NPE when opening My Work

Bug opened:

https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Rational%20Team%20Concert#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=99485

I noticed similar behavior about a week ago. Our IT organization patched the DB2 Database with the latest Fixpack and I haven't noticed this since.

RTC 2.0.0.1 client -> RTC 2.0.0.1 server on Linux using "DB2 v9.5.0.4"

I've re-started the server, tried a new workspace, ran repotools -verify with no errors.

The last thing I was doing was removing members from team areas and deleting timelines

Some but not all of the team members are getting the following:

eclipse.buildId=I20090914-1300
java.fullversion=J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 Windows XP x86-32 j9vmwi3223ifx-20090422 (JIT enabled)
J9VM - 20090421_34076_lHdSMr
JIT - 20081112_1511ifx6_r8
GC - 200811_07
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -showlocation
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -showlocation


Error
Fri Nov 13 20:55:19 EST 2009
An internal error occurred during: "Load My Work".

com.ibm.team.repository.common.transport.ServiceMethodInvocationError: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.ibm.team.repository.transport.client.RemoteTeamService.getAppropriateException(RemoteTeamService.java:638)
at com.ibm.team.repository.transport.client.RemoteTeamService.executeMethod(RemoteTeamService.java:496)
at com.ibm.team.repository.transport.client.RemoteTeamService.invoke(RemoteTeamService.java:201)
at com.ibm.team.repository.transport.client.ServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ServiceInvocationHandler.java:43)
at $Proxy46.fetchPersonalPlan(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.ServiceInterfaceProxy.invokeServiceCall(ServiceInterfaceProxy.java:149)
at com.ibm.team.repository.client.internal.ServiceInterfaceProxy.invoke(ServiceInterfaceProxy.java:84)
at $Proxy46.fetchPersonalPlan(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.client.IterationPlanClient.fetchPersonalPlan(IterationPlanClient.java:525)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.ide.ui.mywork.MyWorkView$LoadResolver.resolve(MyWorkView.java:1834)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.ide.ui.mywork.MyWorkView$LoadResolver.resolve(MyWorkView.java:1)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.ide.ui.mywork.MyWorkView$11.run(MyWorkView.java:1111)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.common.util.CMode$3.getUUID(CMode.java:47)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.common.util.ItemHashSet.contains(ItemHashSet.java:88)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.IterationPlanService$7.run(IterationPlanService.java:473)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.TransactionService$1.run(TransactionService.java:99)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.rdb.RepositoryDatabase$Transaction.run(RepositoryDatabase.java:466)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.rdb.RepositoryDatabase$1.run(RepositoryDatabase.java:292)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.rdb.ConnectionPoolService.withCurrentConnection(ConnectionPoolService.java:332)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor60.invoke(null)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:370)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.access$0(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:356)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord$ExportedServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:56)
at $Proxy11.withCurrentConnection(null)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.rdb.RepositoryDatabase.runTransaction(RepositoryDatabase.java:288)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.rdb.RepositoryDatabase.runInTransaction(RepositoryDatabase.java:244)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.TransactionService.runInTransaction(TransactionService.java:74)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.TransactionService.runInTransaction(TransactionService.java:63)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:370)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.access$0(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:356)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord$ExportedServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:56)
at $Proxy44.runInTransaction(null)
at com.ibm.team.repository.service.AbstractService.runInTransaction(AbstractService.java:751)
at com.ibm.team.apt.internal.service.IterationPlanService.fetchPersonalPlan(IterationPlanService.java:399)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:370)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord.access$0(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:356)
at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyServiceRecord$ExportedServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:56)
at $Proxy206.fetchPersonalPlan(null)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.handleMethod(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:1157)
at com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.executeMethod(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:913)
at com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.doPost(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:715)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
at com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.handleRequest2(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:1736)
at com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.handleRequest(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:1606)
at com.ibm.team.repository.servlet.AbstractTeamServerServlet.service(AbstractTeamServerServlet.java:1519)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager$ServletWrapper.service(ServletManager.java:180)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.handleRequest(ServletRegistration.java:90)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:111)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:75)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.eclipse.equinox.servletbridge.BridgeServlet.service(BridgeServlet.java:121)
at com.ibm.team.repository.server.servletbridge.JazzServlet.service(JazzServlet.java:54)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:810)
at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.marshal.util.MarshallerUtil.decodeExceptions(MarshallerUtil.java:326)
at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.marshal.util.MarshallerUtil.decodeExceptions(MarshallerUtil.java:296)
at com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.marshal.util.MarshallerUtil.decodeFault(MarshallerUtil.java:261)
at com.ibm.team.repository.transport.client.RemoteTeamService.constructExceptionFromFault(RemoteTeamService.java:613)
at com.ibm.team.repository.transport.client.RemoteTeamService.executeMethod(RemoteTeamService.java:483)
... 15 more

Team Areas that do not have a timeline can cause the My Work view to NPE

Steps to reproduce:
1) Clear the "Project timeline" if you have one set
2) Clear the timeline of a team area that you are a member of.
3) open or refresh the My Work view -> NPE

I started to get these problems because I didn't have a Project timeline and I began clearing timelines on team areas that didn't have deliverables.

Bottom line: Team areas must have a timeline... either explicitly set or defaulting to the project timeline.

Once I created a Project area timeline the NPEs stopped.

I will see about opening a bug.

Ideally a team area should give a warning or should not allow a save if the project timeline is not set.