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Summary

  • Fix Schema.Validate() to recursively validate sub-schemas inside OpenAPI 3.1 / JSON Schema 2020-12 fields

Problem

Schema.Validate() (called by doc.Validate()) recursively validates sub-schemas in pre-3.1 fields (Items, Properties, AdditionalProperties, Not, AllOf, AnyOf, OneOf), catching issues like invalid regex patterns or unresolved refs. However, it did not recurse into the new OpenAPI 3.1 fields, so invalid sub-schemas nested inside them went undetected.

For example, this invalid schema would pass doc.Validate() without error:

type: object
propertyNames:
  type: string
  pattern: "[invalid"  # bad regex - was not caught

Solution

Add recursive sub-schema validation for all OpenAPI 3.1 fields: prefixItems, contains, patternProperties, dependentSchemas, propertyNames, unevaluatedItems, unevaluatedProperties.

Each field follows the same pattern already used for existing fields — checking for unresolved refs and recursing into validate().

Related

Follow-up to PR #1114 (OpenAPI 3.1 support).

Test plan

  • New test TestSchemaValidate31SubSchemas with 8 sub-tests covering each field type
  • Tests verify both invalid sub-schemas are caught and valid ones pass
  • All existing tests pass

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Chance Kirsch and others added 14 commits October 2, 2025 08:46
The implementation provides complete OpenAPI 3.1 specification compliance while maintaining 100% backward compatibility with OpenAPI 3.0.

## What Was Implemented

### 1. Schema Object Extensions (openapi3/schema.go)

Added full JSON Schema 2020-12 support with new fields:

- **`Const`** - Constant value validation
- **`Examples`** - Array of examples (replaces singular `example`)
- **`PrefixItems`** - Tuple validation for arrays
- **`Contains`, `MinContains`, `MaxContains`** - Array containment validation
- **`PatternProperties`** - Pattern-based property matching
- **`DependentSchemas`** - Conditional schema dependencies
- **`PropertyNames`** - Property name validation
- **`UnevaluatedItems`, `UnevaluatedProperties`** - Unevaluated keyword support
- **Type arrays** - Support for `["string", "null"]` notation

### 2. Document-Level Features (openapi3/openapi3.go)

- **`Webhooks`** - New field for defining webhook callbacks (OpenAPI 3.1)
- **`JSONSchemaDialect`** - Specifies default JSON Schema dialect
- **Version detection methods**:
  - `IsOpenAPI3_0()` - Returns true for 3.0.x documents
  - `IsOpenAPI3_1()` - Returns true for 3.1.x documents
  - `Version()` - Returns major.minor version string

### 3. License Object (openapi3/license.go)

- **`Identifier`** - SPDX license expression (alternative to URL)

### 4. Info Object (openapi3/info.go)

- **`Summary`** - Short summary of the API (OpenAPI 3.1)

### 5. Types Helper Methods (openapi3/schema.go)

New methods for working with type arrays:

- `IncludesNull()` - Checks if null type is included
- `IsMultiple()` - Detects type arrays (OpenAPI 3.1 feature)
- `IsSingle()` - Checks for single type
- `IsEmpty()` - Checks for unspecified types

### 6. JSON Schema 2020-12 Validator (openapi3/schema_jsonschema_validator.go)

A new opt-in validator using [santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6](https://github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema):

- Full JSON Schema Draft 2020-12 compliance
- Automatic OpenAPI → JSON Schema transformation
- Converts OpenAPI 3.0 `nullable` to type arrays
- Handles `exclusiveMinimum`/`exclusiveMaximum` conversion
- Comprehensive error formatting
- Fallback to built-in validator on compilation errors
…d formatting and correcting the version logic
The ResolveRefsIn function was not resolving $ref references inside
webhooks, causing Schema.Value to be nil when a webhook operation
referenced a component schema.

This adds webhook ref resolution after the paths loop, using the same
resolvePathItemRef function since webhooks contain PathItem objects.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
In OpenAPI 3.0 (JSON Schema draft-04), exclusiveMinimum/exclusiveMaximum
are booleans that modify minimum/maximum values.

In OpenAPI 3.1 (JSON Schema 2020-12), they are numbers representing
the actual exclusive bounds.

This change introduces ExclusiveBound type that can hold either:
- Bool: for OpenAPI 3.0 style boolean modifier
- Value: for OpenAPI 3.1 style numeric bound

The validation and marshaling logic handles both formats correctly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Schema.Validate() (used by doc.Validate()) recursively validates
sub-schemas in Items, Properties, AdditionalProperties, etc. but did
not recurse into the new OpenAPI 3.1 / JSON Schema 2020-12 fields.
Invalid sub-schemas nested inside these fields went undetected.

This adds validation for: prefixItems, contains, patternProperties,
dependentSchemas, propertyNames, unevaluatedItems,
unevaluatedProperties.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Superseded by #1125 which consolidates all OpenAPI 3.1 PRs into a single PR.

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