From 4626b4a477f028a3da0be762848953be4fedb9c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mbecker20 <becker.maxh@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:27:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix deep compare short path for falsy / null

---
 ui/src/lib/utils.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ui/src/lib/utils.ts b/ui/src/lib/utils.ts
index 56917df38..8885953a3 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ export function listsEqual(a: string[], b: string[]) {
  * @returns a === b
  */
 export function deepCompare(a: any, b: any) {
+  // Short path for falsy. Important to catch typeof null === "object" edge case.
+  if (!a || !b) {
+    return a === b;
+  }
+
   const ta = typeof a;
   const tb = typeof b;