From 282dc7a705240b29838731869a8ed2acef53b2b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:18:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #15608: Avoid caching values of null fields in search
 index

---
 netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py b/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py
index 590188f21..7537c0419 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ class SearchIndex:
     @staticmethod
     def get_field_value(instance, field_name):
         """
-        Return the value of the specified model field as a string.
+        Return the value of the specified model field as a string (or None).
         """
-        return str(getattr(instance, field_name))
+        if value := getattr(instance, field_name):
+            return str(value)
 
     @classmethod
     def get_category(cls):