updated backport changelog

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 # Security

-If you discover a security vulnerability within PocketBase, please send an e-mail to **support at pocketbase.io**.
+**Keep in mind that PocketBase is a non-commercial open source project, maintained entirely on volunteer basis (there is no company or dedicated team behind it), and there are no bounties!**

-All reports will be promptly addressed and you'll be credited in the fix release notes.
+If you discover a security vulnerability within PocketBase, please send an e-mail to **support at pocketbase.io** or submit a private [GitHub Security advisory](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/security/advisories).
+
+I try to be as responsive as possible and usually address security reports within a day or two, but if you didn't receive a reply from me for more than 5 days it is very likely that your email was flagged and in that case please open a GitHub issue or discussion just mentioning that you found a vulnerability and want to report it so that I can see the notification and will try to contact you for more details.
+
+In case the vulnerability is confirmed, within another couple days I'll try to submit a fix, GitHub security advisory and CVE with remediation steps and **minimal details** regarding the found exploit to minimize giving too much hints to malicious actors (you'll be credited both in the fix release notes and in the public report).
+
+### Please:
+
+- DO NOT use LLM as part of your report or email communication - it is extremely frustrating to spend an hour or more reading a wall of generated text, writing an elaborate reply and in the end to just receive another generic LLM prompt response in return.
+
+- DO NOT reserve and publish MITRE CVE number on your own _(I prefer to do it through the GitHub Security advisory)_ and try to communicate first privately the details to better understand how the code is being used and whether the supposed vulnerability can be actually exploited in any real practical scenarios. Otherwise you are risking needlessly causing scaremongering and annoyance for users that rely on security scanners as part of their CI/CD pipeline.
+
+- Wait before publicly disclosing and sharing details about the found vulnerability, **ideally at least 5 days after the fix**, to make it harder to exploit and give enough time for users to patch their instances _(you are free to provide a PoC and as much details as you want in your own blog/gist/etc.)_.
+
+### Below is a list of common vulnerabilities that were previously reported but are NOT considered a security issue:
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Stored XSS</strong></summary>
+
+This was discussed several times, both privately and [publicly](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6694), but I remain on the opinion that it should be handled primarily on the client-side.
+
+Modern browsers recently introduced a basic [`Sanitizer` interface](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Sanitizer) that could help filtering HTML strings without external libraries.
+
+Having also a default [Content Security Policy (CSP)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/CSP) either as meta tag or response header is always a good idea to minimize the risk of XSS.
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>SQL injection in low level DB methods like <code>app.DeleteTable(dangerousName)</code></strong></summary>
+
+This is working correctly and it is not an issue but it is a common report most likely found by LLM or some other automated tools that may have stumbled on the [NB! code comments](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase@master/core#BaseApp.DeleteTable).
+
+Raw SQL statements, table and column names are not parameterized and they are vulnerable to SQL injection if used with untrusted input. The documentation as seen above already warns against it. In recent PocketBase releases, many of the arguments of these methods were also prefixed with `dangerous*` to make it even more clear that they should be used with caution.
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Race conditions</strong></summary>
+
+To avoid DB locks PocketBase deliberately tries to minimize the use of DB transactions.
+This means that operations like record update don't wrap out of the box for example the `SELECT` and `UPDATE` SQL statements in a single transaction, and this can technically lead to a race condition if multiple users edit the same record.
+
+This is an accepted tradeoff and for the majority of cases it has no security implications.
+
+This also apply for the read and delete of MFA and OTP records but for those cases, since they operate in a security sensitive context, they have an extra short-lived duration that is configurable from the collection settings _(there are also system cron jobs that takes care for deleting forgotten/expired entries to prevent accumulation of invalid records)_.
+
+For the cases where transactions are really needed, users can utilize the [Batch Web API](https://pocketbase.io/docs/api-records/#batch-createupdateupsertdelete-records) or [create a transaction programmatically](https://pocketbase.io/docs/go-records/#transaction) _(with PocketBase v0.23+ it is also possible to wrap an entire hook chain in a single transaction)_.
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>List/Search side-channel attacks</strong></summary>
+
+Over the years we've implemented several extra checks to minimize the risk of List/Search side-channel attacks (see especially [v0.32.0](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v0320)) but users need to be aware that all client-side filtered fields are technically subject to timing attacks _(whether they are practical or not is a different topic)_.
+
+This is by design and it is accepted tradeoff between performance, security and usability.
+
+If you are concerned about timing attacks and have security sensitive collection data such as `secret`, `code`, `token`, etc. then the general recommendation is to mark their related fields as "Hidden" in order to disallow use in client-side filters.
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Connecting to a vulnerable OAuth2 provider</strong></summary>
+
+Because PocketBase v0.23+ supports automatically uploading the OAuth2 avatar on user create _(need to be specified from the auth collection OAuth2 fields mapping)_ some security researchers raised a concern regarding a Blind SSRF but this implies that an attacker controls the OAuth2 vendor and this is a very serious assumption in the first place.
+
+The entire OAuth2 flow relies that the application server (PocketBase) trusts the configured OAuth2 vendor.
+If you suspect that an OAuth2 vendor is malicious and cannot be trusted then you MUST NOT use that OAuth2 vendor at all and you should report it.
+
+If someone is able to tamper with the OAuth2 responses then the entire OAuth2 flow can be thrown out of the window because they will be practically able to authenticate as any of your existing users and the eventual avatar url probing request is the least of your problem.
+
+_Nonetheless, in future PocketBase releases there will be [extra `localhost` domain like checks](https://github.com/orgs/pocketbase/projects/2/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=159545722) when assigning the OAuth2 avatar url to a `file` field that will further minimize the risk of internal network probing requests in case of a vulnerable OAuth2 provider._
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong><code>disintegration/imaging</code> CVE-2023-36308</strong></summary>
+
+Just for the past month, due to some corporate security scanners 5 different people raised concerns over [CVE-2023-36308](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36308) but this is not really a vulnerability, especially not in PocketBase.
+
+[`disintegration/imaging`](https://github.com/disintegration/imaging) is a direct PocketBase dependency responsible for the thumbs generation.
+
+First, a panic (similar to exception in other languages) is NOT a security issue and Go programs usually have to be written defensively with that in mind. In PocketBase specifically all routes have auto panic-recover handling, no matter what the source of the panic is, so the worst case scenario would be an HTTP error response when attempting to access the thumb.
+
+Second, the related issue that the CVE describes is probably caused by a bug in an outdated `golang.org/x/image` dependency listed in the `go.mod` of that package but PocketBase uses a newer patched version of it that is expected to take precedence.
+
+Third, even if that issue is still available, with PocketBase it would have been triggerable ONLY if we supported TIFF thumbs generation but we don't. The supported thumbs formats at the moment are JPG, PNG, GIF (its first frame) and partially WebP (stored as PNG). All other images are served as it is, without any transformation.
+
+In the future I may consider eventually replacing the library because it is no longer actively maintained but as of now it is working correctly and as expected for our use case and you can safely flag the security warning as false-positive.
+</details>
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
          node-version: 20.17.0

      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
-          go-version: '>=1.23.6'
+          go-version: '>=1.26.1'

      # This step usually is not needed because the /ui/dist is pregenerated locally
      # but its here to ensure that each release embeds the latest admin ui artifacts.
@@ -1,8 +1,448 @@
+## v0.36.7
+
+- Fixed high memory usage with large file uploads ([#7572](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/7572)).
+
+- Updated the rate limiter reset rules to follow a more traditional fixed window strategy _(aka. to be more close to how it is presented in the UI - allow max X user requests under Ys)_ since several users complained that the older algorithm was not intuitive and not suitable for large intervals.
+    _Approximated sliding window strategy was also suggested as a better compromise option to help minimize traffic spikes right after reset but the additional tracking could introduce some overhead and for now it is left aside until we have more tests._
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.46.2 and SQLite 3.51.3.
+    _⚠️ SQLite 3.51.3 fixed a [database corruption bug](https://sqlite.org/wal.html#walresetbug) that is very unlikely to happen (with PocketBase even more so because we queue on app level all writes and explicit transactions through a single db connection), but still it is advised to upgrade._
+
+- Updated other minor Go and npm deps.
+    _The min Go version in the go.mod of the package was also bumped to Go 1.25.0 because some of the newer dep versions require it._
+
+
+## v0.36.6
+
+- Set `NumberField.OnlyInt:true` for the generated View collection schema fields when a view column expression is known to return int-only values ([#7538](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7538)).
+
+- Documented the `unmarshal` JSVM helper ([#7543](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7543)).
+
+- Added extra read check after the `Store.GetOrSet` write lock to prevent races overwriting an already existing value.
+
+- Added empty records check for the additional client-side filter's ListRule constraint that was introduced in v0.32.0 ([presentator#206](https://github.com/presentator/presentator/issues/206)).
+
+- Set a fixed `routine.FireAndForget()` debug stack trace limit to 2KB.
+
+- Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.26.1 because it comes with some [minor bug and security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.26.1).
+
+- Typos and other minor doc fixes.
+
+
+## v0.36.5
+
+- Disabled collection and fields name normalization while in IME mode ([#7532](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7532); thanks @miaopan607).
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.46.1 _(resets connection state on Tx.Commit failure)_.
+
+
+## v0.36.4
+
+- Made the optional `Bearer` token prefix case-insensitive ([#7525](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7525); thanks @benjamesfleming).
+
+- Enabled `$filesystem.s3(...)` and `$filesystem.local(...)` JSVM bindings ([#7526](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7526)).
+
+
+## v0.36.3
+
+- Added `Accept-Encoding: identity` to the S3 requests per the suggestion in [#7523](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7523).
+    _This should help fixing the 0-bytes file response when S3 API compression is enabled._
+
+- Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.26.0 _(it comes with minor [GC performance improvements](https://go.dev/doc/go1.26#runtime))_.
+
+- Other minor fixes _(updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.45.0, updated `goja_nodejs` adding `Buffer.concat`, updated the arguments of `app.DeleteTable(...)`, `app.DeleteView(...)` and other similar methods to make it more clear that they are dangerous and shouldn't be used with untrusted input, etc.)_.
+
+
+## v0.36.2
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.44.3 _(race check fix)_, `goja` _(circular references fix)_ and other go deps.
+
+- Other minor fixes _(updated tests to silence some of the race detector errors, updated `FindFirstRecordByData` with more clear error message when missing or invalid key is used, etc.)_.
+
+
+## v0.36.1
+
+- Reverted the `DISTINCT` with `GROUP BY` replacement optimization from v0.36.0 as it was reported to negatively impact the indexes utilization for some queries
+and the minor performance boost that you may get when used on large records is not enough to justify the more common use ([#7461](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/7461)).
+    _A better generic deduplication optimization for large records (aka. records with large `text`/`json` fields or many small ones) will be researched but there are no ETAs._
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.44.2 _(SQLite 3.51.2)_.
+
+- Fixed code comment typos.
+
+
+## v0.36.0
+
+- List query and API rules optimizations:
+    - Removed unnecessary correlated subquery expression when using back-relations via single `relation` field.
+    - Replaced `DISTINCT` with `GROUP BY id` when rows deduplication is needed and when deemed safe.
+        _This should help with having a more stable and predictable performance even if the collection records are on the larger side._
+
+    For some queries and data sets the above 2 optimizations have shown significant improvements but if you notice a performance degradation after upgrading,
+    please open a Q&A discussion with export of your collections structure and the problematic request so that it can be analyzed.
+
+- Added [`strftime(format, timevalue, modifiers...)`](https://pocketbase.io/docs/api-rules-and-filters/#strftimeformat-time-value-modifiers-) date formatting filter and API rules function.
+    It works similarly to the [SQLite `strftime` builtin function](https://sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html)
+    with the main difference that NULL results will be normalized for consistency with the non-nullable PocketBase `text` and `date` fields.
+    Multi-match expressions are also supported and works the same as if the collection field is referenced, for example:
+    ```js
+    // requires ANY/AT-LEAST-ONE-OF multiRel records to have "created" date matching the formatted string "2026-01"
+    strftime('%Y-%m', multiRel.created) ?= '2026-01'
+
+    // requires ALL multiRel records to have "created" date matching the formatted string "2026-01"
+    strftime('%Y-%m', multiRel.created) = '2026-01'
+    ```
+
+- ⚠️ Minor changes to the `search.ResolverResult` struct _(mostly used internally)_:
+    - Replaced `NoCoalesce` field with the more explicit `NullFallback` _(`NullFallbackDisabled` is the same as `NoCoalesce:true`)_.
+    - Replaced the expression interface of the `MultiMatchSubQuery` field with the concrete struct type `search.MultiMatchSubquery` to avoid excessive type assertions and allow direct mutations of the field.
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.44.1 _(SQLite 3.51.1)_.
+
+- Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.25.6 because it comes with some [minor security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.25.6).
+
+
+## v0.35.1
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.43.0 _(query cancellation race fix)_.
+
+- Other minor UI fixes (normalized relations picker selection and confirmation message when `maxSelect=0/1`, updated node deps).
+
+
+## v0.35.0
+
+- Added `nullString()`, `nullInt()`, `nullFloat()`, `nullBool`, `nullArray()`, `nullObject()` JSVM helpers for scanning nullable columns ([#7396](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7396)).
+
+- Store the correct `image/png` as attrs content type when generating a thumb fallback _(e.g. for `webp`)_.
+
+- Trimmed custom uploaded file name and extension from leftover `.` characters after `filesystem.File` normalization.
+    _This was done to prevent issues with external files sync programs that may have special handling for "invisible" files._
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` _(v1.41.0 includes prepared statements optimization)_ and other minor Go deps.
+
+
+## v0.34.2
+
+- Bumped JS SDK to v0.26.5 to fix Safari AbortError detection introduced with the previous release ([#7369](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7369)).
+
+
+## v0.34.1
+
+- Added missing `:` char to the autocomplete regex ([#7353](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7353); thanks @ouvreboite).
+
+- Added "Copy raw JSON" collection dropdown option ([#7357](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7357)).
+
+- Updated Go deps and JS SDK.
+
+- Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.25.5 because it comes with some [minor security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.25.5).
+    _The runner action was also updated to `actions/setup-go@v6` since the previous v5 Go source seems [no longer accessible](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/665#issuecomment-3416693714)._
+
+
+## v0.34.0
+
+- Added `@request.body.someField:changed` modifier.
+    It could be used when you want to ensure that a body field either wasn't submitted or was submitted with the same value.
+    Or in other words, if you want to disallow a field change the below 2 expressions would be equivalent:
+    ```js
+    // (old)
+    (@request.body.someField:isset = false || @request.body.someField = someField)
+
+    // (new)
+    @request.body.someField:changed = false
+    ```
+
+- Added `MailerRecordEvent.Meta["info"]` property for the `OnMailerRecordAuthAlertSend` hook.
+
+- Updated the backup restore popup with a short info about the performed restore steps.
+
+- Updated Go deps.
+
+
+## v0.33.0
+
+- Added extra `id` characters validation in addition to the user specified regex pattern ([#7312](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7312)).
+    _The following special characters are always forbidden: `./\|"'``<>:?*%$\n\r\t\0 `. Common reserved Windows file names such as `aux`, `prn`, `con`, `nul`, `com1-9`, `lpt1-9` are also not allowed._
+    _The list is not exhaustive but it should help minimizing eventual filesystem compatibility issues in case of wildcards or other loose regex patterns._
+
+- Added `{ALERT_INFO}` placeholder to the auth alert mail template ([#7314](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7314)).
+    _⚠️ `mails.SendRecordAuthAlert(app, authRecord, info)` also now accepts a 3rd `info` string argument._
+
+- Updated Go deps.
+
+
+## v0.32.0
+
+- ⚠️ Added extra List/Search API rules checks for the client-side `filter`/`sort` relations.
+
+    This is continuation of the effort to eliminate the risk of information disclosure _(and eventually the side-channel attacks that may originate from that)_.
+
+    So far this was accepted tradeoff between performance, usability and correctness since the solutions at the time weren't really practical _(especially with the back-relations as mentioned in ["Security and performance" section in #4417](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/4417))_, but with v0.23+ changes we can implement the extra checks without littering the code too much, with very little impact on the performance and at the same time ensuring better out of the box security _(especially for the cases where users operate with sensitive fields like "code", "token", "secret", etc.)_.
+
+    Similar to the previous release, probably for most users with already configured API rules this change won't be breaking, but if you have an _intermediate/junction collection_ that is "locked" (superusers-only) we no longer will allow the client-side relation filter to pass through it and you'll have to set its List/Search API rule to enable the current user to search in it.
+
+    For example, if you have a client-side filter that targets `rel1.rel2.token`, the client must have not only List/Search API rule access to the main collection BUT also to the collections referenced by "rel1" and "rel2" relation fields.
+
+    Note that this change is only for the **client-side** `filter`/`sort` and doesn't affect the execution of superuser requests, API rules and `expand` - they continue to work the same as it is.
+
+    An optional environment variable to toggle this behavior was considered but for now I think having 2 ways of resolving client-side filters would introduce maintenance burden and can even cause confusion (this change should actually make things more intuitive and clear because we can simply say something like _"you can search by a collection X field only if you have List/Search API rule access to it"_ no matter whether the targeted collection is the request's main collection, the first or last relation from the filter chain, etc.).
+
+    If you stumble on an error or extreme query performance degradation as a result of the extra checks, please open a Q&A discussion with the failing request and export of your collections configuration as JSON (_Settings > Export collections_) and I'll try to investigate it.
+
+- Increased the default SQLite `PRAGMA cache_size` to ~32MB.
+
+- Fixed deadlock when manually triggering the `OnTerminate` hook ([#7305](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7305); thanks @yerTools).
+
+- Fixed some code comment typos, regenerated the JSVM types and updated npm dependencies.
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.40.0.
+
+
+## v0.31.0
+
+- Visualize presentable multiple `relation` fields ([#7260](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7260)).
+
+- Support Ed25519 in the optional OIDC `id_token` signature validation ([#7252](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7252); thanks @shynome).
+
+- Added `ApiScenario.DisableTestAppCleanup` optional field to skip the auto test app cleanup and leave it up to the developers to do the cleanup manually ([#7267](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/7267)).
+
+- Added `FileDownloadRequestEvent.ThumbError` field that is populated in case of a thumb generation failure (e.g. unsupported format, timing out, etc.), allowing developers to reject the thumb fallback and/or supply their own custom thumb generation ([#7268](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/7268)).
+
+- ⚠️ Disallow client-side filtering and sorting of relations where the collection of the last targeted relation field has superusers-only List/Search API rule to further minimize the risk of eventual side-channel attack.
+    _This should be a non-breaking change for most users, but if you want the old behavior, please open a new Q&A discussion with details about your use case to evaluate making it configurable._
+    _Note also that as mentioned in the "Security and performance" section of [#4417](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/4417) and [#5863](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/5863), the easiest and recommended solution to protect security sensitive fields (tokens, codes, passwords, etc.) is to mark them as "Hidden" (aka. make them non-API filterable)._
+
+- Regenerated JSVM types and updated npm and Go deps.
+
+
+## v0.30.4
+
+- Fixed `json` field CSS regression introduced with the overflow workaround in v0.30.3 ([#7259](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7259)).
+
+
+## v0.30.3
+
+- Fixed legacy identitity field priority check when a username is a valid email address ([#7256](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7256)).
+
+- Workaround autocomplete overflow issue with Firefox 144 ([#7223](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7223)).
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.39.1 (SQLite 3.50.4).
+
+
+## v0.30.2
+
+- Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.24.8 since it comes with some [minor security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.24.8+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
+
+
+## v0.30.1
+
+- ⚠️ Excluded the `lost+found` directory from the backups ([#7208](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7208); thanks @lbndev).
+    _If for some reason you want to keep it, you can restore it by editing the `e.Exclude` list of the `OnBackupCreate` and `OnBackupRestore` hooks._
+
+- Minor tests improvements (disabled initial superuser creation for the test app to avoid cluttering the std output, added more tests for the `s3.Uploader.MaxConcurrency`, etc.).
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` and other Go dependencies.
+
+
+## v0.30.0
+
+- Eagerly escape the S3 request path following the same rules as in the S3 signing header ([#7153](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7153)).
+
+- Added Lark OAuth2 provider ([#7130](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7130); thanks @mashizora).
+
+- Increased test tokens `exp` claim to minimize eventual issues with reproducible builds ([#7123](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7123)).
+
+- Added `os.Root` bindings to the JSVM ([`$os.openRoot`](https://pocketbase.io/jsvm/functions/_os.openRoot.html), [`$os.openInRoot`](https://pocketbase.io/jsvm/functions/_os.openInRoot.html)).
+
+- Added `osutils.IsProbablyGoRun()` helper to loosely check if the program was started using `go run`.
+
+- Various minor UI improvements (updated collections indexes UI, enabled seconds in the datepicker, updated helper texts, etc.).
+
+- ⚠️ Updated the minimum package Go version to 1.24.0 and bumped Go dependencies.
+
+
+## v0.29.3
+
+- Try to forward Apple OAuth2 POST redirect user's name so that it can be returned (and eventually assigned) with the success response of the all-in-one auth call ([#7090](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7090)).
+
+- Fixed `RateLimitRule.Audience` code comment ([#7098](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7098); thanks @iustin05).
+
+- Mocked `syscall.Exec` when building for WASM ([#7116](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7116); thanks @joas8211).
+    _Note that WASM is not officially supported PocketBase build target and many things may not work as expected._
+
+- Registered missing `$filesystem`, `$mails`, `$template` and `__hooks` bindings in the JSVM migrations ([#7125](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7125)).
+
+- Regenerated JSVM types to include methods from structs with single generic parameter.
+
+- Updated Go dependencies.
+
+
+## v0.29.2
+
+- Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.23.12 since it comes with some [minor fixes for the runtime and `database/sql` package](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.23.12+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
+
+
+## v0.29.1
+
+- Updated the X/Twitter provider to return the `confirmed_email` field and to use the `x.com` domain ([#7035](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7035)).
+
+- Added Box.com OAuth2 provider ([#7056](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7056); thanks @blakepatteson).
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.38.2 (SQLite 3.50.3).
+
+- Fixed example List API response ([#7049](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7049); thanks @williamtguerra).
+
+
+## v0.29.0
+
+- Enabled calling the `/auth-refresh` endpoint with nonrenewable tokens.
+    _When used with nonrenewable tokens (e.g. impersonate) the endpoint will simply return the same token with the up-to-date user data associated with it._
+
+- Added the triggered rate rimit rule in the error log `details`.
+
+- Added optional `ServeEvent.Listener` field to initialize a custom network listener (e.g. `unix`) instead of the default `tcp` ([#3233](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/3233)).
+
+- Fixed request data unmarshalization for the `DynamicModel` array/object fields ([#7022](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/7022)).
+
+- Fixed Dashboard page title `-` escaping ([#6982](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6982)).
+
+- Other minor improvements (updated first superuser console text when running with `go run`, clarified trusted IP proxy header label, wrapped the backup restore in a transaction as an extra precaution, updated deps, etc.).
+
+
+## v0.28.4
+
+- Added global JSVM `toBytes()` helper to return the bytes slice representation of a value such as io.Reader or string, _other types are first serialized to Go string_ ([#6935](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6935)).
+
+- Fixed `security.RandomStringByRegex` random distribution ([#6947](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/6947); thanks @yerTools).
+
+- Minor docs and typos fixes.
+
+
+## v0.28.3
+
+- Skip sending empty `Range` header when fetching blobs from S3 ([#6914](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/6914)).
+
+- Updated Go deps and particularly `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.38.0 (SQLite 3.50.1).
+
+- Bumped GitHub action min Go version to 1.23.10 as it comes with some [minor security `net/http` fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.23.10+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
+
+
+## v0.28.2
+
+- Loaded latin-ext charset for the default text fonts ([#6869](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6869)).
+
+- Updated view query CAST regex to properly recognize multiline expressions ([#6860](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/6860); thanks @azat-ismagilov).
+
+- Updated Go and npm dependencies.
+
+
+## v0.28.1
+
+- Fixed `json_each`/`json_array_length` normalizations to properly check for array values ([#6835](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6835)).
+
+
+## v0.28.0
+
+- Write the default response body of `*Request` hooks that are wrapped in a transaction after the related transaction completes to allow propagating the transaction error ([#6462](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6462#discussioncomment-12207818)).
+
+- Updated `app.DB()` to automatically routes raw write SQL statements to the nonconcurrent db pool ([#6689](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6689)).
+    _For the rare cases when it is needed users still have the option to explicitly target the specific pool they want using `app.ConcurrentDB()`/`app.NonconcurrentDB()`._
+
+- ⚠️ Changed the default `json` field max size to 1MB.
+    _Users still have the option to adjust the default limit from the collection field options but keep in mind that storing large strings/blobs in the database is known to cause performance issues and should be avoided when possible._
+
+- ⚠️ Soft-deprecated and replaced `filesystem.System.GetFile(fileKey)` with `filesystem.System.GetReader(fileKey)` to avoid the confusion with `filesystem.File`.
+    _The old method will still continue to work for at least until v0.29.0 but you'll get a console warning to replace it with `GetReader`._
+
+- Added new `filesystem.System.GetReuploadableFile(fileKey, preserveName)` method to return an existing blob as a `*filesystem.File` value ([#6792](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6792)).
+    _This method could be useful in case you want to clone an existing Record file and assign it to a new Record (e.g. in a Record duplicate action)._
+
+- Other minor improvements (updated the GitHub release min Go version to 1.23.9, updated npm and Go deps, etc.)
+
+
+## v0.27.2
+
+- Added workers pool when cascade deleting record files to minimize _"thread exhaustion"_ errors ([#6780](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6780)).
+
+- Updated the `:excerpt` fields modifier to properly account for multibyte characters ([#6778](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6778)).
+
+- Use `rowid` as count column for non-view collections to minimize the need of having the id field in a covering index ([#6739](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6739))
+
+
+## v0.27.1
+
+- Updated example `geoPoint` API preview body data.
+
+- Added JSVM `new GeoPointField({ ... })` constructor.
+
+- Added _partial_ WebP thumbs generation (_the thumbs will be stored as PNG_; [#6744](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/6744)).
+
+- Updated npm dev dependencies.
+
+
+## v0.27.0
+
+- ⚠️ Moved the Create and Manage API rule checks out of the `OnRecordCreateRequest` hook finalizer, **aka. now all CRUD API rules are checked BEFORE triggering their corresponding `*Request` hook**.
+    This was done to minimize the confusion regarding the firing order of the request operations, making it more predictable and consistent with the other record List/View/Update/Delete request actions.
+    It could be a minor breaking change if you are relying on the old behavior and have a Go `tests.ApiScenario` that is testing a Create API rule failure and expect `OnRecordCreateRequest` to be fired. In that case for example you may have to update your test scenario like:
+    ```go
+    tests.ApiScenario{
+        Name:   "Example test that checks a Create API rule failure"
+        Method: http.MethodPost,
+        URL:    "/api/collections/example/records",
+        ...
+        // old:
+        ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{
+            "*":                     0,
+            "OnRecordCreateRequest": 1,
+        },
+        // new:
+        ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"*": 0},
+    }
+    ```
+    If you are having difficulties adjusting your code, feel free to open a [Q&A discussion](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions) with the failing/problematic code sample.
+
+- Added [new `geoPoint` field](https://pocketbase.io/docs/collections/#geopoint) for storing `{"lon":x,"lat":y}` geographic coordinates.
+    In addition, a new [`geoDistance(lonA, lotA, lonB, lotB)` function](https://pocketbase.io/docs/api-rules-and-filters/#geodistancelona-lata-lonb-latb) was also implemented that could be used to apply an API rule or filter constraint based on the distance (in km) between 2 geo points.
+
+- Updated the `select` field UI to accommodate better larger lists and RTL languages ([#4674](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/4674)).
+
+- Updated the mail attachments auto MIME type detection to use `gabriel-vasile/mimetype` for consistency and broader sniffing signatures support.
+
+- Forced `text/javascript` Content-Type when serving `.js`/`.mjs` collection uploaded files with the `/api/files/...` endpoint ([#6597](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6597)).
+
+- Added second optional JSVM `DateTime` constructor argument for specifying a default timezone as TZ identifier when parsing the date string as alternative to a fixed offset in order to better handle daylight saving time nuances ([#6688](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6688)):
+    ```js
+    // the same as with CET offset: new DateTime("2025-10-26 03:00:00 +01:00")
+    new DateTime("2025-10-26 03:00:00", "Europe/Amsterdam") // 2025-10-26 02:00:00.000Z
+
+    // the same as with CEST offset: new DateTime("2025-10-26 01:00:00 +02:00")
+    new DateTime("2025-10-26 01:00:00", "Europe/Amsterdam") // 2025-10-25 23:00:00.000Z
+    ```
+
+- Soft-deprecated the `$http.send`'s `result.raw` field in favor of `result.body` that contains the response body as plain bytes slice to avoid the discrepancies between Go and the JSVM when casting binary data to string.
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.37.0.
+
+- Other minor improvements (_removed the superuser fields from the auth record create/update body examples, allowed programmatically updating the auth record password from the create/update hooks, fixed collections import error response, etc._).
+
+
+## v0.26.6
+
+- Allow OIDC `email_verified` to be int or boolean string since some OIDC providers like AWS Cognito has non-standard userinfo response ([#6657](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/6657)).
+
+- Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.36.3.
+
+
+## v0.26.5
+
+- Fixed canonical URI parts escaping when generating the S3 request signature ([#6654](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6654)).
+
+
 ## v0.26.4

 - Fixed `RecordErrorEvent.Error` and `CollectionErrorEvent.Error` sync with `ModelErrorEvent.Error` ([#6639](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6639)).

- Fixed logs details clipboard copy.
+- Fixed logs details copy to clipboard action.

 - Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to 1.36.2.

