Fix helper methods returning wrong data types for vue

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/app/helpers/editable_helper.rb b/app/helpers/editable_helper.rb
index e3ad62e8c18..166963f993d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/editable_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/editable_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module EditableHelper
   def updated_at_by(editable)
-    return nil unless editable.is_edited?
+    return {} unless editable.is_edited?
 
     {
       updated_at: editable.updated_at,
diff --git a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
index 39982eb2e2c..f995c86c059 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
@@ -276,9 +276,13 @@ module IssuablesHelper
   end
 
   def issuable_app_data(project, issue)
-    data = { "endpoint" => realtime_changes_namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue), "can-update" => can?(current_user, :update_issue, issue).to_s, "issuable-ref" => issue.to_reference }
+    data = {
+      endpoint: realtime_changes_namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue),
+      'can-update' => can?(current_user, :update_issue, issue).to_s,
+      'issuable-ref' => issue.to_reference || ''
+    }
     updated_at_by = updated_at_by(issue)
 
-    data.merge(updated_at_by) if updated_at_by.present?
+    data.merge(updated_at_by)
   end
 end