I resolved this by updating the plugin file pods/includes/general.php and changing the referenced function in the call stack above to the below. This seemingly resolves the breaking null case.
function pods_shortcode( $tags, $content = null ) {
if ( ! is_array( $tags ) ) {
$tags = array();
}
return pods_shortcode_run_safely( $tags, $content );
}
At first glance into the code this looks like some sort of null check miss on the $tags var?
