Jira 500 error after a User Managment search

Christos Moysiadis
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January 8, 2019
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.user.UserBrowser.getBrowsableItems(UserBrowser.java:173) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.user.UserBrowser.doExecute(UserBrowser.java:122) [classes/:?]
	at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:165) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:63) [jira-api-7.3.2.jar:?]
	at webwork.interceptor.DefaultInterceptorChain.proceed(DefaultInterceptorChain.java:39) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at webwork.interceptor.NestedInterceptorChain.proceed(NestedInterceptorChain.java:31) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at webwork.interceptor.ChainedInterceptor.intercept(ChainedInterceptor.java:16) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at webwork.interceptor.DefaultInterceptorChain.proceed(DefaultInterceptorChain.java:35) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:225) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:154) [webwork-1.4-atlassian-30.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.service(JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.java:147) [classes/:?]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) [servlet-api.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:230) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) [tomcat-websocket.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLastFilter.lambda$doFilter$0(JiraLastFilter.java:39) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:74) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLastFilter.doFilter(JiraLastFilter.java:36) [classes/:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.XContentTypeOptionsNoSniffFilter.doFilter(XContentTypeOptionsNoSniffFilter.java:20) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32) [atlassian-core-5.0.6.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:37) [atlassian-core-5.0.6.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:39) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.onboarding.postsetup.ui.PostSetupAnnouncementsFilter.doFilter(PostSetupAnnouncementsFilter.java:51) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.tzdetect.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:77) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.baseurl.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:38) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32) [atlassian-core-5.0.6.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.2.9.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	........

Well I know its not readable but this is what i receive after a search that i made in User managment section in Jira software. Version 7,3,2.

I don't know how to handle this... any help is appreciated!!!

Best regards 

Christos Moysiadis

 

1 answer

1 vote
Petter Gonçalves
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
January 9, 2019

Hello Christos,

Searching for similar errors, It seems that you probably have a null user in the userbase table, external_entities table, or the XML backup.

Please, try the steps in this documentation to properly troubleshoot the problem and fix it. Basically, one of the following queries should return the problematic null user:

 

select * from userbase where username is null
select * from external_entities where NAME is null
select * from groupbase where groupname is null
select * from membershipbase where USER_NAME not in (select username from userbase);

We will be waiting for your answer.

Christos Moysiadis
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January 9, 2019

Hi @Petter Gonçalves,

This is something that i should show to the main administrator of the system, i am just a tempo admin and i don't have access to the database.

When i have an answer i will accept your reply as proposed !

Thank you very much for your reply! 

Best regards 

CM

Petter Gonçalves
Atlassian Team
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January 10, 2019

That's ok, Christos.

We will be waiting for your answer.

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