The reason is that Toddle takes the properties from the very first object in the array and if it's empty then it won't provide the <item> for it. To develop your nested repeat formula, make the suboptions property of the first element in the main array temporarily have at least one element eg add one item to the suboptions array of the first element in the main array. Once you've developed the formula, delete that temporary element.
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