# NullPointerException on empty filter with 0.90.3
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371 "2013-08-28T15:35:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Benoit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benoit)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/1 "2013-08-28T15:35:56Z")
Hello,
I'm not sure this have already been reported, but i can't found it on
github issues
This query
$ curl [http://localhost:9200/\_search](http://localhost:9200/_search) -d '{"filter": {}, "query":
{"match\_all": {}}}'
give the follwing errors :
{"error":"SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase [query], all shards failed; shardFailures {[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m108][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m108][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m109][0]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m109][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m0ar][3]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m0ar][3]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m0ar][2]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m0ar][2]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m110][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m110][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m0ar][1]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m0ar][1]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m111][0]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m111][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m0ar][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m0ar][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m112][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m112][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m104][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m104][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m103][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m103][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m102][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m102][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m105][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m105][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[Uc0lFFnfRPWiN6twjVxqFg][m\_alert][0]: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m\_alert][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m106][0]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m106][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m107][0]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[m107][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }{[2hXe71VwRO6qAkz09mHlEw][m101][0]: RemoteTransportException[[sissor2][inet[/192.168.110.90:9300]][search/phase/query]]; nested: QueryPhaseExecutionException[[
m101][0]: query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; }]","status":500}
Removing the empty filter solve the problem.
I will try to reproduce it with a minimal setup.
Regards.
Benoît
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### Author:  [@Benoit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benoit)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/2 "2013-08-28T15:51:35Z")
Hello again,
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:35:56 PM UTC+2, Benoît wrote:
> I will try to reproduce it with a minimal setup.
>
> Confirmed with a fresh extraction of 0.90.3 tar.gz
Steps :
$ tar zxf elasticsearch-0.90.3.tar.gz
$ cd elasticsearch-0.90.3/
$ bin/elasticsearch -f
From tutorial :
$ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy](http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy)' -d '{ "name" :
"Shay Banon" }'
$ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1)' -d '
{
"user": "kimchy",
"postDate": "2009-11-15T13:12:00",
"message": "Trying out Elastic Search, so far so good?"
}'
$ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/2)' -d '
{
"user": "kimchy",
"postDate": "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
"message": "Another tweet, will it be indexed?"
}'
$ curl [http://localhost:9200/\_search](http://localhost:9200/_search) -d '{"filter": {}, "query":
{"match\_all": {}}}'
{"took":4,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":3,"failed":2,
"failures":[{"index":"twitter","shard":2,"status":500,"reason":"QueryPhaseExecutionException[[twitter][2]:
query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute
main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; "},{"index":"twitter","shard":3,
"status":500,"reason":"QueryPhaseExecutionException[[twitter][3]:
query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute
main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; "}]},"hits":{"total":0,
"max\_score":null,"hits":}}
Benoît
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### Author:  [@simonw\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonw_2)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/3 "2013-08-28T17:15:31Z")
can you open an issue for this please?
simon
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:51:35 PM UTC+2, Benoît wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:35:56 PM UTC+2, Benoît wrote:
>
> > I will try to reproduce it with a minimal setup.
> >
> > Confirmed with a fresh extraction of 0.90.3 tar.gz
>
> Steps :
>
> $ tar zxf elasticsearch-0.90.3.tar.gz
> $ cd elasticsearch-0.90.3/
> $ bin/elasticsearch -f
>
> From tutorial :
>
> $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy](http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy)' -d '{ "name" :
> "Shay Banon" }'
> $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1)' -d '
> {
> "user": "kimchy",
> "postDate": "2009-11-15T13:12:00",
> "message": "Trying out Elastic Search, so far so good?"
> }'
> $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/2)' -d '
> {
> "user": "kimchy",
> "postDate": "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
> "message": "Another tweet, will it be indexed?"
> }'
> $ curl [http://localhost:9200/\_search](http://localhost:9200/_search) -d '{"filter": {}, "query":
> {"match\_all": {}}}'
> {"took":4,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":3,"failed":2
> ,"failures":[{"index":"twitter","shard":2,"status":500,"reason":"QueryPhaseExecutionException[[twitter][2]:
> query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute
> main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; "},{"index":"twitter","shard":
> 3,"status":500,"reason":"QueryPhaseExecutionException[[twitter][3]:
> query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute
> main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; "}]},"hits":{"total":0,
> "max\_score":null,"hits":}}
>
> Benoît
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### Author:  [@simonw\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonw_2)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/4 "2013-08-28T20:30:15Z")
hmm I tried to reproduce this but I can't can you maybe show me some
outputs of the logs with trace logging enabled to see where the exception
occurs?
simon
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:15:31 PM UTC+2, simonw wrote:
> can you open an issue for this please?
