From c8a641a59e73b9a8dfb6a122e397967b445d6de7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaiah Akorita <akoritaisaiah@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:06:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] return empty instead of null

---
 .github/workflows/auto_triage.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_triage.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_triage.yml
index 2fbc46218..6d14aa138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_triage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_triage.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Get current labels and issue type - if any exist, the issue has been looked at
           label_count=$(gh issue view "$NUMBER" --json labels --jq '.labels | length')
-          issue_type=$(gh api repos/$GH_REPO/issues/$NUMBER --jq '.type')
+          issue_type=$(gh api repos/$GH_REPO/issues/$NUMBER --jq '.type // empty')
           echo "Number of existing labels: $label_count"
           echo "Issue type: $issue_type"
 
-          if [ "$label_count" -eq 0 ] && [ "$issue_type" = "null" ]; then
+          if [ "$label_count" -eq 0 ] && [ -z "$issue_type" ]; then
             needs_triage=true
           else
             needs_triage=false