#2545·ajv

Error message from strict schema validation does not contain whole path

Author: shonigbaumCreated Apr 10, 2025Updated Sep 14, 2026

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What version of Ajv are you using? Does the issue happen if you use the latest version? Latest version (8.17.1)

Ajv options object

javascript

const ajvOptions = {
    unicodeRegExp: false,
    allErrors: true,
    strict: 'log',
    allowUnionTypes: true
}

JSON Schema

json

{
  "$id": "https://example.com/schema/1.0",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "description": "unique ID of this event",
      "properties": {}
    },
    "ref": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/ref"
    },
    "anotherRef": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/anotherRef"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "definitions": {
    "anotherRef": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "properties": {}
        }
      ]
    },
    "ref": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/anotherRef"
        },
        {
          "properties": {}
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Error messages of strict valdation

strict mode: missing type "object" for keyword "properties" at "https://example.com/schema/1.0#/properties/id" (strictTypes)

strict mode: missing type "object" for keyword "properties" at "https://example.com/schema/1.0#/definitions/anotherRef/allOf/1" (strictTypes)

strict mode: missing type "object" for keyword "properties" at "https://example.com/schema/1.0#/allOf/1" (strictTypes)

What results did you expect? Last error message does not contain the whole path, so the user does not know where to look for the mentioned error. Especially with a big schema it can be a problem.

Message should contain whole path and look like:

strict mode: missing type "object" for keyword "properties" at "https://example.com/schema/1.0#/definitions/ref/allOf/1" (strictTypes)

Source: ajv-validator/ajv

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