From b7f809a907b00445ca27cbb23c1dacdd3019c5a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arpit Jain <arpitjain099@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:35:04 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix(chart): size v3Accessor.MetaDependencies from the
 metadata deps

Signed-off-by: Arpit Jain <arpitjain099@gmail.com>
---
 pkg/chart/common.go      |  2 +-
 pkg/chart/common_test.go | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 pkg/chart/common_test.go

diff --git a/pkg/chart/common.go b/pkg/chart/common.go
index be68eeb42..10718b2eb 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/common.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/common.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (r *v3Accessor) Dependencies() []Charter {
 }
 
 func (r *v3Accessor) MetaDependencies() []Dependency {
-	deps := make([]Dependency, len(r.chrt.Dependencies()))
+	deps := make([]Dependency, len(r.chrt.Metadata.Dependencies))
 	for i, c := range r.chrt.Metadata.Dependencies {
 		deps[i] = c
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/chart/common_test.go b/pkg/chart/common_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..248e97542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chart/common_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Helm Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package chart
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	v3 "helm.sh/helm/v4/internal/chart/v3"
+)
+
+// A v3 chart that declares a dependency in Chart.yaml but has not vendored it
+// under charts/ (the normal state before "helm dependency build") must not panic
+// when its metadata dependencies are read.
+func TestV3AccessorMetaDependenciesUnvendored(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &v3.Chart{Metadata: &v3.Metadata{
+		APIVersion:   "v3",
+		Name:         "x",
+		Version:      "1.0.0",
+		Dependencies: []*v3.Dependency{{Name: "foo", Version: "1.0.0", Repository: "https://example.com"}},
+	}}
+	acc, err := NewAccessor(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	deps := acc.MetaDependencies()
+	if len(deps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 meta dependency, got %d", len(deps))
+	}
+}