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Issue with Desk tool crashing when deleting the last document in an array-type field.

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Last updated: Feb 8, 2022
Hi there! I have a question about a weird behaviour I'm experiencing in the Desk tool.
Description: the Desk tool crashes when I empty the array-type field by deleting the 
last
existing document.

{
              name: 'domain',
              type: 'array',
              title: 'Domain',
              of: [{ type: 'restricted_domain' }],
              hidden: .....,
              validation: (Rule) =>
                domainRestrictionsValidator(.....),
}
Basically when I delete the last 
restricted_domain
Desk tool crashes with the error
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length')
I think that something similar was raised 
here . Any idea how I can stop that behaviour?
Feb 3, 2022, 4:46 PM
Hi Debora. Thank your for reporting, and sorry you've ran into this! Please can you let me know which version of Sanity Studio you're using? If you could paste the output of the 
sanity versions
command, that would be perfect.
Feb 3, 2022, 4:53 PM
Sure! thanks for the quick response
@sanity/cli             2.11.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/base            2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/cli             2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/color-input     2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/components      2.14.0 (up to date)
@sanity/core            2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/default-layout  2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/default-login   2.24.1 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/desk-tool       2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/types           2.24.0 (latest: 2.26.0)
@sanity/vision          2.25.0 (latest: 2.26.0)

Feb 3, 2022, 4:59 PM
(it also fails without the custom validation Rule I created and the hidden property)
Feb 3, 2022, 5:02 PM
Would it be possible for you to update to the latest version (by running 
sanity upgrade
), just to eliminate that as a potential issue?
Feb 3, 2022, 5:05 PM
it's messing up things a bit, I'll get back to you on Monday. Thank you for now 🙂
Feb 3, 2022, 5:16 PM
user E
FYI upgrading sanity fixed the issue
Feb 8, 2022, 1:18 PM
user E
FYI upgrading sanity fixed the issue
Feb 8, 2022, 1:18 PM
Awesome! I'm so glad to hear that 🙂. Please let us know if we can help with anything else.
Feb 8, 2022, 1:57 PM

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