@@ -365,7 +805,7 @@ There are a lot of changes but to highlight some of the most notable ones:
 - Admins are now system `_superusers` auth records.
 - Builtin rate limiter (_supports tags, wildcards and exact routes matching_).
 - Batch/transactional Web API endpoint.
- Impersonate Web API endpoint (_it could be also used for generating fixed/non-refreshable superuser tokens, aka. "API keys"_).
+- Impersonate Web API endpoint (_it could be also used for generating fixed/nonrenewable superuser tokens, aka. "API keys"_).
 - Support for custom user request activity log attributes.
 - One-Time Password (OTP) auth method (_via email code_).
 - Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) support (_currently requires any 2 different auth methods to be used_).
@@ -2,6 +2,48 @@
 > For the most recent versions, please refer to [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md)
 ---

+## v0.22.40
+
+- (_Backported from v0.36.7_) Updated `modernc.org/sqlite` to v1.46.2 and SQLite 3.51.3.
+    _⚠️ SQLite 3.51.3 fixed a [database corruption bug](https://sqlite.org/wal.html#walresetbug) that is very unlikely to happen (with PocketBase even more so because we queue on app level all writes and explicit transactions through a single db connection), but still it is advised to upgrade._
+
+- (_Backported from v0.36.7_) Updated other minor Go and npm deps.
+    _The min Go version in the go.mod of the package was also bumped to Go 1.25.0 because some of the newer dep versions require it._
+
+
+## v0.22.39
+
+- (_Backported from v0.36.6_) Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.26.1 because it comes with some [minor bug and security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.26.1).
+
+
+## v0.22.38
+
+- (_Backported from v0.36.0_) Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.25.6 because it comes with some [minor security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.25.6).
+
+
+## v0.22.37
+
+- (_Backported from v0.34.1_) - Added missing `:` char to the autocomplete regex ([#7353](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7353)).
+
+- (_Backported from v0.34.1_) Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.25.5 because it comes with some [minor security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.25.5).
+    _The runner action was also updated to `actions/setup-go@v6` since the previous v5 Go source seems [no longer accessible](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/665#issuecomment-3416693714)._
+
+
+## v0.22.36
+
+- (_Backported from v0.30.2_) Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.24.8 since it comes with some [minor security fixes](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.24.8+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
+
+
+## v0.22.35
+
+- (_Backported from v0.29.2_) Bumped min Go GitHub action version to 1.23.12 since it comes with some [minor fixes for the runtime and `database/sql` package](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.23.12+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
+
+
+## v0.22.34
+
+- (_Backported from v0.26.6_) Allow OIDC `email_verified` to be int or boolean string since some OIDC providers like AWS Cognito has non-standard userinfo response ([#6657](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/6657)).
+
+
 ## v0.22.33

 - (_Backported from v0.26.3_) Fixed and normalized logs error serialization across common types for more consistent logs error output ([#6631](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6631)).
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This document describes how to prepare a PR for a change in the main repository.

 ## Prerequisites

- Go 1.23+ (for making changes in the Go code)
+- Go 1.25+ (for making changes in the Go code)
 - Node 18+ (for making changes in the Admin UI)

 If you haven't already, you can fork the main repository and clone your fork so that you can work locally:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ your own custom app specific business logic and still have a single portable exe

 Here is a minimal example:

-0. [Install Go 1.23+](https://go.dev/doc/install) (_if you haven't already_)
+0. [Install Go 1.25+](https://go.dev/doc/install) (_if you haven't already_)

 1. Create a new project directory with the following `main.go` file inside it:
    ```go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ _For more details please refer to [Extend with Go](https://pocketbase.io/docs/go

 To build the minimal standalone executable, like the prebuilt ones in the releases page, you can simply run `go build` inside the `examples/base` directory:

