From 052fd5713d271986d4b854308c0ab5fdf638f873 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Grot (@grafanabot)" <43478413+grafanabot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:54:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [v9.2.x] Navigation: Fix crash when Help is disabled (#59375)

Navigation: Set navtree to  an empty array instead of null (#58919)

set navtree to  an empty array instead of null

(cherry picked from commit 4aa5dea96bd2f9bb137be704e1f69c09c00cdfb3)

Co-authored-by: Leo <108552997+lpskdl@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
index a06a76882c1..4d0ac227065 100644
--- a/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
+++ b/pkg/services/navtree/navtreeimpl/navtree.go
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ func (s *ServiceImpl) GetNavTree(c *models.ReqContext, hasEditPerm bool, prefs *
 
 	navTree = s.addHelpLinks(navTree, c)
 
+	if len(navTree) < 1 {
+		navTree = make([]*navtree.NavLink, 0)
+	}
+
 	return navTree, nil
 }