Deleted journal entry with blank comments causes sync error

[tgrusendorf]

Plugin Version

0.7.1

NetBox Version

4.4.3

Python Version

3.11.2

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a device type
2. Create a branch
3. In Main, add a journal entry to the device type. Leave the comments blank.
4. Delete the journal entry (because you didn't mean to create a blank journal entry).
5. Attempt to sync the branch with Main

Expected Behavior

The sync should complete successfully.

Observed Behavior

Attempting to sync results in an error

{
"log": [
"Syncing branch Journal test (branch_gp78owog)",
"Found 2 changes to sync",
"Setting branch status to syncing",
"Applying change Extras | journal entry 2025-11-03 20:56 (Info) created by user1 using schema_branch_gp78owog",
"Creating journal entry <DeserializedObject: extras.JournalEntry(pk=1)>",
"{'comments': ['This field cannot be blank.']}"
]
}

I'd appreciate any suggestions how I should now get myself out of this situation so that I can sync my branch.

[tgrusendorf]

The easiest way I found to recover (so far) is to find the Journal Entry creation change in the public.core_objectchange table and edit the comments to be a non-empty string. After doing this on my dev system I was able to sync the branch. Let me know if there's an easier (or safer) way to recover.