Stéphane Nicoll opened SPR-12024 and commented

A candidate bean instance can be actually null. The resolution of #15179 introduced a potential null deference in such a case

Affects: 4.1 RC1

Issue Links:

• Add support for @javax.annotation.Priority as alternative to @Primary [SPR-10548] #15179 Add support for @javax.annotation.Priority as alternative to @Primary

Referenced from: commits e849bc3