From 504ddcb77af4c5c02e164ee1e87f867bccdc379b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Altgelt <max.altgelt@nextron-systems.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:02:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: don't traverse into references

---
 reference.go      | 5 +++++
 reference_test.go | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/reference.go b/reference.go
index 8318928..1e96f0b 100644
--- a/reference.go
+++ b/reference.go
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ func (r *Reference) ToJsonPointer() jsonpointer.Pointer {
 	return r.jsonPointer
 }
 
+var referenceType = reflect.TypeFor[Reference]()
+
 func findRelativeJsonPointer(base reflect.Value, pointedField reflect.Value) jsonpointer.Pointer {
 	for {
 		if base.Equal(pointedField) {
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ func findRelativeJsonPointer(base reflect.Value, pointedField reflect.Value) jso
 		if resolver, isResolver := base.Interface().(JsonReferenceResolver); isResolver {
 			return resolver.RelativeJsonPointer(pointedField.Interface())
 		}
+		if base.Type() == referenceType { // Don't recurse into other references
+			return nil
+		}
 		if base.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || base.Kind() == reflect.Interface {
 			if base.IsNil() {
 				return nil
diff --git a/reference_test.go b/reference_test.go
index 5a4291d..372761d 100644
--- a/reference_test.go
+++ b/reference_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 type testObject struct {
 	ObjectHeader
 
+	Recursive *Reference
+
 	Substruct struct {
 		SubField1 string `json:"subfield1" textlog:"subfield1"`
 	} `json:"substruct" textlog:"substruct,expand"`
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ func TestReference_ToJsonPointer(t *testing.T) {
 	test.Valuer.Subfield6 = "subfield6"
 	test.Valuer.Subfield7 = "subfield7"
 	test.SubObject = &SubObject{Subfield8: "subfield8"}
+	test.Recursive = NewReference(&test, &test.Substruct)
 
 	var tests = []struct {
 		PointedField any