ActorPath.ToStringWithAddress is given null address parameter

[minesworld]

Version Information
1.5.13
Remote 1.5.13

Describe the bug
Configuring a simple remote server as in the ChatServer example crashes the program.

Same issue as described on StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69983136/akka-net-net-framework-akka-remote-config-always-errors-on-start-then-works

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Download Akka.net github repo
2. open solution in VS 2022 on Windows 11 22H2
3. start the ChatServer example

Expected behavior
should just run

Actual behavior
throws System.NullReferenceException

Screenshots

Additional context
Adding a check in ActorPath.ToStringWithAddress if the given address is null works (e.g. the server listens), but I have no clue about the side effects and why a null address is given

        private string ToStringWithAddress(Address address, bool includeUid)
        {
            if (address == null ||  IgnoreActorRef.IsIgnoreRefPath(this))
            {
                // we never change address for IgnoreActorRef
                return ToString();
            }

            long? uid = null;
            if (includeUid && _uid != ActorCell.UndefinedUid)
                uid = _uid;

            if (_address.Host != null && _address.Port.HasValue)
                return Join(_address.ToString().AsSpan(), uid);

            return Join(address.ToString().AsSpan(), uid);
        }

[Arkatufus]

@minesworld make sure that you have visual studio to ignore handled exceptions.

Not a bug.

[ilmax]

@Arkatufus sorry to ping you on a closed issue, but I am a bit annoyed by this exception and was checking if there's something I can do to avoid it. It happens to me 100% of the times when starting the application.

Can you point me out to some comments/explain me why this is not a bug?

The exception I'm hitting is from here where system.AsInstanceOf<ExtendedActorSystem>().Provider.DefaultAddress always return null.

What are the issue changing the code to something akin to the following:

public static string FromActorRef(IActorRef a, ActorSystem system)
{
    try
    {
        var defaultAddress = system.AsInstanceOf<ExtendedActorSystem>().Provider.DefaultAddress;
        if (defaultAddress is null)
        {
            return a.Path.ToString();
        }
        return a.Path.ToStringWithAddress(defaultAddress);
    }
    catch // can fail if the ActorSystem (remoting) is not completely started yet
    {
        return a.Path.ToString();
    }
}

[Arkatufus]

@ilmax You can read the original attempt to fix this and the reason why we didn't here: #5454 (comment)

Your fix might be good, we'll look into it.