From 25e4582f216d849437d6c0f63e841fcb855e610d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 1cbyc <isaacnsisong@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:33:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(python-flask): validate byte length for format:byte
 fields

When a string field has format:byte with minLength/maxLength constraints,
the generated validation code incorrectly checks string length instead
of base64-decoded byte length.

Added conditional logic using isByteArray flag to validate decoded
byte length for byte array fields. Maintains existing string length
validation for non-byte fields.

Fixes #450
---
 .../resources/python-flask/model.mustache     | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-flask/model.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-flask/model.mustache
index bf1818f6c104..5a541ef5a73c 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-flask/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/python-flask/model.mustache
@@ -130,12 +130,38 @@ class {{classname}}(Model):
 {{/required}}
 {{#hasValidation}}
 {{#maxLength}}
+{{#isByteArray}}
+        if {{name}} is not None:
+            import base64
+            try:
+                decoded_length = len(base64.b64decode({{name}}))
+                if decoded_length > {{maxLength}}:
+                    raise ValueError("Invalid value for `{{name}}`, byte length must be less than or equal to `{{maxLength}}`")  # noqa: E501
+            except (TypeError, ValueError, base64.binascii.Error):
+                # If it's not valid base64, other validation will catch it
+                pass
+{{/isByteArray}}
+{{^isByteArray}}
         if {{name}} is not None and len({{name}}) > {{maxLength}}:
             raise ValueError("Invalid value for `{{name}}`, length must be less than or equal to `{{maxLength}}`")  # noqa: E501
+{{/isByteArray}}
 {{/maxLength}}
 {{#minLength}}
+{{#isByteArray}}
+        if {{name}} is not None:
+            import base64
+            try:
+                decoded_length = len(base64.b64decode({{name}}))
+                if decoded_length < {{minLength}}:
+                    raise ValueError("Invalid value for `{{name}}`, byte length must be greater than or equal to `{{minLength}}`")  # noqa: E501
+            except (TypeError, ValueError, base64.binascii.Error):
+                # If it's not valid base64, other validation will catch it
+                pass
+{{/isByteArray}}
+{{^isByteArray}}
         if {{name}} is not None and len({{name}}) < {{minLength}}:
             raise ValueError("Invalid value for `{{name}}`, length must be greater than or equal to `{{minLength}}`")  # noqa: E501
+{{/isByteArray}}
 {{/minLength}}
 {{#maximum}}
         if {{name}} is not None and {{name}} >{{#exclusiveMaximum}}={{/exclusiveMaximum}} {{maximum}}:  # noqa: E501