gracefully ignore OIDC startup errors

scopes/storage/tracking.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import and_
 from scopes.storage.common import registerContainerClass
 
 
-class Track(object):
+class Track:
     
     headFields = ['taskId', 'userName']
     prefix = 'rec'

scopes/web/auth/oidc.py

@@ -243,7 +243,10 @@ def logout(context, request):
 
 
 def startup():
+    try:
         loadOidcProviderData()
+    except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        logger.error(f'oidc.loadOidcProviderData: {e} - OIDC provider not available!')
     #app.Publication.registerBeforeTraversal(
     #       lambda req: req.setPrincipal(authentication.authenticate(req))