link("thing").instances.find {|item| item.bootstrap} - returns nil

[drnic]

I have a bosh template with:

<%= link("redis").instances.find {|redis| redis.bootstrap }.address %>

But template-render init container fails as below, suggesting link("redis").instances.find {|redis| redis.bootstrap } is returning nil. Is this not supported in cf-operator or any protips for fixing?

redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render + cf-operator util template-render
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 2019/09/29 23:32:29 failed to render template: rendering failed: (erb):180:in `block in get_binding': undefined method `address' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 	from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bosh-template-2.2.1/lib/bosh/template/evaluation_context.rb:115:in `if_p'
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 	from (erb):177:in `get_binding'
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 	from /usr/lib64/ruby/2.5.0/erb.rb:885:in `eval'
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 	from /usr/lib64/ruby/2.5.0/erb.rb:885:in `result'
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 	from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bosh-template-2.2.1/lib/bosh/template/test/template.rb:22:in `render'
redis-deployment-redis-v1-1 template-render 	from /tmp/bosh-erb-renderer717623379/bosh_erb_renderer.rb:78:in `<main>'

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