Github user HeartSaVioR commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2443 @srdo Rebased. I'm seeing intermittent test failure like below, but not consistent failure. Will try to take a look at once I have time to, but let's move it out of this PR. ``` 17:32:06.845 [SLOT_1027] INFO o.a.s.m.StormMetricRegistry - Starting metrics reporters... 17:32:06.845 [SLOT_1027] INFO o.a.s.s.a.ClientAuthUtils - Got AutoCreds [] 17:32:06.846 [SLOT_1027] INFO o.a.s.d.w.WorkerState - Reading assignments 17:32:06.846 [SLOT_1027] ERROR o.a.s.d.s.Slot - Error when processing event java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.LocalContainer.launch(LocalContainer.java:54) ~[storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.LocalContainerLauncher.launchContainer(LocalContainerLauncher.java:42) ~[storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.Slot.handleWaitingForBlobUpdate(Slot.java:528) ~[storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.Slot.stateMachineStep(Slot.java:232) ~[storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.Slot.run(Slot.java:902) [storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.storm.daemon.worker.WorkerState.readWorkerExecutors(WorkerState.java:630) ~[storm-client-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.worker.WorkerState.<init>(WorkerState.java:153) ~[storm-client-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.worker.Worker.loadWorker(Worker.java:172) ~[storm-client-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.worker.Worker.lambda$start$39(Worker.java:164) ~[storm-client-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_66] at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422) ~[?:1.8.0_66] at org.apache.storm.daemon.worker.Worker.start(Worker.java:163) ~[storm-client-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.LocalContainer.launch(LocalContainer.java:52) ~[storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] ... 4 more 17:32:06.847 [SLOT_1027] ERROR o.a.s.u.Utils - Halting process: Error when processing an event java.lang.RuntimeException: Halting process: Error when processing an event at org.apache.storm.utils.Utils.exitProcess(Utils.java:473) [storm-client-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] at org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor.Slot.run(Slot.java:949) [storm-server-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT] ```
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