NullPointerException: Field key is null #12534
Description
Description
Only on preprod the following exception persists for a while:
2025-12-03 14:20:07.8342025-12-03T12:20:07.834Z ERROR tomcat-handler-20168 o.h.m.w.c.GenericControllerAdvice Generic error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Field key is null
at java.base/java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(Unknown Source)
at com.hedera.hapi.node.state.token.Account.keyOrThrow(Account.java:642)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.prehandle.PreHandleContextImpl.<init>(PreHandleContextImpl.java:152)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.prehandle.PreHandleContextImpl.<init>(PreHandleContextImpl.java:104)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.prehandle.PreHandleWorkflowImpl.expandAndVerifySignatures(PreHandleWorkflowImpl.java:295)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.prehandle.PreHandleWorkflowImpl.preHandleTransaction(PreHandleWorkflowImpl.java:264)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.prehandle.PreHandleWorkflow.preHandleAllTransactions(PreHandleWorkflow.java:90)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.prehandle.PreHandleWorkflow.getCurrentPreHandleResult(PreHandleWorkflow.java:168)
at com.hedera.node.app.workflows.standalone.impl.StandaloneDispatchFactory.newDispatch(StandaloneDispatchFactory.java:161)
On other environments there are no such occurrences.
Steps to reproduce
2025-12-03 14:20:07.8352025-12-03T12:20:07.834Z WARN tomcat-handler-20168 o.h.m.w.c.LoggingFilter 10.64.24.29 POST /api/v1/contracts/call in 7 ms (mod=true): 500 Field key is null - {"block":"latest","data":"0x2e3cff6a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000064","estimate":false,"gas":15000000,"gasPrice":100000000,"to":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000168"}
Strangely the same requests passes after that:
2025-12-03 14:20:12.421INFO2025-12-03T12:20:12.420Z INFO tomcat-handler-278636 o.h.m.w.c.LoggingFilter 10.64.20.23 POST /api/v1/contracts/call in 9 ms (mod=true): 200 Success - {"block":"latest","data":"0x2e3cff6a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000064","estimate":false,"gas":15000000,"gasPrice":100000000,"to":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000168"}
Additional context
No response
Hedera network
other
Version
v0.144.0
Operating system
None