// Running Discourse Development Environment // I have the following: min_score: default: 0.01 client: true min: 0.0001 But the admin can keep overwriting it to negative values, is there a workaround for this?

I did try the type: float too but sadly it had no affect: min_score: default: 0.01 client: true min: 0.0001 type: float [image]

Your screenshot is not showing the minimum_tip setting.

Was just a typo in my post, has been updated. Issue still remains.

Weird thing is that it resets the value to back to 0.0 when I enter an invalid number but only upon refreshing. But no errors are appearing on the UI side either way.

Bump. Custom validation seems to work and error out, however I have no luck with the default validation of min/max. Anyone have any ideas?

After some further testing, it seems like it does not work for type: float, and only works for type: integer. However, a user can freely input anything apart from an integer - which requires a hard refresh and results in the value resetting to 0. Seems like a bug/error on Discourse’s side? It also …

Is there a way to specify a min and max for settings.yml for a plugin?

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Arkshine March 28, 2023, 5:29pm 2

I could not reproduce your setting as it is:

Can you try adding type: float?
I’m not sure it’s required, as I believe basic types are guessed automatically.

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Is there a way to specify a min and max for settings.yml for a plugin?

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