DataAccessException when performing assignee related issue operations with non-existent assignee

1. Goto: http://developer.atlassian.com/jira/browse/JTOOL-20
2. Clicking on Assign Issue/Resolve Issue results in:

Cause:
com.atlassian.jira.exception.DataAccessException: Error occurred while retrieving user with id 'nick.menere@atlassian.com'.

Stack Trace: [hide]

com.atlassian.jira.exception.DataAccessException: Error occurred while retrieving user with id 'nick.menere@atlassian.com'.
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl.getUser(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/opensymphony/user/User;(IssueImpl.java:920)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl.getAssignee()Lcom/opensymphony/user/User;(IssueImpl.java:331)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AssigneeSystemField.populateFromIssue(Ljava/util/Map;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/Issue;)V(AssigneeSystemField.java:466)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRenderLayoutItemImpl.populateFromIssue(Ljava/util/Map;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/Issue;)V(FieldScreenRenderLayoutItemImpl.java:85)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.issue.CommentAssignIssue.doDefault()Ljava/lang/String;(CommentAssignIssue.java:77)
at jrockit.reflect.NativeMethodInvoker.invoke0(Ljava/lang/Object;ILjava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Unknown Source)
at jrockit.reflect.NativeMethodInvoker.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at jrockit.reflect.VirtualNativeMethodInvoker.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;I)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at webwork.util.InjectionUtils$DefaultInjectionImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at webwork.util.InjectionUtils.invoke(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.invokeCommand()Ljava/lang/String;(ActionSupport.java:417)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute()Ljava/lang/String;(ActionSupport.java:146)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute()Ljava/lang/String;(JiraActionSupport.java:54)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction()V(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(HttpServlet.java:92)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(ServletFilterChain.java:99)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(AccessLogFilter.java:73)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)Lcom/opensymphony/module/sitemesh/Page;(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(PageFilter.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JIRAProfilingFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(JIRAProfilingFilter.java:16)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:43)
Caused by: com.opensymphony.user.EntityNotFoundException: No user nick.menere@atlassian.com found
at com.opensymphony.user.UserManager.getEntity(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/List;I)Lcom/opensymphony/user/Entity;(Optimized Method)
at com.opensymphony.user.UserManager.getUser(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/opensymphony/user/User;(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.core.user.UserUtils.getUser(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/opensymphony/user/User;(UserUtils.java:37)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl.getUser(Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/opensymphony/user/User;(IssueImpl.java:915)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl.getAssignee()Lcom/opensymphony/user/User;(IssueImpl.java:331)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AssigneeSystemField.populateFromIssue(Ljava/util/Map;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/Issue;)V(AssigneeSystemField.java:466)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRenderLayoutItemImpl.populateFromIssue(Ljava/util/Map;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/Issue;)V(FieldScreenRenderLayoutItemImpl.java:85)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.issue.CommentAssignIssue.doDefault()Ljava/lang/String;(CommentAssignIssue.java:77)
at jrockit.reflect.NativeMethodInvoker.invoke0(Ljava/lang/Object;ILjava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Unknown Source)
at jrockit.reflect.NativeMethodInvoker.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at jrockit.reflect.VirtualNativeMethodInvoker.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;I)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at webwork.util.InjectionUtils$DefaultInjectionImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at webwork.util.InjectionUtils.invoke(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;(Optimized Method)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.invokeCommand()Ljava/lang/String;(ActionSupport.java:417)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute()Ljava/lang/String;(ActionSupport.java:146)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute()Ljava/lang/String;(JiraActionSupport.java:54)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction()V(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(HttpServlet.java:92)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(ServletFilterChain.java:99)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(AccessLogFilter.java:73)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)Lcom/opensymphony/module/sitemesh/Page;(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(PageFilter.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;)V(Optimized Method)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(Ljavax/servlet/ServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/ServletResponse;Ljavax/servlet/FilterChain;)V(ProfilingFilter.java:132)

Referer URL: http://developer.atlassian.com/jira/browse/JTOOL-20