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    <bug>
          <bug_id>310662</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2026-03-24 15:16:03 -0700</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>Fix empty TransferString being deserialized as null string</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2026-03-25 21:38:42 -0700</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>WebKit</product>
          <component>WebKit Misc.</component>
          <version>WebKit Nightly Build</version>
          <rep_platform>Unspecified</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>Unspecified</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>FIXED</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc></bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords>InRadar</keywords>
          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>Normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          <dependson>310738</dependson>
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="Ben Nham">nham</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Ben Nham">nham</assigned_to>
          <cc>commit-queue</cc>
    
    <cc>webkit-bug-importer</cc>
          

      

      

      

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    <commentid>2193270</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="Ben Nham">nham</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-24 15:16:03 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Sending an empty String instance over IPC via TransferString results in a null String instance on the receiver side. This is unexpected and can cause downstream issues. For instance, if the receiver then puts the unexpectedly null String in to a hash map, it will crash.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2193271</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Radar WebKit Bug Importer">webkit-bug-importer</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-24 15:16:11 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>&lt;rdar://problem/173272865&gt;</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2193274</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="Ben Nham">nham</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-24 15:21:42 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/61272</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2193625</commentid>
    <comment_count>3</comment_count>
    <who name="EWS">ews-feeder</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-25 14:31:06 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Committed 309942@main (a547e2d7692b): &lt;https://commits.webkit.org/309942@main&gt;

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #61272 and removing active labels.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2193651</commentid>
    <comment_count>4</comment_count>
    <who name="WebKit Commit Bot">commit-queue</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-25 15:47:44 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Re-opened since this is blocked by bug 310738</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2193675</commentid>
    <comment_count>5</comment_count>
    <who name="Ben Nham">nham</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-25 16:09:45 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/61359</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2193740</commentid>
    <comment_count>6</comment_count>
    <who name="EWS">ews-feeder</who>
    <bug_when>2026-03-25 21:38:40 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Committed 309962@main (0e087dfe1af1): &lt;https://commits.webkit.org/309962@main&gt;

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #61359 and removing active labels.</thetext>
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    </bug>

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