fix(baseapp): nil check in posthandler events

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Every Module contains its own CHANGELOG.md. Please refer to the module you are i
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* (baseapp) [#19058](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19058) Fix baseapp posthandler branch would fail if the `runMsgs` had returned an error.
 * (baseapp) [#18609](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/18609) Fixed accounting in the block gas meter after BeginBlock and before DeliverTx, ensuring transaction processing always starts with the expected zeroed out block gas meter.
 * (baseapp) [#18727](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18727) Ensure that `BaseApp.Init` firstly returns any errors from a nil commit multistore instead of panicking on nil dereferencing and before sealing the app.
 * (client) [#18622](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18622) Fixed a potential under/overflow from `uint64->int64` when computing gas fees as a LegacyDec.

baseapp/baseapp.go

@@ -944,11 +944,15 @@ func (app *BaseApp) runTx(mode execMode, txBytes []byte) (gInfo sdk.GasInfo, res
 		// Note that the state is still preserved.
 		postCtx := runMsgCtx.WithEventManager(sdk.NewEventManager())
 
-		newCtx, err := app.postHandler(postCtx, tx, mode == execModeSimulate, err == nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return gInfo, nil, anteEvents, err
+		newCtx, errPostHandler := app.postHandler(postCtx, tx, mode == execModeSimulate, err == nil)
+		if errPostHandler != nil {
+			return gInfo, nil, anteEvents, errors.Join(err, errPostHandler)
 		}
 
+		// we don't want runTx to panic if runMsgs has failed earlier
+		if result == nil {
+			result = &sdk.Result{}
+		}
 		result.Events = append(result.Events, newCtx.EventManager().ABCIEvents()...)
 	}
 

baseapp/baseapp_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package baseapp_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
@@ -45,9 +46,10 @@ var (
 
 type (
 	BaseAppSuite struct {
-		baseApp  *baseapp.BaseApp
-		cdc      *codec.ProtoCodec
-		txConfig client.TxConfig
+		baseApp   *baseapp.BaseApp
+		cdc       *codec.ProtoCodec
+		txConfig  client.TxConfig
+		logBuffer *bytes.Buffer
 	}
 
 	SnapshotsConfig struct {
@@ -66,8 +68,10 @@ func NewBaseAppSuite(t *testing.T, opts ...func(*baseapp.BaseApp)) *BaseAppSuite
 
 	txConfig := authtx.NewTxConfig(cdc, authtx.DefaultSignModes)
 	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	logBuffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	logger := log.NewLogger(logBuffer, log.ColorOption(false))
 
-	app := baseapp.NewBaseApp(t.Name(), log.NewTestLogger(t), db, txConfig.TxDecoder(), opts...)
+	app := baseapp.NewBaseApp(t.Name(), logger, db, txConfig.TxDecoder(), opts...)
 	require.Equal(t, t.Name(), app.Name())
 
 	app.SetInterfaceRegistry(cdc.InterfaceRegistry())
@@ -81,9 +85,10 @@ func NewBaseAppSuite(t *testing.T, opts ...func(*baseapp.BaseApp)) *BaseAppSuite
 	require.Nil(t, app.LoadLatestVersion())
 
 	return &BaseAppSuite{
-		baseApp:  app,
-		cdc:      cdc,
-		txConfig: txConfig,
+		baseApp:   app,
+		cdc:       cdc,
+		txConfig:  txConfig,
+		logBuffer: logBuffer,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -638,7 +643,6 @@ func TestBaseAppPostHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	suite := NewBaseAppSuite(t, anteOpt)
-
 	baseapptestutil.RegisterCounterServer(suite.baseApp.MsgServiceRouter(), CounterServerImpl{t, capKey1, []byte("foo")})
 
 	_, err := suite.baseApp.InitChain(&abci.RequestInitChain{
@@ -673,6 +677,14 @@ func TestBaseAppPostHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	require.False(t, res.TxResults[0].IsOK(), fmt.Sprintf("%v", res))
 
 	require.True(t, postHandlerRun)
+
+	// regression test, should not panic when runMsgs fails
+	tx = wonkyMsg(t, suite.txConfig, tx)
+	txBytes, err = suite.txConfig.TxEncoder()(tx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = suite.baseApp.FinalizeBlock(&abci.RequestFinalizeBlock{Height: 1, Txs: [][]byte{txBytes}})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotContains(t, suite.logBuffer.String(), "panic recovered in runTx")
 }
 
 // Test and ensure that invalid block heights always cause errors.

baseapp/utils_test.go

@@ -400,3 +400,17 @@ func setFailOnHandler(t *testing.T, cfg client.TxConfig, tx signing.Tx, fail boo
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return builder.GetTx()
 }
+
+// wonkyMsg is to be used to run a MsgCounter2 message when the MsgCounter2 handler is not registered.
+func wonkyMsg(t *testing.T, cfg client.TxConfig, tx signing.Tx) signing.Tx {
+	t.Helper()
+	builder := cfg.NewTxBuilder()
+	builder.SetMemo(tx.GetMemo())
+
+	msgs := tx.GetMsgs()
+	msgs = append(msgs, &baseapptestutil.MsgCounter2{})
+
+	err := builder.SetMsgs(msgs...)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return builder.GetTx()
+}