version: 1.0.120

fixtures/polymorphism.json

@@ -636,5 +636,110 @@
         }
       }
     ]
+  },
+  {
+    "description": "STI Projections (Lacking Kind Discriminator Definitions)",
+    "database": {
+      "types": [
+        {
+          "name": "widget",
+          "variations": [
+            "widget"
+          ],
+          "schemas": {
+            "widget": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "type": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "stock.widget": {
+              "type": "widget",
+              "properties": {
+                "kind": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "amount": {
+                  "type": "integer"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "projected.widget": {
+              "type": "widget",
+              "properties": {
+                "alias": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "schemas": {
+        "stock_widget_validation": {
+          "type": "stock.widget"
+        },
+        "projected_widget_validation": {
+          "type": "projected.widget"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "tests": [
+      {
+        "description": "stock.widget securely expects kind when configured",
+        "schema_id": "stock_widget_validation",
+        "data": {
+          "type": "widget",
+          "amount": 5
+        },
+        "action": "validate",
+        "expect": {
+          "success": false,
+          "errors": [
+            {
+              "code": "MISSING_KIND",
+              "details": {
+                "path": ""
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "description": "projected.widget seamlessly bypasses kind expectation when excluded from schema",
+        "schema_id": "projected_widget_validation",
+        "data": {
+          "type": "widget",
+          "alias": "Test Projection"
+        },
+        "action": "validate",
+        "expect": {
+          "success": true
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "description": "projected.widget securely fails if user erroneously provides extra kind property",
+        "schema_id": "projected_widget_validation",
+        "data": {
+          "type": "widget",
+          "alias": "Test Projection",
+          "kind": "projected"
+        },
+        "action": "validate",
+        "expect": {
+          "success": false,
+          "errors": [
+            {
+              "code": "STRICT_PROPERTY_VIOLATION",
+              "details": {
+                "path": "kind"
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    ]
   }
 ]

src/tests/fixtures.rs

@@ -1559,6 +1559,24 @@ fn test_polymorphism_4_1() {
     crate::tests::runner::run_test_case(&path, 4, 1).unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_polymorphism_5_0() {
+    let path = format!("{}/fixtures/polymorphism.json", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    crate::tests::runner::run_test_case(&path, 5, 0).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_polymorphism_5_1() {
+    let path = format!("{}/fixtures/polymorphism.json", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    crate::tests::runner::run_test_case(&path, 5, 1).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_polymorphism_5_2() {
+    let path = format!("{}/fixtures/polymorphism.json", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    crate::tests::runner::run_test_case(&path, 5, 2).unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_not_0_0() {
     let path = format!("{}/fixtures/not.json", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));

src/validator/rules/extensible.rs

@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ impl<'a> ValidationContext<'a> {
 
     if let Some(obj) = self.instance.as_object() {
       for key in obj.keys() {
-        if key == "type" || key == "kind" {
-          continue; // Reserved keywords implicitly allowed
-        }
         if !result.evaluated_keys.contains(key) && !self.overrides.contains(key) {
           result.errors.push(ValidationError {
             code: "STRICT_PROPERTY_VIOLATION".to_string(),

src/validator/rules/object.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ impl<'a> ValidationContext<'a> {
 
           // If the target mathematically declares a horizontal structural STI variation natively
           if schema_identifier_str.contains('.') {
+            let requires_kind = self.schema.compiled_properties.get()
+                .map_or(false, |p| p.contains_key("kind"));
+            
+            if requires_kind {
               if obj.get("kind").is_none() {
                 result.errors.push(ValidationError {
                   code: "MISSING_KIND".to_string(),
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ impl<'a> ValidationContext<'a> {
                 result.evaluated_keys.insert("kind".to_string());
               }
             }
+          }
         } else {
           // If it isn't registered globally, it might be a nested Ad-Hoc candidate running via O(1) union routers.
           // Because they lack manual type property descriptors, we natively shield "type" and "kind" keys from

version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.119
+1.0.120