[MGNLWORKFLOW-329] publish workflow fails when configured Created: 30/Mar/16  Updated: 01/Oct/18  Resolved: 12/Apr/16

Status: Closed
Project: Magnolia Workflow Module
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 5.5.1
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Major
Reporter: Richard Gange Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Not an issue Votes: 1
Labels: support
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
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is duplicated by MGNLWORKFLOW-335 Workflow "Publish" broken due to Sche... Closed
relation
is related to MGNLWORKFLOW-330 scheduleTask should create a task if ... Closed
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Story Points: 8

 Description   

To reproduce:

  1. switch /modules/workflow/commands/workflow/activate/activate@workflow from "reviewForPublication" to "publish"
  2. Try and publish a page.
  3. See error
2016-03-30 13:07:11,700 ERROR lia.module.workflow.commands.LaunchWorkflowCommand: Error launching workflow [publish].
info.magnolia.module.workflow.api.WorkflowException: Error starting workflow.
	at info.magnolia.module.workflow.jbpm.JbpmWorkflowManager.launch(JbpmWorkflowManager.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.module.workflow.commands.LaunchWorkflowCommand.execute(LaunchWorkflowCommand.java:72)
	at info.magnolia.commands.MgnlCommand.executeSynchronized(MgnlCommand.java:80)
	at info.magnolia.commands.MgnlCommand.execute(MgnlCommand.java:69)
	at info.magnolia.commands.chain.ChainBase.execute(ChainBase.java:101)
	at info.magnolia.commands.DelegateCommand.execute(DelegateCommand.java:66)
	at info.magnolia.commands.CommandsManager.executeCommand(CommandsManager.java:256)
	at info.magnolia.commands.CommandsManager.executeCommand(CommandsManager.java:244)
	at info.magnolia.ui.framework.action.AbstractCommandAction.executeOnItem(AbstractCommandAction.java:202)
	at info.magnolia.ui.framework.action.AbstractMultiItemAction.execute(AbstractMultiItemAction.java:107)
	at info.magnolia.ui.api.action.AbstractActionExecutor.execute(AbstractActionExecutor.java:62)
	at info.magnolia.ui.dialog.BaseDialogPresenter.executeAction(BaseDialogPresenter.java:212)
	at info.magnolia.ui.dialog.BaseDialogPresenter.onActionFired(BaseDialogPresenter.java:202)
	at info.magnolia.ui.dialog.actionarea.renderer.DefaultEditorActionRenderer$DefaultActionView$1.buttonClick(DefaultEditorActionRenderer.java:67)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
	at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:508)
	at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:198)
	at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:161)
	at com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector.fireEvent(AbstractClientConnector.java:977)
	at com.vaadin.ui.Button.fireClick(Button.java:393)
	at com.vaadin.ui.Button$1.click(Button.java:61)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:168)
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:118)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocations(ServerRpcHandler.java:291)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleRpc(ServerRpcHandler.java:184)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.UidlRequestHandler.synchronizedHandleRequest(UidlRequestHandler.java:92)
	at com.vaadin.server.SynchronizedRequestHandler.handleRequest(SynchronizedRequestHandler.java:41)
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1408)
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinServlet.service(VaadinServlet.java:350)
	at info.magnolia.ui.admincentral.AdmincentralVaadinServlet.service(AdmincentralVaadinServlet.java:131)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.ServletDispatchingFilter.doFilter(ServletDispatchingFilter.java:148)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:65)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.VirtualUriFilter.doFilter(VirtualUriFilter.java:69)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.module.cache.executor.Bypass.processCacheRequest(Bypass.java:58)
	at info.magnolia.module.cache.executor.CompositeExecutor.processCacheRequest(CompositeExecutor.java:67)
	at info.magnolia.module.cache.filter.CacheFilter.doFilter(CacheFilter.java:174)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:59)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.i18n.I18nContentSupportFilter.doFilter(I18nContentSupportFilter.java:74)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.RangeSupportFilter.doFilter(RangeSupportFilter.java:84)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.security.BaseSecurityFilter.doFilter(BaseSecurityFilter.java:57)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.security.SecurityCallbackFilter.doFilter(SecurityCallbackFilter.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:59)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.security.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:94)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:59)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.module.site.filters.SiteMergeFilter.doFilter(SiteMergeFilter.java:119)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.multisite.filters.MultiSiteFilter.doFilter(MultiSiteFilter.java:106)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MultiChannelFilter.doFilter(MultiChannelFilter.java:83)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.module.cache.filter.GZipFilter.doFilter(GZipFilter.java:73)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:59)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.security.auth.login.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:127)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.enterprise.registration.RegistrationFilter.doFilter(RegistrationFilter.java:64)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.personalization.preview.filter.PreviewFilter.doFilter(PreviewFilter.java:92)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:59)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:81)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.ContentTypeFilter.doFilter(ContentTypeFilter.java:148)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:128)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:79)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:65)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:85)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.SafeDestroyMgnlFilterWrapper.doFilter(SafeDestroyMgnlFilterWrapper.java:107)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterDispatcher.doDispatch(MgnlFilterDispatcher.java:67)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlMainFilter.doFilter(MgnlMainFilter.java:108)
