From 590a5918dcf7ca0c2d74506da696a279dba3ca50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxwell Brown <maxwellbrown1990@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:35:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] support reference objects in responses

---
 .changeset/curly-toys-swim.md | 5 +++++
 src/OpenApi.ts                | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/curly-toys-swim.md

diff --git a/.changeset/curly-toys-swim.md b/.changeset/curly-toys-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68c16d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-toys-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tim-smart/openapi-gen": patch
+---
+
+Support reference objects in OpenApi responses
diff --git a/src/OpenApi.ts b/src/OpenApi.ts
index c4e663c..b87b6c8 100644
--- a/src/OpenApi.ts
+++ b/src/OpenApi.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
             let defaultSchema: string | undefined
             Object.entries(operation.responses ?? {}).forEach(
               ([status, response]) => {
+                if ("$ref" in response) {
+                  response = resolveRef(response.$ref as string)
+                }
                 if (response.content?.["application/json"]?.schema) {
                   const schemaName = gen.addSchema(
                     `${schemaId}${status}`,
@@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ export class OpenApiTransformer extends Context.Tag("OpenApiTransformer")<
       operations: ReadonlyArray<ParsedOperation>,
     ) => string
   }
->() {}
+>() { }
 
 export const layerTransformerSchema = Layer.sync(OpenApiTransformer, () => {
   const operationsToInterface = (