Clicking on a Project's Workflow Tab Results in Step cannot be null
Symptoms
In JIRA's administration menu, select a project and click on the Workflow tab. This results in an error message as follows:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Step cannot be null. at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.AbstractJiraWorkflow.getLinkedStatusObject(AbstractJiraWorkflow.java:254) at com.atlassian.jira.projectconfig.contextproviders.WorkflowContextProvider.createWorkflow(WorkflowContextProvider.java:214) at com.atlassian.jira.projectconfig.contextproviders.WorkflowContextProvider.addWorkflowData(WorkflowContextProvider.java:135) at com.atlassian.jira.projectconfig.contextproviders.WorkflowContextProvider.getContextMap(WorkflowContextProvider.java:80)
- While viewing workflow steps, you see a missing step:
The following appears in the
atlassian-jira.log
:2012-03-08 17:32:44,064 http-6060-9 ERROR [500ErrorPage.jsp] Exception caught in 500 page Step cannot be null. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Step cannot be null. at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.AbstractJiraWorkflow.getLinkedStatusObject(AbstractJiraWorkflow.java:254) at com.atlassian.jira.projectconfig.contextproviders.WorkflowContextProvider.createWorkflow(WorkflowContextProvider.java:214) at com.atlassian.jira.projectconfig.contextproviders.WorkflowContextProvider.addWorkflowData(WorkflowContextProvider.java:135)
Cause
There is a missing Step within a project's workflow transition.
Resolution
Edit the Workflow Transition to add a Step
- Create a draft of the existing workflow and edit the transition to add a step.
Detailed instructions on this is available at Configuring Workflows
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016
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