After merging 4.4.9 we noticed an issue in our download dropdown where all download urls are missing. This can be "fixed" by adding the debug flag in the url, which lead me to believe this is some asynchronous behaviour. After debugging, md is not initialised at the moment of loading the available formatters, when the issue occurs. I have moved the function call to the $watch function, ensuring md is present when needed.

Is this the right approach? Or should the directive only load when md is present, deprecating the need to null check the variable?

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