Fixes #27842: Fix unitycataog error when httpPath is missing

ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/unitycatalog/connection.py

@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@
     Create sqlalchemy connection
     """
 
+    if not connection.connectionArguments:
+        connection.connectionArguments = init_empty_connection_arguments()
+
     if connection.httpPath:
-        if not connection.connectionArguments:
-            connection.connectionArguments = init_empty_connection_arguments()
         connection.connectionArguments.root["http_path"] = connection.httpPath
 
     auth_args = get_auth_config(connection)
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@
         engine = get_sqlalchemy_connection(service_connection)
         with engine.connect() as connection:  # noqa: PLR1704
             connection.execute(
                 text(UNITY_CATALOG_GET_CATALOGS_TAGS.format(database=table_obj.catalog_name).replace(";", " limit 1;"))
             )
             connection.execute(
                 text(

ingestion/tests/unit/topology/database/test_unity_catalog_connection.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#  Copyright 2025 Collate
+#  Licensed under the Collate Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#  https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/ingestion/LICENSE
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Tests for unitycatalog.connection.get_sqlalchemy_connection.
+"""
+
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+
+from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.connections.database.databricks.personalAccessToken import (
+    PersonalAccessToken,
+)
+from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.connections.database.unityCatalogConnection import (
+    UnityCatalogConnection,
+)
+from metadata.ingestion.source.database.unitycatalog.connection import (
+    get_sqlalchemy_connection,
+)
+
+
+def _connection(**overrides) -> UnityCatalogConnection:
+    defaults = {
+        "hostPort": "test-host:443",
+        "authType": PersonalAccessToken(token="test-token"),
+    }
+    defaults.update(overrides)
+    return UnityCatalogConnection(**defaults)
+
+
+def test_returns_engine_when_http_path_and_connection_args_are_unset():
+    """
+    Regression for the AttributeError raised on
+    `connection.connectionArguments.root.update(auth_args)` when both
+    httpPath and connectionArguments are omitted from the service config.
+    """
+    connection = _connection()
+    assert connection.httpPath is None
+    assert connection.connectionArguments is None
+
+    engine = get_sqlalchemy_connection(connection)
+
+    assert isinstance(engine, Engine)
+
+
+def test_returns_engine_when_http_path_is_set():
+    """Engine is created and http_path is accepted as a connect arg."""
+    connection = _connection(httpPath="/sql/1.0/warehouses/abc")
+
+    engine = get_sqlalchemy_connection(connection)
+
+    assert isinstance(engine, Engine)
+    assert engine.url.host == "test-host"