From 8a7e83c844555fbb57fabc063361dfa593d2b1ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Matei <andrei.matei@mongodb.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:28:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ipa): handle delete request bodies in IPA-117

---
 ...estResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.test.js | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...7RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.js |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.test.js b/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.test.js
index 8a6e53afe2..fcb2059e9f 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.test.js
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.test.js
@@ -150,6 +150,65 @@ testRule('xgen-IPA-117-request-response-bodies-must-be-well-defined', [
     },
     errors: [],
   },
+  {
+    name: 'delete request body with schema does not crash',
+    document: {
+      paths: {
+        '/resource/{id}': {
+          delete: {
+            requestBody: {
+              content: {
+                'application/vnd.atlas.2024-08-05+json': {
+                  schema: {
+                    type: 'object',
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+            responses: {
+              204: {
+                content: {
+                  'application/vnd.atlas.2024-08-05+json': {},
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'delete request body without schema is still validated',
+    document: {
+      paths: {
+        '/resource/{id}': {
+          delete: {
+            requestBody: {
+              content: {
+                'application/vnd.atlas.2024-08-05+json': {},
+              },
+            },
+            responses: {
+              204: {
+                content: {
+                  'application/vnd.atlas.2024-08-05+json': {},
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [
+      {
+        code: 'xgen-IPA-117-request-response-bodies-must-be-well-defined',
+        message: 'Request and response bodies must have a schema.',
+        path: ['paths', '/resource/{id}', 'delete', 'requestBody', 'content', 'application/vnd.atlas.2024-08-05+json'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
   {
     name: 'invalid requests and responses',
     document: {
diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.js b/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.js
index ec8321314a..880425413d 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.js
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/IPA117RequestResponseBodiesMustBeWellDefined.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default (input, opts, { path, documentInventory, rule }) => {
   // Custom POST method 2xx responses
   if (
     httpResponseCode === '202' ||
-    (httpMethod === 'delete' && httpResponseCode.startsWith('2')) ||
+    (httpMethod === 'delete' && httpResponseCode?.startsWith('2')) ||
     (operationIsCustomMethod && httpMethod === 'post' && httpResponseCode?.startsWith('2'))
   ) {
     return;