From 5c4dc84bad1206fddc25aa793022e91a4148932c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raffael Meyer <14891507+barredterra@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 16:16:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle empty images (#28669)

Resolves #28668
---
 frappe/core/doctype/file/utils.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/file/utils.py b/frappe/core/doctype/file/utils.py
index 3286704466..b87671b171 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/file/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/file/utils.py
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ def extract_images_from_html(doc: "Document", content: str, is_private: bool = F
 		if b"," in content:
 			content = content.split(b",")[1]
 
+		if not content:
+			# if there is no content, return the original tag
+			return match.group(0)
+
 		try:
 			content = safe_b64decode(content)
 		except BinasciiError: