Nullpointer exception on metrics generation on cleanup history job

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    • Type: Bug Report
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: L3 - Default
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    • Affects Version/s: 7.15.11
    • Component/s: None
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      Environment (Required on creation):

      camunda ce 7.15.0 ( sprng boot )
      linux / windows / docker, does not matter

      Description (Required on creation; please attach any relevant screenshots, stacktraces, log files, etc. to the ticket):

      • if metrics are disabled by config "metricsEnabled" it does not instantiate a DbMetricsReporter
        org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl#initMetrics ( L2312 )
      • and if property "historyCleanupMetricsEnabled" is enabled ( by default ) and not explicitly disabled
      • the HistoryCleanupScheduler tries to access the DbMetricsReporter even metrics are disabled and get a nullpoiter exception
        org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.jobexecutor.historycleanup.HistoryCleanupSchedulerCmd#reportMetrics ( L117)
      • in this case it fails to clean the history but also create an entry in ACT_GE_BYTEARRAY without any refference and TTL
      • due to the error is thrown many multiple times durng one cleanup job execution, the size of the table grows really fast
      • DB entry in ACT_GE_BYTEARRAY with following characteristics: NAME_ = "job.exceptionByteArray" TYPE_ = 3 REV_ = 1
        ID_ BYTES_ and CREATE_TIME_ are filled but the other values are NULL

      Steps to reproduce (Required on creation):

      • create a default clean engine
      • set: camunda.bpm.metrics.enabled= false

      Observed Behavior (Required on creation):

      every time history scheduler runs it throws a nullpointer exception instead of cleaning the history. and instead of cleaning the history it fills the table more

      Expected behavior (Required on creation):

      clean history, no nullpointer

      Root Cause (Required on prioritization):

      please refer to description

      Solution Ideas (Optional):

      • either extend documentation to set "historyCleanupMetricsEnabled" to false when disable metrics (https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.15/user-guide/process-engine/metrics/)
      • or extend check "org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl#isHistoryCleanupMetricsEnabled" to take general metrics enabled into consideration ( prefered )
      • or instantiate dbMetricsReporter when one of the metrics options are enabled

      Hints (optional):

        This is the controller panel for Smart Panels app

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              Reporter:
              Andreas Schäfer
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