diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
index 180f5dae35b2f69eaae0c58d20b3713b0c5a67cc..dea225b4e329d4d78bb3dda6d2c584745b5de08b 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
@@ -8356,6 +8356,9 @@ export class TypeScriptLinter extends BaseTypeScriptLinter {
     }
 
     const isArray = this.tsUtils.isArray(lhsType) && this.tsUtils.isArray(rhsType);
+    if (isArray && this.tsTypeChecker.typeToString(lhsType) === 'never[]') {
+      return;
+    }
     const isTuple =
       this.tsUtils.isOrDerivedFrom(lhsType, TsUtils.isTuple) && this.tsUtils.isOrDerivedFrom(rhsType, TsUtils.isTuple);
     if (!((isArray || isTuple) && lhsType !== rhsType)) {
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets
index 3c018c68ab24c13ba22459b3696df7c95d28fe6c..08e31c3a9ad1f7db4c18b13cfd6d7a15526e826b 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets
@@ -170,3 +170,5 @@ async function Foo_a(): Promise<(string| number)[]> {
 async function Foo_b(): Promise<(string| number)[]> {
     return correctArr;
 }
+
+AppStorage.SetOrCreate('passwordArray', [] as string[]);
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json
index 8ef0297136e121f20ea195d5538589891b9259ce..938a1e31b8f59f8be820a8bb3aeac70bbaf0c4f4 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/arkts-array-type-immutable.ets.arkts2.json
@@ -443,6 +443,16 @@
             "suggest": "",
             "rule": "Array type is immutable in ArkTS1.2 (arkts-array-type-immutable)",
             "severity": "ERROR"
+        },
+        {
+            "line": 174,
+            "column": 1,
+            "endLine": 174,
+            "endColumn": 11,
+            "problem": "UIInterfaceImport",
+            "suggest": "",
+            "rule": "The ArkUI interface \"AppStorage\" should be imported before it is used (arkui-modular-interface)",
+            "severity": "ERROR"
         }
     ]
 }
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