From 54557a79c57aa0d5a28f86c34039e23ebe6fcb35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cooldude2606 <25043174+Cooldude2606@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 16:39:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Do not add empty array for recipe notifications

---
 plugins/inventory_sync/module/serialize.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inventory_sync/module/serialize.lua b/plugins/inventory_sync/module/serialize.lua
index 3e470db0..53b2a9da 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory_sync/module/serialize.lua
+++ b/plugins/inventory_sync/module/serialize.lua
@@ -426,10 +426,13 @@ function serialize.serialize_player(player)
 	-- Serialize recipe notifications
 	if recipe_notifications_api then
 		local recipe_notifications = {}
-		serialized.recipe_notifications = recipe_notifications
 		for i, recipe in ipairs(player.get_recipe_notifications()) do
 			recipe_notifications[i] = recipe.name
 		end
+		if #recipe_notifications > 0 then
+			-- Do no add if length is zero as this breaks with table_to_json
+			serialized.recipe_notifications = recipe_notifications
+		end
 	end
 
 	return serialized