Keep writing ill-formed UTF-8 unchanged unless JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is set

Throwing type_error.316 from to_cbor(), to_ubjson(), to_bjdata(), and
to_bson() by default would break code that works with 3.12.0, for example
code that stores ISO 8859-1 in a string and only writes it to a binary
format. Following the plan for 4.0.0, the check is now opt-in via the new
macro JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 (default 0), which is planned to become the
default in 4.0.0:

- abi_macros.hpp: default 0 and ABI tag _sbu8; macro_unscope.hpp undefines
  it; CMake option JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8; ABI namespace tests updated.
- binary_writer: the four writers call check_text_utf8(), which checks
  only if the macro is enabled. BON8 always checks, MessagePack never.
- Tests: the strict checks move to unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp, which
  defines the macro; the per-format tests now check that the default
  writes the bytes unchanged (from_X(to_X(j)) == j).
- Docs: new macro page, macro lists, CMake option, namespace tags, and the
  writer/format pages describe the default and the opt-in.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ option(JSON_Install                        "Install CMake targets during install
 option(JSON_MultipleHeaders                "Use non-amalgamated version of the library." ON)
 option(JSON_SystemInclude                  "Include as system headers (skip for clang-tidy)." OFF)
 option(JSON_StrictNulHandling              "Build with strict NUL-byte handling enabled." OFF)
+option(JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8               "Build with UTF-8 checks in the CBOR, UBJSON, BJData, and BSON writers enabled." OFF)
 
 if (JSON_CI)
     include(ci)
@@ -118,6 +119,10 @@ if (JSON_StrictNulHandling)
     message(STATUS "Strict NUL-byte handling enabled (JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING=1)")
 endif()
 
+if (JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8)
+    message(STATUS "Strict UTF-8 checks in binary writers enabled (JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8=1)")
+endif()
+
 if (JSON_Diagnostic_Positions)
     message(STATUS "Diagnostic positions enabled (JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS=1)")
 endif()
@@ -153,6 +158,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(
     $<$<BOOL:${JSON_Diagnostic_Positions}>:JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS=1>
     $<$<BOOL:${JSON_LegacyDiscardedValueComparison}>:JSON_USE_LEGACY_DISCARDED_VALUE_COMPARISON=1>
     $<$<BOOL:${JSON_StrictNulHandling}>:JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING=1>
+    $<$<BOOL:${JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8}>:JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8=1>
 )
 
 target_include_directories(

cmake/ci.cmake

@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ ci_get_cmake(4.0.0  CMAKE_4_0_0_BINARY)
 # the tests require CMake 3.13 or later, so they are excluded for CMake 3.5.0
 set(JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_5_0 JSON_Diagnostics JSON_Diagnostic_Positions JSON_GlobalUDLs JSON_ImplicitConversions JSON_DisableEnumSerialization
     JSON_LegacyDiscardedValueComparison JSON_Install JSON_MultipleHeaders JSON_SystemInclude JSON_Valgrind
-    JSON_StrictNulHandling)
+    JSON_StrictNulHandling JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8)
 set(JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_31_6 JSON_BuildTests ${JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_5_0})
 set(JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_4_0_0 JSON_BuildTests ${JSON_CMAKE_FLAGS_3_5_0})
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_bjdata.md

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 
 - Throws [`other_error.502`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionother_error502) if `use_type` is true and `use_size`
   is false.
+- Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is not
+  valid UTF-8 and [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled; otherwise, the bytes are
+  written unchanged
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -89,4 +92,6 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.11.0.
-- BJData version parameter (for draft3 binary encoding) added in version 3.12.0.
+- BJData version parameter (for draft3 binary encoding) added in version 3.12.0.
+- Throwing `type_error.316` for a string or object key that is not valid UTF-8 if
+  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_bson.md

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 - Throws [`out_of_range.415`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range415) if the subtype of a binary value
   exceeds 255, the maximum of the BSON binary subtype; example:
   `"subtype 70000 is too large for the BSON binary subtype (max 255)"`
+- Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key is not valid
+  UTF-8 and [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled; otherwise, the bytes are
+  written unchanged
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -82,3 +85,6 @@ pass before anything is written.
 - Added in version 3.4.0.
 - Linear in the size of `j`, and no longer limited by the call stack for deeply nested values, since version 3.13.0.
 - `out_of_range.415` is now detected before anything is written, like the other exceptions above, since version 3.13.0.
+- Throwing `type_error.316` for a string value or object key that is not valid UTF-8 if
+  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled, detected before anything is written,
+  added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_cbor.md

@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ The exact mapping and its limitations are described on a [dedicated page](../../
 
 Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.
 
+## Exceptions
+
+- Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is not
+  valid UTF-8 and [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled; otherwise, the bytes are
+  written unchanged
+
 ## Complexity
 
 Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
@@ -68,3 +74,5 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 
 - Added in version 2.0.9.
 - Compact representation of floating-point numbers added in version 3.8.0.
+- Throwing `type_error.316` for a string or object key that is not valid UTF-8 if
+  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/to_ubjson.md

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
 
 - Throws [`other_error.502`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionother_error502) if `use_type` is true and `use_size`
   is false.
+- Throws [type_error.316](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) if a string or object key in `j` is not
+  valid UTF-8 and [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled; otherwise, the bytes are
+  written unchanged
 
 ## Complexity
 
@@ -82,3 +85,5 @@ Linear in the size of the JSON value `j`.
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.1.0.
+- Throwing `type_error.316` for a string or object key that is not valid UTF-8 if
+  [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/index.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ header. See also the [macro overview page](../../features/macros.md).
 
 - [**JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION**](json_precise_stream_position.md) - opt in to leaving an input stream positioned
   right after a parsed number
+- [**JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8**](json_strict_binary_utf8.md) - opt in to checking strings for valid UTF-8 in the CBOR,
+  UBJSON, BJData, and BSON writers
 - [**JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING**](json_strict_nul_handling.md) - opt in to rejecting a NUL byte in the input instead of
   treating it as end of input
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 /* value */
+```
+
+When defined to `1`, the binary writers [`to_cbor`](../basic_json/to_cbor.md), [`to_ubjson`](../basic_json/to_ubjson.md),
+[`to_bjdata`](../basic_json/to_bjdata.md), and [`to_bson`](../basic_json/to_bson.md) check every string value and
+object key for valid UTF-8 and throw [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for
+ill-formed UTF-8, like [`dump`](../basic_json/dump.md) does. Without it, they write the bytes unchanged.
+
+The macro does not affect:
+
+- [`to_msgpack`](../basic_json/to_msgpack.md): the MessagePack specification allows a `str` value to contain bytes that
+  are not valid UTF-8, so it always writes them unchanged.
+- [`to_bon8`](../basic_json/to_bon8.md): BON8 always checks, because the UTF-8 lead bytes mark where a string ends.
+- The binary readers ([`from_cbor`](../basic_json/from_cbor.md), [`from_msgpack`](../basic_json/from_msgpack.md),
+  [`from_ubjson`](../basic_json/from_ubjson.md), [`from_bjdata`](../basic_json/from_bjdata.md),
+  [`from_bson`](../basic_json/from_bson.md)): none of these formats requires a decoder to reject ill-formed UTF-8, so
+  they always return the bytes unchanged.
+
+## Default definition
+
+The default value is `0` (disabled, the behavior of version 3.12.0 and earlier is preserved).
+
+```cpp
+#define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 0
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+!!! note "Background"
+
+    CBOR, UBJSON, BJData, and BSON all require strings to be UTF-8. Up to version 3.12.0, the writers did not check
+    this, so they could produce output that other decoders reject. Checking by default would break code that stores
+    other encodings (for instance ISO 8859-1) in a string and only ever writes it to a binary format, so this macro
+    offers the check as an opt-in ahead of version 4.0.0, where it is planned to become the default (see
+    [#5529](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5529) and [#5651](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5651)).
+
+!!! warning "Opt-in only"
+
+    This macro must be defined **before** including `<nlohmann/json.hpp>`. Defining it after the include has no
+    effect.
+
+!!! note "ABI compatibility"
+
+    The value of this macro is encoded in the [namespace](../../features/namespace.md) (tag `_sbu8`), resulting in
+    distinct symbol names. Translation units compiled with and without it can therefore be linked into the same program
+    without One Definition Rule (ODR) violations, but they cannot exchange instances of library types.
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example "Default behavior (macro not defined)"
+
+    Without the macro, the bytes are written unchanged:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+    int main()
+    {
+        auto v = json::to_cbor(json("\xFF"));
+        // v is {0x61, 0xFF}
+    }
+    ```
+
+??? example "Opt-in check (macro defined to 1)"
+
+    With the macro, ill-formed UTF-8 is rejected:
+
+    ```cpp
+    #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 1
+    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+    using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+    int main()
+    {
+        auto v = json::to_cbor(json("\xFF"));
+        // throws type_error.316: invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF
+    }
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [**to_cbor**](../basic_json/to_cbor.md) - create a CBOR serialization of a JSON value
+- [**to_ubjson**](../basic_json/to_ubjson.md) - create a UBJSON serialization of a JSON value
+- [**to_bjdata**](../basic_json/to_bjdata.md) - create a BJData serialization of a JSON value
+- [**to_bson**](../basic_json/to_bson.md) - create a BSON serialization of a JSON value
+- [**error_handler_t**](../basic_json/error_handler_t.md) - how [`dump`](../basic_json/dump.md) treats ill-formed UTF-8
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.
+- Planned to become the default (with the macro removed) in version 4.0.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/bjdata.md

@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to BJData types ac
 
       - strings with more than 18446744073709551615 bytes, i.e., 2<sup>64</sup>-1 bytes (theoretical)
 
+!!! warning "UTF-8 validation of string values and object keys"
+
+    BJData strings must use UTF-8 encoding. By default, `to_bjdata()` writes the bytes of string values and object keys
+    unchanged, even if they are not valid UTF-8. If
+    [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled, it throws
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for ill-formed UTF-8 instead.
+
 !!! info "Unused BJData markers"
 
     The following markers are not used in the conversion:
@@ -208,6 +215,15 @@ The library maps BJData types to JSON value types as follows:
 
     The mapping is **complete** in the sense that any BJData value can be converted to a JSON value.
 
+!!! warning "Ill-formed UTF-8 in string values and object keys"
+
+    BJData strings must use UTF-8 encoding, but this is not enforced on read: `from_bjdata()` accepts a string
+    value or object key whose bytes are not valid UTF-8 and hands them back unchanged. However,
+    [`dump()`](../../api/basic_json/dump.md) still requires valid UTF-8 and throws
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for such a value, unless an error
+    handler is passed that replaces or ignores the ill-formed bytes. By default, `to_bjdata()` writes such a value
+    back unchanged (see above).
+
 !!! info "Round trips"
 
     A value returned by [`from_bjdata`](../../api/basic_json/from_bjdata.md) can be serialized with

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/bson.md

@@ -109,14 +109,16 @@ The library maps BSON record types to JSON value types as follows:
     If BSON input must be validated for strict specification compliance, validate it separately before passing it to
     `from_bson()`.
 
