---
id: R6.g
family: GR-VAL
level: core
profiles: [storage-api]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/gr-val/r6-g
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
---

# R6.g — Length bounds count characters, never bytes

*GR-VAL (Part I) · level: core · profiles: storage-api · added in 1.0*

A limit measured in bytes would depend on the alphabet the author writes in, so the same word would fit one implementation and not another.

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> 1. A string config value shorter than its schema's `minLength` or longer than its `maxLength` is refused with `R6_CONFIG_INVALID` at `node.{id}.config.{key}`.
>
> 2. Both bounds count Unicode code points, never bytes.

## Related rules

- Names: R6.d
- Referenced by: R6.d

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