Sentry: panic.go:791: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference (1) attached stack trace -- stack trace: | runtime.gopanic | GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go:791 | runtime.p...

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Panic Message:

```
panic.go:791: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
(1) attached stack trace
-- stack trace:
| runtime.gopanic
| GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go:791
| runtime.panicmem
| GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go:262
| runtime.sigpanic
| GOROOT/src/runtime/signal_unix.go:917
| github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver.(*RaftTransport).processQueue
| pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go:800
| github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver.(*RaftTransport).startProcessNewQueue.func2
| pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go:1069
| runtime/pprof.Do
| GOROOT/src/runtime/pprof/runtime.go:51
| github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver.(*RaftTransport).startProcessNewQueue.func3
| pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go:1075
| github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/stop.(*Stopper).RunAsyncTaskEx.func2
| pkg/util/stop/stopper.go:500
| runtime.goexit
| src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1700
Wraps: (2) runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
Error types: (1) *withstack.withStack (2) runtime.errorString
-- report composition:
runtime.errorString
panic.go:791: *withstack.withStack (top exception)
```

Stacktrace (expand for inline code snippets):

[src/runtime/asm_amd64.s#L1699-L1701](src/runtime/asm_amd64.s#L1699-L1701)
[pkg/util/stop/stopper.go#L499-L501](pkg/util/stop/stopper.go#L499-L501)
[pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go#L1074-L1076](pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go#L1074-L1076)
[GOROOT/src/runtime/pprof/runtime.go#L50-L52](GOROOT/src/runtime/pprof/runtime.go#L50-L52)
[pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go#L1068-L1070](pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go#L1068-L1070)
[pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go#L799-L801](pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go#L799-L801)
[GOROOT/src/runtime/signal_unix.go#L916-L918](GOROOT/src/runtime/signal_unix.go#L916-L918)
[GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go#L261-L263](GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go#L261-L263)
[GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go#L790-L792](GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go#L790-L792)

```
src/runtime/asm_amd64.s in runtime.goexit at line 1700
pkg/util/stop/stopper.go in pkg/util/stop.(*Stopper).RunAsyncTaskEx.func2 at line 500
pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go in pkg/kv/kvserver.(*RaftTransport).startProcessNewQueue.func3 at line 1075
GOROOT/src/runtime/pprof/runtime.go in runtime/pprof.Do at line 51
pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go in pkg/kv/kvserver.(*RaftTransport).startProcessNewQueue.func2 at line 1069
pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go in pkg/kv/kvserver.(*RaftTransport).processQueue at line 800
GOROOT/src/runtime/signal_unix.go in runtime.sigpanic at line 917
GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go in runtime.panicmem at line 262
GOROOT/src/runtime/panic.go in runtime.gopanic at line 791
```

### Tags

| Tag | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Command | server |
| Environment | v25.2.8 |
| Go Version | go1.23.12 X:nocoverageredesign |
| Platform | linux amd64 |
| Distribution | CCL |
| Cockroach Release | v25.2.8 |
| Cockroach SHA | 74dbb7ba6b71f6d336334f8fa6f5d002506a49d4 |
| # of CPUs | 64 |
| # of Goroutines | 2218 |

Jira issue: CRDB-63705