Summary

Import Issues from CSV does not respect Create Issue transition Validator in Workflow.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add a workflow validator to the Create Issue transition, other than the Create Issue permission validator in a project/Issue type's workflow e.g. Close Issue permission validator or 3rd party validator.
2. Try to import issues via CSV from the Issues Menu into that project/issuetype, without meeting the validation criteria e.g. user not having Close Issue permission
3. Click the Validate Import button after submitting your CSV and/or configuration files
4. Proceed to import.

Expected Results

• Validate Import should report that no issue will be created since Create Issue validator restriction is not met.
• No issues should be created

Actual Results

• Validate Import reports no issues, and promises to create issues
  
• Fatal error occurs due to NullPointerException when you proceed to import.
  
• No clear error message is given to explain the cause of the exception. Detailed log records:

  2015-09-26 01:52:50,882 INFO - Importer started!
  2015-09-26 01:52:50,882 INFO - Engine is running in Import mode
  2015-09-26 01:52:50,883 INFO - All issues will be imported to project: testcsvimport (TESCSV)
  2015-09-26 01:52:50,884 INFO - Creating issue: [externalId='autoid-1673678947705695620', summary='CSV test']
  2015-09-26 01:52:50,884 INFO - Issue does not have issue type selected, the affected issues will be created with default issue type [Task]
  2015-09-26 01:52:50,894 ERROR - Fatal error during import
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  	at com.atlassian.jira.plugins.importer.imports.bulkcreate.engine.BulkCreateDataImporter.doImportIssues(BulkCreateDataImporter.java:236)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.plugins.importer.imports.bulkcreate.engine.BulkCreateDataImporter.runImporterEngine(BulkCreateDataImporter.java:173)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.plugins.importer.imports.bulkcreate.engine.BulkCreateDataImporter.doImport(BulkCreateDataImporter.java:148)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.plugins.importer.imports.importer.impl.ImporterCallable.call(ImporterCallable.java:26)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.plugins.importer.imports.importer.impl.ImporterCallable.call(ImporterCallable.java:15)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.task.TaskManagerImpl$TaskCallableDecorator.call(TaskManagerImpl.java:528)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.task.TaskManagerImpl$TaskCallableDecorator.call(TaskManagerImpl.java:491)
  	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
  	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
  	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
  	at com.atlassian.jira.task.ForkedThreadExecutor$ForkedRunnableDecorator.run(ForkedThreadExecutor.java:254)
  	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  

Workaround

• You would need a JIRA admin to check or remove the validator requirements in the Create Issue transition for the project's workflow.