From 1ba0aef385780781f691c40128f0de08e82faa5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Florness <david@florness.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:51:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure we process the start message before processing evals

This is why we've sometimes seen panics when FinalJoinIDs is nil
---
 election/msg.go | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/election/msg.go b/election/msg.go
index 9e5b839..1aae082 100644
--- a/election/msg.go
+++ b/election/msg.go
@@ -598,7 +598,15 @@ func (elections *ElectionsMap) onEvalsMessage(evt *event.Event) (success bool) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// here to find bugs
+	if len(content.KeysIDs) == 0 {
+		warnf("the key IDs list is empty")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// process the start message so FinalJoinIDs is set
+	elections.EventStore.GetKeysEvent(evt.RoomID, content.KeysIDs[0])
+
+	// should never happen
 	if el.FinalJoinIDs == nil {
 		errorf("FinalJoinIDs is nil")
 		return
-- 
2.38.4