From 2d003975954b9c429d0d0d3d3b65a2919207a490 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kate Dunne <kate.dunne@universalfieldrobots.com.au>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:12:41 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't try convert empty ports

---
 src/xml_parsing.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/xml_parsing.cpp b/src/xml_parsing.cpp
index 6802c67fe..53bf2a80f 100644
--- a/src/xml_parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/xml_parsing.cpp
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ TreeNode::Ptr XMLParser::PImpl::createNodeFromXML(const XMLElement* element,
                                     ") but not in the providedPorts() of its "
                                     "registered node type."));
         }
-        else
+        else if (!port_value.empty())
         {
           const auto& port_model = port_model_it->second;
           bool is_blacbkboard = port_value.size() >= 3 && port_value.front() == '{' &&