From 9b3cefc8bfa2cb259e2435b5047d781290bfa927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arjen10 <thistime833@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:36:34 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(syslog): avoid nil logger:log(log_message) when init
 fails

---
 apisix/plugins/syslog/init.lua | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apisix/plugins/syslog/init.lua b/apisix/plugins/syslog/init.lua
index 15f1eb2b68ab..337f417ab3bf 100644
--- a/apisix/plugins/syslog/init.lua
+++ b/apisix/plugins/syslog/init.lua
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ local function send_syslog_data(conf, log_message, api_ctx)
     )
 
     if not logger then
-        res = false
-        err_msg = "failed when initiating the sys logger processor".. err
+        return false, "failed when initiating the sys logger processor" .. err
     end
 
     -- reuse the logger object