Type error

### 🐞 Description of the bug

TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'NoneType' and 'int'

### 📝 Steps to reproduce

I cannot reproduce this all the time but I captured this on one such run where it occurs.

### Installed packages

NA

The report names only a TypeError involving NoneType and int, with no file, traceback, or reliable reproduction. Start by tracing client paths that perform this comparison and capture the inputs from a failing run; done means identifying the triggering path, preventing the invalid comparison, and adding a regression check if the location can be reproduced.

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