fix: consider noop operator for in short circuit logic

Signed-off-by: Bernd Warmuth <[email protected]>

openfeature/client.go

@@ -713,16 +713,18 @@ func (c *Client) evaluate(
 		c.finallyHooks(ctx, hookCtx, providerInvocationClientApiHooks, options)
 	}()
 
-	// short circuit if provider is in NOT READY state
-	if c.State() == NotReadyState {
-		c.errorHooks(ctx, hookCtx, providerInvocationClientApiHooks, ProviderNotReadyError, options)
-		return evalDetails, ProviderNotReadyError
-	}
+	if _, ok := provider.(NoopProvider); !ok {
+		// short circuit if provider is in NOT READY state
+		if c.State() == NotReadyState {
+			c.errorHooks(ctx, hookCtx, providerInvocationClientApiHooks, ProviderNotReadyError, options)
+			return evalDetails, ProviderNotReadyError
+		}
 
-	// short circuit if provider is in FATAL state
-	if c.State() == FatalState {
-		c.errorHooks(ctx, hookCtx, providerInvocationClientApiHooks, ProviderFatalError, options)
-		return evalDetails, ProviderFatalError
+		// short circuit if provider is in FATAL state
+		if c.State() == FatalState {
+			c.errorHooks(ctx, hookCtx, providerInvocationClientApiHooks, ProviderFatalError, options)
+			return evalDetails, ProviderFatalError
+		}
 	}
 
 	evalCtx, err = c.beforeHooks(ctx, hookCtx, apiClientInvocationProviderHooks, evalCtx, options)

openfeature/client_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package openfeature
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1385,7 +1386,24 @@ func TestRequirement_1_7_6(t *testing.T) {
 	mockHook.EXPECT().Error(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), ProviderNotReadyError, gomock.Any())
 	mockHook.EXPECT().Finally(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any())
 
-	client := GetApiInstance().GetNamedClient(t.Name())
+	notReadyEventingProvider := struct {
+		FeatureProvider
+		StateHandler
+		EventHandler
+	}{
+		NoopProvider{},
+		&stateHandlerForTests{
+			initF: func(e EvaluationContext) error {
+				<-time.After(math.MaxInt)
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		&ProviderEventing{},
+	}
+
+	GetApiInstance().SetProvider(notReadyEventingProvider)
+
+	client := GetApiInstance().GetNamedClient("somOtherClient")
 	client.AddHooks(mockHook)
 
 	if client.State() != NotReadyState {
@@ -1401,7 +1419,6 @@ func TestRequirement_1_7_6(t *testing.T) {
 	if res != defaultVal {
 		t.Fatalf("expected resolved boolean value to default to %t, got %t", defaultVal, res)
 	}
-
 }
 
 // The client MUST default, run error hooks, and indicate an error if flag resolution is attempted while the provider