From 5c2086107efc65a863d1774c7b8d9ab2a053c644 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:31:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: always return empty array if its not set

---
 src/messaging/rooms.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/messaging/rooms.js b/src/messaging/rooms.js
index c38ba02e5f..300f928e86 100644
--- a/src/messaging/rooms.js
+++ b/src/messaging/rooms.js
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 					data.groupChat = parseInt(data.groupChat, 10) === 1;
 				}
 
-				if (data.hasOwnProperty('groups')) {
+				if (data.hasOwnProperty('groups') || !fields.length || fields.includes('groups')) {
 					try {
-						data.groups = JSON.parse(data.groups);
+						data.groups = JSON.parse(data.groups || '[]');
 					} catch (err) {
 						winston.error(err.stack);
 						data.groups = [];