From 4506766a05e420142a8a163a4fdead98cf9d293d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aswath K <aswath@appsmith.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 15:08:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: paste before copy resulted in value being undefined
 (#8954)

* fix: paste before copy resulted in value being undefined

* returns empty array on getCopiedWidget
---
 app/client/src/sagas/WidgetOperationSagas.tsx | 1 +
 app/client/src/utils/storage.ts               | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetOperationSagas.tsx b/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetOperationSagas.tsx
index e7f25ee31a..90ef0a20bc 100644
--- a/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetOperationSagas.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/sagas/WidgetOperationSagas.tsx
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ export function calculateNewWidgetPosition(
  */
 function* pasteWidgetSaga(action: ReduxAction<{ groupWidgets: boolean }>) {
   let copiedWidgetGroups: CopiedWidgetGroup[] = yield getCopiedWidgets();
+  if (!copiedWidgetGroups.length) return;
   const shouldGroup: boolean = action.payload.groupWidgets;
 
   const newlyCreatedWidgetIds: string[] = [];
diff --git a/app/client/src/utils/storage.ts b/app/client/src/utils/storage.ts
index e578ea8946..91fb95a81b 100644
--- a/app/client/src/utils/storage.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/utils/storage.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export const getCopiedWidgets = async () => {
     log.error("An error occurred when fetching copied widget: ", error);
     return;
   }
+  return [];
 };
 
 export const setOnboardingState = async (onboardingState: boolean) => {