From 474e2bd9757a33a5e15d3df3f3b625324afcfed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Hilger <markus.hilger@megware.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:28:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Drop unreachable web client check in get_diagnostic_data

wc() either returns a client or propagates the exception raised while
logging in; it cannot return None the way connect() could.
---
 confluent_server/aiohmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/nextscale.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/confluent_server/aiohmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/nextscale.py b/confluent_server/aiohmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/nextscale.py
index f15245c2..31bfe9f8 100644
--- a/confluent_server/aiohmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/nextscale.py
+++ b/confluent_server/aiohmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/nextscale.py
@@ -792,8 +792,6 @@ class SMMClient(object):
             if progress:
                 progress({'phase': 'initializing', 'progress': initpct})
         wc = await self.wc()
-        if wc is None:
-            raise Exception("Failed to connect to web api")
         if variant and variant >> 5:
             url = '/preview/smm2-ffdc.tgz?ST1={0}'.format(wc.st1)
         else: