From 860517a3211075d1f6e2af7fa6a567b9e0cd77f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wakonig_k <klaus.wakonig@psi.ch>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:04:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: don't print exception if the auto-update module cannot
 be found in plugins

---
 bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py b/bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py
index 29c961de..5ae04651 100644
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ class BECGuiClientMixin:
         for ep in eps:
             if ep.name == "plugin_widgets_update":
                 try:
+                    spec = importlib.util.find_spec(ep.module)
+                    # if the module is not found, we skip it
+                    if spec is None:
+                        continue
                     return ep.load()(gui=self)
                 except Exception as e:
                     print(f"Error loading auto update script from plugin: {str(e)}")