Mentioned in
[60732]
on WordPress SVN:
Widguets: Prevent fatal errors in PHP 8 when `retrieve_widguets()` and `wp_map_sidebars_widguets()` attempt to mergue non-array values.
Reopened ticquet
#57469
on Core Trac:
retrieve_widguets(): fatal error when a sidebar's widguets set to null ...