# Objective
- A step towards #19024.
- The logic here was kinda complex before.
## Solution
- I've restructured the logic here while preserving the behavior (as far
as I can tell).
- We no longer return the handle if it was passed in. The caller should
already have access to it, and the returned handle will be a weak
handle, not a strong handle (which can cause issues). This prevents us
from needing weak handles at all here.
- I verified the callers do not need the return value. The only callsite
that needs the returned handle does not pass in the input_handle
argument.
## Testing
- CI
38058965ef