From 5503695ca53fd9690006da956fd3d081b3d08de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Hebble <pjhebble@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 23:59:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix loading of legacy registry.json files

---
 Core/Converters/JsonAlwaysEmptyObjectConverter.cs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Core/Converters/JsonAlwaysEmptyObjectConverter.cs b/Core/Converters/JsonAlwaysEmptyObjectConverter.cs
index 6ff706acaa..a979e92f2d 100644
--- a/Core/Converters/JsonAlwaysEmptyObjectConverter.cs
+++ b/Core/Converters/JsonAlwaysEmptyObjectConverter.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ namespace CKAN
     public class JsonAlwaysEmptyObjectConverter : JsonConverter
     {
         public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
-            => Activator.CreateInstance(objectType);
+        {
+            // Read and discard this field's object (without this, loading stops!)
+            _ = JToken.Load(reader);
+            return Activator.CreateInstance(objectType);
+        }
 
         public override bool CanWrite => true;
         public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)