From a5cf958c2c5a7e3c8e3364c6a63c9b5c8fcd9041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elle Mouton <elle.mouton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:37:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] autopilot: fix nil map assignment

Use the `clear` call to reset a map on `reset` instead of assigning nil
to the entry.
---
 autopilot/agent.go        | 4 ++--
 discovery/bootstrapper.go | 2 +-
 rpcserver.go              | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autopilot/agent.go b/autopilot/agent.go
index ffb3d38fe..cbb29f38c 100644
--- a/autopilot/agent.go
+++ b/autopilot/agent.go
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ func (a *Agent) openChans(ctx context.Context, availableFunds btcutil.Amount,
 		nodes[nID] = struct{}{}
 		return nil
 	}, func() {
-		nodes = nil
-		addresses = nil
+		clear(nodes)
+		clear(addresses)
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get graph nodes: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/discovery/bootstrapper.go b/discovery/bootstrapper.go
index 1b6c981d4..43e9d5ec2 100644
--- a/discovery/bootstrapper.go
+++ b/discovery/bootstrapper.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (c *ChannelGraphBootstrapper) SampleNodeAddrs(_ context.Context,
 
 			return errFound
 		}, func() {
-			a = nil
+			clear(a)
 		})
 		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, errFound) {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 75a24720a..96dee318b 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -7284,7 +7284,7 @@ func (r *rpcServer) GetNetworkInfo(ctx context.Context,
 		totalNetworkCapacity = 0
 		minChannelSize = math.MaxInt64
 		maxChannelSize = 0
-		allChans = nil
+		clear(allChans)
 		clear(seenChans)
 	})
 	if err != nil {