From 46e3e25887f09b359a6f0268d9d137ba28c75c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Arney <tim@line37.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:26:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove server validation for required fields

---
 .../(form filler)/id/[...props]/actions.ts    |  2 +-
 lib/validation/validation.tsx                 | 25 +------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/(gcforms)/[locale]/(form filler)/id/[...props]/actions.ts b/app/(gcforms)/[locale]/(form filler)/id/[...props]/actions.ts
index 55314b1c2d..13c9468b87 100644
--- a/app/(gcforms)/[locale]/(form filler)/id/[...props]/actions.ts	
+++ b/app/(gcforms)/[locale]/(form filler)/id/[...props]/actions.ts	
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export async function submitForm(
       throw new Error(`Could not find any form associated to identifier ${formId}`);
     }
 
-    const validateResponsesResult = await validateResponses(values, template, language);
+    const validateResponsesResult = await validateResponses(values, template);
 
     if (Object.keys(validateResponsesResult).length !== 0) {
       logMessage.warn(
diff --git a/lib/validation/validation.tsx b/lib/validation/validation.tsx
index 2d71b73152..2468ca120a 100644
--- a/lib/validation/validation.tsx
+++ b/lib/validation/validation.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { inGroup } from "@lib/formContext";
 import { isFileExtensionValid, isAllFilesSizeValid } from "./fileValidationClientSide";
 import { DateObject } from "@clientComponents/forms/FormattedDate/types";
 import { isValidDate } from "@clientComponents/forms/FormattedDate/utils";
-import { serverTranslation } from "@i18n";
 
 /**
  * getRegexByType [private] defines a mapping between the types of fields that need to be validated
@@ -286,14 +285,8 @@ const valueMatchesType = (value: unknown, type: string, formElement: FormElement
 /**
  * Server-side validation the form responses
  */
-export const validateResponses = async (
-  values: Responses,
-  formRecord: PublicFormRecord,
-  language: string
-) => {
+export const validateResponses = async (values: Responses, formRecord: PublicFormRecord) => {
   const errors: Responses = {};
-  const { t } = await serverTranslation(["common"], { lang: language });
-
   for (const item in values) {
     const formElement = formRecord.form.elements.find((element) => element.id == parseInt(item));
 
@@ -308,22 +301,6 @@ export const validateResponses = async (
     if (!result) {
       errors[item] = "invalid-response-data-type";
     }
-
-    // Check for required fields
-    if (formElement.properties.validation) {
-      const result = isFieldResponseValid(
-        values[item],
-        values,
-        formElement.type,
-        formElement,
-        formElement.properties.validation,
-        t
-      );
-
-      if (result) {
-        errors[item] = result;
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   return errors;