From 82aeafcfe4c14425c23101266db9144e07343041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:55:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From bdee517647354b9fbb9071d97d2769cc91188f54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:59:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix render_in to return html_safe empty string when
 render? is false

Co-authored-by: joelhawksley <1940294+joelhawksley@users.noreply.github.com>
Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/sessions/bfc044d6-6ca7-4999-a544-ff12b3f1b00d
---
 lib/view_component/base.rb          | 2 +-
 test/sandbox/test/rendering_test.rb | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/view_component/base.rb b/lib/view_component/base.rb
index 5fee45ea1..b251991d7 100644
--- a/lib/view_component/base.rb
+++ b/lib/view_component/base.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def render_in(view_context, &block)
 
         value
       else
-        ""
+        "".html_safe
       end
     ensure
       view_context.instance_variable_set(:@virtual_path, @old_virtual_path)
diff --git a/test/sandbox/test/rendering_test.rb b/test/sandbox/test/rendering_test.rb
index c57bf6ee7..b394bba4d 100644
--- a/test/sandbox/test/rendering_test.rb
+++ b/test/sandbox/test/rendering_test.rb
@@ -877,6 +877,12 @@ def test_does_not_render_passed_in_content_if_render_is_false
     assert total < 1
   end
 
+  def test_render_in_returns_html_safe_string_when_render_is_false
+    render_inline(ConditionalRenderComponent.new(should_render: false))
+
+    assert_predicate @rendered_content, :html_safe?
+  end
+
   def test_collection_parameter_does_not_require_compile
     dynamic_component =
       Class.new(ViewComponent::Base) do

From 8733dad440082b5bc1c881f885e8a3c65baa5bd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:07:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add changelog entry for html_safe fix in render_in

Co-authored-by: joelhawksley <1940294+joelhawksley@users.noreply.github.com>
Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/sessions/039c0c05-2746-411e-acce-af421239caa1
---
 docs/CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index a0cf18b43..4e6a11460 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ nav_order: 6
 
 ## main
 
+* Return `html_safe` empty string from `render_in` when `render?` is false.
+
+    *Copilot*
+
 ## 4.5.0
 
 * Fix initialization ordering issue causing missing asset errors in Sprockets.