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+import { json, number, string, table } from "@rocicorp/zero";
+
+// Thin live row: status + per-step progress only. Heavy fields
+// (definition_snapshot, inputs, output, artifacts, error) stay on REST
+// (`GET /automations/{id}/runs/{run_id}`) and load on detail expand.
+// Mirrors the publication shape in migration 148.
+export const automationRunTable = table("automation_runs")
+	.columns({
+		id: number(),
+		automationId: number().from("automation_id"),
+		triggerId: number().optional().from("trigger_id"),
+		status: string(),
+		stepResults: json().from("step_results"),
+		startedAt: number().optional().from("started_at"),
+		finishedAt: number().optional().from("finished_at"),
+		createdAt: number().from("created_at"),
+	})
+	.primaryKey("id");