supermemory/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-document-updates.mdx
Soham Daga e47336737e docs(api): add V3/V4 to V5 migration guide
## Stack context

This is the second PR in the V5 documentation stack, on top of the versioned API reference.

## What and why

Add an agent-oriented V3/V4 to V5 migration guide covering document ingestion and updates, content management, search, profiles, forgetting, namespaces, organization settings, typed filters, and rollout verification. Shared snippets keep the comprehensive guide and focused topic pages consistent.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  Legacy[Legacy integration inventory] --> Mapping[Domain migration guidance]
  Mapping --> V5[V5 requests and response readers]
  V5 --> Verify[Side-by-side verification and rollout]
```

## Validation

- Verified all 11 migration navigation entries resolve to authored pages.
- Verified all imports across 23 migration and snippet files resolve.
- `git diff --check` passed.
- Mintlify build validation passed against the local generated V5 OpenAPI snapshot.

## Impact

Documentation only. The guide explicitly covers changed defaults, removed operations, partial failures, namespace isolation, and rollback-oriented side-by-side testing.
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V5 makes the difference between adding new information and replacing the canonical source explicit.
### Choose the correct write
| Intent | Operation | Content behavior |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Add information to a stable caller ID | `POST /ns/{namespace}/document` | Append/diff |
| Replace text or URL content | `PATCH /ns/{namespace}/document/{id}` | Replace and reprocess |
| Update only supporting fields | Same `PATCH` without `content` | Canonical content unchanged |
| Replace a source file and its user metadata | `POST /ns/{namespace}/document/file/{id}` | Full replacement and reprocess |
| Partially update a file or its supporting fields | `PATCH /ns/{namespace}/document/file/{id}` | Omitted fields remain unchanged |
### Update text or URL content
<CodeGroup>
```bash Legacy
PATCH /v3/documents/doc_1
{"content":"corrected source","metadata":{"revision":2}}
```
```bash V5
PATCH /ns/user_1/document/doc_1?dreaming=dynamic
{"content":"corrected source","metadata":{"revision":2}}
```
</CodeGroup>
The V5 body accepts any non-empty subset of `content`, `supportingContext`, `metadata`, `group`, or `date`. Supplying `content` makes it the new canonical source; facts supported only by the previous source can disappear after reprocessing.
### Replace a file-backed document
```bash
POST /ns/user_1/document/file/doc_1?dreaming=dynamic
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
file=@corrected.pdf
metadata={"revision":2}
```
POST requires `file` and replaces the canonical source plus user-controlled metadata, grouping, context, and date. Omitted supporting fields are cleared. Use it when the submitted request is the complete new representation of the file-backed document.
### Partially update a file-backed document
```bash
PATCH /ns/user_1/document/file/doc_1?dreaming=dynamic
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
metadata={"reviewed":true}
```
PATCH changes only supplied fields. Include `file` to replace the source while retaining omitted supporting fields, or omit `file` for metadata-, group-, context-, or date-only changes. `metadata` and `group` are JSON-encoded strings; `supportingContext` and `date` are plain strings.
<Warning>
There is no public V5 `PUT /ns/{namespace}/document/file/{id}` operation. Use POST for a complete replacement and PATCH for a partial update.
</Warning>
### IDs and scope
The path `id` may be the Supermemory document ID or your caller-defined ID. It is resolved only inside `{namespace}`; an ID from another namespace is not a cross-namespace update mechanism.
### Processing and conflicts
Content or file replacement is accepted before downstream processing completes. A document still processing, a namespace conflict, or a conflicting internal file path can return `409`; retry only after the conflicting operation reaches a terminal state.
### Verification
- Patch metadata alone and confirm document content and derived facts remain intact.
- Patch content and confirm the new source is canonical after processing.
- Replace a file with POST and confirm omitted user metadata is cleared.
- Patch a file-backed document and confirm omitted fields remain unchanged.
- Attempt the same ID in another namespace and confirm the update is rejected or not found.