From 385f45ffb74bea4e9f321d638b716a2f93048513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YouFaceJaraxxus <milosthelukic@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 13:07:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] introduced a fix which would allow us to add fields that are
 empty objects into the masks despite being leaves: this means that
 specifically NULLs are to be handled for clearing

---
 src/utils.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 7526e343..9365480a 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ export function recursiveFieldMaskSearch(data: Record<string, any>): string[] {
     const fieldKey = toSnakeCase(key);
     const value = data[key];
     if (typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) && value !== null) {
-      const children = recursiveFieldMaskSearch(value);
-      for (const child of children) {
-        paths.push(`${fieldKey}.${child}`);
+      if (Object.keys(value).length === 0) {
+        paths.push(fieldKey);
+      } else {
+        const children = recursiveFieldMaskSearch(value);
+        for (const child of children) {
+          paths.push(`${fieldKey}.${child}`);
+        }
       }
       continue;
     }