NetworkTable crash in unmodified SimpleRobot template

[IBeMad]

I'm getting a null pointer exeption in

NetworkTable::Initialize()

on the following line:

staticProvider = new NetworkTableProvider(*(mode->CreateNode(ipAddress.c_str(), port, threadManager)));

This crash occurs in unmodified SimpleRobotTemplate code. How does something like this even get through QA, or is there even any QA to begin with? Sure seems like there isn't any...

Earlier on in the call stack, the crash stems from

SimpleRobot::StartCompetition()

when it calls

LiveWindow *lw = LiveWindow::GetInstance();

which creates a new instance of LiveWindow since it's the first time GetInstance() is called, which results in it calling

NetworkTable::GetTable("LiveWindow")

.

When will this be fixed in WPILib, and how can I work around it in the meantime?