-0. [Install Go 1.23+](https://go.dev/doc/install) (_if you haven't already_)
+0. [Install Go 1.25+](https://go.dev/doc/install) (_if you haven't already_)
 1. Clone/download the repo
 2. Navigate to `examples/base`
 3. Run `GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build`
@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ linux   386
 linux   amd64
 linux   arm
 linux   arm64
+linux   loong64
 linux   ppc64le
 linux   riscv64
 linux   s390x
+windows 386
 windows amd64
 windows arm64
 ```
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var ValidBatchActions = map[*regexp.Regexp]BatchActionHandlerFunc{
 				params["id"] = id // required for the path value
 				ir.Method = "PATCH"
 				ir.URL = "/api/collections/" + params["collection"] + "/records/" + id + params["query"]
-				return recordUpdate(next)
+				return recordUpdate(false, next)
 			}
 		}

@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ var ValidBatchActions = map[*regexp.Regexp]BatchActionHandlerFunc{
 		// ---
 		ir.Method = "POST"
 		ir.URL = "/api/collections/" + params["collection"] + "/records" + params["query"]
-		return recordCreate(next)
+		return recordCreate(false, next)
 	},
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^POST /api/collections/(?P<collection>[^\/\?]+)/records(\?.*)?$`): func(app core.App, ir *core.InternalRequest, params map[string]string, next func(any) error) HandleFunc {
-		return recordCreate(next)
+		return recordCreate(false, next)
 	},
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^PATCH /api/collections/(?P<collection>[^\/\?]+)/records/(?P<id>[^\/\?]+)(\?.*)?$`): func(app core.App, ir *core.InternalRequest, params map[string]string, next func(any) error) HandleFunc {
-		return recordUpdate(next)
+		return recordUpdate(false, next)
 	},
 	regexp.MustCompile(`^DELETE /api/collections/(?P<collection>[^\/\?]+)/records/(?P<id>[^\/\?]+)(\?.*)?$`): func(app core.App, ir *core.InternalRequest, params map[string]string, next func(any) error) HandleFunc {
-		return recordDelete(next)
+		return recordDelete(false, next)
 	},
 }

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (brs batchRequestsForm) validate() error {
 }

 // NB! When the request is submitted as multipart/form-data,
-// the regular fields data is expected to be submitted as serailized
+// the regular fields data is expected to be submitted as serialized
 // json under the @jsonPayload field and file keys need to follow the
 // pattern "requests.N.fileField" or  requests[N].fileField.
 func batchTransaction(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ func processInternalRequest(
 	// assign request
 	event.Request = r
 	event.Request.Body = &router.RereadableReadCloser{ReadCloser: r.Body} // enables multiple reads
+	defer event.Request.Body.Close()

 	// assign response
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/router"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/search"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/security"
 )

 // bindCollectionApi registers the collection api endpoints and the corresponding handlers.
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@ func collectionsList(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	event.Result = result

 	return event.App.OnCollectionsListRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.CollectionsListRequestEvent) error {
-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Result)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Result)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -60,7 +63,9 @@ func collectionView(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	event.Collection = collection

 	return e.App.OnCollectionViewRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.CollectionRequestEvent) error {
-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Collection)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Collection)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -98,7 +103,9 @@ func collectionCreate(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create collection. Raw error: \n"+err.Error(), nil)
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Collection)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Collection)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -128,7 +135,9 @@ func collectionUpdate(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return e.BadRequestError("Failed to update collection. Raw error: \n"+err.Error(), nil)
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Collection)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Collection)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -159,7 +168,9 @@ func collectionDelete(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return e.BadRequestError(msg, err)
 		}

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -182,14 +193,16 @@ func collectionTruncate(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 }

 func collectionScaffolds(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+	randomId := security.RandomStringWithAlphabet(10, core.DefaultIdAlphabet) // could be used as part of the default indexes name
+
 	collections := map[string]*core.Collection{
-		core.CollectionTypeBase: core.NewBaseCollection(""),
-		core.CollectionTypeAuth: core.NewAuthCollection(""),
-		core.CollectionTypeView: core.NewViewCollection(""),
+		core.CollectionTypeBase: core.NewBaseCollection("", randomId),
+		core.CollectionTypeAuth: core.NewAuthCollection("", randomId),
+		core.CollectionTypeView: core.NewViewCollection("", randomId),
 	}

 	for _, c := range collections {
-		c.Id = "" // clear autogenerated id
+		c.Id = "" // clear random id
 	}

 	return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, collections)
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ func collectionsImport(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	return event.App.OnCollectionsImportRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.CollectionsImportRequestEvent) error {
 		importErr := e.App.ImportCollections(e.CollectionsData, form.DeleteMissing)
 		if importErr == nil {
-			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+			return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+				return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+			})
 		}

 		// validation failure
 		var validationErrors validation.Errors
-		if errors.As(err, &validationErrors) {
+		if errors.As(importErr, &validationErrors) {
 			return e.BadRequestError("Failed to import collections.", validationErrors)
 		}

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ func TestCollectionsImport(t *testing.T) {
 				`import2`,
 				`fields`,
 			},
+			NotExpectedContent: []string{"Raw error:"},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
 				"*":                            0,
 				"OnCollectionsImportRequest":   1,
@@ -109,6 +111,71 @@ func TestCollectionsImport(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "authorized as superuser + non-validator failure",
+			Method: http.MethodPut,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/import",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"collections":[
+					{
+						"name": "import1",
+						"fields": [
+							{
+							  "id": "koih1lqx",
+							  "name": "test",
+							  "type": "text"
+							}
+						]
+					},
+					{
+						"name": "import2",
+						"fields": [
+							{
+							  "id": "koih1lqx",
+							  "name": "test",
+							  "type": "text"
+							}
+						],
+						"indexes": [
+							"create index idx_test on import2 (test)"
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			}`),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus: 400,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{
+				`"data":{`,
+				`"collections":{"code":"validation_collections_import_failure"`,
+				`Raw error:`,
+				`custom_error`,
+			},
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
+				"*":                            0,
+				"OnCollectionsImportRequest":   1,
+				"OnCollectionCreate":           1,
+				"OnCollectionAfterCreateError": 1,
+				"OnModelCreate":                1,
+				"OnModelAfterCreateError":      1,
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnCollectionCreate().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionEvent) error {
+					return errors.New("custom_error")
+				})
+			},
+			AfterTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, res *http.Response) {
+				collections := []*core.Collection{}
+				if err := app.CollectionQuery().All(&collections); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				expected := totalCollections
+				if len(collections) != expected {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected %d collections, got %d", expected, len(collections))
+				}
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			Name:   "authorized as superuser + successful collections create",
 			Method: http.MethodPut,
@@ -249,6 +316,51 @@ func TestCollectionsImport(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnCollectionsImportRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPut,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/import",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"deleteMissing": true,
+				"collections":[
+					{"name": "test123"},
+					{
+						"id":"wsmn24bux7wo113",
+						"name":"demo1",
+						"fields":[
+							{
+								"id":"_2hlxbmp",
+								"name":"title",
+								"type":"text",
+								"required":true
+							}
+						],
+						"indexes": []
+					}
+				]
+			}`),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnCollectionsImportRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionsImportRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnCollectionsImportRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -130,6 +129,32 @@ func TestCollectionsList(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnCollectionsListRequest": 1,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnCollectionsListRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/collections",
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnCollectionsListRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionsListRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnCollectionsListRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -205,6 +230,32 @@ func TestCollectionView(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnCollectionViewRequest": 1,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnCollectionViewRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/wsmn24bux7wo113",
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnCollectionViewRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnCollectionViewRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -361,7 +412,7 @@ func TestCollectionDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnCollectionAfterDeleteSuccessRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnCollectionDeleteRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodDelete,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/view2",
 			Headers: map[string]string{
@@ -369,15 +420,22 @@ func TestCollectionDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnCollectionDeleteRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                         0,
-				"OnCollectionDeleteRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnCollectionDeleteRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},
 	}

@@ -656,7 +714,7 @@ func TestCollectionCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnCollectionCreateRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnCollectionCreateRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
 			URL:    "/api/collections",
 			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"name":"new","type":"base"}`),
@@ -665,15 +723,22 @@ func TestCollectionCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnCollectionCreateRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                         0,
-				"OnCollectionCreateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnCollectionCreateRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},

 		// view
@@ -978,7 +1043,7 @@ func TestCollectionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnCollectionAfterUpdateSuccessRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnCollectionUpdateRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPatch,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/demo1",
 			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{}`),
@@ -987,15 +1052,22 @@ func TestCollectionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnCollectionUpdateRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.CollectionRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                         0,
-				"OnCollectionUpdateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnCollectionUpdateRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "authorized as superuser + invalid data (eg. existing name)",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/singleflight"
 )

-var imageContentTypes = []string{"image/png", "image/jpg", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"}
+var imageContentTypes = []string{"image/png", "image/jpg", "image/jpeg", "image/gif", "image/webp"}
 var defaultThumbSizes = []string{"100x100"}

 // bindFileApi registers the file api endpoints and the corresponding handlers.
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ func (api *fileApi) fileToken(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	event.Record = e.Auth

 	return e.App.OnFileTokenRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.FileTokenRequestEvent) error {
-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]string{
-			"token": e.Token,
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]string{"token": e.Token})
 		})
 	})
 }
@@ -142,8 +142,14 @@ func (api *fileApi) download(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	defer fsys.Close()

 	originalPath := baseFilesPath + "/" + filename
-	servedPath := originalPath
-	servedName := filename
+
+	event := new(core.FileDownloadRequestEvent)
+	event.RequestEvent = e
+	event.Collection = collection
+	event.Record = record
+	event.FileField = fileField
+	event.ServedPath = originalPath
+	event.ServedName = filename

 	// check for valid thumb size param
 	thumbSize := e.Request.URL.Query().Get("thumb")
@@ -157,34 +163,31 @@ func (api *fileApi) download(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		// check if it is an image
 		if list.ExistInSlice(oAttrs.ContentType, imageContentTypes) {
 			// add thumb size as file suffix
-			servedName = thumbSize + "_" + filename
-			servedPath = baseFilesPath + "/thumbs_" + filename + "/" + servedName
+			event.ServedName = thumbSize + "_" + filename
+			event.ServedPath = baseFilesPath + "/thumbs_" + filename + "/" + event.ServedName

 			// create a new thumb if it doesn't exist
-			if exists, _ := fsys.Exists(servedPath); !exists {
-				if err := api.createThumb(e, fsys, originalPath, servedPath, thumbSize); err != nil {
+			if exists, _ := fsys.Exists(event.ServedPath); !exists {
+				if err := api.createThumb(e, fsys, originalPath, event.ServedPath, thumbSize); err != nil {
 					e.App.Logger().Warn(
-						"Fallback to original - failed to create thumb "+servedName,
+						"Fallback to original - failed to create thumb "+event.ServedName,
 						slog.Any("error", err),
 						slog.String("original", originalPath),
-						slog.String("thumb", servedPath),
+						slog.String("thumb", event.ServedPath),
 					)

 					// fallback to the original
-					servedName = filename
-					servedPath = originalPath
+					event.ThumbError = err
+					event.ServedName = filename
+					event.ServedPath = originalPath
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}

-	event := new(core.FileDownloadRequestEvent)
-	event.RequestEvent = e
-	event.Collection = collection
-	event.Record = record
-	event.FileField = fileField
-	event.ServedPath = servedPath
-	event.ServedName = servedName
+	if thumbSize != "" && event.ThumbError == nil && event.ServedPath == originalPath {
+		event.ThumbError = fmt.Errorf("the thumb size %q or the original file format are not supported", thumbSize)
+	}

 	// clickjacking shouldn't be a concern when serving uploaded files,
 	// so it safe to unset the global X-Frame-Options to allow files embedding
@@ -192,7 +195,10 @@ func (api *fileApi) download(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	e.Response.Header().Del("X-Frame-Options")

 	return e.App.OnFileDownloadRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
-		if err := fsys.Serve(e.Response, e.Request, e.ServedPath, e.ServedName); err != nil {
+		err = execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return fsys.Serve(e.Response, e.Request, e.ServedPath, e.ServedName)
+		})
+		if err != nil {
 			return e.NotFoundError("", err)
 		}

@@ -181,9 +181,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - missing thumb (should fallback to the original)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=999x999",
+			Name:   "existing image - missing thumb (should fallback to the original)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=999x999",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError == nil {
+						t.Fatal("Expected thumb error, got nil")
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testImg)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -192,9 +200,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - existing thumb (crop center)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50",
+			Name:   "existing image - existing thumb (crop center)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Expected no thumb error, got %v", e.ThumbError)
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testThumbCropCenter)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -203,9 +219,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - existing thumb (crop top)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50t",
+			Name:   "existing image - existing thumb (crop top)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50t",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Expected no thumb error, got %v", e.ThumbError)
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testThumbCropTop)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -214,9 +238,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - existing thumb (crop bottom)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50b",
+			Name:   "existing image - existing thumb (crop bottom)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50b",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Expected no thumb error, got %v", e.ThumbError)
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testThumbCropBottom)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -225,9 +257,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - existing thumb (fit)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50f",
+			Name:   "existing image - existing thumb (fit)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x50f",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Expected no thumb error, got %v", e.ThumbError)
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testThumbFit)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -236,9 +276,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - existing thumb (zero width)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=0x50",
+			Name:   "existing image - existing thumb (zero width)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=0x50",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Expected no thumb error, got %v", e.ThumbError)
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testThumbZeroWidth)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -247,9 +295,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing image - existing thumb (zero height)",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x0",
+			Name:   "existing image - existing thumb (zero height)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/4q1xlclmfloku33/300_1SEi6Q6U72.png?thumb=70x0",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("Expected no thumb error, got %v", e.ThumbError)
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testThumbZeroHeight)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -258,9 +314,17 @@ func TestFileDownload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:            "existing non image file - thumb parameter should be ignored",
-			Method:          http.MethodGet,
-			URL:             "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/oap640cot4yru2s/test_kfd2wYLxkz.txt?thumb=100x100",
+			Name:   "existing non image file - thumb parameter should be ignored",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/files/_pb_users_auth_/oap640cot4yru2s/test_kfd2wYLxkz.txt?thumb=100x100",
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnFileDownloadRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.FileDownloadRequestEvent) error {
+					if e.ThumbError == nil {
+						t.Fatal("Expected thumb error, got nil")
+					}
+					return e.Next()
+				})
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{string(testFile)},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func DefaultInstallerFunc(app core.App, systemSuperuser *core.Record, baseURL st
 	_ = osutils.LaunchURL(url)
 	color.Magenta("\n(!) Launch the URL below in the browser if it hasn't been open already to create your first superuser account:")
 	color.New(color.Bold).Add(color.FgCyan).Println(url)
-	color.New(color.FgHiBlack, color.Italic).Printf("(you can also create your first superuser by running: %s superuser upsert EMAIL PASS)\n\n", os.Args[0])
+	color.New(color.FgHiBlack, color.Italic).Printf("(you can also create your first superuser by running: %s superuser upsert EMAIL PASS)\n\n", executablePath())

 	return nil
 }
@@ -86,3 +86,11 @@ func findOrCreateInstallerSuperuser(app core.App) (*core.Record, error) {

 	return record, nil
 }
+
+func executablePath() string {
+	if osutils.IsProbablyGoRun() {
+		return "go run ."
+	}
+
+	return os.Args[0]
+}
@@ -207,11 +207,13 @@ func loadAuthToken() *hook.Handler[*core.RequestEvent] {

 func getAuthTokenFromRequest(e *core.RequestEvent) string {
 	token := e.Request.Header.Get("Authorization")
-	if token != "" {
-		// the schema prefix is not required and it is only for
-		// compatibility with the defaults of some HTTP clients
-		token = strings.TrimPrefix(token, "Bearer ")
+
+	// the "Bearer" schema prefix is not required by PocketBase and it is
+	// supported only for compatibility with the defaults of some HTTP clients
+	if len(token) > 7 && strings.EqualFold(token[:7], "Bearer ") {
+		return token[7:]
 	}
+
 	return token
 }

@@ -365,11 +367,25 @@ func logRequest(event *core.RequestEvent, err error) {

 	// parse the request error
 	if err != nil {
-		if apiErr, ok := err.(*router.ApiError); ok {
-			status = apiErr.Status
+		apiErr, isPlainApiError := err.(*router.ApiError)
+		if isPlainApiError || errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+			// the status header wasn't written yet
+			if status == 0 {
+				status = apiErr.Status
+			}
+
+			var errMsg string
+			if isPlainApiError {
+				errMsg = apiErr.Message
+			} else {
+				// wrapped ApiError -> add the full serialized version
+				// of the original error since it could contain more information
+				errMsg = err.Error()
+			}
+
 			attrs = append(
 				attrs,
-				slog.String("error", apiErr.Message),
+				slog.String("error", errMsg),
 				slog.Any("details", apiErr.RawData()),
 			)
 		} else {
@@ -112,9 +112,21 @@ func (r *limitedReader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	return n, nil
 }

+// explicit casts to ensure that the main struct methods will be invoked
+// (extra precautions in case of nested interface wrapping erasure)
+// ---
+
 func (r *limitedReader) Reread() {
-	rr, ok := r.ReadCloser.(router.Rereader)
+	rereader, ok := r.ReadCloser.(router.Rereader)
 	if ok {
-		rr.Reread()
+		rereader.Reread()
 	}
 }
+
+func (r *limitedReader) Close() error {
+	closer, ok := r.ReadCloser.(io.Closer)
+	if ok {
+		return closer.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package apis

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"sync"
 	"time"

@@ -107,28 +108,6 @@ func checkCollectionRateLimit(e *core.RequestEvent, collection *core.Collection,

 // -------------------------------------------------------------------

-// @todo consider exporting as helper?
-//
-//nolint:unused
-func isClientRateLimited(e *core.RequestEvent, rtId string) bool {
-	rateLimiters, ok := e.App.Store().Get(rateLimitersStoreKey).(*store.Store[string, *rateLimiter])
-	if !ok || rateLimiters == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	rt, ok := rateLimiters.GetOk(rtId)
-	if !ok || rt == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	client, ok := rt.getClient(e.RealIP())
-	if !ok || client == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return client.available <= 0 && time.Now().Unix()-client.lastConsume < client.interval
-}
-
 // @todo consider exporting as helper?
 func checkRateLimit(e *core.RequestEvent, rtId string, rule core.RateLimitRule) error {
 	switch rule.Audience {
@@ -153,7 +132,7 @@ func checkRateLimit(e *core.RequestEvent, rtId string, rule core.RateLimitRule)
 	}

 	rt := rateLimiters.GetOrSet(rtId, func() *rateLimiter {
-		return newRateLimiter(rule.MaxRequests, rule.Duration, rule.Duration+1800)
+		return newRateLimiter(rule.MaxRequests, rule.Duration, 1800)
 	})
 	if rt == nil {
 		e.App.Logger().Warn("Failed to retrieve app rate limiter", "id", rtId)
@@ -167,7 +146,7 @@ func checkRateLimit(e *core.RequestEvent, rtId string, rule core.RateLimitRule)
 	}

 	if !rt.isAllowed(key) {
-		return e.TooManyRequestsError("", nil)
+		return e.TooManyRequestsError("", errors.New("triggered rate limit rule: "+rule.String()))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -233,12 +212,12 @@ func newRateLimiter(maxAllowed int, intervalInSec int64, minDeleteIntervalInSec
 		maxAllowed:        maxAllowed,
 		interval:          intervalInSec,
 		minDeleteInterval: minDeleteIntervalInSec,
-		clients:           map[string]*fixedWindow{},
+		clients:           map[string]*rateClient{},
 	}
 }

 type rateLimiter struct {
-	clients map[string]*fixedWindow
+	clients map[string]*rateClient

 	maxAllowed        int
 	interval          int64
@@ -249,7 +228,7 @@ type rateLimiter struct {
 }

 //nolint:unused
-func (rt *rateLimiter) getClient(key string) (*fixedWindow, bool) {
+func (rt *rateLimiter) getClient(key string) (*rateClient, bool) {
 	rt.RLock()
 	client, ok := rt.clients[key]
 	rt.RUnlock()
@@ -268,7 +247,7 @@ func (rt *rateLimiter) isAllowed(key string) bool {
 		// check again in case the client was added by another request
 		client, ok = rt.clients[key]
 		if !ok {
-			client = newFixedWindow(rt.maxAllowed, rt.interval)
+			client = newRateClient(rt.maxAllowed, rt.interval)
 			rt.clients[key] = client
 		}
 		rt.Unlock()
@@ -294,7 +273,7 @@ func (rt *rateLimiter) clean() {
 	//
 	// @todo remove after https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20135
 	if rt.totalDeleted >= 300 {
-		shrunk := make(map[string]*fixedWindow, len(rt.clients))
+		shrunk := make(map[string]*rateClient, len(rt.clients))
 		for k, v := range rt.clients {
 			shrunk[k] = v
 		}
@@ -303,52 +282,54 @@ func (rt *rateLimiter) clean() {
 	}
 }

-func newFixedWindow(maxAllowed int, intervalInSec int64) *fixedWindow {
-	return &fixedWindow{
+func newRateClient(maxAllowed int, intervalInSec int64) *rateClient {
+	return &rateClient{
 		maxAllowed: maxAllowed,
 		interval:   intervalInSec,
 	}
 }

-type fixedWindow struct {
+// @todo evaluate swiching to sliding window with approximation counter similar to Cloudflare.
+//
+// rateClient implements fixed window rate limit strategy.
+type rateClient struct {
 	// use plain Mutex instead of RWMutex since the operations are expected
 	// to be mostly writes (e.g. consume()) and it should perform better
 	sync.Mutex

-	maxAllowed  int   // the max allowed tokens per interval
-	available   int   // the total available tokens
-	interval    int64 // in seconds
-	lastConsume int64 // the time of the last consume
+	maxAllowed int   // the max allowed tokens per interval
+	available  int   // the total available tokens
+	start      int64 // the start time of the current window
+	interval   int64 // in seconds
 }

-// hasExpired checks whether it has been at least minElapsed seconds since the lastConsume time.
+// hasExpired checks whether it has been at least minElapsed seconds after the last active window.
 // (usually used to perform periodic cleanup of staled instances).
-func (l *fixedWindow) hasExpired(relativeNow int64, minElapsed int64) bool {
+func (l *rateClient) hasExpired(relativeNow int64, minElapsed int64) bool {
 	l.Lock()
 	defer l.Unlock()

-	return relativeNow-l.lastConsume > minElapsed
+	return relativeNow-(l.start+l.interval) > minElapsed
 }

-// consume decrease the current window allowance with 1 (if not exhausted already).
+// consume decreases the current allowance with 1 (if not exhausted already).
 //
 // It returns false if the allowance has been already exhausted and the user
 // has to wait until it resets back to its maxAllowed value.
-func (l *fixedWindow) consume() bool {
+func (l *rateClient) consume() bool {
 	l.Lock()
 	defer l.Unlock()

 	nowUnix := time.Now().Unix()

-	// reset consumed counter
-	if nowUnix-l.lastConsume >= l.interval {
+	// reset
+	if nowUnix-l.start >= l.interval {
 		l.available = l.maxAllowed
+		l.start = nowUnix
 	}

 	if l.available > 0 {
 		l.available--
-		l.lastConsume = nowUnix
-
 		return true
 	}

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestDefaultRateLimitMiddleware(t *testing.T) {

 	scenarios := []struct {
 		url            string
-		wait           float64
+		wait           float64 // ms
 		authenticated  bool
 		expectedStatus int
 	}{
@@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ func TestDefaultRateLimitMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/norate", 0, false, 200},

 		{"/rate/a", 0, false, 200},
+		{"/rate/a", 800, false, 200}, // (fixed window check) wait enough to ensure that it can't fit 2 requests in 1s
+		{"/rate/a", 800, false, 200},
+		{"/rate/a", 800, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/a", 0, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/a", 0, false, 429},
 		{"/rate/a", 0, false, 429},
-		{"/rate/a", 1.1, false, 200},
+		{"/rate/a", 1000, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/a", 0, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/a", 0, false, 429},

@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ func TestDefaultRateLimitMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/rate/b", 0, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/b", 0, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/b", 0, false, 429},
-		{"/rate/b", 1.1, false, 200},
+		{"/rate/b", 1000, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/b", 0, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/b", 0, false, 200},
 		{"/rate/b", 0, false, 429},
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ func TestDefaultRateLimitMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/rate/guest", 0, false, 429},

 		// "guest" rule with regular user (should fallback to the /rate/ rule)
-		{"/rate/guest", 1, true, 200},
+		{"/rate/guest", 1000, true, 200},
 		{"/rate/guest", 0, true, 200},
 		{"/rate/guest", 0, true, 429},
 		{"/rate/guest", 0, true, 429},
@@ -126,10 +129,6 @@ func TestDefaultRateLimitMiddleware(t *testing.T) {

 	for _, s := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(s.url, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if s.wait > 0 {
-				time.Sleep(time.Duration(s.wait) * time.Second)
-			}
-
 			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", s.url, nil)

@@ -147,6 +146,10 @@ func TestDefaultRateLimitMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 				req.Header.Add("Authorization", token)
 			}

+			if s.wait > 0 {
+				time.Sleep(time.Duration(s.wait) * time.Millisecond)
+			}
+
 			mux.ServeHTTP(rec, req)

 			result := rec.Result()
@@ -224,6 +224,22 @@ func TestRequireAuth(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedStatus:  200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{"test123"},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "valid record auth token with Bearer case-insensitive prefix",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/my/test",
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				// regular user
+				"Authorization": "BeArEr eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoiX3BiX3VzZXJzX2F1dGhfIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.ZT3F0Z3iM-xbGgSG3LEKiEzHrPHr8t8IuHLZGGNuxLo",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				e.Router.GET("/my/test", func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+					return e.String(200, "test123")
+				}).Bind(apis.RequireAuth())
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  200,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"test123"},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ func realtimeSetSubscriptions(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			slog.Any("subscriptions", e.Subscriptions),
 		)

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -756,7 +758,7 @@ func realtimeCanAccessRecord(

 	var exists int

-	q := app.DB().Select("(1)").
+	q := app.ConcurrentDB().Select("(1)").
 		From(record.Collection().Name).
 		AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{record.Collection().Name + ".id": record.Id})

@@ -767,7 +769,11 @@ func realtimeCanAccessRecord(
 	}

 	q.AndWhere(expr)
-	resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+
+	err = resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}

 	err = q.Limit(1).Row(&exists)

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ func recordConfirmEmailChange(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("Failed to confirm email change.", err))
 		}

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ func TestRecordConfirmEmailChange(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{"*": 0},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterConfirmEmailChangeRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordConfirmEmailChangeRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/users/confirm-email-change",
 			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
@@ -145,15 +144,22 @@ func TestRecordConfirmEmailChange(t *testing.T) {
 			}`),
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordConfirmEmailChangeRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordConfirmEmailChangeRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                                 0,
-				"OnRecordConfirmEmailChangeRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordConfirmEmailChangeRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},

 		// rate limit checks
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ func recordRequestEmailChange(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("Failed to request email change.", err))
 		}

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -118,6 +118,33 @@ func TestRecordRequestEmailChange(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordRequestEmailChangeRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/request-email-change",
+			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"newEmail":"change@example.com"}`),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoiX3BiX3VzZXJzX2F1dGhfIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.ZT3F0Z3iM-xbGgSG3LEKiEzHrPHr8t8IuHLZGGNuxLo",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnRecordRequestEmailChangeRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestEmailChangeRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordRequestEmailChangeRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// rate limit checks
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ func recordAuthImpersonate(e *core.RequestEvent) error {

 	form := &impersonateForm{}
 	if err = e.BindBody(form); err != nil {
-		return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while loading the submitted data.", err))
+		return e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while loading the submitted data.", err)
 	}
 	if err = form.validate(); err != nil {
-		return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while validating the submitted data.", err))
+		return e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while validating the submitted data.", err)
 	}

 	token, err := record.NewStaticAuthToken(time.Duration(form.Duration) * time.Second)
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ func recordRequestOTP(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			})
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]string{
-			"otpId": otp.Id,
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]string{"otpId": otp.Id})
 		})
 	})
 }
@@ -247,6 +247,31 @@ func TestRecordRequestOTP(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordRequestOTPRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/request-otp",
+			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"email":"test@example.com"}`),
+			Delay:  100 * time.Millisecond,
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnRecordRequestOTPRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordCreateOTPRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordRequestOTPRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// rate limit checks
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ func recordConfirmPasswordReset(e *core.RequestEvent) error {

 		e.App.Store().Remove(getPasswordResetResendKey(authRecord))

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ func TestRecordConfirmPasswordReset(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterConfirmPasswordResetRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordConfirmPasswordResetRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/users/confirm-password-reset",
 			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
@@ -292,15 +291,22 @@ func TestRecordConfirmPasswordReset(t *testing.T) {
 			}`),
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordConfirmPasswordResetRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordConfirmPasswordResetRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                                   0,
-				"OnRecordConfirmPasswordResetRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordConfirmPasswordResetRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},

 		// rate limit checks
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ func recordRequestPasswordReset(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			})
 		})

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -101,6 +101,30 @@ func TestRecordRequestPasswordReset(t *testing.T) {
 				app.Store().Set(resendKey, struct{}{})
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordRequestPasswordResetRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/request-password-reset",
+			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"email":"test@example.com"}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnRecordRequestPasswordResetRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestPasswordResetRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordRequestPasswordResetRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// rate limit checks
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -12,18 +12,24 @@ func recordAuthRefresh(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		return e.NotFoundError("Missing auth record context.", nil)
 	}

-	currentToken := getAuthTokenFromRequest(e)
-	claims, _ := security.ParseUnverifiedJWT(currentToken)
-	if v, ok := claims[core.TokenClaimRefreshable]; !ok || !cast.ToBool(v) {
-		return e.ForbiddenError("The current auth token is not refreshable.", nil)
-	}
-
 	event := new(core.RecordAuthRefreshRequestEvent)
 	event.RequestEvent = e
 	event.Collection = record.Collection()
 	event.Record = record

 	return e.App.OnRecordAuthRefreshRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.RecordAuthRefreshRequestEvent) error {
-		return RecordAuthResponse(e.RequestEvent, e.Record, "", nil)
+		token := getAuthTokenFromRequest(e.RequestEvent)
+
+		// skip token renewal if the token's payload doesn't explicitly allow it (e.g. impersonate tokens)
+		claims, _ := security.ParseUnverifiedJWT(token) //
+		if v, ok := claims[core.TokenClaimRefreshable]; ok && cast.ToBool(v) {
+			var tokenErr error
+			token, tokenErr = e.Record.NewAuthToken()
+			if tokenErr != nil {
+				return e.InternalServerError("Failed to refresh auth token.", tokenErr)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return recordAuthResponse(e.RequestEvent, e.Record, token, "", nil)
 	})
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"

@@ -74,6 +73,8 @@ func TestRecordAuthRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			NotExpectedContent: []string{
 				`"missing":`,
+				// should return a different token
+				"eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoiX3BiX3VzZXJzX2F1dGhfIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.ZT3F0Z3iM-xbGgSG3LEKiEzHrPHr8t8IuHLZGGNuxLo",
 			},
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
 				"*":                          0,
@@ -89,9 +90,21 @@ func TestRecordAuthRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 			Headers: map[string]string{
 				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoiX3BiX3VzZXJzX2F1dGhfIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6ZmFsc2V9.4IsO6YMsR19crhwl_YWzvRH8pfq2Ri4Gv2dzGyneLak",
 			},
-			ExpectedStatus:  403,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"*": 0},
