ID 569703 - Invalid ShadingNode connections are silently ignored when recreating a networkMaterial via NetworkMaterialEdit

Problem summary
Invalid ShadingNode connections are silently ignored when recreating a networkMaterial via NetworkMaterialEdit
 
Customer reported version
katana.4.5v6
 
Customer reported platform
centos7
 
Steps to reproduce
 
1) In Katana, open the attached project file: Erroring NME.katana

2) View the original NetworkMaterial via the NMC node, observe the current connections.

3) View the NME node after hitting Repopulate in the Parameters tab and observe the missing connection with no reported error.
 
Expected behaviour
An error displayed to inform the user of an invalid connection before not making the connection.
 
Actual behaviour
The connection is silently ignored with no error reporting.
 
Workaround
Unknown.
 
Reproduced by support
This bug has been reproduced in:
Katana 6.0v4 - Windows 11 | CentOS7
Katana 5.0v7 - Windows 11 | CentOS7
Katana 5.0v1 - Windows 11 | CentOS7
Katana 4.5v7 - Windows 11 | CentOS7
Katana 4.5v1 - Windows 11 | CentOS7
Katana 4.0v1 - Windows 11 | CentOS7
 
Unable to reproduce bug in:
 
Earliest version tested
Katana 4.0v1 - This issue appears to be in all tested versions of the product