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pm create / update accept empty --title (data-integrity gap vs required-title enforcement) #533
Description
Summary
An item title is required when the `--title` option is omitted (create errors with "Missing required option --title"), yet an explicit EMPTY string `--title ""` is accepted silently for both `create` and `update`. This produces title-less items that render meaninglessly in lists/UI and breaks downstream tooling that keys off titles.
Steps to reproduce
```bash
pm init --path /tmp/t && cd /tmp/t
pm create --type Task --title "" --path /tmp/t # succeeds, creates item with title: ""
pm update --title "" --path /tmp/t # succeeds, clears title to ""
pm create --type Task --path /tmp/t # correctly errors: Missing required option --title
```
Expected
If a missing `--title` is an error, an empty `--title ""` should be treated the same (rejected as empty/invalid), keeping the "required" contract consistent between the omitted and empty cases.
Actual
`--title ""` is accepted (exit 0) and persisted as an empty string; only the fully-omitted case is enforced.
Environment
pm version: 2026.7.12, OS: linux, node: v25.9.0
Suspected area
`create` / `update` title option coercion (empty-string not treated as missing/invalid).
Activity
coderabbitai commentedon Jul 13, 2026
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unbraind commentedon Jul 13, 2026
pm tracker item: pm-7je0
chore(pm): review pass #76 — reconcile PR#531/#536 lanes, file nightl…