From 235340a24b0522ffee93cfbf50a87fae5b983d70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matt-o-how <48453825+matt-o-how@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 18:13:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent None version in __init__.py (#20453)

* prevent None version

* Fix comparison of __version__ to None
---
 chia/__init__.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/chia/__init__.py b/chia/__init__.py
index 4210ee7e68..382cdc8efe 100644
--- a/chia/__init__.py
+++ b/chia/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ try:
 except (PackageNotFoundError, KeyError):
     __version__ = "unknown"
 
+if __version__ is None:
+    __version__ = "unknown"
+
 try:
     assert False
 except AssertionError: