From bd04937927bafa0f932ee67c1678df2e07430dda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manfred Riem <15701806+mnriem@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 11:39:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Potential fix for pull request finding 'Empty except'

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <223894421+github-code-quality[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/specify_cli/__init__.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
index 572e6c254..cac17d72d 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
@@ -4354,7 +4354,8 @@ def extension_update(
                                     with f:
                                         manifest_data = yaml.safe_load(f.read()) or {}
                             except KeyError:
-                                pass
+                                # extension.yml not present at archive root; use nested fallback below.
+                                manifest_data = None
                             # Fall back to nested-directory search if root-level
                             # was missing (KeyError) or not a regular file (None).
                             if manifest_data is None: