From 50d3862ea3f79d6c6387e2395d5918b964429d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pragadesh-45 <54320162+Pragadesh-45@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 18:52:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow empty header names in CLI and gRPC request
 preparation (#7925)

---
 packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js              | 2 +-
 .../bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-grpc-request.js    | 2 +-
 packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js    | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
index 49a433418..484e25b62 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/prepare-request.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const prepareRequest = async (item = {}, collection = {}) => {
 
   const disabledHeaders = [];
   each(get(request, 'headers', []), (h) => {
-    if (h.enabled && h.name.length > 0) {
+    if (h.enabled && h.name?.length > 0) {
       headers[h.name] = h.value;
       if (h.name.toLowerCase() === 'content-type') {
         contentTypeDefined = true;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-grpc-request.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-grpc-request.js
index e8e68b647..a58fea185 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-grpc-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-grpc-request.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const prepareGrpcRequest = async (item, collection, environment, runtimeVariable
   }
 
   each(get(request, 'headers', []), (h) => {
-    if (h.enabled && h.name.length > 0) {
+    if (h.enabled && h.name?.length > 0) {
       headers[h.name] = h.value;
     }
   });
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
index 1ab2b4ed0..5d15c8625 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/prepare-request.js
@@ -381,12 +381,12 @@ const prepareRequest = async (item, collection = {}, abortController) => {
 
   const disabledHeaders = [];
   each(get(request, 'headers', []), (h) => {
-    if (h.enabled && h.name.length > 0) {
+    if (h.enabled && h.name?.length > 0) {
       headers[h.name] = h.value;
       if (h.name.toLowerCase() === 'content-type') {
         contentTypeDefined = true;
       }
-    } else if (!h.enabled && h.name.length > 0) {
+    } else if (!h.enabled && h.name?.length > 0) {
       disabledHeaders.push({ name: h.name, value: h.value });
     }
   });