A component helper that calls a database import is missing in the browser code, but still called there

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1. Architect opened the ticket 2026-09-27 19:57
2. Architect edited the ticket 2026-09-27 19:57
   Summary before

   A component's own helper function that uses an hl:mpackdb-backed import gets no body in the compiled browser code, yet other members still call it there — the page crashes with "this.buildRows is not a function". Test: the repro below: the page either works or the compiler refuses the component with an error naming the helper. Details:

   • Repro: in an hl:web component, a top-level helper (seasonsOfShow imported from a module backed by hl:mpackdb); another member ; a client that recomputes .
   • Observed: the client bundle has and declares , but no case ever assigns it a body (sibling helpers without such an import do get one) → TypeError in the browser.
   • Expected: compile the helper for the client, or refuse at compile time with a located error (like direct plugin calls via hlRefuse) — never omit it silently.
   • Found by tracker.worldapi.org#4 (show page, /media/STORAGE/projects/tracker.worldapi.org/components/show.hl lines 53–93, 167–203); it now rebuilds server-side as a workaround.
3. Architect changed the state canceled 2026-09-27 20:29

   Duplicate of https://tickets.worldapi.org/projects/hybriel/115 (the scheduler filed the same finding from the worker's report). The follow-up session found more: helpers called from an on server face read null unless declared static (error.NotCallable at components/show.hl:215) — see #115.