From 50f211da4f0ff89f011b950a1dfaadcefc75a937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ganeshvanahalli <ganeshdvanahalli@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:26:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Handle nil channel case inside router model

---
 broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go b/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go
index 551dcdb462..b2824221ea 100644
--- a/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go
+++ b/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ func (bcs *BroadcastClients) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 					continue
 				}
 				lastConfirmed = cs
-				bcs.primaryRouter.forwardConfirmationChan <- cs
+				if bcs.primaryRouter.forwardConfirmationChan != nil {
+					bcs.primaryRouter.forwardConfirmationChan <- cs
+				}
 
 			// Secondary Feeds
 			case msg := <-bcs.secondaryRouter.messageChan:
@@ -187,7 +189,9 @@ func (bcs *BroadcastClients) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 					continue
 				}
 				lastConfirmed = cs
-				bcs.secondaryRouter.forwardConfirmationChan <- cs
+				if bcs.secondaryRouter.forwardConfirmationChan != nil {
+					bcs.secondaryRouter.forwardConfirmationChan <- cs
+				}
 
 			// Cycle buckets to get rid of old entries
 			case <-recentFeedItemsCleanup.C: