From fe5ac2719a4b2128318e33187c2e657b2360de25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Basile Spaenlehauer <spaenleh@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:03:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add try catch on new URL that might fail (#1135)

---
 src/items/LinkItem.tsx | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/items/LinkItem.tsx b/src/items/LinkItem.tsx
index 9b7495277..e84d21921 100644
--- a/src/items/LinkItem.tsx
+++ b/src/items/LinkItem.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ const StyledIFrame = styled('iframe')<{
   height: !isResizable ? height : '100%',
 }));
 
+function isURLExternal(url: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return new URL(url).origin !== window.location.origin;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 type LinkItemProps = {
   /**
    * Id of the component used for testing
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ const LinkItem = ({
       return <Alert severity='error'>{errorMessage}</Alert>;
     }
 
-    const isExternal = new URL(url).origin !== window.location.origin;
+    const isExternal = isURLExternal(url);
     const linkCard = (
       <LinkCard
         id={id}