From 8bf13b1b82ecac4fa48f34f48f898f02efa68d8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neal Shah <30693865+ProgrammerIn-wonderland@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:18:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add guard around sending thumbnail event if thumbnail url is
 blank or falsey (#1744)

---
 src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_write.js | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_write.js b/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_write.js
index b4e98bebd..d072c6e41 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_write.js
+++ b/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_write.js
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ class HLWrite extends HLFilesystemOperation {
                     stream_to_the_void(thumb_file.stream);
                     return 'thumbnail error: ' + e.message;
                 }
-                
-                const thumbnailData = {url: thumbnail}
-                await svc_event.emit('thumbnail.created', thumbnailData); // An extension can modify where this thumbnail is stored
+
+                const thumbnailData = { url: thumbnail }
+                if (thumbnailData.url) {
+                    await svc_event.emit('thumbnail.created', thumbnailData); // An extension can modify where this thumbnail is stored
+                }
 
                 thumbnail_promise.resolve(thumbnailData.url);
             })();