NullPointerException thrown when trying to perform a Maven Release

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Issue

When you press "Schedule Release Build", this exception is thrown:

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:795) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:875) at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$12.dispatch(MetaClass.java:391) …​ Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.m2release.M2ReleaseAction.getString(M2ReleaseAction.java:318) at org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.m2release.M2ReleaseAction.doSubmit(M2ReleaseAction.java:223)

Environment

  • CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise

  • M2 Release plugin <= 0.14

Resolution

You should upgrade to version 0.15 or upper of M2 release plugin.