From c459572fcf7d4f0b936b6bb014592e6d25435081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stuart Taylor <staylor1012@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:20:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(about): Return empty object for no user (#17714)

---
 common/models/user.js | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/models/user.js b/common/models/user.js
index 30035bdd3e..8b5ece6869 100644
--- a/common/models/user.js
+++ b/common/models/user.js
@@ -493,9 +493,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     if (!username) {
       // Zalgo!!
       return nextTick(() => {
-        cb(new TypeError(
-            `username should be a string but got ${ username }`
-        ));
+        cb(null, {});
       });
     }
     return User.findOne({ where: { username } }, (err, user) => {
@@ -503,7 +501,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
         return cb(err);
       }
       if (!user || user.username !== username) {
-        return cb(new Error(`no user found for ${ username }`));
+        return cb(null, {});
       }
       const aboutUser = getAboutProfile(user);
       return cb(null, aboutUser);