[JENKINS-63723] NPE at the end of a build after restart

Hit the following NPE after an instance restart. According to the logs, the build completed its current step, then failed.

 java.lang.NullPointerException

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution$TailCall.onSuccess(GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.java:138)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsBodyExecution$SuccessAdapter.receive(CpsBodyExecution.java:377)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Outcome.resumeFrom(Outcome.java:73)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:166)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:163)

 	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:129)

 	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:268)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:163)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:18)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:51)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:185)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:400)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$400(CpsThreadGroup.java:96)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:312)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:276)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:67)

 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

 	at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:136)

 	at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)

 	at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$1.run(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:59)

 	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)

 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)

 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)

 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 

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Originally reported by vlatombe, imported from: NPE at the end of a build after restart

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): workflow-step-api-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 20260601-173816
  

Raw content of original issue

Hit the following NPE after an instance restart. According to the logs, the build completed its current step, then failed.



 java.lang.NullPointerException

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution$TailCall.onSuccess(GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.java:138)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsBodyExecution$SuccessAdapter.receive(CpsBodyExecution.java:377)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Outcome.resumeFrom(Outcome.java:73)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:166)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:163)

 	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:129)

 	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:268)

 	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:163)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:18)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:51)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:185)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:400)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$400(CpsThreadGroup.java:96)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:312)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:276)

 	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:67)

 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

 	at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:136)

 	at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)

 	at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$1.run(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:59)

 	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)

 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)

 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)

 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 

• environment: workflow-step-api 2.22