-!!! warning "UTF-8 validation of string values"
+!!! warning "Ill-formed UTF-8 in string values"
 
-    The BSON specification requires `string` values (type `0x02`) to be valid UTF-8. This library validates the
+    The BSON specification requires `string` values (type `0x02`) to be valid UTF-8, but this is not required of a
-    bytes of every such string at decode time and rejects ill-formed UTF-8 with a
+    decoder. `from_bson()` accepts a `string` value whose bytes are not valid UTF-8 and hands them back unchanged.
-    [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or, with `allow_exceptions`
+    However, [`dump()`](../../api/basic_json/dump.md) still requires valid UTF-8 and throws
-    set to `false`, a discarded value), rather than only failing later when the resulting value is dumped. Element
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for such a value, unless an error handler is
-    (key) names and `binary` values (type `0x05`) are unaffected and are never validated, since they are read
+    passed that replaces or ignores the ill-formed bytes. By default, `to_bson()` writes such a string value or element
-    byte-by-byte as a C string, or are not required to hold text, respectively.
+    (key) name unchanged; if [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled, it
+    throws the same exception instead. Element (key) names are never validated on read, since they are read byte-by-byte
+    as a C string. `binary` values (type `0x05`) are unaffected, since they are not required to hold text.
 
 ??? example
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/cbor.md

@@ -189,15 +189,16 @@ The library maps CBOR types to JSON value types as follows:
     ([RFC 8392](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8392.html)), cannot be read with this library and need a
     general-purpose CBOR library instead.
 
-!!! warning "UTF-8 validation of text strings"
+!!! warning "Ill-formed UTF-8 in text strings"
 
-    [RFC 8949, Section 3.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949.html#section-3.1) requires CBOR text strings
+    [RFC 8949, Section 3.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949.html#section-3.1) requires CBOR text strings (major
-    (major type 3) to be valid UTF-8. This library validates the bytes of every text string (object keys included) at
+    type 3) to be valid UTF-8, but leaves it up to the decoder whether to enforce this. This library does not:
-    decode time and rejects ill-formed UTF-8 with a
+    `from_cbor()` accepts a text string (object keys included) whose bytes are not valid UTF-8 and hands them back
-    [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or, with
+    unchanged. However, [`dump()`](../../api/basic_json/dump.md) still requires valid UTF-8 and throws
-    `allow_exceptions` set to `false`, a discarded value), rather than only failing later when the resulting value is
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for such a value, unless an error handler is
-    dumped. Byte strings (major type 2) are unaffected and are never validated, since they are not required to hold
+    passed that replaces or ignores the ill-formed bytes. By default, `to_cbor()` writes such a value back unchanged; if
-    text.
+    [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled, it throws the same exception
+    instead. Byte strings (major type 2) are unaffected, since they are not required to hold text.
 
 !!! warning "Tagged items"
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/messagepack.md

@@ -153,14 +153,15 @@ The library maps MessagePack types to JSON value types as follows:
     This applies to the [SAX interface](../parsing/sax_interface.md) as well, as the key is read before it is passed
     on. Such input needs a general-purpose MessagePack library instead.
 
-!!! warning "UTF-8 validation of string values"
+!!! warning "Ill-formed UTF-8 in string values"
 
-    The MessagePack specification requires `str` values (`fixstr`, `str 8`, `str 16`, `str 32`) to be valid UTF-8.
+    The MessagePack specification explicitly allows a `str` value (`fixstr`, `str 8`, `str 16`, `str 32`) to contain
-    This library validates the bytes of every such string (object keys included) at decode time and rejects
+    a byte sequence that is not valid UTF-8, and expects a deserializer to hand the original bytes back unchanged.
-    ill-formed UTF-8 with a [`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113) exception (or,
+    This library follows that: `from_msgpack()` reads `str` bytes (object keys included) as-is, without validating
-    with `allow_exceptions` set to `false`, a discarded value), rather than only failing later when the resulting
+    them, and `to_msgpack()` writes them back as-is, so such a value round-trips through `from_msgpack(to_msgpack(j))`
-    value is dumped. `bin`/`ext`/`fixext` values are unaffected and are never validated, since they are not required
+    byte for byte. However, [`dump()`](../../api/basic_json/dump.md) still requires valid UTF-8 and throws
-    to hold text.
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for a value read this way, unless an
+    error handler is passed that replaces or ignores the ill-formed bytes.
 
 ??? example
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/ubjson.md

@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to UBJSON types ac
 
       - strings with more than 9223372036854775807 bytes (theoretical)
 
+!!! warning "UTF-8 validation of string values and object keys"
+
+    UBJSON's required string encoding is UTF-8. By default, `to_ubjson()` writes the bytes of string values and object
+    keys unchanged, even if they are not valid UTF-8. If
+    [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled, it throws
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for ill-formed UTF-8 instead.
+
 !!! info "Unused UBJSON markers"
 
     The following markers are not used in the conversion:
@@ -120,6 +127,15 @@ The library maps UBJSON types to JSON value types as follows:
 
     The mapping is **complete** in the sense that any UBJSON value can be converted to a JSON value.
 
+!!! warning "Ill-formed UTF-8 in string values and object keys"
+
+    UBJSON's required string encoding is UTF-8, but this is not enforced on read: `from_ubjson()` accepts a string
+    value or object key whose bytes are not valid UTF-8 and hands them back unchanged. However,
+    [`dump()`](../../api/basic_json/dump.md) still requires valid UTF-8 and throws
+    [`type_error.316`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for such a value, unless an error
+    handler is passed that replaces or ignores the ill-formed bytes. By default, `to_ubjson()` writes such a value
+    back unchanged (see above).
+
 ??? example
 
     ```cpp

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/macros.md

@@ -138,6 +138,20 @@ using the library with compilers that do not fully support C++11 and may only wo
 
 See [full documentation of `JSON_SKIP_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER_CHECK`](../api/macros/json_skip_unsupported_compiler_check.md).
 
+## `JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`
+
+When defined to `1`, [`to_cbor`](../api/basic_json/to_cbor.md), [`to_ubjson`](../api/basic_json/to_ubjson.md),
+[`to_bjdata`](../api/basic_json/to_bjdata.md), and [`to_bson`](../api/basic_json/to_bson.md) throw
+[`type_error.316`](../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error316) for a string value or object key that is not
+valid UTF-8. The default value is `0`, which writes the bytes unchanged as before version 3.13.0; this is planned to
+become the default in version 4.0.0.
+
+The check can also be enabled with the CMake option
+[`JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8`](../integration/cmake.md#json_strictbinaryutf8) (`OFF` by default) which sets
+`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8` accordingly.
+
+See [full documentation of `JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md).
+
 ## `JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`
 
 When defined to `1`, a `'\0'` (NUL) byte anywhere in the input is rejected with `parse_error.101`, like any other

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/namespace.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The complete default namespace name is derived as follows:
       `_bics`.
     - [`JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION`](../api/macros/json_precise_stream_position.md) defined non-zero appends `_psp`.
     - [`JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING`](../api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md) defined non-zero appends `_snul`.
+    - [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) defined non-zero appends `_sbu8`.
 - The inline namespace ends with the suffix `_v` followed by the 3 components of the version number separated by
   underscores. To omit the version component, see [Disabling the version component](#disabling-the-version-component)
   below.

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -340,8 +340,9 @@ An unexpected byte was read in a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/inde
 ### json.exception.parse_error.113
 
 A string could not be read from a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/index.md): either a value that is not a
-string was read where one was required (for instance as a map key), the string's length specification is invalid, or
+string was read where one was required (for instance as a map key), or the string's length specification is invalid.
-the string's bytes are not valid UTF-8.
+The bytes of a string itself are not checked for valid UTF-8 on read; see the ill-formed UTF-8 notes on the
+individual [binary format](../features/binary_formats/index.md) pages for how such a string is handled afterward.
 
 CBOR and MessagePack allow map keys of any type, but JSON object keys are always strings. Maps with keys of any other
 type (for instance integers or `null`) are therefore not supported; see the notes on
@@ -364,9 +365,6 @@ type (for instance integers or `null`) are therefore not supported; see the note
     ```
     [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing BJData string: string length must not be negative
     ```
-    ```
-    [json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte
-    ```
 
 ### json.exception.parse_error.114
 
@@ -749,6 +747,11 @@ The `unflatten()` function only works for an object whose keys are JSON Pointers
 
 The `dump()` function only works with UTF-8 encoded strings; that is, if you assign a `std::string` to a JSON value, make sure it is UTF-8 encoded.
 
+If [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled, the binary writers
+[`to_cbor()`](../api/basic_json/to_cbor.md), [`to_ubjson()`](../api/basic_json/to_ubjson.md),
+[`to_bjdata()`](../api/basic_json/to_bjdata.md), and [`to_bson()`](../api/basic_json/to_bson.md) throw this exception
+for a string value or object key that is not valid UTF-8 as well.
+
 !!! failure "Example message"
 
     Calling `dump()` on a JSON value containing an ISO 8859-1 encoded string:

docs/mkdocs/docs/integration/cmake.md

@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ Use the non-amalgamated version of the library. This option is `ON` by default.
 
 Treat the library headers like system headers (i.e., adding `SYSTEM` to the [`target_include_directories`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/target_include_directories.html) call) to check for this library by tools like Clang-Tidy. This option is `OFF` by default.
 
