Component Asyncapi Message Require Correlation ID

component-asyncapi-message-require-correlation-id

info experience: reliabilityexperience: observability spec: components topic: tracing

Message should define a correlationId.

Messages should define a correlationId so events can be traced across services.

Rule definition

The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.

component-asyncapi-message-require-correlation-id:
  title: Component Asyncapi Message Require Correlation ID
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/asyncapi/component-asyncapi-message-require-correlation-id/
  description: Messages should define a correlationId so events can be traced
    across services.
  message: Message should define a correlationId.
  given: $.components.messages[*]
  severity: info
  then:
    field: correlationId
    function: truthy
  tags:
    - format:asyncapi
    - spec:components
    - topic:tracing
    - experience:reliability
    - experience:observability
  prompt: "You are editing an AsyncAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API
    governance rule 'component-asyncapi-message-require-correlation-id'
    (Component Asyncapi Message Require Correlation ID). Requirement: Messages
    should define a correlationId so events can be traced across services. To
    fix: Ensure `correlationId` is present and non-empty at each matching
    location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.components.messages[*]`
    — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule.
    Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated
    content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the
    document valid AsyncAPI. Return only the complete corrected document, with
    no commentary."
AI fix prompt — send this to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with your artifact to auto-fix this rule
You are editing an AsyncAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'component-asyncapi-message-require-correlation-id' (Component Asyncapi Message Require Correlation ID). Requirement: Messages should define a correlationId so events can be traced across services. To fix: Ensure `correlationId` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.components.messages[*]` — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid AsyncAPI. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactAsyncAPI
Applies at (given)$.components.messages[*]
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/asyncapi/component-asyncapi-message-require-correlation-id/