From 015727539b5e97594b5c58c0ddd396119ca6678d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince Patel <prpatel0949@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:02:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Gnav is shown with error message when there is incorrect
 authoring in linkgroup

---
 libs/blocks/global-navigation/utilities/menu/menu.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/blocks/global-navigation/utilities/menu/menu.js b/libs/blocks/global-navigation/utilities/menu/menu.js
index 8a18dbcbde0..69e01caccfb 100644
--- a/libs/blocks/global-navigation/utilities/menu/menu.js
+++ b/libs/blocks/global-navigation/utilities/menu/menu.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ const decorateElements = async ({ elem, className = 'feds-navLink', itemIndex =
     // Decorate link group
     if (link.matches('.link-group')) {
       const anchorElement = link.querySelector('a');
-      if (anchorElement.classList.contains('merch')) {
+      if (anchorElement?.classList.contains('merch')) {
         const clonedElement = anchorElement.cloneNode(true);
         const merchElement = await merch.default(clonedElement);
         const decoratedElement = decorateLinkGroup(link, itemIndex.position);