From a2fb0fd08983355a57d3594519410052903250a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Perkins <cwperx@amazon.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:16:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add null check

Signed-off-by: Craig Perkins <cwperx@amazon.com>
---
 server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
index cec0b0559ac8c..d39067c976807 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
@@ -243,7 +243,11 @@ This works for currently supported range notations (=,~)
         }
         out.writeStringCollection(extendedPlugins);
         out.writeBoolean(hasNativeController);
-        Settings.writeSettingsToStream(requestedActions, out);
+        if (requestedActions != null) {
+            Settings.writeSettingsToStream(requestedActions, out);
+        } else {
+            Settings.writeSettingsToStream(Settings.EMPTY, out);
+        }
     }
 
     /**