From 59d4a69f782625d8520838834da8a35549e39273 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolay Akhmetov <nick.akhmetov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 12:32:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Correct failing spec

---
 .../js/components/detailPage/provenance/utils.ts  | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/context/app/static/js/components/detailPage/provenance/utils.ts b/context/app/static/js/components/detailPage/provenance/utils.ts
index bec78414aa..90f715ff32 100644
--- a/context/app/static/js/components/detailPage/provenance/utils.ts
+++ b/context/app/static/js/components/detailPage/provenance/utils.ts
@@ -60,14 +60,15 @@ export function nonDestructiveMerge<T extends Record<string, unknown>, U extends
         return;
       }
 
-      // More in-depth check to see if the objects are the same
-      // Allows us to ignore certain timestamp fields
-      const difference = findDifference(merged[key] as object, value as object).filter(
-        (diffField) => !ignoredFields.includes(diffField),
-      );
+      if (typeof merged[key] === 'object' && typeof value === 'object') {
+        // Perform a more in-depth check to see if objects are the same when excluding certain fields
+        const difference = findDifference(merged[key] as object, value!).filter(
+          (diffField) => !ignoredFields.includes(diffField),
+        );
 
-      if (difference.length === 0) {
-        return;
+        if (difference.length === 0) {
+          return;
+        }
       }
 
       merged[`${key}-${keyMod}`] = value;