Helidon 4.0.9 gets NPE on context aware wrapped async virtual thread use in JaegerDataPropagationProvider.java:41

[RickyFrost]

Environment Details

• Helidon Version: 4.0.9 SE
• JDK version: Graal 21
• OS: OL 7u5

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Problem Description

Working tests in 4.0.8 are getting NPE in 4.0.9

[ERROR] validate.helidon.tracing.TracerPropagationTest.concurrentVirtualThreadUseCanary Time elapsed: 0.02 s <<< ERROR! java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "io.helidon.tracing.providers.opentelemetry.OpenTelemetryDataPropagationProvider$OpenTelemetryContext.tracer()" because "delegate" is null at io.helidon.tracing.providers.jaeger@4.0.9/io.helidon.tracing.providers.jaeger.JaegerDataPropagationProvider$JaegerContext.(JaegerDataPropagationProvider.java:41)

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Steps to reproduce

See uploaded test class that passes in 4.0.8 and fails in 4.0.9

[RickyFrost]

helidon-4.0.9-tracing-propagation-doa.txt

[RickyFrost]

TracerPropagationTest.java.txt