From 5a30461eaf788856eb3af5ecc65d8c5c82bf9d37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: equinoy <equinoy@pepperdash.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:48:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: guard PartitionPresent getter against null sensor
 feedback

EssentialsPartitionController.PartitionPresent threw a NullReferenceException in Auto mode when the partition sensor's PartitionPresentFeedback was not yet initialized, breaking combiner fullStatus serialization to MC clients. Fall back to the last-known _partitionPresent value instead of dereferencing a null sensor feedback.
---
 .../PartitionSensor/EssentialsPartitionController.cs            | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/PartitionSensor/EssentialsPartitionController.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/PartitionSensor/EssentialsPartitionController.cs
index ee20a22a..3db61ebd 100644
--- a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/PartitionSensor/EssentialsPartitionController.cs
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/PartitionSensor/EssentialsPartitionController.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
             {
                 if (IsInAutoMode)
                 {
-                    return _partitionSensor.PartitionPresentFeedback.BoolValue;
+                    return _partitionSensor?.PartitionPresentFeedback?.BoolValue ?? _partitionPresent;
                 }
 
                 return _partitionPresent;