+### `JSON_StrictBinaryUTF8`
+
+Check string values and object keys for valid UTF-8 in the CBOR, UBJSON, BJData, and BSON writers, by defining the
+macro [`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md). This option is `OFF` by default.
+
 ### `JSON_StrictNulHandling`
 
 Reject a `'\0'` (NUL) byte in the input instead of treating it as end of input, by defining the macro

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ nav:
           - 'JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION': api/macros/json_precise_stream_position.md
           - 'JSON_SKIP_LIBRARY_VERSION_CHECK': api/macros/json_skip_library_version_check.md
           - 'JSON_SKIP_UNSUPPORTED_COMPILER_CHECK': api/macros/json_skip_unsupported_compiler_check.md
+          - 'JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8': api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md
           - 'JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING': api/macros/json_strict_nul_handling.md
           - 'JSON_USE_GLOBAL_UDLS': api/macros/json_use_global_udls.md
           - 'JSON_USE_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS': api/macros/json_use_implicit_conversions.md

include/nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
     #define JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 0
+#endif
+
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
 #else
@@ -82,14 +86,20 @@
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 _sbu8
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
 #endif
 
 // Construct the namespace ABI tags component
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f) \
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
-    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f)
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
 
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
     NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -98,7 +108,8 @@
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS,              \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS,         \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION,           \
-            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING,               \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)
 
 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -4031,28 +4031,13 @@ class binary_reader
                     const NumberType len,
                     string_t& result)
     {
-        // get_bytes() appends to result, and CBOR indefinite-length strings
+        // Strings are taken as is: none of CBOR (RFC 8949 §3.1 leaves the
-        // collect all their chunks in the same result; validating only the
+        // choice to the decoder), MessagePack (whose spec explicitly allows
-        // newly read bytes keeps the check linear in the input size
+        // a str object to contain an invalid byte sequence), UBJSON, BJData,
-        const std::size_t old_size = result.size();
+        // or BSON requires a decoder to reject ill-formed UTF-8. The bytes
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bytes(format, len, "string", result)))
+        // are kept unchanged; dump() and the binary writers are the ones
-        {
+        // that check them and report type_error.316 if they are not valid.
-            return false;
+        return get_bytes(format, len, "string", result);
-        }
-
-        // RFC 8949 (CBOR) §3.1 and the MessagePack/BSON/UBJSON specifications
-        // all require text strings to be valid UTF-8; reject anything else
-        // right here so malformed input is caught at decode time instead of
-        // only surfacing later as a type_error.316 when the value is dumped
-        // (which would defeat allow_exceptions=false / strict discarding).
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!is_valid_utf8(result, old_size)))
-        {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
-                                    parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
-                                            exception_message(format, "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", "string"), nullptr));
-        }
-
-        return true;
     }
 
     /*!

include/nlohmann/detail/macro_unscope.hpp

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     #undef JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS
     #undef JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION
     #undef JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
+    #undef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
 #endif
 
 #include <nlohmann/thirdparty/hedley/hedley_undef.hpp>

include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or an object key is not valid UTF-8
     @throw type_error.317 if @a j is not an object
     */
     void write_bson(const BasicJsonType& j)
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or an object key is not valid UTF-8
     */
     void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -211,6 +215,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::string:
             {
+                check_text_utf8(*j.m_data.m_value.string, j);
+
                 // step 1: write control byte and the string length
                 write_cbor_head(0x60, j.m_data.m_value.string->size());
 
@@ -287,6 +293,11 @@ class binary_writer
                 // step 2: write each element
                 for (const auto& el : *j.m_data.m_value.object)
                 {
+                    // el.first is checked here, against the object as
+                    // diagnostics context, because write_cbor(el.first)
+                    // converts it to a temporary basic_json that would be
+                    // used as the context instead
+                    check_text_utf8(el.first, j);
                     write_cbor(el.first);
                     write_cbor(el.second);
                 }
@@ -629,6 +640,8 @@ class binary_writer
     @param[in] add_prefix  whether prefixes need to be used for this value
     @param[in] use_bjdata  whether write in BJData format, default is false
     @param[in] bjdata_version  which BJData version to use, default is draft2
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or an object key is not valid UTF-8
     */
     void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
                       const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true,
@@ -678,6 +691,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::string:
             {
+                check_text_utf8(*j.m_data.m_value.string, j);
+
                 if (add_prefix)
                 {
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type('S'));
@@ -840,6 +855,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
                 for (const auto& el : *j.m_data.m_value.object)
                 {
+                    check_text_utf8(el.first, j);
                     write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(el.first.size(), true, use_bjdata);
                     oa.write_characters(
                           reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(el.first.data()),
@@ -884,6 +900,10 @@ class binary_writer
     /*!
     @return The size of a BSON document entry header, including the id marker
             and the entry name size (and its null-terminator).
+    @throw out_of_range.409 if @a name contains U+0000, before anything is
+           written
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a name is
+           not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
     */
     static std::size_t calc_bson_entry_header_size(const string_t& name, const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -893,7 +913,8 @@ class binary_writer
             JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(409, concat("BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte ", std::to_string(it), ")"), &j));
         }
 
-        static_cast<void>(j);
+        check_text_utf8(name, j);
+
         return /*id*/ 1ul + name.size() + /*zero-terminator*/1u;
     }
 
@@ -949,9 +970,21 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @return The size of the BSON-encoded string in @a value
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a value
+           is not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
+
+    @note The UTF-8 check is skipped if @a value is already too long for the
+          32-bit BSON length field (@ref to_bson_length rejects it later, once
+          the size of the whole document is known); this also keeps the check
+          from reading past a StringType that reports a size larger than what
+          it actually holds.
     */
-    static std::size_t calc_bson_string_size(const string_t& value)
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_string_size(const string_t& value, const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<std::int32_t>(value.size())))
+        {
+            check_text_utf8(value, j);
+        }
         return sizeof(std::int32_t) + value.size() + 1ul;
     }
 
@@ -1080,6 +1113,8 @@ class binary_writer
             is neither an object nor an array
     @throw out_of_range.415 if @a j is binary with a subtype that does not fit
            into a byte, before anything is written
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a j is a
+           string that is not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
     */
     static std::size_t calc_bson_value_size(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -1101,7 +1136,7 @@ class binary_writer
                 return calc_bson_unsigned_size(j.m_data.m_value.number_unsigned);
 
             case value_t::string:
-                return calc_bson_string_size(*j.m_data.m_value.string);
+                return calc_bson_string_size(*j.m_data.m_value.string, j);
 
             case value_t::null:
                 return 0ul;
@@ -1214,6 +1249,8 @@ class binary_writer
            written
     @throw out_of_range.415 if a binary value's subtype does not fit into a
            byte, before anything is written
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or a key is not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
     */
     static std::size_t calc_bson_sizes(const BasicJsonType& document, std::vector<std::size_t>& nested_sizes)
     {
@@ -2092,7 +2129,7 @@ class binary_writer
     */
     void write_bon8_string(const string_t& s, bool& string_open, const BasicJsonType& context)
     {
-        check_bon8_utf8(s, context);
+        check_utf8(s, context);
 
         // a string that follows another string terminates it
         if (string_open)
@@ -2122,7 +2159,7 @@ class binary_writer
     @throw type_error.316 if @a s is not valid UTF-8; the message names the
            first byte of the first invalid or incomplete sequence
     */
-    static void check_bon8_utf8(const string_t& s, const BasicJsonType& context)
+    static void check_utf8(const string_t& s, const BasicJsonType& context)
     {
         static_cast<void>(context); // only used when exceptions are enabled
         const auto* data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(s.data());
@@ -2133,6 +2170,29 @@ class binary_writer
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief check a CBOR, UBJSON, BJData, or BSON text string for valid UTF-8
+
+    The check only happens if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled. Otherwise,
+    the bytes are written unchanged, as before version 3.13.0. MessagePack
+    always writes the bytes as is, and BON8 always checks them (see
+    @ref check_utf8).
+
+    @param[in] s        the string to check
+    @param[in] context  the value that holds @a s (for diagnostics)
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a s is
+           not valid UTF-8
+    */
+    static void check_text_utf8(const string_t& s, const BasicJsonType& context)
+    {
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+        check_utf8(s, context);
+#else
+        static_cast<void>(s);
+        static_cast<void>(context);
+#endif
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief write an integer in the shortest encoding
 

include/nlohmann/detail/string_utils.hpp

@@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ This is a single-byte step of a "shift-based" UTF-8 decoder originally
 written by Björn Hoehrmann. See
 http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/ for details.
 
-The library checks UTF-8 well-formedness (RFC 3629, section 4) in four
+The library checks UTF-8 well-formedness (RFC 3629, section 4) in three
 places, which differ in speed, diagnostics, and how they read the input:
 
-- decode() and @ref is_valid_utf8 below: the serializer (to escape and, in
+- decode() below: the serializer, to escape and, in strict mode, reject
-  strict mode, reject ill-formed UTF-8 when dumping a string) and the CBOR,
+  ill-formed UTF-8 when dumping a string. The CBOR, MessagePack, BSON,
-  MessagePack, BSON, UBJSON and BJData readers (to reject ill-formed UTF-8 in
+  UBJSON and BJData readers do not use it: none of those specs requires a
-  text strings at decode time).
+  decoder to reject ill-formed UTF-8 in text strings, so the readers keep
+  the bytes as is and leave the check to dump() and the binary writers.
 - the per-lead-byte switch in lexer::scan_string(): JSON text, with a
   diagnostic for each kind of error.
 - validate_one_utf8() and valid_utf8_prefix() in string_scan.hpp: the lexer's
@@ -178,38 +179,5 @@ inline std::uint8_t decode(std::uint8_t& state, std::uint32_t& codep, const std:
     return state;
 }
 
-/*!
-@brief check whether a string consists solely of valid UTF-8
-
-Used by the CBOR/MessagePack/BSON/UBJSON binary readers to reject text
-strings that are not valid UTF-8 at decode time (RFC 8949 §3.1 and the
-MessagePack/BSON specifications all require text strings to be UTF-8), so
-that malformed input is caught immediately instead of only surfacing later
-as a type_error.316 when the resulting value is dumped.
-
-@param[in] s      the string to check
-@param[in] first  index of the first byte to check; the bytes before it are
-                  assumed to have been validated already and to end on a
-                  code point boundary
-@return whether @a s (from index @a first on) is valid UTF-8
-*/
-template<typename StringType>
-inline bool is_valid_utf8(const StringType& s, const std::size_t first = 0) noexcept
-{
-    std::uint8_t state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
-    std::uint32_t codepoint = 0;
-
-    for (std::size_t i = first; i < s.size(); ++i)
-    {
-        decode(state, codepoint, static_cast<std::uint8_t>(s[i]));
-        if (state == UTF8_REJECT)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return state == UTF8_ACCEPT;
-}
-
 }  // namespace detail
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP_
 #define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP_
 
-// Workaround for GCC template redefinition errors in C++ modules
-// When nlohmann/json.hpp is included in a C++20 module preamble after
-// other module imports, GCC may report spurious redefinition errors for
-// STL templates. These pragmas suppress those false positives.
-// See: https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5103
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__) && __cplusplus >= 202002L
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wignored-attributes"
-#endif
-
 #include <algorithm> // all_of, find, for_each, none_of
 #include <cmath> // isnan
 #include <cstddef> // nullptr_t, ptrdiff_t, size_t
@@ -114,6 +104,10 @@
     #define JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 0
+#endif
+
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
 #else
@@ -150,14 +144,20 @@
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 _sbu8
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
 #endif
 
 // Construct the namespace ABI tags component
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f) \
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
-    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f)
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
 
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
     NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS,              \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS,         \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION,           \
-            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING,               \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)
 
 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \
@@ -2617,13 +2618,6 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_DIAGNOSTIC_POP
     #define JSON_NO_THREAD_LOCAL 1
 #endif
 
