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  2. JENKINS-23798

Accessing certain list views fails with null pointer issues

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    • Resolution: Unresolved
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      We started seeing this when we upgraded to 1.532.3, and we don't know how to reproduce it. Frequently we see cases where a particular view's jobs can't be listed. Calls to view.getItems() or attempts to look at the view in the UI (..../view/viewName/?) fail. Here's a sample stack trace:

      Caught exception evaluating: it.items in /view/KevinClaudius_record-news-link/. Reason: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
      java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
      	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor359.invoke(Unknown Source)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.util.PropertyExecutor.execute(PropertyExecutor.java:125)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelGetterImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:314)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTArrayAccess.evaluateExpr(ASTArrayAccess.java:185)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:75)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:83)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:57)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReferenceExpression.value(ASTReferenceExpression.java:51)
      	at org.apache.commons.jexl.ExpressionImpl.evaluate(ExpressionImpl.java:80)
      	at hudson.ExpressionFactory2$JexlExpression.evaluate(ExpressionFactory2.java:74)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$3.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:134)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:99)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:269)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$1.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:98)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:120)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:99)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:269)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:120)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CompressTag.doTag(CompressTag.java:44)
      	at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:269)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyViewScript.run(JellyViewScript.java:81)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:63)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:53)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyClassTearOff.serveIndexJelly(JellyClassTearOff.java:112)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyFacet.handleIndexRequest(JellyFacet.java:127)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:717)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:858)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:248)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:728)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:858)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:631)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:225)
      	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45)
      	at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:248)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:376)
      	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:96)
      	at hudson.plugins.greenballs.GreenBallFilter.doFilter(GreenBallFilter.java:58)
      	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:99)
      	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:88)
      	at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
      	at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:48)
      	at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
      	at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at jenkins.security.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:117)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:174)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at jenkins.security.ApiTokenFilter.doFilter(ApiTokenFilter.java:79)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
      	at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:67)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
      	at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
      	at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:46)
      	at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
      	at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
      	at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
      	at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:331)
      	at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:227)
      	at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:150)
      	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
      	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
      	at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
      	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
      Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException
      	at java.util.TreeMap$PrivateEntryIterator.nextEntry(TreeMap.java:1113)
      	at java.util.TreeMap$KeyIterator.next(TreeMap.java:1169)
      	at java.util.TreeMap.buildFromSorted(TreeMap.java:2398)
      	at java.util.TreeMap.buildFromSorted(TreeMap.java:2418)
      	at java.util.TreeMap.buildFromSorted(TreeMap.java:2418)
      	at java.util.TreeMap.buildFromSorted(TreeMap.java:2418)
      	at java.util.TreeMap.buildFromSorted(TreeMap.java:2344)
      	at java.util.TreeMap.addAllForTreeSet(TreeMap.java:2302)
      	at java.util.TreeSet.addAll(TreeSet.java:308)
      	at java.util.TreeSet.<init>(TreeSet.java:172)
      	at hudson.model.ListView.getItems(ListView.java:159)
      	... 103 more
      

      On the web, we get an angry Jenkins and the stack trace. Deleting the view and recreating resolves the problem.

      We are mostly creating views using REST API calls and populating them the same way. Specifically we use addJobToView and removeJobFromView as well as createView to create our views. We never saw this before 1.532.3. I'm not sure what additional information would be useful to help diagnose the problem. We are going to upgrade to the latest LTS soon.

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            jberkenbilt Jay Berkenbilt
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