From 416e98ef4471cc5315dce5ae588de94fcce24502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Googler <no-reply@google.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 12:18:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] No public description

PiperOrigin-RevId: 974638826
---
 saphyr/node.cc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/saphyr/node.cc b/saphyr/node.cc
index d1593ca..8cd6aba 100644
--- a/saphyr/node.cc
+++ b/saphyr/node.cc
@@ -205,7 +205,11 @@ absl::StatusOr<Node> Load(rs_std::StrRef input) {
         StringViewFromVecU8(std::move(result).err()));
   }
   rust::NodeOwned docs = std::move(result).value();
-  return Node(docs.get_at_index(0)->to_owned());
+  std::optional<rust::NodeView> first_doc = docs.get_at_index(0);
+  if (!first_doc.has_value()) {
+    return absl::InvalidArgumentError("Empty YAML document");
+  }
+  return Node(first_doc->to_owned());
 }
 
 rust::YamlOwned ToYaml(int64_t value) {