Silimate · akashlevy · Sep 2, 2026 · Sep 2, 2026
diff --git a/tcl/Property.tcl b/tcl/Property.tcl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace eval sta {
 
 define_cmd_args "get_property" \
   {[-object_type library|liberty_library|cell|liberty_cell|instance|pin|net|port|clock|timing_arc] object property} \
-  -help {The `get_property` command returns a property of an object. Given a collection of objects it returns one value per object, so an empty collection returns an empty list. Properties for each object type are shown below.
+  -help {The `get_property` command returns a property of an object. Properties for each object type are shown below.
 
 | Object type | Properties |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -64,10 +64,7 @@ proc get_property_cmd { cmd type_key cmd_args } {
   set object [lindex $cmd_args 0]
   set prop [lindex $cmd_args 1]
   if { $object == "" } {
-    # Both list and collection mode encode "nothing matched" as the empty string, so this is
-    # the zero-element case of the collection branch below: no objects, no property values.
-    # The get_*/all_* command that came up empty already warned unless it was given -quiet.
-    return {}
+    sta_error 2200 "get_property object is null."
   } elseif { [sta::is_collection $object] || [sizeof_collection $object] > 1 } {
     set results {}
     foreach_in_collection element $object {

diff --git a/test/get_property_empty.ok b/test/get_property_empty.ok
diff --git a/test/get_property_empty.tcl b/test/get_property_empty.tcl
diff --git a/test/get_property_empty.v b/test/get_property_empty.v
diff --git a/test/regression_vars.tcl b/test/regression_vars.tcl
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ record_public_tests {
   get_lib_pins_of_objects
   get_noargs
   get_objrefs
-  get_property_empty
   get_property_flags
   get_scenes
   input_delay_ref_pin_rebuild