I still had an old cookie left from jira (before we installed crowd).

When i visited jira again (after the crowd installation), i got the following exception:

Cause:
java.lang.NullPointerException

Stack Trace: [hide]

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.setCookie(CookieUtils.java:100)
at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.invalidateCookie(CookieUtils.java:41)
at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.invalidateCookie(CookieUtils.java:55)
at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.seraph.CrowdAuthenticator.autoLoginToCrowd(CrowdAuthenticator.java:253)
at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.seraph.CrowdAuthenticator.isAuthenticated(CrowdAuthenticator.java:156)
at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.seraph.CrowdAuthenticator.getUser(CrowdAuthenticator.java:274)
at com.atlassian.seraph.auth.AbstractAuthenticator.getUser(AbstractAuthenticator.java:44)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityHttpRequestWrapper.getUserPrincipal(SecurityHttpRequestWrapper.java:43)
at webwork.action.ServletActionContext.setContext(ServletActionContext.java:116)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:203)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:73)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:181)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JIRAProfilingFilter.doFilter(JIRAProfilingFilter.java:16)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:43)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.RequestCleanupFilter.doFilter(RequestCleanupFilter.java:49)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:37)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.db.DatabaseCompatibilityEnforcerFilter.doFilter(DatabaseCompatibilityEnforcerFilter.java:39)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Referer URL: Unknown

Build Information:
Uptime: N/A
Edition: Professional
Version: 3.9.2
Build Number: 235
Atlassian Partner: null
Installation Type: EAR / WAR
Server ID: AAJ7-O4UW-AYEO-OR6W

Server Information:
Application Server: Apache Tomcat/5.5
Servlet Version: 2.4

File Paths:
Location of entityengine.xml: file:/var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/entityengine.xml
Location of atlassian-jira.log: /var/log/tomcat5.5/atlassian-jira.log

Memory Information:
Total Memory: 117 MB
Free Memory: 11 MB
Used Memory: 106 MB

System Information:
System Date: Monday, 10 Sep 2007
System Time: 10:38:54
Current Working Directory: /var/log/tomcat5.5
Java Version: 1.5.0_10
Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
JVM Version: 1.0
JVM Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
JVM Implementation Version: 1.5.0_10-b03
Java Runtime: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
User Name: tomcat55
User Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
User Locale: English (United States)
System Encoding: UTF-8
Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
OS Architecture: i386
Application Server Container:
Database type: postgres72
Database JNDI address: java:comp/env/jdbc/JiraDS
Database URL: Hidden
Database version: 8.1.8
Database driver: PostgreSQL Native Driver PostgreSQL 8.0 JDBC3 with SSL (build 311)
External user management: ON

Request Information:

• Request URL: http://localhost:8080/500page.jsp
• Scheme: http
• Server: localhost
• Port: 8080
• URI: /500page.jsp
• Context Path:
• - Servlet Path: /500page.jsp
• - Path Info: null
• - Query String:

Request Attributes

• javax.servlet.forward.request_uri : /secure/Dashboard.jspa
• javax.servlet.forward.context_path :
• javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path : /secure/Dashboard.jspa
• javax.servlet.forward.path_info : /500page.jsp
• javax.servlet.error.message :
• com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter_already_filtered : true
• javax.servlet.error.servlet_name : action
• atlassian.core.seraph.original.url : /secure/Dashboard.jspa
• javax.servlet.error.exception : java.lang.NullPointerException
• os_securityfilter_already_filtered : true
• com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter : true
• javax.servlet.error.request_uri : /secure/Dashboard.jspa
• jira.webwork.generic.dispatcher : webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher@152d1fd
• javax.servlet.error.status_code : 500
• com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.RequestCleanupFilter_already_filtered : true
• _sitemesh_filterapplied : true
• jira.webwork.cleanup : false
• com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter_already_filtered : true
• loginfilter.already.filtered : true
• webwork.result : Value stack =========== ===========

Request Logging
0 log statements generated by this request:

Listeners

• Issue Cache Listener (com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.cache.IssueCacheListener)
• Issue Index Listener (com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.search.IssueIndexListener)
• Mail Listener (com.atlassian.jira.event.listeners.mail.MailListener)

Services

• Mail Queue Service (com.atlassian.jira.service.services.mail.MailQueueService)
• Delay: 1 minutes
• Subversion Index Service (com.atlassian.jira.plugin.ext.subversion.revisions.RevisionIndexService)
• Delay: 15 minutes
• Subversion Revision Indexing Service (com.atlassian.jira.plugin.ext.subversion.revisions.RevisionIndexService)
• Delay: 60 minutes

Plugins

• Admin Menu Sections 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Browse Project Operations Sections 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Custom Field Types & Searchers 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Issue Operations Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Issue Tab Panels Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Issue Views Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• JIRA TimeSheet Report and Portlet 1.6 - Plugin by Flextronics Design Ukraine
• Enabled
• Portlets Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Preset Filters Sections 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Project Panels Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Project Role Actors Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• RPC JIRA Plugin 3.9 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems Pty Ltd
• Enabled
• Renderer Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Reports Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Subversion Plugin 0.9.10 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems Pty Ltd
• Enabled
• Top Navigation Bar Sections 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• User Navigation Bar Sections 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• View Project Operations Sections 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Web Resources Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems Pty Ltd
• Enabled
• Webwork Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Wiki Renderer Macros Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled
• Workflow Plugin 1.0 - Plugin by Atlassian Software Systems
• Enabled