From dd2da29cba8e941c0b77c4e974adca097378c1ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keagan McClelland <keagan.mcclelland@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:47:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] peer: re-add AuthGossiper nil check

---
 peer/brontide.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/peer/brontide.go b/peer/brontide.go
index 864bdaca6..541c0f358 100644
--- a/peer/brontide.go
+++ b/peer/brontide.go
@@ -757,6 +757,13 @@ func (p *Brontide) initGossipSync() {
 	if p.remoteFeatures.HasFeature(lnwire.GossipQueriesOptional) {
 		p.log.Info("Negotiated chan series queries")
 
+		if p.cfg.AuthGossiper == nil {
+			// This should only ever be hit in the unit tests.
+			p.log.Warn("No AuthGossiper configured. Abandoning " +
+				"gossip sync.")
+			return
+		}
+
 		// Register the peer's gossip syncer with the gossiper.
 		// This blocks synchronously to ensure the gossip syncer is
 		// registered with the gossiper before attempting to read