From 4996b40860a531a39a8cd7d16b3c05600ab4b014 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christie Rice <8483753+crice100@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:07:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Add check for existence of grade (#28348)

MICROBA-678
---
 common/djangoapps/student/helpers.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/helpers.py b/common/djangoapps/student/helpers.py
index 4c8a723b08..372187b10c 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/helpers.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/helpers.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ def _cert_info(user, enrollment, cert_status):
         if (
             status_dict['status'] != CertificateStatuses.downloadable and
             (cert_generation_enabled(course_overview.id) or auto_certificate_generation_enabled()) and
-            persisted_grade.passed
+            persisted_grade and persisted_grade.passed
         ):
             status_dict['status'] = CertificateStatuses.requesting