From 758bdae17755b9045c9cf29c5ec9477dc30d48df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Celia Amador <camadorg@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:01:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] EDM-2403: Handle initialization errors gracefully instead of
 panic

---
 proxy/app.go            | 9 ++++++---
 proxy/bridge/handler.go | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/proxy/app.go b/proxy/app.go
index e3331d32f..7e989fe6a 100644
--- a/proxy/app.go
+++ b/proxy/app.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	tlsConfig, err := bridge.GetTlsConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to get TLS configuration")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	apiRouter.Handle("/flightctl/{forward:.*}", bridge.NewFlightCtlHandler(tlsConfig))
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ func main() {
 	if config.OcpPlugin != "true" {
 		authHandler, err := auth.NewAuth(tlsConfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to initialize authentication")
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		apiRouter.HandleFunc("/login", authHandler.Login)
 		apiRouter.HandleFunc("/login/info", authHandler.GetUserInfo)
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ func main() {
 	if config.TlsKeyPath != "" && config.TlsCertPath != "" {
 		cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(config.TlsCertPath, config.TlsKeyPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to load TLS certificate")
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		serverTlsconfig = &tls.Config{
 			Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
diff --git a/proxy/bridge/handler.go b/proxy/bridge/handler.go
index c19e611af..39222d092 100644
--- a/proxy/bridge/handler.go
+++ b/proxy/bridge/handler.go
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 
 	"github.com/flightctl/flightctl-ui/config"
+	"github.com/flightctl/flightctl-ui/log"
 )
 
 type handler struct {
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ func (h handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func createReverseProxy(apiURL string) (*url.URL, *httputil.ReverseProxy) {
 	target, err := url.Parse(apiURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.GetLogger().WithError(err).Errorf("Failed to parse URL '%s'", apiURL)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target)
 	proxy.ModifyResponse = func(r *http.Response) error {