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Incorrect reporting location used when example contains $ref value

Open Relequestual opened this issue 5 months ago • 1 comments

Describe the bug OpenAPI 3.0.3 defines both example and examples. The value of example is "dumb data" and should be treated as such. examples is an object of named examples, and the value of such an object may be either an example object (defined in the spec) or a reference object (aka using $ref).

The rule oas3-valid-schema-example when applied is applied correctly, but is reported at the referenced location when the value of example looks like a reference object.

To Reproduce

Given this OAD...

openapi: 3.0.3
servers:
  - url: https://example.com/api
    description: Example API server
info:
  title: OpenAPI Enum Boolean Bug Example
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /test-bool-enum:
    post:
      summary: Test boolean enum bug
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoolEnumObject'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
components:
  schemas:
    BoolEnumObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        mustBeFalse:
          type: boolean
          enum: [false]
      required:
        - mustBeFalse
      example:
        $ref: '#/components/examples/BoolEnumObjectInvalid'
  examples:
    BoolEnumObjectValid:
      value:
        mustBeFalse: false
    BoolEnumObjectInvalid:
      value:
        mustBeFalse: true

Run spectral linting with oas3-valid-schema-example enabled. Your choice as to how.

See error reported.

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Full error content:

[{
	"resource": "openapi-bug-example.yml",
	"owner": "spectral",
	"code": "oas3-valid-schema-example",
	"severity": 8,
	"message": "\"example\" property must have required property \"mustBeFalse\"",
	"source": "spectral",
	"startLineNumber": 36,
	"startColumn": 27,
	"endLineNumber": 38,
	"endColumn": 26
}]

Expected behavior

Reporting location should be where the example is defined.

Environment (remove any that are not applicable):

  • Library version: 6.15.0

Additional context Likely related to https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues/2830

Relequestual avatar Jul 17 '25 09:07 Relequestual

Related to https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues/1310

Relequestual avatar Jul 31 '25 15:07 Relequestual