Some ugly panic/nil pointer logs in cert-manager pod.   

cert-manager 1.14.1
OpenShift 4.14.16 (ARO)

Have cert-manager installed, and create a ClusterIssuer against Red Hat IdM ACME, using a HTTP01 solver. Create a dummy certificate and see cert-manager logs.

---
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: ClusterIssuer
metadata:
  name: idm-acme
spec:
  acme:
    preferredChain: ""
    privateKeySecretRef:
      name: idm-acme-issuer-private-key
    server: https://idm.xxx.yyy/acme/directory
    solvers:
    - http01:
        ingress:
          ingressClassName: openshift-default
---
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Certificate
metadata:
  name: test-cert
  namespace: test-cert-manager
spec:
  isCA: false
  secretName: test-cert
  commonName: "test-cert-manager.apps.qisdetdd.eastus.aroapp.io"
  dnsNames:
  - "test-cert-manager.apps.qisdetdd.eastus.aroapp.io"
  issuerRef:
    name: idm-acme
    kind: ClusterIssuer
---

    1.Create cert-manager ClusterIssuer
    2.Increase cert-manager log levels to TraceAll
    3.Create any dummy Certificate
    4.Check cert-manager pod logs

    

Some ugly panic/nil pointer logs in cert-manager pod:

I1113 16:08:47.256372       1 readiness_controller.go:191] "updating status fields" logger="cert-manager.certificates-readiness" key="test-cert-manager/debug-13h" notAfter="<panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference>" notBefore="<panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference>" renewalTime="<panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference>"   

Not sure if this just ugly logs or is having an impact on cert-manager functionality, I have not been abled to figure this out just yet.