	at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlMainFilter.doFilter(MgnlMainFilter.java:94)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:956)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:423)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1079)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:625)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:318)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.jbpm.workflow.instance.WorkflowRuntimeException: [info.magnolia.workflow.Publication:1,459,357,561,192 - :9] -- Exception when trying to evaluate constraint Aborted in split 
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.SplitInstance.internalTrigger(SplitInstance.java:67)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.trigger(NodeInstanceImpl.java:171)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.triggerNodeInstance(NodeInstanceImpl.java:364)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.triggerCompleted(NodeInstanceImpl.java:323)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.JoinInstance.triggerCompleted(JoinInstance.java:266)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.JoinInstance.internalTrigger(JoinInstance.java:62)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.trigger(NodeInstanceImpl.java:171)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.triggerNodeInstance(NodeInstanceImpl.java:364)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.triggerConnection(NodeInstanceImpl.java:379)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.SplitInstance.executeStrategy(SplitInstance.java:117)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.SplitInstance.internalTrigger(SplitInstance.java:63)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.trigger(NodeInstanceImpl.java:171)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.triggerNodeInstance(NodeInstanceImpl.java:364)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.triggerCompleted(NodeInstanceImpl.java:323)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.StartNodeInstance.triggerCompleted(StartNodeInstance.java:73)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.StartNodeInstance.internalTrigger(StartNodeInstance.java:44)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.NodeInstanceImpl.trigger(NodeInstanceImpl.java:171)
	at org.jbpm.ruleflow.instance.RuleFlowProcessInstance.internalStart(RuleFlowProcessInstance.java:35)
	at org.jbpm.process.instance.impl.ProcessInstanceImpl.start(ProcessInstanceImpl.java:236)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.impl.WorkflowProcessInstanceImpl.start(WorkflowProcessInstanceImpl.java:389)
	at org.jbpm.process.instance.ProcessRuntimeImpl.startProcessInstance(ProcessRuntimeImpl.java:195)
	at org.jbpm.process.instance.ProcessRuntimeImpl.startProcess(ProcessRuntimeImpl.java:177)
	at org.jbpm.process.instance.ProcessRuntimeImpl.startProcess(ProcessRuntimeImpl.java:169)
	at org.drools.core.impl.StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.startProcess(StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.java:1901)
	at org.drools.core.command.runtime.process.StartProcessCommand.execute(StartProcessCommand.java:122)
	at org.drools.core.command.runtime.process.StartProcessCommand.execute(StartProcessCommand.java:40)
	at org.drools.core.command.impl.DefaultCommandService.execute(DefaultCommandService.java:36)
	at org.drools.core.command.impl.AbstractInterceptor.executeNext(AbstractInterceptor.java:41)
	at org.drools.persistence.SimpleSessionCommandService$TransactionInterceptor.execute(SimpleSessionCommandService.java:334)
	at org.drools.core.command.impl.AbstractInterceptor.executeNext(AbstractInterceptor.java:41)
	at org.drools.persistence.jcr.JcrPersistInterceptor.execute(JcrPersistInterceptor.java:42)
	at org.drools.core.command.impl.AbstractInterceptor.executeNext(AbstractInterceptor.java:41)
	at org.jbpm.persistence.JcrPersistProcessInterceptor.execute(JcrPersistProcessInterceptor.java:55)
	at org.drools.persistence.SimpleSessionCommandService.execute(SimpleSessionCommandService.java:251)
	at org.drools.core.command.impl.CommandBasedStatefulKnowledgeSession.startProcess(CommandBasedStatefulKnowledgeSession.java:242)
	at info.magnolia.module.workflow.jbpm.JbpmWorkflowManager.launch(JbpmWorkflowManager.java:74)
	... 130 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception when trying to evaluate constraint Aborted in split 
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.SplitInstance.executeStrategy(SplitInstance.java:93)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.SplitInstance.internalTrigger(SplitInstance.java:63)
	... 165 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: unable to execute ReturnValueEvaluator: 
	at org.jbpm.process.instance.impl.ReturnValueConstraintEvaluator.evaluate(ReturnValueConstraintEvaluator.java:131)
	at org.jbpm.workflow.instance.node.SplitInstance.executeStrategy(SplitInstance.java:86)
	... 166 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at info.magnolia.workflow.Process_info$u46$magnolia$u46$workflow$u46$Publication903975781.returnValueEvaluator3(Process_info$u46$magnolia$u46$workflow$u46$Publication903975781.java:32)
	at info.magnolia.workflow.Process_info$u46$magnolia$u46$workflow$u46$Publication903975781ReturnValueEvaluator3Invoker.evaluate(Process_info$u46$magnolia$u46$workflow$u46$Publication903975781ReturnValueEvaluator3Invoker.java:14)
	at org.jbpm.process.instance.impl.ReturnValueConstraintEvaluator.evaluate(ReturnValueConstraintEvaluator.java:129)
	... 167 more


 Comments   
Comment by Richard Gange [ 12/Apr/16 ]

Even though configured it was not the intention for the publish workflow to be used this way. Therefore this is not a bug and will not be fixed. If you want to be able to schedule publications but not have the review step then you should not use workflow but instead use tasks and scheduling.

Comment by Richard Gange [ 01/Oct/18 ]

Another solution is to use this module: https://wiki.magnolia-cms.com/display/EX/Publication+Task+Config

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