The operator pod is failing with a 'panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference' after the OpenShift Pipelines 1.19.0 upgrade

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Issue

  • After upgrading to OpenShift Pipelines 1.19.0, operator pod is crashing with panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference.

    2025-07-29T18:15:28.854224612Z panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
2025-07-29T18:15:28.854231250Z [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x0 pc=0x203748b]

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
    • v4.15+
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
    • v1.19.0

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