fix: Respect missing optional dependencies

internal/shrinkwrap-extractor/lib/convertPackageLockToShrinkwrap.js

@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ function collectDependencies(node, relevantPackageLocations) {
 		node = node.target;
 	}
 	for (const edge of node.edgesOut.values()) {
-		if (edge.dev) {
+		if (edge.dev || !edge.to) {
+			// Skip dev dependencies and optional peer dependencies that are not installed
 			continue;
 		}
 		collectDependencies(edge.to, relevantPackageLocations);

internal/shrinkwrap-extractor/test/fixture/project.a/package-lock.fixture.json

@@ -19247,7 +19247,8 @@
 				"replacestream": "^4.0.3",
 				"router": "^2.2.0",
 				"spdy": "^4.0.2",
-				"yesno": "^0.4.0"
+				"yesno": "^0.4.0",
+				"ws": "^8.21.0"
 			},
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"@eslint/js": "^9.8.0",
@@ -19366,6 +19367,27 @@
 			"funding": {
 				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
 			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/ws": {
+			"version": "8.21.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.21.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-Vsp28b7DRcimFQvrqu2Wek3z1iYxDCWqHYB8Qsnk/S4RfaCQzPGPyBNuVjJV3cd6UiKtUtp6sNM77gWvzcCH+g==",
+			"license": "MIT",
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=10.0.0"
+			},
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
+				"utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
+			},
+			"peerDependenciesMeta": {
+				"bufferutil": {
+					"optional": true
+				},
+				"utf-8-validate": {
+					"optional": true
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
-}
+}

internal/shrinkwrap-extractor/test/lib/convertToShrinkwrap.js

@@ -204,6 +204,29 @@ test("Compare generated shrinkwrap with expected result", async (t) => {
 		"Generated shrinkwrap packages should match expected");
 });
 
+test("Optional peer dependencies with null edges should be excluded", async (t) => {
+	// Guards against: ws declares bufferutil and utf-8-validate as peerOptional, but they are not
+	// installed. Arborist represents these as edges with edge.to === null. The generator must skip
+	// them instead of throwing "Cannot read properties of null (reading 'location')".
+	const __dirname = import.meta.dirname;
+
+	const cwd = path.join(__dirname, "..", "fixture", "project.a");
+	const symlinkPath = await setupFixtureSymlink(cwd);
+	t.after(async () => await unlink(symlinkPath).catch(() => {}));
+
+	const shrinkwrapJson = await convertPackageLockToShrinkwrap(cwd, "@ui5/cli");
+
+	// ws itself must be present (it is a real production dep of @ui5/server)
+	assert.ok(shrinkwrapJson.packages["node_modules/ws"],
+		"ws should be included in the shrinkwrap");
+
+	// Its optional peer deps are not installed and must NOT appear
+	assert.equal(shrinkwrapJson.packages["node_modules/bufferutil"], undefined,
+		"bufferutil (optional peerDep of ws) must not be included");
+	assert.equal(shrinkwrapJson.packages["node_modules/utf-8-validate"], undefined,
+		"utf-8-validate (optional peerDep of ws) must not be included");
+});
+
 // Error handling tests
 test("Error handling - invalid target package name", async (t) => {
 	const __dirname = import.meta.dirname;