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Client fails to initialize when enabling DirectPath #2411
Description
Impacted Gax Version: 2.39.0
Impacted Libraries: Storage, Spanner, BigTable
If you have DirectPath enabled in your client via the TransportChannelProvider settings:
InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.newBuilder().setAttemptDirectPath(true).setAttemptDirectPathXds().build();
You may see the client fail to initialize via a Null Pointer Exception.
Resolution
Please skip Gax v2.39.0 and use v2.40.0+.
Activity
[-]Cloud Bigtable directpath integration test failing [/-][+]Client fails to initialize when enabling DirectPath[/+]