Invalid JQL shows as valid but actually fails on search

2023-10-31 14:35:27,361 http-nio-2990-exec-6 ERROR admin 875x547x2 12okgk3 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /rest/issueNav/1/issueTable [c.a.p.r.c.error.jersey.ThrowableExceptionMapper] Uncaught exception thrown by REST service: name should not be null!
com.atlassian.jira.util.dbc.Assertions$NullArgumentException: name should not be null!
    at com.atlassian.jira.util.dbc.Assertions.notNull(Assertions.java:25)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.resolver.UserResolverImpl.getIdsFromName(UserResolverImpl.java:46)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.resolver.ChangeHistoryFieldIdResolver.resolveIdsForUserField(ChangeHistoryFieldIdResolver.java:98)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.resolver.ChangeHistoryFieldIdResolver.resolveIdsForField(ChangeHistoryFieldIdResolver.java:77)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.query.WasClauseQueryFactory.makeQuery(WasClauseQueryFactory.java:109)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.query.WasClauseQueryFactory.create(WasClauseQueryFactory.java:71)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.query.ContextAwareQueryVisitor.visit(ContextAwareQueryVisitor.java:116)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.query.ContextAwareQueryVisitor.visit(ContextAwareQueryVisitor.java:27)
    at com.atlassian.query.clause.WasClauseImpl.accept(WasClauseImpl.java:45)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.query.QueryVisitor.createQuery(QueryVisitor.java:51)
    at com.atlassian.jira.jql.query.DefaultLuceneQueryBuilder.createLuceneQuery(DefaultLuceneQueryBuilder.java:29)
    at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.createLuceneQuery(LuceneSearchProvider.java:343)
    at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.getHits(LuceneSearchProvider.java:229)
    at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.search(LuceneSearchProvider.java:375)
    at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.search(LuceneSearchProvider.java:138)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at com.atlassian.plugin.util.ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.java:26)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy152.search(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:344)
    at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.importer.support.internal.aop.ServiceInvoker.doInvoke(ServiceInvoker.java:56)
    at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.importer.support.internal.aop.ServiceInvoker.invoke(ServiceInvoker.java:60)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:137)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:124)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.util.internal.aop.ServiceTCCLInterceptor.invokeUnprivileged(ServiceTCCLInterceptor.java:70)
    at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.util.internal.aop.ServiceTCCLInterceptor.invoke(ServiceTCCLInterceptor.java:53)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.importer.support.LocalBundleContextAdvice.invoke(LocalBundleContextAdvice.java:57)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:137)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:124)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:215)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy3511.search(Unknown Source)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.service.issuetable.AbstractIssueTableCreator.collectIssues(AbstractIssueTableCreator.java:164)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.service.issuetable.AbstractIssueTableCreator.executeNormalSearch(AbstractIssueTableCreator.java:235)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.service.issuetable.AbstractIssueTableCreator.create(AbstractIssueTableCreator.java:203)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.service.issuetable.DefaultIssueTableService.createIssueTableFromCreator(DefaultIssueTableService.java:176)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.service.issuetable.DefaultIssueTableService.getIssueTable(DefaultIssueTableService.java:280)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.service.issuetable.DefaultIssueTableService.getIssueTableFromFilterWithJql(DefaultIssueTableService.java:121)
    at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.issuenav.rest.IssueTableResource.getIssueTableHtml(IssueTableResource.java:99)