Avoid fatal errors if unable to retrieve versions.json

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Rules b/Rules
index bab425bb..c6c3fe53 100644
--- a/Rules
+++ b/Rules
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ preprocess do
   config[:search_backend] = ENV['SEARCH_BACKEND'] || 'algolia'
 
   def get_online_versions
-      uri = URI('https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/-/raw/main/content/versions.json')
-      response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
-      parsed = JSON.parse(response, symbolize_names: true)
-      parsed[0]
+    uri = URI('https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/-/raw/main/content/versions.json')
+    response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
+    parsed = JSON.parse(response, symbolize_names: true)
+    parsed[0]
+  rescue
+    {}
   end
   config[:online_versions] = get_online_versions
-
 end
 
 compile '/404.*' do
diff --git a/content/frontend/default/components/versions_menu.vue b/content/frontend/default/components/versions_menu.vue
index be9884f1..c56d1bb1 100644
--- a/content/frontend/default/components/versions_menu.vue
+++ b/content/frontend/default/components/versions_menu.vue
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default {
 
 <template>
   <gl-dropdown
-    v-if="showMenu"
+    v-if="showMenu && activeVersion"
     :text="activeVersion"
     class="gl-mb-4 gl-md-mb-0 gl-md-mr-5 gl-md-ml-3 gl-display-flex"
     data-testid="versions-menu"