From 459c41b9d6479a4799525396dab33b522b0f6de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eklavya Sharma <ekurgn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 19:38:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: draft articles required a category

Draft articles seemed to unintentionally have 'category' as a
required metadata key. I have made them optional, just like
non-draft articles.
---
 pelican/generators.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index 515257c4..97c18db5 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ class ArticlesGenerator(CachingGenerator):
                 self.get_template(draft.template),
                 self.context,
                 article=draft,
-                category=draft.category,
+                category=getattr(draft, "category", None),
                 override_output=hasattr(draft, "override_save_as"),
                 blog=True,
                 all_articles=self.articles,