From 82146169076af8659a5b6a84d7c5389a1d8d2f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Sullivan <sullii@uw.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:12:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Always return an astropy table from solar system association

---
 python/lsst/pipe/tasks/drpAssociationPipe.py | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/tasks/drpAssociationPipe.py b/python/lsst/pipe/tasks/drpAssociationPipe.py
index abf632b77..38adf8ddb 100644
--- a/python/lsst/pipe/tasks/drpAssociationPipe.py
+++ b/python/lsst/pipe/tasks/drpAssociationPipe.py
@@ -437,15 +437,11 @@ def runSolarSystemAssociation(self, diaCat, ssCat,
             unassociatedSsObjects['visit'] = visit
             unassociatedSsObjects['detector'] = detector
 
-        if len(ssoAssocResult.unAssocDiaSources) > 0:
-            unassociatedDiaSources = ssoAssocResult.unAssocDiaSources
-        else:
-            unassociatedDiaSources = pd.DataFrame(columns=ssoAssocResult.unAssocDiaSources.columns)
         return pipeBase.Struct(
             associatedSsSources=associatedSsSources,
             associatedSsDiaSources=associatedSsDiaSources,
             unassociatedSsObjects=unassociatedSsObjects,
-            unassociatedDiaSources=unassociatedDiaSources
+            unassociatedDiaSources=ssoAssocResult.unAssocDiaSources
         )
 
     def _addDiaObjectCoords(self, objects, sources):