ],
          "observed_at": "2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
          "after_syntax": "proto3",
          "not_examined": [],
          "before_syntax": "proto3",
          "finding_count": 6,
          "service_version": "1.0.0",
          "after_enum_count": 1,
          "findings_by_code": {
            "FIELD_RENAMED": 1,
            "WIRE_TYPE_CHANGED": 1,
            "ENUM_VALUE_RENAMED": 1,
            "CARDINALITY_CHANGED": 1,
            "ENUM_ZERO_VALUE_CHANGED": 1,
            "VALUE_SEMANTICS_CHANGED": 1
          },
          "before_enum_count": 1,
          "after_message_count": 1,
          "before_message_count": 1
        }
      }
    },
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
      "required": [
        "input"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "input": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "type",
            "method",
            "bodyType",
            "body"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "body": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "before",
                "after"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "after": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "maxLength": 262144
                },
                "before": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "maxLength": 262144
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": false
            },
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "const": "http"
            },
            "method": {
              "enum": [
                "POST"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            },
            "bodyType": {
              "enum": [
                "json",
                "form-data",
                "text"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        "output": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "type"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "example": {
              "type": "object"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Provenance

Seen in the source catalog
2026-10-04 08:19Z
Last indexed by Roundhouse
2026-10-05 00:20Z
Last enriched (probe, favicon, geo)
2026-10-05 17:46Z
x402 version
2
Max timeout
60s
Liveness probe
HTTP 402
Report

Hand this page to an agent

Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude, an MCP client or your own agent — it will vet this service and call it over the free read API. No key, no account.

GET api.roundhouseai.io/v0/endpoints

No per-endpoint history for this service yet, so this is payments indexed to its PROVIDER's wallet over 30 days. Verified volume counts only settlements with an on-chain EIP-3009 marker.

Open skill.md
Show the prompt
Using Roundhouse, look up the x402 service Protobuf Compatibility and tell me whether it is
worth paying: what a call costs, whether the endpoint answered when last probed, and what
its payment record actually shows.

curl -s 'https://api.roundhouseai.io/v0/endpoints?q=Protobuf%20Compatibility'
curl -s 'https://api.roundhouseai.io/v0/merchants/<the payTo wallet returned above>'

Then call it: read the price from the live 402 at https://api.zfinia.com/x402/v1/protobuf-schema-compatibility, never from
a cached figure, and pay with an x402 client.

The /v0 API needs an API key (`authorization: Bearer rh_live_…`) on everything except
/v0/unified* and /v0/endpoints. Either pay over x402 (mint a personal key for $0.01 at
GET https://api.roundhouseai.io/v0/test/x402), or ask me for an organization key, which I create at
https://roundhouseai.io/dashboard/connections. If you have neither, ask before going further.

If you do not have Roundhouse tools or skills installed, read
https://roundhouseai.io/skill.md first — it is the whole procedure.