Janet Goldstein
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/manifest_components.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/manifest_components.py
        additional_metadata: AbstractTextFile = None,
    ):
        self.telescope = telescope
-        self.reingest = reingest
-        self.ngas_ingest = ngas_ingest
-        self.calibrate = calibrate
+
+        # TODO this is kludgy; find a way to do this elegantly (or, better yet, not at all)
+        if isinstance(reingest, bool):
+            self.reingest = reingest
+        else:
+            self.reingest = True if self.reingest else False
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/manifest_components.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/manifest_components.py
    ):
        self.telescope = telescope
-        self.reingest = reingest
-        self.ngas_ingest = ngas_ingest
-        self.calibrate = calibrate
+
+        # TODO this is kludgy; find a way to do this elegantly (or, better yet, not at all)
+        if isinstance(reingest, bool):
+            self.reingest = reingest
+        else:
+            self.reingest = True if self.reingest else False
+
+        if isinstance(ngas_ingest, bool):
+            self.ngas_ingest = ngas_ingest
+        else:
+            self.ngas_ingest = True if self.ngas_ingest else False
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/manifest_components.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/manifest_components.py
+
+        # TODO this is kludgy; find a way to do this elegantly (or, better yet, not at all)
+        if isinstance(reingest, bool):
+            self.reingest = reingest
+        else:
+            self.reingest = True if self.reingest else False
+
+        if isinstance(ngas_ingest, bool):
+            self.ngas_ingest = ngas_ingest
+        else:
+            self.ngas_ingest = True if self.ngas_ingest else False
+
+        if isinstance(calibrate, bool):
+            self.calibrate = calibrate
+        else:
+            self.calibrate = True if self.calibrate else False
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
            input_group=self._build_input_group(),
            output_group=self._build_evla_cal_output_group(),
        )
-        manifest_file = manifest.write()
        artifacts_tar = self.write_ingestion_artifacts_tar()
        artifacts_ap = AncillaryProduct(
            AncillaryProductType.INGESTION_ARTIFACTS, filename=artifacts_tar.name
        )

-        manifest.output_group.ancillary_products = [artifacts_ap]
+        if not manifest.output_group.ancillary_products:
+            manifest.output_group.ancillary_products = []
+        weblog = self.staging_source_dir / WEBLOG_FILENAME
+        if not weblog.exists():
+            weblog.touch()
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/ingestion_manifest.py
        :return: a .tar archive of the ingestion artifacts
        """

-        manifest_file = find_manifest(self.staging_source_dir)
        ing_tar = self.staging_source_dir / self.build_artifacts_filename()
        with tarfile.open(ing_tar, "w") as ingestion_artifacts_tar:
            for file in self.files_found:
                if self.sp_type == ScienceProductType.IMAGE:
                    ingestion_artifacts_tar.add(file)

-            # include the manifest
-            ingestion_artifacts_tar.add(manifest_file)
+            # include the manifest, which won't exist quite yet; make a dummy
+            mf_file = self.staging_source_dir / MANIFEST_FILENAME
+            if not mf_file.exists():
+                mf_file.touch()