From 1c1489af848ae00bf70b0738f8eb0615c4df7ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 16:01:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] warn about missing category and ignore missing publish plugin

---
 client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py
index 94acf64047..7f63089d33 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py
@@ -336,17 +336,16 @@ def get_plugin_settings(plugin, project_settings, log, category=None):
     settings_category = getattr(plugin, "settings_category", None)
     if settings_category:
         try:
-            return (
-                project_settings
-                [settings_category]
-                ["publish"]
-                [plugin.__name__]
-            )
+            category_settings = project_settings[settings_category]
+        except KeyError:
+            log.warning((
+                "Couldn't find settings category '{}' in project settings"
+            ).format(settings_category))
+            return {}
+
+        try:
+            return category_settings["publish"][plugin.__name__]
         except KeyError:
-            log.debug((
-                "Couldn't find plugin '{}' settings"
-                " under settings category '{}'"
-            ).format(plugin.__name__, settings_category))
             return {}
 
     # Use project settings based on a category name