Avoid DCHECK failure for chrome:// URLs in autocomplete suggestions

components/omnibox/browser/autocomplete_result.cc

Index: components/omnibox/browser/autocomplete_result.cc
diff --git a/components/omnibox/browser/autocomplete_result.cc b/components/omnibox/browser/autocomplete_result.cc
index 14f084337e980300abdaf7d6df4ba3b249b8374d..b942fffdfc940ca2a56f2c3a7116b51c23373206 100644
--- a/components/omnibox/browser/autocomplete_result.cc
+++ b/components/omnibox/browser/autocomplete_result.cc
@@ -166,24 +166,35 @@ void AutocompleteResult::SortAndCull(
             : base::string16()) +
         base::ASCIIToUTF16(", input=") +
         input.text();
-    DCHECK(default_match_->allowed_to_be_default_match) << debug_info;
-    // If the default match is valid (i.e., not a prompt/placeholder), make
-    // sure the type of destination is what the user would expect given the
-    // input.
-    if (default_match_->destination_url.is_valid()) {
-      if (AutocompleteMatch::IsSearchType(default_match_->type)) {
-        // We shouldn't get query matches for URL inputs.
-        DCHECK_NE(metrics::OmniboxInputType::URL, input.type()) << debug_info;
-      } else {
-        // If the user explicitly typed a scheme, the default match should
-        // have the same scheme.
-        if ((input.type() == metrics::OmniboxInputType::URL) &&
-            input.parts().scheme.is_nonempty()) {
-          const std::string& in_scheme = base::UTF16ToUTF8(input.scheme());
-          const std::string& dest_scheme =
-              default_match_->destination_url.scheme();
-          DCHECK(url_formatter::IsEquivalentScheme(in_scheme, dest_scheme))
-              << debug_info;
+
+    // Ensure there is a default match if (and only if) the omnibox is not
+    // empty. Typically, the omnibox will never be empty because it is filled
+    // with the current page URL when the omnibox is focused. The zero-suggest
+    // default match, if any, should navigate to this URL. However, on some
+    // WebUI pages (eg: chrome://newtab) the URL is not auto-filled. In this
+    // case, there should be no default match.
+    if (input.text().empty()) {
+      DCHECK(!default_match_->allowed_to_be_default_match) << debug_info;
+    } else {
+      DCHECK(default_match_->allowed_to_be_default_match) << debug_info;
+      // If the default match is valid (i.e., not a prompt/placeholder), make
+      // sure the type of destination is what the user would expect given the
+      // input.
+      if (default_match_->destination_url.is_valid()) {
+        if (AutocompleteMatch::IsSearchType(default_match_->type)) {
+          // We shouldn't get query matches for URL inputs.
+          DCHECK_NE(metrics::OmniboxInputType::URL, input.type()) << debug_info;
+        } else {
+          // If the user explicitly typed a scheme, the default match should
+          // have the same scheme.
+          if ((input.type() == metrics::OmniboxInputType::URL) &&
+              input.parts().scheme.is_nonempty()) {
+            const std::string& in_scheme = base::UTF16ToUTF8(input.scheme());
+            const std::string& dest_scheme =
+                default_match_->destination_url.scheme();
+            DCHECK(url_formatter::IsEquivalentScheme(in_scheme, dest_scheme))
+                << debug_info;
+          }
         }
       }
     }