Merge branch 'master' into authenticationdb-efcore

# Conflicts:
#	Emby.Server.Implementations/Devices/DeviceManager.cs
#	Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/Security/SessionContext.cs
#	Emby.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthenticationRepository.cs
#	Emby.Server.Implementations/Session/SessionManager.cs
#	Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthorizationContext.cs
#	MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/IUserManager.cs
#	MediaBrowser.Controller/Net/ISessionContext.cs

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs
index 29bac6634..0308a68e4 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#nullable enable
-
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -35,7 +33,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                configuration = Activator.CreateInstance(type) ?? throw new ArgumentException($"Provided path ({type}) is not valid.", nameof(type));
+                // Note: CreateInstance returns null for Nullable<T>, e.g. CreateInstance(typeof(int?)) returns null.
+                configuration = Activator.CreateInstance(type)!;
             }
 
             using var stream = new MemoryStream(buffer?.Length ?? 0);