RPC method wakuext_startMessenger crashed: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[yevh-berdnyk]

To reproduce run test_one_to_one_message_baseline 3-5 times

Log:

ERROR[12-11|15:42:01.127] RPC method wakuext_startMessenger crashed: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
2024-12-11 17:42:01 goroutine 1577 [running]:
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*callback).call.func1()
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/service.go:199 +0x85
2024-12-11 17:42:01 panic({0x26fb7e0?, 0x4951220?})
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /usr/local/go/src/runtime/panic.go:914 +0x21f
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/status-im/status-go/protocol.(*Messenger).Start(0x4b6015?)
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/protocol/messenger.go:726 +0x44
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/status-im/status-go/services/ext.(*Service).StartMessenger(0xc001229800)
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/services/ext/service.go:201 +0x7c
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/status-im/status-go/services/ext.(*PublicAPI).StartMessenger(...)
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/services/ext/api.go:799
2024-12-11 17:42:01 reflect.Value.call({0xc001dcf680?, 0xc000e331e0?, 0x7f0a10213090?}, {0x2acd56e, 0x4}, {0xc0013346f0, 0x1, 0x0?})
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /usr/local/go/src/reflect/value.go:596 +0xce7
2024-12-11 17:42:01 reflect.Value.Call({0xc001dcf680?, 0xc000e331e0?, 0x542aa5?}, {0xc0013346f0?, 0x0?, 0xc00136ccb8?})
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /usr/local/go/src/reflect/value.go:380 +0xb9
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*callback).call(0xc000e75980, {0x3351188?, 0xc0000b5540}, {0xc00132e018, 0x16}, {0x4c508c0, 0x0, 0x4d8a6f?})
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/service.go:205 +0x379
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*handler).runMethod(0xc0016f4340?, {0x3351188?, 0xc0000b5540?}, 0xc000868230, 0x0?, {0x4c508c0?, 0x28894a0?, 0xc002645e08?})
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/handler.go:391 +0x3c
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*handler).handleCall(0xc00120a7e0, 0xc001334690, 0xc000868230)
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/handler.go:336 +0x22f
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*handler).handleCallMsg(0xc00120a7e0, 0x30?, 0xc000868230)
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/handler.go:297 +0x22d
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*handler).handleMsg.func1(0xc001334690)
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/handler.go:138 +0x2f
2024-12-11 17:42:01 github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*handler).startCallProc.func1()
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/handler.go:225 +0xbe
2024-12-11 17:42:01 created by github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc.(*handler).startCallProc in goroutine 1269
2024-12-11 17:42:01     /go/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/handler.go:221 +0x79
2024-12-11 17:42:01  
2024-12-11 17:42:01 WARN [12-11|15:42:01.128] Served wakuext_startMessenger            reqid=1 duration=11.359156ms err="method handler crashed"

[igor-sirotin]

Thanks, I will take a look.
And this makes me think that we should have Sentry set up for tests