# NullPointerException on IndexStatus

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-indexstatus/5474>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 29, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-indexstatus/5474 "2011-09-29T07:55:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michel\_Conrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michel\_Conrad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michel_Conrad)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-indexstatus/5474/1 "2011-09-29T07:55:22Z")

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Hi,  
after restarting the cluster, I had some indices not starting up  
correctly. When querying for the index status I have been  
getting NullPointerExceptions. Closing and reopening solved the issue.  
I have just been wondering why it might have appeared.

> <https://gist.github.com/anonymous/25424e1214b74d842707>

Best,  
Michel

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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:** [September 29, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-indexstatus/5474/2 "2011-09-29T12:14:12Z")

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Can you gist the exception logged on elasticsearch side?

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Michel Conrad \<  
[michel.conrad@trendiction.com](mailto:michel.conrad@trendiction.com)\> wrote:

> Hi,  
> after restarting the cluster, I had some indices not starting up  
> correctly. When querying for the index status I have been  
> getting NullPointerExceptions. Closing and reopening solved the issue.  
> I have just been wondering why it might have appeared.
> 
> [gist:25424e1214b74d842707 · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/25424e1214b74d842707)
> 
> Best,  
> Michel

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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, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-on-indexstatus/5474/3 "2017-07-06T03:53:23Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:53am UTC