From ff1f4d641aa83f145d86c5c8bf59844b302202bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Coko <91132775+Coko7@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 14:24:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ClaimsIdentityFactory): default to empty list to prevent
 NRE

closes #59
---
 src/Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core/ClaimsIdentityFactory.cs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core/ClaimsIdentityFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core/ClaimsIdentityFactory.cs
index da2f755..a53b817 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core/ClaimsIdentityFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core/ClaimsIdentityFactory.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public virtual async Task<ClaimsIdentity> CreateAsync(UserManager<TUser, TKey> m
             }
             if (manager.SupportsUserRole)
             {
-                IList<string> roles = await manager.GetRolesAsync(user.Id).WithCurrentCulture();
+                IList<string> roles = await manager.GetRolesAsync(user.Id).WithCurrentCulture() ?? [];
                 foreach (string roleName in roles)
                 {
                     id.AddClaim(new Claim(RoleClaimType, roleName, ClaimValueTypes.String));
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ public virtual string ConvertIdToString(TKey key)
             return key.ToString();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}