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Fix azdatalake directory client panic when authentication fails — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in Azure/azure-sdk-for-go on May 23, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +136 −55, 7 files, 3 reviews.

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Lines: +136 −55
Files: 7
Commits: 6
Reviews: 3
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Task: fix

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GitHub Copilot attempted a fix in Azure/azure-sdk-for-go for an azdatalake directory client panic during failed authentication, a nil pointer dereference. The change touched seven files across six commits, adding 136 and removing 55 lines. Three reviews followed. The pull request was closed unmerged after human review, a burn.

“We should not be calling `FormatGetPropertiesResponse` if its preceding call returns an error.”
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## Issue The azdatalake directory client panics when authentication fails due to a nil pointer dereference. This happens because the `FormatGetPropertiesResponse` function in `internal/path/responses.go` attempts to access `rawResponse.Header` without checking if `rawResponse` is nil first. When a…

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