Indexing Error: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.NullPointerException

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We are experienceing issues with JIRA and are unable to re-index due to the following error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.FutureResult.await(FutureResult.java:35)
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.CompositeResultBuilder$CompositeResult.await(CompositeResultBuilder.java:82)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager.doIndexIssuesInBatchMode(DefaultIndexManager.java:857)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager.doStopTheWorldReindex(DefaultIndexManager.java:827)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager.reIndexAll(DefaultIndexManager.java:337)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager.reIndexAll(DefaultIndexManager.java:303)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
	at com.atlassian.util.profiling.object.ObjectProfiler.profiledInvoke(ObjectProfiler.java:83)
	at com.atlassian.jira.config.component.SwitchingInvocationHandler.invoke(SwitchingInvocationHandler.java:28)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy117.reIndexAll(Unknown Source)
	at com.atlassian.jira.util.index.CompositeIndexLifecycleManager.reIndexAll(CompositeIndexLifecycleManager.java:56)
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.index.ReIndexAsyncIndexerCommand.doReindex(ReIndexAsyncIndexerCommand.java:28)
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.index.AbstractAsyncIndexerCommand.call(AbstractAsyncIndexerCommand.java:54)
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.index.ReIndexAsyncIndexerCommand.call(ReIndexAsyncIndexerCommand.java:16)
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.index.AbstractAsyncIndexerCommand.call(AbstractAsyncIndexerCommand.java:23)
	at com.atlassian.jira.task.TaskManagerImpl$TaskCallableDecorator.call(TaskManagerImpl.java:365)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
	at com.atlassian.jira.task.ForkedThreadExecutor$ForkedRunnableDecorator.run(ForkedThreadExecutor.java:249)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(FutureTask.java:252)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:111)
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.FutureResult.await(FutureResult.java:31)
	... 25 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.util.ArrayList.addAll(ArrayList.java:530)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.filterChangeItems(DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.java:118)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.createChangeGroupsFromChangeItems(DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.java:59)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.get(DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.java:52)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.get(DefaultChangeHistoryRetriever.java:30)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$ChangeHistoryDocumentBuilder.get(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:567)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$IssueLockDocumentCreationStrategy$2.get(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:597)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$IssueLockDocumentCreationStrategy$2.get(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:593)
	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.ManagedLocks$ManagedLockImpl.withLock(ManagedLocks.java:303)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$IssueLockDocumentCreationStrategy.get(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:592)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$IndexIssuesOperation.perform(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:446)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$4$1.get(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:284)
	at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIssueIndexer$4$1.get(DefaultIssueIndexer.java:280)
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.SimpleIndexingStrategy.get(SimpleIndexingStrategy.java:9)
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.SimpleIndexingStrategy.get(SimpleIndexingStrategy.java:5)
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.MultiThreadedIndexingStrategy$1.call(MultiThreadedIndexingStrategy.java:38)
	at com.atlassian.jira.index.MultiThreadedIndexingStrategy$1.call(MultiThreadedIndexingStrategy.java:35)
	at com.atlassian.jira.util.concurrent.BoundedExecutor$2.call(BoundedExecutor.java:69)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)

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RambanamP
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Bharadwaj,

Thank you. That appears to be my issue. Any idea how to write the sql statement to find the issues?

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