From 2a13aa1b753f39d62954a7bed9f1d855cf39771c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: irma12 <irma@roadie.io>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 15:06:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle empty strings in code blocks

Signed-off-by: irma12 <irma@roadie.io>
---
 .changeset/shaggy-ties-carry.md                              | 5 +++++
 .../src/components/MarkdownContent/MarkdownContent.tsx       | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/shaggy-ties-carry.md

diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-ties-carry.md b/.changeset/shaggy-ties-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83b7782cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-ties-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-components': patch
+---
+
+Handle empty code blocks in markdown files so they don't fail rendering
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/components/MarkdownContent/MarkdownContent.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/components/MarkdownContent/MarkdownContent.tsx
index 2167da6fd2..296df22ecd 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/components/MarkdownContent/MarkdownContent.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/components/MarkdownContent/MarkdownContent.tsx
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 const renderers = {
-  code: ({ language, value }: { language: string; value: string }) => {
-    return <CodeSnippet language={language} text={value} />;
+  code: ({ language, value }: { language: string; value?: string }) => {
+    return <CodeSnippet language={language} text={value ?? ''} />;
   },
 };