From b5145147d74ab4d9ad165e7164bf9cc10f0b3fb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre Gironde <pierre@pgironde.fr>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 22:07:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve error handling for null YAML block in
 VirtualSensorBase

---
 virtualsensors.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virtualsensors.py b/virtualsensors.py
index 335a634..f172702 100644
--- a/virtualsensors.py
+++ b/virtualsensors.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class VirtualSensorBase:
             self.virtual_sensor_name = sensor_name.split('.')[1]
         self.sensor_domain = self.sensor_name.split(".")[0]
 
-        assert yaml_block ,f"{self.sensor_name} have a null Yaml block"
+        if not yaml_block:
+            self.log_error(f"{self.sensor_name} have a null Yaml block")
         self.yaml_block = yaml_block
         self.templates_library = templates_library