Don't validate typed binary format tensor constants

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/application/validation/ConstantTensorJsonValidator.java b/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/application/validation/ConstantTensorJsonValidator.java
index ce3c04f41f7..c6bf54af760 100644
--- a/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/application/validation/ConstantTensorJsonValidator.java
+++ b/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/application/validation/ConstantTensorJsonValidator.java
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ public class ConstantTensorJsonValidator {
         else if (fileName.endsWith(".json.lz4")) {
             // don't validate; the cost probably outweights the advantage
         }
+        else if (fileName.endsWith(".tbf")) {
+            // don't validate; internal format, so this constant is written by us
+        }
         else {
+            // (don't mention the internal format to users)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Ranking constant file names must end with either '.json' or '.json.lz4'");
         }
     }