From 5ee09d3c8161280c72be8b02cd7ea354c1f55331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Norwin <noerw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:14:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] check release publisher exists (#14375)

fixes #14365
was silently fixed in the feature PR #12096 for v1.14
---
 models/release.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/models/release.go b/models/release.go
index f55341b86b..1ab36fa57a 100644
--- a/models/release.go
+++ b/models/release.go
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ func (r *Release) loadAttributes(e Engine) error {
 	if r.Publisher == nil {
 		r.Publisher, err = getUserByID(e, r.PublisherID)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			if IsErrUserNotExist(err) {
+				r.Publisher = NewGhostUser()
+			} else {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return getReleaseAttachments(e, r)