Error generating data for a given pattern

[odolbeau]

Describe the bug

[][] ‼ Something went wrong while running CATS: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not generate a string for pattern .*(^TVA([1-9][0-9]?|1[0-9]{2})$).* with min -1 and max -1

To Reproduce
cats run with a file containing the extract above.

Expected behaviour
A value which respect the given pattern

Environment:

Key           | Value
------------- | --------------------
OS Name       | Linux
OS Version    | 6.8.0-45-generic
OS Arch       | amd64
Binary Type   | native
Cats Version  | 12.0.0
Cats Build    | 2024-08-28T16:58:54Z
Term Width    | 95
Term Type     | xterm-256color
Shell         | /bin/bash

Extract of the openapi file:

"components": {
    "schemas": {
        "MySchema": {
            "properties": {
                "my_property": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": ".*(^TVA([1-9][0-9]?|1[0-9]{2})$).*",
                    "nullable": true
                },
            },
            "type": "object"
        },
    },
},  

Additional context

[en-milie]

Thank you for reporting this issue. I'll push a fix for it. It will be available in the next release.

[en-milie]

The fix is available in https://github.com/Endava/cats/releases/tag/cats-12.1.0