bug: Unexpected behavior due to relay and filter presence in config-file

[darshankabariya]

In some scenarios, an exception is not thrown when there is an issue with the content topic.

Details:
Expected Behavior: The system should throw an exception whenever there is an issue with the content topic.
Actual Behavior: The system's behavior varies based on the configuration settings of relay and filter.

Scenarios:
Relay is True: An exception is thrown when there is an issue with the content topic.
Relay is False: No exception is thrown even if there is an issue with the content topic.

Combined Case:
When both relay and filter are present in the configuration file and both are set to false, no exception is thrown when there is an issue with the content topic.
However, if only filter is present and set to false, and relay is absent (defaulting to false), an exception is thrown when there is an issue with the content topic.

Contradiction:
If both relay and filter are present and set to false, no exception is thrown.
If only filter is present and set to false (with relay being absent and therefore false), an exception is thrown when there is an issue with the content topic.