+			ExpectedStatus: 200,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{
+				// should return the same token
+				`"token":"eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoiX3BiX3VzZXJzX2F1dGhfIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6ZmFsc2V9.4IsO6YMsR19crhwl_YWzvRH8pfq2Ri4Gv2dzGyneLak"`,
+				`"record":`,
+				`"id":"4q1xlclmfloku33"`,
+				`"emailVisibility":false`,
+				`"email":"test@example.com"`, // the owner can always view their email address
+			},
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
+				"*":                          0,
+				"OnRecordAuthRefreshRequest": 1,
+				"OnRecordAuthRequest":        1,
+				"OnRecordEnrich":             1,
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "unverified auth record in onlyVerified collection",
@@ -130,23 +143,30 @@ func TestRecordAuthRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterAuthRefreshRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordAuthRefreshRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
-			URL:    "/api/collections/users/auth-refresh?expand=rel,missing",
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/auth-refresh",
 			Headers: map[string]string{
 				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjRxMXhsY2xtZmxva3UzMyIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoiX3BiX3VzZXJzX2F1dGhfIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.ZT3F0Z3iM-xbGgSG3LEKiEzHrPHr8t8IuHLZGGNuxLo",
 			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordAuthRefreshRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordAuthRefreshRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                          0,
-				"OnRecordAuthRefreshRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordAuthRefreshRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},

 		// rate limit checks
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ func recordConfirmVerification(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	event.Record = record

 	return e.App.OnRecordConfirmVerificationRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.RecordConfirmVerificationRequestEvent) error {
-		if wasVerified {
-			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
-		}
+		if !wasVerified {
+			e.Record.SetVerified(true)

-		e.Record.SetVerified(true)
-
-		if err := e.App.Save(e.Record); err != nil {
-			return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while saving the verified state.", err))
+			if err := e.App.Save(e.Record); err != nil {
+				return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("An error occurred while saving the verified state.", err))
+			}
 		}

 		e.App.Store().Remove(getVerificationResendKey(e.Record))

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ func TestRecordConfirmVerification(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterConfirmVerificationRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordConfirmVerificationRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/users/confirm-verification",
 			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
@@ -152,15 +151,22 @@ func TestRecordConfirmVerification(t *testing.T) {
 			}`),
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordConfirmVerificationRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordConfirmVerificationRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                                  0,
-				"OnRecordConfirmVerificationRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordConfirmVerificationRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},

 		// rate limit checks
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ func recordRequestVerification(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			})
 		})

-		return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -118,6 +118,30 @@ func TestRecordRequestVerification(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordRequestVerificationRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/request-verification",
+			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"email":"test@example.com"}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnRecordRequestVerificationRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestVerificationRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordRequestVerificationRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// rate limit checks
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	validation "github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/auth"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/dbutils"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/filesystem"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
@@ -90,6 +91,19 @@ func recordAuthWithOAuth2(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("Failed to fetch OAuth2 user.", err))
 	}

+	// Apple currently returns the user's name only as part of the first redirect data response
+	// so we try to assign the [apis.oauth2SubscriptionRedirect] forwarded name.
+	if form.Provider == auth.NameApple && authUser.Name == "" {
+		nameKey := oauth2RedirectAppleNameStoreKeyPrefix + form.Code
+		name, ok := e.App.Store().Get(nameKey).(string)
+		if ok {
+			e.App.Store().Remove(nameKey)
+			authUser.Name = name
+		} else {
+			e.App.Logger().Debug("Missing or already removed Apple user's name")
+		}
+	}
+
 	var authRecord *core.Record

 	// check for existing relation with the auth collection
@@ -2,22 +2,29 @@ package apis

 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/subscriptions"
 )

 const (
-	oauth2SubscriptionTopic   string = "@oauth2"
-	oauth2RedirectFailurePath string = "../_/#/auth/oauth2-redirect-failure"
-	oauth2RedirectSuccessPath string = "../_/#/auth/oauth2-redirect-success"
+	oauth2SubscriptionTopic               string = "@oauth2"
+	oauth2RedirectFailurePath             string = "../_/#/auth/oauth2-redirect-failure"
+	oauth2RedirectSuccessPath             string = "../_/#/auth/oauth2-redirect-success"
+	oauth2RedirectAppleNameStoreKeyPrefix string = "@redirect_name_"
 )

 type oauth2RedirectData struct {
 	State string `form:"state" json:"state"`
 	Code  string `form:"code" json:"code"`
 	Error string `form:"error" json:"error,omitempty"`
+
+	// returned by Apple only
+	AppleUser string `form:"user" json:"-"`
 }

 func oauth2SubscriptionRedirect(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
@@ -52,6 +59,20 @@ func oauth2SubscriptionRedirect(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	}
 	defer client.Unsubscribe(oauth2SubscriptionTopic)

+	// temporary store the Apple user's name so that it can be later retrieved with the authWithOAuth2 call
+	// (see https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7090)
+	if data.AppleUser != "" && data.Error == "" && data.Code != "" {
+		nameErr := parseAndStoreAppleRedirectName(
+			e.App,
+			oauth2RedirectAppleNameStoreKeyPrefix+data.Code,
+			data.AppleUser,
+		)
+		if nameErr != nil {
+			// non-critical error
+			e.App.Logger().Debug("Failed to parse and load Apple Redirect name data", "error", nameErr)
+		}
+	}
+
 	encodedData, err := json.Marshal(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		e.App.Logger().Debug("Failed to marshalize OAuth2 redirect data", "error", err)
@@ -72,3 +93,56 @@ func oauth2SubscriptionRedirect(e *core.RequestEvent) error {

 	return e.Redirect(redirectStatusCode, oauth2RedirectSuccessPath)
 }
+
+// parseAndStoreAppleRedirectName extracts the first and last name
+// from serializedNameData and temporary store them in the app.Store.
+//
+// This is hacky workaround to forward safely and seamlessly the Apple
+// redirect user's name back to the OAuth2 auth handler.
+//
+// Note that currently Apple is the only provider that behaves like this and
+// for now it is unnecessary to check whether the redirect is coming from Apple or not.
+//
+// Ideally this shouldn't be needed and will be removed in the future
+// once Apple adds a dedicated userinfo endpoint.
+func parseAndStoreAppleRedirectName(app core.App, nameKey string, serializedNameData string) error {
+	if serializedNameData == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// just in case to prevent storing large strings in memory
+	if len(nameKey) > 1000 {
+		return errors.New("nameKey is too large")
+	}
+
+	// https://developer.apple.com/documentation/signinwithapple/incorporating-sign-in-with-apple-into-other-platforms#Handle-the-response
+	extracted := struct {
+		Name struct {
+			FirstName string `json:"firstName"`
+			LastName  string `json:"lastName"`
+		} `json:"name"`
+	}{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(serializedNameData), &extracted); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fullName := extracted.Name.FirstName + " " + extracted.Name.LastName
+
+	// truncate just in case to prevent storing large strings in memory
+	if len(fullName) > 150 {
+		fullName = fullName[:150]
+	}
+
+	fullName = strings.TrimSpace(fullName)
+	if fullName == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// store (and remove)
+	app.Store().Set(nameKey, fullName)
+	time.AfterFunc(1*time.Minute, func() {
+		app.Store().Remove(nameKey)
+	})
+
+	return nil
+}
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apis_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -266,6 +267,74 @@ func TestRecordAuthWithOAuth2Redirect(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "(POST) Apple user's name json (nameKey error)",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/oauth2-redirect",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(url.Values{
+				"code":  []string{strings.Repeat("a", 986)},
+				"state": []string{clientStubs[8]["c3"].Id()},
+				"user": []string{
+					`{"name":{"firstName":"aaa","lastName":"` + strings.Repeat("b", 200) + `"}}`,
+				},
+			}.Encode()),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: beforeTestFunc(clientStubs[8], map[string][]string{
+				"c3": {`"state":"` + clientStubs[8]["c3"].Id(), `"code":"` + strings.Repeat("a", 986) + `"`},
+			}),
+			ExpectedStatus: http.StatusSeeOther,
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{"*": 0},
+			AfterTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, res *http.Response) {
+				app.Store().Get("cancelFunc").(context.CancelFunc)()
+
+				checkSuccessRedirect(t, app, res)
+
+				if clientStubs[8]["c3"].HasSubscription("@oauth2") {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected oauth2 subscription to be removed")
+				}
+
+				if storedName := app.Store().Get("@redirect_name_" + strings.Repeat("a", 986)); storedName != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Didn't expect stored name, got %q", storedName)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "(POST) Apple user's name json",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/oauth2-redirect",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(url.Values{
+				"code":  []string{strings.Repeat("a", 985)},
+				"state": []string{clientStubs[9]["c3"].Id()},
+				"user": []string{
+					`{"name":{"firstName":"aaa","lastName":"` + strings.Repeat("b", 200) + `"}}`,
+				},
+			}.Encode()),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: beforeTestFunc(clientStubs[9], map[string][]string{
+				"c3": {`"state":"` + clientStubs[9]["c3"].Id(), `"code":"` + strings.Repeat("a", 985) + `"`},
+			}),
+			ExpectedStatus: http.StatusSeeOther,
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{"*": 0},
+			AfterTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, res *http.Response) {
+				app.Store().Get("cancelFunc").(context.CancelFunc)()
+
+				checkSuccessRedirect(t, app, res)
+
+				if clientStubs[9]["c3"].HasSubscription("@oauth2") {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected oauth2 subscription to be removed")
+				}
+
+				storedName, _ := app.Store().Get("@redirect_name_" + strings.Repeat("a", 985)).(string)
+				expectedName := "aaa " + strings.Repeat("b", 146)
+				if storedName != expectedName {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected stored name\n%q\ngot\n%q", expectedName, storedName)
+				}
+			},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -1577,6 +1577,167 @@ func TestRecordAuthWithOAuth2(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnRecordValidate": 4,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordAuthWithOAuth2Request tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/auth-with-oauth2",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"provider": "test",
+				"code":"123",
+				"redirectURL": "https://example.com"
+			}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				user, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail("users", "test@example.com")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				// register the test provider
+				auth.Providers["test"] = func() auth.Provider {
+					return &oauth2MockProvider{
+						AuthUser: &auth.AuthUser{Id: "test_id"},
+						Token:    &oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "abc"},
+					}
+				}
+
+				// add the test provider in the collection
+				user.Collection().MFA.Enabled = false
+				user.Collection().OAuth2.Enabled = true
+				user.Collection().OAuth2.Providers = []core.OAuth2ProviderConfig{{
+					Name:         "test",
+					ClientId:     "123",
+					ClientSecret: "456",
+				}}
+				if err := app.Save(user.Collection()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				// stub linked provider
+				ea := core.NewExternalAuth(app)
+				ea.SetCollectionRef(user.Collection().Id)
+				ea.SetRecordRef(user.Id)
+				ea.SetProvider("test")
+				ea.SetProviderId("test_id")
+				if err := app.Save(ea); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				app.OnRecordAuthWithOAuth2Request().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordAuthWithOAuth2RequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordAuthWithOAuth2Request": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},
+
+		// Apple AuthUser.Name assign checks
+		// -----------------------------------------------------------
+		{
+			Name:   "store name with Apple provider",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/auth-with-oauth2",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"provider": "apple",
+				"code":"test_code",
+				"redirectURL": "https://example.com"
+			}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				users, err := app.FindCollectionByNameOrId("users")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				// register the test provider
+				auth.Providers[auth.NameApple] = func() auth.Provider {
+					return &oauth2MockProvider{
+						AuthUser: &auth.AuthUser{Id: "test_id"},
+						Token:    &oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "abc"},
+					}
+				}
+
+				app.Store().Set("@redirect_name_test_code", "test_store_name")
+
+				// add the test provider in the collection
+				users.MFA.Enabled = false
+				users.OAuth2.Enabled = true
+				users.OAuth2.Providers = []core.OAuth2ProviderConfig{{
+					Name:         auth.NameApple,
+					ClientId:     "123",
+					ClientSecret: "456",
+				}}
+				if err := app.Save(users); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus: 200,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{
+				`"meta":{`,
+				`"name":"test_store_name"`,
+			},
+			AfterTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, res *http.Response) {
+				if app.Store().Has("@redirect_name_test_code") {
+					t.Fatal("Expected @redirect_name_test_code store key to be removed")
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "store name with non-Apple provider",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/auth-with-oauth2",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"provider": "test",
+				"code":"test_code",
+				"redirectURL": "https://example.com"
+			}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				users, err := app.FindCollectionByNameOrId("users")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				// register the test provider
+				auth.Providers["test"] = func() auth.Provider {
+					return &oauth2MockProvider{
+						AuthUser: &auth.AuthUser{Id: "test_id"},
+						Token:    &oauth2.Token{AccessToken: "abc"},
+					}
+				}
+
+				app.Store().Set("@redirect_name_test_code", "test_store_name")
+
+				// add the test provider in the collection
+				users.MFA.Enabled = false
+				users.OAuth2.Enabled = true
+				users.OAuth2.Providers = []core.OAuth2ProviderConfig{{
+					Name:         "test",
+					ClientId:     "123",
+					ClientSecret: "456",
+				}}
+				if err := app.Save(users); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus: 200,
+			NotExpectedContent: []string{
+				`"name":"test_store_name"`,
+			},
+			AfterTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, res *http.Response) {
+				if !app.Store().Has("@redirect_name_test_code") {
+					t.Fatal("Expected @redirect_name_test_code store key to NOT be deleted")
+				}
+			},
+		},

 		// rate limit checks
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func recordAuthWithOTP(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		return e.BadRequestError("Invalid or expired OTP", fmt.Errorf("missing auth record: %w", err))
 	}

-	// since otps are usually simple digit numbers, enforce an extra rate limit rule as basic enumaration protection
+	// since otps are usually simple digit numbers, enforce an extra rate limit rule as basic enumeration protection
 	err = checkRateLimit(e, "@pb_otp_"+event.Record.Id, core.RateLimitRule{MaxRequests: 5, Duration: 180})
 	if err != nil {
 		return e.TooManyRequestsError("Too many attempts, please try again later with a new OTP.", nil)
@@ -419,6 +419,53 @@ func TestRecordAuthWithOTP(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordAuthWithOTPRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/users/auth-with-otp",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"otpId":"` + strings.Repeat("a", 15) + `",
+				"password":"123456"
+			}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				user, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail("users", "test@example.com")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				// disable MFA
+				user.Collection().MFA.Enabled = false
+				if err = app.Save(user.Collection()); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				otp := core.NewOTP(app)
+				otp.Id = strings.Repeat("a", 15)
+				otp.SetCollectionRef(user.Collection().Id)
+				otp.SetRecordRef(user.Id)
+				otp.SetPassword("123456")
+				if err := app.Save(otp); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				app.OnRecordAuthWithOTPRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordAuthWithOTPRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordAuthWithOTPRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// rate limit checks
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -40,23 +40,32 @@ func recordAuthWithPassword(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	if form.IdentityField != "" {
 		foundRecord, foundErr = findRecordByIdentityField(e.App, collection, form.IdentityField, form.Identity)
 	} else {
-		// prioritize email lookup
-		isEmail := is.EmailFormat.Validate(form.Identity) == nil
-		if isEmail && list.ExistInSlice(core.FieldNameEmail, collection.PasswordAuth.IdentityFields) {
-			foundRecord, foundErr = findRecordByIdentityField(e.App, collection, core.FieldNameEmail, form.Identity)
+		identityFields := collection.PasswordAuth.IdentityFields
+
+		// @todo consider removing with the stable release or moving it in the collection save
+		//
+		// prioritize email lookup to minimize breaking changes with earlier versions
+		if len(identityFields) > 1 && identityFields[0] != core.FieldNameEmail {
+			identityFields = slices.Clone(identityFields)
+			slices.SortStableFunc(identityFields, func(a, b string) int {
+				if a == "email" {
+					return -1
+				}
+				if b == "email" {
+					return 1
+				}
+				return 0
+			})
 		}

-		// search by the other identity fields
-		if !isEmail || foundErr != nil {
-			for _, name := range collection.PasswordAuth.IdentityFields {
-				if !isEmail && name == core.FieldNameEmail {
-					continue // no need to search by the email field if it is not an email
-				}
+		for _, name := range identityFields {
+			if name == core.FieldNameEmail && is.EmailFormat.Validate(form.Identity) != nil {
+				continue // no need to query the database if we know that the submitted value is not an email
+			}

-				foundRecord, foundErr = findRecordByIdentityField(e.App, collection, name, form.Identity)
-				if foundErr == nil {
-					break
-				}
+			foundRecord, foundErr = findRecordByIdentityField(e.App, collection, name, form.Identity)
+			if foundErr == nil {
+				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package apis_test

 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func TestRecordAuthWithPassword(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{"*": 0},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAuthWithPasswordRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordAuthWithPasswordRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/clients/auth-with-password",
 			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
@@ -91,15 +90,22 @@ func TestRecordAuthWithPassword(t *testing.T) {
 			}`),
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordAuthWithPasswordRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordAuthWithPasswordRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                               0,
-				"OnRecordAuthWithPasswordRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordAuthWithPasswordRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "valid identity field and invalid password",
@@ -206,6 +212,57 @@ func TestRecordAuthWithPassword(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnMailerRecordAuthAlertSend": 1,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/7256
+			Name:   "valid non-email identity field with a value that is a properly formatted email",
+			Method: http.MethodPost,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/clients/auth-with-password",
+			Body: strings.NewReader(`{
+				"identity":"username_as_email@example.com",
+				"password":"1234567890"
+			}`),
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				record, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail("clients", "test@example.com")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				record.Set("username", "username_as_email@example.com")
+
+				err = app.SaveNoValidate(record)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus: 200,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{
+				`"email":"test@example.com"`,
+				`"username":"username_as_email@example.com"`,
+				`"token":`,
+			},
+			NotExpectedContent: []string{
+				// hidden fields
+				`"tokenKey"`,
+				`"password"`,
+			},
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
+				"*":                               0,
+				"OnRecordAuthWithPasswordRequest": 1,
+				"OnRecordAuthRequest":             1,
+				"OnRecordEnrich":                  1,
+				// authOrigin track
+				"OnModelCreate":               1,
+				"OnModelCreateExecute":        1,
+				"OnModelAfterCreateSuccess":   1,
+				"OnModelValidate":             1,
+				"OnRecordCreate":              1,
+				"OnRecordCreateExecute":       1,
+				"OnRecordAfterCreateSuccess":  1,
+				"OnRecordValidate":            1,
+				"OnMailerSend":                1,
+				"OnMailerRecordAuthAlertSend": 1,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			Name:   "unknown explicit identityField",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ func bindRecordCrudApi(app core.App, rg *router.RouterGroup[*core.RequestEvent])
 	subGroup := rg.Group("/collections/{collection}/records").Unbind(DefaultRateLimitMiddlewareId)
 	subGroup.GET("", recordsList)
 	subGroup.GET("/{id}", recordView)
-	subGroup.POST("", recordCreate(nil)).Bind(dynamicCollectionBodyLimit(""))
-	subGroup.PATCH("/{id}", recordUpdate(nil)).Bind(dynamicCollectionBodyLimit(""))
-	subGroup.DELETE("/{id}", recordDelete(nil))
+	subGroup.POST("", recordCreate(true, nil)).Bind(dynamicCollectionBodyLimit(""))
+	subGroup.PATCH("/{id}", recordUpdate(true, nil)).Bind(dynamicCollectionBodyLimit(""))
+	subGroup.DELETE("/{id}", recordDelete(true, nil))
 }

 func recordsList(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ func recordsList(e *core.RequestEvent) error {

 	searchProvider := search.NewProvider(fieldsResolver).Query(query)

+	// use rowid when available to minimize the need of a covering index with the "id" field
+	if !collection.IsView() {
+		searchProvider.CountCol("_rowid_")
+	}
+
 	records := []*core.Record{}
 	result, err := searchProvider.ParseAndExec(e.Request.URL.Query().Encode(), &records)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -113,10 +118,12 @@ func recordsList(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			len(e.Records) == 0 &&
 			checkRateLimit(e.RequestEvent, "@pb_list_timing_check_"+collection.Id, listTimingRateLimitRule) != nil {
 			e.App.Logger().Debug("Randomized throttle because of too many failed searches", "collectionId", collection.Id)
-			randomizedThrottle(150)
+			randomizedThrottle(500)
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Result)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Result)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -162,12 +169,18 @@ func recordView(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	ruleFunc := func(q *dbx.SelectQuery) error {
 		if !requestInfo.HasSuperuserAuth() && collection.ViewRule != nil && *collection.ViewRule != "" {
 			resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(e.App, collection, requestInfo, true)
+
 			expr, err := search.FilterData(*collection.ViewRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+
 			q.AndWhere(expr)
+
+			err = resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -187,11 +200,13 @@ func recordView(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return firstApiError(err, e.InternalServerError("Failed to enrich record", err))
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Record)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Record)
+		})
 	})
 }

-func recordCreate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+func recordCreate(responseWriteAfterTx bool, optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	return func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		collection, err := e.App.FindCachedCollectionByNameOrId(e.Request.PathValue("collection"))
 		if err != nil || collection == nil {
@@ -251,6 +266,76 @@ func recordCreate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 			}
 		}

+		// check the request and record data against the create and manage rules
+		if !hasSuperuserAuth && collection.CreateRule != nil {
+			dummyRecord := record.Clone()
+
+			dummyRandomPart := "__pb_create__" + security.PseudorandomString(6)
+
+			// set an id if it doesn't have already
+			// (the value doesn't matter; it is used only to minimize the breaking changes with earlier versions)
+			if dummyRecord.Id == "" {
+				dummyRecord.Id = "__temp_id__" + dummyRandomPart
+			}
+
+			// unset the verified field to prevent manage API rule misuse in case the rule relies on it
+			dummyRecord.SetVerified(false)
+
+			// export the dummy record data into db params
+			dummyExport, err := dummyRecord.DBExport(e.App)
+			if err != nil {
+				return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("dummy DBExport error: %w", err))
+			}
+
+			dummyParams := make(dbx.Params, len(dummyExport))
+			selects := make([]string, 0, len(dummyExport))
+			var param string
+			for k, v := range dummyExport {
+				k = inflector.Columnify(k) // columnify is just as extra measure in case of custom fields
+				param = "__pb_create__" + k
+				dummyParams[param] = v
+				selects = append(selects, "{:"+param+"} AS [["+k+"]]")
+			}
+
+			// shallow clone the current collection
+			dummyCollection := *collection
+			dummyCollection.Id += dummyRandomPart
+			dummyCollection.Name += inflector.Columnify(dummyRandomPart)
+
+			withFrom := fmt.Sprintf("WITH {{%s}} as (SELECT %s)", dummyCollection.Name, strings.Join(selects, ","))
+
+			// check non-empty create rule
+			if *dummyCollection.CreateRule != "" {
+				ruleQuery := e.App.ConcurrentDB().Select("(1)").PreFragment(withFrom).From(dummyCollection.Name).AndBind(dummyParams)
+
+				resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(e.App, &dummyCollection, requestInfo, true)
+
+				expr, err := search.FilterData(*dummyCollection.CreateRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
+				if err != nil {
+					return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("create rule build expression failure: %w", err))
+				}
+				ruleQuery.AndWhere(expr)
+
+				err = resolver.UpdateQuery(ruleQuery)
+				if err != nil {
+					return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("create rule update query failure: %w", err))
+				}
+
+				var exists int
+				err = ruleQuery.Limit(1).Row(&exists)
+				if err != nil || exists == 0 {
+					return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("create rule failure: %w", err))
+				}
+			}
+
+			// check for manage rule access
+			manageRuleQuery := e.App.ConcurrentDB().Select("(1)").PreFragment(withFrom).From(dummyCollection.Name).AndBind(dummyParams)
+			if !form.HasManageAccess() &&
+				hasAuthManageAccess(e.App, requestInfo, &dummyCollection, manageRuleQuery) {
+				form.GrantManagerAccess()
+			}
+		}
+
 		var isOptFinalizerCalled bool

 		event := new(core.RecordRequestEvent)
@@ -262,73 +347,6 @@ func recordCreate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 			form.SetApp(e.App)
 			form.SetRecord(e.Record)

-			// temporary save the record and check it against the create and manage rules
-			if !hasSuperuserAuth && e.Collection.CreateRule != nil {
-				dummyRecord := e.Record.Clone()
-
-				dummyRandomPart := "__pb_create__" + security.PseudorandomString(6)
-
-				// set an id if it doesn't have already
-				// (the value doesn't matter; it is used only to minimize the breaking changes with earlier versions)
-				if dummyRecord.Id == "" {
-					dummyRecord.Id = "__temp_id__" + dummyRandomPart
-				}
-
-				// unset the verified field to prevent manage API rule misuse in case the rule relies on it
-				dummyRecord.SetVerified(false)
-
-				// export the dummy record data into db params
-				dummyExport, err := dummyRecord.DBExport(e.App)
-				if err != nil {
-					return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("dummy DBExport error: %w", err))
-				}
-
-				dummyParams := make(dbx.Params, len(dummyExport))
-				selects := make([]string, 0, len(dummyExport))
-				var param string
-				for k, v := range dummyExport {
-					k = inflector.Columnify(k) // columnify is just as extra measure in case of custom fields
-					param = "__pb_create__" + k
-					dummyParams[param] = v
-					selects = append(selects, "{:"+param+"} AS [["+k+"]]")
-				}
-
-				// shallow clone the current collection
-				dummyCollection := *e.Collection
-				dummyCollection.Id += dummyRandomPart
-				dummyCollection.Name += inflector.Columnify(dummyRandomPart)
-
-				withFrom := fmt.Sprintf("WITH {{%s}} as (SELECT %s)", dummyCollection.Name, strings.Join(selects, ","))
-
-				// check non-empty create rule
-				if *dummyCollection.CreateRule != "" {
-					ruleQuery := e.App.DB().Select("(1)").PreFragment(withFrom).From(dummyCollection.Name).AndBind(dummyParams)
-
-					resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(e.App, &dummyCollection, requestInfo, true)
-
-					expr, err := search.FilterData(*dummyCollection.CreateRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
-					if err != nil {
-						return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("create rule build expression failure: %w", err))
-					}
-					ruleQuery.AndWhere(expr)
-
-					resolver.UpdateQuery(ruleQuery)
-
-					var exists int
-					err = ruleQuery.Limit(1).Row(&exists)
-					if err != nil || exists == 0 {
-						return e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", fmt.Errorf("create rule failure: %w", err))
-					}
-				}
-
-				// check for manage rule access
-				manageRuleQuery := e.App.DB().Select("(1)").PreFragment(withFrom).From(dummyCollection.Name).AndBind(dummyParams)
-				if !form.HasManageAccess() &&
-					hasAuthManageAccess(e.App, requestInfo, &dummyCollection, manageRuleQuery) {
-					form.GrantManagerAccess()
-				}
-			}
-
 			err := form.Submit()
 			if err != nil {
 				return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("Failed to create record", err))
@@ -339,7 +357,9 @@ func recordCreate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 				return firstApiError(err, e.InternalServerError("Failed to enrich record", err))
 			}

-			err = e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Record)
+			err = execAfterSuccessTx(responseWriteAfterTx, e.App, func() error {
+				return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Record)
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -369,7 +389,7 @@ func recordCreate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 	}
 }

-func recordUpdate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+func recordUpdate(responseWriteAfterTx bool, optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	return func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		collection, err := e.App.FindCachedCollectionByNameOrId(e.Request.PathValue("collection"))
 		if err != nil || collection == nil {
@@ -419,12 +439,18 @@ func recordUpdate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 		ruleFunc := func(q *dbx.SelectQuery) error {
 			if !hasSuperuserAuth && collection.UpdateRule != nil && *collection.UpdateRule != "" {
 				resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(e.App, collection, requestInfo, true)
+
 				expr, err := search.FilterData(*collection.UpdateRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+
 				q.AndWhere(expr)
+
+				err = resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -441,6 +467,14 @@ func recordUpdate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 		}
 		form.Load(data)

+		manageRuleQuery := e.App.ConcurrentDB().Select("(1)").From(collection.Name).AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{
+			collection.Name + ".id": record.Id,
+		})
+		if !form.HasManageAccess() &&
+			hasAuthManageAccess(e.App, requestInfo, collection, manageRuleQuery) {
+			form.GrantManagerAccess()
+		}
+
 		var isOptFinalizerCalled bool

 		event := new(core.RecordRequestEvent)
@@ -452,15 +486,6 @@ func recordUpdate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 			form.SetApp(e.App)
 			form.SetRecord(e.Record)

-			manageRuleQuery := e.App.DB().Select("(1)").From(e.Collection.Name).AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{
-				// note: use the original record id and not e.Record.Id because the record validations because may get overwritten
-				e.Collection.Name + ".id": e.Record.LastSavedPK(),
-			})
-			if !form.HasManageAccess() &&
-				hasAuthManageAccess(e.App, requestInfo, e.Collection, manageRuleQuery) {
-				form.GrantManagerAccess()
-			}
-
 			err := form.Submit()
 			if err != nil {
 				return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("Failed to update record.", err))
@@ -471,7 +496,9 @@ func recordUpdate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 				return firstApiError(err, e.InternalServerError("Failed to enrich record", err))
 			}

-			err = e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Record)
+			err = execAfterSuccessTx(responseWriteAfterTx, e.App, func() error {
+				return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Record)
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -501,7 +528,7 @@ func recordUpdate(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 	}
 }

-func recordDelete(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+func recordDelete(responseWriteAfterTx bool, optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	return func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 		collection, err := e.App.FindCachedCollectionByNameOrId(e.Request.PathValue("collection"))
 		if err != nil || collection == nil {
@@ -534,12 +561,18 @@ func recordDelete(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 		ruleFunc := func(q *dbx.SelectQuery) error {
 			if !requestInfo.HasSuperuserAuth() && collection.DeleteRule != nil && *collection.DeleteRule != "" {
 				resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(e.App, collection, requestInfo, true)
+
 				expr, err := search.FilterData(*collection.DeleteRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+
 				q.AndWhere(expr)
+
+				err = resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -561,7 +594,9 @@ func recordDelete(optFinalizer func(data any) error) func(e *core.RequestEvent)
 				return firstApiError(err, e.BadRequestError("Failed to delete record. Make sure that the record is not part of a required relation reference.", err))
 			}

-			err = e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+			err = execAfterSuccessTx(responseWriteAfterTx, e.App, func() error {
+				return e.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -718,7 +753,10 @@ func hasAuthManageAccess(app core.App, requestInfo *core.RequestInfo, collection
 	}
 	query.AndWhere(expr)

-	resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+	err = resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}

 	var exists int

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package apis_test

 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -383,10 +382,32 @@ func TestRecordCrudList(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:           "multi-match - at least one of",
+			Name:           "multi-match - at least one of (guest - non-satisfied relation filter API rule)",
 			Method:         http.MethodGet,
 			URL:            "/api/collections/demo4/records?filter=" + url.QueryEscape("rel_many_no_cascade_required.files:length?=2"),
 			ExpectedStatus: 200,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{
+				`"page":1`,
+				`"perPage":30`,
+				`"totalPages":0`,
+				`"totalItems":0`,
+				`"items":[]`,
+			},
+			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
+				"*":                    0,
+				"OnRecordsListRequest": 1,
+				"OnRecordEnrich":       0,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "multi-match - at least one of (clients)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/demo4/records?filter=" + url.QueryEscape("rel_many_no_cascade_required.files:length?=2"),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				// clients, test@example.com
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImdrMzkwcWVnczR5NDd3biIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoidjg1MXE0cjc5MHJoa25sIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.0ONnm_BsvPRZyDNT31GN1CKUB6uQRxvVvQ-Wc9AZfG0",
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus: 200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{
 				`"page":1`,
 				`"perPage":30`,
@@ -402,9 +423,13 @@ func TestRecordCrudList(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:           "multi-match - all",
-			Method:         http.MethodGet,
-			URL:            "/api/collections/demo4/records?filter=" + url.QueryEscape("rel_many_no_cascade_required.files:length=2"),
+			Name:   "multi-match - all (clients)",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/demo4/records?filter=" + url.QueryEscape("rel_many_no_cascade_required.files:length=2"),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				// clients, test@example.com
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImdrMzkwcWVnczR5NDd3biIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoidjg1MXE0cjc5MHJoa25sIiwiZXhwIjoyNTI0NjA0NDYxLCJyZWZyZXNoYWJsZSI6dHJ1ZX0.0ONnm_BsvPRZyDNT31GN1CKUB6uQRxvVvQ-Wc9AZfG0",
+			},
 			ExpectedStatus: 200,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{
 				`"page":1`,
@@ -418,6 +443,32 @@ func TestRecordCrudList(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnRecordsListRequest": 1,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordsListRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/demo4/records",
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnRecordsListRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordsListRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordsListRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// auth collection
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -862,6 +913,32 @@ func TestRecordCrudView(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnRecordEnrich":      7,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnRecordViewRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/collections/demo1/records/al1h9ijdeojtsjy",
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnRecordViewRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordViewRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},

 		// auth collection
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1209,7 +1286,7 @@ func TestRecordCrudDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterDeleteSuccessRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordDeleteRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodDelete,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/clients/records/o1y0dd0spd786md",
 			Headers: map[string]string{
@@ -1217,15 +1294,22 @@ func TestRecordCrudDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordDeleteRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordDeleteRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordDeleteRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "authenticated record that match the collection delete rule",
@@ -1563,10 +1647,7 @@ func TestRecordCrudCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			Body:            strings.NewReader(`{"title":"test123"}`),
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordCreateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"*": 0},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "auth record submit in restricted collection (rule failure check)",
@@ -1579,10 +1660,7 @@ func TestRecordCrudCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordCreateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"*": 0},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "auth record submit in restricted collection (rule pass check) + expand relations",
@@ -1731,10 +1809,7 @@ func TestRecordCrudCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
 			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordCreateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"*": 0},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "submit via multipart form data with @jsonPayload key and satisfied @request.body rule",
@@ -1801,21 +1876,31 @@ func TestRecordCrudCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterCreateSuccessRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordCreateRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/demo2/records",
 			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"title":"new"}`),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordCreateRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordCreateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordCreateRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},

 		// ID checks
@@ -1974,14 +2059,9 @@ func TestRecordCrudCreate(t *testing.T) {
 				"total+":4,
 				"total-":2
 			}`),
-			ExpectedStatus: 400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{
-				`"data":{}`,
-			},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordCreateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"*": 0},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "@request.body.field with compute modifers (rule pass check)",
@@ -2813,21 +2893,31 @@ func TestRecordCrudUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:   "OnRecordAfterUpdateSuccessRequest error response",
+			Name:   "OnRecordUpdateRequest tx body write check",
 			Method: http.MethodPatch,
 			URL:    "/api/collections/demo2/records/0yxhwia2amd8gec",
 			Body:   strings.NewReader(`{"title":"new"}`),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
 			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
 				app.OnRecordUpdateRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.RecordRequestEvent) error {
-					return errors.New("error")
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
 				})
 			},
 			ExpectedStatus:  400,
-			ExpectedContent: []string{`"data":{}`},
-			ExpectedEvents: map[string]int{
-				"*":                     0,
-				"OnRecordUpdateRequest": 1,
-			},
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnRecordUpdateRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:   "try to change the id of an existing record",
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/routine"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/search"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/security"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
 )

 const (
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ func recordAuthResponse(e *core.RequestEvent, authRecord *core.Record, token str
 			result.Meta = e.Meta
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, result)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, result)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -158,7 +161,11 @@ func wantsMFA(e *core.RequestEvent, record *core.Record) (bool, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return true, err
 	}
-	resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+
+	err = resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return true, err
+	}

 	err = query.AndWhere(expr).Limit(1).Row(&exists)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
@@ -377,12 +384,18 @@ func expandFetch(app core.App, originalRequestInfo *core.RequestInfo) core.Expan

 			if *relCollection.ViewRule != "" {
 				resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(app, relCollection, requestInfoPtr, true)
+
 				expr, err := search.FilterData(*(relCollection.ViewRule)).BuildExpr(resolver)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+
 				q.AndWhere(expr)
+
+				err = resolver.UpdateQuery(q)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}

 			return nil
@@ -455,18 +468,24 @@ func autoResolveRecordsFlags(app core.App, records []*core.Record, requestInfo *
 	managedIds := []string{}

 	query := app.RecordQuery(collection).
-		Select(app.DB().QuoteSimpleColumnName(collection.Name) + ".id").
-		AndWhere(dbx.In(app.DB().QuoteSimpleColumnName(collection.Name)+".id", recordIds...))
+		Select(app.ConcurrentDB().QuoteSimpleColumnName(collection.Name) + ".id").
+		AndWhere(dbx.In(app.ConcurrentDB().QuoteSimpleColumnName(collection.Name)+".id", recordIds...))

 	resolver := core.NewRecordFieldResolver(app, collection, requestInfo, true)
 	expr, err := search.FilterData(*collection.ManageRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+
 	query.AndWhere(expr)

-	if err := query.Column(&managedIds); err != nil {
+	err = resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = query.Column(&managedIds)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// ---
@@ -535,18 +554,43 @@ func firstApiError(errs ...error) *router.ApiError {
 	return router.NewInternalServerError("", errors.Join(errs...))
 }

+// execAfterSuccessTx ensures that fn is executed only after a successful transaction.
+//
+// If the current app instance is not a transactional or checkTx is false,
+// then fn is directly executed.
+//
+// It could be usually used to allow propagating an error or writing
+// custom response from within the wrapped transaction block.
+func execAfterSuccessTx(checkTx bool, app core.App, fn func() error) error {
+	if txInfo := app.TxInfo(); txInfo != nil && checkTx {
+		txInfo.OnComplete(func(txErr error) error {
+			if txErr == nil {
+				return fn()
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fn()
+}
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------

 const maxAuthOrigins = 5

 func authAlert(e *core.RequestEvent, authRecord *core.Record) error {
-	// generating fingerprint
+	// generate fingerprint
 	// ---
+	ip := e.RealIP()
+
 	userAgent := e.Request.UserAgent()
-	if len(userAgent) > 300 {
-		userAgent = userAgent[:300]
+	if len(userAgent) > 200 {
+		userAgent = userAgent[:200] + "..."
 	}
-	fingerprint := security.MD5(e.RealIP() + userAgent)
+
+	fingerprint := security.MD5(ip + userAgent)
+	alertInfo := fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s %s", types.NowDateTime().String(), ip, userAgent)
 	// ---

 	origins, err := e.App.FindAllAuthOriginsByRecord(authRecord)
@@ -586,7 +630,7 @@ func authAlert(e *core.RequestEvent, authRecord *core.Record) error {
 		})

 		routine.FireAndForget(func() {
-			err := mails.SendRecordAuthAlert(e.App, authRecord)
+			err := mails.SendRecordAuthAlert(e.App, authRecord, alertInfo)
 			timer.Stop()
 			mailSent <- err
 		})
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {

 			// add a default CSP
 			if e.Response.Header().Get("Content-Security-Policy") == "" {
-				e.Response.Header().Set("Content-Security-Policy", "default-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' http://127.0.0.1:* data: blob:; connect-src 'self' http://127.0.0.1:*; script-src 'self' 'sha256-GRUzBA7PzKYug7pqxv5rJaec5bwDCw1Vo6/IXwvD3Tc='")
+				e.Response.Header().Set("Content-Security-Policy", "default-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' http://127.0.0.1:* https://tile.openstreetmap.org data: blob:; connect-src 'self' http://127.0.0.1:* https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org; script-src 'self' 'sha256-GRUzBA7PzKYug7pqxv5rJaec5bwDCw1Vo6/IXwvD3Tc='")
 			}

 			return e.Next()
@@ -153,13 +153,6 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 		ErrorLog: log.New(&serverErrorLogWriter{app: app}, "", 0),
 	}

-	serveEvent := new(core.ServeEvent)
-	serveEvent.App = app
-	serveEvent.Router = pbRouter
-	serveEvent.Server = server
-	serveEvent.CertManager = certManager
-	serveEvent.InstallerFunc = DefaultInstallerFunc
-
 	var listener net.Listener

 	// graceful shutdown
@@ -207,6 +200,13 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {

 	var baseURL string

+	serveEvent := new(core.ServeEvent)
+	serveEvent.App = app
+	serveEvent.Router = pbRouter
+	serveEvent.Server = server
+	serveEvent.CertManager = certManager
+	serveEvent.InstallerFunc = DefaultInstallerFunc
+
 	// trigger the OnServe hook and start the tcp listener
 	serveHookErr := app.OnServe().Trigger(serveEvent, func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
 		handler, err := e.Router.BuildMux()
@@ -237,9 +237,13 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 			}
 		}

-		listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", addr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		if e.Listener == nil {
+			listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			listener = e.Listener
 		}

 		if e.InstallerFunc != nil {
@@ -259,7 +263,8 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 	}

 	if listener == nil {
-		return errors.New("The OnServe finalizer wasn't invoked. Did you forget to call the ServeEvent.Next() method?")
+		//nolint:staticcheck
+		return errors.New("The OnServe listener was not initialized. Did you forget to call the ServeEvent.Next() method?")
 	}

 	if config.ShowStartBanner {
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ func settingsList(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 	event.Settings = clone

 	return e.App.OnSettingsListRequest().Trigger(event, func(e *core.SettingsListRequestEvent) error {
-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Settings)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, e.Settings)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ func settingsSet(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
 			return e.InternalServerError("Failed to clone app settings.", err)
 		}

-		return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, appSettings)
+		return execAfterSuccessTx(true, e.App, func() error {
+			return e.JSON(http.StatusOK, appSettings)
+		})
 	})
 }

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tests"
 )

@@ -58,6 +59,32 @@ func TestSettingsList(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnSettingsListRequest": 1,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnSettingsListRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodGet,
+			URL:    "/api/settings",
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnSettingsListRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.SettingsListRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnSettingsListRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -176,6 +203,33 @@ func TestSettingsSet(t *testing.T) {
 				"OnSettingsReload":          1,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "OnSettingsUpdateRequest tx body write check",
+			Method: http.MethodPatch,
+			URL:    "/api/settings",
+			Body:   strings.NewReader(validData),
+			Headers: map[string]string{
+				"Authorization": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InN5d2JoZWNuaDQ2cmhtMCIsInR5cGUiOiJhdXRoIiwiY29sbGVjdGlvbklkIjoicGJjXzMxNDI2MzU4MjMiLCJleHAiOjI1MjQ2MDQ0NjEsInJlZnJlc2hhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.UXgO3j-0BumcugrFjbd7j0M4MQvbrLggLlcu_YNGjoY",
+			},
+			BeforeTestFunc: func(t testing.TB, app *tests.TestApp, e *core.ServeEvent) {
+				app.OnSettingsUpdateRequest().BindFunc(func(e *core.SettingsUpdateRequestEvent) error {
+					original := e.App
+					return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+						e.App = txApp
+						defer func() { e.App = original }()
+
+						if err := e.Next(); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
+
+						return e.BadRequestError("TX_ERROR", nil)
+					})
+				})
+			},
+			ExpectedStatus:  400,
+			ExpectedEvents:  map[string]int{"OnSettingsUpdateRequest": 1},
+			ExpectedContent: []string{"TX_ERROR"},
+		},
 	}

 	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ func superuserUpsertCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) != 2 {
-				return errors.New("Missing email and password arguments.")
+				return errors.New("missing email and password arguments")
 			}

 			if args[0] == "" || is.EmailFormat.Validate(args[0]) != nil {
-				return errors.New("Missing or invalid email address.")
+				return errors.New("missing or invalid email address")
 			}

 			superusersCol, err := app.FindCachedCollectionByNameOrId(core.CollectionNameSuperusers)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to fetch %q collection: %w.", core.CollectionNameSuperusers, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch %q collection: %w", core.CollectionNameSuperusers, err)
 			}

 			superuser, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail(superusersCol, args[0])
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func superuserUpsertCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 			superuser.SetPassword(args[1])

 			if err := app.Save(superuser); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to upsert superuser account: %w.", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to upsert superuser account: %w", err)
 			}

 			color.Green("Successfully saved superuser %q!", superuser.Email())
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ func superuserCreateCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) != 2 {
-				return errors.New("Missing email and password arguments.")
+				return errors.New("missing email and password arguments")
 			}

 			if args[0] == "" || is.EmailFormat.Validate(args[0]) != nil {
-				return errors.New("Missing or invalid email address.")
+				return errors.New("missing or invalid email address")
 			}

 			superusersCol, err := app.FindCachedCollectionByNameOrId(core.CollectionNameSuperusers)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to fetch %q collection: %w.", core.CollectionNameSuperusers, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch %q collection: %w", core.CollectionNameSuperusers, err)
 			}

 			superuser := core.NewRecord(superusersCol)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func superuserCreateCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 			superuser.SetPassword(args[1])

 			if err := app.Save(superuser); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create new superuser account: %w.", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new superuser account: %w", err)
 			}

 			color.Green("Successfully created new superuser %q!", superuser.Email())
@@ -112,22 +112,22 @@ func superuserUpdateCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) != 2 {
-				return errors.New("Missing email and password arguments.")
+				return errors.New("missing email and password arguments")
 			}

 			if args[0] == "" || is.EmailFormat.Validate(args[0]) != nil {
-				return errors.New("Missing or invalid email address.")
+				return errors.New("missing or invalid email address")
 			}

 			superuser, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail(core.CollectionNameSuperusers, args[0])
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Superuser with email %q doesn't exist.", args[0])
+				return fmt.Errorf("superuser with email %q doesn't exist", args[0])
 			}

 			superuser.SetPassword(args[1])

 			if err := app.Save(superuser); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to change superuser %q password: %w.", superuser.Email(), err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to change superuser %q password: %w", superuser.Email(), err)
 			}

 			color.Green("Successfully changed superuser %q password!", superuser.Email())
@@ -146,17 +146,17 @@ func superuserDeleteCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) == 0 || args[0] == "" || is.EmailFormat.Validate(args[0]) != nil {
-				return errors.New("Invalid or missing email address.")
+				return errors.New("invalid or missing email address")
 			}

 			superuser, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail(core.CollectionNameSuperusers, args[0])
 			if err != nil {
-				color.Yellow("Superuser %q is missing or already deleted.", args[0])
+				color.Yellow("superuser %q is missing or already deleted", args[0])
 				return nil
 			}

 			if err := app.Delete(superuser); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to delete superuser %q: %w.", superuser.Email(), err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete superuser %q: %w", superuser.Email(), err)
 			}

 			color.Green("Successfully deleted superuser %q!", superuser.Email())
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ func superuserOTPCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) == 0 || args[0] == "" || is.EmailFormat.Validate(args[0]) != nil {
-				return errors.New("Invalid or missing email address.")
+				return errors.New("invalid or missing email address")
 			}

 			superuser, err := app.FindAuthRecordByEmail(core.CollectionNameSuperusers, args[0])
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Superuser with email %q doesn't exist.", args[0])
+				return fmt.Errorf("superuser with email %q doesn't exist", args[0])
 			}

 			if !superuser.Collection().OTP.Enabled {
-				return errors.New("OTP is not enabled for the _superusers collection.")
+				return errors.New("OTP auth is not enabled for the _superusers collection")
 			}

 			pass := security.RandomStringWithAlphabet(superuser.Collection().OTP.Length, "1234567890")
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func superuserOTPCommand(app core.App) *cobra.Command {

 			err = app.Save(otp)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create OTP: %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create OTP: %w", err)
 			}

 			color.New(color.BgGreen, color.FgBlack).Printf("Successfully created OTP for superuser %q:", superuser.Email())
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ type App interface {
 	// IsTransactional checks if the current app instance is part of a transaction.
 	IsTransactional() bool

+	// TxInfo returns the transaction associated with the current app instance (if any).
+	//
+	// Could be used if you want to execute indirectly a function after
+	// the related app transaction completes using `app.TxInfo().OnAfterFunc(callback)`.
+	TxInfo() *TxAppInfo
+
 	// Bootstrap initializes the application
 	// (aka. create data dir, open db connections, load settings, etc.).
 	//
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ type App interface {
 	// after you are done working with it.
 	NewFilesystem() (*filesystem.System, error)

-	// NewFilesystem creates a new local or S3 filesystem instance
+	// NewBackupsFilesystem creates a new local or S3 filesystem instance
 	// for managing app backups based on the current app settings.
 	//
 	// NB! Make sure to call Close() on the returned result
@@ -140,46 +146,82 @@ type App interface {
 	// DB methods
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------

-	// DB returns the default app data db instance (pb_data/data.db).
+	// DB returns the default app data.db builder instance.
+	//
+	// To minimize SQLITE_BUSY errors, it automatically routes the
+	// SELECT queries to the underlying concurrent db pool and everything else
+	// to the nonconcurrent one.
+	//
+	// For more finer control over the used connections pools you can
+	// call directly ConcurrentDB() or NonconcurrentDB().
 	DB() dbx.Builder

-	// NonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app data db instance (pb_data/data.db).
+	// ConcurrentDB returns the concurrent app data.db builder instance.
+	//
+	// This method is used mainly internally for executing db read
+	// operations in a concurrent/non-blocking manner.
+	//
+	// Most users should use simply DB() as it will automatically
+	// route the query execution to ConcurrentDB() or NonconcurrentDB().
+	//
+	// In a transaction the ConcurrentDB() and NonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
+	ConcurrentDB() dbx.Builder
+
+	// NonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app data.db builder instance.
 	//
 	// The returned db instance is limited only to a single open connection,
-	// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other operations will be queued up).
+	// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other queries queue up).
 	//
 	// This method is used mainly internally and in the tests to execute write
 	// (save/delete) db operations as it helps with minimizing the SQLITE_BUSY errors.
 	//
-	// For the majority of cases you would want to use the regular DB() method
-	// since it allows concurrent db read operations.
+	// Most users should use simply DB() as it will automatically
+	// route the query execution to ConcurrentDB() or NonconcurrentDB().
 	//
 	// In a transaction the ConcurrentDB() and NonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
 	NonconcurrentDB() dbx.Builder

-	// AuxDB returns the default app auxiliary db instance (pb_data/auxiliary.db).
+	// AuxDB returns the app auxiliary.db builder instance.
+	//
+	// To minimize SQLITE_BUSY errors, it automatically routes the
+	// SELECT queries to the underlying concurrent db pool and everything else
+	// to the nonconcurrent one.
+	//
+	// For more finer control over the used connections pools you can
+	// call directly AuxConcurrentDB() or AuxNonconcurrentDB().
 	AuxDB() dbx.Builder

-	// AuxNonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app auxiliary db instance (pb_data/auxiliary.db)..
+	// AuxConcurrentDB returns the concurrent app auxiliary.db builder instance.
+	//
+	// This method is used mainly internally for executing db read
+	// operations in a concurrent/non-blocking manner.
+	//
+	// Most users should use simply AuxDB() as it will automatically
+	// route the query execution to AuxConcurrentDB() or AuxNonconcurrentDB().
+	//
+	// In a transaction the AuxConcurrentDB() and AuxNonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
+	AuxConcurrentDB() dbx.Builder
+
+	// AuxNonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app auxiliary.db builder instance.
 	//
 	// The returned db instance is limited only to a single open connection,
-	// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other operations will be queued up).
+	// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other queries queue up).
 	//
 	// This method is used mainly internally and in the tests to execute write
 	// (save/delete) db operations as it helps with minimizing the SQLITE_BUSY errors.
 	//
-	// For the majority of cases you would want to use the regular DB() method
-	// since it allows concurrent db read operations.
+	// Most users should use simply AuxDB() as it will automatically
+	// route the query execution to AuxConcurrentDB() or AuxNonconcurrentDB().
 	//
-	// In a transaction the AuxNonconcurrentDB() and AuxNonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
+	// In a transaction the AuxConcurrentDB() and AuxNonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
 	AuxNonconcurrentDB() dbx.Builder

 	// HasTable checks if a table (or view) with the provided name exists (case insensitive).
-	// in the current app.DB() instance.
+	// in the data.db.
 	HasTable(tableName string) bool

 	// AuxHasTable checks if a table (or view) with the provided name exists (case insensitive)
-	// in the current app.AuxDB() instance.
+	// in the auxiliary.db.
 	AuxHasTable(tableName string) bool

 	// TableColumns returns all column names of a single table by its name.
@@ -198,48 +240,49 @@ type App interface {
 	// This method is a no-op if a table with the provided name doesn't exist.
 	//
 	// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
-	// "tableName" argument must come only from trusted input!
-	DeleteTable(tableName string) error
+	// "dangerousTableName" argument must come only from trusted input!
+	DeleteTable(dangerousTableName string) error

 	// DeleteView drops the specified view name.
 	//
 	// This method is a no-op if a view with the provided name doesn't exist.
 	//
 	// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
-	// "name" argument must come only from trusted input!
-	DeleteView(name string) error
+	// "dangerousViewName" argument must come only from trusted input!
+	DeleteView(dangerousViewName string) error

 	// SaveView creates (or updates already existing) persistent SQL view.
 	//
-	// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
-	// "selectQuery" argument must come only from trusted input!
-	SaveView(name string, selectQuery string) error
+	// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and
+	// its arguments must come only from trusted input!
+	SaveView(dangerousViewName string, dangerousSelectQuery string) error

 	// CreateViewFields creates a new FieldsList from the provided select query.
 	//
 	// There are some caveats:
 	// - The select query must have an "id" column.
 	// - Wildcard ("*") columns are not supported to avoid accidentally leaking sensitive data.
-	CreateViewFields(selectQuery string) (FieldsList, error)
+	//
+	// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
+	// "dangerousSelectQuery" argument must come only from trusted input!
+	CreateViewFields(dangerousSelectQuery string) (FieldsList, error)

 	// FindRecordByViewFile returns the original Record of the provided view collection file.
 	FindRecordByViewFile(viewCollectionModelOrIdentifier any, fileFieldName string, filename string) (*Record, error)

-	// Vacuum executes VACUUM on the current app.DB() instance
-	// in order to reclaim unused data db disk space.
+	// Vacuum executes VACUUM on the data.db in order to reclaim unused data db disk space.
 	Vacuum() error

-	// AuxVacuum executes VACUUM on the current app.AuxDB() instance
-	// in order to reclaim unused auxiliary db disk space.
+	// AuxVacuum executes VACUUM on the auxiliary.db in order to reclaim unused auxiliary db disk space.
 	AuxVacuum() error

 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------

-	// ModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select app.DB() query with preset
+	// ModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select data.db query with preset
 	// SELECT, FROM and other common fields based on the provided model.
 	ModelQuery(model Model) *dbx.SelectQuery

-	// AuxModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select app.AuxDB() query with preset
+	// AuxModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select auxiliary.db query with preset
 	// SELECT, FROM and other common fields based on the provided model.
 	AuxModelQuery(model Model) *dbx.SelectQuery

@@ -1155,7 +1198,7 @@ type App interface {
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------

 	// OnMailerSend hook is triggered every time when a new email is
-	// being send using the [App.NewMailClient()] instance.
+	// being sent using the [App.NewMailClient()] instance.
 	//
 	// It allows intercepting the email message or to use a custom mailer client.
 	OnMailerSend() *hook.Hook[*MailerEvent]
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/store"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/subscriptions"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 )

 const (
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ const (
 	LocalBackupsDirName       string = "backups"
 	LocalTempDirName          string = ".pb_temp_to_delete" // temp pb_data sub directory that will be deleted on each app.Bootstrap()
 	LocalAutocertCacheDirName string = ".autocert_cache"
+
+	// @todo consider removing after backups refactoring
+	lostFoundDirName string = "lost+found"
 )

 // FilesManager defines an interface with common methods that files manager models should implement.
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ var _ App = (*BaseApp)(nil)
 // BaseApp implements core.App and defines the base PocketBase app structure.
 type BaseApp struct {
 	config              *BaseAppConfig
-	txInfo              *txAppInfo
+	txInfo              *TxAppInfo
 	store               *store.Store[string, any]
 	cron                *cron.Cron
 	settings            *Settings
@@ -360,9 +364,17 @@ func (app *BaseApp) Logger() *slog.Logger {
 	return app.logger
 }

+// TxInfo returns the transaction associated with the current app instance (if any).
+//
+// Could be used if you want to execute indirectly a function after
+// the related app transaction completes using `app.TxInfo().OnAfterFunc(callback)`.
+func (app *BaseApp) TxInfo() *TxAppInfo {
+	return app.txInfo
+}
+
 // IsTransactional checks if the current app instance is part of a transaction.
 func (app *BaseApp) IsTransactional() bool {
-	return app.txInfo != nil
+	return app.TxInfo() != nil
 }

 // IsBootstrapped checks if the application was initialized
@@ -466,44 +478,100 @@ func (app *BaseApp) ResetBootstrapState() error {
 	return nil
 }

-// DB returns the default app data db instance (pb_data/data.db).
+// DB returns the default app data.db builder instance.
+//
+// To minimize SQLITE_BUSY errors, it automatically routes the
+// SELECT queries to the underlying concurrent db pool and everything
+// else to the nonconcurrent one.
+//
+// For more finer control over the used connections pools you can
+// call directly ConcurrentDB() or NonconcurrentDB().
 func (app *BaseApp) DB() dbx.Builder {
+	// transactional or both are nil
+	if app.concurrentDB == app.nonconcurrentDB {
+		return app.concurrentDB
+	}
+
+	return &dualDBBuilder{
+		concurrentDB:    app.concurrentDB,
+		nonconcurrentDB: app.nonconcurrentDB,
+	}
+}
+
+// ConcurrentDB returns the concurrent app data.db builder instance.
+//
+// This method is used mainly internally for executing db read
+// operations in a concurrent/non-blocking manner.
+//
+// Most users should use simply DB() as it will automatically
+// route the query execution to ConcurrentDB() or NonconcurrentDB().
+//
+// In a transaction the ConcurrentDB() and NonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
+func (app *BaseApp) ConcurrentDB() dbx.Builder {
 	return app.concurrentDB
 }

-// NonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app data db instance (pb_data/data.db).
+// NonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app data.db builder instance.
 //
 // The returned db instance is limited only to a single open connection,
-// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other operations will be queued up).
+// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other queries queue up).
 //
 // This method is used mainly internally and in the tests to execute write
 // (save/delete) db operations as it helps with minimizing the SQLITE_BUSY errors.
 //
-// For the majority of cases you would want to use the regular DB() method
-// since it allows concurrent db read operations.
+// Most users should use simply DB() as it will automatically
+// route the query execution to ConcurrentDB() or NonconcurrentDB().
 //
 // In a transaction the ConcurrentDB() and NonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
 func (app *BaseApp) NonconcurrentDB() dbx.Builder {
 	return app.nonconcurrentDB
 }

-// AuxDB returns the default app auxiliary db instance (pb_data/auxiliary.db).
+// AuxDB returns the app auxiliary.db builder instance.
+//
+// To minimize SQLITE_BUSY errors, it automatically routes the
+// SELECT queries to the underlying concurrent db pool and everything
+// else to the nonconcurrent one.
+//
+// For more finer control over the used connections pools you can
+// call directly AuxConcurrentDB() or AuxNonconcurrentDB().
 func (app *BaseApp) AuxDB() dbx.Builder {
+	// transactional or both are nil
+	if app.auxConcurrentDB == app.auxNonconcurrentDB {
+		return app.auxConcurrentDB
+	}
+
+	return &dualDBBuilder{
+		concurrentDB:    app.auxConcurrentDB,
+		nonconcurrentDB: app.auxNonconcurrentDB,
+	}
+}
+
+// AuxConcurrentDB returns the concurrent app auxiliary.db builder instance.
+//
+// This method is used mainly internally for executing db read
+// operations in a concurrent/non-blocking manner.
+//
+// Most users should use simply AuxDB() as it will automatically
+// route the query execution to AuxConcurrentDB() or AuxNonconcurrentDB().
+//
+// In a transaction the AuxConcurrentDB() and AuxNonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
+func (app *BaseApp) AuxConcurrentDB() dbx.Builder {
 	return app.auxConcurrentDB
 }

-// AuxNonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app auxiliary db instance (pb_data/auxiliary.db).
+// AuxNonconcurrentDB returns the nonconcurrent app auxiliary.db builder instance.
 //
 // The returned db instance is limited only to a single open connection,
-// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other operations will be queued up).
+// meaning that it can process only 1 db operation at a time (other queries queue up).
 //
 // This method is used mainly internally and in the tests to execute write
 // (save/delete) db operations as it helps with minimizing the SQLITE_BUSY errors.
 //
-// For the majority of cases you would want to use the regular DB() method
-// since it allows concurrent db read operations.
+// Most users should use simply AuxDB() as it will automatically
+// route the query execution to AuxConcurrentDB() or AuxNonconcurrentDB().
 //
-// In a transaction the AuxNonconcurrentDB() and AuxNonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
+// In a transaction the AuxConcurrentDB() and AuxNonconcurrentDB() refer to the same *dbx.TX instance.
 func (app *BaseApp) AuxNonconcurrentDB() dbx.Builder {
 	return app.auxNonconcurrentDB
 }
@@ -659,7 +727,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) NewFilesystem() (*filesystem.System, error) {
 	return filesystem.NewLocal(filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), LocalStorageDirName))
 }

-// NewFilesystem creates a new local or S3 filesystem instance
+// NewBackupsFilesystem creates a new local or S3 filesystem instance
 // for managing app backups based on the current app settings.
 //
 // NB! Make sure to call Close() on the returned result
@@ -707,7 +775,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) Restart() error {
 			}
 		}()

-		return syscall.Exec(execPath, os.Args, os.Environ())
+		return execve(execPath, os.Args, os.Environ())
 	})
 }

@@ -1145,14 +1213,14 @@ var sqlLogReplacements = []struct {
 }{
 	{regexp.MustCompile(`\[\[([^\[\]\{\}\.]+)\.([^\[\]\{\}\.]+)\]\]`), "`$1`.`$2`"},
 	{regexp.MustCompile(`\{\{([^\[\]\{\}\.]+)\.([^\[\]\{\}\.]+)\}\}`), "`$1`.`$2`"},
-	{regexp.MustCompile(`([^'"])\{\{`), "$1`"},
-	{regexp.MustCompile(`\}\}([^'"])`), "`$1"},
-	{regexp.MustCompile(`([^'"])\[\[`), "$1`"},
-	{regexp.MustCompile(`\]\]([^'"])`), "`$1"},
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`([^'"])?\{\{`), "$1`"},
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`\}\}([^'"])?`), "`$1"},
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`([^'"])?\[\[`), "$1`"},
+	{regexp.MustCompile(`\]\]([^'"])?`), "`$1"},
 	{regexp.MustCompile(`<nil>`), "NULL"},
 }

-// normalizeSQLLog replaces common query builder charactes with their plain SQL version for easier debugging.
+// normalizeSQLLog replaces common query builder characters with their plain SQL version for easier debugging.
 // The query is still not suitable for execution and should be used only for log and debug purposes
 // (the normalization is done here to avoid breaking changes in dbx).
 func normalizeSQLLog(sql string) string {
@@ -1190,6 +1258,33 @@ func (app *BaseApp) initAuxDB() error {
 	return nil
 }

+// @todo remove after refactoring the FilesManager interface
+func supportFiles(m Model) bool {
+	var collection *Collection
+	switch v := m.(type) {
+	case *Collection:
+		collection = v
+	case *Record:
+		collection = v.Collection()
+	case RecordProxy:
+		if v.ProxyRecord() != nil {
+			collection = v.ProxyRecord().Collection()
+		}
+	}
+
+	if collection == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range collection.Fields {
+		if f.Type() == FieldTypeFile {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func (app *BaseApp) registerBaseHooks() {
 	deletePrefix := func(prefix string) error {
 		fs, err := app.NewFilesystem()
@@ -1206,26 +1301,44 @@ func (app *BaseApp) registerBaseHooks() {
 		return nil
 	}

+	maxFilesDeleteWorkers := cast.ToInt64(os.Getenv("PB_FILES_DELETE_MAX_WORKERS"))
+	if maxFilesDeleteWorkers <= 0 {
+		maxFilesDeleteWorkers = 2000 // the value is arbitrary chosen and may change in the future
+	}
+
+	deleteSem := semaphore.NewWeighted(maxFilesDeleteWorkers)
+
 	// try to delete the storage files from deleted Collection, Records, etc. model
 	app.OnModelAfterDeleteSuccess().Bind(&hook.Handler[*ModelEvent]{
 		Id: "__pbFilesManagerDelete__",
 		Func: func(e *ModelEvent) error {
-			if m, ok := e.Model.(FilesManager); ok && m.BaseFilesPath() != "" {
+			if m, ok := e.Model.(FilesManager); ok && m.BaseFilesPath() != "" && supportFiles(e.Model) {
 				// ensure that there is a trailing slash so that the list iterator could start walking from the prefix dir
 				// (https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/5246#discussioncomment-10128955)
 				prefix := strings.TrimRight(m.BaseFilesPath(), "/") + "/"

-				// run in the background for "optimistic" delete to avoid
-				// blocking the delete transaction
-				routine.FireAndForget(func() {
-					if err := deletePrefix(prefix); err != nil {
-						app.Logger().Error(
-							"Failed to delete storage prefix (non critical error; usually could happen because of S3 api limits)",
-							slog.String("prefix", prefix),
-							slog.String("error", err.Error()),
-						)
-					}
-				})
+				// note: for now assume no context cancellation
+				err := deleteSem.Acquire(context.Background(), 1)
+				if err != nil {
+					app.Logger().Error(
+						"Failed to delete storage prefix (couldn't acquire a worker)",
+						slog.String("prefix", prefix),
+						slog.String("error", err.Error()),
+					)
+				} else {
+					// run in the background for "optimistic" delete to avoid blocking the delete transaction
+					routine.FireAndForget(func() {
+						defer deleteSem.Release(1)
+
+						if err := deletePrefix(prefix); err != nil {
+							app.Logger().Error(
+								"Failed to delete storage prefix (non critical error; usually could happen because of S3 api limits)",
+								slog.String("prefix", prefix),
+								slog.String("error", err.Error()),
+							)
+						}
+					})
+				}
 			}

 			return e.Next()
@@ -1254,7 +1367,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) registerBaseHooks() {
 			app.Logger().Warn("Failed to run periodic PRAGMA wal_checkpoint for the auxiliary DB", slog.String("error", execErr.Error()))
 		}

-		_, execErr = app.DB().NewQuery("PRAGMA optimize").Execute()
+		_, execErr = app.NonconcurrentDB().NewQuery("PRAGMA optimize").Execute()
 		if execErr != nil {
 			app.Logger().Warn("Failed to run periodic PRAGMA optimize", slog.String("error", execErr.Error()))
 		}
@@ -1295,7 +1408,7 @@ func getLoggerMinLevel(app App) slog.Level {
 func (app *BaseApp) initLogger() error {
 	duration := 3 * time.Second
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(duration)
-	done := make(chan bool)
+	done := make(chan bool, 1)

 	handler := logger.NewBatchHandler(logger.BatchOptions{
 		Level:     getLoggerMinLevel(app),
@@ -1366,7 +1479,11 @@ func (app *BaseApp) initLogger() error {

 			ticker.Stop()

-			done <- true
+			// don't block in case OnTerminate is triggered more than once
+			select {
+			case done <- true:
+			default:
+			}

 			return e.Next()
 		},
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CreateBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 	event.Context = ctx
 	event.Name = name
 	// default root dir entries to exclude from the backup generation
-	event.Exclude = []string{LocalBackupsDirName, LocalTempDirName, LocalAutocertCacheDirName}
+	event.Exclude = []string{LocalBackupsDirName, LocalTempDirName, LocalAutocertCacheDirName, lostFoundDirName}

 	return app.OnBackupCreate().Trigger(event, func(e *BackupEvent) error {
 		// generate a default name if missing
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CreateBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create a temp dir: %w", err)
 		}

-		// archive pb_data in a temp directory, exluding the "backups" and the temp dirs
+		// archive pb_data in a temp directory, excluding the "backups" and the temp dirs
 		//
-		// Run in transaction to temporary block other writes (transactions uses the NonconcurrentDB connection).
+		// run in transaction to temporary block other writes (transactions uses the NonconcurrentDB connection)
 		// ---
 		tempPath := filepath.Join(localTempDir, "pb_backup_"+security.PseudorandomString(6))
 		createErr := e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CreateBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 //
 //  4. Move the extracted dir content to the app "pb_data".
 //
-//  5. Restart the app (on successful app bootstap it will also remove the old pb_data).
+//  5. Restart the app (on successful app bootstrap it will also remove the old pb_data).
 //
-// If a failure occure during the restore process the dir changes are reverted.
+// If a failure occur during the restore process the dir changes are reverted.
 // If for whatever reason the revert is not possible, it panics.
 //
 // Note that if your pb_data has custom network mounts as subdirectories, then
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) RestoreBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 	event.Context = ctx
 	event.Name = name
 	// default root dir entries to exclude from the backup restore
-	event.Exclude = []string{LocalBackupsDirName, LocalTempDirName, LocalAutocertCacheDirName}
+	event.Exclude = []string{LocalBackupsDirName, LocalTempDirName, LocalAutocertCacheDirName, lostFoundDirName}

 	return app.OnBackupRestore().Trigger(event, func(e *BackupEvent) error {
