BUG -> PhysicalConnection System.NullReferenceException:

Under high load of my development environment the StackExchange.Redis PhysicalConnection class on internal void WriteHeader causes a uncaught exception without any clue. I am using the latest redis release on Ubuntu and the latest nuget version of stackexchange redis

Line 832 -> var span = _ioPipe!.Output.GetSpan(commandBytes.Length + 8 + Format.MaxInt32TextLen + Format.MaxInt32TextLen);

It seems like for no explainable reason the variable _ioPipe is null which causes the exception

Exception data ↓↓

  Name Value Type
$exception {"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."} System.NullReferenceException
  ▶ Data {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal} System.Collections.IDictionary {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
  HResult -2147467261 int
  HasBeenThrown true bool
  HelpLink null string
  ▶ InnerException null System.Exception
  Message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." string
  SerializationStackTraceString " at StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection.WriteHeader(RedisCommand command, Int32 arguments, CommandBytes commandBytes) in /_/src/StackExchange.Redis/PhysicalConnection.cs:line 809" string
  SerializationWatsonBuckets null object
  Source "StackExchange.Redis" string
  StackTrace " at StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection.WriteHeader(RedisCommand command, Int32 arguments, CommandBytes commandBytes) in /_/src/StackExchange.Redis/PhysicalConnection.cs:line 832" string
  ▶ TargetSite {Void WriteHeader(StackExchange.Redis.RedisCommand, Int32, StackExchange.Redis.CommandBytes)} System.Reflection.MethodBase {System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo}
  _HResult -2147467261 int
  ▶ _data {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal} System.Collections.IDictionary {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
  _dynamicMethods null object[]
  _exceptionMethod null System.Reflection.MethodBase
  _helpURL null string
  ▶ _innerException null System.Exception
  _ipForWatsonBuckets 0x00007ffa328be781 System.UIntPtr
  _message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." string
  _remoteStackTraceString null string
  _source null string
  ▶ _stackTrace {sbyte[48]} byte[] {sbyte[]}
  _stackTraceString null string
  _watsonBuckets null byte[]
  _xcode -532462766 int
  _xptrs 0x0000000000000000 System.IntPtr
  ▶ Static members    

Callstack data ↓↓

StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection.WriteHeader(StackExchange.Redis.RedisCommand command, int arguments, StackExchange.Redis.CommandBytes commandBytes) Line 832	C#
StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.Message.CommandValueValueMessage.WriteImpl(StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection physical) Line 1503	C#
StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.Message.WriteTo(StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection physical) Line 699	C#
StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalBridge.WriteMessageToServerInsideWriteLock(StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection connection, StackExchange.Redis.Message message) Line 1508	C#
StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalBridge.WriteMessageInsideLock(StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection physical, StackExchange.Redis.Message message) Line 713	C#
StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalBridge.WriteMessageTakingWriteLockAsync_Awaited(System.Threading.Tasks.Task<bool> pending, StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection physical, StackExchange.Redis.Message message) Line 1277	C#
[Resuming Async Method]	
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder<StackExchange.Redis.WriteResult>.AsyncStateMachineBox<StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalBridge.<WriteMessageTakingWriteLockAsync_Awaited>d__106>.ExecutionContextCallback(object s) Line 287	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext executionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback callback, object state) Line 183	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder<StackExchange.Redis.WriteResult>.AsyncStateMachineBox<StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalBridge.<WriteMessageTakingWriteLockAsync_Awaited>d__106>.MoveNext(System.Threading.Thread threadPoolThread) Line 324	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder<StackExchange.Redis.WriteResult>.AsyncStateMachineBox<StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalBridge.<WriteMessageTakingWriteLockAsync_Awaited>d__106>.MoveNext() Line 302	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.OutputWaitEtwEvents.AnonymousMethod__12_0(System.Action innerContinuation, System.Threading.Tasks.Task innerTask) Line 301	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Threading.Tasks.AwaitTaskContinuation.System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem.Execute() Line 647	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch() Line 924	C#
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.Threading.PortableThreadPool.WorkerThread.WorkerThreadStart() Line 77	C#
[Async Call Stack]	
[Async] StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.ServerEndPoint.WriteDirectOrQueueFireAndForgetAsync.__Awaited|131_0<bool>(System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<StackExchange.Redis.WriteResult> l_result) Line 848	C#
[Async] StackExchange.Redis.dll!StackExchange.Redis.ServerEndPoint.HandshakeAsync(StackExchange.Redis.PhysicalConnection connection, StackExchange.Redis.LogProxy log) Line 930	C#