From 80219ed1b34a615a2d602ccef0370656816f8071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:06:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(channels): tolerate sparse channel metadata during
 validation

---
 src/plugins/channel-validation.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/channel-validation.ts b/src/plugins/channel-validation.ts
index 8e424ca3ea3..678421d4c07 100644
--- a/src/plugins/channel-validation.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/channel-validation.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { PluginDiagnostic } from "./manifest-types.js";
 import { pushPluginValidationDiagnostic } from "./validation-diagnostics.js";
 
 function resolveBundledChannelMeta(id: string): ChannelMeta | undefined {
-  return listChatChannels().find((meta) => meta.id === id);
+  return listChatChannels().find((meta) => meta?.id === id);
 }
 
 function collectMissingChannelMetaFields(meta?: Partial<ChannelMeta> | null): string[] {