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Depends on #10291.

I documented the fixed-type Synchronizable: the config argument of createSynchronizable, the setDirty method with its non-exclusive semantics, and TSDoc for FixedSynchronizable and SynchronizableConfig.

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  • Documentation
    • Documented optional fixed-type configuration for synchronizable values.
    • Added guidance for numeric and boolean values using native fixed storage.
    • Documented the setDirty method, including its limitations, locking behavior, and update semantics.
    • Clarified serialization behavior for fixed and regular synchronizable values.
    • Added validation details for initial values, including development errors and production fallback behavior.
    • Documented platform availability and updated usage examples and type definitions.

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The documentation now describes configurable and fixed-type Synchronizable values. It adds the FixedSynchronizable type, documents setDirty, and explains fixed native storage, supported value types, and invalid-value behavior.

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Fixed Synchronizable documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Creation configuration and overloads
docs/docs-worklets/docs/memory/createSynchronizable.mdx
Documents the optional config argument, fixedType overloads, supported initial values, native storage, and development-versus-production behavior.
Fixed-type API and update semantics
docs/docs-worklets/docs/memory/synchronizable.mdx, packages/react-native-worklets/src/memory/types.ts
Adds FixedSynchronizable, documents setDirty, and clarifies fixed and non-fixed synchronization behavior.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f1341

The PR changes the public TypeScript declaration and removes a previously available default generic, which can cause existing consumers without an explicit type argument to fail compilation; the documentation also still may describe read-time serialization costs inaccurately. Merge should wait for the API compatibility issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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In `@docs/docs-worklets/docs/memory/createSynchronizable.mdx`:
- Line 56: Correct the production-behavior note for invalid fixedType values in
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In `@docs/docs-worklets/docs/memory/createSynchronizable.mdx`:
- Around line 47-51: Update the initialValue documentation in
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In `@docs/docs-worklets/docs/memory/synchronizable.mdx`:
- Line 114: Update the Synchronizable documentation sentence to distinguish
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- We recommend to avoid changing the type of the value held by Synchronizable, instead opt to create a new Synchronizable for different types.
- Synchronizable is not reactive, meaning that there are no built-in mechanisms to notify Runtimes when its value changes. Runtimes need to poll the value to detect changes.
- Synchronizable on a JavaScript Runtime is a wrapper to a reference to the actual Synchronizable living in C++. The value held by Synchronizable is copied to/from C++ on each access.
- Synchronizable on a JavaScript Runtime is a wrapper to a reference to the actual Synchronizable living in C++. The value is copied to/from C++ on each access. For non-fixed-type Synchronizables, each access also serializes the value.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Describe serialization and deserialization separately.

For non-fixed-type Synchronizable values, writes serialize the value and reads deserialize the stored value.

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In `@docs/docs-worklets/docs/memory/synchronizable.mdx` at line 114, Update the
Synchronizable documentation sentence to distinguish writes from reads: state
that non-fixed-type values are serialized when written to C++ and deserialized
when read back, while preserving the existing explanation for fixed-type values
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In `@packages/react-native-worklets/src/memory/types.ts`:
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export type FixedSynchronizable<TValue extends number | boolean> =
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Preserve the public generic default.

FixedSynchronizable previously used TValue extends number | boolean = number | boolean. The current declaration removes this default. Although repository usages provide a type argument, external consumers without one will fail to compile. Restore the default or document this as a breaking API change.

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Restore the public generic default on FixedSynchronizable by defaulting TValue
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The stack was reordered so the Worklets PRs land before the Reanimated ones, and rebuilt on latest main. GitHub auto-closed this PR during the force-push and it cannot be reopened. See the new stack: #10292#10293#10294#10295#10296#10297#10298#10261#10272.

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