From abaf061c2a206dbe20c22d8eda9201933ea878ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Liu <viktor@netbird.io>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:23:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Skip nil client for health

---
 proxy/internal/health/health.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proxy/internal/health/health.go b/proxy/internal/health/health.go
index afacd30d6..ac5061a23 100644
--- a/proxy/internal/health/health.go
+++ b/proxy/internal/health/health.go
@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ func NewServer(addr string, checker *Checker, logger *log.Logger, metricsHandler
 }
 
 func checkClientHealth(client *embed.Client) ClientHealth {
+	if client == nil {
+		return ClientHealth{
+			Healthy: false,
+			Error:   "client not initialized",
+		}
+	}
+
 	status, err := client.Status()
 	if err != nil {
 		return ClientHealth{