Low Issue Summary
Newly introduced Local backups security health check is throwing a NullPointerException in the application logs.
This is reproducible on Data Center: yes
Steps to Reproduce
- Install latest Confluence 8.5
- Update ATST to either v1.56.0 or v1.57.1
- Monitor the logs
Expected Results
The healthcheck should run without errors.
Actual Results
The below exception is thrown in the atlassian-confluence.log file:
21:46:06,254 WARN [HealthCheckWatchdog:thread-4] [healthcheck.concurrent.SupportHealthCheckTask] healthCheckError Unable to complete execution of health check Local backups security due to an exception -- url: /confluence/rest/troubleshooting/1.0/check/process/ | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8080/confluence/plugins/servlet/troubleshooting/view/ | traceId: a994073a096ca1ba java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:205) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.healthcheck.concurrent.SupportHealthCheckTask.getFutureWithTimeout(SupportHealthCheckTask.java:97) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.healthcheck.concurrent.SupportHealthCheckTask.lambda$runAsync$0(SupportHealthCheckTask.java:77) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.base/java.io.File.<init>(File.java:278) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.healthcheck.checks.AbstractBackupHealthCheck.listZips(AbstractBackupHealthCheck.java:86) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.healthcheck.checks.AbstractBackupHealthCheck.checkDirectory(AbstractBackupHealthCheck.java:95) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.confluence.healthcheck.backup.ConfluenceBackupHealthCheck.checkImpl(ConfluenceBackupHealthCheck.java:41) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.healthcheck.checks.AbstractBackupHealthCheck.check(AbstractBackupHealthCheck.java:59) at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.healthcheck.impl.PluginSuppliedSupportHealthCheck.check(PluginSuppliedSupportHealthCheck.java:66) ... 4 more
Workaround
Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available.
As this is a Health Check, it is safe to ignore this warning.
[CONFSERVER-95910] New Local backups security Health Check is throwing NullPointerException
A fix for this issue is available in Confluence Server and Data Center 9.1.1. Upgrade now or check out the Release Notes to see what other issues are resolved.
| Resolution | New: Fixed [ 1 ] | |
| Status | Original: Waiting for Release [ 12075 ] | New: Closed [ 6 ] |
| Fix Version/s | New: 8.9.0 [ 107007 ] | |
| Fix Version/s | New: 9.2.0 [ 110293 ] | |
| Fix Version/s | New: 9.1.1 [ 109701 ] |
Hey,
This issue got fixed in ATST 2.3.0 version. It can be upgraded through UPM on all available Confluence 9.x versions.
Additionally, it will be bundled in the Confluence 9.1.1, 9.2.0 and further releases.
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A fix for this issue is available in Confluence Server and Data Center 9.2.0. Upgrade now or check out the Release Notes to see what other issues are resolved.