From 825add6c2cf51be99b8a1454e357f1ca7acfa891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Nieterau <roy_nieterau@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:26:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix support for non-unique top group names

---
 .../hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_content.py        | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_content.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_content.py
index 1001bee91f..bbc644c3db 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_content.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_content.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ValidateModelContent(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
             return [instance.data["instance_node"]]
 
         # Ensure single top group
-        top_parents = {x.split("|", 2)[1] for x in content_instance}
+        top_parents = {"|" + x.split("|", 2)[1] for x in content_instance}
         if cls.validate_top_group and len(top_parents) != 1:
             cls.log.error(
                 "A model instance must have exactly one top group. "