From d802f937174fa8fe228292b06edf8d113ccfaee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Tiemann <btman@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:08:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Undo simplification

---
 netbox/netbox/settings.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index fc7e7ee90..95fa1a0b2 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -814,8 +814,10 @@ for plugin_name in PLUGINS:
         )
 
     # Validate version compatibility and user-provided configuration settings and assign defaults
+    if plugin_name not in PLUGINS_CONFIG:
+        PLUGINS_CONFIG[plugin_name] = {}
     try:
-        plugin_config.validate(PLUGINS_CONFIG.get(plugin_name, {}), RELEASE.version)
+        plugin_config.validate(PLUGINS_CONFIG[plugin_name], RELEASE.version)
     except IncompatiblePluginError as e:
         warnings.warn(f'Unable to load plugin {plugin_name}: {e}')
         continue