Unable to save metadata during the upgrade copying journalArticleImages to DL

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.1.X, 7.2.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.1.10 DXP FP17, 7.1.10.4 SP4, 7.1.X, 7.2.10 DXP FP1, 7.2.X, 7.2.1 CE GA2, 7.3.10 DXP GA1, Master
• Component/s: ~ [Archived] Collaboration
• Labels:
  • QA-AUTOMATION
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-dxp-71-sp4
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-1-7210
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-17-7110
• Branch Version/s:
  7.2.x, 7.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 2
• Sprint: 028 - Sandslash
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/74928
• QA Test Name:
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive6130
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive621015
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive621021
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive625
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive70106
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive704
  • LocalFile.PortalSmokeUpgrade#ViewPortalSmokeArchive7110
• QA Test Score: 35

This is an intermittent issue probably due a race condition. These are the steps to try to reproduce it:

1. Startup Liferay 6.2
2. Create a WCM Structure with an image field
3. Create a WCM Template for it
4. Create one or several web contents using that structure and uploading an image.
5. Upgrade to master/7.2 or 7.1

Results:
From time to time you will get:

2019-06-05 22:09:24.143 WARN [liferay/document_library_raw_metadata_processor-1][RawMetadataProcessorMessageListener:38] Unable to save metadata for file version 2097347
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.util.RawMetadataProcessorImpl.saveMetadata(RawMetadataProcessorImpl.java:188)
at com.liferay.document.library.kernel.util.RawMetadataProcessorUtil.saveMetadata(RawMetadataProcessorUtil.java:113)
at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.messaging.RawMetadataProcessorMessageListener.doReceive(RawMetadataProcessorMessageListener.java:34)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.BaseMessageListener.receive(BaseMessageListener.java:26)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.InvokerMessageListener.receive(InvokerMessageListener.java:74)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.SerialDestination$1.run(SerialDestination.java:58)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask._runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:752)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:664)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

At that point of the code:
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/blob/7.1.x/portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portlet/documentlibrary/util/RawMetadataProcessorImpl.java#L188

it seems that either liferayFileEntry or the indexer are null.

Expected results:
No traces.

It's important to recall that this issue is happening trying to index so it is not problematic for the upgrade. The changes in the metadata are committed anyway.