PH69196: CWWKE0701E: bundle com.ibm.zosconnect:2.0.9.20250514-0943(212) and NPE in ServiceManagerImpl.java.

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• The following error;
  CWWKE0701E: bundle com.ibm.zosconnect:2.0.9.20250514-0943
  (212)[com.ibm.zosconnect.internal.ServiceManagerImpl(523)] :
  The activate method has thrown an exception
  java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke
  "java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()" because the return value of
  "java.util.Map.get(java.lang.Object)" is null
    at com.ibm.zosconnect.internal.ServiceManagerImpl.updateConfig
  Values(ServiceManagerImpl.java:357)
  
  is reported because the updateConfigValues method in
  com.ibm.zosconnect.internal.ServiceManagerImpl.java is trying to
  process a null value for preserveJsonPayloadCharFormat when
  trying to process the server's configuration.
  
  Additional search words: CWWKE0701E msgCWWKE0701E CWWKE0701
  msgCWWKE0701
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of z/OS Connect V3.0 API providers *
  *                 with the zosConnect-2.0 feature (OpenAPI 2). *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: CWWKE0701E: bundle com.ibm.zosconnect:  *
  *                      2.0.9.20250514-0943(212) and NPE in     *
  *                      ServiceManagerImpl.java.                *
  ****************************************************************
  An earlier problem with the embedded Liberty startup resulted in
  null values being passed to z/OS Connect in place of valid
  configuration values.  This resulted in the reported
  NullPointerException being issued.
  
  The reported NullPointerException was a follow-on issue from an
  earlier Liberty problem. The server would not have started with
  the expected configuration but the NullPointerException should
  not have been raised.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• z/OS Connect has been changed to protect itself from receiving
  the identified null configuration values during startup and so
  avoid the reported NullPointerException in
  ServiceManagerImpl.java.  Similar changes have been made to
  protect against null values being processed for other
  configuration values:
  allowChunking, bufferedLogging, cacheTokensWithJti, requestUrl,
  useBearerScheme
  
  The fix for this APAR is expected to be delivered by the PTF
  for z/OS Connect V3.0.103.0 (PH70973).
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  Z/OS CONNECT EE

• Fixed component ID

  5655CE300

Applicable component levels