BUG #15999: jsonb_populate_record fails with array column

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 15999
Logged by: Richard
Email address: easteregg@verfriemelt.org
PostgreSQL version: 9.6.15
Operating system: Debian / Windows
Description:

given the following simplified table with one row inserted:

create table testa ( id serial, test text[] default

'{"test","test2"}'::text[] );

insert into testa values (default);

when we try to populate a record of testa type we run into trouble with
postgres in version 9.6.15

select jsonb_populate_record(null::testa , to_jsonb(testa)) FROM testa;

ERROR: 22P02: malformed array literal: "["test", "test2"]"
DETAIL: "[" must introduce explicitly-specified array dimensions.
LOCATION: array_in, arrayfuncs.c:269

with postgres 10 and higher we get the expected result:

select jsonb_populate_record(null::testa , to_jsonb(testa)) FROM testa;

jsonb_populate_record
═════════════════════
(1,"{test,test2}")
(1 row)

whe the array column is null, and therefor no contained array in the jsonb
representation, everything works fine under 9.6.15

update testa set test = null;
select jsonb_populate_record(null::testa , to_jsonb(testa)) FROM testa;

jsonb_populate_record
═════════════════════
(1,)
(1 row)