I'm seeing exactly the same issue with AD plugin 1.22 and Jenkins 1.438.

I am seeing the same symptoms using Jenkins 1.439 and AD plugin 1.2.2. But the stack trace is different:

Caused by: org.acegisecurity.AuthenticationServiceException: Unable to retrieve the user information without bind DN/password configured
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:124)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:100)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:61)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.AbstractActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider.loadUserByUsername(AbstractActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider.java:23)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectorySecurityRealm.loadUserByUsername(ActiveDirectorySecurityRealm.java:514)
at hudson.security.GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy$DescriptorImpl.doCheckName_(GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java:302)
at hudson.security.GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy$DescriptorImpl.doCheckName(GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java:287)
... 57 more

same for me.
Unfortunately, i cant downgrade, b/c then i receive dozens of "cant read project" errors, loosing most of my configured jobs :/
(going back to latest 1.22 resolves this asap)

I think this is a dupe of https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-11643

I also see the ERROR in user/group column in matrix secturity settings (Solaris 10, Tomcat 6.0.33, Jenkins 440. week ago migrated from Hudson, ActiveDirectory 1.22), attempt to save configuration for a secured project failed with the following exception. Downgrade to previously installed AD 1.17 fixed the problem.

28-Nov-2011 14:11:00 hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider retrieveUser
WARNING: Credential exception tying to authenticate against AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD domain
org.acegisecurity.BadCredentialsException: Failed to retrieve user information for xxxxx; nested exception is javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP:
error code 49 - 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C090334, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, vece^@]; remaining name 'DC=AAA,DC=BBB,DC=CCC,DC=DDD'
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:174)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:100)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:61)
at org.acegisecurity.providers.dao.AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java:119)
at org.acegisecurity.providers.ProviderManager.doAuthentication(ProviderManager.java:195)
at org.acegisecurity.AbstractAuthenticationManager.authenticate(AbstractAuthenticationManager.java:45)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.webapp.AuthenticationProcessingFilter.attemptAuthentication(AuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:71)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:252)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:173)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at jenkins.security.ApiTokenFilter.doFilter(ApiTokenFilter.java:61)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:66)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:470)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:291)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP: error code 49 - 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C090334, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, vec
e^@]; remaining name 'DC=AAA,DC=BBB,DC=CCC,DC=DDD'
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.mapErrorCode(LdapCtx.java:3005)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2951)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.processReturnCode(LdapCtx.java:2753)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.connect(LdapCtx.java:2667)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.ensureOpen(LdapCtx.java:2566)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.ensureOpen(LdapCtx.java:2540)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.doSearch(LdapCtx.java:1905)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.searchAux(LdapCtx.java:1810)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_search(LdapCtx.java:1735)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_search(LdapCtx.java:1752)
at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentDirContext.p_search(ComponentDirContext.java:394)
at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:376)
at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:358)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.LDAPSearchBuilder.search(LDAPSearchBuilder.java:52)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.LDAPSearchBuilder.searchOne(LDAPSearchBuilder.java:42)
at hudson.plugins.active_directory.ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.retrieveUser(ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java:135)
... 33 more

Have the same problem running as a windows service using master-slave setup. The system will also lose logged in users every time they navigate. Was able to roll this back to vs. 1.19 and it works again. However, I am now unable to bring up the People tab and every time I go into the configuration setup for Jenkins I see the following error in the log:

Nov 29, 2011 11:08:21 AM hudson.ExpressionFactory2$JexlExpression evaluate
WARNING: Caught exception evaluating: descriptor.getPropertyType(instance,field).itemTypeDescriptorOrDie. Reason: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.util.PropertyExecutor.execute(PropertyExecutor.java:125)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelGetterImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:314)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTArrayAccess.evaluateExpr(ASTArrayAccess.java:185)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:75)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:83)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:57)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReferenceExpression.value(ASTReferenceExpression.java:51)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.ExpressionImpl.evaluate(ExpressionImpl.java:80)
at hudson.ExpressionFactory2$JexlExpression.evaluate(ExpressionFactory2.java:72)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$3.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:134)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.WhenTag.doTag(WhenTag.java:46)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.ChooseTag.doTag(ChooseTag.java:38)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.WhenTag.doTag(WhenTag.java:46)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.ChooseTag.doTag(ChooseTag.java:38)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyViewScript.run(JellyViewScript.java:63)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.IncludeTag.doTag(IncludeTag.java:146)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.OtherwiseTag.doTag(OtherwiseTag.java:41)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.ChooseTag.doTag(ChooseTag.java:38)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.ForEachTag.doTag(ForEachTag.java:150)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$1.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyViewScript.run(JellyViewScript.java:63)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:63)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyFacet$1.dispatch(JellyFacet.java:92)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:561)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:477)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:159)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45)
at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:249)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:335)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:378)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:95)
at hudson.plugins.greenballs.GreenBallFilter.doFilter(GreenBallFilter.java:74)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:98)
at hudson.plugins.audit_trail.AuditTrailFilter.doFilter(AuditTrailFilter.java:66)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:98)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:87)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:166)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:173)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at jenkins.security.ApiTokenFilter.doFilter(ApiTokenFilter.java:61)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:66)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:244)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:150)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.AssertionError: null is missing its descriptor
at jenkins.model.Jenkins.getDescriptorOrDie(Jenkins.java:1077)
at hudson.model.Descriptor$PropertyType.getItemTypeDescriptorOrDie(Descriptor.java:187)
... 163 more

Code changed in jenkins
User: Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Path:
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/active_directory/ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/active-directory-plugin/7021070f0686dc6ca49483c03161a3b7c2d9eff0
Log:
[FIXED JENKINS-11720] BadCredentialsException thrown from the doCheckName method initiates the authentication, but this makes no sense for form validation check.

Compare: https://github.com/jenkinsci/active-directory-plugin/compare/2368c4f...7021070

Code changed in jenkins
User: Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Path:
core/src/main/java/hudson/security/GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/471566ddfa4e2bf9aa5ba0685020a6d233b5b010
Log:
[FIXED JENKINS-11720] Unhandled AuthenticationException causes ExceptionTranslationFilter to initiate the authentication, but for check methods it makes no sense. So catch them, and report it as a problem.

Compare: https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/compare/1992b06...471566d