Environment being brought down due to database problems.

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One of our environments seems to sometimes struggle due to database errors: Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (1/43) org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: An I/O error occurred while sending to the backend. Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (2/43) #011at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:318) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (3/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeInternal(PgStatement.java:432) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (4/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.execute(PgStatement.java:358) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (5/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:305) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (6/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeCachedSql(PgStatement.java:291) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (7/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:269) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (8/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeQuery(PgStatement.java:236) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (9/43) #011at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingStatement.java:207) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (10/43) #011at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingStatement.java:207) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (11/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.execRetrieveQuery(JDBCDataStore.java:303) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (12/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.execRetrieveQueries(JDBCDataStore.java:198) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (13/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.retrieve(JDBCDataStore.java:163) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (14/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.retrieve(JDBCDataStore.java:152) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (15/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.DataStoreRetrieveAction.call(DataStoreRetrieveAction.java:29) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (16/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.DataStoreRetrieveAction.call(DataStoreRetrieveAction.java:11) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (17/43) #011at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (18/43) #011at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (19/43) #011at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (20/43) #011at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (21/43) Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (22/43) Caused by: java.io.EOFException: null Aug 29 11:41:39.762 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (23/43) #011at org.postgresql.core.PGStream.receiveChar(PGStream.java:285) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (24/43) #011at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1919) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (25/43) #011at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:291) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (26/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeInternal(PgStatement.java:432) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (27/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.execute(PgStatement.java:358) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (28/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:305) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (29/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeCachedSql(PgStatement.java:291) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (30/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:269) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (31/43) #011at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeQuery(PgStatement.java:236) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (32/43) #011at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingStatement.java:207) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (33/43) #011at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.executeQuery(DelegatingStatement.java:207) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (34/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.execRetrieveQuery(JDBCDataStore.java:303) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (35/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.execRetrieveQueries(JDBCDataStore.java:198) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (36/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.retrieve(JDBCDataStore.java:163) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (37/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.jdbc.JDBCDataStore.retrieve(JDBCDataStore.java:152) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (38/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.DataStoreRetrieveAction.call(DataStoreRetrieveAction.java:29) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (39/43) #011at com.mendix.connectionbus.connections.DataStoreRetrieveAction.call(DataStoreRetrieveAction.java:11) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (40/43) #011at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (41/43) #011at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (42/43) #011at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) Aug 29 11:41:39.763 - ERROR - ConnectionBus_Retrieve: (43/43) #011at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)   Doing a bit of searching there are a few times where this exception has come up and it has been due to an exception checking to see if a number of bytes is above 0, but then as there is a null being returned so the database is erroring. The erroring continues and there are disconnections and finally the environment won't be able to take retrieves anymore.   Any insight would be brilliant!
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Most of the time this happens when a microflow goes into a loop. This will eat up you processor power and causing all kinds of other errors because the system is getting low on resources. It seems that you already found the microflow that is causing this. Now why is there a null pointer? Most of the time this is a modeling error and you did forget to check if an object does exist. Because if the object is not there while you use it for some check you get an error. So double check delete behaviours or auto committed objects that are removed if the user logs out.

Regards,

Ronald

 

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