Add protection to starting RIDE with no plugins detected. Fixes #2998

Author: HelioGuilherme66

README.adoc

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ See the https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride
 **Version https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/tree/release/1.7.4.2[1.7.4.2] was the last release supporting Python 2.7**
 
 
-**The current development version is based on 2.2.1.1, supports Python from 3.9 up to 3.14 (08th December 2025).**
+**The current development version is based on 2.2.1.1, supports Python from 3.9 up to 3.14 (16th December 2025).**
 
 Currently, the unit tests are tested on Python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.13 (3.13 is the recommended version).
 We now have an experimental workflow on Fedora Linux 42, with wxPython 4.2.3 and Python 3.14.

src/robotide/application/application.py

@@ -484,8 +484,12 @@ def _get_latest_path(self):
     def _get_recentfiles_plugin(self):
         from ..recentfiles import RecentFilesPlugin
         for pl in self.get_plugins():
-            if isinstance(pl.conn_plugin, RecentFilesPlugin):
-                return pl.conn_plugin
+            try:
+                plugin = pl.conn_plugin
+                if plugin and isinstance(plugin, RecentFilesPlugin):
+                    return plugin
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
 
     def get_plugins(self):
         return self._plugin_loader.plugins

src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 <pre class="literal-block">python -m robotide.postinstall -install</pre>
 <p>or</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">ride_postinstall.py -install</pre>
-<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 13/December/2025.</p>
+<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 16/December/2025.</p>
 <br/>
 <!-- 
 <h3>Celebrate the bank holiday, 1st December, Restoration of the Independence of Portugal (from Spain in 1640)!!</h3>

src/robotide/version.py

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated by `tasks.py`.
 
-VERSION = 'v2.2.2dev1'
+VERSION = 'v2.2.2dev2'