Node Version

20.9.0

NPM/Yarn/PNPM Version

Yarn 1.22.19

Strapi Version

5.8.1

Operating System

Linux (Other)

Database

PostgreSQL

Javascript or Typescript

Typescript

Reproduction URL

No response

Bug Description

Rich Text (Blocks) is saving as a object [{"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}] when there is no text in the field.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Write into the blocks field, e.g. "this is a test"
2. Press save.

• It stores the field as: [{"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "this is a test", "type": "text"}]}]

3. Clear the blocks field.
4. Press save

• It stores the field as: [{"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}] when it should store it as NULL

Expected Behavior

When I clear the blocks field, remove all text in the field, it should store it as NULL value.

Logs

Code Snippets

if the slogan is stored as NULL after its updated--cleared out- I wouldn't need the else statement at line 18 nor have the extensive check. Also if there are two arrays inside the children object, it would be printed out twice.

1                {!slogan && t("heroSlogan")}
2                {slogan &&
3                 Array.isArray(slogan) &&
4                  slogan.map((s) =>
5                    s.children.map(
6                     (c, i) =>
7                        (c.text && (
8                         <span
9                            key={i}
10                           style={{
11                              fontWeight: c.bold ? "bold" : "lighter",
12                             textDecoration: c.underline ? "underline" : "none"
13                            }}
14                          >
15                            {c.text}
16                          </span>
17                        )) ||
18                        t("heroSlogan") 
19                    )
20                  )}

Media

screenshot from the postgresdb, left has text where the right doesnt- but still stored as object.

DOM inspect, the length value could be used to determinate if the field should be stored as object or NULL?

Additional information

No response

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