GenericDataSourceException Due to Missing Database Validation Query Configuration

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Symptoms

User may randomly receive this stacktrace:

1 2 3 Caused by: org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDataSourceException: SQL Exception while executing the following:SELECT ID, ISSUE, CUSTOMFIELD, PARENTKEY, STRINGVALUE, NUMBERVALUE, TEXTVALUE, DATEVALUE, VALUETYPE FROM customfieldvalue WHERE ISSUE=? (I/O Error: Connection reset) at org.ofbiz.core.entity.jdbc.SQLProcessor.executeQuery(SQLProcessor.java:597) at org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDAO.selectListIteratorByCondition(GenericDAO.java:1083)

Workflow transitions randomly stop working with the following errors occurring in the logs:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 com.atlassian.jira.exception.DataAccessException: org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDataSourceException: SQL Exception while executing the following:SELECT pkey, WORKFLOW_ID FROM jiraissue (java.lang.NullPointerException) at com.atlassian.jira.ofbiz.DefaultOfBizDelegator.findListIteratorByCondition(DefaultOfBizDelegator.java:464) at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.integrity.check.WorkflowStateCheck.getWorkflowIdToKeyMap(WorkflowStateCheck.java:105) at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.integrity.check.WorkflowStateCheck.doCheck(WorkflowStateCheck.java:54) at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.integrity.check.WorkflowStateCheck.preview(WorkflowStateCheck.java:30) at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.integrity.IntegrityChecker.preview(IntegrityChecker.java:63) at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.integrity.IntegrityChecker.previewWithIds(IntegrityChecker.java:35) at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.IntegrityChecker.doExecute(IntegrityChecker.java:66) at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:165) at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:53) at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:139) at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:171) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)

Cause

The database connections are being dropped due to connection closures.

Resolution

Updated on April 8, 2025

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