# Index Lifecycle Allocation Routed Step failing with NullPtrException **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [October 16, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331 "2020-10-16T10:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_saiz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_saiz/32/77324_2.png) [@Benjamin\_saiz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_saiz)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331/1 "2020-10-16T10:32:29Z")
We are running an ElasticSearch 6.8.8 cluster. We just implemented ILM for our indexes. Here is our ILM Policy : ```auto { "policy": { "phases": { /* Hot phase - Resync Priority 100 */ "hot": { "min_age": "0ms", "actions": { "set_priority": { "priority": 100 } } }, /* Warm phase - Resync Priority 50 */ "warm": { "min_age": "30d", "actions": { "set_priority": { "priority": 50 } } }, /* Cold phase - Resync Priority 0 - Apply storageclass = mass */ "cold": { "min_age": "90d", "actions": { "allocate": { "require": { "storageclass": "mass" } }, "set_priority": { "priority": 0 } } } } } } ``` But we are facing a NullPointer Exception on AllocationRoutedStep Here is the stacktrace : ```auto java.lang.NullPointerException at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.indexlifecycle.AllocationRoutedStep.isConditionMet(AllocationRoutedStep.java:70) at org.elasticsearch.xpack.indexlifecycle.ExecuteStepsUpdateTask.execute(ExecuteStepsUpdateTask.java:123) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateUpdateTask.execute(ClusterStateUpdateTask.java:47) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.MasterService.executeTasks(MasterService.java:643) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.MasterService.calculateTaskOutputs(MasterService.java:270) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.MasterService.runTasks(MasterService.java:200) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.MasterService$Batcher.run(MasterService.java:135) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.TaskBatcher.runIfNotProcessed(TaskBatcher.java:150) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.TaskBatcher$BatchedTask.run(TaskBatcher.java:188) at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:681) at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.runAndClean(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:252) at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.run(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:215) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) ``` Hope this can be fixed or already fixed in 6.8.x relelease... Regards, ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_saiz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_saiz/32/77324_2.png) [@Benjamin\_saiz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_saiz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331/2 "2020-10-19T08:38:26Z")
We tried to upgrade to 6.8.12 but error remain the same. ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331/3 "2020-10-19T11:51:04Z")
if this happens on the latest 6.8 release (as you seem to indicate), please open a github issue. You might be able to pinpoint this further by reducing your policy first and have fewer actions/phases in there. ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_saiz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_saiz/32/77324_2.png) [@Benjamin\_saiz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_saiz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331/4 "2020-10-19T12:29:19Z")
all other steps are fine (hot/warm) only got the error on cold step when trying to relocate data. i'll open an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_saiz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_saiz/32/77324_2.png) [@Benjamin\_saiz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_saiz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331/5 "2020-10-19T12:39:40Z")
here it is. > > > Elasticsearch version (bin/elasticsearch --version): > Version: 6.8.12, Build: default/deb/7a15d2a/2020-08-12T07:27:20.804867Z, JVM: 1.8.0\_252 > Plugins installed: \[\] > JVM version (java -version): > openjdk version "1.8.0\_252" > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_252-8u252-b09-1~18.04-b09) > OpenJDK 64-Bit... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-allocation-routed-step-failing-with-nullptrexception/252331/6 "2020-11-16T12:39:40Z")
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