From 6c4fa5177f85f9b89bc51a5ad8493d0cbc337a83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Belforte <stefano.belforte@cern.ch>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 22:32:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] return "None" when proxied dir is None in DB. Fix #8768"

---
 src/python/CRABInterface/RESTTask.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/python/CRABInterface/RESTTask.py b/src/python/CRABInterface/RESTTask.py
index f8329408ad..bb424e690d 100644
--- a/src/python/CRABInterface/RESTTask.py
+++ b/src/python/CRABInterface/RESTTask.py
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ def webdirprx(self, **kwargs):
             #extract /cms1425/taskname from the user webdir
             suffix = re.search(r"(/[^/]+/[^/]+/?)$", row.user_webdir).group(0)
         else:
-            raise ExecutionError("Webdir not set in the database. Cannot build proxied webdir")
+            yield "None"
+            return
 
         #=============================================================================
         # scheddObj is a dictionary composed like this (see the value of htcondorSchedds):