From 32edb6bd65ed8168356e7e0c2d70fe16f48dd92c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BarryTong65 <barrytong.work@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:15:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: check if BucketExtraInfo is nil

---
 modular/authenticator/authenticator.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modular/authenticator/authenticator.go b/modular/authenticator/authenticator.go
index 7039bdb35..b885fb22a 100644
--- a/modular/authenticator/authenticator.go
+++ b/modular/authenticator/authenticator.go
@@ -450,8 +450,10 @@ func (a *AuthenticationModular) VerifyAuthentication(
 			}
 			return false, ErrConsensusWithDetail("failed to get bucket extra info from consensus, error: " + err.Error())
 		}
-		if bucketExtraInfo.IsRateLimited {
-			return false, ErrBucketIsRateLimited
+		if bucketExtraInfo != nil {
+			if bucketExtraInfo.IsRateLimited {
+				return false, ErrBucketIsRateLimited
+			}
 		}
 		spID, err := a.getSPID()
 		if err != nil {