Joi.date().min(Joi.ref('field')) breaks original sended object

[leandroluk]

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• is this issue currently blocking your project? (yes/no): yes
• is this issue affecting a production system? (yes/no): yes

Context

• node version: 19.6.0
• module version with issue: 17.9.1
• last module version without issue: i don't tested in other module
• environment (e.g. node, browser, native): node
• used with (e.g. hapi application, another framework, standalone, ...): expressjs
• any other relevant information:

What are you trying to achieve or the steps to reproduce?

const Joi = require('joi');

const input = {
  query: {
    periodStart: "2023-02-11T14:23:03.576Z",
    periodEnd: "2023-03-23T14:23:03.576Z",
  }
}

const schema = Joi.object({
  query: Joi.object({
    periodStart: Joi.date(),
    periodEnd: Joi.date().min(Joi.ref('query.periodStart')).max('now'),
  }),
}).options({ 
  allowUnknown: true, 
  abortEarly: false 
})

await schema.validateAsync(input)

What was the result you got?

const receivedResult =  { 
  query: {} 
}

What result did you expect?

const expectedResult = {
  query: {
    periodStart: new Date("2023-02-11T14:23:03.576Z"),
    periodEnd: new Date("2023-03-23T14:23:03.576Z"),
  }
}

[jonathansamines]

Hey @leandroluk. References are relative to the parent of the current value. Try removing the query. prefix from your reference :)

[Marsup]

@jonathansamines is right, and even with that fix, I can't reproduce your issue. Can you please provide a reproducible case?