From 40bfe5533dbb6ce1ee2105b90804a5913f591eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Staib <michael@chillicream.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:52:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix #7919 dictionary-derived object type runtime binding

---
 .../src/Types/Configuration/TypeRegistrar.cs  |   5 +-
 .../Regressions/Issue7919ProbeTests.cs        | 112 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Types.Tests/Regressions/Issue7919ProbeTests.cs

diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Types/Configuration/TypeRegistrar.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Types/Configuration/TypeRegistrar.cs
index b71ee972f98..a6e573c24bb 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Types/Configuration/TypeRegistrar.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/src/Types/Configuration/TypeRegistrar.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ public void Register(
         }
 
         MarkResolved(runtimeTypeRef);
-        _typeRegistry.TryRegister(runtimeTypeRef, registeredType.References[0]);
+        _typeRegistry.TryRegister(
+            runtimeTypeRef,
+            registeredType.References[0],
+            explicitBinding: RuntimeTypeBindingHelper.RequiresExactBinding(runtimeTypeRef.Type));
     }
 
     private void RegisterTypeAndResolveReferences(RegisteredType registeredType)
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Types.Tests/Regressions/Issue7919ProbeTests.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Types.Tests/Regressions/Issue7919ProbeTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..164ceba9de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Types.Tests/Regressions/Issue7919ProbeTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+using HotChocolate.Execution;
+using HotChocolate.Types;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace HotChocolate.Regressions;
+
+public class Issue7919ProbeTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Dictionary_Derived_Object_Uses_Metadata_As_Resolver_Parent()
+    {
+        // arrange
+        var executor =
+            await new ServiceCollection()
+                .AddGraphQLServer()
+                .AddQueryType<Query>()
+                .AddType<MetadataType>()
+                .AddType<MetadataEntryType>()
+                .BuildRequestExecutorAsync();
+
+        // act
+        var result = await executor.ExecuteAsync(
+            """
+            query {
+              metadata {
+                all {
+                  key
+                  value
+                }
+                key1: value(key: "key1")
+                key2: value(key: "key2")
+                key3: value(key: "key3")
+              }
+            }
+            """);
+
+        // assert
+        var operationResult = result.ExpectOperationResult();
+        Assert.Empty(operationResult.Errors ?? []);
+        result.MatchInlineSnapshot(
+            """
+            {
+              "data": {
+                "metadata": {
+                  "all": [
+                    {
+                      "key": "key1",
+                      "value": "value1"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "key": "key2",
+                      "value": "value2"
+                    }
+                  ],
+                  "key1": "value1",
+                  "key2": "value2",
+                  "key3": null
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            """);
+    }
+
+    public sealed class Query
+    {
+        public Metadata GetMetadata()
+            => new()
+            {
+                ["key1"] = "value1",
+                ["key2"] = "value2"
+            };
+    }
+
+    public sealed class Metadata : Dictionary<string, object>;
+
+    public sealed class MetadataType : ObjectType<Metadata>
+    {
+        protected override void Configure(IObjectTypeDescriptor<Metadata> descriptor)
+        {
+            descriptor.BindFieldsExplicitly();
+
+            descriptor
+                .Field("all")
+                .Type<NonNullType<ListType<NonNullType<MetadataEntryType>>>>()
+                .Resolve(
+                    ctx => ctx.Parent<Metadata>()
+                        .Select(e => new MetadataEntry(e.Key, e.Value.ToString()!)));
+
+            descriptor
+                .Field("value")
+                .Argument("key", a => a.Type<NonNullType<StringType>>())
+                .Type<StringType>()
+                .Resolve(
+                    ctx => ctx.Parent<Metadata>()
+                        .TryGetValue(ctx.ArgumentValue<string>("key"), out var value)
+                        ? value?.ToString()
+                        : null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public sealed record MetadataEntry(string Key, string Value);
+
+    public sealed class MetadataEntryType : ObjectType<MetadataEntry>
+    {
+        protected override void Configure(IObjectTypeDescriptor<MetadataEntry> descriptor)
+        {
+            descriptor.BindFieldsExplicitly();
+            descriptor.Field(t => t.Key);
+            descriptor.Field(t => t.Value);
+        }
+    }
+}

From 9004a7061b4fb5edd68862471c8b6a6210fcfd86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Staib <michael@chillicream.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 07:50:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix snapshot

---
 ...UseDataLoader_Should_ThrowException_When_NotADataLoader.snap | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Integration/DataLoader/__snapshots__/UseDataLoaderTests.UseDataLoader_Should_ThrowException_When_NotADataLoader.snap b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Integration/DataLoader/__snapshots__/UseDataLoaderTests.UseDataLoader_Should_ThrowException_When_NotADataLoader.snap
index 31655be4474..1ab14937798 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Integration/DataLoader/__snapshots__/UseDataLoaderTests.UseDataLoader_Should_ThrowException_When_NotADataLoader.snap
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Integration/DataLoader/__snapshots__/UseDataLoaderTests.UseDataLoader_Should_ThrowException_When_NotADataLoader.snap
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ For more details look at the `Errors` property.
    at HotChocolate.Execution.Integration.DataLoader.UseDataLoaderTests.<>c.<UseDataLoader_Should_ThrowException_When_NotADataLoader>b__0_1(IObjectTypeDescriptor`1 x) in UseDataLoaderTests.cs:line 16
    at HotChocolate.Types.ObjectType`1.CreateConfiguration(ITypeDiscoveryContext context) in ObjectType~1.cs:line 47
    at HotChocolate.Types.TypeSystemObject`1.Initialize(ITypeDiscoveryContext context) in TypeSystemObjectBase~1.cs:line 29
-   at HotChocolate.Configuration.TypeRegistrar.InitializeType(TypeSystemObject typeSystemObject, String scope, Boolean isInferred) in TypeRegistrar.cs:line 171
+   at HotChocolate.Configuration.TypeRegistrar.InitializeType(TypeSystemObject typeSystemObject, String scope, Boolean isInferred) in TypeRegistrar.cs:line 174