if (n_chan_id) in circuit_build_failed() can't fail
In circuit_build_failed() we have
const char *n_chan_id = circ->cpath->extend_info->identity_digest;
[...]
if (n_chan_id && !already_marked) {
But extend_info->identity_digest is
char identity_digest[DIGEST_LEN];
So n_chan_id is never going to be NULL.