From b073e41230bdb297616270ef16aa92b601a8579c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AryanMishra17003 <158508418+AryanMishra17003@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:43:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent Keyman crash on uninitialized platform during startup

Signed-off-by: AryanMishra17003 <158508418+AryanMishra17003@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 keyman/Orchestrator.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/keyman/Orchestrator.py b/keyman/Orchestrator.py
index 220776063f..a45102de53 100644
--- a/keyman/Orchestrator.py
+++ b/keyman/Orchestrator.py
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 
     sys.path.append("/augur")
 
-    conn = redis.Redis.from_url(os.environ.get("REDIS_CONN_STRING"))
+    # Only create a Redis connection if a connection string is provided.
+    redis_url = os.environ.get("REDIS_CONN_STRING")
+    if redis_url:
+        conn = redis.Redis.from_url(redis_url)
+    else:
+        conn = None
 
     # Just log to stdout if we're running in docker
     logger = logging.Logger("KeyOrchestrator")
@@ -151,7 +156,10 @@ def new_key(self, platform: str) -> str | None:
             WaitKeyTimeout: If no fresh keys available (includes wait duration)
         """
         if platform not in self.fresh_keys:
-            raise InvalidRequest(f"Invalid platform: {platform}")
+            self.logger.warning(
+                f"Key requested for uninitialized platform '{platform}'; this may occur during startup after state cleanup."
+            )
+            return
 
         if not len(self.fresh_keys[platform]):
             if not len(self.expired_keys[platform]):