Product: Confluence
Environment
| Operating System | |
|---|---|
| Affect Version/s | 2.5.7 |
| JVM | |
| Database | PostgreSQL |
| Application Server | Tomcat 5.5.x |
Error Message
Cause: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.setCookie(CookieUtils.java:100) Stack Trace: [hide] java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.setCookie(CookieUtils.java:100) at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.invalidateCookie(CookieUtils.java:41) at com.atlassian.seraph.util.CookieUtils.invalidateCookie(CookieUtils.java:55) at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.seraph.CrowdAuthenticator.autoLoginToCrowd(CrowdAuthenticator.java:253) at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.seraph.CrowdAuthenticator.isAuthenticated(CrowdAuthenticator.java:156)
Symptom
Seems to be related to Cookies not being reset and also associated with the Remember me functionality.
Diagnostics/Test
Root Cause
When integrating Confluence with Crowd as described here user has experienced Null Pointer Exceptions as soon as the crowd integration was added.
User clicked "Dashboard" link in breadcrumbs.
User had recently changed his password via our password update application.
Solution
Initially it looks as clearing the webbrowser cookies may do the trick. However, it is a known problem in the crowd connector authentication module as described here