message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NullPointerException org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:603) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646) org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:233) org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:561) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:477) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:159) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:94) hudson.plugins.audit_trail.AuditTrailFilter.doFilter(AuditTrailFilter.java:66) hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:97) hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:86) hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84) hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:166) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:173) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249) hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:66) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76) hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164) hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81) root cause java.lang.NullPointerException hudson.model.AbstractItem.getRootDir(AbstractItem.java:118) hudson.model.Items.getConfigFile(Items.java:129) hudson.model.AbstractItem.getConfigFile(AbstractItem.java:373) hudson.model.AbstractItem.save(AbstractItem.java:368) hudson.model.Job.save(Job.java:155) hudson.diagnosis.OldDataMonitor.doDiscard(OldDataMonitor.java:274) sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:282) org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:149) org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:88) org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:103) org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:561) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646) org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:233) org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:561) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:477) org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:159) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:94) hudson.plugins.audit_trail.AuditTrailFilter.doFilter(AuditTrailFilter.java:66) hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:97) hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:86) hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84) hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:166) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:173) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249) hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:66) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87) hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76) hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164) hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 logs. Apache Tomcat/6.0.29