From ba9d6e94c30990874b4c2c5f46ca0e2873a77232 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sladuca <sladuca777@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2023 16:50:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] avoid context leakage in start() method

---
 actors/insertion-writer/src/index.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/actors/insertion-writer/src/index.ts b/actors/insertion-writer/src/index.ts
index ba3c31dc2e..45fb47b338 100644
--- a/actors/insertion-writer/src/index.ts
+++ b/actors/insertion-writer/src/index.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ export class InsertionWriter {
   }
 
   async start(queryThrottleMs?: number): Promise<ActorHandle> {
-    const logTip = (await this.insertionLog.getTip()) ?? "0-0";
+    const logTip = await this.insertionLog.getTip();
     this.logger.debug(`current log tip: ${logTip}`);
 
-    const logTipMerkleIndex = merkleIndexFromRedisStreamId(logTip);
+    const logTipMerkleIndex = logTip
+      ? merkleIndexFromRedisStreamId(logTip)
+      : undefined;
     this.logger.debug("starting iterator");
     const newInsertionBatches = this.adapter.iterInsertions(
       logTipMerkleIndex ?? 0,