-// disable documentation warnings on clang
-#if defined(__clang__)
-    #pragma clang diagnostic push
-    #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation"
-    #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation-unknown-command"
-#endif
-
 // allow disabling exceptions
 #if (defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)) && !defined(JSON_NOEXCEPTION)
     #define JSON_THROW(exception) throw exception
@@ -2682,7 +2676,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_DIAGNOSTIC_POP
     {                                                                                           \
         /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11 */                                \
         static_assert(std::is_enum<ENUM_TYPE>::value, #ENUM_TYPE " must be an enum!");          \
-        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */       \
+        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */ \
         static const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType> m[] = __VA_ARGS__;                     \
         auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(m), std::end(m),                                      \
                                [e](const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType>& ej_pair) -> bool  \
@@ -2696,7 +2690,7 @@ JSON_HEDLEY_DIAGNOSTIC_POP
     {                                                                                           \
         /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11 */                                \
         static_assert(std::is_enum<ENUM_TYPE>::value, #ENUM_TYPE " must be an enum!");          \
-        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */       \
+        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */ \
         static const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType> m[] = __VA_ARGS__;                     \
         auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(m), std::end(m),                                      \
                                [&j](const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType>& ej_pair) -> bool \
@@ -2735,7 +2729,7 @@ void templated_json_throw(ExceptionType exception)
     {                                                                                           \
         /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11 */                                \
         static_assert(std::is_enum<ENUM_TYPE>::value, #ENUM_TYPE " must be an enum!");          \
-        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */       \
+        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */ \
         static const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType> m[] = __VA_ARGS__;                     \
         auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(m), std::end(m),                                      \
                                [e](const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType>& ej_pair) -> bool  \
@@ -2750,7 +2744,7 @@ void templated_json_throw(ExceptionType exception)
     {                                                                                           \
         /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-type-traits) we use C++11 */                                \
         static_assert(std::is_enum<ENUM_TYPE>::value, #ENUM_TYPE " must be an enum!");          \
-        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */       \
+        /* NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays) we don't want to depend on <array> */ \
         static const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType> m[] = __VA_ARGS__;                     \
         auto it = std::find_if(std::begin(m), std::end(m),                                      \
                                [&j](const std::pair<ENUM_TYPE, BasicJsonType>& ej_pair) -> bool \
@@ -3578,8 +3572,7 @@ inline StringType escape(const StringType& s)
 
 /*!
  * @brief string unescaping as described in RFC 6901 (Sect. 4)
- * @param[in] s string to unescape
+ * @param[in,out] s string to unescape in place
- * @return    unescaped string
  *
  * Note the order of escaping "~1" to "/" and "~0" to "~" is important.
  *
@@ -5871,22 +5864,22 @@ void())
 }
 
 template < typename BasicJsonType, typename T, std::size_t... Idx >
-std::array<T, sizeof...(Idx)> from_json_inplace_array_impl(BasicJsonType&& j,
+std::array<T, sizeof...(Idx)> from_json_inplace_array_impl(const BasicJsonType& j,
                      identity_tag<std::array<T, sizeof...(Idx)>> /*unused*/, index_sequence<Idx...> /*unused*/)
 {
-    return { { std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j).at(Idx).template get<T>()... } };
+    return { { j.at(Idx).template get<T>()... } };
 }
 
 template < typename BasicJsonType, typename T, std::size_t N >
-auto from_json(BasicJsonType&& j, identity_tag<std::array<T, N>> tag)
+auto from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, identity_tag<std::array<T, N>> tag)
--> decltype(from_json_inplace_array_impl(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), tag, make_index_sequence<N> {}))
+-> decltype(from_json_inplace_array_impl(j, tag, make_index_sequence<N> {}))
 {
     if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!j.is_array()))
     {
         JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, concat("type must be array, but is ", j.type_name()), &j));
     }
 
-    return from_json_inplace_array_impl(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), tag, make_index_sequence<N> {});
+    return from_json_inplace_array_impl(j, tag, make_index_sequence<N> {});
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
@@ -6021,54 +6014,54 @@ template<std::size_t PTagValue, typename BasicJsonType, typename... Types>
 using tuple_type = std::tuple < decltype(from_json_tuple_get_impl(std::declval<BasicJsonType>(), detail::identity_tag<Types> {}, detail::priority_tag<PTagValue> {}))... >;
 
 template<std::size_t PTagValue, typename... Args, typename BasicJsonType, std::size_t... Idx>
-tuple_type<PTagValue, BasicJsonType, Args...> from_json_tuple_impl_base(BasicJsonType&& j, index_sequence<Idx...> /*unused*/)
+tuple_type<PTagValue, const BasicJsonType&, Args...> from_json_tuple_impl_base(const BasicJsonType& j, index_sequence<Idx...> /*unused*/)
 {
-    return tuple_type<PTagValue, BasicJsonType, Args...>(from_json_tuple_get_impl(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j).at(Idx), detail::identity_tag<Args> {}, detail::priority_tag<PTagValue> {})...);
+    return tuple_type<PTagValue, const BasicJsonType&, Args...>(from_json_tuple_get_impl(j.at(Idx), detail::identity_tag<Args> {}, detail::priority_tag<PTagValue> {})...);
 }
 
 template<std::size_t PTagValue, typename BasicJsonType>
-std::tuple<> from_json_tuple_impl_base(BasicJsonType& /*unused*/, index_sequence<> /*unused*/)
+std::tuple<> from_json_tuple_impl_base(const BasicJsonType& /*unused*/, index_sequence<> /*unused*/)
 {
     return {};
 }
 
 template < typename BasicJsonType, class A1, class A2 >
-std::pair<A1, A2> from_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType&& j, identity_tag<std::pair<A1, A2>> /*unused*/, priority_tag<0> /*unused*/)
+std::pair<A1, A2> from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, identity_tag<std::pair<A1, A2>> /*unused*/, priority_tag<0> /*unused*/)
 {
-    return {std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j).at(0).template get<A1>(),
+    return {j.at(0).template get<A1>(),
-            std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j).at(1).template get<A2>()};
+            j.at(1).template get<A2>()};
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename A1, typename A2>
-inline void from_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType&& j, std::pair<A1, A2>& p, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/)
+inline void from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, std::pair<A1, A2>& p, priority_tag<1> /*unused*/)
 {
-    p = from_json_tuple_impl(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), identity_tag<std::pair<A1, A2>> {}, priority_tag<0> {});
+    p = from_json_tuple_impl(j, identity_tag<std::pair<A1, A2>> {}, priority_tag<0> {});
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
-std::tuple<Args...> from_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType&& j, identity_tag<std::tuple<Args...>> /*unused*/, priority_tag<2> /*unused*/)
+std::tuple<Args...> from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, identity_tag<std::tuple<Args...>> /*unused*/, priority_tag<2> /*unused*/)
 {
-    static_assert(cxpr_and<cxpr_or<cxpr_not<std::is_reference<Args>>, is_compatible_reference_type<BasicJsonType, Args>>...>::value,
+    static_assert(cxpr_and<cxpr_or<cxpr_not<std::is_reference<Args>>, is_compatible_reference_type<const BasicJsonType&, Args>>...>::value,
                   "Can not return a tuple containing references to types not contained in a Json, try Json::get_to()");
-    return from_json_tuple_impl_base<1, Args...>(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), index_sequence_for<Args...> {});
+    return from_json_tuple_impl_base<1, Args...>(j, index_sequence_for<Args...> {});
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename... Args>
-inline void from_json_tuple_impl(BasicJsonType&& j, std::tuple<Args...>& t, priority_tag<3> /*unused*/)
+inline void from_json_tuple_impl(const BasicJsonType& j, std::tuple<Args...>& t, priority_tag<3> /*unused*/)
 {
-    t = from_json_tuple_impl_base<2, Args...>(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), index_sequence_for<Args...> {});
+    t = from_json_tuple_impl_base<2, Args...>(j, index_sequence_for<Args...> {});
 }
 
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename TupleRelated>
-auto from_json(BasicJsonType&& j, TupleRelated&& t)
+auto from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, TupleRelated&& t)
--> decltype(from_json_tuple_impl(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), std::forward<TupleRelated>(t), priority_tag<3> {}))
+-> decltype(from_json_tuple_impl(j, std::forward<TupleRelated>(t), priority_tag<3> {}))
 {
     if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!j.is_array()))
     {
         JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, concat("type must be array, but is ", j.type_name()), &j));
     }
 
-    return from_json_tuple_impl(std::forward<BasicJsonType>(j), std::forward<TupleRelated>(t), priority_tag<3> {});
+    return from_json_tuple_impl(j, std::forward<TupleRelated>(t), priority_tag<3> {});
 }
 
 template < typename BasicJsonType, typename Key, typename Value, typename Compare, typename Allocator,
@@ -6153,7 +6146,7 @@ struct from_json_fn
 /// namespace to hold default `from_json` function
 /// to see why this is required:
 /// http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/n4381.html
-namespace // NOLINT(cert-dcl59-cpp,fuchsia-header-anon-namespaces,google-build-namespaces)
+namespace // NOLINT(cert-dcl59-cpp,fuchsia-header-anon-namespaces,google-build-namespaces,misc-anonymous-namespace-in-header)
 {
 #endif
 JSON_INLINE_VARIABLE constexpr const auto& from_json = // NOLINT(misc-definitions-in-headers)
@@ -6339,13 +6332,14 @@ This is a single-byte step of a "shift-based" UTF-8 decoder originally
 written by Björn Hoehrmann. See
 http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/ for details.
 
-The library checks UTF-8 well-formedness (RFC 3629, section 4) in four
+The library checks UTF-8 well-formedness (RFC 3629, section 4) in three
 places, which differ in speed, diagnostics, and how they read the input:
 
-- decode() and @ref is_valid_utf8 below: the serializer (to escape and, in
+- decode() below: the serializer, to escape and, in strict mode, reject
-  strict mode, reject ill-formed UTF-8 when dumping a string) and the CBOR,
+  ill-formed UTF-8 when dumping a string. The CBOR, MessagePack, BSON,
-  MessagePack, BSON, UBJSON and BJData readers (to reject ill-formed UTF-8 in
+  UBJSON and BJData readers do not use it: none of those specs requires a
-  text strings at decode time).
+  decoder to reject ill-formed UTF-8 in text strings, so the readers keep
+  the bytes as is and leave the check to dump() and the binary writers.
 - the per-lead-byte switch in lexer::scan_string(): JSON text, with a
   diagnostic for each kind of error.
 - validate_one_utf8() and valid_utf8_prefix() in string_scan.hpp: the lexer's
@@ -6400,39 +6394,6 @@ inline std::uint8_t decode(std::uint8_t& state, std::uint32_t& codep, const std:
     return state;
 }
 
