fix: handle nonexistent message attribute in logs (#111)

The .message property _should_ always be present in the log messages,
but there are a few versions out there where it's sometimes omitted due
to a backend bug. So we default to an empty string in those cases.

Author: tanmaykm

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
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+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+* The `.message` property _should_ always be present in the log messages, but there are a few versions out there where it is sometimes omitted due to a backend bug. We default to an empty string in those cases. ([#111])
+
+
 ## Version [v0.1.15] - 2025-08-29
 
 ### Fixed

src/jobs/logging-legacy.jl

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 struct _LegacyLogging <: _JobLoggingAPIVersion end
 
 function JobLogMessage(::_LegacyLogging, json::Dict, offset::Integer)
-    message = _get_json(json, "message", String)
+    # The .message property _should_ always be present in the log messages,
+    # but there are a few versions out there where it's sometimes omitted due
+    # to a backend bug. So we default to an empty string in those cases.
+    message = _get_json_or(json, "message", String, "")
     keywords = _get_json_or(json, "keywords", Dict, Dict{String, Any}())
     metadata = _get_json_or(json, "metadata", Dict, Dict{String, Any}())
     timestamp = if haskey(json, "timestamp")