GET Forecast Instance NPE
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Description
Describe the bug
Rating Instance GET throws the following error:
26-Mar-2026 11:40:52.679 WARNING [http-nio-7000-exec-3] cwms.cda.ApiServlet.lambda$init$9 error on request[66e1bf53-0fe3-4fb8-8cc0-b0370f9c6af6]:
/swt-data/forecast-instance java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.sql.Blob.length()" because "blob" is null
at cwms.cda.data.dao.ForecastInstanceDao.map(ForecastInstanceDao.java:246)
at cwms.cda.data.dao.ForecastInstanceDao.lambda$getForecastInstances$2(ForecastInstanceDao.java:205)
at org.jooq.impl.DefaultDSLContext.connectionResult(DefaultDSLContext.java:658)
at cwms.cda.data.dao.JooqDao.connectionResult(JooqDao.java:805)
at cwms.cda.data.dao.ForecastInstanceDao.getForecastInstances(ForecastInstanceDao.java:190)
at cwms.cda.api.ForecastInstanceController.getAll(ForecastInstanceController.java:159)
at io.javalin.apibuilder.CrudFunction$1.invoke$lambda-0(CrudHandler.kt:30)
at io.javalin.apibuilder.CrudFunctionHandler.handle(CrudHandler.kt)
at cwms.cda.security.CdaAccessManager.manage(CdaAccessManager.java:37)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServlet.addHandler$lambda-0(JavalinServlet.kt:96)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServlet$lifecycle$2$1$1.invoke(JavalinServlet.kt:43)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServlet$lifecycle$2$1$1.invoke(JavalinServlet.kt:43)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.executeNextTask(JavalinServletHandler.kt:99)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.queueNextTaskOrFinish$lambda-1(JavalinServletHandler.kt:85)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniComposeStage(CompletableFuture.java:1187)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.thenCompose(CompletableFuture.java:2341)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.queueNextTaskOrFinish$javalin(JavalinServletHandler.kt:85)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.executeNextTask$lambda-11$lambda-10(JavalinServletHandler.kt:119)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniApplyNow(CompletableFuture.java:684)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniApplyStage(CompletableFuture.java:662)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.thenApply(CompletableFuture.java:2200)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.executeNextTask(JavalinServletHandler.kt:119)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.queueNextTaskOrFinish$lambda-1(JavalinServletHandler.kt:85)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniComposeStage(CompletableFuture.java:1187)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.thenCompose(CompletableFuture.java:2341)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.queueNextTaskOrFinish$javalin(JavalinServletHandler.kt:85)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.executeNextTask$lambda-11$lambda-10(JavalinServletHandler.kt:119)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniApplyNow(CompletableFuture.java:684)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniApplyStage(CompletableFuture.java:662)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.thenApply(CompletableFuture.java:2200)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.executeNextTask(JavalinServletHandler.kt:119)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.queueNextTaskOrFinish$lambda-1(JavalinServletHandler.kt:85)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniComposeStage(CompletableFuture.java:1187)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.thenCompose(CompletableFuture.java:2341)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServletHandler.queueNextTaskOrFinish$javalin(JavalinServletHandler.kt:85)
at io.javalin.http.JavalinServlet.service(JavalinServlet.kt:89)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:623)
at cwms.cda.ApiServlet.service(ApiServlet.java:947)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:623)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:197)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter.doFilter(HttpHeaderSecurityFilter.java:129)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter.handleNonCORS(CorsFilter.java:334)
at org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter.doFilter(CorsFilter.java:161)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:88)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:491)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:83)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:267)
at fixtures.tomcat.SingleSignOnWrapper.invoke(SingleSignOnWrapper.java:21)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:72)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:344)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:398)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:939)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1832)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:973)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:491)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:63)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)
Expected behavior
Retrieval with the blob handling null approprioatly.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior: Unknown at this time.
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Logs/Incident Identifier
CURL Commands
GET http://localhost:7000/swt-data/forecast-instance?designator=T-D&name=RMA-E-1&office=SWT
CDA Version (please complete the following information):
latest develop
Additional context
Discovered during enhanced extract post work.
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Research direction
Start in cwms.cda.data.dao.ForecastInstanceDao, especially map at line 246 and getForecastInstances around line 190, using the provided GET request to reproduce the failure. Done means the forecast-instance GET handles a null Blob without throwing a NullPointerException and returns the expected retrieval response.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100