# Defender\_atp module error message

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defender-atp-module-error-message/335551
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defender-atp-module-error-message/335551 "2023-06-08T15:01:31Z")
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### Author: ![phager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@phager](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phager)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defender-atp-module-error-message/335551/1 "2023-06-08T15:01:32Z")

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I have Filebeat configured with defender atp module and am seeing very few valid records coming into Elasticsearch. Most records contain the following

```auto
cannot access method/field [length] from a null def reference

```

Can anyone provide insight as to why I am seeing this?

Filebeat 7.17.0  
Elasticsearch 8.8.0

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### Author: ![phager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@phager](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phager)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defender-atp-module-error-message/335551/2 "2023-06-08T15:43:24Z")

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Could this possibly due to strict json parsing being set to true by default?

```auto
strict_json_parsing

```

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/defender-atp-module-error-message/335551/3 "2023-07-06T17:44:17Z")

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