Caused by changes how way 'StringField' is handling the default value in 'wtforms' >= 3.0.0.
In previous versions, 'None' was changed to an empty string, now it stays 'None'.
Logic added to set the affected variable to 'str()'.
References:
https://github.com/wtforms/wtforms/commit/29c60458f3809bb43fb4007cfe710f3d7f4067d4
https://github.com/wtforms/wtforms/issues/291