fix: error when loading survey block without user in new runtime (#36226)

* fix: always define a student_data_store to prevent errors on XBlock load

* chore: bump xblock version to 5.1.2

openedx/core/djangoapps/xblock/runtime/runtime.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from opaque_keys.edx.keys import UsageKeyV2, LearningContextKey
 from web_fragments.fragment import Fragment
 from xblock.core import XBlock
 from xblock.exceptions import NoSuchServiceError
-from xblock.field_data import FieldData, SplitFieldData
+from xblock.field_data import DictFieldData, FieldData, SplitFieldData
 from xblock.fields import Scope, ScopeIds
 from xblock.runtime import IdReader, KvsFieldData, MemoryIdManager, Runtime
 
@@ -351,8 +351,10 @@ class XBlockRuntime(RuntimeShim, Runtime):
         Initialize the FieldData implementation for the specified XBlock
         """
         if self.user is None:
-            # No user is specified, so we want to throw an error if anything attempts to read/write user-specific fields
-            student_data_store = None
+            # No user is specified, so we want to ignore any user-specific data. We cannot throw an
+            # error here because the XBlock loading process will write to the user_state if we have
+            # mutable fields.
+            student_data_store = DictFieldData({})
         elif self.user.is_anonymous:
             # This is an anonymous (non-registered) user:
             assert isinstance(self.user_id, str) and self.user_id.startswith("anon")

requirements/edx/base.txt

@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ wheel==0.45.1
     # via django-pipeline
 wrapt==1.17.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
-xblock[django]==5.1.1
+xblock[django]==5.1.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   acid-xblock

requirements/edx/development.txt

@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ wrapt==1.17.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
-xblock[django]==5.1.1
+xblock[django]==5.1.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt

requirements/edx/doc.txt

@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ wheel==0.45.1
     #   django-pipeline
 wrapt==1.17.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-xblock[django]==5.1.1
+xblock[django]==5.1.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   acid-xblock

requirements/edx/testing.txt

@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ wheel==0.45.1
     #   django-pipeline
 wrapt==1.17.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-xblock[django]==5.1.1
+xblock[django]==5.1.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   acid-xblock