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) RestoreBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {

 		// extract the zip
 		if e.App.Settings().Backups.S3.Enabled {
-			br, err := fsys.GetFile(name)
+			br, err := fsys.GetReader(name)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) RestoreBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 		} else {
 			// manually construct the local path to avoid creating a copy of the zip file
 			// since the blob reader currently doesn't implement ReaderAt
-			zipPath := filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), LocalBackupsDirName, filepath.Base(name))
+			zipPath := filepath.Join(e.App.DataDir(), LocalBackupsDirName, filepath.Base(name))

 			err = archive.Extract(zipPath, extractedDataDir)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -242,29 +242,43 @@ func (app *BaseApp) RestoreBackup(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("data.db file is missing or invalid: %w", err)
 		}

-		// move the current pb_data content to a special temp location
-		// that will hold the old data between dirs replace
-		// (the temp dir will be automatically removed on the next app start)
 		oldTempDataDir := filepath.Join(localTempDir, "old_pb_data_"+security.PseudorandomString(8))
-		if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(e.App.DataDir(), oldTempDataDir, e.Exclude...); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to move the current pb_data content to a temp location: %w", err)
-		}

-		// move the extracted archive content to the app's pb_data
-		if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(extractedDataDir, e.App.DataDir(), e.Exclude...); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to move the extracted archive content to pb_data: %w", err)
+		replaceErr := e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
+			return txApp.AuxRunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
+				// move the current pb_data content to a special temp location
+				// that will hold the old data between dirs replace
+				// (the temp dir will be automatically removed on the next app start)
+				if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(txApp.DataDir(), oldTempDataDir, e.Exclude...); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to move the current pb_data content to a temp location: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				// move the extracted archive content to the app's pb_data
+				if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(extractedDataDir, txApp.DataDir(), e.Exclude...); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to move the extracted archive content to pb_data: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			})
+		})
+		if replaceErr != nil {
+			return replaceErr
 		}

 		revertDataDirChanges := func() error {
-			if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(e.App.DataDir(), extractedDataDir, e.Exclude...); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to revert the extracted dir change: %w", err)
-			}
+			return e.App.RunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
+				return txApp.AuxRunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
+					if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(txApp.DataDir(), extractedDataDir, e.Exclude...); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to revert the extracted dir change: %w", err)
+					}

-			if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(oldTempDataDir, e.App.DataDir(), e.Exclude...); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to revert old pb_data dir change: %w", err)
-			}
+					if err := osutils.MoveDirContent(oldTempDataDir, txApp.DataDir(), e.Exclude...); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to revert old pb_data dir change: %w", err)
+					}

-			return nil
+					return nil
+				})
+			})
 		}

 		// restart the app
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@@ -99,9 +100,11 @@ func TestBaseAppBootstrap(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	nilChecksBeforeReset := []nilCheck{
-		{"[before] concurrentDB", app.DB(), false},
+		{"[before] db", app.DB(), false},
+		{"[before] concurrentDB", app.ConcurrentDB(), false},
 		{"[before] nonconcurrentDB", app.NonconcurrentDB(), false},
-		{"[before] auxConcurrentDB", app.AuxDB(), false},
+		{"[before] auxDB", app.AuxDB(), false},
+		{"[before] auxConcurrentDB", app.AuxConcurrentDB(), false},
 		{"[before] auxNonconcurrentDB", app.AuxNonconcurrentDB(), false},
 		{"[before] settings", app.Settings(), false},
 		{"[before] logger", app.Logger(), false},
@@ -116,9 +119,11 @@ func TestBaseAppBootstrap(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	nilChecksAfterReset := []nilCheck{
-		{"[after] concurrentDB", app.DB(), true},
+		{"[after] db", app.DB(), true},
+		{"[after] concurrentDB", app.ConcurrentDB(), true},
 		{"[after] nonconcurrentDB", app.NonconcurrentDB(), true},
-		{"[after] auxConcurrentDB", app.AuxDB(), true},
+		{"[after] auxDB", app.AuxDB(), true},
+		{"[after] auxConcurrentDB", app.AuxConcurrentDB(), true},
 		{"[after] auxNonconcurrentDB", app.AuxNonconcurrentDB(), true},
 		{"[after] settings", app.Settings(), false},
 		{"[after] logger", app.Logger(), false},
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ func TestBaseAppBootstrap(t *testing.T) {
 	runNilChecks(nilChecksAfterReset)
 }

-func TestNewBaseAppIsTransactional(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNewBaseAppTx(t *testing.T) {
 	const testDataDir = "./pb_base_app_test_data_dir/"
 	defer os.RemoveAll(testDataDir)

@@ -141,17 +146,34 @@ func TestNewBaseAppIsTransactional(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}

-	if app.IsTransactional() {
-		t.Fatalf("Didn't expect the app to be transactional")
+	mustNotHaveTx := func(app core.App) {
+		if app.IsTransactional() {
+			t.Fatalf("Didn't expect the app to be transactional")
+		}
+
+		if app.TxInfo() != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Didn't expect the app.txInfo to be loaded")
+		}
 	}

-	app.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
-		if !txApp.IsTransactional() {
+	mustHaveTx := func(app core.App) {
+		if !app.IsTransactional() {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected the app to be transactional")
 		}

+		if app.TxInfo() == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected the app.txInfo to be loaded")
+		}
+	}
+
+	mustNotHaveTx(app)
+
+	app.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+		mustHaveTx(txApp)
 		return nil
 	})
+
+	mustNotHaveTx(app)
 }

 func TestBaseAppNewMailClient(t *testing.T) {
@@ -354,8 +376,8 @@ func TestBaseAppRefreshSettingsLoggerMinLevelEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 			}

 			// silence query logs
-			app.DB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
-			app.DB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}
+			app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
+			app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}
 			app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
 			app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}

@@ -378,3 +400,171 @@ func TestBaseAppRefreshSettingsLoggerMinLevelEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBaseAppDBDualBuilder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+	defer app.Cleanup()
+
+	concurrentQueries := []string{}
+	nonconcurrentQueries := []string{}
+	app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+		concurrentQueries = append(concurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+	app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+		concurrentQueries = append(concurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+	app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+		nonconcurrentQueries = append(nonconcurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+	app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+		nonconcurrentQueries = append(nonconcurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+
+	type testQuery struct {
+		query        string
+		isConcurrent bool
+	}
+
+	regularTests := []testQuery{
+		{"  \n  sEleCt 1", true},
+		{"With abc(x) AS (select 2) SELECT x FROM abc", true},
+		{"create table t1(x int)", false},
+		{"insert into t1(x) values(1)", false},
+		{"update t1 set x = 2", false},
+		{"delete from t1", false},
+	}
+
+	txTests := []testQuery{
+		{"select 3", false},
+		{" \n WITH abc(x) AS (select 4) SELECT x FROM abc", false},
+		{"create table t2(x int)", false},
+		{"insert into t2(x) values(1)", false},
+		{"update t2 set x = 2", false},
+		{"delete from t2", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range regularTests {
+		_, err := app.DB().NewQuery(item.query).Execute()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to execute query %q error: %v", item.query, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	app.RunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+		for _, item := range txTests {
+			_, err := txApp.DB().NewQuery(item.query).Execute()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to execute query %q error: %v", item.query, err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	allTests := append(regularTests, txTests...)
+	for _, item := range allTests {
+		if item.isConcurrent {
+			if !slices.Contains(concurrentQueries, item.query) {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected concurrent query\n%q\ngot\nconcurrent:%v\nnonconcurrent:%v", item.query, concurrentQueries, nonconcurrentQueries)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if !slices.Contains(nonconcurrentQueries, item.query) {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected nonconcurrent query\n%q\ngot\nconcurrent:%v\nnonconcurrent:%v", item.query, concurrentQueries, nonconcurrentQueries)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBaseAppAuxDBDualBuilder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+	defer app.Cleanup()
+
+	concurrentQueries := []string{}
+	nonconcurrentQueries := []string{}
+	app.AuxConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+		concurrentQueries = append(concurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+	app.AuxConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+		concurrentQueries = append(concurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+	app.AuxNonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+		nonconcurrentQueries = append(nonconcurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+	app.AuxNonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+		nonconcurrentQueries = append(nonconcurrentQueries, sql)
+	}
+
+	type testQuery struct {
+		query        string
+		isConcurrent bool
+	}
+
+	regularTests := []testQuery{
+		{"  \n  sEleCt 1", true},
+		{"With abc(x) AS (select 2) SELECT x FROM abc", true},
+		{"create table t1(x int)", false},
+		{"insert into t1(x) values(1)", false},
+		{"update t1 set x = 2", false},
+		{"delete from t1", false},
+	}
+
+	txTests := []testQuery{
+		{"select 3", false},
+		{" \n WITH abc(x) AS (select 4) SELECT x FROM abc", false},
+		{"create table t2(x int)", false},
+		{"insert into t2(x) values(1)", false},
+		{"update t2 set x = 2", false},
+		{"delete from t2", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range regularTests {
+		_, err := app.AuxDB().NewQuery(item.query).Execute()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to execute query %q error: %v", item.query, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	app.AuxRunInTransaction(func(txApp core.App) error {
+		for _, item := range txTests {
+			_, err := txApp.AuxDB().NewQuery(item.query).Execute()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to execute query %q error: %v", item.query, err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	allTests := append(regularTests, txTests...)
+	for _, item := range allTests {
+		if item.isConcurrent {
+			if !slices.Contains(concurrentQueries, item.query) {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected concurrent query\n%q\ngot\nconcurrent:%v\nnonconcurrent:%v", item.query, concurrentQueries, nonconcurrentQueries)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if !slices.Contains(nonconcurrentQueries, item.query) {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected nonconcurrent query\n%q\ngot\nconcurrent:%v\nnonconcurrent:%v", item.query, concurrentQueries, nonconcurrentQueries)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBaseAppTriggerOnTerminate(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+	defer app.Cleanup()
+
+	event := new(core.TerminateEvent)
+	event.App = app
+
+	// trigger OnTerminate multiple times to ensure that it doesn't deadlock
+	// https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7305
+	app.OnTerminate().Trigger(event)
+	app.OnTerminate().Trigger(event)
+	app.OnTerminate().Trigger(event)
+}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func TestImportCollections(t *testing.T) {
 				expectedCollectionFields := map[string]int{
 					core.CollectionNameAuthOrigins: 6,
 					"nologin":                      10,
-					"demo1":                        18,
+					"demo1":                        19,
 					"demo2":                        5,
 					"demo3":                        5,
 					"demo4":                        16,
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func (m *Collection) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 // MarshalJSON implements the [json.Marshaler] interface.
 //
 // Note that non-type related fields are ignored from the serialization
-// (ex. for "view" colections the "auth" fields are skipped).
+// (ex. for "view" collections the "auth" fields are skipped).
 func (m Collection) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	switch m.Type {
 	case CollectionTypeView:
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ func (c *Collection) fieldIndexName(field string) string {
 	} else if c.Name != "" {
 		name += c.Name
 	} else {
-		name += security.PseudorandomString(10)
+		name += security.PseudorandomStringWithAlphabet(10, DefaultIdAlphabet)
 	}

 	if len(name) > 64 {
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package core

 // Common settings placeholder tokens
 const (
-	EmailPlaceholderAppName string = "{APP_NAME}"
-	EmailPlaceholderAppURL  string = "{APP_URL}"
-	EmailPlaceholderToken   string = "{TOKEN}"
-	EmailPlaceholderOTP     string = "{OTP}"
-	EmailPlaceholderOTPId   string = "{OTP_ID}"
+	EmailPlaceholderAppName   string = "{APP_NAME}"
+	EmailPlaceholderAppURL    string = "{APP_URL}"
+	EmailPlaceholderToken     string = "{TOKEN}"
+	EmailPlaceholderOTP       string = "{OTP}"
+	EmailPlaceholderOTPId     string = "{OTP_ID}"
+	EmailPlaceholderAlertInfo string = "{ALERT_INFO}"
 )

 var defaultVerificationTemplate = EmailTemplate{
@@ -65,9 +66,10 @@ var defaultOTPTemplate = EmailTemplate{
 var defaultAuthAlertTemplate = EmailTemplate{
 	Subject: "Login from a new location",
 	Body: `<p>Hello,</p>
-<p>We noticed a login to your ` + EmailPlaceholderAppName + ` account from a new location.</p>
-<p>If this was you, you may disregard this email.</p>
+<p>We noticed a login to your ` + EmailPlaceholderAppName + ` account from a new location:</p>
+<p><em>` + EmailPlaceholderAlertInfo + `</em></p>
 <p><strong>If this wasn't you, you should immediately change your ` + EmailPlaceholderAppName + ` account password to revoke access from all other locations.</strong></p>
+<p>If this was you, you may disregard this email.</p>
 <p>
  Thanks,<br/>
  ` + EmailPlaceholderAppName + ` team
@@ -1012,18 +1012,21 @@ func TestCollectionModelEventSync(t *testing.T) {

 	changeCollectionEventBefore := func(e *core.CollectionEvent) {
 		e.Type = "test_b"
+		//nolint:staticcheck
 		e.Context = context.WithValue(context.Background(), "test", 123)
 		e.Collection = testCollections[1]
 	}

 	modelEventFinalizerChange := func(e *core.ModelEvent) {
 		e.Type = "test_c"
+		//nolint:staticcheck
 		e.Context = context.WithValue(context.Background(), "test", 456)
 		e.Model = testCollections[2]
 	}

 	changeCollectionEventAfter := func(e *core.CollectionEvent) {
 		e.Type = "test_d"
+		//nolint:staticcheck
 		e.Context = context.WithValue(context.Background(), "test", 789)
 		e.Collection = testCollections[3]
 	}
@@ -1620,7 +1623,7 @@ func TestCollectionSaveViewWrapping(t *testing.T) {

 			var sql string

-			rowErr := app.DB().NewQuery("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='view' AND name={:name}").
+			rowErr := app.ConcurrentDB().NewQuery("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='view' AND name={:name}").
 				Bind(dbx.Params{"name": viewName}).
 				Row(&sql)
 			if rowErr != nil {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) FindAllCollections(collectionTypes ...string) ([]*Collection
 		q.AndWhere(dbx.In("type", list.ToInterfaceSlice(types)...))
 	}

-	err := q.OrderBy("created ASC").All(&collections)
+	err := q.OrderBy("rowid ASC").All(&collections)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) IsCollectionNameUnique(name string, excludeIds ...string) bo
 // cascade and file delete actions.
 func (app *BaseApp) TruncateCollection(collection *Collection) error {
 	if collection.IsView() {
-		return errors.New("view collections cannot be truncated since they don't store their own records.")
+		return errors.New("view collections cannot be truncated since they don't store their own records")
 	}

 	return app.RunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestFindCachedCollectionByNameOrId(t *testing.T) {
 	defer app.Cleanup()

 	totalQueries := 0
-	app.DB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+	app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
 		totalQueries++
 	}

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func TestFindCachedCollectionReferences(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	totalQueries := 0
-	app.DB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+	app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
 		totalQueries++
 	}

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) SyncRecordTableSchema(newCollection *Collection, oldCollecti

 	// run optimize per the SQLite recommendations
 	// (https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_optimize)
-	_, optimizeErr := app.DB().NewQuery("PRAGMA optimize").Execute()
+	_, optimizeErr := app.NonconcurrentDB().NewQuery("PRAGMA optimize").Execute()
 	if optimizeErr != nil {
 		app.Logger().Warn("Failed to run PRAGMA optimize after record table sync", slog.String("error", optimizeErr.Error()))
 	}
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ func dropCollectionIndexes(app App, collection *Collection) error {
 				continue
 			}

-			if _, err := app.DB().NewQuery(fmt.Sprintf("DROP INDEX IF EXISTS [[%s]]", parsed.IndexName)).Execute(); err != nil {
+			_, err := txApp.DB().NewQuery(fmt.Sprintf("DROP INDEX IF EXISTS [[%s]]", parsed.IndexName)).Execute()
+			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (validator *collectionValidator) run() error {
 				validator.original.IsNew(),
 				validation.Length(1, 100),
 				validation.Match(DefaultIdRegex),
-				validation.By(validators.UniqueId(validator.app.DB(), validator.new.TableName())),
+				validation.By(validators.UniqueId(validator.app.ConcurrentDB(), validator.new.TableName())),
 			).Else(
 				validation.By(validators.Equal(validator.original.Id)),
 			),
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func (validator *collectionValidator) checkRule(value any) error {
 		return nil // nothing to check
 	}

-	r := NewRecordFieldResolver(validator.app, validator.new, nil, true)
+	r := NewRecordFieldResolver(validator.app, validator.new, &RequestInfo{}, true)
 	_, err := search.FilterData(vStr).BuildExpr(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return validation.NewError("validation_invalid_rule", "Invalid rule. Raw error: "+err.Error())
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func (cv *collectionValidator) checkIndexes(value any) error {

 		// ensure that the index name is not used in another collection
 		var usedTblName string
-		_ = cv.app.DB().Select("tbl_name").
+		_ = cv.app.ConcurrentDB().Select("tbl_name").
 			From("sqlite_master").
 			AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{"type": "index"}).
 			AndWhere(dbx.NewExp("LOWER([[tbl_name]])!=LOWER({:oldName})", dbx.Params{"oldName": cv.original.Name})).
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ func TestCollectionValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				c.ListRule = types.Pointer("!invalid")
 				c.ViewRule = types.Pointer("missing = 123")
 				c.CreateRule = types.Pointer("id = 123 && missing = 456")
-				c.UpdateRule = types.Pointer("(id = 123")
-				c.DeleteRule = types.Pointer("missing = 123")
+				c.UpdateRule = types.Pointer("@request.body.missing:changed = false")
+				c.DeleteRule = types.Pointer("(id=123")
 				return c, nil
 			},
 			expectedErrors: []string{"listRule", "viewRule", "createRule", "updateRule", "deleteRule"},
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func TestCollectionValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				c.ListRule = types.Pointer("")
 				c.ViewRule = types.Pointer("f1 = 123")
 				c.CreateRule = types.Pointer("id = 123 && f1 = 456")
-				c.UpdateRule = types.Pointer("(id = 123)")
+				c.UpdateRule = types.Pointer("(id = 123 && @request.body.f1:changed = false)")
 				c.DeleteRule = types.Pointer("f1 = 123")
 				return c, nil
 			},
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ func crc32Checksum(str string) string {
 	return strconv.FormatInt(int64(crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(str))), 10)
 }

-// ModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select app.DB() query with preset
+// ModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select data.db query with preset
 // SELECT, FROM and other common fields based on the provided model.
 func (app *BaseApp) ModelQuery(m Model) *dbx.SelectQuery {
-	return app.modelQuery(app.DB(), m)
+	return app.modelQuery(app.ConcurrentDB(), m)
 }

-// AuxModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select app.AuxDB() query with preset
+// AuxModelQuery creates a new preconfigured select auxiliary.db query with preset
 // SELECT, FROM and other common fields based on the provided model.
 func (app *BaseApp) AuxModelQuery(m Model) *dbx.SelectQuery {
-	return app.modelQuery(app.AuxDB(), m)
+	return app.modelQuery(app.AuxConcurrentDB(), m)
 }

 func (app *BaseApp) modelQuery(db dbx.Builder, m Model) *dbx.SelectQuery {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) delete(ctx context.Context, model Model, isForAuxDB bool) er

 	if app.txInfo != nil {
 		// execute later after the transaction has completed
-		app.txInfo.onAfterFunc(func(txErr error) error {
+		app.txInfo.OnComplete(func(txErr error) error {
 			if app.txInfo != nil && app.txInfo.parent != nil {
 				event.App = app.txInfo.parent
 			}
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) create(ctx context.Context, model Model, withValidations boo

 	if app.txInfo != nil {
 		// execute later after the transaction has completed
-		app.txInfo.onAfterFunc(func(txErr error) error {
+		app.txInfo.OnComplete(func(txErr error) error {
 			if app.txInfo != nil && app.txInfo.parent != nil {
 				event.App = app.txInfo.parent
 			}
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) update(ctx context.Context, model Model, withValidations boo

 	if app.txInfo != nil {
 		// execute later after the transaction has completed
-		app.txInfo.onAfterFunc(func(txErr error) error {
+		app.txInfo.OnComplete(func(txErr error) error {
 			if app.txInfo != nil && app.txInfo.parent != nil {
 				event.App = app.txInfo.parent
 			}
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func validateRecordId(app App, collectionNameOrId string) validation.RuleFunc {

 		var exists int

-		rowErr := app.DB().Select("(1)").
+		rowErr := app.ConcurrentDB().Select("(1)").
 			From(collection.Name).
 			AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{"id": id}).
 			Limit(1).
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
+)
+
+var _ dbx.Builder = (*dualDBBuilder)(nil)
+
+// note: expects both builder to use the same driver
+type dualDBBuilder struct {
+	concurrentDB    dbx.Builder
+	nonconcurrentDB dbx.Builder
+}
+
+// Select implements the [dbx.Builder.Select] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Select(cols ...string) *dbx.SelectQuery {
+	return b.concurrentDB.Select(cols...)
+}
+
+// Model implements the [dbx.Builder.Model] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Model(data interface{}) *dbx.ModelQuery {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.Model(data)
+}
+
+// GeneratePlaceholder implements the [dbx.Builder.GeneratePlaceholder] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) GeneratePlaceholder(i int) string {
+	return b.concurrentDB.GeneratePlaceholder(i)
+}
+
+// Quote implements the [dbx.Builder.Quote] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Quote(str string) string {
+	return b.concurrentDB.Quote(str)
+}
+
+// QuoteSimpleTableName implements the [dbx.Builder.QuoteSimpleTableName] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) QuoteSimpleTableName(table string) string {
+	return b.concurrentDB.QuoteSimpleTableName(table)
+}
+
+// QuoteSimpleColumnName implements the [dbx.Builder.QuoteSimpleColumnName] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) QuoteSimpleColumnName(col string) string {
+	return b.concurrentDB.QuoteSimpleColumnName(col)
+}
+
+// QueryBuilder implements the [dbx.Builder.QueryBuilder] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) QueryBuilder() dbx.QueryBuilder {
+	return b.concurrentDB.QueryBuilder()
+}
+
+// Insert implements the [dbx.Builder.Insert] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Insert(table string, cols dbx.Params) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.Insert(table, cols)
+}
+
+// Upsert implements the [dbx.Builder.Upsert] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Upsert(table string, cols dbx.Params, constraints ...string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.Upsert(table, cols, constraints...)
+}
+
+// Update implements the [dbx.Builder.Update] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Update(table string, cols dbx.Params, where dbx.Expression) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.Update(table, cols, where)
+}
+
+// Delete implements the [dbx.Builder.Delete] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) Delete(table string, where dbx.Expression) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.Delete(table, where)
+}
+
+// CreateTable implements the [dbx.Builder.CreateTable] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) CreateTable(table string, cols map[string]string, options ...string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.CreateTable(table, cols, options...)
+}
+
+// RenameTable implements the [dbx.Builder.RenameTable] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) RenameTable(oldName, newName string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.RenameTable(oldName, newName)
+}
+
+// DropTable implements the [dbx.Builder.DropTable] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) DropTable(table string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.DropTable(table)
+}
+
+// TruncateTable implements the [dbx.Builder.TruncateTable] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) TruncateTable(table string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.TruncateTable(table)
+}
+
+// AddColumn implements the [dbx.Builder.AddColumn] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) AddColumn(table, col, typ string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.AddColumn(table, col, typ)
+}
+
+// DropColumn implements the [dbx.Builder.DropColumn] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) DropColumn(table, col string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.DropColumn(table, col)
+}
+
+// RenameColumn implements the [dbx.Builder.RenameColumn] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) RenameColumn(table, oldName, newName string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.RenameColumn(table, oldName, newName)
+}
+
+// AlterColumn implements the [dbx.Builder.AlterColumn] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) AlterColumn(table, col, typ string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.AlterColumn(table, col, typ)
+}
+
+// AddPrimaryKey implements the [dbx.Builder.AddPrimaryKey] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) AddPrimaryKey(table, name string, cols ...string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.AddPrimaryKey(table, name, cols...)
+}
+
+// DropPrimaryKey implements the [dbx.Builder.DropPrimaryKey] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) DropPrimaryKey(table, name string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.DropPrimaryKey(table, name)
+}
+
+// AddForeignKey implements the [dbx.Builder.AddForeignKey] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) AddForeignKey(table, name string, cols, refCols []string, refTable string, options ...string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.AddForeignKey(table, name, cols, refCols, refTable, options...)
+}
+
+// DropForeignKey implements the [dbx.Builder.DropForeignKey] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) DropForeignKey(table, name string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.DropForeignKey(table, name)
+}
+
+// CreateIndex implements the [dbx.Builder.CreateIndex] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) CreateIndex(table, name string, cols ...string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.CreateIndex(table, name, cols...)
+}
+
+// CreateUniqueIndex implements the [dbx.Builder.CreateUniqueIndex] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) CreateUniqueIndex(table, name string, cols ...string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.CreateUniqueIndex(table, name, cols...)
+}
+
+// DropIndex implements the [dbx.Builder.DropIndex] interface method.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) DropIndex(table, name string) *dbx.Query {
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.DropIndex(table, name)
+}
+
+// NewQuery implements the [dbx.Builder.NewQuery] interface method by
+// routing the SELECT queries to the concurrent builder instance.
+func (b *dualDBBuilder) NewQuery(str string) *dbx.Query {
+	// note: technically INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE could also have CTE but since
+	// it is rare for now this scase is ignored to avoid unnecessary complicating the checks
+	trimmed := trimLeftSpaces(str)
+	if hasPrefixFold(trimmed, "SELECT") || hasPrefixFold(trimmed, "WITH") {
+		return b.concurrentDB.NewQuery(str)
+	}
+
+	return b.nonconcurrentDB.NewQuery(str)
+}
+
+var asciiSpace = [256]uint8{'\t': 1, '\n': 1, '\v': 1, '\f': 1, '\r': 1, ' ': 1}
+
+// note: similar to strings.Space() but without the right trim because it is not needed in our case
+func trimLeftSpaces(str string) string {
+	start := 0
+	for ; start < len(str); start++ {
+		c := str[start]
+		if c >= utf8.RuneSelf {
+			return strings.TrimLeftFunc(str[start:], unicode.IsSpace)
+		}
+		if asciiSpace[c] == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return str[start:]
+}
+
+// note: the prefix is expected to be ASCII
+func hasPrefixFold(str, prefix string) bool {
+	if len(str) < len(prefix) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return strings.EqualFold(str[:len(prefix)], prefix)
+}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func DefaultDBConnect(dbPath string) (*dbx.DB, error) {
 	// Note: the busy_timeout pragma must be first because
 	// the connection needs to be set to block on busy before WAL mode
 	// is set in case it hasn't been already set by another connection.
-	pragmas := "?_pragma=busy_timeout(10000)&_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=journal_size_limit(200000000)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(ON)&_pragma=temp_store(MEMORY)&_pragma=cache_size(-16000)"
+	pragmas := "?_pragma=busy_timeout(10000)&_pragma=journal_mode(WAL)&_pragma=journal_size_limit(200000000)&_pragma=synchronous(NORMAL)&_pragma=foreign_keys(ON)&_pragma=temp_store(MEMORY)&_pragma=cache_size(-32000)"

 	db, err := dbx.Open("sqlite", dbPath+pragmas)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 func (app *BaseApp) TableColumns(tableName string) ([]string, error) {
 	columns := []string{}

-	err := app.DB().NewQuery("SELECT name FROM PRAGMA_TABLE_INFO({:tableName})").
+	err := app.ConcurrentDB().NewQuery("SELECT name FROM PRAGMA_TABLE_INFO({:tableName})").
 		Bind(dbx.Params{"tableName": tableName}).
 		Column(&columns)

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type TableInfoRow struct {
 func (app *BaseApp) TableInfo(tableName string) ([]*TableInfoRow, error) {
 	info := []*TableInfoRow{}

-	err := app.DB().NewQuery("SELECT * FROM PRAGMA_TABLE_INFO({:tableName})").
+	err := app.ConcurrentDB().NewQuery("SELECT * FROM PRAGMA_TABLE_INFO({:tableName})").
 		Bind(dbx.Params{"tableName": tableName}).
 		All(&info)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) TableIndexes(tableName string) (map[string]string, error) {
 		Sql  string
 	}{}

-	err := app.DB().Select("name", "sql").
+	err := app.ConcurrentDB().Select("name", "sql").
 		From("sqlite_master").
 		AndWhere(dbx.NewExp("sql is not null")).
 		AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{
@@ -85,26 +85,26 @@ func (app *BaseApp) TableIndexes(tableName string) (map[string]string, error) {
 // This method is a no-op if a table with the provided name doesn't exist.
 //
 // NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
-// "tableName" argument must come only from trusted input!
-func (app *BaseApp) DeleteTable(tableName string) error {
-	_, err := app.DB().NewQuery(fmt.Sprintf(
+// "dangerousTableName" argument must come only from trusted input!
+func (app *BaseApp) DeleteTable(dangerousTableName string) error {
+	_, err := app.NonconcurrentDB().NewQuery(fmt.Sprintf(
 		"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {{%s}}",
-		tableName,
+		dangerousTableName,
 	)).Execute()

 	return err
 }

 // HasTable checks if a table (or view) with the provided name exists (case insensitive).
-// in the current app.DB() instance.
+// in the data.db.
 func (app *BaseApp) HasTable(tableName string) bool {
-	return app.hasTable(app.DB(), tableName)
+	return app.hasTable(app.ConcurrentDB(), tableName)
 }

 // AuxHasTable checks if a table (or view) with the provided name exists (case insensitive)
-// in the current app.AuxDB() instance.
+// in the auixiliary.db.
 func (app *BaseApp) AuxHasTable(tableName string) bool {
-	return app.hasTable(app.AuxDB(), tableName)
+	return app.hasTable(app.AuxConcurrentDB(), tableName)
 }

 func (app *BaseApp) hasTable(db dbx.Builder, tableName string) bool {
@@ -120,16 +120,14 @@ func (app *BaseApp) hasTable(db dbx.Builder, tableName string) bool {
 	return err == nil && exists > 0
 }

-// Vacuum executes VACUUM on the current app.DB() instance
-// in order to reclaim unused data db disk space.
+// Vacuum executes VACUUM on the data.db in order to reclaim unused data db disk space.
 func (app *BaseApp) Vacuum() error {
-	return app.vacuum(app.DB())
+	return app.vacuum(app.NonconcurrentDB())
 }

-// AuxVacuum executes VACUUM on the current app.AuxDB() instance
-// in order to reclaim unused auxiliary db disk space.
+// AuxVacuum executes VACUUM on the auxiliary.db in order to reclaim unused auxiliary db disk space.
 func (app *BaseApp) AuxVacuum() error {
-	return app.vacuum(app.AuxDB())
+	return app.vacuum(app.AuxNonconcurrentDB())
 }

 func (app *BaseApp) vacuum(db dbx.Builder) error {
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ func TestVacuum(t *testing.T) {
 	defer app.Cleanup()

 	calledQueries := []string{}
-	app.DB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+	app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}
-	app.DB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+	app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}

@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ func TestAuxVacuum(t *testing.T) {
 	defer app.Cleanup()

 	calledQueries := []string{}
-	app.AuxDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+	app.AuxNonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}
-	app.AuxDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+	app.AuxNonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}

@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ func TestModelQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	modelsQuery := app.ModelQuery(&core.Collection{})
 	logsModelQuery := app.AuxModelQuery(&core.Collection{})

-	if app.DB() == modelsQuery.Info().Builder {
-		t.Fatalf("ModelQuery() is not using app.DB()")
+	if app.ConcurrentDB() == modelsQuery.Info().Builder {
+		t.Fatalf("ModelQuery() is not using app.ConcurrentDB()")
 	}

-	if app.AuxDB() == logsModelQuery.Info().Builder {
-		t.Fatalf("AuxModelQuery() is not using app.AuxDB()")
+	if app.AuxConcurrentDB() == logsModelQuery.Info().Builder {
+		t.Fatalf("AuxModelQuery() is not using app.AuxConcurrentDB()")
 	}

 	expectedSQL := "SELECT {{_collections}}.* FROM `_collections`"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) createTxApp(tx *dbx.Tx, isForAuxDB bool) *BaseApp {
 		clone.nonconcurrentDB = tx
 	}

-	clone.txInfo = &txAppInfo{
+	clone.txInfo = &TxAppInfo{
 		parent:     app,
 		isForAuxDB: isForAuxDB,
 	}
@@ -68,22 +68,29 @@ func (app *BaseApp) createTxApp(tx *dbx.Tx, isForAuxDB bool) *BaseApp {
 	return &clone
 }

-type txAppInfo struct {
+// TxAppInfo represents an active transaction context associated to an existing app instance.
+type TxAppInfo struct {
 	parent     *BaseApp
 	afterFuncs []func(txErr error) error
 	mu         sync.Mutex
 	isForAuxDB bool
 }

-func (a *txAppInfo) onAfterFunc(fn func(txErr error) error) {
+// OnComplete registers the provided callback that will be invoked
+// once the related transaction ends (either completes successfully or rollbacked with an error).
+//
+// The callback receives the transaction error (if any) as its argument.
+// Any additional errors returned by the OnComplete callbacks will be
+// joined together with txErr when returning the final transaction result.
+func (a *TxAppInfo) OnComplete(fn func(txErr error) error) {
 	a.mu.Lock()
 	defer a.mu.Unlock()

 	a.afterFuncs = append(a.afterFuncs, fn)
 }

-// note: can be called only once because txAppInfo is cleared
-func (a *txAppInfo) runAfterFuncs(txErr error) error {
+// note: can be called only once because TxAppInfo is cleared
+func (a *TxAppInfo) runAfterFuncs(txErr error) error {
 	a.mu.Lock()
 	defer a.mu.Unlock()

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package core

 import (
 	"context"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"

@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ type ServeEvent struct {
 	Server      *http.Server
 	CertManager *autocert.Manager

+	// Listener allow specifying a custom network listener.
+	//
+	// Leave it nil to use the default net.Listen("tcp", e.Server.Addr).
+	Listener net.Listener
+
 	// InstallerFunc is the "installer" function that is called after
 	// successful server tcp bind but only if there is no explicit
 	// superuser record created yet.
@@ -378,6 +384,13 @@ type FileDownloadRequestEvent struct {
 	FileField  *FileField
 	ServedPath string
 	ServedName string
+
+	// ThumbError indicates the a thumb wasn't able to be generated
+	// (e.g. because it didn't satisfy the support image formats or it timed out).
+	//
+	// Note that PocketBase fallbacks to the original file in case of a thumb error,
+	// but developers can check the field and provide their own custom thumb generation if necessary.
+	ThumbError error
 }

 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestFindFirstExternalAuthByExpr(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	for i, s := range scenarios {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%v", i, s.expr.Build(app.DB().(*dbx.DB), dbx.Params{})), func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%v", i, s.expr.Build(app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB), dbx.Params{})), func(t *testing.T) {
 			result, err := app.FindFirstExternalAuthByExpr(s.expr)

 			hasErr := err != nil
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	validation "github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4"
-	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core/validators"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/filesystem"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/list"
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ var (
 // FileField defines "file" type field for managing record file(s).
 //
 // Only the file name is stored as part of the record value.
-// New files (aka. files to upload) are expected to be of *filesytem.File.
+// New files (aka. files to upload) are expected to be of *filesystem.File.
 //
 // If MaxSelect is not set or <= 1, then the field value is expected to be a single record id.
 //
@@ -357,8 +356,7 @@ func (f *FileField) Intercept(
 		return nil
 	case InterceptorActionAfterCreateError, InterceptorActionAfterUpdateError:
 		// when in transaction we assume that the error was handled by afterRecordExecuteFailure
-		_, insideTransaction := app.DB().(*dbx.Tx)
-		if insideTransaction {
+		if app.IsTransactional() {
 			return actionFunc()
 		}

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	validation "github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core/validators"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	Fields[FieldTypeGeoPoint] = func() Field {
+		return &GeoPointField{}
+	}
+}
+
+const FieldTypeGeoPoint = "geoPoint"
+
+var (
+	_ Field = (*GeoPointField)(nil)
