From 5a0c10b80e9363894852765b2d61e8667e0be4b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:58:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle null status text in the editor Fixes #2606

---
 packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js
index 06f140a50..814f5c542 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ var RED = (function() {
             var parts = topic.split("/");
             var node = RED.nodes.node(parts[1]);
             if (node) {
-                if (msg.hasOwnProperty("text") && /^[a-zA-Z]/.test(msg.text)) {
+                if (msg.hasOwnProperty("text") && msg.text !== null && /^[a-zA-Z]/.test(msg.text)) {
                     msg.text = node._(msg.text.toString(),{defaultValue:msg.text.toString()});
                 }
                 node.status = msg;