Code Review Bench PR #64401 - [release/10.0] Fix ModelMetadata null reference exception in emitted XMLComment transformers by ketkarameya · Pull Request #8 · gitarcode/aspnetcore

ketkarameya · 2026-02-10T20:10:59Z

Code Review Bench PR dotnet#64401 - [release/10.0] Fix ModelMetadata null reference exception in emitted XMLComment transformers

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Original PR: agentic-review-benchmarks#8

Fixes null reference exception in ModelMetadata XMLComment transformers for release/10.0.

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Fixed null reference exception: Added null-check guard for ModelMetadata in XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs to prevent crashes when route parameters are documented in XML comments but not used by handler methods
Regression test coverage: Added SupportsRouteParametersFromControllers() test to validate parameter descriptions in OpenAPI schema for unused route parameters
Backward compatible: Uses modern C# pattern (metadata is not null) without affecting existing functionality or introducing breaking changes

…ment transformers When a route parameter does not have a bound model it would case a null reference exception because the ModelMetadata on the ParameterDescriptor was null. This is fixed by adding a null reference check Fixes dotnet#63757

As I think this was the encoding before my change

gitar-bot-staging · 2026-02-10T20:21:59Z

src/OpenApi/gen/XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs

                if (methodComment.Remarks is { } remarks)
                {
-                    operation.Description = remarks;
+                    operation.Summary = remarks;
                }


⚠️ Bug: Remarks now overwrites Summary instead of setting Description

The change from operation.Description = remarks to operation.Summary = remarks (line 382) means that when both <summary> and <remarks> XML tags are present on a method, the remarks text will overwrite the summary that was just set on line 374.

Previously:

<summary> → operation.Summary

<remarks> → operation.Description

Now:

<summary> → operation.Summary

<remarks> → operation.Summary (overwrites the summary!)

This seems semantically incorrect. If both tags are provided, the summary is silently lost. The original behavior of mapping remarks to operation.Description makes more sense in the OpenAPI context, where Summary and Description are distinct fields.

Additionally, this change is NOT reflected in any of the 9 snapshot files (they all still have operation.Description = remarks), so the snapshot tests will fail when regenerated.

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if (methodComment.Remarks is { } remarks)

{

operation.Description = remarks;

operation.Summary = remarks;

}

if (methodComment.Remarks is { } remarks)

{

operation.Description = remarks;

}

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gitar-bot-staging · 2026-02-10T20:22:00Z

src/OpenApi/gen/XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs

                    if (XmlCommentCache.Cache.TryGetValue(DocumentationCommentIdHelper.NormalizeDocId(propertyDocId), out var propertyComment))
                    {
-                        var parameter = operation.Parameters?.SingleOrDefault(p => p.Name == metadata.Name);
+                        var parameter = operation.Parameters?.SingleOrDefault(p => p.Name == propertyName);


⚠️ Bug: Snapshot files not updated for propertyName and other changes

The emitter template has three changes beyond the null-check fix, but the snapshot verification files were only updated for the null-check. The other changes will cause snapshot test failures:

p.Name == metadata.Name → p.Name == propertyName (line 452): All 9 snapshot files still use metadata.Name.

operation.Description = remarks → operation.Summary = remarks (line 382): All 9 snapshot files still use Description.

operation.RequestBody.Description = description moved after examples block (line 479): All 9 snapshot files still have the old ordering with Description before the examples check.

Since these are verified snapshot files (used by the test framework to verify source generator output), having them out of sync with the actual emitter template means the tests will fail. Either the snapshots need to be regenerated, or these emitter changes should be reverted if they were unintended.

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gitar-bot-staging · 2026-02-10T20:22:03Z

Code Review ⚠️ Changes requested 0 resolved / 3 findings

The core null-check fix is correct, but three additional unrelated changes in the emitter template (remarks→Summary overwrite, metadata.Name→propertyName, RequestBody.Description reorder) were not reflected in the 9 snapshot verification files, causing test failures.

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Bug: Remarks now overwrites Summary instead of setting Description

📄 src/OpenApi/gen/XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs:380-383

The change from operation.Description = remarks to operation.Summary = remarks (line 382) means that when both <summary> and <remarks> XML tags are present on a method, the remarks text will overwrite the summary that was just set on line 374.

Previously:

<summary> → operation.Summary
<remarks> → operation.Description

Now:

<summary> → operation.Summary
<remarks> → operation.Summary (overwrites the summary!)

This seems semantically incorrect. If both tags are provided, the summary is silently lost. The original behavior of mapping remarks to operation.Description makes more sense in the OpenAPI context, where Summary and Description are distinct fields.

Additionally, this change is NOT reflected in any of the 9 snapshot files (they all still have operation.Description = remarks), so the snapshot tests will fail when regenerated.

Suggested fix

                if (methodComment.Remarks is { } remarks)
                {
                    operation.Description = remarks;
                }

⚠️

Bug: Snapshot files not updated for propertyName and other changes

📄 src/OpenApi/gen/XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs:452 📄 src/OpenApi/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi.SourceGenerators.Tests/snapshots/OperationTests.SupportsRouteParametersFromControllers#OpenApiXmlCommentSupport.generated.verified.cs

The emitter template has three changes beyond the null-check fix, but the snapshot verification files were only updated for the null-check. The other changes will cause snapshot test failures:

p.Name == metadata.Name → p.Name == propertyName (line 452): All 9 snapshot files still use metadata.Name.
operation.Description = remarks → operation.Summary = remarks (line 382): All 9 snapshot files still use Description.
operation.RequestBody.Description = description moved after examples block (line 479): All 9 snapshot files still have the old ordering with Description before the examples check.

Since these are verified snapshot files (used by the test framework to verify source generator output), having them out of sync with the actual emitter template means the tests will fail. Either the snapshots need to be regenerated, or these emitter changes should be reverted if they were unintended.

💡 Quality: License header removed from XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs

📄 src/OpenApi/gen/XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs:1

The MIT license header (// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.) was removed from XmlCommentGenerator.Emitter.cs. Every other file in src/OpenApi/gen/ retains this header. This appears to be an accidental deletion — the diff shows the first 3 lines (the license comment block) were removed.

Suggested fix

// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.

using System.Collections.Generic;

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desjoerd and others added 5 commits January 25, 2026 11:59

Change snapshots to utf-8 with bom

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As I think this was the encoding before my change

Rename controller test to allow adding it for minimal api's as well

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Fix whitespace difference in OpenApi XML Source generator snapshot

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