So I actually found the solution while looking through docs on an unrelated issue:Apache Sling :: Sling ModelsIt looks like Sling has a factory class you can use that will pass exceptions when used to adapt objects to new types.  Instead of using the object's adaptTo function, you can simply use:MyM...

We have been making decent use of sling models on our site, but one of the things that has been frustrating is that whenever an exception is thrown as part of the adaptTo step it seems to get eaten in the process, leaving behind a null object.  Is there a way to do an adaptTo step and actually catch...

We ended up using the autocomplete component in the mode that allows multiple things to be selected, which seems to have fixed the issue for us.  Our final dialog element looked something like this:<featureHighlights    jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"    sling:resourceType="/libs/granite/ui/compon...

We are also experiencing the same issue. Has there been any headway?