From 0c459f9d9251b183eb3bfdd9ab2357eafaae0c15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dgupta03 <deepak.gupta@yahooinc.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:57:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [MAS-46399] Handling NPE on sync side

---
 .../imapnio/async/netty/ImapClientCommandRespHandler.java     | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/imapnio/async/netty/ImapClientCommandRespHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/imapnio/async/netty/ImapClientCommandRespHandler.java
index e6b24583..03ce5968 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/imapnio/async/netty/ImapClientCommandRespHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/yahoo/imapnio/async/netty/ImapClientCommandRespHandler.java
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ public void decode(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final IMAPResponse msg, fina
 
     @Override
     public void exceptionCaught(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final Throwable cause) {
-        processor.handleChannelException(cause);
+        if (processor != null) {
+            processor.handleChannelException(cause);
+        }
     }
 
     /**