Social activity listing - social activity interpreter errors in logs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, 7.2.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP90, 7.0.10.13 DXP SP13, 7.0.X, 7.1.10 DXP FP17, 7.1.10.4 SP4, 7.1.X, 7.2.10 DXP FP5, 7.2.10.2 DXP SP2, 7.2.X, 7.3.1 CE GA2, 7.3.2 CE GA3, 7.3.10 DXP GA1, Master
• Component/s: Activities widget
• Labels:
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-dxp-70-sp13
  • liferay-dxp-71-sp4
  • liferay-dxp-72-sp2
  • liferay-fixpack-de-90-7010
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-17-7110
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-5-7210
• Branch Version/s:
  7.2.x, 7.1.x, 7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/84065

Steps to reproduce:

1. Login as admin and create a user, and add it to the Liferay DXP site.
2. Place an Activities portlet on the welcome page.
3. Create a web content article and then move it to the recycle bin.
Checkpoint: Go to the welcome page and assess that you see the two activities listed.
4. Log in as the other user and go to the welcome page.
Result: No activity listed and a

2020-01-29 10:45:26.231 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-6][BaseSocialActivityInterpreter:101] Unable to interpret activity set
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portlet.trash.util.TrashImpl.getViewContentURL(TrashImpl.java:422)
at com.liferay.trash.kernel.util.TrashUtil.getViewContentURL(TrashUtil.java:160)
at com.liferay.social.kernel.model.BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.getViewEntryInTrashURL(BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.java:538)
at com.liferay.social.kernel.model.BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.getLink(BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.java:352)
at com.liferay.social.kernel.model.BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.doInterpret(BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.java:177)
at com.liferay.social.kernel.model.BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.doInterpret(BaseSocialActivityInterpreter.java:212)

error stack trace is thrown in the Tomcat console.

Expected: No error in the logs, and activities listed (if the user has the appropriate permissions)