From 6d5a03e64f8b1d8e937bb8713ec0150c689d25d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arjun Gadhia <arjungadhia@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:18:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle live blog posts without a byline

---
 components/x-live-blog-post/src/LiveBlogPost.jsx           | 2 +-
 .../x-live-blog-post/src/__tests__/LiveBlogPost.test.jsx   | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/components/x-live-blog-post/src/LiveBlogPost.jsx b/components/x-live-blog-post/src/LiveBlogPost.jsx
index 73b402136..6eb960f77 100644
--- a/components/x-live-blog-post/src/LiveBlogPost.jsx
+++ b/components/x-live-blog-post/src/LiveBlogPost.jsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const LiveBlogPost = ({
 			/>
 		)
 	}
-	if (typeof byline === 'object' && 'tree' in byline) {
+	if (byline && typeof byline === 'object' && 'tree' in byline) {
 		postByline = (
 			<p className="x-live-blog-post__byline">
 				<RichText structuredContent={byline} />
diff --git a/components/x-live-blog-post/src/__tests__/LiveBlogPost.test.jsx b/components/x-live-blog-post/src/__tests__/LiveBlogPost.test.jsx
index a37066eca..40700f084 100644
--- a/components/x-live-blog-post/src/__tests__/LiveBlogPost.test.jsx
+++ b/components/x-live-blog-post/src/__tests__/LiveBlogPost.test.jsx
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ describe('x-live-blog-post', () => {
 			expect(liveBlogPost.html()).toContain('class="x-live-blog-post__body')
 			expect(liveBlogPost.html()).toContain('<p>structured live blog body</p>')
 		})
+
+		it('handles posts without bylines', () => {
+			const postWithoutByline = { ...regularPostContentPipeline, byline: null }
+			const liveBlogPost = mount(<LiveBlogPost {...postWithoutByline} />)
+			expect(liveBlogPost.html()).toContain('class="x-live-blog-post__body')
+			expect(liveBlogPost.html()).toContain('<p>structured live blog body</p>')
+		})
 	})
 
 	it('adds a data-x-component attribute', () => {