如何在Go中的测试中模拟HTTP请求的504超时错误？

Question

I am trying to add a timeout option to a library in Go and have written the below test to mimic the behavior.

func TestClientTimeout(t *testing.T) {
    backend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        d := map[string]interface{}{
            "id":    "12",
            "scope": "test-scope",
        }

        time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
        e := json.NewEncoder(w)
        err := e.Encode(&d)
        if err != nil {
            t.Error(err)
        }
        w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
    }))

    url := backend.URL
    ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 50*time.Millisecond)
    defer cancel()
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
    if err != nil {
        t.Error("Request error", err)
    }

    resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
    if err != nil {
        t.Error("Response error", err)
    }

    defer resp.Body.Close()

    t.Log(">>>>>>>Response is: ", resp)
}

But I always get below error, instead of http.StatusGatewayTimeout

=== RUN TestClientTimeout

--- FAIL: TestClientTimeout (0.05s)

client_test.go:37: Timestamp before req 2018-07-13 09:10:14.936898 +0200 CEST m=+0.002048937
client_test.go:40: Response error Get http://127.0.0.1:49597: context deadline exceeded

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [recovered]

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

How do I fix this test, to return response with http.StatusGatewayTimeout(504) status code?