TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object
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Description
## Error
```
Cannot convert undefined or null to object
```
## Stack trace
```
../app/javascript/components/track/exercise-community-solutions-list/exercise-tag-filter/ExerciseTagFilter.tsx:11 in ExerciseTagFilter
div
div
div
../app/javascript/components/track/ExerciseCommunitySolutionsList.tsx:44 in ExerciseCommunitySolutionsList
Suspense
../node_modules/@sentry/react/src/errorboundary.tsx:101 in new ErrorBoundary
../node_modules/@tanstack/react-query/src/QueryClientProvider.tsx:30 in QueryClientProvider
```
## Tracking Details
- **Project**: exercism-js
- **Sentry**: [TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object](https://thalamus-ai.sentry.io/issues/141784203/)
- **Culprit**: Object.keys()
- **First seen:** Aug 20, 2026
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at app/javascript/components/track/exercise-community-solutions-list/exercise-tag-filter/ExerciseTagFilter.tsx:11 and inspect the value passed to Object.keys. Reproduce the exercism-js community-solutions view that triggers the Sentry error, then verify the component no longer throws when that value is undefined or null.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100