Merge branch '339704-fix-discussion-note-without-author-error' into 'master'

Fix error when displaying discussions with note without an author

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!69270

app/models/note.rb

@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class Note < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def post_processed_cache_key
-    cache_key_items = [cache_key, author.cache_key]
+    cache_key_items = [cache_key, author&.cache_key]
     cache_key_items << Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(redacted_note_html) if redacted_note_html.present?
 
     cache_key_items.join(':')

spec/models/note_spec.rb

@@ -1576,6 +1576,14 @@ RSpec.describe Note do
       expect(note.post_processed_cache_key).to eq("#{note.cache_key}:#{note.author.cache_key}")
     end
 
+    context 'when note has no author' do
+      let(:note) { build(:note, author: nil) }
+
+      it 'returns cache key only' do
+        expect(note.post_processed_cache_key).to eq("#{note.cache_key}:")
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when note has redacted_note_html' do
       let(:redacted_note_html) { 'redacted note html' }