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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions internal/schemas/generator/go.go
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Expand Up @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ import (
"time"

"github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime"
openapi_types "github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime/types"

{{- range .ExternalImports}}
{{ . }}
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_ json.RawMessage = nil
_ = fmt.Errorf
_ = runtime.JSONMerge
_ openapi_types.Email
)
`

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion internal/schemas/generator/runtimeobject.go
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ const (
roRuntimeAlias = "k8sruntime"
roRuntimeImport = "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
roSchemaImport = "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"

// roOpenAPITypesAlias is the alias oapi-codegen uses for its formatted
// string types (Email, Date, File, UUID).
roOpenAPITypesAlias = "openapi_types"
)

// roScalarSelectorTypes are k8s types referenced via a package selector that are
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// pkg.Type — time.* and known alias types (Time, MicroTime, FieldsV1)
// are scalars; every other referenced package type is a generated struct
// with a DeepCopyInto method.
if pkg, ok := x.X.(*ast.Ident); ok && pkg.Name == "time" {
if pkg, ok := x.X.(*ast.Ident); ok && (pkg.Name == "time" || pkg.Name == roOpenAPITypesAlias) {
// oapi-codegen emits openapi_types.Email, Date, File and UUID for
// formatted strings. None of them has a DeepCopyInto method:
// Email is a string, UUID is an array, Date wraps a time.Time and
// File holds unexported fields. They copy by value.
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printf '%s\n' '--- module files and dependency versions ---'
git ls-files '*go.mod' '*go.sum' | xargs -r rg -n 'oapi-codegen|github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime'
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rg -n -A8 -B8 'DeepCopy|File|classifyElem|runtimeobject' internal/schemas/generator --glob '*_test.go'
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In the context of oapi-codegen, types.File (found in github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime/types) is a specialized type designed to handle file uploads, particularly when working with multipart/form-data [1][2][3]. Key interactions between types.File and file data include: Initialization You can populate a types.File struct from existing multipart data or raw bytes: - InitFromMultipart(header *multipart.FileHeader): This method allows you to initialize a types.File instance directly from a multipart.FileHeader, which is the standard Go type for files received in a multipart request [1]. - InitFromBytes(data []byte, filename string): This method allows you to manually create a types.File by providing the file content as a byte slice along with a filename [1]. Accessing Data - Bytes: This method returns the underlying file content as a []byte [1][2][3]. - Reader: This method returns an io.ReadCloser to stream the file content [1]. - Filename: Returns the associated filename [1][2]. - FileSize: Returns the size of the file in bytes [1]. Important Considerations - Binding: While oapi-codegen generates structs using types.File for multipart fields, automatic binding (e.g., using standard framework binders like Echo's) often faces challenges because framework binders typically do not recognize types.File as a standard multipart type and may require custom handling or strict server implementations to function correctly [4][5]. - Deprecation: Older versions of oapi-codegen used github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen/pkg/types. Newer versions use github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime/types, and you should ensure you are referencing the modern package to avoid deprecated code [3]. - Binary Format: When using JSON, note that the binary format does not natively support raw binary data in JSON; it is intended for use with multipart or specific binary-capable content types [6]. If you encounter issues with JSON-encoded binary data, it is often because Go's JSON marshaling expects base64 encoding [6].

Citations:

Do not classify openapi_types.File as a scalar.

classifyElem sends every openapi_types selector to the scalar-copy path. That path copies File by value. File exposes its underlying byte slice and retains multipart file state, so a deep copy can share mutable state with the original. This affects direct File fields and []File fields.

Could we add a dedicated File copy path and regression coverage for both cases?

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In `@internal/schemas/generator/runtimeobject.go` around lines 223 - 227, The
classifyElem logic must not treat openapi_types.File as a scalar value. Add a
dedicated deep-copy path for File that avoids sharing its mutable byte-slice and
multipart state, and apply it consistently to direct File fields and []File
elements while preserving scalar handling for Email, Date, and UUID. Add
regression coverage for both direct and slice cases.

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This looks like a legitimate issue. Not sure what the right solution is, given that File's fields are unexported. I think it's unlikely that anyone uses format: binary in an XRD, but we should probably still handle it in some way. Maybe it makes sense to handle it specially in the go generator, e.g. by setting x-go-type to []byte, which I believe would match how the k8s apiserver handles these fields.

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printf '%s\n' '--- OpenAPI type mapping and format references ---'
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  -e 'format:[[:space:]]*binary' \
  -e 'openapi_types\.File' \
  -e 'runtime/types' \
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  internal --glob '*.go' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.json'

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printf '%s\n' '--- schema fixture candidates and formatted-string definitions ---'
fd -t f . | rg '(^|/)(testdata|test-data|fixtures?)(/|$)|\.(yaml|yml|json)$' | head -160
rg -n -i -C 5 'format:[[:space:]]*(email|date|uuid|binary)|format"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"(email|date|uuid|binary)' \
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@adamwg, I agree that mapping type: string, format: binary to []byte in the Go generator is the safer direction.

This avoids openapi_types.File and its inaccessible internal state. It also better matches Kubernetes API conventions for binary data.

There is one additional case to handle. A direct binary field will generate as *[]byte, and the current deepcopy generator can copy its bytes. An array of binary fields will generate as *[][]byte. The current slice-copy path copies only the outer slice, so the copied model would still share the inner byte slices.

I recommend that the change:

  1. Recursively add x-go-type: []byte to every string schema with format: binary.
  2. Keep Email, Date, and UUID in the scalar-copy path.
  3. Remove File from that scalar-copy path.
  4. Extend deepcopy generation to recursively copy nested slices.
  5. Add regression coverage for both format: binary and an array whose items use format: binary.

This keeps the generated models independent after DeepCopy, including the array case.

Would you prefer to include this broader binary-format support in this PR, or track it as a follow-up to the email-format fix?

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return fkScalar
}
if roScalarSelectorTypes[x.Sel.Name] {
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type: string
description: |
The name of the account to be scaffolded.
members:
type: array
description: |
Member principals for the account.
items:
type: string
format: email
required:
- name
required:
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