From c83b2499f014fe0cb317941939c5b5532778ec93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhimanyu Saharan <desk.abhimanyu@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:11:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix db maintenance mode exception #12966

---
 netbox/netbox/middleware.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/middleware.py b/netbox/netbox/middleware.py
index 76b3e42a8..ba6967f1f 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/middleware.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/middleware.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class MaintenanceModeMiddleware:
         """
         Prevent any write-related database operations if an exception is raised.
         """
-        if isinstance(exception, InternalError):
+        if get_config().MAINTENANCE_MODE and isinstance(exception, InternalError):
             error_message = 'NetBox is currently operating in maintenance mode and is unable to perform write ' \
                             'operations. Please try again later.'