-/*!
-@brief check whether a string consists solely of valid UTF-8
-
-Used by the CBOR/MessagePack/BSON/UBJSON binary readers to reject text
-strings that are not valid UTF-8 at decode time (RFC 8949 §3.1 and the
-MessagePack/BSON specifications all require text strings to be UTF-8), so
-that malformed input is caught immediately instead of only surfacing later
-as a type_error.316 when the resulting value is dumped.
-
-@param[in] s      the string to check
-@param[in] first  index of the first byte to check; the bytes before it are
-                  assumed to have been validated already and to end on a
-                  code point boundary
-@return whether @a s (from index @a first on) is valid UTF-8
-*/
-template<typename StringType>
-inline bool is_valid_utf8(const StringType& s, const std::size_t first = 0) noexcept
-{
-    std::uint8_t state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
-    std::uint32_t codepoint = 0;
-
-    for (std::size_t i = first; i < s.size(); ++i)
-    {
-        decode(state, codepoint, static_cast<std::uint8_t>(s[i]));
-        if (state == UTF8_REJECT)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return state == UTF8_ACCEPT;
-}
-
 }  // namespace detail
 NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
@@ -6629,11 +6590,11 @@ namespace std
     JSON_HEDLEY_PRAGMA(clang diagnostic ignored "-Wmismatched-tags")
 #endif
 template<typename IteratorType>
-class tuple_size<::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp)
+class tuple_size<::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType>> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp,bugprone-std-namespace-modification)
     : public std::integral_constant<std::size_t, 2> {};
 
 template<std::size_t N, typename IteratorType>
-class tuple_element<N, ::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType >> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp)
+class tuple_element<N, ::nlohmann::detail::iteration_proxy_value<IteratorType >> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp,bugprone-std-namespace-modification)
 {
   public:
     using type = decltype(
@@ -7178,7 +7139,7 @@ struct to_json_fn
 /// namespace to hold default `to_json` function
 /// to see why this is required:
 /// http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/n4381.html
-namespace // NOLINT(cert-dcl59-cpp,fuchsia-header-anon-namespaces,google-build-namespaces)
+namespace // NOLINT(cert-dcl59-cpp,fuchsia-header-anon-namespaces,google-build-namespaces,misc-anonymous-namespace-in-header)
 {
 #endif
 JSON_INLINE_VARIABLE constexpr const auto& to_json = // NOLINT(misc-definitions-in-headers)
@@ -8399,6 +8360,9 @@ struct container_input_adapter_factory< ContainerType,
 
            static adapter_type create(ContainerType&& container)
 {
+    // container is forwarded twice on purpose: the resulting begin/end
+    // iterator types must match adapter_type, computed the same way
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(bugprone-use-after-move)
     return input_adapter(begin(std::forward<ContainerType>(container)), end(std::forward<ContainerType>(container)));
 }
        };
@@ -10298,9 +10262,9 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
     /////////////////////
 
     /*!
-    @brief get codepoint from 4 hex characters following `\u`
+    @brief get codepoint from 4 hex characters following `\\u`
 
-    For input "\u c1 c2 c3 c4" the codepoint is:
+    For input "\\u c1 c2 c3 c4" the codepoint is:
       (c1 * 0x1000) + (c2 * 0x0100) + (c3 * 0x0010) + c4
     = (c1 << 12) + (c2 << 8) + (c3 << 4) + (c4 << 0)
 
@@ -13949,7 +13913,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief Parses a C-style string from the BSON input.
     @param[in,out] result  A reference to the string variable where the read
                             string is to be stored.
-    @return `true` if the \x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
+    @return `true` if the \\x00-byte indicating the end of the string was
              encountered before the EOF; false` indicates an unexpected EOF.
     */
     bool get_bson_cstr(string_t& result)
@@ -13979,7 +13943,7 @@ class binary_reader
     @brief read a C-style string from contiguous input in one step
 
     @param[in,out] result  the string to append to
-    @return whether the string was read; if the input has no \x00-byte, nothing
+    @return whether the string was read; if the input has no \\x00-byte, nothing
             is read, and @ref get_bson_cstr reports the end of the input
     */
     bool get_bson_cstr_bulk(string_t& result, std::true_type /*bulk*/)
@@ -17559,28 +17523,13 @@ class binary_reader
                     const NumberType len,
                     string_t& result)
     {
-        // get_bytes() appends to result, and CBOR indefinite-length strings
+        // Strings are taken as is: none of CBOR (RFC 8949 §3.1 leaves the
-        // collect all their chunks in the same result; validating only the
+        // choice to the decoder), MessagePack (whose spec explicitly allows
-        // newly read bytes keeps the check linear in the input size
+        // a str object to contain an invalid byte sequence), UBJSON, BJData,
-        const std::size_t old_size = result.size();
+        // or BSON requires a decoder to reject ill-formed UTF-8. The bytes
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_bytes(format, len, "string", result)))
+        // are kept unchanged; dump() and the binary writers are the ones
-        {
+        // that check them and report type_error.316 if they are not valid.
-            return false;
+        return get_bytes(format, len, "string", result);
-        }
-
-        // RFC 8949 (CBOR) §3.1 and the MessagePack/BSON/UBJSON specifications
-        // all require text strings to be valid UTF-8; reject anything else
-        // right here so malformed input is caught at decode time instead of
-        // only surfacing later as a type_error.316 when the value is dumped
-        // (which would defeat allow_exceptions=false / strict discarding).
-        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!is_valid_utf8(result, old_size)))
-        {
-            return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(),
-                                    parse_error::create(113, chars_read,
-                                            exception_message(format, "invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", "string"), nullptr));
-        }
-
-        return true;
     }
 
     /*!
@@ -18636,7 +18585,7 @@ This class implements a both iterators (iterator and const_iterator) for the
       been set (e.g., by a constructor or a copy assignment). If the iterator is
       default-constructed, it is *uninitialized* and most methods are undefined.
       **The library uses assertions to detect calls on uninitialized iterators.**
-@requirement REQ-JSON-01 The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+This class satisfies the following concept requirements (REQ-JSON-01):
 -
 [BidirectionalIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/BidirectionalIterator):
   The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
@@ -19400,7 +19349,7 @@ namespace detail
 iterator (to create @ref reverse_iterator) and @ref const_iterator (to
 create @ref const_reverse_iterator).
 
-@requirement REQ-JSON-02 The class satisfies the following concept requirements:
+This class satisfies the following concept requirements (REQ-JSON-02):
 -
 [BidirectionalIterator](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/BidirectionalIterator):
   The iterator that can be moved can be moved in both directions (i.e.
@@ -19843,11 +19792,11 @@ class json_pointer
             JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(404, detail::concat("unresolved reference token '", s, "'"), nullptr));
         }
 
-        // only triggered on special platforms (like 32bit), see also
+        // the index does not fit into size_type; on 64-bit platforms this is
-        // https://github.com/nlohmann/json/pull/2203
+        // only SIZE_MAX itself (see #2203 and #5395)
         if (res >= static_cast<unsigned long long>((std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max)()))  // NOLINT(runtime/int)
         {
-            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(410, detail::concat("array index ", s, " exceeds size_type"), nullptr));   // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+            JSON_THROW(detail::out_of_range::create(410, detail::concat("array index ", s, " exceeds size_type"), nullptr));
         }
 
         return static_cast<size_type>(res);
@@ -19881,7 +19830,7 @@ class json_pointer
     /*!
     @brief create and return a reference to the pointed to value
 
-    @complexity Linear in the number of reference tokens.
+    Complexity: Linear in the number of reference tokens.
 
     @throw parse_error.106 if an array index begins with '0'
     @throw parse_error.109 if array index is not a number
@@ -19968,7 +19917,7 @@ class json_pointer
 
     @return reference to the JSON value pointed to by the JSON pointer
 
-    @complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
+    Complexity: Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.
 
     @throw parse_error.106   if an array index begins with '0'
     @throw parse_error.109   if an array index was not a number
@@ -20880,6 +20829,7 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
 #include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared
 #include <string> // basic_string
+#include <type_traits> // conditional, integral_constant, is_same
 #include <utility> // move
 #include <vector> // vector
 
@@ -20988,11 +20938,13 @@ class output_stream_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
         : stream(s)
     {}
 
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(portability-template-virtual-member-function)
     void write_character(CharType c) override
     {
         stream.put(c);
     }
 
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(portability-template-virtual-member-function)
     void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
     {
         stream.write(s, static_cast<std::streamsize>(length));
@@ -21059,7 +21011,82 @@ class output_adapter_sink
     output_adapter_t<CharType> oa;
 };
 
-template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+/// @brief whether std::basic_string<CharType> has a non-deprecated std::char_traits
+///        specialization, and is therefore usable as output_adapter's default StringType
+///
+/// std::char_traits is only guaranteed (and, on some standard libraries, only
+/// implemented without a deprecation warning) for the character types listed
+/// below; std::char_traits<T> for any other T (e.g. std::uint8_t, as used by the
+/// binary writers) is a non-standard extension some standard libraries deprecate.
+/// See https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5725 item 2.
+template<typename CharType>
+struct is_output_adapter_string_char_type : std::integral_constant < bool,
+    std::is_same<CharType, char>::value ||
+    std::is_same<CharType, wchar_t>::value ||
+    std::is_same<CharType, char16_t>::value ||
+    std::is_same<CharType, char32_t>::value
+#if defined(__cpp_lib_char8_t) && (__cpp_lib_char8_t >= 201907L)
+    || std::is_same<CharType, char8_t>::value
+#endif
+    > {};
+
+/// @brief placeholder type for output_adapter's StringType and (with JSON_NO_IO
+///        undefined) its std::basic_ostream constructor parameter, for CharType
+///        with no non-deprecated std::char_traits specialization
+///
+/// Never actually used: the StringType- and std::basic_ostream-based
+/// output_adapter constructors are neither documented nor tested for such
+/// CharType (only the std::vector-based constructor is used for them, by the
+/// binary writers). Naming std::basic_string<CharType> or
+/// std::basic_ostream<CharType> anywhere such a constructor would otherwise be
+/// declared - even as an unused default template argument or an unused,
+/// never-called overload - instantiates std::char_traits<CharType> merely to
+/// name the type, which is exactly what triggers the deprecation warning this
+/// placeholder avoids.
+template<typename CharType>
+struct output_adapter_no_string_type {};
+
+// Select output_adapter's default StringType (and, below, its ostream
+// constructor's parameter type) via partial specialization, not
+// std::conditional: std::conditional<B, T, F> requires both T and F to be named
+// as template arguments up front, which would still instantiate (and thus name)
+// std::basic_string<CharType> / std::basic_ostream<CharType> for every CharType,
+// defeating the point. A bool non-type parameter with two specializations only
+// ever names the type that is actually selected.
+template<typename CharType, bool = is_output_adapter_string_char_type<CharType>::value>
+struct output_adapter_default_string_type
+{
+    using type = output_adapter_no_string_type<CharType>;
+};
+
+template<typename CharType>
+struct output_adapter_default_string_type<CharType, true>
+{
+    using type = std::basic_string<CharType>;
+};
+
+#ifndef JSON_NO_IO
+/// distinct from output_adapter_no_string_type, so the placeholder overloads of
+/// output_adapter's constructor (used when CharType is not a character type)
+/// stay distinct overloads instead of colliding into a single redeclaration
+template<typename CharType>
+struct output_adapter_no_ostream_type {};
+
+template<typename CharType, bool = is_output_adapter_string_char_type<CharType>::value>
+struct output_adapter_ostream_type
+{
+    using type = output_adapter_no_ostream_type<CharType>;
+};
+
+template<typename CharType>
+struct output_adapter_ostream_type<CharType, true>
+{
+    using type = std::basic_ostream<CharType>;
+};
+#endif  // JSON_NO_IO
+
+template < typename CharType, typename StringType =
+           typename output_adapter_default_string_type<CharType>::type >
 class output_adapter
 {
   public:
@@ -21068,7 +21095,7 @@ class output_adapter
         : oa(std::make_shared<output_vector_adapter<CharType, AllocatorType>>(vec)) {}
 
 #ifndef JSON_NO_IO
-    output_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s)
+    output_adapter(typename output_adapter_ostream_type<CharType>::type& s)
         : oa(std::make_shared<output_stream_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
 #endif  // JSON_NO_IO
 
@@ -21177,6 +21204,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or an object key is not valid UTF-8
     @throw type_error.317 if @a j is not an object
     */
     void write_bson(const BasicJsonType& j)
@@ -21207,6 +21236,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or an object key is not valid UTF-8
     */
     void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -21273,6 +21304,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::string:
             {
+                check_text_utf8(*j.m_data.m_value.string, j);
+
                 // step 1: write control byte and the string length
                 write_cbor_head(0x60, j.m_data.m_value.string->size());
 
@@ -21349,6 +21382,11 @@ class binary_writer
                 // step 2: write each element
                 for (const auto& el : *j.m_data.m_value.object)
                 {
+                    // el.first is checked here, against the object as
+                    // diagnostics context, because write_cbor(el.first)
+                    // converts it to a temporary basic_json that would be
+                    // used as the context instead
+                    check_text_utf8(el.first, j);
                     write_cbor(el.first);
                     write_cbor(el.second);
                 }
@@ -21691,6 +21729,8 @@ class binary_writer
     @param[in] add_prefix  whether prefixes need to be used for this value
     @param[in] use_bjdata  whether write in BJData format, default is false
     @param[in] bjdata_version  which BJData version to use, default is draft2
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or an object key is not valid UTF-8
     */
     void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
                       const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true,
@@ -21740,6 +21780,8 @@ class binary_writer
 
             case value_t::string:
             {
+                check_text_utf8(*j.m_data.m_value.string, j);
+
                 if (add_prefix)
                 {
                     oa.write_character(to_char_type('S'));
@@ -21902,6 +21944,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
                 for (const auto& el : *j.m_data.m_value.object)
                 {
+                    check_text_utf8(el.first, j);
                     write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(el.first.size(), true, use_bjdata);
                     oa.write_characters(
                           reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(el.first.data()),
@@ -21946,6 +21989,10 @@ class binary_writer
     /*!
     @return The size of a BSON document entry header, including the id marker
             and the entry name size (and its null-terminator).
+    @throw out_of_range.409 if @a name contains U+0000, before anything is
+           written
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a name is
+           not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
     */
     static std::size_t calc_bson_entry_header_size(const string_t& name, const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -21955,7 +22002,8 @@ class binary_writer
             JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(409, concat("BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte ", std::to_string(it), ")"), &j));
         }
 
-        static_cast<void>(j);
+        check_text_utf8(name, j);
+
         return /*id*/ 1ul + name.size() + /*zero-terminator*/1u;
     }
 
@@ -22011,9 +22059,21 @@ class binary_writer
 
     /*!
     @return The size of the BSON-encoded string in @a value
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a value
+           is not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
+
+    @note The UTF-8 check is skipped if @a value is already too long for the
+          32-bit BSON length field (@ref to_bson_length rejects it later, once
+          the size of the whole document is known); this also keeps the check
+          from reading past a StringType that reports a size larger than what
+          it actually holds.
     */
-    static std::size_t calc_bson_string_size(const string_t& value)
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_string_size(const string_t& value, const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(value_in_range_of<std::int32_t>(value.size())))
+        {
+            check_text_utf8(value, j);
+        }
         return sizeof(std::int32_t) + value.size() + 1ul;
     }
 
@@ -22142,6 +22202,8 @@ class binary_writer
             is neither an object nor an array
     @throw out_of_range.415 if @a j is binary with a subtype that does not fit
            into a byte, before anything is written
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a j is a
+           string that is not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
     */
     static std::size_t calc_bson_value_size(const BasicJsonType& j)
     {
@@ -22163,7 +22225,7 @@ class binary_writer
                 return calc_bson_unsigned_size(j.m_data.m_value.number_unsigned);
 
             case value_t::string:
-                return calc_bson_string_size(*j.m_data.m_value.string);
+                return calc_bson_string_size(*j.m_data.m_value.string, j);
 
             case value_t::null:
                 return 0ul;
@@ -22276,6 +22338,8 @@ class binary_writer
            written
     @throw out_of_range.415 if a binary value's subtype does not fit into a
            byte, before anything is written
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and a string
+           value or a key is not valid UTF-8, before anything is written
     */
     static std::size_t calc_bson_sizes(const BasicJsonType& document, std::vector<std::size_t>& nested_sizes)
     {
@@ -23154,7 +23218,7 @@ class binary_writer
     */
     void write_bon8_string(const string_t& s, bool& string_open, const BasicJsonType& context)
     {
-        check_bon8_utf8(s, context);
+        check_utf8(s, context);
 
         // a string that follows another string terminates it
         if (string_open)
@@ -23184,7 +23248,7 @@ class binary_writer
     @throw type_error.316 if @a s is not valid UTF-8; the message names the
            first byte of the first invalid or incomplete sequence
     */
-    static void check_bon8_utf8(const string_t& s, const BasicJsonType& context)
+    static void check_utf8(const string_t& s, const BasicJsonType& context)
     {
         static_cast<void>(context); // only used when exceptions are enabled
         const auto* data = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(s.data());
@@ -23195,6 +23259,29 @@ class binary_writer
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    @brief check a CBOR, UBJSON, BJData, or BSON text string for valid UTF-8
+
+    The check only happens if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled. Otherwise,
+    the bytes are written unchanged, as before version 3.13.0. MessagePack
+    always writes the bytes as is, and BON8 always checks them (see
+    @ref check_utf8).
+
+    @param[in] s        the string to check
+    @param[in] context  the value that holds @a s (for diagnostics)
+    @throw type_error.316 if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled and @a s is
+           not valid UTF-8
+    */
+    static void check_text_utf8(const string_t& s, const BasicJsonType& context)
+    {
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+        check_utf8(s, context);
+#else
+        static_cast<void>(s);
+        static_cast<void>(context);
+#endif
+    }
+
     /*!
     @brief write an integer in the shortest encoding
 
@@ -24727,7 +24814,7 @@ class serializer
     @param[in] ichar  indentation character to use
     @param[in] pretty_print_  whether the output shall be pretty-printed
     @param[in] ensure_ascii_ If @a ensure_ascii_ is true, all non-ASCII
-    characters in the output are escaped with `\uXXXX` sequences, and the
+    characters in the output are escaped with `\\uXXXX` sequences, and the
     result consists of ASCII characters only.
     @param[in] indent_step_  the indent level
     @param[in] error_handler_  how to react on decoding errors
@@ -25352,7 +25439,7 @@ class serializer
 
     @param[in] s  the string to escape
 
-    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
+    Complexity: Linear in the length of string @a s.
     */
     void dump_escaped(const string_t& s)
     {
@@ -25856,7 +25943,7 @@ class serializer
     }
 
     /*!
-     * @brief write a lowercase "\uXXXX" escape sequence into @a string_buffer
+     * @brief write a lowercase "\\uXXXX" escape sequence into @a string_buffer
      *
      * Branch-free replacement for `snprintf(buf, 7, "\\u%04x", codeunit)` in the
      * string escaping hot path. It writes exactly six characters ('\\', 'u' and
@@ -26206,7 +26293,7 @@ class serializer
     /// whether to pretty-print the output
     const bool pretty_print;
 
-    /// whether to escape non-ASCII characters with \uXXXX sequences
+    /// whether to escape non-ASCII characters with \\uXXXX sequences
     const bool ensure_ascii;
 
     /// the indent level
@@ -29156,12 +29243,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     @throw what @ref json_serializer<ValueType> `from_json()` method throws
 
-    @liveexample{The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
+    The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
     to other types. There a few things to note: (1) Floating-point numbers can
-    be converted to integers\, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
+    be converted to integers, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
-    `std::vector<short>`\, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++
+    `std::vector<short>`, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++
-    associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string\,
+    associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string,
-    json>`.,get__ValueType_const}
+    json>`.
 
     @since version 2.1.0
     */
@@ -29228,7 +29315,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     @return a copy of *this, converted into @a BasicJsonType
 
-    @complexity Depending on the implementation of the called `from_json()`
+    Complexity: Depending on the implementation of the called `from_json()`
                 method.
 
     @since version 3.2.0
@@ -29252,7 +29339,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     @return a copy of *this
 
-    @complexity Constant.
+    Complexity: Constant.
 
     @since version 2.1.0
     */
@@ -29298,7 +29385,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     @tparam ValueTypeCV the provided value type
     @tparam ValueType the returned value type
 
-    @return copy of the JSON value, converted to @tparam ValueType if necessary
+    @return copy of the JSON value, converted to @a ValueType if necessary
 
     @throw what @ref json_serializer<ValueType> `from_json()` method throws if conversion is required
 
@@ -29336,12 +29423,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     @return pointer to the internally stored JSON value if the requested
     pointer type @a PointerType fits to the JSON value; `nullptr` otherwise
 
-    @complexity Constant.
+    Complexity: Constant.
 
-    @liveexample{The example below shows how pointers to internal values of a
+    The example below shows how pointers to internal values of a
     JSON value can be requested. Note that no type conversions are made and a
     `nullptr` is returned if the value and the requested pointer type does not
-    match.,get__PointerType}
+    match.
 
     @sa see @ref get_ptr() for explicit pointer-member access
 
@@ -29435,14 +29522,14 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     to the JSON value type (e.g., the JSON value is of type boolean, but a
     string is requested); see example below
 
-    @complexity Linear in the size of the JSON value.
+    Complexity: Linear in the size of the JSON value.
 
-    @liveexample{The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
+    The example below shows several conversions from JSON values
     to other types. There a few things to note: (1) Floating-point numbers can
-    be converted to integers\, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
+    be converted to integers, (2) A JSON array can be converted to a standard
-    `std::vector<short>`\, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++
+    `std::vector<short>`, (3) A JSON object can be converted to C++
-    associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string\,
+    associative containers such as `std::unordered_map<std::string,
-    json>`.,operator__ValueType}
+    json>`.
 
