Exception trying to view a workflow task

[mcmagi]

I submitted 12 new/changed files and 1 deleted directory to the workflow so that my updates can be published to the staging area.  However, I get an InvalidNodeRefException in the tomcat logs when I attempt to view the workflow task.  The manage task page does not render completely and will not let me complete the task.  It stops just before the View Details link of the third entry in the submission: /ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/urlrewrite-2.6.0.jar.  When I view the source, I see that the following HTML is incomplete…

<a href='#' onclick="document.forms['dialog']['dialog:act'].value='dialog:dialog-body:file_‍

The source code ends at that point.  The exception that I see in the log is as follows:

13:46:15,276 ERROR [[localhost].[/alfresco].[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.InvalidNodeRefException: Not Found.
        at org.alfresco.repo.avm.AVMNodeService.getType(AVMNodeService.java:483)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor202.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.alfresco.repo.service.StoreRedirectorProxyFactory$RedirectorInvocationHandler.invoke(StoreRedirectorProxyFactory.java:221)
        at $Proxy2.getType(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor202.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:335)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.alfresco.repo.node.MLPropertyInterceptor.invoke(MLPropertyInterceptor.java:227)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy3.getType(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor202.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:335)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:116)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at net.sf.acegisecurity.intercept.method.aopalliance.MethodSecurityInterceptor.invoke(MethodSecurityInterceptor.java:80)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.impl.ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.invoke(ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.java:49)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.auditImpl(AuditComponentImpl.java:219)
        at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.audit(AuditComponentImpl.java:165)
        at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditMethodInterceptor.invoke(AuditMethodInterceptor.java:69)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy12.getType(Unknown Source)
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Thanks in advance for your help!

- Michael C. Maggio
   NCS Technologies

[mcmagi]

Do you need any more information from me to help resolve this issue?  I'm really at a standstill with this one.

Thanks,
- Mike

[mcmagi]

FYI - I found a workaround so I can continue working by following these instructions in the Wiki to forcibly end the workflow task, in case others run into the same problem.  It would still be nice to know why this happened in case it happens again in our production environment.

[kevinr]

Are you using Community 2.0 or Enterprise? I'm pretty sure we fixed this issue just before the Enterprise release of 2.0 - if not then we need to investigate further as it definitely sounds like a bug.

Thanks,

Kevin

[kvc]

Are you using Community 2.0 or Enterprise? I'm pretty sure we fixed this issue just before the Enterprise release of 2.0 - if not then we need to investigate further as it definitely sounds like a bug.

Thanks,

Kevin

Yes, we have a bug in the Community build that was fixed for the Enterprise release.  This bug is related to deleted items passed into workflow.

We plan on updating our Community build with our upcoming 2.0.1 maintenance release (which includes our new deployment services and
TinyMCE plug-ins to enable in-line file browsing / image embedding within
a textarea using our file browser widget - see early forum posts).  In the meantime, I recommend using the Enterprise package to avoid this particular issue.


Kevin

[mcmagi]

Yes I'm using the community release.  Thanks Kevin!