diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/dashboard/PhabricatorDashboardAdjustController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/dashboard/PhabricatorDashboardAdjustController.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/dashboard/PhabricatorDashboardAdjustController.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/dashboard/PhabricatorDashboardAdjustController.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     $panel_ref = null;
     $panel_key = $request->getStr('panelKey');
-    if (strlen($panel_key)) {
+    if ($panel_key !== null && strlen($panel_key)) {
       $panel_ref = $ref_list->getPanelRef($panel_key);
       if (!$panel_ref) {
         return new Aphront404Response();
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/panel/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTabsController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/panel/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTabsController.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/panel/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTabsController.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/panel/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTabsController.php
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 
     $op = $request->getURIData('op');
     $after = $request->getStr('after');
-    if (!strlen($after)) {
+    if ($after === '') {
       $after = null;
     }
 
     $target = $request->getStr('target');
-    if (!strlen($target)) {
+    if ($target === '') {
       $target = null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php b/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/engine/PhabricatorDashboardPanelRenderingEngine.php
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 
       return $this->renderNormalPanel();
     } catch (Exception $ex) {
+      phlog($ex);
       return $this->renderErrorPanel(
         $panel->getName(),
         pht(
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardTabsPanelType.php b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardTabsPanelType.php
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardTabsPanelType.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardTabsPanelType.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
       $panel_id = idx($tab_spec, 'panelID');
       $subpanel = idx($panels, $panel_id);
 
-      $name = idx($tab_spec, 'name');
+      $name = coalesce(idx($tab_spec, 'name'), '');
       if (!strlen($name)) {
         if ($subpanel) {
           $name = $subpanel->getName();
diff --git a/src/applications/search/engineextension/PhabricatorFerretSearchEngineExtension.php b/src/applications/search/engineextension/PhabricatorFerretSearchEngineExtension.php
--- a/src/applications/search/engineextension/PhabricatorFerretSearchEngineExtension.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/engineextension/PhabricatorFerretSearchEngineExtension.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     PhabricatorSavedQuery $saved,
     array $map) {
 
-    if (!strlen($map['query'])) {
+    if (!phutil_nonempty_string($map['query'])) {
       return;
     }