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Co-authored-by: Keery Nie <windmgc@gmail.com>

changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-schema-validation-with-nil-field.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-message: "Fix schema validation to handle potential `nil` field case."
+message: "Fixed a 500 error triggered by unhandled nil fields during schema validation."
 type: bugfix
 scope: Core