From 5303f3badf089dc5eb581c4e0f0df41164d54b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cynate <25298912+cyn8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:26:15 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle nil AWS ALB entries

---
 pkg/providers/aws/alb.go      | 2 +-
 pkg/providers/aws/alb_test.go | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/providers/aws/alb.go b/pkg/providers/aws/alb.go
index c08807f..72ebfba 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/aws/alb.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/aws/alb.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (ep *elbV2Provider) listELBV2Resources(albClient *elbv2.ELBV2, ec2Client *e
 	}
 
 	for _, lb := range loadBalancers {
-		if lb.DNSName == nil || lb.LoadBalancerName == nil {
+		if lb == nil || lb.DNSName == nil || lb.LoadBalancerName == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		albDNS := *lb.DNSName
diff --git a/pkg/providers/aws/alb_test.go b/pkg/providers/aws/alb_test.go
index fae5c56..009ef67 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/aws/alb_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/aws/alb_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func processLoadBalancersForTest(lbs []*elbv2.LoadBalancer) *schema.Resources {
 	list := schema.NewResources()
 	for _, lb := range lbs {
-		if lb.DNSName == nil || lb.LoadBalancerName == nil {
+		if lb == nil || lb.DNSName == nil || lb.LoadBalancerName == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		list.Append(&schema.Resource{
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ func processTargetsForTest(targets []*elbv2.TargetHealthDescription) []string {
 	return ids
 }
 
-func TestListELBV2Resources_NilDNSName(t *testing.T) {
+func TestListELBV2Resources_NilLoadBalancer(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	lbs := []*elbv2.LoadBalancer{
+		nil,
 		{
 			DNSName:         nil,
 			LoadBalancerName: aws.String("internal-lb"),
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func TestListELBV2Resources_NilDNSName(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
 		resources := processLoadBalancersForTest(lbs)
-		assert.Equal(t, 0, len(resources.Items), "nil DNSName or LoadBalancerName LBs must be skipped")
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, len(resources.Items), "nil or incomplete load balancers must be skipped")
 	})
 }