From 9124629af3bd12abe2c1984e3aa9f81bb50ea6b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lauri Tulmin <ltulmin@splunk.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 09:04:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid NPE in smoke tests that failed to start

---
 .../main/java/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/SmokeTestRunner.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/smoke-tests/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/SmokeTestRunner.java b/smoke-tests/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/SmokeTestRunner.java
index 935866770cba..fcf6a54cdf16 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/SmokeTestRunner.java
+++ b/smoke-tests/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/SmokeTestRunner.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ public void afterTestClass() {}
 
   @Override
   public void clearAllExportedData() {
-    telemetryRetriever.clearTelemetry();
+    if (telemetryRetriever != null) {
+      telemetryRetriever.clearTelemetry();
+    }
   }
 
   @Override