From 423842c551a7f93fd586bf7ee7d16ad427c06ba4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hunter Gregory <42728408+huntergregory@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 18:23:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] resolved merge conflict as there isnt npm lite in v1.5

---
 npm/cmd/start.go | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/npm/cmd/start.go b/npm/cmd/start.go
index a9425c9458..b36d10422d 100644
--- a/npm/cmd/start.go
+++ b/npm/cmd/start.go
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ func start(config npmconfig.Config, flags npmconfig.Flags) error {
 	klog.Infof("Resync period for NPM pod is set to %d.", int(resyncPeriod/time.Minute))
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(clientset, resyncPeriod)
 
-	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
@@ -184,11 +187,9 @@ func start(config npmconfig.Config, flags npmconfig.Flags) error {
 		}
 		dp.RunPeriodicTasks()
 	}
+
+	k8sServerVersion := k8sServerVersion(clientset)
 	npMgr := npm.NewNetworkPolicyManager(config, factory, 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)