+)
+
+// GeoPointField defines "geoPoint" type field for storing latitude and longitude GPS coordinates.
+//
+// You can set the record field value as [types.GeoPoint], map or serialized json object with lat-lon props.
+// The stored value is always converted to [types.GeoPoint].
+// Nil, empty map, empty bytes slice, etc. results in zero [types.GeoPoint].
+//
+// Examples of updating a record's GeoPointField value programmatically:
+//
+//	record.Set("location", types.GeoPoint{Lat: 123, Lon: 456})
+//	record.Set("location", map[string]any{"lat":123, "lon":456})
+//	record.Set("location", []byte(`{"lat":123, "lon":456}`)
+type GeoPointField struct {
+	// Name (required) is the unique name of the field.
+	Name string `form:"name" json:"name"`
+
+	// Id is the unique stable field identifier.
+	//
+	// It is automatically generated from the name when adding to a collection FieldsList.
+	Id string `form:"id" json:"id"`
+
+	// System prevents the renaming and removal of the field.
+	System bool `form:"system" json:"system"`
+
+	// Hidden hides the field from the API response.
+	Hidden bool `form:"hidden" json:"hidden"`
+
+	// Presentable hints the Dashboard UI to use the underlying
+	// field record value in the relation preview label.
+	Presentable bool `form:"presentable" json:"presentable"`
+
+	// ---
+
+	// Required will require the field coordinates to be non-zero (aka. not "Null Island").
+	Required bool `form:"required" json:"required"`
+}
+
+// Type implements [Field.Type] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) Type() string {
+	return FieldTypeGeoPoint
+}
+
+// GetId implements [Field.GetId] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) GetId() string {
+	return f.Id
+}
+
+// SetId implements [Field.SetId] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) SetId(id string) {
+	f.Id = id
+}
+
+// GetName implements [Field.GetName] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) GetName() string {
+	return f.Name
+}
+
+// SetName implements [Field.SetName] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) SetName(name string) {
+	f.Name = name
+}
+
+// GetSystem implements [Field.GetSystem] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) GetSystem() bool {
+	return f.System
+}
+
+// SetSystem implements [Field.SetSystem] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) SetSystem(system bool) {
+	f.System = system
+}
+
+// GetHidden implements [Field.GetHidden] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) GetHidden() bool {
+	return f.Hidden
+}
+
+// SetHidden implements [Field.SetHidden] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) SetHidden(hidden bool) {
+	f.Hidden = hidden
+}
+
+// ColumnType implements [Field.ColumnType] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) ColumnType(app App) string {
+	return `JSON DEFAULT '{"lon":0,"lat":0}' NOT NULL`
+}
+
+// PrepareValue implements [Field.PrepareValue] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) PrepareValue(record *Record, raw any) (any, error) {
+	point := types.GeoPoint{}
+	err := point.Scan(raw)
+	return point, err
+}
+
+// ValidateValue implements [Field.ValidateValue] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) ValidateValue(ctx context.Context, app App, record *Record) error {
+	val, ok := record.GetRaw(f.Name).(types.GeoPoint)
+	if !ok {
+		return validators.ErrUnsupportedValueType
+	}
+
+	// zero value
+	if val.Lat == 0 && val.Lon == 0 {
+		if f.Required {
+			return validation.ErrRequired
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if val.Lat < -90 || val.Lat > 90 {
+		return validation.NewError("validation_invalid_latitude", "Latitude must be between -90 and 90 degrees.")
+	}
+
+	if val.Lon < -180 || val.Lon > 180 {
+		return validation.NewError("validation_invalid_longitude", "Longitude must be between -180 and 180 degrees.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ValidateSettings implements [Field.ValidateSettings] interface method.
+func (f *GeoPointField) ValidateSettings(ctx context.Context, app App, collection *Collection) error {
+	return validation.ValidateStruct(f,
+		validation.Field(&f.Id, validation.By(DefaultFieldIdValidationRule)),
+		validation.Field(&f.Name, validation.By(DefaultFieldNameValidationRule)),
+	)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package core_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tests"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
+)
+
+func TestGeoPointFieldBaseMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	testFieldBaseMethods(t, core.FieldTypeGeoPoint)
+}
+
+func TestGeoPointFieldColumnType(t *testing.T) {
+	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+	defer app.Cleanup()
+
+	f := &core.GeoPointField{}
+
+	expected := `JSON DEFAULT '{"lon":0,"lat":0}' NOT NULL`
+
+	if v := f.ColumnType(app); v != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected\n%q\ngot\n%q", expected, v)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGeoPointFieldPrepareValue(t *testing.T) {
+	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+	defer app.Cleanup()
+
+	f := &core.GeoPointField{}
+	record := core.NewRecord(core.NewBaseCollection("test"))
+
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		raw      any
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{nil, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{"", `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{[]byte{}, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{map[string]any{}, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{types.GeoPoint{Lon: 10, Lat: 20}, `{"lon":10,"lat":20}`},
+		{&types.GeoPoint{Lon: 10, Lat: 20}, `{"lon":10,"lat":20}`},
+		{[]byte(`{"lon": 10, "lat": 20}`), `{"lon":10,"lat":20}`},
+		{map[string]any{"lon": 10, "lat": 20}, `{"lon":10,"lat":20}`},
+		{map[string]float64{"lon": 10, "lat": 20}, `{"lon":10,"lat":20}`},
+	}
+
+	for i, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%#v", i, s.raw), func(t *testing.T) {
+			v, err := f.PrepareValue(record, s.raw)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			raw, err := json.Marshal(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			rawStr := string(raw)
+
+			if rawStr != s.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected\n%s\ngot\n%s", s.expected, rawStr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGeoPointFieldValidateValue(t *testing.T) {
+	app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+	defer app.Cleanup()
+
+	collection := core.NewBaseCollection("test_collection")
+
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		name        string
+		field       *core.GeoPointField
+		record      func() *core.Record
+		expectError bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"invalid raw value",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test"},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", 123)
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"zero field value (non-required)",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test"},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{})
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"zero field value (required)",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test", Required: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{})
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"non-zero Lat field value (required)",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test", Required: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lat: 1})
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"non-zero Lon field value (required)",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test", Required: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lon: 1})
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"non-zero Lat-Lon field value (required)",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test", Required: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lon: -1, Lat: -2})
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"lat < -90",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test"},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lat: -90.1})
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"lat > 90",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test"},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lat: 90.1})
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"lon < -180",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test"},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lon: -180.1})
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"lon > 180",
+			&core.GeoPointField{Name: "test"},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.GeoPoint{Lon: 180.1})
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(s.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := s.field.ValidateValue(context.Background(), app, s.record())
+
+			hasErr := err != nil
+			if hasErr != s.expectError {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected hasErr %v, got %v (%v)", s.expectError, hasErr, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGeoPointFieldValidateSettings(t *testing.T) {
+	testDefaultFieldIdValidation(t, core.FieldTypeGeoPoint)
+	testDefaultFieldNameValidation(t, core.FieldTypeGeoPoint)
+}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func init() {

 const FieldTypeJSON = "json"

-const DefaultJSONFieldMaxSize int64 = 5 << 20
+const DefaultJSONFieldMaxSize int64 = 1 << 20

 var (
 	_ Field                 = (*JSONField)(nil)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type JSONField struct {

 	// MaxSize specifies the maximum size of the allowed field value (in bytes and up to 2^53-1).
 	//
-	// If zero, a default limit of 5MB is applied.
+	// If zero, a default limit of 1MB is applied.
 	MaxSize int64 `form:"maxSize" json:"maxSize"`

 	// Required will require the field value to be non-empty JSON value
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestJSONFieldValidateValue(t *testing.T) {
 			&core.JSONField{Name: "test"},
 			func() *core.Record {
 				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
-				record.SetRaw("test", types.JSONRaw(`"`+strings.Repeat("a", (5<<20))+`"`))
+				record.SetRaw("test", types.JSONRaw(`"`+strings.Repeat("a", (1<<20))+`"`))
 				return record
 			},
 			true,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (f *RelationField) ValidateValue(ctx context.Context, app App, record *Reco
 	}

 	var total int
-	_ = app.DB().
+	_ = app.ConcurrentDB().
 		Select("count(*)").
 		From(relCollection.Name).
 		AndWhere(dbx.In("id", list.ToInterfaceSlice(ids)...)).
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ var (
 	_ RecordInterceptor = (*TextField)(nil)
 )

+var forbiddenPKCharacters = []string{
+	".", "/", `\`, "|", `"`, "'", "`",
+	"<", ">", ":", "?", "*", "%", "$",
+	"\000", "\t", "\n", "\r", " ",
+}
+
+// (see largestReservedPKLength)
+var caseInsensitiveReservedPKs = []string{
+	// reserved Windows files names
+	"CON", "PRN", "AUX", "NUL",
+	"COM1", "COM2", "COM3", "COM4", "COM5", "COM6", "COM7", "COM8", "COM9",
+	"LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "LPT4", "LPT5", "LPT6", "LPT7", "LPT8", "LPT9",
+}
+
+const largestReservedPKLength = 4
+
 // TextField defines "text" type field for storing any string value.
 //
 // The respective zero record field value is empty string.
@@ -155,8 +171,6 @@ func (f *TextField) PrepareValue(record *Record, raw any) (any, error) {
 	return cast.ToString(raw), nil
 }

-var forbiddenPKChars = []string{"/", "\\"}
-
 // ValidateValue implements [Field.ValidateValue] interface method.
 func (f *TextField) ValidateValue(ctx context.Context, app App, record *Record) error {
 	newVal, ok := record.GetRaw(f.Name).(string)
@@ -178,15 +192,6 @@ func (f *TextField) ValidateValue(ctx context.Context, app App, record *Record)
 				return nil
 			}
 		} else {
-			// disallow PK special characters no matter of the Pattern validator to minimize
-			// side-effects when the primary key is used for example in a directory path
-			for _, c := range forbiddenPKChars {
-				if strings.Contains(newVal, c) {
-					return validation.NewError("validation_pk_forbidden", "The record primary key contains forbidden characters.").
-						SetParams(map[string]any{"forbidden": c})
-				}
-			}
-
 			// this technically shouldn't be necessarily but again to
 			// minimize misuse of the Pattern validator that could cause
 			// side-effects on some platforms check for duplicates in a case-insensitive manner
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ func (f *TextField) ValidateValue(ctx context.Context, app App, record *Record)
 			// (@todo eventually may get replaced in the future with a system unique constraint to avoid races or wrapping the request in a transaction)
 			if f.Pattern != defaultLowercaseRecordIdPattern {
 				var exists int
-				err := app.DB().
+				err := app.ConcurrentDB().
 					Select("(1)").
 					From(record.TableName()).
 					Where(dbx.NewExp("id = {:id} COLLATE NOCASE", dbx.Params{"id": newVal})).
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ func (f *TextField) ValidatePlainValue(value string) error {
 	length := len([]rune(value))

 	if f.Min > 0 && length < f.Min {
-		return validation.NewError("validation_min_text_constraint", "Must be at least {{.min}} character(s)").
+		return validation.NewError("validation_min_text_constraint", "Must be at least {{.min}} character(s).").
 			SetParams(map[string]any{"min": f.Min})
 	}

@@ -236,14 +241,34 @@ func (f *TextField) ValidatePlainValue(value string) error {
 	}

 	if max > 0 && length > max {
-		return validation.NewError("validation_max_text_constraint", "Must be no more than {{.max}} character(s)").
+		return validation.NewError("validation_max_text_constraint", "Must be no more than {{.max}} character(s).").
 			SetParams(map[string]any{"max": max})
 	}

 	if f.Pattern != "" {
 		match, _ := regexp.MatchString(f.Pattern, value)
 		if !match {
-			return validation.NewError("validation_invalid_format", "Invalid value format")
+			return validation.NewError("validation_invalid_format", "Invalid value format.")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// additional primary key checks to minimize eventual filesystem compatibility issues
+	// because the primary key is often used as a file/directory name
+	if f.PrimaryKey && f.Pattern != defaultLowercaseRecordIdPattern {
+		for _, ch := range forbiddenPKCharacters {
+			if strings.Contains(value, ch) {
+				return validation.NewError("validation_forbidden_pk_character", "'{{.ch}}' is not a valid primary key character.").
+					SetParams(map[string]any{"ch": ch})
+			}
+		}
+
+		if largestReservedPKLength >= length {
+			for _, reserved := range caseInsensitiveReservedPKs {
+				if strings.EqualFold(value, reserved) {
+					return validation.NewError("validation_reserved_pk", "The primary key '{{.reserved}}' is reserved and cannot be used.").
+						SetParams(map[string]any{"reserved": reserved})
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestTextFieldValidateValue(t *testing.T) {
 			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: false},
 			func() *core.Record {
 				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
-				record.SetRaw("test", "/")
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc/")
 				return record
 			},
 			false,
@@ -139,7 +139,37 @@ func TestTextFieldValidateValue(t *testing.T) {
 			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: false},
 			func() *core.Record {
 				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
-				record.SetRaw("test", "\\")
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc\\")
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"special forbidden character . (non-primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: false},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc.")
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"special forbidden character ' ' (non-primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: false},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "ab c")
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"special forbidden character * (non-primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: false},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc*")
 				return record
 			},
 			false,
@@ -149,7 +179,7 @@ func TestTextFieldValidateValue(t *testing.T) {
 			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
 			func() *core.Record {
 				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
-				record.SetRaw("test", "/")
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc/")
 				return record
 			},
 			true,
@@ -159,11 +189,71 @@ func TestTextFieldValidateValue(t *testing.T) {
 			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
 			func() *core.Record {
 				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
-				record.SetRaw("test", "\\")
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc\\")
 				return record
 			},
 			true,
 		},
+		{
+			"special forbidden character . (primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc.")
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"special forbidden character ' ' (primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "ab c")
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"special forbidden character * (primaryKey; used in the realtime events too)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "abc*")
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"reserved pk literal (non-primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: false},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "aUx")
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"reserved pk literal (primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "aUx")
+				return record
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"reserved pk literal (non-exact match, primaryKey)",
+			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
+			func() *core.Record {
+				record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+				record.SetRaw("test", "aUx-")
+				return record
+			},
+			false,
+		},
 		{
 			"zero field value (primaryKey)",
 			&core.TextField{Name: "test", PrimaryKey: true},
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func marshaledJSONtoFieldsList(rawJSON []byte) (FieldsList, error) {
 		return extractedFields, nil
 	}

-	// try to unmarshal first into a new fieds list
+	// try to unmarshal first into a new fields list
 	// (assuming that rawJSON is array of objects)
 	err := json.Unmarshal(rawJSON, &extractedFields)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ func TestBaseAppLoggerLevelDevPrint(t *testing.T) {
 			}

 			// silence query logs
-			app.DB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
-			app.DB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}
-			app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
-			app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}
+			app.concurrentDB.(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
+			app.concurrentDB.(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}
+			app.nonconcurrentDB.(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {}
+			app.nonconcurrentDB.(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {}

 			app.Settings().Logs.MinLevel = testLogLevel
 			if err := app.Save(app.Settings()); err != nil {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (r *MigrationsRunner) Run(args ...string) error {
 		color.Green("The %s table was synced with the available migrations.", r.tableName)
 		return nil
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported command: %q\n", cmd)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported command: %q", cmd)
 	}
 }

@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ func (r *MigrationsRunner) Up() ([]string, error) {
 				// ignore empty Up action
 				if m.Up != nil {
 					if err := m.Up(txApp); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("Failed to apply migration %s: %w", m.File, err)
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to apply migration %s: %w", m.File, err)
 					}
 				}

 				if err := r.saveAppliedMigration(txApp, m.File); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to save applied migration info for %s: %w", m.File, err)
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to save applied migration info for %s: %w", m.File, err)
 				}

 				applied = append(applied, m.File)
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ func (r *MigrationsRunner) Down(toRevertCount int) ([]string, error) {
 					// ignore empty Down action
 					if m.Down != nil {
 						if err := m.Down(txApp); err != nil {
-							return fmt.Errorf("Failed to revert migration %s: %w", m.File, err)
+							return fmt.Errorf("failed to revert migration %s: %w", m.File, err)
 						}
 					}

 					if err := r.saveRevertedMigration(txApp, m.File); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("Failed to save reverted migration info for %s: %w", m.File, err)
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to save reverted migration info for %s: %w", m.File, err)
 					}

 					reverted = append(reverted, m.File)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/inflector"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/search"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/security"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/types"
@@ -17,12 +18,18 @@ import (

 // filter modifiers
 const (
-	eachModifier   string = "each"
-	issetModifier  string = "isset"
-	lengthModifier string = "length"
-	lowerModifier  string = "lower"
+	eachModifier    string = "each"
+	issetModifier   string = "isset"
+	lengthModifier  string = "length"
+	lowerModifier   string = "lower"
+	changedModifier string = "changed"
 )

+type ruleJoin struct {
+	collection *Collection
+	tableAlias string
+}
+
 // ensure that `search.FieldResolver` interface is implemented
 var _ search.FieldResolver = (*RecordFieldResolver)(nil)

@@ -46,8 +53,12 @@ type RecordFieldResolver struct {
 	requestInfo       *RequestInfo
 	staticRequestInfo map[string]any
 	allowedFields     []string
-	joins             []*join
+	joins             []*search.Join
 	allowHiddenFields bool
+	// ---
+	listRuleJoins       []ruleJoin
+	joinAliasSuffix     string // used for uniqueness in the flatten collection list rule join
+	baseCollectionAlias string
 }

 // AllowedFields returns a copy of the resolver's allowed fields.
@@ -82,7 +93,7 @@ func NewRecordFieldResolver(
 		baseCollection:    baseCollection,
 		requestInfo:       requestInfo,
 		allowHiddenFields: allowHiddenFields, // note: it is not based only on the requestInfo.auth since it could be used by a non-request internal method
-		joins:             []*join{},
+		joins:             []*search.Join{},
 		allowedFields: []string{
 			`^\w+[\w\.\:]*$`,
 			`^\@request\.context$`,
@@ -115,18 +126,80 @@ func NewRecordFieldResolver(
 	return r
 }

+// @todo think of a better a way how to call it automatically after BuildExpr
+//
 // UpdateQuery implements `search.FieldResolver` interface.
 //
 // Conditionally updates the provided search query based on the
 // resolved fields (eg. dynamically joining relations).
 func (r *RecordFieldResolver) UpdateQuery(query *dbx.SelectQuery) error {
 	if len(r.joins) > 0 {
-		query.Distinct(true)
+		r.updateQueryWithDeduplicateConstraint(query)

 		for _, join := range r.joins {
 			query.LeftJoin(
-				(join.tableName + " " + join.tableAlias),
-				join.on,
+				(join.TableName + " " + join.TableAlias),
+				join.On,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// note: for now the joins are not applied for multi-match conditions to avoid excessive checks
+	if len(r.listRuleJoins) > 0 {
+		for _, join := range r.listRuleJoins {
+			err := r.updateQueryWithCollectionListRule(join.collection, join.tableAlias, query)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *RecordFieldResolver) updateQueryWithCollectionListRule(c *Collection, tableAlias string, query *dbx.SelectQuery) error {
+	if r.allowHiddenFields || c == nil || c.ListRule == nil || *c.ListRule == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cloneR := *r
+	cloneR.joins = []*search.Join{}
+	cloneR.baseCollection = c
+	cloneR.baseCollectionAlias = tableAlias
+	cloneR.allowHiddenFields = true
+	cloneR.joinAliasSuffix = security.PseudorandomString(8)
+
+	// The extra "id='' || (\nRULE\n)" concatenated part on its own
+	// doesn't make much sense because all records are required to have an id,
+	// but it is necessary to properly resolve client-side filters when
+	// referencing missing relations (the "\n" is for leading and trailing comments).
+	//
+	// Consider the client-side filter: "a.name != '' || b.name != ''",
+	// where both "a" and "b" ref collections have non-empty ListRule.
+	// Without the empty check the query will always evaluate to FALSE
+	// when one of the "a" or "b" relation fields are empty,
+	// even if for example "a.name != ''" is true.
+	expr, err := search.FilterData("id='' || (\n" + *c.ListRule + "\n)").BuildExpr(&cloneR)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to build %q ListRule join subquery filter expression: %w", c.Name, err)
+	}
+
+	// Bind the extra rule expression at the top query level for performance and security reasons
+	// (it is more strict and minimizes the risk of data disclosure from a side-channel attack).
+	//
+	// @todo Investigate with the refactoring if there is a way to group it
+	// together with the client-side constraint that invoked it and benchmark
+	// it with many (tag.name="1"||...) like statements to evaluate the impact of applying the check many times.
+	// If not feasible - document it as caveat and maybe add --dev log.
+	query.AndWhere(expr)
+
+	if len(cloneR.joins) > 0 {
+		r.updateQueryWithDeduplicateConstraint(query)
+
+		for _, j := range cloneR.joins {
+			query.LeftJoin(
+				(j.TableName + " " + j.TableAlias),
+				j.On,
 			)
 		}
 	}
@@ -134,6 +207,79 @@ func (r *RecordFieldResolver) UpdateQuery(query *dbx.SelectQuery) error {
 	return nil
 }

+func (r *RecordFieldResolver) updateQueryWithDeduplicateConstraint(query *dbx.SelectQuery) {
+	query.Distinct(true)
+
+	// @todo Research better options for generic rows deduplication.
+	//
+	// Disable the GROUP BY conditional checks for now since it prevents
+	// proper utilization of ORDER BY indexes (and maybe others)
+	// (https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/7461)
+
+	// info := query.Info()
+	// if info.Distinct {
+	// 	return
+	// }
+
+	// // already has the group by registered
+	// var groupByCol = r.baseCollection.Name
+	// if r.baseCollectionAlias != "" {
+	// 	groupByCol = r.baseCollectionAlias
+	// }
+	// groupByCol += ".id"
+	// if len(info.GroupBy) > 0 && info.GroupBy[0] == groupByCol {
+	// 	return
+	// }
+
+	// // when deemed safe (GROUP BY could have different execution order compared to DISTINCT),
+	// // prefer GROUP BY to deduplicate only on the id field instead of all columns
+	// // so that the size of a single row wouldn't matter that much
+	// if preferGroupBy(info, groupByCol) {
+	// 	query.GroupBy(groupByCol)
+	// } else {
+	// 	query.Distinct(true)
+	// }
+}
+
+func preferGroupBy(info *dbx.QueryInfo, fullUnquotedGroupByCol string) bool {
+	if len(info.GroupBy) != 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if info.Having != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// dbx fallbacks to * if not set
+	if len(info.Selects) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if len(info.Selects) != 1 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	identifier := info.Selects[0]
+
+	if identifier == "*" || identifier == fullUnquotedGroupByCol {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// try again as direct col match in an unquoted column format
+	identifier = inflector.Columnify(identifier)
+	if identifier == fullUnquotedGroupByCol {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// remains table.* to check
+	// (aliased columns for now are ignored as they could be represented by expressions)
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(identifier, ".*") {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return strings.HasPrefix(fullUnquotedGroupByCol, strings.TrimSuffix(identifier, "*"))
+}
+
 // Resolve implements `search.FieldResolver` interface.
 //
 // Example of some resolvable fieldName formats:
@@ -186,7 +332,7 @@ func (r *RecordFieldResolver) resolveStaticRequestField(path ...string) (*search

 	switch v := resultVal.(type) {
 	case nil:
-		return &search.ResolverResult{Identifier: "NULL"}, nil
+		// no further processing is needed...
 	case string:
 		// check if it is a number field and explicitly try to cast to
 		// float in case of a numeric string value was used
@@ -202,7 +348,7 @@ func (r *RecordFieldResolver) resolveStaticRequestField(path ...string) (*search
 		// no further processing is needed...
 	default:
 		// non-plain value
-		// try casting to string (in case for exampe fmt.Stringer is implemented)
+		// try casting to string (in case for example fmt.Stringer is implemented)
 		val, castErr := cast.ToStringE(v)

 		// if that doesn't work, try encoding it
@@ -216,8 +362,20 @@ func (r *RecordFieldResolver) resolveStaticRequestField(path ...string) (*search
 		resultVal = val
 	}

-	placeholder := "f" + security.PseudorandomString(8)
+	// unsupported modifier
+	// @todo consider deprecating with the introduction of filter functions
+	if modifier != "" && modifier != lowerModifier {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid modifier sequence %s:%s", lastProp, modifier)
+	}

+	// no need to wrap as placeholder if we already know that it is null
+	if resultVal == nil {
+		return &search.ResolverResult{Identifier: "NULL"}, nil
+	}
+
+	placeholder := "f" + security.PseudorandomString(10)
+
+	// @todo consider deprecating with the introduction of filter functions
 	if modifier == lowerModifier {
 		return &search.ResolverResult{
 			Identifier: "LOWER({:" + placeholder + "})",
@@ -239,23 +397,52 @@ func (r *RecordFieldResolver) loadCollection(collectionNameOrId string) (*Collec
 	return getCollectionByModelOrIdentifier(r.app, collectionNameOrId)
 }

-func (r *RecordFieldResolver) registerJoin(tableName string, tableAlias string, on dbx.Expression) {
-	join := &join{
-		tableName:  tableName,
-		tableAlias: tableAlias,
-		on:         on,
+func (r *RecordFieldResolver) registerJoin(tableName string, tableAlias string, on dbx.Expression) error {
+	newJoin := &search.Join{
+		TableName:  tableName,
+		TableAlias: tableAlias,
+		On:         on,
+	}
+
+	// (see updateQueryWithCollectionListRule)
+	if !r.allowHiddenFields {
+		c, _ := r.loadCollection(tableName)
+
+		// ignore non-collections since the table name could be an expression (e.g. json) or some other subquery
+		if c != nil {
+			// treat all fields as if they are hidden
+			if c.ListRule == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%q fields can be accessed only when allowHiddenFields is enabled or by superusers", c.Name)
+			}
+
+			r.registerRuleJoin(c, newJoin.TableAlias)
+		}
 	}

 	// replace existing join
 	for i, j := range r.joins {
-		if j.tableAlias == join.tableAlias {
-			r.joins[i] = join
-			return
+		if j.TableAlias == newJoin.TableAlias {
+			r.joins[i] = newJoin
+			return nil
 		}
 	}

 	// register new join
-	r.joins = append(r.joins, join)
+	r.joins = append(r.joins, newJoin)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *RecordFieldResolver) registerRuleJoin(collection *Collection, tableAlias string) {
+	// replace existing
+	for i, j := range r.listRuleJoins {
+		if j.tableAlias == tableAlias {
+			r.listRuleJoins[i].collection = collection
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// register new
+	r.listRuleJoins = append(r.listRuleJoins, ruleJoin{collection, tableAlias})
 }

 type mapExtractor interface {
@@ -395,7 +582,8 @@ func splitModifier(combined string) (string, string, error) {
 	case issetModifier,
 		eachModifier,
 		lengthModifier,
-		lowerModifier:
+		lowerModifier,
+		changedModifier:
 		return parts[0], parts[1], nil
 	}

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package core
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
-)
-
-var _ dbx.Expression = (*multiMatchSubquery)(nil)
-
-// join defines the specification for a single SQL JOIN clause.
-type join struct {
-	tableName  string
-	tableAlias string
-	on         dbx.Expression
-}
-
-// multiMatchSubquery defines a record multi-match subquery expression.
-type multiMatchSubquery struct {
-	baseTableAlias  string
-	fromTableName   string
-	fromTableAlias  string
-	valueIdentifier string
-	joins           []*join
-	params          dbx.Params
-}
-
-// Build converts the expression into a SQL fragment.
-//
-// Implements [dbx.Expression] interface.
-func (m *multiMatchSubquery) Build(db *dbx.DB, params dbx.Params) string {
-	if m.baseTableAlias == "" || m.fromTableName == "" || m.fromTableAlias == "" {
-		return "0=1"
-	}
-
-	if params == nil {
-		params = m.params
-	} else {
-		// merge by updating the parent params
-		for k, v := range m.params {
-			params[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-
-	var mergedJoins strings.Builder
-	for i, j := range m.joins {
-		if i > 0 {
-			mergedJoins.WriteString(" ")
-		}
-		mergedJoins.WriteString("LEFT JOIN ")
-		mergedJoins.WriteString(db.QuoteTableName(j.tableName))
-		mergedJoins.WriteString(" ")
-		mergedJoins.WriteString(db.QuoteTableName(j.tableAlias))
-		if j.on != nil {
-			mergedJoins.WriteString(" ON ")
-			mergedJoins.WriteString(j.on.Build(db, params))
-		}
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		`SELECT %s as [[multiMatchValue]] FROM %s %s %s WHERE %s = %s`,
-		db.QuoteColumnName(m.valueIdentifier),
-		db.QuoteTableName(m.fromTableName),
-		db.QuoteTableName(m.fromTableAlias),
-		mergedJoins.String(),
-		db.QuoteColumnName(m.fromTableAlias+".id"),
-		db.QuoteColumnName(m.baseTableAlias+".id"),
-	)
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
+)
+
+var _ dbx.Expression = (*replaceWithExpression)(nil)
+
+// replaceWithExpression defines a custom expression that will replace
+// a placeholder identifier found in "old" with the result of "new".
+type replaceWithExpression struct {
+	placeholder string
+	old         dbx.Expression
+	new         dbx.Expression
+}
+
+// Build converts the expression into a SQL fragment.
+//
+// Implements [dbx.Expression] interface.
+func (e *replaceWithExpression) Build(db *dbx.DB, params dbx.Params) string {
+	if e.placeholder == "" || e.old == nil || e.new == nil {
+		return "0=1"
+	}
+
+	oldResult := e.old.Build(db, params)
+	newResult := e.new.Build(db, params)
+
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(oldResult, e.placeholder, newResult)
+}
@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ type runner struct {

 	// shared processing state
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------
-	activeProps                []string            // holds the active props that remains to be processed
-	activeCollectionName       string              // the last used collection name
-	activeTableAlias           string              // the last used table alias
-	allowHiddenFields          bool                // indicates whether hidden fields (eg. email) should be allowed without extra conditions
-	nullifyMisingField         bool                // indicating whether to return null on missing field or return an error
-	withMultiMatch             bool                // indicates whether to attach a multiMatchSubquery condition to the ResolverResult
-	multiMatchActiveTableAlias string              // the last used multi-match table alias
-	multiMatch                 *multiMatchSubquery // the multi-match subquery expression generated from the fieldName
+	activeProps                []string                   // holds the active props that remains to be processed
+	activeCollectionName       string                     // the last used collection name
+	activeTableAlias           string                     // the last used table alias
+	nullifyMisingField         bool                       // indicating whether to return null on missing field or return an error
+	withMultiMatch             bool                       // indicates whether to attach a MultiMatchSubquery condition to the ResolverResult
+	multiMatchActiveTableAlias string                     // the last used multi-match table alias
+	multiMatch                 *search.MultiMatchSubquery // the multi-match subquery expression generated from the fieldName
 }

 func (r *runner) run() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ func (r *runner) run() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	}

 	if r.activeProps[0] == "@request" {
+		// @todo consider returning an error instead?
 		if r.resolver.requestInfo == nil {
 			return &search.ResolverResult{Identifier: "NULL"}, nil
 		}
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ func (r *runner) run() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 			return r.processRequestAuthField()
 		}

-		if strings.HasPrefix(r.fieldName, "@request.body.") && len(r.activeProps) > 2 {
+		totalProps := len(r.activeProps)
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(r.fieldName, "@request.body.") && totalProps > 2 {
 			name, modifier, err := splitModifier(r.activeProps[2])
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -101,23 +103,21 @@ func (r *runner) run() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 			}

 			// check for body relation field
-			if bodyField.Type() == FieldTypeRelation && len(r.activeProps) > 3 {
-				return r.processRequestInfoRelationField(bodyField)
+			if bodyField.Type() == FieldTypeRelation && totalProps > 3 {
+				return r.processRequestBodyRelationField(bodyField)
 			}

-			// check for body arrayble fields ":each" modifier
-			if modifier == eachModifier && len(r.activeProps) == 3 {
-				return r.processRequestInfoEachModifier(bodyField)
-			}
-
-			// check for body arrayble fields ":length" modifier
-			if modifier == lengthModifier && len(r.activeProps) == 3 {
-				return r.processRequestInfoLengthModifier(bodyField)
-			}
-
-			// check for body arrayble fields ":lower" modifier
-			if modifier == lowerModifier && len(r.activeProps) == 3 {
-				return r.processRequestInfoLowerModifier(bodyField)
+			if totalProps == 3 { // aka. last prop
+				switch modifier {
+				case eachModifier:
+					return r.processRequestBodyEachModifier(bodyField)
+				case lengthModifier:
+					return r.processRequestBodyLengthModifier(bodyField)
+				case lowerModifier:
+					return r.processRequestBodyLowerModifier(bodyField)
+				case changedModifier:
+					return r.processRequestBodyChangedModifier(bodyField)
+				}
 			}
 		}

@@ -133,12 +133,10 @@ func (r *runner) prepare() {
 	r.activeProps = strings.Split(r.fieldName, ".")

 	r.activeCollectionName = r.resolver.baseCollection.Name
-	r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName)
-
-	r.allowHiddenFields = r.resolver.allowHiddenFields
-	// always allow hidden fields since the @.* filter is a system one
-	if r.activeProps[0] == "@collection" || r.activeProps[0] == "@request" {
-		r.allowHiddenFields = true
+	if r.resolver.baseCollectionAlias == "" {
+		r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName)
+	} else {
+		r.activeTableAlias = r.resolver.baseCollectionAlias
 	}

 	// enable the ignore flag for missing @request.* fields for backward
@@ -146,13 +144,13 @@ func (r *runner) prepare() {
 	r.nullifyMisingField = r.activeProps[0] == "@request"

 	// prepare a multi-match subquery
-	r.multiMatch = &multiMatchSubquery{
-		baseTableAlias: r.activeTableAlias,
-		params:         dbx.Params{},
+	r.multiMatch = &search.MultiMatchSubquery{
+		TargetTableAlias: r.activeTableAlias,
+		Params:           dbx.Params{},
 	}
-	r.multiMatch.fromTableName = inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName)
-	r.multiMatch.fromTableAlias = "__mm_" + r.activeTableAlias
-	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = r.multiMatch.fromTableAlias
+	r.multiMatch.FromTableName = inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName)
+	r.multiMatch.FromTableAlias = "__mm_" + r.activeTableAlias
+	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = r.multiMatch.FromTableAlias
 	r.withMultiMatch = false
 }

@@ -172,21 +170,24 @@ func (r *runner) processCollectionField() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	r.activeCollectionName = collection.Name

 	if len(collectionParts) == 2 && collectionParts[1] != "" {
-		r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__collection_alias_" + collectionParts[1])
+		r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__collection_alias_"+collectionParts[1]) + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix
 	} else {
-		r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__collection_" + r.activeCollectionName)
+		r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__collection_"+r.activeCollectionName) + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix
 	}

 	r.withMultiMatch = true

 	// join the collection to the main query
-	r.resolver.registerJoin(inflector.Columnify(collection.Name), r.activeTableAlias, nil)
+	err = r.resolver.registerJoin(inflector.Columnify(collection.Name), r.activeTableAlias, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}

 	// join the collection to the multi-match subquery
-	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = "__mm" + r.activeTableAlias
-	r.multiMatch.joins = append(r.multiMatch.joins, &join{
-		tableName:  inflector.Columnify(collection.Name),
-		tableAlias: r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
+	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = "__mm_" + r.activeTableAlias
+	r.multiMatch.Joins = append(r.multiMatch.Joins, &search.Join{
+		TableName:  inflector.Columnify(collection.Name),
+		TableAlias: r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
