From e48cfc9d42fb7747b8b5feb0757c3a2c212a2c5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hunter Gregory <42728408+huntergregory@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 12:03:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] log: [NPM] init telemetry before dataplane

Signed-off-by: Hunter Gregory <42728408+huntergregory@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 npm/cmd/start.go | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/npm/cmd/start.go b/npm/cmd/start.go
index 0969720f94..900fb8fa8a 100644
--- a/npm/cmd/start.go
+++ b/npm/cmd/start.go
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ func start(config npmconfig.Config, flags npmconfig.Flags) error {
 			}),
 		)
 	}
-	k8sServerVersion := k8sServerVersion(clientset)
+
+	err = metrics.CreateTelemetryHandle(config.NPMVersion(), version, npm.GetAIMetadata())
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Infof("CreateTelemetryHandle failed with error %v. AITelemetry is not initialized.", err)
+	}
 
 	var dp dataplane.GenericDataplane
 	stopChannel := wait.NeverStop
@@ -197,11 +201,9 @@ func start(config npmconfig.Config, flags npmconfig.Flags) error {
 		}
 		dp.RunPeriodicTasks()
 	}
+
+	k8sServerVersion := k8sServerVersion(clientset)
 	npMgr := npm.NewNetworkPolicyManager(config, factory, podFactory, dp, exec.New(), version, k8sServerVersion)
-	err = metrics.CreateTelemetryHandle(config.NPMVersion(), version, npm.GetAIMetadata())
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Infof("CreateTelemetryHandle failed with error %v. AITelemetry is not initialized.", err)
-	}
 
 	go restserver.NPMRestServerListenAndServe(config, npMgr)