Issue

After upgrading Jenkins Jira plugin to version 3.0.7 or 3.0.8, errors like below are occuring during job builds:

java.lang.NullPointerException
		at hudson.plugins.jira.selector.DefaultSiteIssueSelector.addIssuesFromChangeLog(DefaultIssueSelector:96)
...

The issue is caused by JENKINS-57899.

Related Issues

• JENKINS-57899
• JENKINS-59001

Environment

• CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core)
• CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on modern cloud platforms - Managed Master
• CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on modern cloud platforms - Operations Center
• CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on traditional platforms - Client Master
• CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on traditional platforms - Operations Center
• CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise
• CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise - Managed Master
• CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise - Operations Center
• CloudBees Jenkins Platform - Client Master
• CloudBees Jenkins Platform - Operations Center
• CloudBees Jenkins Distribution
• Jira Plugin 3.0.{7,8}

Resolution

Upgrade Jenkins Jira plugin to version 3.0.9.