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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Multiple Nullpointer warnings while upgrading in DDMFieldUpgradeProcess

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Daniel Carrillo Broeder

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Issue

  • Many warnings appears while upgrading Liferay DXP 7.4 from previous versions, affecting the DDMFieldUpgradeProcess (v4_1_0):
    INFO  [main][UpgradeProcess:118] Upgrading com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v4_1_0.DDMFieldUpgradeProcess
    WARN [main][DDMFieldUpgradeProcess:533] null
    java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.storage.DDMFormFieldValue.getType(DDMFormFieldValue.java:131) ~[?:?]
    at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v4_1_0.DDMFieldUpgradeProcess._upgradeDDMFormValuesHierarchy(DDMFieldUpgradeProcess.java:529) ~[?:?]
    at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v4_1_0.DDMFieldUpgradeProcess._upgradeDDMContent(DDMFieldUpgradeProcess.java:405) ~[?:?]
    at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v4_1_0.DDMFieldUpgradeProcess.doUpgrade(DDMFieldUpgradeProcess.java:133) ~[?:?]

Environment

  • Migrating to DXP 7.4 U40+ or Quarterly Releases.

Resolution

  • Upgrade process should finish with a warning status with Liferay DXP 7.4 U41+ or higher.
  • Create a support ticket requesting a hotfix for LPD-21792, LPD-22327 and LPS-198028 if not fixed in the target Quarterly Release.
  • Under certain circumstances, this message could be ignored once reviewed by the Liferay support team.

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