From 72ac08cc7bb1eacd72b9f15906b319985944bc41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Grot (@grafanabot)" <43478413+grafanabot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:02:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [v9.3.x] Navigation: Set navtree to  an empty array instead
 of null (#59010)

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/models.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/services/navtree/models.go b/pkg/services/navtree/models.go
index 728dc6cda51..0ff907e17fa 100644
--- a/pkg/services/navtree/models.go
+++ b/pkg/services/navtree/models.go
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ func (root *NavTreeRoot) RemoveEmptySectionsAndApplyNewInformationArchitecture(t
 			node.Url = node.Children[0].Url
 		}
 	}
+
+	if len(root.Children) < 1 {
+		root.Children = make([]*NavLink, 0)
+	}
 }
 
 func (root *NavTreeRoot) Sort() {