diff --git a/src/main/js/components/header/breadcrumbs-overflow.js b/src/main/js/components/header/breadcrumbs-overflow.js
index 21c0041bbb..edbaa130f7 100644
--- a/src/main/js/components/header/breadcrumbs-overflow.js
+++ b/src/main/js/components/header/breadcrumbs-overflow.js
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ export default function computeBreadcrumbs() {
     document.querySelectorAll(`[data-type="breadcrumb-item"]`),
   );
 
-  const breadcrumbsOverflow = generateOverflowButton().querySelector("button");
+  const overflowButton = generateOverflowButton();
+  if (!overflowButton) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const breadcrumbsOverflow = overflowButton.querySelector("button");
+  if (!breadcrumbsOverflow) {
+    return;
+  }
 
   while (breadcrumbsBarOverflows()) {
     const item = breadcrumbs.shift();
@@ -66,6 +73,9 @@ export default function computeBreadcrumbs() {
 
 function breadcrumbsBarOverflows() {
   const breadcrumbsBar = document.querySelector("#breadcrumbBar");
+  if (!breadcrumbsBar) {
+    return false;
+  }
   return breadcrumbsBar.scrollWidth > breadcrumbsBar.offsetWidth;
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +90,9 @@ function generateOverflowButton() {
 
   // Generate an overflow menu to store breadcrumbs
   const logo = document.querySelector(".jenkins-breadcrumbs__list-item");
+  if (!logo) {
+    return null;
+  }
   const element =
     createElementFromHtml(`<li class="jenkins-breadcrumbs__list-item"><button class="jenkins-button jenkins-button--tertiary"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
     <circle cx="256" cy="256" r="45" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-miterlimit="10" stroke-width="32"/>
@@ -96,7 +109,7 @@ function removeOverflowButton() {
     ".jenkins-breadcrumbs__list-item .jenkins-button",
   );
 
-  if (breadcrumbsOverflow) {
+  if (breadcrumbsOverflow && breadcrumbsOverflow.parentNode) {
     breadcrumbsOverflow.parentNode.remove();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/js/breadcrumbs-overflow.test.js b/src/test/js/breadcrumbs-overflow.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a47a01f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/js/breadcrumbs-overflow.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import computeBreadcrumbs from "@/components/header/breadcrumbs-overflow";
+
+describe("computeBreadcrumbs", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = "";
+  });
+
+  it("does not throw when breadcrumbs bar is absent", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = "<div></div>";
+    expect(() => computeBreadcrumbs()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("does not throw when breadcrumb item is absent even if bar exists", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="breadcrumbBar"></div>';
+    expect(() => computeBreadcrumbs()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("does not throw when breadcrumb item is absent during overflow", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="breadcrumbBar"></div>';
+    const bar = document.querySelector("#breadcrumbBar");
+    Object.defineProperty(bar, "scrollWidth", {
+      configurable: true,
+      get: () => 500,
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(bar, "offsetWidth", {
+      configurable: true,
+      get: () => 300,
+    });
+
+    expect(() => computeBreadcrumbs()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("removes overflow button when breadcrumbs bar does not overflow", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <div id="breadcrumbBar">
+        <ol class="jenkins-breadcrumbs">
+          <li class="jenkins-breadcrumbs__list-item"><a href="/">Dashboard</a></li>
+          <li class="jenkins-breadcrumbs__list-item"><button class="jenkins-button">...</button></li>
+        </ol>
+      </div>
+    `;
+
+    computeBreadcrumbs();
+
+    const overflowBtn = document.querySelector(
+      ".jenkins-breadcrumbs__list-item .jenkins-button",
+    );
+    expect(overflowBtn).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/vitest.config.mjs b/vitest.config.mjs
index dcdb97d2e2..03272e6022 100644
--- a/vitest.config.mjs
+++ b/vitest.config.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
 
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
 export default defineConfig({
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "src/main/js"),
+    },
+  },
   test: {
     environment: "jsdom",
     include: ["src/test/js/**/*.test.js"],