Prevent nil dereference when feeds without published dates are processed

Author: codemicro

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.4.2 - 2025-02-09
+### Fixed
+* Prevent nil dereference when feeds without published dates are processed
+
 ## 0.4.1 - 2025-02-09
 ### Changed
 * Feed fetching will reuse cached content within an hour of a previous fetch without checking for a HTTP 304 (Not Modified) from the remote resource

walrss/internal/rss/processor.go

@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ func filterFeedContent(st *state.State, feed *gofeed.Feed, feedID string) ([]*fe
 
 	for _, item := range feed.Items {
 		if _, found := knownItems[item.GUID]; !found {
+			if item.PublishedParsed == nil {
+				item.PublishedParsed = &time.Time{}
+			}
+
 			o = append(o, &feedItem{
 				ID:          item.GUID,
 				Title:       strings.TrimSpace(item.Title),