Thank you for sharing that 7.6 has the same issue. If anyone is interested in delving into the code to investigate further, I've added short steps on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-13281 as to how one could potentially make a start on that.
From: solr-user@lucene.apache.org At: 03/13/19 08:45:12To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: NPE deleting expired docs (SOLR-13281) We have the same issue on Solr 7.6. On 12.03.2019 16:05, Gerald Bonfiglio wrote: > Has anyone else observed NPEs attempting to have expired docs removed? I'm seeing the following exceptions: > > 2019-02-28 04:06:34.849 ERROR (autoExpireDocs-30-thread-1) [ ] o.a.s.u.p.DocExpirationUpdateProcessorFactory Runtime error in periodic deletion of expired docs: null > java.lang.NullPointerException: null > at org.apache.solr.update.processor.DistributedUpdateProcessor.handleReplicationFac tor(DistributedUpdateProcessor.java:992) ~[solr-core-7.7.0.jar:7.7.0 8c831daf4eb41153c25ddb152501ab5bae3ea3d5 - jimczi - 2019-02-04 23:23:46] > at org.apache.solr.update.processor.DistributedUpdateProcessor.doFinish(Distributed UpdateProcessor.java:960) ~[solr-core-7.7.0.jar:7.7.0 8c831daf4eb41153c25ddb152501ab5bae3ea3d5 - jimczi - 2019-02-04 23:23:46] > > Seems all that's required to reproduce it is to include DocExpirationUpdateProcessorFactory in an updateRequestProcessorChain. > > More details can be found at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SOLR/issues/SOLR-13281 > > > > > > [Nastel Technologies]<http://www.nastel.com/> > > The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachment is confidential and > is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. > Access, copying, disclosure or use of such information by anyone else is unauthorized. > If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and refrain from use of such information. >
