From 5e39f607ae03fe696a33bdd2e7fea92be250321b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Alejandro=20R=2E=20Sede=C3=B1o?= <asedeno@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:01:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix possible use before assignment

---
 roost_backend/authentication.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/roost_backend/authentication.py b/roost_backend/authentication.py
index 5ca89fc..b5811d8 100644
--- a/roost_backend/authentication.py
+++ b/roost_backend/authentication.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def validate_token(cls, token, raise_on_jwt_error=True):
         if claims is None:
             return None, None
 
+        user = None
         if 'identity' in claims:
             user = models.User.objects.filter(**claims['identity']).first()
         return claims, user