correctness.payload_var

A deny rule, scope workflow. A read of payload — which is not in the data context — is always null.

Synopsis

$ orion-server clippy ./definitions
deny[correctness.payload_var] a read of `payload` — which is not in the data context — is always null

Description

{"var": "payload…"} in an expression the engine evaluates.

Caveats

Silent inside the element-scoped arguments of map, filter, reduce, all, some, none, group_by, distinct, sort, try, switch, match.

Related

• Advisory checks: every rule, the levels, and where certainty comes from.
• orion-server clippy: the command, its flags and exit codes.
• Test workflows offline: running the rules against a set.
• Workflows: the step grammar the rule reads.

Last verified 14 September 2026