java.lang.NullPointerException when Creating Issue via REST API

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Problem

Creating an issue via REST API in a specific project doesn't work but manual issue creation (UI) works fine. 

 

The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log

2016-06-30 15:59:48,536 http-nio-8718-exec-3 ERROR admin 959x758x1 1prubon 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /rest/api/2/issue/ [c.a.j.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor] Returning internal server error in response
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:192)
	... 4 filtered
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionInterceptor.java:55)
	... 1 filtered
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.scope.RequestScopeInterceptor.intercept(RequestScopeInterceptor.java:39)
	... 14 filtered
	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:154)
	... 1 filtered
	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:68)
	... 86 filtered
	at com.atlassian.jira.security.JiraSecurityFilter.doFilter(JiraSecurityFilter.java:70)
	... 16 filtered
	at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestSeraphFilter.doFilter(RestSeraphFilter.java:37)
	... 73 filtered
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.getFieldMetaBean(AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.java:123)
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.build(AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.java:94)
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.CreateMetaFieldBeanBuilder.build(CreateMetaFieldBeanBuilder.java:61)
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.getValidFieldsForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:476)
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.buildForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:287)
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.CreateIssueResource.createIssue(CreateIssueResource.java:49)
	at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueResource.createIssue(IssueResource.java:596)
...

Diagnosis

  • POSTMAN results to "Internal Server Error" and 500 error
  • Creating an issue via UI works fine
  • Syntax seems to be correct and creates an issue in other projects successfully.

Cause

  • Custom field created out of a third party plugin JIRA Misc Custom Fields is causing the issue

 

Resolution

  • Disabling the third party plugin JIRA Misc Custom Fields allows issue creation via REST API.

 

Last modified on Jun 30, 2016

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