From 5d63c60457d617d5be16d3fe90c8f3fe2607c1a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nesopie <87437291+Nesopie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 16:18:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use an empty array if forbidden countries are not
 specified (#1239)

---
 sdk/core/package.json               | 2 +-
 sdk/core/src/SelfBackendVerifier.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sdk/core/package.json b/sdk/core/package.json
index c39c6dd7d..2a232711a 100644
--- a/sdk/core/package.json
+++ b/sdk/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@selfxyz/core",
-  "version": "1.1.0-beta.6",
+  "version": "1.1.0-beta.7",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/selfxyz/self"
diff --git a/sdk/core/src/SelfBackendVerifier.ts b/sdk/core/src/SelfBackendVerifier.ts
index ce423ca28..ffac6dffe 100644
--- a/sdk/core/src/SelfBackendVerifier.ts
+++ b/sdk/core/src/SelfBackendVerifier.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class SelfBackendVerifier {
         (x) => publicSignals[discloseIndices[attestationId].forbiddenCountriesListPackedIndex + x]
       )
     );
-    const forbiddenCountriesListVerificationConfig = verificationConfig.excludedCountries;
+    const forbiddenCountriesListVerificationConfig = verificationConfig.excludedCountries || [];
 
     const isForbiddenCountryListValid = forbiddenCountriesListVerificationConfig.every((country) =>
       forbiddenCountriesList.includes(country as Country3LetterCode)