From 798722179e86e11500af77df80f7ac625d89b12c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marie <51697796+ijreilly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 14:02:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] Nullable fields must have default values (#7522)

---
 .../field-metadata/field-metadata.service.ts             | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.service.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.service.ts
index 019cfcea7..924e9ff1b 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.service.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.service.ts
@@ -745,6 +745,15 @@ export class FieldMetadataService extends TypeOrmQueryService<FieldMetadataEntit
       }
     }
 
+    if (!fieldMetadataInput.isNullable) {
+      if (!fieldMetadataInput.defaultValue) {
+        throw new FieldMetadataException(
+          'Default value is required for non nullable fields',
+          FieldMetadataExceptionCode.INVALID_FIELD_INPUT,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     if (fieldMetadataInput.options) {
       for (const option of fieldMetadataInput.options) {
         if (exceedsDatabaseIdentifierMaximumLength(option.value)) {