From f4a1ee2a9de6b72cbf6a02ae66874700927a6220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kosabogi <105062005+kosabogi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:00:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Sets 'separators' and 'separators_group' parameters to
 optional and updates descriptions (#5216)

* Sets separators and separators_group parameters to optional and updates descriptions

* Fixes code style error

(cherry picked from commit ac89683f5d6a90d5a40e12537fd61a8d1130fbe2)
---
 specification/_types/mapping/ChunkingSettings.ts |  4 ++--
 specification/inference/_types/Services.ts       | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/specification/_types/mapping/ChunkingSettings.ts b/specification/_types/mapping/ChunkingSettings.ts
index 8e942c898e..75454d0956 100644
--- a/specification/_types/mapping/ChunkingSettings.ts
+++ b/specification/_types/mapping/ChunkingSettings.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import { OverloadOf } from '@spec_utils/behaviors'
 export class ChunkingSettings implements OverloadOf<InferenceChunkingSettings> {
   strategy: string
 
-  separator_group: string
+  separator_group?: string
 
-  separators: string[]
+  separators?: string[]
 
   max_chunk_size: integer
 
diff --git a/specification/inference/_types/Services.ts b/specification/inference/_types/Services.ts
index 69b084d63d..706c6a92ef 100644
--- a/specification/inference/_types/Services.ts
+++ b/specification/inference/_types/Services.ts
@@ -310,16 +310,18 @@ export class InferenceChunkingSettings {
    */
   sentence_overlap?: integer
   /**
-   * This parameter is only applicable when using the `recursive` chunking strategy.
+   * Only applicable to the `recursive` strategy and required when using it.
    *
    * Sets a predefined list of separators in the saved chunking settings based on the selected text type.
    * Values can be `markdown` or `plaintext`.
    *
    * Using this parameter is an alternative to manually specifying a custom `separators` list.
    */
-  separator_group: string
+  separator_group?: string
   /**
-   * A list of strings used as possible split points when chunking text with the `recursive` strategy.
+   * Only applicable to the `recursive` strategy and required when using it.
+   *
+   * A list of strings used as possible split points when chunking text.
    *
    * Each string can be a plain string or a regular expression (regex) pattern.
    * The system tries each separator in order to split the text, starting from the first item in the list.
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ export class InferenceChunkingSettings {
    * After splitting, it attempts to recombine smaller pieces into larger chunks that stay within
    * the `max_chunk_size` limit, to reduce the total number of chunks generated.
    */
-  separators: string[]
+  separators?: string[]
   /**
    * The chunking strategy: `sentence`, `word`, `none` or `recursive`.
    *