From 628fbb3ed31e1bbfa27a25e2abd9d5d030fcd198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zef Hemel <zef@zef.me>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:57:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1932

---
 plugs/index/item.test.ts | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 plugs/index/item.ts      | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugs/index/item.test.ts b/plugs/index/item.test.ts
index a06a678a..0c09b7dd 100644
--- a/plugs/index/item.test.ts
+++ b/plugs/index/item.test.ts
@@ -72,3 +72,35 @@ test("Test item indexing", async () => {
   expect(items[8].links).toEqual(["link 2"]);
   expect(new Set(items[8].ilinks)).toEqual(new Set(["link", "link 2"]));
 });
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet/issues/1932
+// and https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet/issues/1903
+const nestedListMd = `
+* 1. Foobar
+* Regular item
+- 2. second
+- - nested bullet
+- * mixed markers
+* - reverse mixed
+`;
+
+test("Test item indexing with nested lists in list items", async () => {
+  createMockSystem();
+  const tree = parseMarkdown(nestedListMd);
+  const frontmatter = extractFrontMatter(tree);
+  const pageMeta: PageMeta = {
+    ref: "test",
+    name: "test",
+    tag: "page",
+    created: "",
+    lastModified: "",
+    perm: "rw",
+  };
+  // Should not throw an error
+  const items = await indexItems(pageMeta, frontmatter, tree);
+  expect(items.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+  // The regular item should still be indexed correctly
+  const regularItem = items.find((i) => i.name === "Regular item");
+  expect(regularItem).toBeDefined();
+});
diff --git a/plugs/index/item.ts b/plugs/index/item.ts
index 13f6dadf..4d16dc52 100644
--- a/plugs/index/item.ts
+++ b/plugs/index/item.ts
@@ -143,10 +143,14 @@ export function extractItemFromNode(
 
   item.text = renderToText(nameNode).trim();
 
-  const nameNodeClone = cloneTree(nameNode!);
-  cleanTags(nameNodeClone);
-  cleanAttributes(nameNodeClone);
-  item.name = renderToText(nameNodeClone).trim();
+  if (nameNode) {
+    const nameNodeClone = cloneTree(nameNode);
+    cleanTags(nameNodeClone);
+    cleanAttributes(nameNodeClone);
+    item.name = renderToText(nameNodeClone).trim();
+  } else {
+    item.name = item.text;
+  }
 
   if (tags.length > 0) {
     item.tags = tags;