From a6ac80fb64548776a32f55cbc74ec4cfd23fa5d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olga Maciaszek-Sharma <olga.maciaszek-sharma@broadcom.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:36:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Verify for null request on start.

Signed-off-by: Olga Maciaszek-Sharma <olga.maciaszek-sharma@broadcom.com>
---
 .../stats/MicrometerStatsLoadBalancerLifecycle.java             | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/stats/MicrometerStatsLoadBalancerLifecycle.java b/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/stats/MicrometerStatsLoadBalancerLifecycle.java
index 606a8aa3..7b48e9e5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/stats/MicrometerStatsLoadBalancerLifecycle.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/stats/MicrometerStatsLoadBalancerLifecycle.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class MicrometerStatsLoadBalancerLifecycle implements LoadBalancerLifecyc
 
 	@Override
 	public void onStartRequest(Request<Object> request, Response<ServiceInstance> lbResponse) {
-		if (request.getContext() instanceof TimedRequestContext) {
+		if (request != null && request.getContext() instanceof TimedRequestContext) {
 			((TimedRequestContext) request.getContext()).setRequestStartTime(System.nanoTime());
 		}
 		if (lbResponse == null || !lbResponse.hasServer()) {