payloadcms/payload

Folders feature breaks admin UI for empty collections in 3.55+

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danielkoller commented

Describe the Bug

Collections with folders: true crash the admin UI when empty. The error occurs in @payloadcms/next/src/views/Root/index.tsx:169 when trying to read res.value from undefined collection preferences.

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/danielkoller/payload-folders-bug

Reproduction Steps

  1. Create a collection with folders: true
  2. Ensure the collection has no documents
  3. Navigate to the collection in admin UI
  4. See error: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

area: core

Environment Info

Binaries:
  Node: 22.16.0
  npm: 10.9.2
  Yarn: 1.22.22
  pnpm: 10.2.0
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.55.1
  next: 15.4.4
  @payloadcms/db-postgres: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/email-nodemailer: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/graphql: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/live-preview: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/live-preview-react: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/payload-cloud: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/plugin-form-builder: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/plugin-redirects: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/plugin-search: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/plugin-seo: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/translations: 3.55.1
  @payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.55.1
  react: 19.1.0
  react-dom: 19.1.0
Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:40 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041
  Available memory (MB): 24576
  Available CPU cores: 12
PatrikKozak commented

Hey @danielkoller - thanks for bringing this up!

We actually discovered this last week ourselves and have a merged fix for it here!

We'll get a release out with this fix this week most likely. I'm going to close this issue for now as it should be resolved after a new version release.

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danielkoller commented

@PatrikKozak awesome, thanks!

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