batch insights crashes with "invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference"

[zhuweid]

i am getting the following error when starting batch insights in a node

System information:
OS: windows
Pool ID: weid-log-poc-6
Node ID: tvmps_bf84e465f618415c5d708b5f482b966099754c72da408d20f3817451c0ac7676_p
Instrumentation Key: xxxxx
context deadline exceeded
context deadline exceeded
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal 0xc0000005 code=0x0 addr=0x0 pc=0x6648d5]

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/Azure/batch-insights/pkg.AppInsightsService.UploadStats(0x752e40, 0xc0000052a0, 0xc0000d8090, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc000030d20, 0x2, 0x2, 0x0, ...)
D:/a/1/s/pkg/appinsights.go:45 +0x465
github.com/Azure/batch-insights/pkg.ListenForStats(0xc0000140b0, 0xe, 0xc00000e140, 0x48, 0xc00000c150, 0x24)
D:/a/1/s/pkg/batchinsights.go:68 +0x353
main.main()
D:/a/1/s/main.go:32 +0x321

the pool was created in cloud service configuration
and i am sure i have provided the correct environment variables in the pool start task environment variables
new EnvironmentSetting("APP_INSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY", "xxx"),
new EnvironmentSetting("APP_INSIGHTS_APP_ID", "xxx"),
new EnvironmentSetting("BATCH_INSIGHTS_DOWNLOAD_URL", "https://github.com/Azure/batch-insights/releases/download/v1.0.0/batch-insights.exe")

[ransagy]

I get the same even locally on a Windows 10 1909 machine. Last version that worked for me is 1.2.0.