# Npe

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npe/3790>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npe/3790 "2011-01-17T11:52:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Karussell1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Karussell1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karussell1)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npe/3790/1 "2011-01-17T11:52:28Z")

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Today I got a NPE while querying. Maybe the node was still not ready,  
but an exception shouldn't be thrown.

Kind Regards,  
Peter.

org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteTransportException: [Coachwhip]  
[inet[/127.0.0.1:9300]][indices/search]  
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at  
org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.HandlesStreamOutput.writeUTF(HandlesStreamOutput.java:  
54)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.search.SearchShardTarget.writeTo(SearchShardTarget.java:  
89)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.ShardSearchFailure.writeTo(ShardSearchFailure.java:  
120)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse.writeTo(SearchResponse.java:  
270)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.support.TransportStreams.buildResponse(TransportStreams.java:  
141)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:  
72)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:  
65)  
at org.elasticsearch.action.search.TransportSearchAction  
$TransportHandler$1.onResponse(TransportSearchAction.java:117)  
at org.elasticsearch.action.search.TransportSearchAction  
$TransportHandler$1.onResponse(TransportSearchAction.java:114)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchTypeAction  
$BaseAsyncAction.invokeListener(TransportSearchTypeAction.java:339)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction.innerFinishHim(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:  
180)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction.finishHim(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:164)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction.access$400(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:59)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction$3.onResult(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:145)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction$3.onResult(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:140)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction.sendExecuteFetch(SearchServiceTransportAction.java:  
312)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction.executeFetch(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:  
140)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction.access$200(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:59)  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:127)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor  
$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npe/3790/2 "2011-01-17T12:38:26Z")

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Its a bug, I pushed a fix for it.  
On Monday, January 17, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Karussell wrote:

> Today I got a NPE while querying. Maybe the node was still not ready,  
> but an exception shouldn't be thrown.
> 
> Kind Regards,  
> Peter.
> 
> org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteTransportException: [Coachwhip]  
> [inet[/127.0.0.1:9300]][indices/search]  
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.HandlesStreamOutput.writeUTF(HandlesStreamOutput.java:  
> 54)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.search.SearchShardTarget.writeTo(SearchShardTarget.java:  
> 89)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.ShardSearchFailure.writeTo(ShardSearchFailure.java:  
> 120)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse.writeTo(SearchResponse.java:  
> 270)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.support.TransportStreams.buildResponse(TransportStreams.java:  
> 141)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:  
> 72)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportChannel.sendResponse(NettyTransportChannel.java:  
> 65)  
> at org.elasticsearch.action.search.TransportSearchAction  
> $TransportHandler$1.onResponse(TransportSearchAction.java:117)  
> at org.elasticsearch.action.search.TransportSearchAction  
> $TransportHandler$1.onResponse(TransportSearchAction.java:114)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchTypeAction  
> $BaseAsyncAction.invokeListener(TransportSearchTypeAction.java:339)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction.innerFinishHim(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:  
> 180)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction.finishHim(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:164)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction.access$400(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:59)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction$3.onResult(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:145)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction$3.onResult(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:140)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.search.action.SearchServiceTransportAction.sendExecuteFetch(SearchServiceTransportAction.java:  
> 312)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction.executeFetch(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:  
> 140)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction.access$200(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:59)  
> at  
> org.elasticsearch.action.search.type.TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction  
> $AsyncAction$2.run(TransportSearchQueryThenFetchAction.java:127)  
> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor  
> $Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)  
> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor

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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, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npe/3790/3 "2017-07-06T04:13:45Z")

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