 	})

 	// leave only the collection fields
@@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestAuthField() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	collection := r.resolver.requestInfo.Auth.Collection()

 	r.activeCollectionName = collection.Name
-	r.activeTableAlias = "__auth_" + inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName)
+	r.activeTableAlias = "__auth_" + inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName) + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix

 	// join the auth collection to the main query
-	r.resolver.registerJoin(
+	err := r.resolver.registerJoin(
 		inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName),
 		r.activeTableAlias,
 		dbx.HashExp{
@@ -223,15 +224,18 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestAuthField() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 			(r.activeTableAlias + ".id"): r.resolver.requestInfo.Auth.Id,
 		},
 	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}

 	// join the auth collection to the multi-match subquery
 	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = "__mm_" + r.activeTableAlias
-	r.multiMatch.joins = append(
-		r.multiMatch.joins,
-		&join{
-			tableName:  inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName),
-			tableAlias: r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
-			on: dbx.HashExp{
+	r.multiMatch.Joins = append(
+		r.multiMatch.Joins,
+		&search.Join{
+			TableName:  inflector.Columnify(r.activeCollectionName),
+			TableAlias: r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
+			On: dbx.HashExp{
 				(r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + ".id"): r.resolver.requestInfo.Auth.Id,
 			},
 		},
@@ -268,10 +272,37 @@ func toSlice(value any) []any {
 	return result
 }

-func (r *runner) processRequestInfoLowerModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
+func (r *runner) processRequestBodyChangedModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
+	name := bodyField.GetName()
+
+	alias := search.FilterData(fmt.Sprintf("@request.body.%s:isset = true && @request.body.%s != %s", name, name, name))
+
+	aliasExpr, err := alias.BuildExpr(r.resolver)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	placeholder := "@changed@" + name + security.PseudorandomString(8)
+
+	result := &search.ResolverResult{
+		Identifier:   placeholder,
+		NullFallback: search.NullFallbackDisabled,
+		AfterBuild: func(expr dbx.Expression) dbx.Expression {
+			return &replaceWithExpression{
+				placeholder: placeholder,
+				old:         expr,
+				new:         aliasExpr,
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (r *runner) processRequestBodyLowerModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	rawValue := cast.ToString(r.resolver.requestInfo.Body[bodyField.GetName()])

-	placeholder := "infoLower" + bodyField.GetName() + security.PseudorandomString(6)
+	placeholder := "infoLower" + bodyField.GetName() + security.PseudorandomString(8)

 	result := &search.ResolverResult{
 		Identifier: "LOWER({:" + placeholder + "})",
@@ -281,7 +312,7 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoLowerModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.Resol
 	return result, nil
 }

-func (r *runner) processRequestInfoLengthModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
+func (r *runner) processRequestBodyLengthModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	if _, ok := bodyField.(MultiValuer); !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("field %q doesn't support multivalue operations", bodyField.GetName())
 	}
@@ -295,7 +326,7 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoLengthModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.Reso
 	return result, nil
 }

-func (r *runner) processRequestInfoEachModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
+func (r *runner) processRequestBodyEachModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	multiValuer, ok := bodyField.(MultiValuer)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("field %q doesn't support multivalue operations", bodyField.GetName())
@@ -307,11 +338,15 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoEachModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.Resolv
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot serialize the data for field %q", r.activeProps[2])
 	}

-	placeholder := "dataEach" + security.PseudorandomString(6)
+	placeholder := "dataEach" + security.PseudorandomString(8)
 	cleanFieldName := inflector.Columnify(bodyField.GetName())
 	jeTable := fmt.Sprintf("json_each({:%s})", placeholder)
-	jeAlias := "__dataEach_" + cleanFieldName + "_je"
-	r.resolver.registerJoin(jeTable, jeAlias, nil)
+	jeAlias := "__dataEach_je_" + cleanFieldName + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix
+
+	err = r.resolver.registerJoin(jeTable, jeAlias, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}

 	result := &search.ResolverResult{
 		Identifier: fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.value]]", jeAlias),
@@ -325,14 +360,14 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoEachModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.Resolv
 	if r.withMultiMatch {
 		placeholder2 := "mm" + placeholder
 		jeTable2 := fmt.Sprintf("json_each({:%s})", placeholder2)
-		jeAlias2 := "__mm" + jeAlias
+		jeAlias2 := "__mm_" + jeAlias

-		r.multiMatch.joins = append(r.multiMatch.joins, &join{
-			tableName:  jeTable2,
-			tableAlias: jeAlias2,
+		r.multiMatch.Joins = append(r.multiMatch.Joins, &search.Join{
+			TableName:  jeTable2,
+			TableAlias: jeAlias2,
 		})
-		r.multiMatch.params[placeholder2] = bodyItemsRaw
-		r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.value]]", jeAlias2)
+		r.multiMatch.Params[placeholder2] = bodyItemsRaw
+		r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.value]]", jeAlias2)

 		result.MultiMatchSubQuery = r.multiMatch
 	}
@@ -340,7 +375,7 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoEachModifier(bodyField Field) (*search.Resolv
 	return result, nil
 }

-func (r *runner) processRequestInfoRelationField(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
+func (r *runner) processRequestBodyRelationField(bodyField Field) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	relField, ok := bodyField.(*RelationField)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize data relation field %q", bodyField.GetName())
@@ -360,10 +395,10 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoRelationField(bodyField Field) (*search.Resol
 	}

 	r.activeCollectionName = dataRelCollection.Name
-	r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__data_" + dataRelCollection.Name + "_" + relField.Name)
+	r.activeTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__data_"+dataRelCollection.Name+"_"+relField.Name) + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix

 	// join the data rel collection to the main collection
-	r.resolver.registerJoin(
+	err = r.resolver.registerJoin(
 		r.activeCollectionName,
 		r.activeTableAlias,
 		dbx.In(
@@ -371,19 +406,22 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoRelationField(bodyField Field) (*search.Resol
 			list.ToInterfaceSlice(dataRelIds)...,
 		),
 	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}

 	if relField.IsMultiple() {
 		r.withMultiMatch = true
 	}

 	// join the data rel collection to the multi-match subquery
-	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = inflector.Columnify("__data_mm_" + dataRelCollection.Name + "_" + relField.Name)
-	r.multiMatch.joins = append(
-		r.multiMatch.joins,
-		&join{
-			tableName:  r.activeCollectionName,
-			tableAlias: r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
-			on: dbx.In(
+	r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias = "__mm_" + r.activeTableAlias
+	r.multiMatch.Joins = append(
+		r.multiMatch.Joins,
+		&search.Join{
+			TableName:  r.activeCollectionName,
+			TableAlias: r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
+			On: dbx.In(
 				fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]]", r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias),
 				list.ToInterfaceSlice(dataRelIds)...,
 			),
@@ -399,6 +437,7 @@ func (r *runner) processRequestInfoRelationField(bodyField Field) (*search.Resol

 var viaRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+)_via_(\w+)$`)

+// @todo refactor and abstract lastProp processing with the support of field plugins
 func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	totalProps := len(r.activeProps)

@@ -410,17 +449,18 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {

 		// last prop
 		if i == totalProps-1 {
-			return r.processLastProp(collection, prop)
+			return r.finalizeActivePropsProcessing(collection, prop, i)
 		}

 		field := collection.Fields.GetByName(prop)

-		if field != nil && field.GetHidden() && !r.allowHiddenFields {
+		if field != nil && field.GetHidden() && !r.resolver.allowHiddenFields {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("non-filterable field %q", prop)
 		}

-		// json field -> treat the rest of the props as json path
-		if field != nil && field.Type() == FieldTypeJSON {
+		// @todo consider moving to the finalizer and converting to "JSONExtractable" interface with optional extra validation for the remaining props?
+		// json or geoPoint field -> treat the rest of the props as json path
+		if field != nil && (field.Type() == FieldTypeJSON || field.Type() == FieldTypeGeoPoint) {
 			var jsonPath strings.Builder
 			for j, p := range r.activeProps[i+1:] {
 				if _, err := strconv.Atoi(p); err == nil {
@@ -437,12 +477,12 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 			jsonPathStr := jsonPath.String()

 			result := &search.ResolverResult{
-				NoCoalesce: true,
-				Identifier: dbutils.JSONExtract(r.activeTableAlias+"."+inflector.Columnify(prop), jsonPathStr),
+				NullFallback: search.NullFallbackDisabled,
+				Identifier:   dbutils.JSONExtract(r.activeTableAlias+"."+inflector.Columnify(prop), jsonPathStr),
 			}

 			if r.withMultiMatch {
-				r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = dbutils.JSONExtract(r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias+"."+inflector.Columnify(prop), jsonPathStr)
+				r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = dbutils.JSONExtract(r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias+"."+inflector.Columnify(prop), jsonPathStr)
 				result.MultiMatchSubQuery = r.multiMatch
 			}

@@ -487,7 +527,7 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid back relation field %q", parts[2])
 			}

-			if backField.GetHidden() && !r.allowHiddenFields {
+			if backField.GetHidden() && !r.resolver.allowHiddenFields {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("non-filterable back relation field %q", backField.GetName())
 			}

@@ -507,25 +547,24 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 			// ---
 			cleanProp := inflector.Columnify(prop)
 			cleanBackFieldName := inflector.Columnify(backRelField.Name)
-			newTableAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanProp
+
+			newTableAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanProp + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix
 			newCollectionName := inflector.Columnify(backCollection.Name)

 			isBackRelMultiple := backRelField.IsMultiple()
-			if !isBackRelMultiple {
-				// additionally check if the rel field has a single column unique index
-				_, hasUniqueIndex := dbutils.FindSingleColumnUniqueIndex(backCollection.Indexes, backRelField.Name)
-				isBackRelMultiple = !hasUniqueIndex
-			}

 			if !isBackRelMultiple {
-				r.resolver.registerJoin(
+				err := r.resolver.registerJoin(
 					newCollectionName,
 					newTableAlias,
 					dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.%s]] = [[%s.id]]", newTableAlias, cleanBackFieldName, r.activeTableAlias)),
 				)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
 			} else {
-				jeAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanProp + "_je"
-				r.resolver.registerJoin(
+				jeAlias := "__je_" + newTableAlias
+				err := r.resolver.registerJoin(
 					newCollectionName,
 					newTableAlias,
 					dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf(
@@ -536,6 +575,9 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 						jeAlias,
 					)),
 				)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
 			}

 			r.activeCollectionName = newCollectionName
@@ -546,27 +588,32 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 			// ---
 			if isBackRelMultiple {
 				r.withMultiMatch = true // enable multimatch if not already
+			} else if !r.withMultiMatch {
+				// additionally check if the rel field has a single column unique index;
+				// if not - apply a multi-match check
+				_, hasUniqueIndex := dbutils.FindSingleColumnUniqueIndex(backCollection.Indexes, backRelField.Name)
+				r.withMultiMatch = !hasUniqueIndex
 			}

-			newTableAlias2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "_" + cleanProp
+			newTableAlias2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "_" + cleanProp + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix

 			if !isBackRelMultiple {
-				r.multiMatch.joins = append(
-					r.multiMatch.joins,
-					&join{
-						tableName:  newCollectionName,
-						tableAlias: newTableAlias2,
-						on:         dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.%s]] = [[%s.id]]", newTableAlias2, cleanBackFieldName, r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias)),
+				r.multiMatch.Joins = append(
+					r.multiMatch.Joins,
+					&search.Join{
+						TableName:  newCollectionName,
+						TableAlias: newTableAlias2,
+						On:         dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.%s]] = [[%s.id]]", newTableAlias2, cleanBackFieldName, r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias)),
 					},
 				)
 			} else {
-				jeAlias2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "_" + cleanProp + "_je"
-				r.multiMatch.joins = append(
-					r.multiMatch.joins,
-					&join{
-						tableName:  newCollectionName,
-						tableAlias: newTableAlias2,
-						on: dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf(
+				jeAlias2 := "__je_" + newTableAlias2
+				r.multiMatch.Joins = append(
+					r.multiMatch.Joins,
+					&search.Join{
+						TableName:  newCollectionName,
+						TableAlias: newTableAlias2,
+						On: dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf(
 							"[[%s.id]] IN (SELECT [[%s.value]] FROM %s {{%s}})",
 							r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias,
 							jeAlias2,
@@ -606,28 +653,39 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 		if !relField.IsMultiple() &&
 			// the penultimate prop is "id"
 			i == totalProps-2 && r.activeProps[i+1] == FieldNameId {
-			return r.processLastProp(collection, relField.Name)
+			return r.finalizeActivePropsProcessing(collection, relField.Name, i)
 		}

 		cleanFieldName := inflector.Columnify(relField.Name)
 		prefixedFieldName := r.activeTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName
-		newTableAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName
+		newTableAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix
 		newCollectionName := relCollection.Name

 		if !relField.IsMultiple() {
-			r.resolver.registerJoin(
+			err := r.resolver.registerJoin(
 				inflector.Columnify(newCollectionName),
 				newTableAlias,
 				dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]] = [[%s]]", newTableAlias, prefixedFieldName)),
 			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		} else {
-			jeAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + "_je"
-			r.resolver.registerJoin(dbutils.JSONEach(prefixedFieldName), jeAlias, nil)
-			r.resolver.registerJoin(
+			jeAlias := "__je_" + newTableAlias
+
+			err := r.resolver.registerJoin(dbutils.JSONEach(prefixedFieldName), jeAlias, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			err = r.resolver.registerJoin(
 				inflector.Columnify(newCollectionName),
 				newTableAlias,
 				dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]] = [[%s.value]]", newTableAlias, jeAlias)),
 			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}

 		r.activeCollectionName = newCollectionName
@@ -644,26 +702,26 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 		prefixedFieldName2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName

 		if !relField.IsMultiple() {
-			r.multiMatch.joins = append(
-				r.multiMatch.joins,
-				&join{
-					tableName:  inflector.Columnify(newCollectionName),
-					tableAlias: newTableAlias2,
-					on:         dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]] = [[%s]]", newTableAlias2, prefixedFieldName2)),
+			r.multiMatch.Joins = append(
+				r.multiMatch.Joins,
+				&search.Join{
+					TableName:  inflector.Columnify(newCollectionName),
+					TableAlias: newTableAlias2,
+					On:         dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]] = [[%s]]", newTableAlias2, prefixedFieldName2)),
 				},
 			)
 		} else {
 			jeAlias2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + "_je"
-			r.multiMatch.joins = append(
-				r.multiMatch.joins,
-				&join{
-					tableName:  dbutils.JSONEach(prefixedFieldName2),
-					tableAlias: jeAlias2,
+			r.multiMatch.Joins = append(
+				r.multiMatch.Joins,
+				&search.Join{
+					TableName:  dbutils.JSONEach(prefixedFieldName2),
+					TableAlias: jeAlias2,
 				},
-				&join{
-					tableName:  inflector.Columnify(newCollectionName),
-					tableAlias: newTableAlias2,
-					on:         dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]] = [[%s.value]]", newTableAlias2, jeAlias2)),
+				&search.Join{
+					TableName:  inflector.Columnify(newCollectionName),
+					TableAlias: newTableAlias2,
+					On:         dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.id]] = [[%s.value]]", newTableAlias2, jeAlias2)),
 				},
 			)
 		}
@@ -675,7 +733,7 @@ func (r *runner) processActiveProps() (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve field %q", r.fieldName)
 }

-func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
+func (r *runner) finalizeActivePropsProcessing(collection *Collection, prop string, propDepth int) (*search.ResolverResult, error) {
 	name, modifier, err := splitModifier(prop)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -689,7 +747,7 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown field %q", name)
 	}

-	if field.GetHidden() && !r.allowHiddenFields {
+	if field.GetHidden() && !r.resolver.allowHiddenFields {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("non-filterable field %q", name)
 	}

@@ -708,7 +766,7 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R

 		if r.withMultiMatch {
 			jePair2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName
-			r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = dbutils.JSONArrayLength(jePair2)
+			r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = dbutils.JSONArrayLength(jePair2)
 			result.MultiMatchSubQuery = r.multiMatch
 		}

@@ -719,8 +777,12 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R
 	// -------------------------------------------------------
 	if modifier == eachModifier && isMultivaluer {
 		jePair := r.activeTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName
-		jeAlias := r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + "_je"
-		r.resolver.registerJoin(dbutils.JSONEach(jePair), jeAlias, nil)
+		jeAlias := "__je_" + r.activeTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix
+
+		err := r.resolver.registerJoin(dbutils.JSONEach(jePair), jeAlias, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}

 		result := &search.ResolverResult{
 			Identifier: fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.value]]", jeAlias),
@@ -732,13 +794,13 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R

 		if r.withMultiMatch {
 			jePair2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName
-			jeAlias2 := r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + "_je"
+			jeAlias2 := "__je_" + r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "_" + cleanFieldName + r.resolver.joinAliasSuffix

-			r.multiMatch.joins = append(r.multiMatch.joins, &join{
-				tableName:  dbutils.JSONEach(jePair2),
-				tableAlias: jeAlias2,
+			r.multiMatch.Joins = append(r.multiMatch.Joins, &search.Join{
+				TableName:  dbutils.JSONEach(jePair2),
+				TableAlias: jeAlias2,
 			})
-			r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.value]]", jeAlias2)
+			r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = fmt.Sprintf("[[%s.value]]", jeAlias2)

 			result.MultiMatchSubQuery = r.multiMatch
 		}
@@ -753,12 +815,12 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R
 	}

 	if r.withMultiMatch {
-		r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = "[[" + r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName + "]]"
+		r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = "[[" + r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias + "." + cleanFieldName + "]]"
 		result.MultiMatchSubQuery = r.multiMatch
 	}

 	// allow querying only auth records with emails marked as public
-	if field.GetName() == FieldNameEmail && !r.allowHiddenFields && collection.IsAuth() {
+	if field.GetName() == FieldNameEmail && !r.resolver.allowHiddenFields && collection.IsAuth() {
 		result.AfterBuild = func(expr dbx.Expression) dbx.Expression {
 			return dbx.Enclose(dbx.And(expr, dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf(
 				"[[%s.%s]] = TRUE",
@@ -772,10 +834,10 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R
 	// stored as json work correctly when compared to their SQL equivalent
 	// (https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/4068)
 	if field.Type() == FieldTypeJSON {
-		result.NoCoalesce = true
+		result.NullFallback = search.NullFallbackDisabled
 		result.Identifier = dbutils.JSONExtract(r.activeTableAlias+"."+cleanFieldName, "")
 		if r.withMultiMatch {
-			r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = dbutils.JSONExtract(r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias+"."+cleanFieldName, "")
+			r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = dbutils.JSONExtract(r.multiMatchActiveTableAlias+"."+cleanFieldName, "")
 		}
 	}

@@ -783,7 +845,7 @@ func (r *runner) processLastProp(collection *Collection, prop string) (*search.R
 	if modifier == lowerModifier {
 		result.Identifier = "LOWER(" + result.Identifier + ")"
 		if r.withMultiMatch {
-			r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier = "LOWER(" + r.multiMatch.valueIdentifier + ")"
+			r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier = "LOWER(" + r.multiMatch.ValueIdentifier + ")"
 		}
 	}

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	validation "github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/dbx"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core/validators"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/dbutils"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/filesystem"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/hook"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/inflector"
@@ -969,13 +970,20 @@ func (m *Record) GetDateTime(key string) types.DateTime {
 	return d
 }

+// GetGeoPoint returns the data value for "key" as a GeoPoint instance.
+func (m *Record) GetGeoPoint(key string) types.GeoPoint {
+	point := types.GeoPoint{}
+	_ = point.Scan(m.Get(key))
+	return point
+}
+
 // GetStringSlice returns the data value for "key" as a slice of non-zero unique strings.
 func (m *Record) GetStringSlice(key string) []string {
 	return list.ToUniqueStringSlice(m.Get(key))
 }

 // GetUnsavedFiles returns the uploaded files for the provided "file" field key,
-// (aka. the current [*filesytem.File] values) so that you can apply further
+// (aka. the current [*filesystem.File] values) so that you can apply further
 // validations or modifications (including changing the file name or content before persisting).
 //
 // Example:
@@ -1523,8 +1531,8 @@ func cascadeRecordDelete(app App, mainRecord *Record, refs map[*Collection][]Fie
 				query.AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{prefixedFieldName: mainRecord.Id})
 			} else {
 				query.AndWhere(dbx.Exists(dbx.NewExp(fmt.Sprintf(
-					`SELECT 1 FROM json_each(CASE WHEN json_valid([[%s]]) THEN [[%s]] ELSE json_array([[%s]]) END) {{__je__}} WHERE [[__je__.value]]={:jevalue}`,
-					prefixedFieldName, prefixedFieldName, prefixedFieldName,
+					`SELECT 1 FROM %s {{__je__}} WHERE [[__je__.value]]={:jevalue}`,
+					dbutils.JSONEach(prefixedFieldName),
 				), dbx.Params{
 					"jevalue": mainRecord.Id,
 				})))
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ func TestRecordGetInt(t *testing.T) {
 		{123, 123},
 		{2.4, 2},
 		{"123", 123},
-		{"123.5", 0},
+		{"123.5", 123},
 		{false, 0},
 		{true, 1},
 	}
@@ -1016,6 +1016,43 @@ func TestRecordGetStringSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestRecordGetGeoPoint(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		value    any
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{nil, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{"", `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{0, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{false, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{"{}", `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{"[]", `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{[]int{1, 2}, `{"lon":0,"lat":0}`},
+		{map[string]any{"lon": 1, "lat": 2}, `{"lon":1,"lat":2}`},
+		{[]byte(`{"lon":1,"lat":2}`), `{"lon":1,"lat":2}`},
+		{`{"lon":1,"lat":2}`, `{"lon":1,"lat":2}`},
+		{types.GeoPoint{Lon: 1, Lat: 2}, `{"lon":1,"lat":2}`},
+		{&types.GeoPoint{Lon: 1, Lat: 2}, `{"lon":1,"lat":2}`},
+	}
+
+	collection := core.NewBaseCollection("test")
+	record := core.NewRecord(collection)
+
+	for i, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%#v", i, s.value), func(t *testing.T) {
+			record.Set("test", s.value)
+
+			pointStr := record.GetGeoPoint("test").String()
+
+			if pointStr != s.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected %q, got %q", s.expected, pointStr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRecordGetUnsavedFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()

@@ -1659,18 +1696,21 @@ func TestRecordModelEventSync(t *testing.T) {

 	changeRecordEventBefore := func(e *core.RecordEvent) {
 		e.Type = "test_b"
+		//nolint:staticcheck
 		e.Context = context.WithValue(context.Background(), "test", 123)
 		e.Record = testRecords[1]
 	}

 	modelEventFinalizerChange := func(e *core.ModelEvent) {
 		e.Type = "test_c"
+		//nolint:staticcheck
 		e.Context = context.WithValue(context.Background(), "test", 456)
 		e.Model = testRecords[2]
 	}

 	changeRecordEventAfter := func(e *core.RecordEvent) {
 		e.Type = "test_d"
+		//nolint:staticcheck
 		e.Context = context.WithValue(context.Background(), "test", 789)
 		e.Record = testRecords[3]
 	}
@@ -2214,13 +2254,13 @@ func TestRecordDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}
-	app.DB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
+	app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).QueryLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, rows *sql.Rows, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}
 	app.NonconcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}
-	app.DB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
+	app.ConcurrentDB().(*dbx.DB).ExecLogFunc = func(ctx context.Context, t time.Duration, sql string, result sql.Result, err error) {
 		calledQueries = append(calledQueries, sql)
 	}
 	rec3, _ := app.FindRecordById("users", "oap640cot4yru2s")
@@ -2240,7 +2280,7 @@ func TestRecordDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// ensure that the json rel fields were prefixed
 	joinedQueries := strings.Join(calledQueries, " ")
-	expectedRelManyPart := "SELECT `demo1`.* FROM `demo1` WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM json_each(CASE WHEN json_valid([[demo1.rel_many]]) THEN [[demo1.rel_many]] ELSE json_array([[demo1.rel_many]]) END) {{__je__}} WHERE [[__je__.value]]='"
+	expectedRelManyPart := "SELECT `demo1`.* FROM `demo1` WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM json_each(CASE WHEN iif(json_valid([[demo1.rel_many]]), json_type([[demo1.rel_many]])='array', FALSE) THEN [[demo1.rel_many]] ELSE json_array([[demo1.rel_many]]) END) {{__je__}} WHERE [[__je__.value]]='"
 	if !strings.Contains(joinedQueries, expectedRelManyPart) {
 		t.Fatalf("(rec3) Expected the cascade delete to call the query \n%v, got \n%v", expectedRelManyPart, calledQueries)
 	}
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) RecordQuery(collectionModelOrIdentifier any) *dbx.SelectQuer
 		tableName = "@@__invalidCollectionModelOrIdentifier"
 	}

-	query := app.DB().Select(app.DB().QuoteSimpleColumnName(tableName) + ".*").From(tableName)
+	query := app.ConcurrentDB().Select(app.ConcurrentDB().QuoteSimpleColumnName(tableName) + ".*").From(tableName)

 	// in case of an error attach a new context and cancel it immediately with the error
 	if collectionErr != nil {
@@ -314,9 +314,19 @@ func (app *BaseApp) FindAllRecords(collectionModelOrIdentifier any, exprs ...dbx
 // FindFirstRecordByData returns the first found record matching
 // the provided key-value pair.
 func (app *BaseApp) FindFirstRecordByData(collectionModelOrIdentifier any, key string, value any) (*Record, error) {
+	collection, err := getCollectionByModelOrIdentifier(app, collectionModelOrIdentifier)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	field := collection.Fields.GetByName(key)
+	if field == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid or missing field " + key)
+	}
+
 	record := &Record{}

-	err := app.RecordQuery(collectionModelOrIdentifier).
+	err = app.RecordQuery(collection).
 		AndWhere(dbx.HashExp{inflector.Columnify(key): value}).
 		Limit(1).
 		One(record)
@@ -397,7 +407,10 @@ func (app *BaseApp) FindRecordsByFilter(
 		}
 	}

-	resolver.UpdateQuery(q) // attaches any adhoc joins and aliases
+	err = resolver.UpdateQuery(q) // attaches any adhoc joins and aliases
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	// ---

 	if offset > 0 {
@@ -611,7 +624,11 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CanAccessRecord(record *Record, requestInfo *RequestInfo, ac
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
-	resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+
+	err = resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}

 	err = query.AndWhere(expr).Limit(1).Row(&exists)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) expandRecords(records []*Record, expandPath string, fetchFun
 		// add the related id(s) as a dynamic relation field value to
 		// allow further expand checks at later stage in a more unified manner
 		prepErr := func() error {
-			q := app.DB().Select("id").
+			q := app.ConcurrentDB().Select("id").
 				From(indirectRel.Name).
 				Limit(1000) // the limit is arbitrary chosen and may change in the future

@@ -525,6 +525,13 @@ func TestFindFirstRecordByData(t *testing.T) {
 			"",
 			true,
 		},
+		{
+			"demo2",
+			"invalid_or_missing",
+			"llvuca81nly1qls",
+			"",
+			true,
+		},
 		{
 			"demo2",
 			"id",
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ type BatchConfig struct {
 	// MaxRequests is the maximum allowed batch request to execute.
 	MaxRequests int `form:"maxRequests" json:"maxRequests"`

-	// Timeout is the the max duration in seconds to wait before cancelling the batch transaction.
+	// Timeout is the max duration in seconds to wait before cancelling the batch transaction.
 	Timeout int64 `form:"timeout" json:"timeout"`

 	// MaxBodySize is the maximum allowed batch request body size in bytes.
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ type BackupsConfig struct {
 	// Leave it empty to disable the auto backups functionality.
 	Cron string `form:"cron" json:"cron"`

-	// CronMaxKeep is the the max number of cron generated backups to
+	// CronMaxKeep is the max number of cron generated backups to
 	// keep before removing older entries.
 	//
 	// This field works only when the cron config has valid cron expression.
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ type RateLimitRule struct {

 	// Audience specifies the auth group the rule should apply for:
 	//   - ""      - both guests and authenticated users (default)
-	//   - "guest" - only for guests
-	//   - "auth"  - only for authenticated users
+	//   - "@guest" - only for guests
+	//   - "@auth"  - only for authenticated users
 	Audience string `form:"audience" json:"audience"`

 	// Duration specifies the interval (in seconds) per which to reset
@@ -704,3 +704,13 @@ func (c RateLimitRule) Validate() error {
 func (c RateLimitRule) DurationTime() time.Duration {
 	return time.Duration(c.Duration) * time.Second
 }
+
+// String returns a string representation of the rule.
+func (c RateLimitRule) String() string {
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c.Label // extremely rare case
+	}
+
+	return string(raw)
+}
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ func TestRateLimitsFindRateLimitRule(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRateLimitRuleValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	scenarios := []struct {
 		name           string
-		config         core.RateLimitRule
+		rule           core.RateLimitRule
 		expectedErrors []string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ func TestRateLimitRuleValidate(t *testing.T) {

 	for _, s := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(s.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := s.config.Validate()
+			result := s.rule.Validate()

 			tests.TestValidationErrors(t, result, s.expectedErrors)
 		})
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ func TestRateLimitRuleValidate(t *testing.T) {

 func TestRateLimitRuleDurationTime(t *testing.T) {
 	scenarios := []struct {
-		config   core.RateLimitRule
+		rule     core.RateLimitRule
 		expected time.Duration
 	}{
 		{core.RateLimitRule{}, 0 * time.Second},
@@ -801,8 +801,8 @@ func TestRateLimitRuleDurationTime(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	for i, s := range scenarios {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%d", i, s.config.Duration), func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := s.config.DurationTime()
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%d", i, s.rule.Duration), func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := s.rule.DurationTime()

 			if result != s.expected {
 				t.Fatalf("Expected duration %d, got %d", s.expected, result)
@@ -810,3 +810,37 @@ func TestRateLimitRuleDurationTime(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRateLimitRuleString(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		name     string
+		rule     core.RateLimitRule
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			"empty",
+			core.RateLimitRule{},
+			`{"label":"","audience":"","duration":0,"maxRequests":0}`,
+		},
+		{
+			"all fields",
+			core.RateLimitRule{
+				Label:       "POST /a/b/",
+				Duration:    1,
+				MaxRequests: 2,
+				Audience:    core.RateLimitRuleAudienceAuth,
+			},
+			`{"label":"POST /a/b/","audience":"@auth","duration":1,"maxRequests":2}`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(s.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := s.rule.String()
+
+			if result != s.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected string\n%s\ngot\n%s", s.expected, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build !(js && wasm)
+
+package core
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// execve invokes the execve(2) system call.
+func execve(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
+	return syscall.Exec(argv0, argv, envv)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build js && wasm
+
+package core
+
+import "errors"
+
+// https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/7116
+func execve(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
+	return errors.ErrUnsupported
+}
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import (
 // This method is a no-op if a view with the provided name doesn't exist.
 //
 // NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
-// "name" argument must come only from trusted input!
-func (app *BaseApp) DeleteView(name string) error {
+// "dangerousViewName" argument must come only from trusted input!
+func (app *BaseApp) DeleteView(dangerousViewName string) error {
 	_, err := app.DB().NewQuery(fmt.Sprintf(
 		"DROP VIEW IF EXISTS {{%s}}",
-		name,
+		dangerousViewName,
 	)).Execute()

 	return err
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ func (app *BaseApp) DeleteView(name string) error {

 // SaveView creates (or updates already existing) persistent SQL view.
 //
-// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
-// "selectQuery" argument must come only from trusted input!
-func (app *BaseApp) SaveView(name string, selectQuery string) error {
+// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and
+// its arguments must come only from trusted input!
+func (app *BaseApp) SaveView(dangerousViewName string, dangerousSelectQuery string) error {
 	return app.RunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
 		// delete old view (if exists)
-		if err := txApp.DeleteView(name); err != nil {
+		if err := txApp.DeleteView(dangerousViewName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

-		selectQuery = strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(selectQuery), ";")
+		dangerousSelectQuery = strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(dangerousSelectQuery), ";")

 		// try to loosely detect multiple inline statements
-		tk := tokenizer.NewFromString(selectQuery)
+		tk := tokenizer.NewFromString(dangerousSelectQuery)
 		tk.Separators(';')
 		if queryParts, _ := tk.ScanAll(); len(queryParts) > 1 {
 			return errors.New("multiple statements are not supported")
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ func (app *BaseApp) SaveView(name string, selectQuery string) error {
 		//
 		// note: the query is wrapped in a secondary SELECT as a rudimentary
 		// measure to discourage multiple inline sql statements execution
-		viewQuery := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE VIEW {{%s}} AS SELECT * FROM (%s)", name, selectQuery)
+		viewQuery := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE VIEW {{%s}} AS SELECT * FROM (%s)", dangerousViewName, dangerousSelectQuery)
 		if _, err := txApp.DB().NewQuery(viewQuery).Execute(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

 		// fetch the view table info to ensure that the view was created
 		// because missing tables or columns won't return an error
-		if _, err := txApp.TableInfo(name); err != nil {
+		if _, err := txApp.TableInfo(dangerousViewName); err != nil {
 			// manually cleanup previously created view in case the func
 			// is called in a nested transaction and the error is discarded
-			txApp.DeleteView(name)
+			txApp.DeleteView(dangerousViewName)

 			return err
 		}
@@ -77,18 +77,21 @@ func (app *BaseApp) SaveView(name string, selectQuery string) error {
 // There are some caveats:
 // - The select query must have an "id" column.
 // - Wildcard ("*") columns are not supported to avoid accidentally leaking sensitive data.
-func (app *BaseApp) CreateViewFields(selectQuery string) (FieldsList, error) {
+//
+// NB! Be aware that this method is vulnerable to SQL injection and the
+// "dangerousSelectQuery" argument must come only from trusted input!
+func (app *BaseApp) CreateViewFields(dangerousSelectQuery string) (FieldsList, error) {
 	result := NewFieldsList()

-	suggestedFields, err := parseQueryToFields(app, selectQuery)
+	suggestedFields, err := parseQueryToFields(app, dangerousSelectQuery)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}

-	// note wrap in a transaction in case the selectQuery contains
+	// note wrap in a transaction in case the dangerousSelectQuery contains
 	// multiple statements allowing us to rollback on any error
 	txErr := app.RunInTransaction(func(txApp App) error {
-		info, err := getQueryTableInfo(txApp, selectQuery)
+		info, err := getQueryTableInfo(txApp, dangerousSelectQuery)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ func defaultViewField(name string) Field {
 	}
 }

-var castRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^cast\s*\(.*\s+as\s+(\w+)\s*\)$`)
+var castRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?is)^cast\s*\(.*\s+as\s+(\w+)\s*\)$`)

 func parseQueryToFields(app App, selectQuery string) (map[string]*queryField, error) {
 	p := new(identifiersParser)
@@ -254,7 +257,16 @@ func parseQueryToFields(app App, selectQuery string) (map[string]*queryField, er
 		}

 		// numeric aggregations
-		if strings.HasPrefix(colLower, "count(") || strings.HasPrefix(colLower, "total(") {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(colLower, "count(") {
+			result[col.alias] = &queryField{
+				field: &NumberField{
+					Name:    col.alias,
+					OnlyInt: true,
+				},
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(colLower, "total(") {
 			result[col.alias] = &queryField{
 				field: &NumberField{
 					Name: col.alias,
@@ -265,16 +277,24 @@ func parseQueryToFields(app App, selectQuery string) (map[string]*queryField, er

 		castMatch := castRegex.FindStringSubmatch(colLower)

-		// numeric casts
+		// casts
 		if len(castMatch) == 2 {
 			switch castMatch[1] {
-			case "real", "integer", "int", "decimal", "numeric":
+			case "real", "decimal", "numeric":
 				result[col.alias] = &queryField{
 					field: &NumberField{
 						Name: col.alias,
 					},
 				}
 				continue
+			case "int", "integer":
+				result[col.alias] = &queryField{
+					field: &NumberField{
+						Name:    col.alias,
+						OnlyInt: true,
+					},
+				}
+				continue
 			case "text":
 				result[col.alias] = &queryField{
 					field: &TextField{
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More