From c92c7e75ad962ff0bc816cad5cd3bdebe78f1fed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lazizbek Ergashev <lazerg2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:12:18 +0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix link fieldtype ignoring sometimes validator

---
 src/Fieldtypes/Link.php       | 2 +-
 tests/Fieldtypes/LinkTest.php | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php b/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php
index d5ca4200819..dd4d38c55ee 100644
--- a/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php
+++ b/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public function preload()
     private function initialOption($value, $entry, $asset)
     {
         if (! $value) {
-            $fallback = $this->field->isRequired() ? 'url' : null;
+            $fallback = $this->field->isRequired() && ! collect($this->field->rules()[$this->field->handle()])->contains('sometimes') ? 'url' : null;
             $option = $this->field->get('default_option', $fallback);
 
             if ($option === 'first-child' && ! $this->showFirstChildOption()) {
diff --git a/tests/Fieldtypes/LinkTest.php b/tests/Fieldtypes/LinkTest.php
index bdab29b236d..d194514389f 100644
--- a/tests/Fieldtypes/LinkTest.php
+++ b/tests/Fieldtypes/LinkTest.php
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ public static function initialOptionProvider(): array
             'asset falls back to url when unavailable and required' => [['type' => 'link', 'default_option' => 'asset', 'required' => true], null, false, 'url'],
             'asset falls back to null when unavailable and optional' => [['type' => 'link', 'default_option' => 'asset'], null, false, null],
             'existing value overrides default option' => [['type' => 'link', 'default_option' => 'entry'], 'https://example.com', false, 'url'],
+            'null when has sometimes rule even if required' => [['type' => 'link', 'required' => true, 'validate' => 'sometimes'], null, false, null],
         ];
     }
 }

From 857c1077de630fce284cd8bf6f2724eb530eef91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Varga <jason@pixelfear.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:08:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reuse Field::hasSometimesRule() in Link fieldtype instead
 of duplicating rule check

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/Fields/Field.php    | 2 +-
 src/Fieldtypes/Link.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Fields/Field.php b/src/Fields/Field.php
index 2af853df882..9c72f715fd6 100644
--- a/src/Fields/Field.php
+++ b/src/Fields/Field.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public function isRequired()
         return collect($this->rules()[$this->handle])->contains('required');
     }
 
-    private function hasSometimesRule()
+    public function hasSometimesRule()
     {
         return collect($this->rules()[$this->handle])->contains('sometimes');
     }
diff --git a/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php b/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php
index dd4d38c55ee..3bacea22de8 100644
--- a/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php
+++ b/src/Fieldtypes/Link.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public function preload()
     private function initialOption($value, $entry, $asset)
     {
         if (! $value) {
-            $fallback = $this->field->isRequired() && ! collect($this->field->rules()[$this->field->handle()])->contains('sometimes') ? 'url' : null;
+            $fallback = $this->field->isRequired() && ! $this->field->hasSometimesRule() ? 'url' : null;
             $option = $this->field->get('default_option', $fallback);
 
             if ($option === 'first-child' && ! $this->showFirstChildOption()) {