From df76a67e8568607c23fba08bdbc59e871f8d50c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eshaan Bansal <eshaan@conduit.xyz>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:48:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #4196: handle empty token in rpc client

---
 api/rpc/client/client.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/rpc/client/client.go b/api/rpc/client/client.go
index 56b4a54d19..65dbdf0e30 100644
--- a/api/rpc/client/client.go
+++ b/api/rpc/client/client.go
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ func (c *Client) Close() {
 // NewClient creates a new Client with one connection per namespace with the
 // given token as the authorization token.
 func NewClient(ctx context.Context, addr, token string) (*Client, error) {
-	authHeader := http.Header{perms.AuthKey: []string{fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", token)}}
+	var authHeader http.Header
+	if token != "" {
+		authHeader = http.Header{perms.AuthKey: []string{fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", token)}}
+	}
 	return newClient(ctx, addr, authHeader)
 }