From 3cf1a74876f5576f05257996f2246db4c41343c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Halter <868228+jhalter@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:27:30 -0800
Subject: Fix panic when posting article to empty news category

---
 internal/mobius/threaded_news.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/mobius/threaded_news.go b/internal/mobius/threaded_news.go
index f785bdf..eae2349 100644
--- a/internal/mobius/threaded_news.go
+++ b/internal/mobius/threaded_news.go
@@ -135,10 +135,18 @@ func (n *ThreadedNewsYAML) PostArticle(newsPath []string, parentArticleID uint32
 	}
 
 	cats := n.getCatByPath(newsPath[:len(newsPath)-1])
+	if cats == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parent category path does not exist")
+	}
 
 	catName := newsPath[len(newsPath)-1]
 	cat := cats[catName]
 
+	// Initialize Articles map if nil (e.g., from old YAML files)
+	if cat.Articles == nil {
+		cat.Articles = make(map[uint32]*hotline.NewsArtData)
+	}
+
 	var keys []int
 	for k := range cat.Articles {
 		keys = append(keys, int(k))
-- 
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