diff --git a/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml b/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml
index b25750f0897de2..9ee38a4fd1cefc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/new-bugs-announce-notifier.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
                 // We need to truncate the body size, because the max size for
                 // the whole payload is 16kb. We want to be safe and assume that
                 // body can take up to ~8kb of space.
-                body   : issue.data.body.substring(0, 8000)
+                body   : (issue.data.body || "").substring(0, 8000)
               };
 
               const data = {
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index aa793a2c223de9..4cbfd7ad8b1e48 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ def test_operations_on_half_initialized_Struct(self):
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, S.unpack, spam)
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, S.unpack_from, spam)
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, getattr, S, 'format')
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, S.__sizeof__)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, repr, S)
         self.assertEqual(S.size, -1)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-07-15-00-00.gh-issue-145623.2Y7LzT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-07-15-00-00.gh-issue-145623.2Y7LzT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..77b43e79e35860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-07-15-00-00.gh-issue-145623.2Y7LzT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix crash in :mod:`struct` when calling :func:`repr` or
+``__sizeof__()`` on an uninitialized :class:`struct.Struct`
+object created via ``Struct.__new__()`` without calling ``__init__()``.
diff --git a/Modules/_struct.c b/Modules/_struct.c
index ae8a8ffb3c005a..dcc3c7ec63e9e0 100644
--- a/Modules/_struct.c
+++ b/Modules/_struct.c
@@ -2382,6 +2382,7 @@ static PyObject *
 Struct___sizeof___impl(PyStructObject *self)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=2d0d78900b4cdb4e input=faca5925c1f1ffd0]*/
 {
+    ENSURE_STRUCT_IS_READY(self);
     size_t size = _PyObject_SIZE(Py_TYPE(self)) + sizeof(formatcode);
     for (formatcode *code = self->s_codes; code->fmtdef != NULL; code++) {
         size += sizeof(formatcode);
@@ -2393,6 +2394,7 @@ static PyObject *
 s_repr(PyObject *op)
 {
     PyStructObject *self = PyStructObject_CAST(op);
+    ENSURE_STRUCT_IS_READY(self);
     PyObject* fmt = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(
         PyBytes_AS_STRING(self->s_format), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self->s_format));
     if (fmt == NULL) {