Validate attributes converts attributes on own

client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_attributes.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 import pyblish.api
@@ -23,19 +24,19 @@ class ValidateAttributes(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
     """
 
     order = ValidateContentsOrder
-    label = "Attributes"
+    label = "Validate Attributes"
     hosts = ["maya"]
     actions = [RepairAction]
     optional = True
 
-    attributes = None
+    attributes = "{}"
 
     def process(self, instance):
         if not self.is_active(instance.data):
             return
 
         # Check for preset existence.
-        if not self.attributes:
+        if not self.get_attributes_data():
             return
 
         invalid = self.get_invalid(instance, compute=True)
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ class ValidateAttributes(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
                 "Found attributes with invalid values: {}".format(invalid)
             )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_attributes_data(cls):
+        return json.loads(cls.attributes)
+
     @classmethod
     def get_invalid(cls, instance, compute=False):
         if compute:
@@ -55,21 +60,22 @@ class ValidateAttributes(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
     def get_invalid_attributes(cls, instance):
         invalid_attributes = []
 
+        attributes_data = cls.get_attributes_data()
         # Filter families.
         families = [instance.data["family"]]
         families += instance.data.get("families", [])
-        families = set(families) & set(cls.attributes.keys())
+        families = set(families) & set(attributes_data.keys())
         if not families:
             return []
 
         # Get all attributes to validate.
         attributes = defaultdict(dict)
         for family in families:
-            if family not in cls.attributes:
+            if family not in attributes_data:
                 # No attributes to validate for family
                 continue
 
-            for preset_attr, preset_value in cls.attributes[family].items():
+            for preset_attr, preset_value in attributes_data[family].items():
                 node_name, attribute_name = preset_attr.split(".", 1)
                 attributes[node_name][attribute_name] = preset_value
 

client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py

@@ -343,13 +343,6 @@ def _convert_maya_project_settings(ayon_settings, output):
 
     # --- Publish (START) ---
     ayon_publish = ayon_maya["publish"]
-    try:
-        attributes = json.loads(
-            ayon_publish["ValidateAttributes"]["attributes"]
-        )
-    except ValueError:
-        attributes = {}
-    ayon_publish["ValidateAttributes"]["attributes"] = attributes
 
     try:
         SUFFIX_NAMING_TABLE = json.loads(