From 0121e4e7ab9b3fdb1bb01c52da8630246159af93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Clemens <sftw@leeclemens.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 19:17:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Handle None/empty and numeric SLS modules listed in include
 declarations

---
 changelog/56253.fixed.md |  1 +
 salt/state.py            | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/56253.fixed.md

diff --git a/changelog/56253.fixed.md b/changelog/56253.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..475b40c5e1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/56253.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handle None/empty and numeric SLS modules listed in include declarations
diff --git a/salt/state.py b/salt/state.py
index 45caa26b8d90..31a54afd22a1 100644
--- a/salt/state.py
+++ b/salt/state.py
@@ -4422,6 +4422,18 @@ def render_state(self, sls, saltenv, mods, matches, local=False, context=None):
                         errors.append(msg)
                         continue
 
+                    if not hasattr(inc_sls, "startswith"):
+                        if inc_sls is None:
+                            msg = (
+                                "Empty include found in include "
+                                "in SLS '{}:{}'".format(saltenv, sls)
+                            )
+                            log.error(msg)
+                            errors.append(msg)
+                            continue
+                        else:
+                            inc_sls = str(inc_sls)
+
                     if inc_sls.startswith("."):
                         match = re.match(r"^(\.+)(.*)$", inc_sls)
                         if match: