From b876d822229c985dff6c0610d752a7bd68ed25a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tmadlener <thomas.madlener@desy.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 09:56:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make PodioOutput exit gracefully instead of crashing

---
 k4FWCore/components/PodioOutput.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/k4FWCore/components/PodioOutput.cpp b/k4FWCore/components/PodioOutput.cpp
index ec7b1634..3a343f12 100644
--- a/k4FWCore/components/PodioOutput.cpp
+++ b/k4FWCore/components/PodioOutput.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ StatusCode PodioOutput::execute() {
     }
     m_framewriter->writeFrame(frame, "events", m_collection_names_to_write);
   } else {
-    m_framewriter->writeFrame(frame, "events", m_collection_names_to_write);
+    try {
+      m_framewriter->writeFrame(frame, "events", m_collection_names_to_write);
+    } catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
+      error() << "Could not write event: " << e.what() << endmsg;
+      return StatusCode::FAILURE;
+    }
   }
   m_firstEvent = false;