From 8e4995ec0235e577b3da1b3aaadbba25370540c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Horton <daveh@beachdognet.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:43:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix bug where middleware produces a cached app.tasks with an
 empty array (#947)

---
 lib/middleware.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
index 7bea0f75..3b881471 100644
--- a/lib/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ module.exports = function(srf, logger) {
     const {rootSpan, siprec, application:app} = req.locals;
     let span;
     try {
-      if (app.tasks && !JAMBONES_MYSQL_REFRESH_TTL) {
+      if (app.tasks && app.tasks?.length > 0 && !JAMBONES_MYSQL_REFRESH_TTL) {
         app.tasks = normalizeJambones(logger, app.tasks).map((tdata) => makeTask(logger, tdata));
         if (0 === app.tasks.length) throw new Error('no application provided');
         return next();