From a3ffe22e66f5049a8b5efa3e7eb5502636aa08c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deltanedas <39013340+deltanedas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:25:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] return empty string for invalid identity (#29274)

Co-authored-by: deltanedas <@deltanedas:kde.org>
---
 Content.Shared/IdentityManagement/Identity.cs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Content.Shared/IdentityManagement/Identity.cs b/Content.Shared/IdentityManagement/Identity.cs
index 2fb53e3d5a..cdb3c81ada 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/IdentityManagement/Identity.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/IdentityManagement/Identity.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public static class Identity
     /// </summary>
     public static string Name(EntityUid uid, IEntityManager ent, EntityUid? viewer=null)
     {
+        if (!uid.IsValid())
+            return string.Empty;
+
         var meta = ent.GetComponent<MetaDataComponent>(uid);
         if (meta.EntityLifeStage <= EntityLifeStage.Initializing)
             return meta.EntityName; // Identity component and such will not yet have initialized and may throw NREs
-- 
2.51.2