remove direction from messages (#20026)

This was a leftover column removed in
https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/pull/6743 but was accidentally added
again when we migrated to `buildMessageStandardFlatFieldMetadatas` from
workspace decorator

/closes #20011

packages/twenty-front/src/testing/mock-data/generated/metadata/objects/mock-objects-metadata.ts

@@ -21432,47 +21432,6 @@ export const mockedStandardObjectMetadataQueryResult: ObjectMetadataItemsQuery =
               "relation": null,
               "morphRelations": null
             },
-            {
-              "__typename": "Field",
-              "id": "5b775671-2f37-4513-9485-c4b76c746156",
-              "universalIdentifier": "20202020-0203-4118-8e2a-05b9bdae6dab",
-              "type": "SELECT",
-              "name": "direction",
-              "label": "Direction",
-              "description": "Message Direction",
-              "icon": "IconDirection",
-              "isCustom": false,
-              "isActive": true,
-              "isSystem": false,
-              "isUIReadOnly": true,
-              "isNullable": false,
-              "isUnique": false,
-              "createdAt": "2026-04-10T08:55:56.200Z",
-              "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T08:55:56.200Z",
-              "defaultValue": "'INCOMING'",
-              "options": [
-                {
-                  "id": "20202020-7b52-47d2-abd8-e96a4295f9a6",
-                  "color": "green",
-                  "label": "Incoming",
-                  "value": "INCOMING",
-                  "position": 0
-                },
-                {
-                  "id": "20202020-11cb-42be-8df7-709ad53f90f9",
-                  "color": "blue",
-                  "label": "Outgoing",
-                  "value": "OUTGOING",
-                  "position": 1
-                }
-              ],
-              "settings": null,
-              "isLabelSyncedWithName": false,
-              "morphId": null,
-              "applicationId": "dd6a5463-023d-4a10-855f-a4abaf32c1ec",
-              "relation": null,
-              "morphRelations": null
-            },
             {
               "__typename": "Field",
               "id": "d87675ee-1d19-4658-8037-daec3e00b718",

packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-3/2-3-upgrade-version-command.module.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 
 import { WorkspaceIteratorModule } from 'src/database/commands/command-runners/workspace-iterator.module';
+import { DropMessageDirectionFieldCommand } from 'src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-3/2-3-workspace-command-1777400000000-drop-message-direction-field.command';
 import { BackfillImageIdentifierFieldMetadataIdCommand } from 'src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-3/2-3-workspace-command-1777920000000-backfill-image-identifier-field-metadata-id.command';
 import { ApplicationModule } from 'src/engine/core-modules/application/application.module';
 import { WorkspaceCacheModule } from 'src/engine/workspace-cache/workspace-cache.module';
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ import { WorkspaceMigrationModule } from 'src/engine/workspace-manager/workspace
     WorkspaceIteratorModule,
     WorkspaceMigrationModule,
   ],
-  providers: [BackfillImageIdentifierFieldMetadataIdCommand],
+  providers: [
+    DropMessageDirectionFieldCommand,
+    BackfillImageIdentifierFieldMetadataIdCommand,
+  ],
 })
 export class V2_3_UpgradeVersionCommandModule {}

packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/2-3/2-3-workspace-command-1777400000000-drop-message-direction-field.command.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { Command } from 'nest-commander';
+
+import { ActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceCommandRunner } from 'src/database/commands/command-runners/active-or-suspended-workspace.command-runner';
+import { WorkspaceIteratorService } from 'src/database/commands/command-runners/workspace-iterator.service';
+import { type RunOnWorkspaceArgs } from 'src/database/commands/command-runners/workspace.command-runner';
+import { ApplicationService } from 'src/engine/core-modules/application/application.service';
+import { RegisteredWorkspaceCommand } from 'src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/decorators/registered-workspace-command.decorator';
+import { findFlatEntityByUniversalIdentifier } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-entity/utils/find-flat-entity-by-universal-identifier.util';
+import { type FlatFieldMetadata } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-field-metadata/types/flat-field-metadata.type';
+import { WorkspaceCacheService } from 'src/engine/workspace-cache/services/workspace-cache.service';
+import { WorkspaceMigrationValidateBuildAndRunService } from 'src/engine/workspace-manager/workspace-migration/services/workspace-migration-validate-build-and-run-service';
+
+const MESSAGE_DIRECTION_FIELD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER =
+  '20202020-0203-4118-8e2a-05b9bdae6dab';
+
+@RegisteredWorkspaceCommand('2.3.0', 1777400000000)
+@Command({
+  name: 'upgrade:2-3:drop-message-direction-field',
+  description:
+    'Drop the leftover message.direction field metadata and its workspace column',
+})
+export class DropMessageDirectionFieldCommand extends ActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceCommandRunner {
+  constructor(
+    protected readonly workspaceIteratorService: WorkspaceIteratorService,
+    private readonly applicationService: ApplicationService,
+    private readonly workspaceMigrationValidateBuildAndRunService: WorkspaceMigrationValidateBuildAndRunService,
+    private readonly workspaceCacheService: WorkspaceCacheService,
+  ) {
+    super(workspaceIteratorService);
+  }
+
+  override async runOnWorkspace({
+    workspaceId,
+    options,
+  }: RunOnWorkspaceArgs): Promise<void> {
+    const isDryRun = options.dryRun ?? false;
+
+    this.logger.log(
+      `${isDryRun ? '[DRY RUN] ' : ''}Starting message.direction field removal for workspace ${workspaceId}`,
+    );
+
+    const { flatFieldMetadataMaps } =
+      await this.workspaceCacheService.getOrRecompute(workspaceId, [
+        'flatFieldMetadataMaps',
+      ]);
+
+    const directionFieldMetadata =
+      findFlatEntityByUniversalIdentifier<FlatFieldMetadata>({
+        flatEntityMaps: flatFieldMetadataMaps,
+        universalIdentifier: MESSAGE_DIRECTION_FIELD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER,
+      });
+
+    if (!directionFieldMetadata) {
+      this.logger.log(
+        `message.direction field already absent for workspace ${workspaceId}`,
+      );
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (isDryRun) {
+      this.logger.log(
+        `[DRY RUN] Would delete message.direction field for workspace ${workspaceId}`,
+      );
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { twentyStandardFlatApplication } =
+      await this.applicationService.findWorkspaceTwentyStandardAndCustomApplicationOrThrow(
+        { workspaceId },
+      );
+
+    const validateAndBuildResult =
+      await this.workspaceMigrationValidateBuildAndRunService.validateBuildAndRunWorkspaceMigration(
+        {
+          allFlatEntityOperationByMetadataName: {
+            fieldMetadata: {
+              flatEntityToCreate: [],
+              flatEntityToDelete: [directionFieldMetadata],
+              flatEntityToUpdate: [],
+            },
+          },
+          workspaceId,
+          applicationUniversalIdentifier:
+            twentyStandardFlatApplication.universalIdentifier,
+        },
+      );
+
+    if (validateAndBuildResult.status === 'fail') {
+      this.logger.error(
+        `Failed to delete message.direction field:\n${JSON.stringify(validateAndBuildResult, null, 2)}`,
+      );
+
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to delete message.direction field for workspace ${workspaceId}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    this.logger.log(
+      `Deleted message.direction field for workspace ${workspaceId}`,
+    );
+  }
+}

packages/twenty-server/src/engine/workspace-manager/twenty-standard-application/utils/field-metadata/compute-message-standard-flat-field-metadata.util.ts

@@ -212,40 +212,6 @@ export const buildMessageStandardFlatFieldMetadatas = ({
     twentyStandardApplicationId,
     now,
   }),
-  direction: createStandardFieldFlatMetadata({
-    objectName,
-    workspaceId,
-    context: {
-      fieldName: 'direction',
-      type: FieldMetadataType.SELECT,
-      label: i18nLabel(msg`Direction`),
-      description: i18nLabel(msg`Message Direction`),
-      icon: 'IconDirection',
-      isNullable: false,
-      isUIReadOnly: true,
-      defaultValue: "'INCOMING'",
-      options: [
-        {
-          id: '20202020-7b52-47d2-abd8-e96a4295f9a6',
-          value: 'INCOMING',
-          label: i18nLabel(msg`Incoming`),
-          position: 0,
-          color: 'green',
-        },
-        {
-          id: '20202020-11cb-42be-8df7-709ad53f90f9',
-          value: 'OUTGOING',
-          label: i18nLabel(msg`Outgoing`),
-          position: 1,
-          color: 'blue',
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-    standardObjectMetadataRelatedEntityIds,
-    dependencyFlatEntityMaps,
-    twentyStandardApplicationId,
-    now,
-  }),
   subject: createStandardFieldFlatMetadata({
     objectName,
     workspaceId,

packages/twenty-shared/src/metadata/constants/standard-object.constant.ts

@@ -1651,9 +1651,6 @@ export const STANDARD_OBJECTS = {
       messageThread: {
         universalIdentifier: '20202020-30f2-4ccd-9f5c-e41bb9d26214',
       },
-      direction: {
-        universalIdentifier: '20202020-0203-4118-8e2a-05b9bdae6dab',
-      },
       subject: { universalIdentifier: '20202020-52d1-4036-b9ae-84bd722bb37a' },
       text: { universalIdentifier: '20202020-d2ee-4e7e-89de-9a0a9044a143' },
       receivedAt: {