From b2877f705015e477bfab8aa9376637ed73f97f41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kit Haines <khaines@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 12:33:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Store metadata when it is an empty string (such as role,
 serial number, etc...) (#27303)

---
 builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go b/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go
index fde485ecb3..6b07acba2a 100644
--- a/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go
+++ b/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ func (b *backend) pathIssueSignCert(ctx context.Context, req *logical.Request, d
 		}
 	}
 
-	if metadataInRequest && len(metadata.(string)) > 0 {
+	if metadataInRequest {
 		metadataBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(metadata.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			// TODO: Should we clean up the original cert here?