From ad21cb21d1c6618bd04f87dcb657f615fad61607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cyphercodes <cyphercodes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 06:51:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix empty string TypeScript enum members

---
 .changeset/fix-empty-string-enum-members.md   |  5 +
 packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts     | 30 +++---
 .../openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts    |  8 ++
 .../test/transform/schema-object/enum.test.ts | 92 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fix-empty-string-enum-members.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fix-empty-string-enum-members.md b/.changeset/fix-empty-string-enum-members.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33912c224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-empty-string-enum-members.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"openapi-typescript": patch
+---
+
+Generate valid TypeScript enum members for empty string enum values when using `--enum`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
index d1f41eb88..1bf9345d5 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
@@ -408,20 +408,24 @@ function sanitizeMemberName(name: string) {
 export function tsEnumMember(value: string | number, metadata: { name?: string; description?: string | null } = {}) {
   let name = metadata.name ?? String(value);
   if (!JS_PROPERTY_INDEX_RE.test(name)) {
-    if (Number(name[0]) >= 0) {
-      name = `Value${name}`.replace(".", "_"); // don't forged decimals;
-    } else if (name[0] === "-") {
-      name = `ValueMinus${name.slice(1)}`;
-    }
+    if (name === "") {
+      name = `"${name}"`;
+    } else {
+      if (Number(name[0]) >= 0) {
+        name = `Value${name}`.replace(".", "_"); // don't forged decimals;
+      } else if (name[0] === "-") {
+        name = `ValueMinus${name.slice(1)}`;
+      }
 
-    const invalidCharMatch = name.match(JS_PROPERTY_INDEX_INVALID_CHARS_RE);
-    if (invalidCharMatch) {
-      if (invalidCharMatch[0] === name) {
-        name = `"${name}"`;
-      } else {
-        name = name.replace(JS_PROPERTY_INDEX_INVALID_CHARS_RE, (s) => {
-          return s in SPECIAL_CHARACTER_MAP ? SPECIAL_CHARACTER_MAP[s] : "_";
-        });
+      const invalidCharMatch = name.match(JS_PROPERTY_INDEX_INVALID_CHARS_RE);
+      if (invalidCharMatch) {
+        if (invalidCharMatch[0] === name) {
+          name = `"${name}"`;
+        } else {
+          name = name.replace(JS_PROPERTY_INDEX_INVALID_CHARS_RE, (s) => {
+            return s in SPECIAL_CHARACTER_MAP ? SPECIAL_CHARACTER_MAP[s] : "_";
+          });
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
index 79e5b4571..dbb1b2fdd 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ describe("tsEnum", () => {
 }`);
   });
 
+  test("empty string member", () => {
+    expect(astToString(tsEnum("type", ["", "foo", "bar"])).trim()).toBe(`enum Type {
+    "" = "",
+    foo = "foo",
+    bar = "bar"
+}`);
+  });
+
   test("number members", () => {
     expect(astToString(tsEnum(".Error.code.", [100, 101, 102, -100])).trim()).toBe(`enum ErrorCode {
     Value100 = 100,
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/transform/schema-object/enum.test.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/transform/schema-object/enum.test.ts
index 9de603479..1e3bd3369 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/transform/schema-object/enum.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/transform/schema-object/enum.test.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,62 @@ export type operations = Record<string, never>;`,
       options: { ctx: createTestContext({ enum: true, conditionalEnums: true }) },
     },
   ],
+  [
+    "options > enum: true with empty string enum member",
+    {
+      given: mockEmptyStringEnumSchema(),
+      want: `export interface paths {
+    "/test": {
+        parameters: {
+            query?: never;
+            header?: never;
+            path?: never;
+            cookie?: never;
+        };
+        /** Test */
+        get: operations["test"];
+        put?: never;
+        post?: never;
+        delete?: never;
+        options?: never;
+        head?: never;
+        patch?: never;
+        trace?: never;
+    };
+}
+export type webhooks = Record<string, never>;
+export type components = Record<string, never>;
+export type $defs = Record<string, never>;
+export interface operations {
+    test: {
+        parameters: {
+            query?: {
+                type?: PathsTestGetParametersQueryType;
+            };
+            header?: never;
+            path?: never;
+            cookie?: never;
+        };
+        requestBody?: never;
+        responses: {
+            /** @description OK */
+            200: {
+                headers: {
+                    [name: string]: unknown;
+                };
+                content?: never;
+            };
+        };
+    };
+}
+export enum PathsTestGetParametersQueryType {
+    "" = "",
+    foo = "foo",
+    bar = "bar"
+}`,
+      options: { ctx: createTestContext({ enum: true }) },
+    },
+  ],
 ];
 
 describe("transformComponentsObject", () => {
@@ -324,6 +380,42 @@ function mockSchema() {
   };
 }
 
+function mockEmptyStringEnumSchema() {
+  return {
+    openapi: "3.1.0",
+    info: {
+      title: "Test",
+      version: "0.1.0",
+    },
+    paths: {
+      "/test": {
+        get: {
+          summary: "Test",
+          operationId: "test",
+          parameters: [
+            {
+              name: "type",
+              in: "query",
+              required: false,
+              schema: {
+                enum: ["", "foo", "bar"],
+                type: "string",
+                default: "",
+                title: "Type",
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          responses: {
+            200: {
+              description: "OK",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 function createTestContext(overrides: Partial<typeof DEFAULT_CTX> = {}) {
   return {
     ...DEFAULT_CTX,