This happened if proportional editing was enabled in editmode, not
having an active object plus being in object mode.
The transform system `convert_type_get` assumes
`TransConvertType_Object` if we dont have an active view layer object.
Corresponding code for proportional editing detection [in
`initTransInfo` & `saveTransform`] wasnt though (it used `toolsettings`
`proportional_edit` -- not `proportional_objects` -- in that case).
This is now corrected.
Probably caused by e91d581167
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/147193