[Bug] Python function report error `Failed to load the crypto key reader from spec`
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Description
### Search before reporting
- [x] I searched in the [issues](https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues) and found nothing similar.
### Read release policy
- [x] I understand that [unsupported versions](https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/release-policy/#supported-versions) don't get bug fixes. I will attempt to reproduce the issue on a supported version of Pulsar client and Pulsar broker.
### User environment
broker version: 1b74fe0
### Issue Description
when running a python function without specify the `crypto_spec.cryptoKeyReaderConfig`, it runs well but will reports an error log:
```
[2025-09-25 07:26:59 +0000] [ERROR] python_instance.py: Failed to load the crypto key reader from spec: , error: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
```
### Error messages
```text
[2025-09-25 07:26:59 +0000] [ERROR] python_instance.py: Failed to load the crypto key reader from spec: , error: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
```
### Reproducing the issue
1. start the pulsar standalone
2. create a python function:
```
pulsar-admin functions craete --py pulsar-functions/python-examples/exclamation_function.py --name package-python-fn --classname exclamation_function.ExclamationFunction --inputs persistent://public/default/package-py-fn-input --output persistent://public/default/package-py-fn-output
```
3. check the function logs
### Additional information
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### Are you willing to submit a PR?
- [x] I'm willing to submit a PR!
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the standalone broker and the Python function command using pulsar-functions/python-examples/exclamation_function.py, then inspect the logging path identified as python_instance.py. Done means running without crypto_spec.cryptoKeyReaderConfig still works and no erroneous crypto key reader error is logged.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100