Fallback value for contextual filter, in case the "provided default value" does not exist

I want to display a block on each page (nodes as well as pages created by Views) that displays links to nodes that are tagged with a certain taxonomy term.

How to decide which tag should be used:

  • {1} If the page is a node that references a taxonomy term:
    use the referenced term
  • {2} If the page is a node that doesn’t reference a taxonomy term (= empty value):
    use the term with ID 1
  • {3} If the page is not a node (= created by Views):
    use the term with ID 1

I managed to get the links shown in case {1}, by using the relationship “Content: Taxonomy terms on node” and the contextual filter “Taxonomy term: Term ID” which uses the relationship.

I selected “Provide a default value” (Type: “Taxonomy term ID from URL” + “Load default filter from node page, that’s good for related taxonomy blocks”). So I can’t specify the default value here for case {2} and {3}.

Then I thought I could use the validation options somehow, but “Action to take if filter value does not validate” does not allow me to set a specific value in case the original default value does not exist.

How could I solve this?

tl;dr: I need something like: Take term ID from URL (via node ID), and if this gives no term ID, use term ID 1 instead.

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