When you try to install a plugin that is missing some dependencies or otherwise fails to start, SEVERE: Failed Loading plugin … or SEVERE: Failed Initializing plugin … with a detailed stack trace is shown, which is fine. But then you also get

      … jenkins.InitReactorRunner$1 onTaskFailed
      SEVERE: Failed Initializing plugin …
      java.lang.NullPointerException
      	at hudson.PluginManager$2$1$2.run(PluginManager.java:349)
      	at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.TaskGraphBuilder$TaskImpl.run(TaskGraphBuilder.java:146)
      	at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.runTask(Reactor.java:259)
      	at jenkins.model.Jenkins$7.runTask(Jenkins.java:883)
      	at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$2.run(Reactor.java:187)
      	at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$Node.run(Reactor.java:94)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
      

      which is pretty clumsy—p.getPlugin() is null yet this is not being checked.

          [JENKINS-15511] NPE from PluginManager

          Code changed in jenkins
          User: Jesse Glick
          Path:
          changelog.html
          core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java
          http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/eb18f080bb7e1842ee8031c6a8e6c665e527badf
          Log:
          [FIXED JENKINS-15511] NPE from PluginManager.

          SCM/JIRA link daemon added a comment - Code changed in jenkins User: Jesse Glick Path: changelog.html core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/eb18f080bb7e1842ee8031c6a8e6c665e527badf Log: [FIXED JENKINS-15511] NPE from PluginManager.

          dogfood added a comment -

          Integrated in jenkins_main_trunk #1999
          [FIXED JENKINS-15511] NPE from PluginManager. (Revision eb18f080bb7e1842ee8031c6a8e6c665e527badf)

          Result = SUCCESS
          Jesse Glick : eb18f080bb7e1842ee8031c6a8e6c665e527badf
          Files :

          • changelog.html
          • core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java

          dogfood added a comment - Integrated in jenkins_main_trunk #1999 [FIXED JENKINS-15511] NPE from PluginManager. (Revision eb18f080bb7e1842ee8031c6a8e6c665e527badf) Result = SUCCESS Jesse Glick : eb18f080bb7e1842ee8031c6a8e6c665e527badf Files : changelog.html core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java

            jglick Jesse Glick
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