From d82a81a2c3c1a7f50177a0a6435a555daeb858aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hemna <waboring@hemna.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:06:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix for None packet in rx thread

This patch updates the process_packet to ensure when we
try to decode a packet we actually get one.
---
 aprsd/threads/rx.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/aprsd/threads/rx.py b/aprsd/threads/rx.py
index 94b625e..d0244f9 100644
--- a/aprsd/threads/rx.py
+++ b/aprsd/threads/rx.py
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ class APRSDDupeRXThread(APRSDRXThread):
         PluginProcessPacketThread for processing.
         """
         packet = self._client.decode_packet(*args, **kwargs)
+        if not packet:
+            LOG.error(
+                'No packet received from decode_packet.  Most likely a failure to parse'
+            )
+            return
         packet_log.log(packet)
         pkt_list = packets.PacketList()