From b6a68c7d965663cc9cba623f704ec2f7ee78befe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Wieseler <sebastian.wieseler@8x8.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:04:21 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NPE when ServerHttpRequest.getMethod() is null in
 MethodRoutePredicateFactory

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Wieseler <sebastian.wieseler@8x8.com>
---
 .../gateway/handler/predicate/MethodRoutePredicateFactory.java | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodRoutePredicateFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodRoutePredicateFactory.java
index 38d096e710..ccd8777758 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodRoutePredicateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/MethodRoutePredicateFactory.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(Config config) {
 			@Override
 			public boolean test(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 				HttpMethod requestMethod = exchange.getRequest().getMethod();
+				if (requestMethod == null) {
+                	return false;
+          		}
 				return stream(config.getMethods()).anyMatch(httpMethod -> httpMethod == requestMethod);
 			}