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Change Notice and activity workflows are not starting suddenly. Didn't have any clue regarding the root cause. Earlier they are working fine. The same workflows are working on other environment. Can anyone throw some light on the root cause?
2024-04-25 11:39:10,182 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.invokeByReflection(WfExpression.java:1464) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.executeTransition(WfExpression.java:1407) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.execute(WfExpression.java:523) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.engine.WfExecutionObject.evaluateExpression(WfExecutionObject.java:857) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,183 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:698) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:283) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.engine.StandardWfEngineService.changeState(StandardWfEngineService.java:1384) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor560.invoke(Unknown Source) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.queue.QueueEntry.execute(QueueEntry.java:231) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.queue.QueueRunnable.run(QueueRunnable.java:159) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,184 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,185 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException 2024-04-25 11:39:10,185 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - at wt.workflow.expr.WfExpression196435081.executemethod_1(WfExpression196435081.java:50) 2024-04-25 11:39:10,185 INFO [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.system.err wcadmin - ... 19 more 2024-04-25 11:39:10,200 ERROR [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] root wcadmin - Queue entry number: 8377992 java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor560.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at wt.queue.QueueEntry.execute(QueueEntry.java:231) at wt.queue.QueueRunnable.run(QueueRunnable.java:159) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) Caused by: wt.workflow.engine.CannotStartException: wt.util.WTException: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.getWfException(WfProcess.java:1336) at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:919) at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:283) at wt.workflow.engine.StandardWfEngineService.changeState(StandardWfEngineService.java:1384) ... 8 more Caused by: wt.util.WTException: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.executeTransition(WfExpression.java:1430) at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.execute(WfExpression.java:523) at wt.workflow.engine.WfExecutionObject.evaluateExpression(WfExecutionObject.java:857) at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:698) ... 10 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at wt.workflow.expr.WfExpression196435081.executemethod_1(WfExpression196435081.java:50) 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 wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.invokeByReflection(WfExpression.java:1464) at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.executeTransition(WfExpression.java:1407) ... 13 more 2024-04-25 11:39:10,207 WARN [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.jmx.notif.queue wcadmin - Time=2024-04-25 11:39:10.206 -0600, Name=QueueNotifier, SourceObjectName=com.ptc:wt.subsystem=Monitors,wt.monitorType=Queues,Name=StandardQueueService,Emitter=GenericExecEntryNotifier, class=class javax.management.Notification, type=wt.queue.NotifierMBean.queueEntryExec.problems, userData=8377992, message=Queue WfPropagationQueue experiencing entry execution problems, JVM Name=946047@adcvmlx053.gates.com, Queue Info=[MinMinutesBetweenNotifications=30] 2024-04-25 11:39:10,211 ERROR [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-25184] wt.method.MethodContextMonitor.contexts.other wcadmin - 2024-04-25 11:39:07.297 -0600, -4qvw2y4lp1yc;lvaswzxx;946047;nlquu1;494721, -, -, -, wcadmin, adcvmlx053.gates.com, wt.queue.QueueRunnable-WfPropagationQueue, run, , 0, 25, 0.043779136, 4, 0.004123892, 0.031180576, 2.914208913 wt.workflow.engine.CannotStartException: wt.util.WTException: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: java.lang.NullPointerException Nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException at wt.workflow.expr.WfExpression196435081.executemethod_1(WfExpression196435081.java:50) 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 wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.invokeByReflection(WfExpression.java:1464) at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.executeTransition(WfExpression.java:1407) at wt.workflow.definer.WfExpression.execute(WfExpression.java:523) at wt.workflow.engine.WfExecutionObject.evaluateExpression(WfExecutionObject.java:857) at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:698) at wt.workflow.engine.WfProcess.changeState(WfProcess.java:283) at wt.workflow.engine.StandardWfEngineService.changeState(StandardWfEngineService.java:1384) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor560.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at wt.queue.QueueEntry.execute(QueueEntry.java:231) at wt.queue.QueueRunnable.run(QueueRunnable.java:159) 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)
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Hi,
you have a NPE (Null Pointer Exception) in a robot expression.
To see exactly where, you need to look at the Java source file generated by the framework: <WT_HOME>/codebase/wt/workflow/expr/WfExpression196435081.java
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at wt.workflow.expr.WfExpression196435081.executemethod_1(WfExpression196435081.java:50)
Line 50 is where you should see what variable is null.
To get that file generated, you have to "Externalize expressions" of the workflow that fails.
Florent
Hi,
you have a NPE (Null Pointer Exception) in a robot expression.
To see exactly where, you need to look at the Java source file generated by the framework: <WT_HOME>/codebase/wt/workflow/expr/WfExpression196435081.java
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at wt.workflow.expr.WfExpression196435081.executemethod_1(WfExpression196435081.java:50)
Line 50 is where you should see what variable is null.
To get that file generated, you have to "Externalize expressions" of the workflow that fails.
Florent
This is awesome! I did "Externalize expressions", it generated a java file in src.
The line where I am getting null pointer exception is because of a custom variable for change notice description, it was empty and didn't created a null check. Thank you very much Florent@BRP
Florent@BRP Once we externalize and do a restart, the workflow code in the robots is changed, we faced some issues while running workflows, they got stuck. Is there a way we can revert this?
Or, could you help me understand how do we manage if we externalize workflows in a cluster environment?
Hi @Srivalli
If you didn't check the checkbox "Check-out before" (I don't recall the exact terms), It's too late to revert this.
You have to figure the class files that have been generated and copy those over the other nodes, especially on the node that runs the BGMS that executes the queue group of the workflows.
Florent
Florent@BRP Thanks much Florent!
As you mentioned, I should have selected this check box for check-out option. As I have not selected, it has updated the existing one, we still have a backup from a different server, we are good.
Another thing, we missed to copy these externalized classes to master, so its unable to find them, we got invocation target exception, which is understandable.
Clearly the process is having a hard time changing its state.
Is the target state even available for the process?
What is the target state?
You really need to post all the info.