[JENKINS-18672] NPE when reading JUnit reports

When reading the generated reports I get the following exception

Recording test results

ERROR: Publisher hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver aborted due to exception

java.lang.NullPointerException

at hudson.tasks.junit.CaseResult.getPackageName(CaseResult.java:289)

at hudson.tasks.junit.TestResult.tally(TestResult.java:578)

at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitParser$ParseResultCallable.invoke(JUnitParser.java:118)

at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitParser$ParseResultCallable.invoke(JUnitParser.java:90)

at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:905)

at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:878)

at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitParser.parse(JUnitParser.java:87)

at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver.parse(JUnitResultArchiver.java:121)

at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver.perform(JUnitResultArchiver.java:133)

at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:19)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:804)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:776)

at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:183)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:726)

at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1618)

at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)

at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)

at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:247)

example xml result:

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Originally reported by booveman, imported from: NPE when reading JUnit reports

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): junit-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 2025-11-26
  

Raw content of original issue

When reading the generated reports I get the following exception


Recording test results

ERROR: Publisher hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver aborted due to exception

java.lang.NullPointerException

    at hudson.tasks.junit.CaseResult.getPackageName(CaseResult.java:289)

at hudson.tasks.junit.TestResult.tally(TestResult.java:578)

	at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitParser$ParseResultCallable.invoke(JUnitParser.java:118)

	at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitParser$ParseResultCallable.invoke(JUnitParser.java:90)

	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:905)

	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:878)

	at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitParser.parse(JUnitParser.java:87)

	at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver.parse(JUnitResultArchiver.java:121)

	at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver.perform(JUnitResultArchiver.java:133)

	at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:19)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:804)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:776)

	at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:183)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:726)

	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1618)

	at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)

	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)

	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:247)


example xml result:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<testsuite name="User with two api keys" tests="1" time="0.409146879" failures="0" errors="0" skipped="0">

  <testcase name="User with two api keys #api_key returns the first api key" time="0.408775226">

  </testcase>

  <system-out>

  </system-out>

  <system-err>

  </system-err>

</testsuite>

environment

```
ruby 1.9.3-p448

rails 3.2.13

rspec 2.13.1

ci_reporter 1.9.0

jenkins 1.521
```

Start at CaseResult.getPackageName() at CaseResult.java:289 and trace how the supplied JUnit XML is parsed through TestResult.tally and JUnitParser. Reproduce the report-reading failure with the example XML, then verify that processing the report completes without the reported NullPointerException.

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