diff --git a/.github/lib/discussions.rb b/.github/lib/discussions.rb
index d20341aaf..5f9c607b2 100644
--- a/.github/lib/discussions.rb
+++ b/.github/lib/discussions.rb
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ def find_most_recent_incident_comment_id(actor_login:)
 
     return nil if comments.empty?
 
-    filtered_comments = comments.keep_if { |comment| comment["author"]["login"] == actor_login }
+    filtered_comments = comments.keep_if { |comment| comment["author"] && comment["author"]["login"] == actor_login }
                         &.sort_by { |comment| comment["createdAt"] }
                         .reverse