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+import type { SanitizedConfig } from "payload";
+import type { ITracer, ILogger } from "../instrumentation";
+import type { IJobQueue } from "../jobs";
+import type {
+  EventBusProtocol,
+  RealtimeBroadcasterProtocol,
+  RealtimeRegistryProtocol,
+} from "./bind-protocols";
+
+/** Always-present fields. Feature binders rely on these unconditionally. */
+export type BindContextBase = {
+  tracer: ITracer;
+  logger: ILogger;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Optional cross-cutting deps. Generics let the app aggregator narrow the
+ * shape to full interfaces (`IEventBus`, `IRealtimeBroadcaster`, etc.); feature
+ * binders see only the protocol surface, which is enough for the methods they
+ * call. When an optional core package is absent the corresponding generic
+ * defaults to its protocol type, and `ctx.bus` / `ctx.realtime` are undefined
+ * at runtime.
+ */
+export type BindContext<
+  Bus extends EventBusProtocol = EventBusProtocol,
+  Realtime extends RealtimeBroadcasterProtocol = RealtimeBroadcasterProtocol,
+  RealtimeReg extends RealtimeRegistryProtocol = RealtimeRegistryProtocol,
+> = BindContextBase & {
+  bus?: Bus;
+  queue?: IJobQueue;
+  realtime?: Realtime;
+  realtimeRegistry?: RealtimeReg;
+};
+
+/** Production binders also receive the resolved Payload config. */
+export type BindProductionContext<
+  Bus extends EventBusProtocol = EventBusProtocol,
+  Realtime extends RealtimeBroadcasterProtocol = RealtimeBroadcasterProtocol,
+  RealtimeReg extends RealtimeRegistryProtocol = RealtimeRegistryProtocol,
+> = BindContext<Bus, Realtime, RealtimeReg> & {
+  config: SanitizedConfig;
+};