fix(typed-enum): modify spectral rule to look only at schemas

packages/ruleset/src/ibm-oas.js

@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ module.exports = {
     'path-not-include-query': true,
     // Enable with same severity as Spectral
     'no-$ref-siblings': true,
-    // Enable with same severity as Spectral
-    'typed-enum': true,
+    // Enable with same settings as Spectral, but override the rule to modify
+    // the 'given' field to only check schemas - Spectral checks everything.
+    'typed-enum': ibmRules.typedEnum,
     // Enable with same severity as Spectral
     'oas2-api-host': true,
     // Enable with same severity as Spectral

packages/ruleset/src/rules/index.js

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = {
   serverVariableDefaultValue: require('./server-variable-default-value'),
   stringAttributes: require('./string-attributes'),
   summarySentenceStyle: require('./summary-sentence-style'),
+  typedEnum: require('./typed-enum'),
   unevaluatedProperties: require('./unevaluated-properties'),
   unusedTags: require('./unused-tags'),
   uniqueParameterRequestPropertyNames: require('./unique-parameter-request-property-names'),

packages/ruleset/src/rules/typed-enum.js

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2025 IBM Corporation.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache2.0
+ */
+
+const {
+  schemas,
+} = require('@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset-utilities/src/collections');
+const { oas } = require('@stoplight/spectral-rulesets');
+
+// Spectral's "typed-enum" rule matches any object that happens to have a
+// "type" and "enum" field on it. This results in false positives when
+// APIs have metadata, like SDK generation metadata, contained in an
+// extension, that contains objects with these keys are are not schemas.
+// This solves the issue by replacing the "given" field with our "schemas"
+// collection, modified to only give schemas with a "type" and "enum" field,
+// while otherwise maintaining Spectral's implementation of the rule.
+const typedEnum = oas.rules['typed-enum'];
+typedEnum.given = schemas.map(s =>
+  s.replace(
+    '[*].schema',
+    '[?(@.schema && @.schema.type && @.schema.enum)].schema'
+  )
+);
+
+module.exports = typedEnum;

packages/ruleset/test/rules/typed-enum.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2025 IBM Corporation.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache2.0
+ */
+
+const { typedEnum } = require('../../src/rules');
+const {
+  makeCopy,
+  rootDocument,
+  testRule,
+  severityCodes,
+} = require('../test-utils');
+
+const rule = typedEnum;
+const ruleId = 'typed-enum';
+const expectedSeverity = severityCodes.warning;
+
+describe(`Spectral rule: ${ruleId} (modified)`, () => {
+  describe('Should not yield errors', () => {
+    it('Clean spec', async () => {
+      const results = await testRule(ruleId, rule, rootDocument);
+      expect(results).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    // Spectral's rule, on its own, would not pass this test due to
+    // the fact that it looks at the whole spec for anything with a
+    // "type" and an "enum" field.
+    it('Ignore seemingly-violating non-schema objects', async () => {
+      const testDocument = makeCopy(rootDocument);
+
+      testDocument['x-sdk-apiref'] = {
+        type: 'int64',
+        enum: [
+          'this is based on real, internal metadata',
+          'that spectral would inappropriately flag',
+        ],
+      };
+
+      const results = await testRule(ruleId, rule, testDocument);
+      expect(results).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Should yield errors', () => {
+    // This duplicates Spectral's negative test for this rule.
+    it('Schema enum field contains values that do not match the type', async () => {
+      const testDocument = makeCopy(rootDocument);
+
+      testDocument.paths['/v1/drinks'].parameters = [
+        {
+          schema: {
+            type: 'integer',
+            enum: [1, 'a string!', 3, 'and another one!'],
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const results = await testRule(ruleId, rule, testDocument);
+      expect(results).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      const expectedResults = [
+        {
+          message: 'Enum value "a string!" must be "integer".',
+          path: 'paths./v1/drinks.parameters.0.schema.enum.1',
+        },
+        {
+          message: 'Enum value "and another one!" must be "integer".',
+          path: 'paths./v1/drinks.parameters.0.schema.enum.3',
+        },
+      ];
+
+      for (const i in results) {
+        expect(results[i].code).toBe(ruleId);
+        expect(results[i].severity).toBe(expectedSeverity);
+
+        const { message, path } = expectedResults[i];
+        expect(results[i].message).toBe(message);
+        expect(results[i].path.join('.')).toBe(path);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});