# What are the probable reasons of having LockException in logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-probable-reasons-of-having-lockexception-in-logstash/359900>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 21, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-probable-reasons-of-having-lockexception-in-logstash/359900 "2024-05-21T09:29:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sasikiranvaddi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sasikiranvaddi/32/134584_2.png) [@sasikiranvaddi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sasikiranvaddi)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-are-the-probable-reasons-of-having-lockexception-in-logstash/359900/1 "2024-05-21T09:29:26Z")

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Hi,

We observe LockException when logstash process is running. Looking at the logs, before LockException has occurred logstash.agent is trying to fetch the pipelines count but it couldn't get casuing **JavanNullPointerException**.

**[logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Reload/pipeline\_id:logstash, :exception=\>'Java::JavaLang::NullPointerException', :message=\>'', :backtrace=\>['org.jruby.runtime.scopes.DynamicScope5.getValue(Unknown Source)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.retrieveOp(InterpreterEngine.java:594)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.processCall(InterpreterEngine.java:348)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.StartupInterpreterEngine.interpret(StartupInterpreterEngine.java:66)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.Interpreter.INTERPRET\_BLOCK(Interpreter.java:116)', 'org.jruby.runtime.MixedModeIRBlockBody.commonYieldPath(MixedModeIRBlockBody.java:136)', 'org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.yieldSpecific(IRBlockBody.java:76)', 'org.jruby.runtime.Block.yieldSpecific(Block.java:158)', 'org.jruby.ext.monitor.Monitor.synchronize(Monitor.java:82)', 'org.jruby.ext.monitor.Monitor$INVOKER$i$0$0$synchronize.call(Monitor$INVOKER$i$0$0$synchronize.gen)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaMethodZeroBlock.call(JavaMethod.java:561)', 'org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:90)', 'org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.callIter(CachingCallSite.java:103)', 'org.jruby.ir.instructions.CallBase.interpret(CallBase.java:545)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.processCall(InterpreterEngine.java:367)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.StartupInterpreterEngine.interpret(StartupInterpreterEngine.java:66)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.interpret(InterpreterEngine.java:82)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.INTERPRET\_METHOD(MixedModeIRMethod.java:201)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:188)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DynamicMethod.call(DynamicMethod.java:220)', 'org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:242)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.processCall(InterpreterEngine.java:318)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.StartupInterpreterEngine.interpret(StartupInterpreterEngine.java:66)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.interpret(InterpreterEngine.java:82)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.INTERPRET\_METHOD(MixedModeIRMethod.java:201)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:188)', 'org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:257)', 'org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.callIter(CachingCallSite.java:270)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.processCall(InterpreterEngine.java:341)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.StartupInterpreterEngine.interpret(StartupInterpreterEngine.java:66)', 'org.jruby.ir.interpreter.InterpreterEngine.interpret(InterpreterEngine.java:88)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.INTERPRET\_METHOD(MixedModeIRMethod.java:238)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:225)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DynamicMethod.call(DynamicMethod.java:228)', 'opt.logstash.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.agent.RUBY$block$converge\_state$2(/opt/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:386)', 'org.jruby.runtime.CompiledIRBlockBody.callDirect(CompiledIRBlockBody.java:141)', 'org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:64)', 'org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:58)', 'org.jruby.runtime.Block.call(Block.java:144)', 'org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:352)', 'org.jruby.internal.runtime.RubyRunnable.run(RubyRunnable.java:111)', 'java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)']}**

From the following traceback, logstash is trying to execute the reload pipeline

> <https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/main/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb#L386>

Further tracing back, probably when the below lines of code is executed it is returning null and leaving the lock not getting removed.

> <https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/main/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/reload.rb#L39-L42>

Could you please let us know on what all scenarios NullPointerException, LockException is occurred. In case if the transaction has failed then as a rescue should it clean the lock for upcoming transaction to complete successfully.

BR,  
Sasikiran