From 55b00eb776c41a95d6c2bf4f987eae259f899382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: allegroai <>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:08:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix connecting a dictionary to task sometimes raises an
 exception

---
 clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py b/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
index 9ef496c7..5f78ac41 100644
--- a/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
+++ b/clearml/backend_interface/task/task.py
@@ -1228,9 +1228,8 @@ class Task(IdObjectBase, AccessMixin, SetupUploadMixin):
                     def create_description():
                         if org_param and org_param.description:
                             return org_param.description
-                        created_description = ""
-                        if org_k in descriptions:
-                            created_description = descriptions[org_k]
+                        # don't use get(org_k, "") here in case org_k in descriptions and the value is None
+                        created_description = descriptions.get(org_k) or ""
                         if isinstance(v, Enum):
                             # append enum values to description
                             if created_description: