TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable #3987
Description
Idea about my use case
I'm building the report generation system using google-ask (1.18.0) and building multiple subagents here, I'm passing the one subagent Agent as a tool to another Parent Agent. Note: Sub-agent can do web search.
here, parent agent triggers multiple sub-agent (same agent) multiple times according to use case or complexity of the user input
Describe the bug
here, the bug sometimes sub agents doesn't provide the proper output and resulted in the
merged_text = '\n'.join(p.text for p in last_content.parts if p.text)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
and it's breaking the system of Agents workflow
Expected behavior
the Expected behavior is even the sub agents doesn't produce the output (for some reason) there shoudn't be any NoneType error and it is ended up causing the issue in Events stream in the response
Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: [e.g. macOS, Linux, Windows]: MacOS
- Python version(python -V): 3.12.9
- ADK version(pip show google-adk): 1.18.0
Model Information:
- Are you using LiteLLM: No
- Which model is being used: gemini-2.5-flash
Additional context - Issue
Add any other context about the problem here.
return await tool.run_async(args=args, tool_context=tool_context)
merged_text = '\n'.join(p.text for p in last_content.parts if p.text)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable