From 2a8efd4f8cd994f519a18d87fec8deb756768713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:22:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: sortedSetIncrByBulk null response

---
 src/database/redis/sorted.js | 4 ++++
 test/database/sorted.js      | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/database/redis/sorted.js b/src/database/redis/sorted.js
index 8433133f15..aea003dcdf 100644
--- a/src/database/redis/sorted.js
+++ b/src/database/redis/sorted.js
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ module.exports = function (module) {
 	};
 
 	module.sortedSetIncrByBulk = async function (data) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(data) || !data.length) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
 		const multi = module.client.multi();
 		data.forEach((item) => {
 			multi.zIncrBy(item[0], item[1], String(item[2]));
diff --git a/test/database/sorted.js b/test/database/sorted.js
index 389153c3d2..2d17988e5a 100644
--- a/test/database/sorted.js
+++ b/test/database/sorted.js
@@ -1061,8 +1061,10 @@ NUMERIC)-- WsPn&query[cid]=-1&parentCid=0&selectedCids[]=-1&privilege=topics:rea
 				this.set = utils.generateUUID();
 			});
 
-			it('should throw', async function () {
-				await assert.rejects(db.sortedSetIncrByBulk(this.set, []));
+			it('should return empty array', async function () {
+				const response = await db.sortedSetIncrByBulk(this.set, []);
+				assert(Array.isArray(response));
+				assert.strictEqual(response.length, 0);
 			});
 		});