RecentGroupManager - NullPointerException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.3.X, 7.4.13 DXP U5
• Fix Version/s: 7.1.X, 7.3.X, 7.4.3.18 CE GA18, 7.4.3.19 CE GA19, 7.4.3.20 CE GA20, Master
• Component/s: Navigation Widgets > My Sites widget, User Management > User Groups
• Labels:
  • QA-NA
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-28-7110
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-4-7310
  • liferay-update-dxp-18-7413
  • liferay-update-dxp-4-7310
  • usm-board-out
• Branch Version/s:
  7.3.x, 7.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/liferay-echo/liferay-portal/pull/7585
• Bug Type: Regression Bug

A few people have seen this issue after upgrading our SE demos from Liferay 7.3 to Liferay 7.4

It is an issue is a stack trace in the logs which seems to be triggered when accessing the menu system within the Liferay instance.

ERROR [http-nio2-8080-exec-50][RecentGroupManager:103] Unable to get recent groups

java.lang.NullPointerException: null