From f4168eacd394b65c2f38a7bc3787a7930c4363a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: uink45 <79078981+uink45@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:01:55 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Update GossipSubManager.cs

---
 src/Lantern.Beacon/Networking/Gossip/GossipSubManager.cs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Lantern.Beacon/Networking/Gossip/GossipSubManager.cs b/src/Lantern.Beacon/Networking/Gossip/GossipSubManager.cs
index 299486f..d8cd10e 100644
--- a/src/Lantern.Beacon/Networking/Gossip/GossipSubManager.cs
+++ b/src/Lantern.Beacon/Networking/Gossip/GossipSubManager.cs
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ private void HandleLightClientOptimisticUpdate(PeerId peerId, byte[] update)
     
     private void CheckIfPeerExistsInGossip(PeerId peerId)
     {
+        if (!syncProtocol.IsInitialised)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Sync protocol is not initialized. Ignore gossip message");
+            return;
+        }
+        
         var foundLivePeer = false;
                 
         foreach (var gossipPeer in peerState.GossipPeers.Keys)