>
> simon
>
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:51:35 PM UTC+2, Benoît wrote:
>
> > Hello again,
> >
> > On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:35:56 PM UTC+2, Benoît wrote:
> >
> > > I will try to reproduce it with a minimal setup.
> > >
> > > Confirmed with a fresh extraction of 0.90.3 tar.gz
> >
> > Steps :
> >
> > $ tar zxf elasticsearch-0.90.3.tar.gz
> > $ cd elasticsearch-0.90.3/
> > $ bin/elasticsearch -f
> >
> > From tutorial :
> >
> > $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy](http://localhost:9200/twitter/user/kimchy)' -d '{ "name" :
> > "Shay Banon" }'
> > $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1)' -d '
> > {
> > "user": "kimchy",
> > "postDate": "2009-11-15T13:12:00",
> > "message": "Trying out Elastic Search, so far so good?"
> > }'
> > $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/2)' -d '
> > {
> > "user": "kimchy",
> > "postDate": "2009-11-15T14:12:12",
> > "message": "Another tweet, will it be indexed?"
> > }'
> > $ curl [http://localhost:9200/\_search](http://localhost:9200/_search) -d '{"filter": {}, "query":
> > {"match\_all": {}}}'
> > {"took":4,"timed\_out":false,"\_shards":{"total":5,"successful":3,"failed":
> > 2,"failures":[{"index":"twitter","shard":2,"status":500,"reason":"QueryPhaseExecutionException[[twitter][2]:
> > query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute
> > main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; "},{"index":"twitter","shard"
> > :3,"status":500,"reason":"QueryPhaseExecutionException[[twitter][3]:
> > query[ConstantScore(_:_)],from[0],size[10]: Query Failed [Failed to execute
> > main query]]; nested: NullPointerException; "}]},"hits":{"total":0,
> > "max\_score":null,"hits":}}
> >
> > Benoît
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### Author:  [@Benoit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benoit)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/5 "2013-08-29T07:02:25Z")
Hello,
Thanks for looking at this.
The issue : [NullPointerException on empty filter with 0.90.3 · Issue #3595 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/3595)
A gist with log at DEBUG level :
>
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:30:15 PM UTC+2, simonw wrote:
> hmm I tried to reproduce this but I can't can you maybe show me some
> outputs of the logs with trace logging enabled to see where the exception
> occurs?
I'm don't know what you mean by "trace logging enabled" so i've just set
log level to DEBUG but i can quickly re-run the test with another
configuration if needed.
Benoît
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### Author:  [@Benoit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benoit)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/6 "2013-08-29T09:32:54Z")
Simon report that it was already fixed, see issue
>
>
> The following causes failure to execute search request:
>
> \`\`\`
> curl -XPOST 'http:/…/localhost:9200/test/\_search?pretty=true' -d '{
> "query" : {"query\_string":{"query":"\*","default\_operator":"AND"}},
> "filter":{}
> }'
> \`\`\`
Sorry to not have found the existing issue.
Benoît
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:02:25 AM UTC+2, Benoît wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for looking at this.
>
> The issue : [NullPointerException on empty filter with 0.90.3 · Issue #3595 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/3595)
>
> A gist with log at DEBUG level :
> [NullPointerException on empty filter with 0.90.3 · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/benoit-intrw/6374962)
>
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:30:15 PM UTC+2, simonw wrote:
>
> > hmm I tried to reproduce this but I can't can you maybe show me some
> > outputs of the logs with trace logging enabled to see where the exception
> > occurs?
>
> I'm don't know what you mean by "trace logging enabled" so i've just set
> log level to DEBUG but i can quickly re-run the test with another
> configuration if needed.
>
> Benoît
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-empty-filter-with-0-90-3/13371/7 "2017-07-06T02:19:03Z")