fix: Fix flattening queries with null values (#61380)

public/app/features/variables/query/actions.test.tsx

@@ -713,6 +713,95 @@ describe('query actions', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  it('returns correct result when called with an object with null values inside', () => {
+    const query = {
+      level2: {
+        level3: {
+          query: '${query3}',
+          refId: 'C',
+          num: 2,
+          bool: true,
+          null: null,
+          arr: [
+            { query: '${query4}', refId: 'D', num: 4, bool: true },
+            {
+              query: '${query5}',
+              refId: 'E',
+              num: 5,
+              bool: true,
+              arr: [{ query: '${query6}', refId: 'F', num: 6, bool: true }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        query: '${query2}',
+        refId: 'B',
+        num: 1,
+        bool: false,
+      },
+      query: '${query1}',
+      refId: 'A',
+      num: 0,
+      bool: true,
+      arr: [
+        { query: '${query7}', refId: 'G', num: 7, bool: true },
+        {
+          query: '${query8}',
+          refId: 'H',
+          num: 8,
+          bool: true,
+          arr: [{ query: '${query9}', refId: 'I', num: 9, bool: true, null: null }],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    expect(flattenQuery(query)).toEqual({
+      query: '${query1}',
+      refId: 'A',
+      num: 0,
+      bool: true,
+      level2_query: '${query2}',
+      level2_refId: 'B',
+      level2_num: 1,
+      level2_bool: false,
+      level2_level3_query: '${query3}',
+      level2_level3_refId: 'C',
+      level2_level3_num: 2,
+      level2_level3_bool: true,
+      level2_level3_null: null,
+      level2_level3_arr_0_query: '${query4}',
+      level2_level3_arr_0_refId: 'D',
+      level2_level3_arr_0_num: 4,
+      level2_level3_arr_0_bool: true,
+      level2_level3_arr_1_query: '${query5}',
+      level2_level3_arr_1_refId: 'E',
+      level2_level3_arr_1_num: 5,
+      level2_level3_arr_1_bool: true,
+      level2_level3_arr_1_arr_0_query: '${query6}',
+      level2_level3_arr_1_arr_0_refId: 'F',
+      level2_level3_arr_1_arr_0_num: 6,
+      level2_level3_arr_1_arr_0_bool: true,
+      arr_0_query: '${query7}',
+      arr_0_refId: 'G',
+      arr_0_num: 7,
+      arr_0_bool: true,
+      arr_1_query: '${query8}',
+      arr_1_refId: 'H',
+      arr_1_num: 8,
+      arr_1_bool: true,
+      arr_1_arr_0_query: '${query9}',
+      arr_1_arr_0_refId: 'I',
+      arr_1_arr_0_num: 9,
+      arr_1_arr_0_bool: true,
+      arr_1_arr_0_null: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns correct result when called with null', () => {
+    const query = null;
+
+    expect(flattenQuery(query)).toEqual({ query: null });
+  });
 });
 
 function mockDatasourceMetrics(variable: QueryVariableModel, optionsMetrics: any[]) {

public/app/features/variables/query/actions.ts

@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ export function hasSelfReferencingQuery(name: string, query: any): boolean {
  * Function that takes any object and flattens all props into one level deep object
  * */
 export function flattenQuery(query: any): any {
-  if (typeof query !== 'object') {
+  if (typeof query !== 'object' || query === null) {
     return { query };
   }
 
   const keys = Object.keys(query);
   const flattened = keys.reduce((all, key) => {
     const value = query[key];
-    if (typeof value !== 'object') {
+    if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) {
       all[key] = value;
       return all;
     }