Merge branch '49861-top-nav-search-bar-produces-console-error-when-unauthenticated' into 'master'

Resolve "Top nav search bar produces console error when unauthenticated"

Closes #49861

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!20970

app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js

@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ export default class SearchAutocomplete {
     if (!term) {
       const contents = this.getCategoryContents();
       if (contents) {
-        this.searchInput.data('glDropdown').filter.options.callback(contents);
+        const glDropdownInstance = this.searchInput.data('glDropdown');
+
+        if (glDropdownInstance) {
+          glDropdownInstance.filter.options.callback(contents);
+        }
         this.enableAutocomplete();
       }
       return;

changelogs/unreleased/49861-top-nav-search-bar-produces-console-error-when-unauthenticated.yml

+---
+title: fix error caused when using the search bar while unauthenticated
+merge_request: 20970
+author:
+type: fixed