From 268c616221543160a4d826a73667465d9f2137c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: phlipsterit <131464883+phlipsterit@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:53:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: required Checkboxes/MultipleSelect no longer fail when
 using a label binding (#4394)

---
 .../saveToGroup/useValidateGroupIsEmpty.ts    |  7 ++++++-
 .../CheckboxesContainerComponent.test.tsx     | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/features/saveToGroup/useValidateGroupIsEmpty.ts b/src/features/saveToGroup/useValidateGroupIsEmpty.ts
index 2fd34803fc..a6eb8b66d1 100644
--- a/src/features/saveToGroup/useValidateGroupIsEmpty.ts
+++ b/src/features/saveToGroup/useValidateGroupIsEmpty.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ export function useValidateGroupIsEmpty<T extends 'Checkboxes' | 'MultipleSelect
       hasErrors = groupRows.length === 0;
     }
   } else {
-    for (const key of Object.keys(dataModelBindings)) {
+    // Checkboxes and MultipleSelect store the selection in simpleBinding. Their label and metadata bindings are
+    // derived from it (label is an array), so only simpleBinding is checked. List has no simpleBinding, only one
+    // binding per column, so every binding is checked there.
+    const keys =
+      type === 'Checkboxes' || type === 'MultipleSelect' ? ['simpleBinding'] : Object.keys(dataModelBindings);
+    for (const key of keys) {
       const reference = dataModelBindings[key];
       if (reference) {
         const data = formData?.[key] ?? invalidDataSelector(reference);
diff --git a/src/layout/Checkboxes/CheckboxesContainerComponent.test.tsx b/src/layout/Checkboxes/CheckboxesContainerComponent.test.tsx
index 57ecfdfdf0..febdd714cb 100644
--- a/src/layout/Checkboxes/CheckboxesContainerComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/layout/Checkboxes/CheckboxesContainerComponent.test.tsx
@@ -322,6 +322,27 @@ describe('CheckboxesContainerComponent', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('listitem')).toHaveTextContent('Du må fylle ut land');
   });
 
+  it('required validation should not show when values are selected and labels are stored in an array', async () => {
+    await render({
+      component: {
+        showValidations: ['Required'],
+        required: true,
+        dataModelBindings: {
+          simpleBinding: { dataType: defaultDataTypeMock, field: 'value' },
+          label: { dataType: defaultDataTypeMock, field: 'label' },
+        },
+      },
+      options: twoOptions,
+      queries: {
+        fetchFormData: () => Promise.resolve({ value: 'norway,sweden', label: ['Norway', 'Sweden'] }),
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(getCheckbox({ name: 'Norway', isChecked: true })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getCheckbox({ name: 'Sweden', isChecked: true })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Du må fylle ut land')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it('required validation should show for group', async () => {
     await render({
       component: {