Unable to verify context in empty Publisher using StepVerifierOptions

[ranarula]

Expected Behavior

All test pass

Actual Behavior

• Only non-empty publisher test passes with StepVerifierOptions
• Test with empty publisher using StepVerifierOptions fail with "No propagated Context"
• Non empty publisher with ContextWrite passes

Steps to Reproduce

Run these test

public class ContextTest {

  StepVerifierOptions stepVerifierOptions = StepVerifierOptions.create()
      .withInitialContext(Context.of("a", "b"));
  //fails
  @Test
  void testContextEmptyMono() {
    StepVerifier.create(Mono.empty(), stepVerifierOptions)
        .expectAccessibleContext()
        .contains("a", "b")
        .then()
        .verifyComplete();
  }

  @Test
  void testContextEmptyFlux() {
    StepVerifier.create(Flux.empty(), stepVerifierOptions)
        .expectAccessibleContext()
        .contains("a", "b")
        .then()
        .verifyComplete();
  }

  //passes
@Test
  void testContextEmptyMonoWithContextWrite() {
    StepVerifier.create(Mono.empty().contextWrite(Context.of("a","b")))
        .expectAccessibleContext()
        .contains("a", "b")
        .then()
        .verifyComplete();
  }

  @Test
  void testContextNonEmptyMono() {
    StepVerifier.create(Mono.just("item"), stepVerifierOptions)
        .expectAccessibleContext()
        .contains("a", "b")
        .then()
        .expectNext("item")
        .verifyComplete();
  }

  @Test
  void testContextNonEmptyFlux() {
    StepVerifier.create(Flux.just("item"), stepVerifierOptions)
        .expectAccessibleContext()
        .contains("a", "b")
        .then()
        .expectNext("item")
        .verifyComplete();
  }
}

Your Environment

• Reactor version(s) used: 3.4.27
• JVM version (java -version): 11