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In case of an invalid endpoint such as localhost:-1, the current parsing logic returns null for server address. This PR made server address nullable. And added a null check for the port parsing.

In addition, added a try catch for the whole parsing logic because serviceAddress and serverPort should only be used for obersevability and should not affect regular requests.

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This pull request enhances the robustness of endpoint parsing by gracefully handling invalid server addresses and ports. It ensures that issues during the parsing of observability-related endpoint details do not impact the core functionality of client requests, improving the overall stability of the system.

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  • Nullability: The resolvedServerAddress method was updated to be nullable, allowing it to return null when an address cannot be parsed.
  • Robust Parsing: Added a null check for HostAndPort objects during port parsing to prevent NullPointerExceptions for invalid endpoints.
  • Error Handling: The server address and port parsing logic in EndpointContext.build() is now wrapped in a try-catch block, ensuring that parsing errors do not disrupt main client requests, as these values are primarily for observability.
  • Test Coverage: A new test case was added to verify that invalid endpoints correctly result in null server address and port.
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This pull request enhances the EndpointContext to gracefully handle invalid server addresses and ports by adding null checks, making resolvedServerAddress nullable, and wrapping parsing logic in a try-catch block. A new test case validates this behavior. The reviewer suggests improving the exception handling by catching a more specific exception (e.g., RuntimeException) and adding logging for debugging, as the current broad Exception catch could hide potential issues.

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} catch (Exception throwable) {
// Server address and server port are only used for observability.
// We should ignore any errors parsing them and not affect the main client requests.
}
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Catching a broad Exception and silently swallowing it can hide potential bugs and make debugging difficult. It's better to catch a more specific exception, like RuntimeException, to avoid catching checked exceptions like IOException unintentionally. Additionally, logging the caught exception at a WARNING or DEBUG level is highly recommended to provide visibility into potential configuration issues with endpoints.

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} catch (Exception throwable) {
// Server address and server port are only used for observability.
// We should ignore any errors parsing them and not affect the main client requests.
}
} catch (RuntimeException throwable) {
// Server address and server port are only used for observability.
// We should ignore any errors parsing them and not affect the main client requests.
// TODO: Add logging for the swallowed exception to aid debugging.
}

@blakeli0 blakeli0 merged commit 435dd8c into main Mar 26, 2026
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diegomarquezp pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 8, 2026
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<details><summary>1.83.0</summary>

##
[1.83.0](v1.82.0...v1.83.0)
(2026-04-07)


### Features

* [aiplatform] [Memorystore for Redis Cluster] Add support for
([0bd7666](0bd7666))
* [aiplatform] Add container_spec to Reasoning Engine public protos
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* [aiplatform] Add container_spec to Reasoning Engine public protos
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* [aiplatform] Add container_spec to Reasoning Engine public protos
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* [aiplatform] add evaluation metrics and autorater configuration to
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* [backupdr] Adding new workload specific fields for AlloyDB
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* [ces] update public libraries for CES v1
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* [ces] update public libraries for CES v1beta
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* [ces] update public libraries for CES v1beta
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* [chat] Addition of Section and SectionItem APIs
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* [chat] Support app authentication with admin-consent scopes for
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* [databasecenter] A new value `SUB_RESOURCE_TYPE_READ_POOL` is
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* [dataflow] Add Pausing/Yaml capabilities to public protos
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* [dataflow] add sha256 field to Package proto
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* [datalineage] add configmanagement v1 module
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* [datamanager] add INVALID_MERCHANT_ID to the ErrorReason enum for
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* [dialogflow-cx] updated v3 dialogflow client libraries with
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* [dialogflow] updated v2 dialogflow client libraries
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* [dialogflow] updated v2beta1 dialogflow client libraries
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* [dlp] added support for detecting key-value pairs in client
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* [document-ai] Added a fields for image and table annotation output
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* [netapp] Add ONTAP passthrough APIs
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* [network-security] Publish proto definitions for AuthzPolicy,
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* Add getProjectId getter for ComputeEngineCredentials
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* **bigguery:** add url.domain to span tracing
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* **bigquery observability:** add version attribute to span tracing
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* **bigquery:** add gcp.resource.destination.id for span tracing
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* **bigquery:** add opentelemetry W3C Trace Context to headers
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* Extract resource name from unary requests for tracing
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* **gapic-generator-java:** Extract resource name heuristicly
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* **gax:** Add error attributes to golden signal metrics.
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* **gax:** add utility for logging actionable errors
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* **gax:** Implement trace context extraction and injection with
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* **observability:** Implement gcp.client.service attribute
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* **observability:** implement url.domain attribute
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* **sdk-platform-java:** Add CompositeTracer and CompositeTracerFactory.
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* Switch Eef metrics to using built in open telemetry
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### Bug Fixes

* Add error attributes to logging
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* Clean up attributes for traces and metrics
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* fix getLong on NUMERIC
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* **gax:** Implement lazy resource name evaluation in ApiTracerContext
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* Handle null server address
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poms
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* **o11y:** remove `gpc.client.language` attribute
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* **oauth2:** mask sensitive tokens in HTTP logs
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* **release:** add Version.java as extra files in release-please
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* **spanner:** enforce READY-only location aware routing and add
endpoint lifecycle management
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* **spanner:** enforce READY-only location aware routing and add
endpoint lifecycle management
([#12678](#12678))
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* **spanner:** improve grpc-gcp affinity cleanup and location-aware
retries
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* **spanner:** improve grpc-gcp affinity cleanup and location-aware
retries
([#12682](#12682))
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* use dynamic tracer name instead of hardcoded gax-java
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### Dependencies

* bump jackson version to 2.18.3
([#12351](#12351))
([50304c1](50304c1))
* update dependencies.txt for grpc-gcp to 1.9.2
([#4164](#4164))
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* update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage to
v1-rev20260204-2.0.0
([#1750](#1750))
([340ecbe](340ecbe))
* update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage to
v1-rev20260204-2.0.0
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* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage to v2.64.1
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* update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.58.0
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* update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.58.0
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* update dependency node to v24
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* update gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/storage-testbench docker
tag to v0.62.0
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* update googleapis/sdk-platform-java action to v2.68.0
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### Reverts

* ci: only run default list of graalvm tests if too many modules are
touched
([#12292](#12292))
([92bcdf4](92bcdf4))


### Documentation

* [dataplex] Change Dataplex library from `ALPHA` to `GA`
([6344cb0](6344cb0))
* [run] An existing repeated string field custom_audiences is marked
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* **hermetic-build:** improve usability of development guide
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