diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ c5a2b7d0e4bbdebc4a62d7b624befe375207b659
 d9aa3b27ac9f7e78359775c75fedf7bfece232f1 v4.9.1
 4ba4d74981cec5d6b28b158f875a2540952c2f74 v4.10.0
 0a6821cbd6b0b3c21503002f88800679fa35ab63 v4.10.1
+434ad90ec8d621f4416074b84f6e9ce03964defb v4.10.2
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-4.10.2.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-4.10.2.rst
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-4.10.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+|RCE| 4.10.2 |RNS|
+------------------
+
+Release Date
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- 2017-11-08
+
+
+New Features
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+General
+^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Security
+^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Performance
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Fixes
+^^^^^
+
+
+- helpers: support for empty descriptions and metatags.
+
+
+
+Upgrade notes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Changes helpers to support empty descriptions, no potential problems with upgrade.
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Release Notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   release-notes-4.10.2.rst
    release-notes-4.10.1.rst
    release-notes-4.10.0.rst
    release-notes-4.9.1.rst
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -978,10 +978,10 @@ def extract_metatags(value):
     """
     Extract supported meta-tags from given text value
     """
+    tags = []
     if not value:
-        return ''
+        return tags, ''
 
-    tags = []
     for key, val in tags_paterns.items():
         pat, replace_html = val
         tags.extend([(key, x.group()) for x in pat.finditer(value)])
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ def test_age_in_future(age_args, expecte
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("sample, expected_tags", [
+    # entry
+    ((
+             ""
+     ),
+     [
+
+     ]),
+    # entry
     ((
         "hello world [stale]"
      ),