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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-29768

NullPointerException when trying to delete a space if space administrator user doesn't exist

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      NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report.

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Import a space from Confluence where user who originally created the space (and thus is an administrator of it) doesn't exist anymore.
      2. Try to delete the space.

      You'll receive the following stack trace and the space is unable to be deleted:

      org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getSpaceAdmins' in  class com.atlassian.confluence.spaces.actions.ViewSpaceSummaryAction threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at spaces/viewspacedetails.vm[line 36, column 53]
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:223)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:262)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:507)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:71)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:142)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Parse.render(Parse.java:263)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.ProfilingParseDirective.render(ProfilingParseDirective.java:24)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Parse.render(Parse.java:263)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.ProfilingParseDirective.render(ProfilingParseDirective.java:24)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.ApplyDecoratorDirective.render(ApplyDecoratorDirective.java:159)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.ApplyDecoratorDirective.render(ApplyDecoratorDirective.java:159)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
            at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
            at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
            at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
            at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.VelocityResult.doExecute(VelocityResult.java:91)
            at com.atlassian.xwork.results.ProfiledVelocityResult.doExecute(ProfiledVelocityResult.java:21)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.EncodingVelocityResult.doExecute(EncodingVelocityResult.java:48)
            at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkResultSupport.execute(WebWorkResultSupport.java:116)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:263)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:187)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceWorkflowInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceWorkflowInterceptor.java:64)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XsrfTokenInterceptor.intercept(XsrfTokenInterceptor.java:100)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.ConfluenceXsrfTokenInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceXsrfTokenInterceptor.java:26)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.CaptchaInterceptor.intercept(CaptchaInterceptor.java:49)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.validation.MessageHolderInterceptor.intercept(MessageHolderInterceptor.java:42)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextInterceptor.intercept(LoggingContextInterceptor.java:49)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.core.CancellingInterceptor.intercept(CancellingInterceptor.java:23)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.HttpMethodValidationInterceptor.intercept(HttpMethodValidationInterceptor.java:72)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.security.websudo.WebSudoInterceptor.intercept(WebSudoInterceptor.java:36)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.themes.ThemeContextInterceptor.intercept(ThemeContextInterceptor.java:68)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.security.actions.PermissionCheckInterceptor.intercept(PermissionCheckInterceptor.java:57)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.BootstrapAwareInterceptor.intercept(BootstrapAwareInterceptor.java:26)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.user.actions.UserAwareInterceptor.intercept(UserAwareInterceptor.java:58)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.CommentAwareInterceptor.intercept(CommentAwareInterceptor.java:50)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.PageAwareInterceptor.intercept(PageAwareInterceptor.java:151)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.spaces.actions.SpaceAwareInterceptor.intercept(SpaceAwareInterceptor.java:77)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.FlashScopeInterceptor.intercept(FlashScopeInterceptor.java:25)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.core.actions.LastModifiedInterceptor.intercept(LastModifiedInterceptor.java:31)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceAutowireInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceAutowireInterceptor.java:49)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
            at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
            at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.TransactionalInvocation.invokeAndHandleExceptions(TransactionalInvocation.java:76)
            at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.TransactionalInvocation.invokeInTransaction(TransactionalInvocation.java:61)
            at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XWorkTransactionInterceptor.intercept(XWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:56)
      

      Workaround

      Go into Space Permissions for that space and remove any individual users who have administrator permissions that don't exist anymore. The space is then able to be deleted.

            onevalainen Olli Nevalainen
            nmason Nick Mason
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