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Hardik K (hardikkaurani) · 2026-11-05T18:25:11Z

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Description

This pull request ensures that specification extensions (Extensions) are preserved when copying OpenApiPaths and OpenApiResponses instances via their copy constructors.

Previously, OpenApiPaths(OpenApiPaths paths) and OpenApiResponses(OpenApiResponses openApiResponses) called base(dictionary: ...) without forwarding the existing instance's Extensions. Because the extensions parameter defaults to null, OpenApiExtensibleDictionary initialized Extensions = [], dropping any specification extensions configured on Paths or Responses.

This also caused OpenApiDocument(OpenApiDocument document) and OpenApiOperation(OpenApiOperation operation) to lose any Paths.Extensions and Responses.Extensions during document or operation cloning.

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Changes Made

Updated OpenApiPaths(OpenApiPaths paths) to pass extensions: paths?.Extensions != null ? new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiExtension>(paths.Extensions) : null to the base constructor.
Updated OpenApiResponses(OpenApiResponses openApiResponses) to pass extensions: openApiResponses?.Extensions != null ? new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiExtension>(openApiResponses.Extensions) : null to the base constructor.
Updated XML documentation on both copy constructors to clarify that specification extensions are copied into a new dictionary.
Added comprehensive unit tests in OpenApiPathsTests and OpenApiResponsesTests covering extensions preservation, dictionary mutation isolation, null parameter handling, and empty extensions handling.
Added regression tests in OpenApiDocumentTests and OpenApiOperationTests verifying that cloning an OpenApiDocument preserves Paths.Extensions and cloning an OpenApiOperation preserves Responses.Extensions.

Testing

Unit tests added/updated
Integration tests added/updated
Manual testing performed
All existing tests pass

Local verification:

dotnet test test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests.csproj -> 1322 passed, 0 failed.
dotnet test test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests.csproj -> 637 passed, 0 failed.

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I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
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I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes

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Preserves full backwards compatibility and public API analyzer surface without any breaking changes.

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Hardik K (hardikkaurani) · 2026-11-05T18:25:43Z

Hi Vincent Biret (@baywet),

While working with the model copy constructors, I noticed that OpenApiPaths and OpenApiResponses, both deriving from OpenApiExtensibleDictionary<T>, invoked base(dictionary: ...) without passing the existing instance's Extensions.

Since the extensions parameter defaults to null, any specification extensions attached to Paths or Responses were silently dropped during cloning. This also affected copies of parent OpenApiDocument and OpenApiOperation instances.

This PR updates both copy constructors to pass a shallow copy of Extensions to the base class, adds unit and regression tests covering the affected models, and updates the corresponding XML documentation.

Whenever you have a moment, I'd appreciate your review. Thank you!

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…enApiResponses copy constructors (#3162) (#3163) * fix(models): preserve extensions in OpenApiPaths copy constructor * test(models): add unit tests for OpenApiPaths copy constructor extensions * test(models): verify OpenApiDocument copy constructor preserves Paths extensions * fix(models): preserve extensions in OpenApiResponses copy constructor * test(models): add unit tests for OpenApiResponses copy constructor extensions * test(models): verify OpenApiOperation copy constructor preserves Responses extensions * test(models): add edge case tests for null and empty extensions in Paths and Responses copy constructors * docs(models): update XML documentation on OpenApiPaths and OpenApiResponses copy constructors --------- Signed-off-by: Hardik K <hardikkaurani1@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Hardik K <hardikkaurani1@gmail.com>

Hardik K (hardikkaurani) added 8 commits November 5, 2026 23:48

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