From 1a756d609ca6220dbd315a779b9ef1baf8a761f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Chen <54879025+justschen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 20:53:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add back fix that was accidentally deleted (#275467)

---
 .../contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatImplicitContext.ts       | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatImplicitContext.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatImplicitContext.ts
index b542bff357c..b5e77e7ed25 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatImplicitContext.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatImplicitContext.ts
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ export class ChatImplicitContext extends Disposable implements IChatRequestImpli
 	}
 
 	public toBaseEntries(): IChatRequestVariableEntry[] {
+		if (!this.value) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
 		if (isStringImplicitContextValue(this.value)) {
 			return [
 				{