Jelly TransitionWorkflow action name does not always work

The <jelly:transitionWorkflow> tag seems broken in various ways. Given an open issue, the following:

<JiraJelly xmlns:jira="jelly:com.atlassian.jira.jelly.JiraTagLib">
<jira:TransitionWorkflow key="TP-3" workflowAction="Start Progress"/>
</JiraJelly>

results in:

005-08-19 17:59:21,569 ERROR [web.action.util.JellyRunner] Could not run script.
org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException: null:2:0: <jira:TransitionWorkflow> java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.handleException(TagScript.java:682)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:288)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:135)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:233)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTag.doTag(StaticTag.java:111)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTagScript.run(StaticTagScript.java:151)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.JellyRunner.doExecute(JellyRunner.java:93)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:153)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:47)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:186)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:103)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainServlet.doFilter(FilterChainServlet.java:96)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:51)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:177)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:25)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:37)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:36)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.caucho.server.http.Invocation.service(Invocation.java:315)
at com.caucho.server.http.CacheInvocation.service(CacheInvocation.java:135)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:246)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleConnection(HttpRequest.java:163)
at com.caucho.server.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:139)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRendererImpl.init(FieldScreenRendererImpl.java:85)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRendererImpl.<init>(FieldScreenRendererImpl.java:64)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.getFieldScreenRenderer(WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.java:189)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.validate(WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.java:168)
at com.atlassian.jira.jelly.tag.issue.TransitionWorkflow.doTag(TransitionWorkflow.java:110)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:279)
... 38 more
Root cause
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRendererImpl.init(FieldScreenRendererImpl.java:85)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRendererImpl.<init>(FieldScreenRendererImpl.java:64)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.getFieldScreenRenderer(WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.java:189)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.validate(WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.java:168)
at com.atlassian.jira.jelly.tag.issue.TransitionWorkflow.doTag(TransitionWorkflow.java:110)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:279)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:135)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:233)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTag.doTag(StaticTag.java:111)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTagScript.run(StaticTagScript.java:151)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.JellyRunner.doExecute(JellyRunner.java:93)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:153)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:47)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:186)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:103)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainServlet.doFilter(FilterChainServlet.java:96)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:51)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:177)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:25)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:37)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:36)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.caucho.server.http.Invocation.service(Invocation.java:315)
at com.caucho.server.http.CacheInvocation.service(CacheInvocation.java:135)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:246)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleConnection(HttpRequest.java:163)
at com.caucho.server.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:139)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Trying to close a resolved issue:

<JiraJelly xmlns:jira="jelly:com.atlassian.jira.jelly.JiraTagLib">
<jira:TransitionWorkflow key="TP-1" workflowAction="Close Issue"/>
</JiraJelly>

results in:2005-08-19 18:06:56,502 ERROR [atlassian.jira.workflow.SimpleWorkflowManager] An exception occurred
com.opensymphony.workflow.InvalidActionException: Action 2 is invalid
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.doAction(AbstractWorkflow.java:528)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.SimpleWorkflowManager.doWorkflowAction(SimpleWorkflowManager.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.progress(WorkflowTransitionUtilImpl.java:261)
at com.atlassian.jira.jelly.tag.issue.TransitionWorkflow.doTag(TransitionWorkflow.java:113)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:279)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:135)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:233)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTag.doTag(StaticTag.java:111)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTagScript.run(StaticTagScript.java:151)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.JellyRunner.doExecute(JellyRunner.java:93)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:153)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:47)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:186)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:103)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainServlet.doFilter(FilterChainServlet.java:96)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:51)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:177)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:25)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:37)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:36)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.caucho.server.http.Invocation.service(Invocation.java:315)
at com.caucho.server.http.CacheInvocation.service(CacheInvocation.java:135)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:246)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleConnection(HttpRequest.java:164)
at com.caucho.server.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:139)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
2005-08-19 18:06:56,506 ERROR [web.action.util.JellyRunner] Could not run script.
org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException: null:2:0: <jira:TransitionWorkflow> The following problems were found:
Action 2 is invalid

at com.atlassian.jira.jelly.tag.JellyUtils.processErrorCollection(JellyUtils.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.jelly.tag.issue.TransitionWorkflow.doTag(TransitionWorkflow.java:113)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:279)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:135)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:233)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTag.doTag(StaticTag.java:111)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.StaticTagScript.run(StaticTagScript.java:151)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.JellyRunner.doExecute(JellyRunner.java:93)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:153)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:47)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:186)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:103)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainServlet.doFilter(FilterChainServlet.java:96)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:51)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:177)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:25)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:37)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:36)
at com.caucho.server.http.FilterChainFilter.doFilter(FilterChainFilter.java:88)
at com.caucho.server.http.Invocation.service(Invocation.java:315)
at com.caucho.server.http.CacheInvocation.service(CacheInvocation.java:135)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:246)
at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleConnection(HttpRequest.java:164)
at com.caucho.server.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:139)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)