From 2f6539efb3452574276bcefaa781dc1123d3058b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sampo Tawast <sampo.tawast@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 12:33:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: expose empty changes with a change reason to the
 response

---
 backend/benefit/applications/services/change_history.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/benefit/applications/services/change_history.py b/backend/benefit/applications/services/change_history.py
index 0816711d52..d2d473605f 100644
--- a/backend/benefit/applications/services/change_history.py
+++ b/backend/benefit/applications/services/change_history.py
@@ -282,7 +282,12 @@ def create_change_set(app_diff, employee_diffs):
                 employee_diff.changes, EXCLUDED_EMPLOYEE_FIELDS, True, delta_time
             )
 
-        return change_set if len(change_set["changes"]) > 0 else None
+        return (
+            change_set
+            if len(change_set["changes"]) > 0
+            or (change_set["reason"] and len(change_set["reason"]) > 0)
+            else None
+        )
 
     change_sets = list(
         filter(