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
@@ -31897,6 +31984,19 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     /// @deprecated This function is deprecated since 3.8.0 and will be removed in
     ///             version 4.0.0 of the library. Please use
     ///             sax_parse(ptr, ptr + len) instead.
+    //
+    // Clang reports "declaration is marked with '@deprecated' command but does
+    // not have a deprecation attribute" for this overload even though
+    // JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR below does expand to __attribute__((deprecated));
+    // isolated reproductions of this exact declaration shape (doc comment,
+    // template<>, two stacked __attribute__ lines, an overload set of the same
+    // name) do not reproduce it, so this looks like a Clang comment/declaration
+    // association quirk specific to this overload within basic_json, not a
+    // genuine documentation bug. See #5725 item 2.
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation-deprecated-sync"
+#endif
     template <typename SAX>
     JSON_HEDLEY_DEPRECATED_FOR(3.8.0, sax_parse(ptr, ptr + len, ...))
     JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
@@ -31913,6 +32013,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
                : detail::binary_reader<basic_json, decltype(ia), SAX>(std::move(ia), format).sax_parse(sax, strict);
     }
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+#endif
 #ifndef JSON_NO_IO
     /// @brief deserialize from stream
     /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/operator_gtgt/
@@ -33575,7 +33678,7 @@ namespace std // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp)
 /// @brief hash value for JSON objects
 /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/std_hash/
 NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
-struct hash<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp)
+struct hash<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp,bugprone-std-namespace-modification)
 {
     std::size_t operator()(const nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j) const
     {
@@ -33608,7 +33711,7 @@ struct less< ::nlohmann::detail::value_t> // do not remove the space after '<',
 /// @brief exchanges the values of two JSON objects
 /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/std_swap/
 NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
-inline void swap(nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j1, nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j2) noexcept(  // NOLINT(readability-inconsistent-declaration-parameter-name, cert-dcl58-cpp)
+inline void swap(nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j1, nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j2) noexcept(  // NOLINT(readability-inconsistent-declaration-parameter-name, cert-dcl58-cpp,bugprone-std-namespace-modification)
     is_nothrow_move_constructible<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL>::value&&                          // NOLINT(misc-redundant-expression,cppcoreguidelines-noexcept-swap,performance-noexcept-swap)
     is_nothrow_move_assignable<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL>::value)
 {
@@ -33622,7 +33725,7 @@ inline void swap(nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL& j1, nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC
 /// @brief std::formatter specialization for JSON values
 /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/std_formatter/
 NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL_DECLARATION
-struct formatter<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL, char> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp)
+struct formatter<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL, char> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-cpp,bugprone-std-namespace-modification)
 {
     // -1 means compact output (dump()); any value >= 0 means pretty-printed
     // output with that many spaces (or indent_char) per level (dump(indent, indent_char)).
@@ -33711,11 +33814,6 @@ struct formatter<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL, char> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-c
 
 
 
-// restore clang diagnostic settings
-#if defined(__clang__)
-    #pragma clang diagnostic pop
-#endif
-
 // clean up
 #undef JSON_ASSERT
 #undef JSON_INTERNAL_CATCH
@@ -33749,6 +33847,7 @@ struct formatter<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL, char> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-c
     #undef JSON_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS
     #undef JSON_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION
     #undef JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
+    #undef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
 #endif
 
 // #include <nlohmann/thirdparty/hedley/hedley_undef.hpp>
@@ -33916,11 +34015,6 @@ struct formatter<nlohmann::NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL, char> // NOLINT(cert-dcl58-c
 
 // IWYU pragma: keep
 
-// End of GCC diagnostic pragmas for C++ modules support
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__) && __cplusplus >= 202002L
-    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
-
 // The user-defined string literals are in a separate header, because their
 // bodies instantiate the parser in every translation unit that includes them.
 // Define JSON_NO_AUTOMATIC_UDLS to include <nlohmann/json_literals.hpp> only

single_include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
     #define JSON_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 0
+#endif
+
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTICS _diag
 #else
@@ -99,14 +103,20 @@
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 _sbu8
+#else
+    #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION
     #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_NO_VERSION 0
 #endif
 
 // Construct the namespace ABI tags component
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) json_abi ## a ## b ## c ## d ## e ## f ## g
-#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f) \
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) \
-    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f)
+    NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT_EX(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
 
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS                                       \
     NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAGS_CONCAT(                                   \
@@ -115,7 +125,8 @@
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS,              \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_BRACE_INIT_COPY_SEMANTICS,         \
             NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_PRECISE_STREAM_POSITION,           \
-            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING)
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_NUL_HANDLING,               \
+            NLOHMANN_JSON_ABI_TAG_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8)
 
 // Construct the namespace version component
 #define NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_VERSION_CONCAT_EX(major, minor, patch) \

tests/abi/config/default.cpp

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ TEST_CASE("default namespace")
         expected += "_snul";
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+        expected += "_sbu8";
+#endif
+
         expected += "_v" STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR);
         expected += "_" STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR);
         expected += "_" STRINGIZE(NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH) "::basic_json";

tests/abi/config/noversion.cpp

@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ TEST_CASE("default namespace without version component")
         expected += "_snul";
 #endif
 
+#if JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+        expected += "_sbu8";
+#endif
+
         expected += "::basic_json";
 
         // fallback for Clang

tests/src/unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+//     __ _____ _____ _____
+//  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++ (supporting code)
+// |  |  |__   |  |  | | | |  version 3.12.0
+// |_____|_____|_____|_|___|  https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+//
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#include "doctest_compatibility.h"
+
+// The binary writers check strings and object keys for valid UTF-8 only if
+// JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled (planned to be the default in 4.0.0).
+// Without it, they write the bytes unchanged, as before version 3.13.0; the
+// tests for that are next to the other tests of each format.
+#ifdef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+    #undef JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8
+#endif
+
+#define JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 1
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+using nlohmann::json;
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+TEST_CASE("JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 (see #5529, #5651)")
+{
+    SECTION("CBOR")
+    {
+        // a string value with ill-formed UTF-8 is rejected
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(json("\xFF")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+        // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(json("\xC3")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC3", json::type_error&);
+        // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(json("\xED\xA0\x80")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xED", json::type_error&);
+        // an overlong encoding of '.'
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(json("\xC0\xAF")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC0", json::type_error&);
+
+        // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is rejected the same way
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(json{{"\xFF", 1}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+
+        // binary values are not text and are unaffected
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0xFF}))));
+
+        // a value read back from CBOR with ill-formed bytes cannot be written
+        // back either (the reader is lenient regardless of the macro)
+        const json j = json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0x62, 0xc0, 0xae}));
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_cbor(j), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC0", json::type_error&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("UBJSON")
+    {
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(json("\xFF")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+        // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(json("\xC3")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC3", json::type_error&);
+        // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(json("\xED\xA0\x80")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xED", json::type_error&);
+        // an overlong encoding of '.'
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(json("\xC0\xAF")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC0", json::type_error&);
+
+        // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is rejected the same way
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_ubjson(json{{"\xFF", 1}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("BJData")
+    {
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(json("\xFF")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+        // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(json("\xC3")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC3", json::type_error&);
+        // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(json("\xED\xA0\x80")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xED", json::type_error&);
+        // an overlong encoding of '.'
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(json("\xC0\xAF")), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC0", json::type_error&);
+
+        // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is rejected the same way
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bjdata(json{{"\xFF", 1}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("BSON")
+    {
+        // to_bson() rejects the same kind of ill-formed string value, before
+        // any bytes reach the output adapter (the BSON document length
+        // prefix must be known up front, so nothing is written incrementally)
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> out{0x42}; // a sentinel byte the writer must not touch
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xFF"}}, nlohmann::detail::output_adapter<std::uint8_t>(out)), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+        CHECK(out == std::vector<std::uint8_t> {0x42});
+
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xFF"}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+        // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xC3"}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC3", json::type_error&);
+        // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xED\xA0\x80"}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xED", json::type_error&);
+        // an overlong encoding of '.'
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xC0\xAF"}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xC0", json::type_error&);
+
+        // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is rejected as well; unlike
+        // the reader (which never validates element names), the writer
+        // checks both string values and object keys
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(json::to_bson(json{{"\xFF", 1}}), "[json.exception.type_error.316] invalid UTF-8 byte at index 0: 0xFF", json::type_error&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("MessagePack and BON8 are unaffected")
+    {
+        // MessagePack allows any bytes in a str, so to_msgpack() writes them as
+        // is; BON8 always checks, because the lead bytes mark where strings end
+        CHECK(json::to_msgpack(json("\xFF")) == std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0xa1, 0xff}));
+        CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::to_bon8(json("\xFF")), json::type_error&);
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-bjdata.cpp

@@ -3907,6 +3907,43 @@ TEST_CASE("Universal Binary JSON Specification Examples 1")
             CHECK(json::to_bjdata(j) == v);
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(v) == j);
         }
+
+        SECTION("ill-formed UTF-8 (see #5529, #5651)")
+        {
+            // none of the binary format specs requires a decoder to reject
+            // ill-formed UTF-8 in a text string, so a value whose bytes are
+            // not valid UTF-8 (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong encoding of '.')
+            // round-trips byte for byte as a string value; to_bjdata() writes
+            // the bytes unchanged, as before 3.13.0, unless
+            // JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled (see
+            // unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp)
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'S', 'i', 2, 0xc0, 0xae};
+            json j;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::from_bjdata(v));
+            REQUIRE(j.is_string());
+            CHECK(j.get_ref<const json::string_t&>() == std::string("\xc0\xae"));
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(j.dump(), json::type_error&);
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(j)) == j);
+
+            // the same bytes as an object key round-trip as well
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> v_key = {'{', 'i', 2, 0xc0, 0xae, 'i', 1, '}'};
+            json j_key;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j_key = json::from_bjdata(v_key));
+            REQUIRE(j_key.is_object());
+            CHECK(j_key.contains(std::string("\xc0\xae")));
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(j_key)) == j_key);
+
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(json("\xFF"))) == json("\xFF"));
+            // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(json("\xC3"))) == json("\xC3"));
+            // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(json("\xED\xA0\x80"))) == json("\xED\xA0\x80"));
+            // an overlong encoding of '.'
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(json("\xC0\xAF"))) == json("\xC0\xAF"));
+
+            // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is kept the same way
+            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(json::to_bjdata(json{{"\xFF", 1}})) == json{{"\xFF", 1}});
+        }
     }
 
     SECTION("Array Type")

tests/src/unit-bson.cpp

@@ -154,6 +154,43 @@ TEST_CASE("BSON")
 #endif
     }
 
+    SECTION("ill-formed UTF-8 (see #5529, #5651)")
+    {
+        // a BSON document {"s": "\xC0\xAE"} (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong
+        // encoding of '.'); the BSON spec does not require a decoder to
+        // reject ill-formed UTF-8 in a string value, so the reader hands the
+        // bytes back unchanged
+        const std::vector<uint8_t> v =
+        {
+            0x0F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // document length
+            0x02, 's', 0x00,        // type 0x02 (string), key "s"
+            0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // string length (including null)
+            0xc0, 0xae, 0x00,       // string content and its null terminator
+            0x00                    // document terminator
+        };
+        json j;
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::from_bson(v));
+        REQUIRE(j.is_object());
+        REQUIRE(j.contains("s"));
+        CHECK(j["s"].get_ref<const json::string_t&>() == std::string("\xc0\xae"));
+        // dump() still requires valid UTF-8 and throws for such a value
+        CHECK_THROWS_AS(j.dump(), json::type_error&);
+        // to_bson() writes the bytes back unchanged, as before 3.13.0,
+        // unless JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled (see unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp)
+        CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(j)) == j);
+
+        CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xFF"}})) == json{{"s", "\xFF"}});
+        // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+        CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xC3"}})) == json{{"s", "\xC3"}});
+        // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+        CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xED\xA0\x80"}})) == json{{"s", "\xED\xA0\x80"}});
+        // an overlong encoding of '.'
+        CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(json{{"s", "\xC0\xAF"}})) == json{{"s", "\xC0\xAF"}});
+
+        // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is kept as well
+        CHECK(json::from_bson(json::to_bson(json{{"\xFF", 1}})) == json{{"\xFF", 1}});
+    }
+
     SECTION("lengths exceeding INT32_MAX cannot be serialized to BSON")
     {
         // out_of_range.412 is thrown from a single shared helper

tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp

@@ -1801,19 +1801,41 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x7C, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x7C", json::parse_error&);
         }
 
-        SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in string (see #5529)")
+        SECTION("ill-formed UTF-8 in string (see #5529, #5651)")
         {
+            // RFC 8949 §3.1 leaves it up to the decoder whether to reject
+            // ill-formed UTF-8 in a text string; this library does not, and
+            // hands the original bytes back unchanged, matching the
+            // MessagePack reader and the behavior before #5185/#5531 (not in
+            // any release)
+
             // a two-character text string (major type 3) whose bytes are not
-            // valid UTF-8 (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong encoding of '.') must be
+            // valid UTF-8 (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong encoding of '.') round-trips
-            // rejected at decode time, matching every other kind of
+            // byte for byte as a string value
-            // malformed binary input, rather than only failing later when
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> ill_formed_value = {0x62, 0xc0, 0xae};
-            // the resulting value is dumped
+            json j_value;
-            json _;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j_value = json::from_cbor(ill_formed_value));
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x62, 0xc0, 0xae})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
+            REQUIRE(j_value.is_string());
-            CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x62, 0xc0, 0xae}), true, false).is_discarded());
+            CHECK(j_value.get_ref<const json::string_t&>() == std::string("\xc0\xae"));
+            // dump() still requires valid UTF-8 and throws for such a value,
+            // unless an error handler that replaces or ignores the bytes is
+            // passed
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(j_value.dump(), json::type_error&);
+            // to_cbor() writes the bytes back unchanged, as before 3.13.0,
+            // unless JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled (see unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp)
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(j_value)) == j_value);
+
+            // the same bytes as an object key round-trip as well
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> ill_formed_key = {0xa1, 0x62, 0xc0, 0xae, 0x01};
+            json j_key;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j_key = json::from_cbor(ill_formed_key));
+            REQUIRE(j_key.is_object());
+            CHECK(j_key.contains(std::string("\xc0\xae")));
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(j_key)) == j_key);
 
             // a CBOR byte string (major type 2) with the very same bytes is
             // NOT text and must still be accepted as-is
+            json _;
             CHECK_NOTHROW(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x42, 0xc0, 0xae})));
             CHECK(_ == json::binary(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0xc0, 0xae})));
 
@@ -1822,17 +1844,47 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(j)) == j);
         }
 
-        SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in indefinite-length string")
+        SECTION("to_cbor keeps ill-formed UTF-8 (see #5651)")
+        {
+            // to_cbor() writes the bytes unchanged, as before 3.13.0, unless
+            // JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled (see
+            // unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp); from_cbor() reads them back as is
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json("\xFF"))) == json("\xFF"));
+            // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json("\xC3"))) == json("\xC3"));
+            // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json("\xED\xA0\x80"))) == json("\xED\xA0\x80"));
+            // an overlong encoding of '.'
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json("\xC0\xAF"))) == json("\xC0\xAF"));
+
+            // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is kept the same way
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json{{"\xFF", 1}})) == json{{"\xFF", 1}});
+
+            // binary values are not text and are unaffected
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0xFF}))));
+        }
+
+        SECTION("ill-formed UTF-8 in indefinite-length string")
         {
             json _;
 
-            // every chunk must be valid UTF-8 on its own (RFC 8949, Section
+            // the chunks are concatenated as is, without checking that each
-            // 3.2.3), so a code point split across two chunks is rejected
+            // chunk is valid UTF-8 on its own (RFC 8949, Section 3.2.3), so
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x61, 0xc3, 0x61, 0xa9, 0xff})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
+            // a code point split across two chunks yields a valid string
-            CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x61, 0xc3, 0x61, 0xa9, 0xff}), true, false).is_discarded());
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x61, 0xc3, 0x61, 0xa9, 0xff})));
+            CHECK(_ == "\xc3\xa9");
+            CHECK(_.dump() == "\"\xc3\xa9\"");
 
-            // an ill-formed later chunk is rejected after valid ones
+            // a truncated code point is kept as is
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x62, 0xc3, 0xa9, 0x62, 0xc0, 0xae, 0xff})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 7: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x61, 0xc3, 0xff})));
+            CHECK(_ == "\xc3");
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(_.dump(), json::type_error&);
+            CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(_)) == _);
+
+            // an ill-formed later chunk is kept after valid ones
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x62, 0xc3, 0xa9, 0x62, 0xc0, 0xae, 0xff})));
+            CHECK(_ == "\xc3\xa9\xc0\xae");
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(_.dump(), json::type_error&);
 
             // valid multi-byte chunks are accepted
             CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7f, 0x62, 0xc3, 0xa9, 0x62, 0xc3, 0xb6, 0xff})) == "\xc3\xa9\xc3\xb6");
@@ -1840,9 +1892,6 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR")
 
         SECTION("many chunks in indefinite-length string")
         {
-            // only the newly read chunk is validated, not the whole string
-            // collected so far; validating the latter made this input take
-            // quadratic time (about ten seconds for 100000 chunks)
             constexpr std::size_t chunks = 100000;
             std::vector<uint8_t> v{0x7f};
             for (std::size_t i = 0; i < chunks; ++i)

tests/src/unit-msgpack.cpp

@@ -1540,19 +1540,39 @@ TEST_CASE("MessagePack")
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x81})), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
         }
 
-        SECTION("invalid UTF-8 in string (see #5529)")
+        SECTION("ill-formed UTF-8 in string (see #5529, #5651)")
         {
+            // the MessagePack specification explicitly allows a str object to
+            // contain a byte sequence that is not valid UTF-8 and expects a
+            // deserializer to hand the original bytes back unchanged; this
+            // library follows that, unlike CBOR/UBJSON/BJData/BSON, whose
+            // specifications require text strings to be valid UTF-8
+
             // a fixstr of length 2 (0xA0 | 2) whose bytes are not valid UTF-8
-            // (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong encoding of '.') must be rejected at
+            // (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong encoding of '.') round-trips byte for
-            // decode time, matching every other kind of malformed binary
+            // byte as a string value
-            // input, rather than only failing later when the resulting
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> ill_formed_value = {0xa2, 0xc0, 0xae};
-            // value is dumped
+            json j_value;
-            json _;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j_value = json::from_msgpack(ill_formed_value));
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa2, 0xc0, 0xae})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing MessagePack string: invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte", json::parse_error&);
+            REQUIRE(j_value.is_string());
-            CHECK(json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xa2, 0xc0, 0xae}), true, false).is_discarded());
+            CHECK(j_value.get_ref<const json::string_t&>() == std::string("\xc0\xae"));
+            CHECK(json::from_msgpack(json::to_msgpack(j_value)) == j_value);
+            // dump() still requires valid UTF-8 and throws for such a value,
+            // unless an error handler that replaces or ignores the bytes is
+            // passed
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(j_value.dump(), json::type_error&);
+
+            // the same bytes as an object key round-trip as well
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> ill_formed_key = {0x81, 0xa2, 0xc0, 0xae, 0x01};
+            json j_key;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j_key = json::from_msgpack(ill_formed_key));
+            REQUIRE(j_key.is_object());
+            CHECK(j_key.contains(std::string("\xc0\xae")));
+            CHECK(json::from_msgpack(json::to_msgpack(j_key)) == j_key);
 
             // a MessagePack bin8 blob with the very same bytes is NOT text
             // and must still be accepted as-is
+            json _;
             CHECK_NOTHROW(_ = json::from_msgpack(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xc4, 0x02, 0xc0, 0xae})));
             CHECK(_ == json::binary(std::vector<std::uint8_t>({0xc0, 0xae})));
 

tests/src/unit-ubjson.cpp

@@ -2505,6 +2505,43 @@ TEST_CASE("Universal Binary JSON Specification Examples 1")
             CHECK(json::to_ubjson(j) == v);
             CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v) == j);
         }
+
+        SECTION("ill-formed UTF-8 (see #5529, #5651)")
+        {
+            // none of the binary format specs requires a decoder to reject
+            // ill-formed UTF-8 in a text string, so a value whose bytes are
+            // not valid UTF-8 (0xC0 0xAE is an overlong encoding of '.')
+            // round-trips byte for byte as a string value; to_ubjson() writes
+            // the bytes unchanged, as before 3.13.0, unless
+            // JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8 is enabled (see
+            // unit-binary_utf8_strict.cpp)
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> v = {'S', 'i', 2, 0xc0, 0xae};
+            json j;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j = json::from_ubjson(v));
+            REQUIRE(j.is_string());
+            CHECK(j.get_ref<const json::string_t&>() == std::string("\xc0\xae"));
+            CHECK_THROWS_AS(j.dump(), json::type_error&);
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(j)) == j);
+
+            // the same bytes as an object key round-trip as well
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> v_key = {'{', 'i', 2, 0xc0, 0xae, 'i', 1, '}'};
+            json j_key;
+            CHECK_NOTHROW(j_key = json::from_ubjson(v_key));
+            REQUIRE(j_key.is_object());
+            CHECK(j_key.contains(std::string("\xc0\xae")));
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(j_key)) == j_key);
+
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(json("\xFF"))) == json("\xFF"));
+            // a truncated multi-byte sequence
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(json("\xC3"))) == json("\xC3"));
+            // an encoded surrogate half (U+D800)
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(json("\xED\xA0\x80"))) == json("\xED\xA0\x80"));
+            // an overlong encoding of '.'
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(json("\xC0\xAF"))) == json("\xC0\xAF"));
+
+            // an object key with ill-formed UTF-8 is kept the same way
+            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(json::to_ubjson(json{{"\xFF", 1}})) == json{{"\xFF", 1}});
+        }
     }
 
     SECTION("Array Type")