diff --git a/swift/codegen/lib/render.py b/swift/codegen/lib/render.py
index cc26880fbac..8294ecfda2b 100644
--- a/swift/codegen/lib/render.py
+++ b/swift/codegen/lib/render.py
@@ -171,12 +171,16 @@ class RenderManager(Renderer):
         return h.hexdigest()
 
     def _load_registry(self):
-        with open(self._registry_path) as reg:
-            for line in reg:
-                filename, prehash, posthash = line.split()
-                self._hashes[pathlib.Path(filename)] = self.Hashes(prehash, posthash)
+        try:
+            with open(self._registry_path) as reg:
+                for line in reg:
+                    filename, prehash, posthash = line.split()
+                    self._hashes[pathlib.Path(filename)] = self.Hashes(prehash, posthash)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
 
     def _dump_registry(self):
+        self._registry_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         with open(self._registry_path, 'w') as out:
             for f, hashes in sorted(self._hashes.items()):
                 print(f, hashes.pre, hashes.post, file=out)
diff --git a/swift/codegen/test/test_render.py b/swift/codegen/test/test_render.py
index 8c48902eea7..cb249046b7b 100644
--- a/swift/codegen/test/test_render.py
+++ b/swift/codegen/test/test_render.py
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ def test_managed_render(pystache_renderer, sut):
         mock.call.render_name(data.template, data, generator=paths.exe_file.relative_to(paths.swift_dir)),
     ]
 
+def test_managed_render_with_no_registry(pystache_renderer, sut):
+    data = mock.Mock(spec=("template",))
+    text = "some text"
+    pystache_renderer.render_name.side_effect = (text,)
+    output = paths.swift_dir / "some/output.txt"
+    registry = paths.swift_dir / "a/registry.list"
+
+    with sut.manage(generated=(), stubs=(), registry=registry) as renderer:
+        renderer.render(data, output)
+        assert renderer.written == {output}
+        assert_file(output, text)
+
+    assert_file(registry, f"some/output.txt {hash(text)} {hash(text)}\n")
+    assert pystache_renderer.mock_calls == [
+        mock.call.render_name(data.template, data, generator=paths.exe_file.relative_to(paths.swift_dir)),
+    ]
+
 
 def test_managed_render_with_post_processing(pystache_renderer, sut):
     data = mock.Mock(spec=("template",))
diff --git a/swift/ql/.generated.list b/swift/ql/.generated.list
index 597e435a0f7..f0475a92903 100644
--- a/swift/ql/.generated.list
+++ b/swift/ql/.generated.list
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/Synth.qll cc7285c43e6c9f47ab67047916d232ad2078443b
 ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/SynthConstructors.qll 0ff9cfcd64e7701003091f366ec903ec1bf82ec8385ee683b6e7b4e189033b11 0ff9cfcd64e7701003091f366ec903ec1bf82ec8385ee683b6e7b4e189033b11
 ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnknownFile.qll 0fcf9beb8de79440bcdfff4bb6ab3dd139bd273e6c32754e05e6a632651e85f6 0fcf9beb8de79440bcdfff4bb6ab3dd139bd273e6c32754e05e6a632651e85f6
 ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnknownLocation.qll e50efefa02a0ec1ff635a00951b5924602fc8cab57e5756e4a039382c69d3882 e50efefa02a0ec1ff635a00951b5924602fc8cab57e5756e4a039382c69d3882
-ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnspecifiedElement.qll dbc6ca4018012977b26ca184a88044c55b0661e3998cd14d46295b62a8d69625 184c9a0ce18c2ac881943b0fb400613d1401ed1d5564f90716b6c310ba5afe71
+ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnspecifiedElement.qll a3a73f53c492adc6655fb88b40b1bd9b2c9d365fc5c019b3233c01d6110fb3f2 ba77cd5272cffd1d3aad8bea69786b97aec0c93a4b59a070d621fe2d21c2e90c
 ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/decl/AbstractFunctionDecl.qll 8255b24dddda83e8a7dee9d69a4cf9883b5a7ae43676d7242b5aab5169f68982 407c7d63681fb03ad6cb4ea3c2b04be7ccb5ddbe655a8aec4219eb3799bc36e8
 ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/decl/AbstractStorageDecl.qll 66147ad36cefce974b4ae0f3e84569bd6742ea2f3e842c3c04e6e5cbd17e7928 ce7c2347e2dfe0b141db103ccb8e56a61d286476c201aebe6a275edd7fca2c0f
 ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/decl/AbstractTypeParamDecl.qll 1e268b00d0f2dbbd85aa70ac206c5e4a4612f06ba0091e5253483635f486ccf9 5479e13e99f68f1f347283535f8098964f7fd4a34326ff36ad5711b2de1ab0d0
diff --git a/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnspecifiedElement.qll b/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnspecifiedElement.qll
index c37d4d35515..2658e63164a 100644
--- a/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnspecifiedElement.qll
+++ b/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/generated/UnspecifiedElement.qll
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import codeql.swift.elements.Element
 import codeql.swift.elements.ErrorElement
 
 module Generated {
+  /**
+   * bla
+   */
   class UnspecifiedElement extends Synth::TUnspecifiedElement, ErrorElement {
     override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "UnspecifiedElement" }
 
diff --git a/swift/schema.py b/swift/schema.py
index 7654f9e2ec8..ffd9e15b58b 100644
--- a/swift/schema.py
+++ b/swift/schema.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class ErrorElement(Locatable):
 
 @use_for_null
 class UnspecifiedElement(ErrorElement):
+    """bla"""
     parent: optional[Element]
     property: string
     index: optional[int]