I have setup a simple jenkins pipeline  that gets triggered on Jira status change

the webhook receiver  fails  with this stacktrace logs:

Error while serving http://<my-jenkins-host.com>/jenkins/jira-trigger-webhook-receiver/ org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException: JSONObject["description"] not found. at org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject.get(JSONObject.java:360) at org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject.getString(JSONObject.java:487) at com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.json.StatusJsonParser.parse(StatusJsonParser.java:35) at com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.json.IssueJsonParser.parse(IssueJsonParser.java:244) at com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.json.IssueJsonParser$parse.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.WebhookChangelogEventJsonParser.parse(WebhookChangelogEventJsonParser.groovy:35) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.WebhookChangelogEventJsonParser$parse.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhook.processEvent(JiraWebhook.groovy:63) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhook$processEvent.callCurrent(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhook.doIndex(JiraWebhook.groovy:51) at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.invokeWithArguments(MethodHandle.java:710) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$MethodFunction.invoke(Function.java:397) Caused: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$MethodFunction.invoke(Function.java:401) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:409) at org.kohsuke.stapler.interceptor.RequirePOST$Processor.invoke(RequirePOST.java:78) at org.kohsuke.stapler.PreInvokeInterceptedFunction.invoke(PreInvokeInterceptedFunction.java:26) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:207) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:140) at org.kohsuke.stapler.IndexDispatcher.dispatch(IndexDispatcher.java:28) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:770) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:900) at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$9.dispatch(MetaClass.java:475) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:770) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:900) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:698) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:248) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:590) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:764) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$ChainEnd.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1665) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:163) at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter$0.call(Unknown Source) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47) at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter$0.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.ExceptionLoggingFilter.doFilter(ExceptionLoggingFilter.groovy:29) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:160) at jenkins.util.HttpServletFilter$1.doFilter(HttpServletFilter.java:76) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:160) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:166) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter$0.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhookCrumbExclusion.process(JiraWebhookCrumbExclusion.groovy:22) at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:128) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:94) at jenkins.security.AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.java:52) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:54) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:126) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:120) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:100) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:145) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:101) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:227) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:221) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at jenkins.security.BasicHeaderProcessor.doFilter(BasicHeaderProcessor.java:97) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:117) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87) at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:63) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:111) at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:172) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:53) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:86) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at org.kohsuke.stapler.DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.doFilter(DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.java:30) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at jenkins.security.SuspiciousRequestFilter.doFilter(SuspiciousRequestFilter.java:38) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:527) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:131) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:549) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:122) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:223) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1570) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:221) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1384) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:176) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:484) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1543) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:174) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1306) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:129) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:122) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:563) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.lambda$handle$0(HttpChannel.java:505) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.dispatch(HttpChannel.java:762) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:497) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:282) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:314) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:100) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.SelectableChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectableChannelEndPoint.java:53) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.runTask(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:416) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.consumeTask(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:385) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.tryProduce(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:272) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.lambda$new$0(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:140) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:411) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:969) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.doRunJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:1194) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:1149) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) 

Caught unhandled exception with ID 036a7aa7-9bc3-4305-bfb5-7d4381f8e591 org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException: JSONObject["description"] not found. at org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject.get(JSONObject.java:360) at org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject.getString(JSONObject.java:487) at com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.json.StatusJsonParser.parse(StatusJsonParser.java:35) at com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.json.IssueJsonParser.parse(IssueJsonParser.java:244) at com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.json.IssueJsonParser$parse.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.WebhookChangelogEventJsonParser.parse(WebhookChangelogEventJsonParser.groovy:35) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.WebhookChangelogEventJsonParser$parse.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhook.processEvent(JiraWebhook.groovy:63) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhook$processEvent.callCurrent(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhook.doIndex(JiraWebhook.groovy:51) at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.invokeWithArguments(MethodHandle.java:710) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$MethodFunction.invoke(Function.java:397) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:409) at org.kohsuke.stapler.interceptor.RequirePOST$Processor.invoke(RequirePOST.java:78) at org.kohsuke.stapler.PreInvokeInterceptedFunction.invoke(PreInvokeInterceptedFunction.java:26) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:207) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:140) at org.kohsuke.stapler.IndexDispatcher.dispatch(IndexDispatcher.java:28) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:770) Caused: javax.servlet.ServletException at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:818) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:900) at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$9.dispatch(MetaClass.java:475) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:770) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:900) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:698) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:248) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:590) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:764) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$ChainEnd.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1665) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:163) at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter$0.call(Unknown Source) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47) at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter$0.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.ExceptionLoggingFilter.doFilter(ExceptionLoggingFilter.groovy:29) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:160) at jenkins.util.HttpServletFilter$1.doFilter(HttpServletFilter.java:76) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:160) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:166) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter$0.call(Unknown Source) at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.webhook.JiraWebhookCrumbExclusion.process(JiraWebhookCrumbExclusion.groovy:22) at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:128) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:94) at jenkins.security.AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.java:52) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:54) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:126) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:120) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:100) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:145) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:101) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:227) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:221) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at jenkins.security.BasicHeaderProcessor.doFilter(BasicHeaderProcessor.java:97) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:117) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87) at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:63) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:111) at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:172) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:53) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:86) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at org.kohsuke.stapler.DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.doFilter(DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.java:30) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at jenkins.security.SuspiciousRequestFilter.doFilter(SuspiciousRequestFilter.java:38) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1635) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:527) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:131) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:549) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:122) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:223) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1570) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:221) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1384) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:176) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:484) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1543) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:174) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1306) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:129) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:122) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:563) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.lambda$handle$0(HttpChannel.java:505) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.dispatch(HttpChannel.java:762) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:497) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:282) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:314) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:100) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.SelectableChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectableChannelEndPoint.java:53) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.runTask(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:416) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.consumeTask(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:385) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.tryProduce(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:272) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.lambda$new$0(AdaptiveExecutionStrategy.java:140) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:411) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:969) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.doRunJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:1194) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:1149) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

But when i change the  ticket status Close the jenkins pipeline gets triggered.